Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Thursday, May 25, 2017
The Guardian: This small town in America's Deep South welcomes 1,500 refugees a year
Press Democrat: EMERALD CUP FOUNDERS ANNOUNCE NEW MENDO CANNABIS FESTIVAL FOR JULY
Del Norte Triplicate: YUROK TRADITIONAL FIRE MANAGEMENT: Keeping the flame
NY Times: CA Today: Zebra killing in Humboldt makes NY Times
NY Times: Where Nestlé Guzzles Water, Michigan Neighbors Take Exception
Wednesday, May 24, 2017
High Country News: How a landmark investigation unraveled a Washington timber-poaching gang.
NY Times: Massive Big Sur landslide as seen from air
NY Daily News: North Carolina deputies seize up to $500 million worth of opium poppy plants
Willits News: Eel River Recovery Project monitors local creeks
SF Chronicle: Creescent City man convicted of raping sister gets 1 year in jail; 'stigma' is enough, says judge
NY Times: Mapping 50 Years of Melting Ice in Glacier National Park
Marin Independent Journal: Marin DA details molestation evidence against coroner and why he was in Eureka
The Oregonian: Trump proposes selling Northwest's transmission grid
LA Times: States — both red and blue — are moving fast to protect their pot industries
LA Times: Californians needs to be so afraid of a huge earthquake that they take action, scientists say
Press Democrat: Santa Rosa rejects ban on outdoor marijuana gardens for personal use
Tuesday, May 23, 2017
Washington Post: It’s not just programs for the poor; Trump’s budget calls for vast changes to government
NY Times: Fighting Trump on Climate, California Becomes a Global Force
The Guardian: Last major primeval forest in Europe on 'brink of collapse'
Seattle Times: Massive new slide covers stretch of iconic Hwy. 1 at Big Sur
Press Democrat: San Francisco marijuana dispensary taking over Peace in Medicine
Press Democrat: Pot convictions go up in smoke with California legalization
Press Democrat: Google honors Richard Oakes, Native American activist killed in Sonoma County
NY Daily News: New York man: 24 years for smuggling marijuana on flights
Monday, May 22, 2017
Washington Post: Trump budget seeks huge cuts to disease prevention and medical research departments
The Guardian: My month with California’s conspiracy theorist farmers
Daily Beast: Nevada’s Green Rush: From Vote to Pot Sales in Record Time
Daily Beast: 4,800 Miles of Oil Pipelines Planned Under Trump
LA Times: Adelanto wants to be the 'Silicon Valley of medical marijuana'
Sunday, May 21, 2017
Marin Independent Journal: Creator of famous Orange Sunshine LSD dies
Press Democrat: Secret Windsor lab produced LSD that electrified late ‘60s
Saturday, May 20, 2017
UK Independent: 20 million people are starving and the media only cares about Trump, says UN
Economist: As crime dries up, Japan’s police hunt for things to do
Willits News: New cannabis festival to be launched in July in Laytonville
The Guardian: Canada First Nations reserve bars outsiders amid opioid crisis
Washington Post: FCC votes to start rolling back landmark net neutrality rules
Seattle Times: Washington state loses big legal battle over salmon culverts
Seattle Times: Radioactive contamination found on Hanford worker’s clothes
The Oregonian: Ranchers, advocates square off in Portland over wolf conservation plan
SF Chronicle: Over 1,000 trees chopped down at Camp Mather, bark beetles to blame
BBC: When Wolves Return To The Wild, Everything Changes
Verge: ‘Doomsday’ seed vault meant to survive global disasters breached by climate change
Friday, May 19, 2017
Washington Post: Prosecutors push back against Sessions’s order to pursue most severe drug penalties
Washington Post: Planned Parenthood to close 10 health centers in Midwest, Southwest
LA Times: Yurok Suicides: A remote tribe fights to save its river, and its children
San Jose Mercury: Uber tackles trucking with launch of new Uber Freight app
Press Democrat: Santa Rosa hash oil maker facing 10 years in prison after explosion
Thursday, May 18, 2017
The Guardian: Mexico's avocado army: how one city stood up to the drug cartels
Press Democrat: Federal appeals court sidesteps major marijuana ruling
NY Times: Antarctic Dispatch: MILES OF ICE COLLAPSING INTO THE SEA