Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Friday, Sept. 9, 2016
NY Times: Owning a Vineyard: The Days of Wine Are Not All Rosy
The Guardian: The World Nomad Games - in pictures
The Guardian: Inmates strike in prisons nationwide over 'slave labor' working conditions
Seattle Times: Heather Anderson holds records on the Pacific Crest and Appalachian trails. What’s next?
Thursday, Sept. 8, 2016
Slate: The World Has Too Many Ships and Not Enough Stuff to Put on Them
Daily Beast: Narcan Prices Are Skyrocketing and Cities Are Begging for Help to Buy It
Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2016
NY Times: Driscoll’s Aims to Hook the Berry-Buying Shopper
Press Democrat: House fire leads Santa Rosa firefighters to marijuana grow
Press Democrat: Four fires added to list of blazes Lake County man is suspected of igniting
Press Democrat: Two teens die in fiery crash west of Monte Rio
NY Magazine: When Will New York City Sink? Sooner Than You Think
The New Yorker: Ayahuasca: THE DRUG OF CHOICE FOR THE AGE OF KALE
Huffington Post: Climbers Are Scaling The World’s Tallest Trees In An Effort To Save Them
Washington Post: Showdown over oil pipeline becomes a national movement for Native Americans
LA Times: Homestead cabins have become a cottage industry in the desert
LA Times: Japan's notorious dolphin hunt is where the world's aquariums shop
The Guardian: The human toll of America's public defender crisis
The Oregonian: Oregon agency charged with accrediting pot labs 'on verge of collapse'
Press Democrat: On the trail of an arsonist: Could Clayton fire in Lake County have been prevented?
Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2016
Huffington Post: This Stroke Victim Was Jailed For Smoking Pot And Couldn’t Afford $100 Bail. He Died In Custody.
Huffington Post: North Dakota Pipeline To Halt Temporarily After Tribe’s Protest
Monday, Sept. 5, 2016
Fox News: Not Quite Bulgaria: Albanian crackdown on cannabis destroys 1.7 million plants
SF Chronicle: Top 24 sights on California's Lost Coast
Sunday, Sept. 4, 2016
The Oregonian: 240 marijuana plants seized from Washington County backyard
Washington Post: Middle-aged parents are now more likely to smoke weed than their teenaged kids
MotherBoard: Quantifying Weed: Why We Need More Data on Our Dank
UK Telegraph: Modern life is killing our children: Cancer rate in young people up 40 per cent in 16 years
Del Norte Triplicate: Brookings eyes marijuana tax windfall
Press Democrat: Healdsburg man’s Goat Rock death ruled suicide; suspect in Texas child molestation case
Saturday, Sept. 3, 2016
NY Times: African Elephant Population Dropped 30 Percent in 7 Years
The Guardian: Alaskans on edge after unsolved murders on trails and in parks
Medford MailTribune: Homeless: Ashland grapples with 'travelers' who say they're part of a counterculture movement
Friday, Sept. 2, 2016
Marin Independent Journal: Marin activists form veterans’ medical marijuana group
The Oregonian: Extreme poverty in rural Oregon persists amid broader recovery
The Oregonian: Portland has lost 1,000 affordable homes to short-term rentals
The Oregonian: Industrial hemp industry gets kick-start from oil extract
Leafly: Cannabis Social Clubs Are Illegal, Alaska AG Says
UK Independent: Getting high on cannabis makes you less likely to work hard for money, study says
NBC News: FDA Orders Antibacterials Removed From Consumer Soaps
Ultimate Guitar: Man Serving Double Life Sentence for Selling LSD at Grateful Dead Show to Be Released from Prison
Press Democrat: Sizzla's Petaluma show deemed ‘anti-gay’ canceled amid protests
Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016
NY Times: Dam Project Threatens to Submerge Thousands of Years of Turkish History
Daily Beast: Study: 10 Million More Americans Smoke Pot Now Than 12 Years Ago
Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2016
Montana Standard: Grizzly bear spotted in areas of Montana for first time in about a century
Marin Independent Journal: Novato: $1M bail for hit-and-run DUI suspect
Press Democrat: WTF: US court upholds ban on gun sales to marijuana card holders
SF Chronicle: Cyclists incensed after bike pedal blamed in Sierra wildfire
Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2016
New Republic: PTSD: Full Metal Racket
Press Democrat: New water regulations to impact well users