Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017
NY Times: Bad Hospital Design Is Making Us Sicker
Daily Beast: Taxpayer-Funded Horror at Standing Rock
Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017
The Oregonian: OSU gets $5 million gift from anonymous donor for Bend campus
Marin Independent Journal: San Rafael show celebrates indigenous American art
Willits News: Finally: Ukiah approves dispensaries in city limits
The Guardian: Crowd Cow: Raising the steaks: the Seattle startup crowdfunding sustainable beef
The Guardian: Big Sur ravaged by floods, mudslides and storms: 'Paradise can turn on you'
Press Democrat: Sonoma County pot growers face homegrown prohibition
Press Democrat: Avalanche buries mountain highway between Reno, Lake Tahoe
Press Democrat: Woman, 19, swept into ocean dies
Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017
Press Democrat: Sonoma County cannabis growers’ group comes out against proposed business tax
Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017
The Guardian: Breathless in Bakersfield: is the worst air pollution in the US about to get worse?
The Oregonian: Portland to fine illegal short-term rentals up to $5000
The Oregonian: Oregon lawmakers push to repeal sanctuary state designation, make English official language
NY Times: Scientists have just detected a major change to the Earth’s oceans linked to a warming climate
NY Times: The Endangered Species Act may be heading for the threatened list. This hearing confirmed it.
SF Chronicle: Scientists detect severe beach erosion along California coast
Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017
Huffington Post: Colorado County Funds College Scholarship With Marijuana Money
Sacramento Bee: Bay Area startup will deliver craft beers to Sacramento doorsteps
Sacramento Bee: Another Casino? Federal government grants Wilton tribe control of land for Elk Grove casino
Seattle Times: Six crab fisherman lost at sea off Seattle Coast last weekend
Press Democrat: Why Testing Weed for Fungus May Save Your Life
Press Democrat: Evacuation order lifted for 200,000 residents near damaged Oroville Dam
SF Chronicle: Raids in Santa Cruz target MS-13 gang members
Press Democrat: Winery sold to pot producers
Monday, Feb. 13, 2017
Sacramento Bee: Updates: Preparations to shore up emergency spillway under way
LA Times: Threat at Oroville Dam slightly diminishes, but evacuation orders remain
Press Democrat: Mendocino County winery seeks new life as marijuana operation
Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017
The Guardian: America's housing crisis: 'A problem we need to hate more’
SF Chronicle: Cross-country American Indian Longest Walk kicks off in SF
Sacramento Bee: BREAKING: Spillway collapse threat from Oroville lessens as 160,000 evacuate, clogging roads
LA Times: At Standing Rock, the nation's most famous environmental protest, not just any toilet will do
LA Times: 'This is the worst I have seen': California's roads are in dire shape, says former Caltrans director
Press Democrat: Mendo pot industry holds breath as business tax goes to county voters
Saturday, Feb. 11, 2017
Seattle Times: Nearly 500,000 coho forecast to Columbia in 2017 up 179,000 from last year's actual return
Willits News: Mendocino College explores options for student housing
The Oregonian: Officials investigating theft of thousands of rounds of ammunition from Crater Lake National Park
The Oregonian: Oil-backed climate skeptic could get key EPA job in Pacific Northwest
The Guardian: Army veterans return to Standing Rock to form a human shield against police
SF Chronicle: As sea levels rise, vital salt marshes are disappearing
Washington Post: It’s about 50 degrees warmer than normal near the North Pole, yet again
Friday, Feb. 10, 2017
Press Democrat: Congressional act could create Indian reservation next to Windsor
Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017
Reuters: Trump border 'wall' to cost $21.6 billion, take 3.5 years to build: internal report
San Jose Mercury: Los Gatos: Barefoot and pregnant, woman escapes Santa Cruz Mountain mudslide with baby
Press Democrat: Tiny Venado has seen 114 inches of rain since Oct. 1
Press Democrat: Lawmakers fear California way behind on tax system for legal marijuana
Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017
San Jose Mercury: Hole opens in Oroville Dam spillway amid heavy rains
The Oregonian: Army Corps of Engineers considers privatizing some Oregon hatcheries
Press Democrat: Pot advocates challenge Mendocino County cannabis tax