Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Wednesday, July 13, 2016
Leafly: Colorado Cannabis Sales Reach Nearly Half a Billion Dollars in 5 Months
Buzz Feed: Facebook And Google Cannabis Policy Enforcement Makes No Sense
Marin Independent Journal: Novato nonprofit medical clinic expands amid ‘shocking’ surge in demand
SF Chronicle: Low Sierra snow seen as piece of alarming climate picture
Wired: Cash-Strapped Towns Are Un-Paving Roads They Can’t Afford to Fix
Huffington Post: For The First Time, Federal Judge Tosses Cell Phone ‘Stingray’ Evidence Obtained Without A Warrant
LA Times: Study says expansion of California's electric grid would save consumers $1.5 billion
LA Times: L.A. County marijuana tax for homeless services to appear on November's ballot
The Guardian: Making meth: how New Zealand's knack for 'P' turned into a homebaked disaster
The Guardian: As climate change worsens wildfires, smokejumpers fight blazes from the sky
The Guardian: Half of all US food produce is thrown away, new research suggests
Press Democrat: Sales tax proposal for Mendocino County psychiatric care facility qualifies for ballot
Press Democrat: Sonoma County supervisors signal support for limits on wineries, events
Tuesday, July 12, 2016
The Guardian: Kayaker captures video of humpback whales feasting in San Francisco Bay
The Guardian: Senator Al Franken demands Pokémon Go release privacy information
Digg: The Farming Machine To End All Farming Machines
LA Times: The people taking care of American children live in poverty
Press Democrat: Pro cyclist Floyd Landis opens pot business
Press Democrat: Downtown Santa Rosa merchants grapple with impacts of homelessness
Monday, July 11, 2016
Huffington Post: Why Huge Amounts Of Garbage Are Washing Up On Hong Kong’s Shores
Huffington Post: War On Weed’s End In Sight…
Del Norte Triplicate: Smith River residents call for a sheriff's station after spike in crimes
The Atlantic: Many Americans Want Work, but They Don’t Want to Mow Lawns
The Atlantic: When the Body Attacks the Mind: Mental Illness
Press Democrat: Are Sonoma's wineries turning rural areas into Disneyland?
NY Times: The Trusted Grown-Ups Who Steal Millions From Youth Sports
The Guardian: Allergic to life: the Arizona residents 'sensitive to the whole world'
Sunday, July 10, 2016
Action News Now: Man Killed, 3 Firefighters Injured in Jellys Ferry Bridge Collapse
Washington Post: Democrats call for ‘pathway’ to marijuana legalization
The Guardian: "I fear my 14-year-old son will kill me one day"
NY Post: Japanese vinyl-on-demand firm looks to make a play in US
Van Winkle's: The Night Sky is Vanishing — And Our Sleep May Never Be the Same
Washington Post: What life is like for drug offenders released early by Obama
Thrillist: The Rise Of Marijuana Restaurants
LA Times : Inside an L.A. OxyContin ring that pushed more than 1 million pills. What the drugmaker knew
Saturday, July 9, 2016
LA Times: San Francisco enacts extensive ban on all things (styro) foam
Press Democrat: Napa County law enforcement raid clandestine marijuana farm worth $2 million
Friday, July 8, 2016
Daily Mail: Scott's Miracle-Gro getting into pot business, CEO says
Thursday, July 7, 2016
Press Democrat: Santa Rosa may welcome more pot businesses
Wednesday, July 6, 2016
San Jose Mercury: HSU Research: Are California redwood trees the answer to global warming?
LA Times: Op-Ed: We're all paying a high price for drug company profiteering
The Oregonian: There's a homeless camp on a city park in the middle of the Columbia Slough
Daily Beast: Your Grandma Needs To Be Smoking Pot
Tuesday, July 5, 2016
Press Democrat: Lifeguard saves boy in trouble off Sonoma Coast
Ukiah Daily Journal: New Mexico fugitive apprehended in Mendocino County
Huffington Post: California Marijuana Legalization Could Usher In New Gold Rush
Huffington Post: Zero Waste: A Whole New Kind Of Grocery Store Is Coming To The U.S.
The Oregonian: Oakland Museum's pot exhibit creates debate on provocative plant
Press Democrat: Cal Fire agrees to logging of redwoods on Lower Gualala River
Monday, July 4, 2016
NY Times: The Student Loan Program That Makes You Pay Even After You Die