Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Monday, Jan. 18, 2016
Press Democrat: Study: 1 in 4 Sonoma County residents has prescription for opioids
Sunday, Jan. 17, 2016
Washington Post: Buyer beware: Solar power may be missing key ingredient
Washington Post: Sexual violence isn’t just a college problem. It happens in K-12 schools, too.
Willits News: Locals collect Mendocino’s cannabis history
Seattle Times: WA oyster growers have new plans to spray beds with pesticide
Priceconomics: How Police Officers Seize Cash From Innocent Americans
The Guardian: David Bowie: astronomers give the Starman his own constellation
The Guardian: Richest 62 billionaires as wealthy as half the world population combined
Saturday, Jan. 16, 2016
Times-Standard: Harbor District to Try Offering Portable Toilets Again
Los Angeles Times: Name Changes for Ahwahnee Hotel and Other Yosemite Attractions Draw Outrage
Newsweek: A Pacific Northwest Earthquake Could Cause Thousands of Landslides
Los Angeles Times: Can Pacific Coast Highway Withstand El Niño?
New York Times: The Manhunt for the Drug Kingpin El Chapo
National Forest Foundation: National Forests are the Largest Single Source of Water in California
Sac Bee: Saga of Boat Swept From Japan to California by Tsunami Inspires Teacher
KOMO: Washington Man Facing 40 Years in Prison for Selling Marijuana
Friday, Jan. 15, 2016
Mic: The Reason France's Bial Painkiller Experiment Went Horribly Wrong Wasn't Cannabis
The Oregonian: Wal-Mart to shutter 269 stores, 154 of them in the US
Press Democrat: Santa Rosa Planning Commission rejects ban on commercial growing of medical pot
Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016
Daily Beast: Brooklyn’s Only Weed Dr. ‘Got Rich’ Off the Homeless and Mentally Ill
Daily Beast: Kansas Holds GI’s Kids Over Medical Pot
SF Weekly: Why Pot Legalization Could Lose in CA
The Daily Triplicate: Fewer Options for Juvenile Mental Health
SFGate: No longer the Ahwahnee: New names for Yosemite landmark sites
The Press Democrat: Dog Thought Killed in Valley Fire Found After 116 Days
CNN: Border Officers Find Ton of Pot in Fake Carrots
LA Times: Op-Ed Yes, pot is stronger today, but not for the reasons you think
Press Democrat: Photos: North Coast's Historic Railroads
The Guardian: Does cannabis really lower your IQ?
The Guardian: Oregon Militia: timber, despair and a crippling political isolation
The Guardian: Can a crime be justified by climate change?
Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2016
Fast Company: Coworking startup WeWork began testing its first residential offering in New York
NY Times: Implant for Opioid Addicts Urged for Federal Approval
LA Times: UC Irvine receives a record $40-million gift for nursing school
The Guardian: First case of zika virus linked to serious birth defect found in Texas
The Guardian: US solar industry now employs more workers than oil and gas, says report
Press Democrat: Cloverdale lifts ban on outdoor marijuana grows
Press Democrat: Rural roads in Sonoma County becoming dumping ground
Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016
Ukiah Daily Journal: California governor outlines funding for medical marijuana regulations
Press Democrat: 400 Guernville residents say town overrun with homeless vandals
Monday, Jan. 11, 2016
The Guardian: The solution for the melting polar ice caps may be hiding in the rainforest
The Guardian: China's craze for 'aquatic cocaine' is pushing two species into oblivion
Washington Post: The new way police are surveilling you: Calculating your threat ‘score’
The Oregonian: Oregon's recreational pot shoppers adjust to 25 percent sales tax
LA Times: David Bowie, 69, barrier-breaking rock star and actor, has died
NPR: Can The Best Financial Tips Fit On An Index Card?
Sunday, Jan. 10, 2016
In Oregon Standoff, Local Sheriff Embraces the Spectacle: Los Angeles Times
ABC 7 News: Willits News Photographer's Lawsuit Against CHP Moves Forward
Mother Jones: As If Slavery Weren’t Enough, 6 Other Reasons to Avoid Shrimp
The Conversation: Can we curb the opioid abuse epidemic by rethinking chronic pain?