Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016
NY Daily News: Photos: Pirate crisis sinks Venezuelan fishing industry
NY Times: Oakland Fire Leads to Crackdown on Illegal Warehouses in Other Cities
Washington Post: Heroin deaths surpass gun homicides for the first time, CDC data shows
Willits News: Willits woman missing
Del Norte Triplicate: Legislation could give Yurok Tribe a seat at the table
The Oregonian: Conservative Washington lawmakers file bill to split state in two
The Guardian: 'This is an awakening': Native Americans find new hope after Standing Rock
Seattle Times: Finnish teachers, seen as global stars, call U.S. schools exhausting, uninspired
San Jose Mercury: "Marijuana Martyr" Eddy Lepp out of prison after 10 years
San Jose Mercury: Law that lets police seize assets – $2.6 billion in 2015 – raises questions
Press Democrat: BIA letter supports new 500-acre reservation for Pomo near Windsor
Daily Beast: Trumps EPA Pick Is Worse Than You Think
Mother Jones: Inside a Drug Treatment Center That Actually Works
SF Chronicle: Emerald Cup expected to draw 30,000 to Santa Rosa
Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2016
Stat : Just like reading glasses, hearing aids are about to go over the counter
Stat : Opiods in TX: ‘The Amazon of drug trafficking’
Buzz Feed: How America's Largest Pysch Chain Turns a Profit
Press Democrat: Officials shorten California's abalone season, slash allowable catch
LA Times: Another LA County city closer to legalizing commercial pot grows
Irish Times: Medicinal cannabis’s benefits far outweigh its risks
Press Democrat: Boy airlifted to hospital after near drowning in Ukiah hotel pool
Press Democrat: County sets special pot tax election
Huffington Post: Sorry, Weed Probably Won’t Help You Sleep
Washington Post: Pipeline protesters forced from N.D. camps by blizzard, subzero temperatures
Washington Post: Garrison Keillor: Thank you, Trump voters, for this wonderful joke
Seattle Times: Frantic rescue underway in Indonesia as quake kills scores
San Jose Mercury: Three held after drug bust off San Mateo County coast
San Jose Mercury: Martins Beach: State takes first step toward eminent domain for public access
SF Chronicle: Spread by trade and climate, bugs butcher America's forests
Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2016
Washington Post: Clones of Hunter S. Thompson’s private marijuana strain are coming to Colorado weed shops
The Oregonian: Portland meeting on future of Snake River dams expected to draw big crowd
The Oregonian: Two students robbed at gunpoint at Portland State University
Mother Jones: Big Ag Just Got A Big, Wet Kiss From Paul Ryan
Christian Science Monitor: Pacific fisher reintroduction: Not just an ecological victory, but a cultural one for local Native Americans
The Guardian: Philip Morris's vision of cigarette-free future met with scepticism
The Guardian: Thousands of snow geese die in Montana after landing on contaminated water
Monday, Dec. 5, 2016
Washington Post: EXCLUSIVE Pentagon buries study exposing $125 billion in wasteful spending
Cannifornian: Costa Mesa Republican Congressman uses a topical cannabis product for pain
Del Norte Triplicate: Inland snow tonight, Tuesday morning
Willits News: Northern California farm strives to find solution to world hunger
Marin Independent Journal: Bernie Sanders in San Rafael: Democratic elite to blame for Trump victory
Atlas Obscura: The Hidden Signs That Mark Britain's Ghost Forests
Ars Technica: New court software is so awful it’s getting people wrongly arrested
Seattle Times: Video: Family growing closer by growing cannabis
Seattle Times: Once extinct in Washington, fishers return to Mount Rainier
Reuters: Trump advisors aim to privatize oil-rich Indian reservations for development access
Sunday, Dec. 4, 2016
Digg: A Machine That Will Grow Weed In Your Home With No Effort On Your Part
Politico: Game On: Trump likely to reverse Dakota pipeline decision
The Oregonian: National monument fight comes to Cascade-Siskiyou
The Oregonian: Oregon revises marijuana rules after industry backlash