Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Monday, Aug. 15, 2016
LA Times: Acetaminophen use in pregnancy linked to kids' behavioral problems
Press Democrat: Santa Rosa medical marijuana businesses gain access to wider, nonresidential swath of city
Press Democrat: Historic drought fuels 9 fires across California
Press Democrat: Santa Rosa invites marijuana businesses to step out of the shadows
Press Democrat: Clayton fire in Lake County now 4,000 acres, 175 structures lost
New Republic: We Need to Literally Declare War On Climate Change
Popular Mechanics: Chemtrails Aren't Real, In Case You Were Wondering
The Guardian: How the Soviets helped America’s craft beer revolution
Sunday, Aug. 14, 2016
Ukiah Daily Journal: New Hampshire family arrested in Mendocino County marijuana raid
Press Democrat: Lower Lake burning; Clayton fire forces evacuation of Clearlake residents
The Sacramento Bee: A Pot Smuggler’s Story: the Fast Rise and Dramatic Demise of ‘Papa Winks'
Saturday, Aug. 13, 2016
Press Democrat: Evacuation orders issued for wildfire south of Lower Lake in Lake County
Trinity Journal: Feds indict six for illegal grow along French Creek
NY Times: Colorado Towns Work to Preserve a Diminishing Resource: Darkness
Del Norte Triplicate: Big pot farm in Curry County linked to cartel
Washington Post: This Republican mayor has an incredibly simple idea to help the homeless. And it seems to be working
Press Democrat: A court ruling that could save the planet
Press Democrat: Two North Coast legislators’ medical pot tax bills go down to defeat
SF Chronicle: ACLU boss talks California legalization at Oakland Museum tonight
Friday, Aug. 12, 2016
The Guardian: Our avocado obsession may be causing illegal deforestaton
The Oregonian: Portable toilet discovered full of pot in Rogue River park
Thursday, Aug. 11, 2016
LA Times: Legislation meant to bar backroom dealing at the Coastal Commission just got weaker
LA Times: DEA ends its monopoly on marijuana growing for medical research
SF Chronicle: Hot tub wiring identified as cause of devastating Valley Fire in Lake Co
Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2016
San Jose Merrcury: Brothers save Carmel vacation ranch from California's biggest wildfire: 'They pulled off a miracle'
The Guardian: US said to allow more weed research but won't loosen its drug classification
New York Post: Malia Obama appears to be smoking pot at Lollapalooza
NY Post: Your avocado obsession is Mexico’s deforestation problem
SF Chronicle: Why a Running Club for the Homeless Is Heading to San Francisco
Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2016
Washingtonian: This Guy Wants to Become the Steve Jobs of Weed
Esquire: Did legal pot cause the cartels to turn to heroin?
Press Democrat: Mary’s Garden at Children’s Museum of Sonoma County gets global honor
Press Democrat: Environmentalists file suit over Gualala River logging plan
LA Times: 5.0 quake strikes near Upper Lake
Seattle Times: Maker of massacre gun donates $5 million to NRA lobbying
The Guardian: Construction of giant dam in Canada prompts human rights outcry
Reuters: SoCal fire grows 50% overnight; schools closed
Marin Independent Journal: Marin health board member proposes open use of medical marijuana at Marin General
Ukiah Daily Journal: Mendocino County Jail staff say locking up the mentally ill is ‘insane’
San Jose Mercury: Editorial: California should legalize recreational marijuana
SF Chronicle: Big alcohol is working to undermine marijuana legalization, Wikileaks confirms
Sunday, Aug. 7, 2016
Denver Post: Op Ed: DEA should stop stalling on reclassifying cannabis
Washington Post: Serious researchers studied how sex is different when you’re high vs. when you’re drunk
Washington Post: The next big fight over housing could happen, literally, in your back yard
NY Times: How to Give Rural America Broadband? Look to the Early 1900s
Quartz: How obesity became the new face of disability in America
SF Chronicle: Expedition by land, sea to document NorCal's timber industry history
Saturday, Aug. 6, 2016
Daily Beast: Jesus Wants Me to Smoke This Joint
KRCR: Two federal indictments for marijuana growing in national forests
Press Democrat: Should you give money to panhandlers?