Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Sunday, June 14, 2015
Huffington Post: Hawaii To Convert Retired Buses Into Fleet Of Mobile Homeless Shelters, Showers
Huffington Post: How Meditation Is Changing Schools And Students
San Jose Mercury: SF State faces mounting protests after evicting Marin fisheries program
Del Norte Triplicate: Trees of Mystery matriarch, Smith, dies at age 93
Del Norte Triplicate: Workers protest at Pelican Bay State Prision
LA Times: L.A. County deputies get new guns; accidental firings more than double
Willits News: Group seeking signatures for Mendo county marijuana ballot measure
SF Chronicle: Giant purple sea slugs slime San Francisco Bay Area beaches
Saturday, June 13, 2015
SF Chronicle: Wildfire near Hyampom grows to 1,331 acres
Daily Beast: The Bitter Truth About Stevia: It Ain’t ‘Natural’
The Oregonian: Propane by rail in Portland: A bird's-eye video of rail routes to proposed export terminal
LA Times: Trying to cultivate respect for water regulations among pot growers
Press Democrat: Deal for blighted Remco industrial site could transform Willits gateway
Smell the Truth: Senate committee votes to call off war on medical marijuana
SF Chronicle: California tells senior water rights holders to stop pumping
Friday, June 12, 2015
Daily Mail: Santa Ana cops who raided marijuana dispensary caught on tape eating edibles
Thursday, June 11, 2015
The Oregonian: SPECIAL REPORT: A tainted high: Pesticide-laced pot reaching patients
Grist: Is grass-fed beef better in a drought?
Grist: 8 ideas for Ben & Jerry’s new vegan ice cream flavors
Digg: The Rise and Fall of Two Florida Stoners Who Made It Big as Gunrunners
Press Democrat: North Coast marine sanctuaries formally expanded
Press Democrat: California floats tighter water regulations to protect Russian River salmon
Tuesday, June 9, 2015
The Oregonian: Doerner Fir tucked deep in Coos County forest is world's tallest non-redwood tree
Monday, June 8, 2015
Forbes: Investors finally seeing marijuana's high market potential
SF Chronicle: Marijuana fact-finding tour the new political field trip
Press Democrat: Fur seal strandings on California coast raise alarm on ocean conditions
Sunday, June 7, 2015
Ukiah Daily Journal: Photo: Pinoleville appears to prepare for pot growing
Ukiah Daily Journal: First Hand: Ukiah - ‘Wastin’ Away Again in Marijuanaville’
Willits News: Regulatory agencies continue to move forward to bring growers into compliance
SF Chronicle: In Case You Missed It: Historic California medical cannabis regulations advance
Saturday, June 6, 2015
NY Times: Demand and Expectations Grow for Green Retirement Communities
NY Times: Hospitals Back Providers Applying for New York State Marijuana Licenses
Press Democrat: Ukiah tribe downsizes plans for marijuana farm
Friday, June 5, 2015
Huffington Post: New Look At Pot-Smoking Pygmies Suggests Marijuana Helps Deter Parasites
Mic News: "Marley Natural" brand of cannabis going global
Press Democrat: Reality show looking for "rock star" winemaker in Sonoma
Thursday, June 4, 2015
The Guardian: Oregon Astoria, OR enlists fake whale to scare hundreds of sea lions off docks
Huffington Post: U.S. Ban On Hemp Makes About As Much Sense As 'A Ban On Portobello Mushrooms,' Senator says
Ukiah Daily Journal: Tribe, Mendo Sheriff disagree on marijuana project
The Oregonian: Doping accusations rock Alberto Salazar, Galen Rupp and the Nike Oregon Project
The Oregonian: 9 earthquakes in less than 3 days shake the ocean floor off the Oregon coast
SF Chronicle: Quirky boat race to Alaska has a rule: No motors
Press Democrat: ID of Santa Rosa safe house on Google Maps lands it in national discussion on safety
Press Democrat: Santa Rosa man charged in 1974 murder of Southern California woman
Press Democrat: Construction appears to start on tribe's pot farm north of Ukiah
Wednesday, June 3, 2015
SF Weekly: Tahoe Man Celebrates Cop's Drug Bust, Cops Then Raid His Marijuana Dispensary
The Oregonian: Marijuana and hemp growers duke it out in Oregon Legislature
Press Democrat: Texas man dies abalone diving in Tomales Bay
Press Democrat: Sunset Magazine moving test gardens, kitchen to Sonoma Valley
Tuesday, June 2, 2015
NY Times: Push for Colombians to Stop Farming Coca Falls Short