Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Wednesday, June 22, 2016
Daily Beast: White Cop Growing Pot Gets Off Easy. Black Teens Get Life Sentence
Ukiah Daily Journal: SF court upholds lawsuit delaying Costco, negates approval of project
Ukiah Daily Journal: Lawsuit against Mendocino County over marijuana regulations settled
Press Democrat: Environmentalists protest poisoning trees in Mendocino County
Press Democrat: Feds say $385 million needed to save California tiger salamander, endangered plants on Santa Rosa Plain
SF Chronicle: Newsom warns marijuana legalization in California no sure thing
Tuesday, June 21, 2016
The Guardian: A 'black and smelly' job: the search for China's most polluted rivers
Leafly: DEA Official Pumps Brakes on Cannabis Rescheduling Announcement
SF Chronicle: CSU shocker: Up to 57,000 students homeless
San Jose Merrcury: Today's Cannabis Business Summit & Expo at the Oakland Marriott City Center
Marin Independent Journal: Novato to hire homeless to clean streets, parks
Seattle Times: Small, commercial drones get federal OK for takeoff
NY Times: Diablo: California’s Last Nuclear Power Plant Could Close
Nation: The Devastating Process of Dying in America Without Insurance
Press Democrat: Millions eligible for free tickets through Ticketmaster
Press Democrat: Oyster Girls Opening Petaluma Restaurant
The Guardian: Sonia Sotomayor just told us all the truth about illegal traffic stops
The Guardian: San Diego sex trafficking industry worth $800m annually, federal report finds
Monday, June 20, 2016
The Guardian: How your clothes are poisoning our oceans and food supply
Sunday, June 19, 2016
The Oregonian: Photos: Portland's 46th Delta Park Powwow Brings Native People Together
Press Democrat: Sonoma County debuts online permitting system
LA Times: CA Democratic Party backs recreational pot legalization, repeal of death penalty
SF Examiner: California to fire up incinerators to deal with dead tree epidemic
The Atlantic: The War on Stupid People
Lucky Peach: Oysters: Sea Farming at the End of the World
Ukiah Daily Journal: Mendocino County still considering pot tax for November ballot
Press Democrat: Cliff erosion hits Highway 1 Gleason’s Beach, forcing lane closure
Press Democrat: Essay: Pot purveyor gets away with medical mission
Del Norte Triplicate: River activists push for fishing ban on Smith River
NY Daily News: Jim McMahon, other NFL veterans push for marijuana as painkiller
LA Times: Coastal Commission Woes: Taking in California's majestic coast from Oregon to Mexico
Saturday, June 18, 2016
San Jose Merrcury: President Obama visits Yosemite
NY Times: The First Big Company to Say It’s Serving the Legal Marijuana Trade? Microsoft.
Huffington Post: Inside The Dying Days Of Tibet’s Caterpillar Fungus ‘Gold Rush’
The Guardian: High times: the rise of drone photography
The Guardian: California wildfire triples in size as heatwave looms
Press Democrat: Crews rescue three teens Friday from cliff on Bodega Head
Friday, June 17, 2016
LA Times: From trash to treasure: Scientists turn plastic bottles and bags into liquid fuel
Seattle Times: Homelessness: Inside the grim world of The Jungle: The Caves, sleeping in shifts, eyeball-eating rats
The Guardian: The Republican crusade against public land must end
Thursday, June 16, 2016
Narratively: ON THIS RESERVATION, CANNABIS IS THE NEW CASINO
Press Democrat: Rally at Sonoma County courthouse for raided cannabis oil lab
Press Democrat: Sonoma County agencies coordinate raids on cannabis oil labs
LA Times: Oakland museum's marijuana exhibit: Scholarly, fun and a little dangerous!
Wednesday, June 15, 2016
UK Telegraph: Conversations with Koko: an audience with world's favourite 'talking' gorilla
Willits News: Mendocino County undersheriff talks cannabis “urgency” program
Trinity Journal: Cannabis Code Enforcement tallies for 2015
Trinity Journal: 13-year federal sentence in marijuana case for ex-felon
The Oregonian: Lung cancer patient files suit against art glass factory
Medford Tribune: More lead found in Medford's water system