Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Saturday, Feb. 13, 2016
Los Angeles Times: Republican-Controlled Senate Likely to Defer Appointing New Justice Until After November Election
CNN: Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia Dies at 79
Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016
The Guardian: Soaring rents in Portland, Oregon lead to more evictions and homelessness
LA Times: Firing of Coastal Commission chief Charles Lester leaves deep divisions
Press Democrat: Sen. Mike McGuire floats bill to increase sales tax on medical marijuana
Press Democrat: Armed Ukiah man thwarts home invader
Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2016
Reuters: Australia set to legalize cultivation of medical cannabis
KOAA: Colorado marijuana sales total close to $1 billion in 2015
San Jose Merrcury: Coastal Commission fires popular executive director
The Guardian: Siri Is Killing Regional American Accents
LA Times: Resident of Yolo County tests positive for Zika virus
Los Angeles Times: Northern California Man Accused of Setting Girlfriend On Fire
Aljazeera: Why some therapists are risking arrest to heal trauma using psychedelics
NY Times: Funny or Die Made a Trump Biopic, Starring Johnny Depp
Scientific American: Dress for Success: How Clothes Influence Our Performance
Del Norte Triplicate: Two escape major injury in plane crash
Del Norte Triplicate: Riverboat stops in Del Norte on trek from Mississippi R.
LA Times: California solar industry job growth reaches record levels
Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2016
NPR: Why Is It So Hard To Test Whether Drivers Are Stoned?
Daily Beast: Are Regulations Why You Can’t Afford a House
Press Democrat: New tool to fight chronic back pain without drugs deployed in Sonoma County
Monday, Feb. 8, 2016
SF Chronicle: Motorists robbed at gunpoint on Highway 1 near Half Moon Bay
The Guardian: Scientists and Silicon Valley want to prove psychoactive drugs are healthy
LA Times: Mercury, DDT and other contaminants in fish are at a four-decade low
LA Times: California issued 605,000 new driver's licenses for immigrants in the U.S. illegally last year
Press Democrat: Huffman adds new barriers to casino in Lytton bill
Sunday, Feb. 7, 2016
Fusion: The confounding reason the government kills hundreds of wild buffalo every year
LA Times: Salinas hopes to turn farm workers' children into computer scientists
NY Times: Souping Is the New Juicing
The Guardian: Despair, addiction, financial struggles and the rise of suicide in white America
Saturday, Feb. 6, 2016
Technology Review: This $40,000 Robotic Exoskeleton Lets the Paralyzed Walk
Press Democrat: Warm Spring Wind Hop Farm leads the way in growing hops in Sonoma County
SF Chronicle: Dan Hicks, icon of Bay Area music, dead at 74
LA Times: Coastal Commission chief defends his record as panel moves to fire him
NY Times: Cover Crops, a Farming Revolution With Deep Roots in the Past
Seattle Times: Why cooking with weed is a bad idea
Friday, Feb. 5, 2016
Aljazeera: Six sperm whales among the 30 whales dead along British beach
Press Democrat: Ukiah man arrested after 1,600 pounds of pot seized
Bloomberg News: Chicago Stock Exchange Says It's Being Sold to Chinese-Led Group
Thursday, Feb. 4, 2016
Philadelphia Inquirer: In the dead of winter, farming in Philly
NBC News: WTF: McDonald's kale salad has more calories than Big Mac
Daily Beast: Pot Retailers Drowning in Cash
Press Democrat: Disaster loans opened to California’s Dungeness crab fishermen, businesses
MotherBoard: The Environmental Cost of Our Shrimp Addiction
San Jose Merrcury: San Jose Organics pot club officials indicted
Gizmodo: Facebook is Shutting Down Medical Marijuana Dispensary Pages for Some Mysterious Reason
Trinity Journal: Crowd of 200 meets in Trinity over new pot rules
Trinity Journal: Sacramento judge OKs class action lawsuit over CA fire fees
The Guardian: Oregon ranchers fear impact of militia standoff: 'We all look like crazies'
The Guardian: Cartel Fentanyl: drug 50 times more potent than heroin ravages New Hampshire