Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Friday, Oct. 2, 2015
The Oregonian: Oregon's legal pot sales robust but violations worry state
LA Times: ON A CHILLY BEACH IN RUSSIA, AN UNLIKELY SURF CULTURE TAKES ROOT
Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2015
Press Democrat: Looters spoil return home for Lake County residents who escaped Valley fire
Press Democrat: Mendocino County forest protected under conservation deal
SF Chronicle: Crime down, costs up since prison realignment, study finds
Monday, Sept. 28, 2015
LA Times: State solar users would lose savings if proposal is OKd
The New Republic: THE WONDER DRUG: Inside the medical marijuana industry's wild new frontier.
The Telegraph: Pesticide Use: Trouble in wine paradise as Bordeaux village grapples with cancer rates five times national average
The Guardian: Mount Everest to be declared off-limits to inexperienced climbers, says Nepal
The Guardian: Boredom is not a problem to be solved. It's the last privilege of a free mind
Ukiah Daily Journal: Pinoleville Pomos issue response to marijuana raid
SF Chronicle: Shell to cease Alaska offshore Arctic drilling
SF Chronicle: Why El Niño won't save us from the drought
Sunday, Sept. 27, 2015
The Guardian: Bundle of marijuana worth $10,000 falls from the sky and crushes doghouse in AZ
Press Democrat: Vandals hit Carmel mission where Junipero Serra, recently canonized by pope, buried
You Tube: Magical: Seattle put a preschool in a nursing home
Buzz Feed: The Dark Side Of Medical Marijuana's Miracle Drug
Saturday, Sept. 26, 2015
Marin Independent Journal: Marin’s Rustic Bakery supplies pope with organic goodies during U.S. visit
Willits News: Tribe rejects Caltrans proposal on Bypass
Del Norte Triplicate: New school curriculum focuses on local tribes
Washington Post: How Mexican heroin cartels are targeting small-town America
Friday, Sept. 25, 2015
Alaska Dispatch: Pot social club ban remains under proposed Marijuana Control Board rules
Del Norte Triplicate: Request by tribe irks Brookings officials
Huffington Post: World Indoor Lacrosse Championship Returns To Its Indigenous Roots
Huffington Post: Men's Wearhouse Founder Has Smoked Weed For 50 Years, Doesn’t Care Who Knows
The Telegraph: Starbucks to help staff by paying rent deposits
Grist: McDonald’s to roll out organic hamburger in Germany
The Guardian: Cannabis 'forest' discovered in south-west London
LA Times: TRAVEL Cruises Historic drought straining state's Giant Sequoias
Thursday, Sept. 24, 2015
NY Times: Investors Are Mining for Water, the Next Hot Commodity
NY Times: Oldest Find of Salmon Remains in North America
Ukiah Daily Journal: More than $100,000 raised for wool mill in Ukiah
Daily Beast: The Lifesaving Power of Storytelling
Press Democrat: Red Cross under criticism for shelter operation in Valley fire
Press Democrat: FEMA chief visits Lake County, reaches out to fire victims
Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2015
NY Times: An Aging Population, Without the Doctors to Match
Ukiah Daily Journal: Mendo deputies raid Pomo grow, seize $100,000 extraction lab
Redcube: Photos: Siberian pirates dig up mammoth ivory
NY Daily News: Snoop Dogg to launch MerryJane.com, digital business celebrating all things marijuana
LA Times: California seeks to build one of world's largest recycled water programs
Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2015
The Guardian: Alaska: Fossil find points to new "lost world of dinosaurs"
The Telegraph: End of Diesel: Volkswagen scandal: how two campaigners exposed the world's biggest car company
The Atlantic: A Bleak Future for Renters
NY Daily News: NYC Council members say criminalization of marijuana pushes people to dangerous K2
LA Times: Wildlife groups seek federal protection for the California spotted owl
LA Times: L.A. lawmakers to declare 'state of emergency,' commit more than $100 million to fight homelessness
The Oregonian: IRS agent charged with seeking bribe from Seattle pot business owner
Press Democrat: Contentious meeting over Lytton tribe’s development plans near Windsor
Press Democrat: Meager salmon catch one of worst seasons for Sonoma County fishermen
Monday, Sept. 21, 2015
Washington Post: This new, ‘complete’ tree of life shows how 2.3 million species are related