Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Thursday, March 26, 2015
Press Democrat: Food, music, fun and 70 craft breweries at Santa Rosa’s Battle of the Brews
LA Times: Medi-Cal rolls could swell under Obama's deportation relief
Daily Beast: Ganjapreneurs on the Reservation
Daily Beast: Willie Nelson Is Launching His Own Brand of Weed
Seattle Times: Seattle area smashes record for number of newcomers relocating
SF Chronicle: Colorado’s legalized pot hasn’t ended race disparities in arrests
SF Chronicle: Newsom’s group draws state’s road map to legal pot
Wednesday, March 25, 2015
NBC News: HIV epidemic hits small Indiana town due to needle sharing
Free Thought Project : Government Orders Banks to Call the Cops When Customers Withdraw $5,000 or More
National Geographic: The Azores: First Witness to Global Marine Plastic Pollution
Wired: France Is Letting 14-Year-Olds Drive This Tiny Electric Car
SF Chronicle: Environmental groups urge feds to consider beef’s cost in U.S. diet
SF Chronicle: AP investigation: Are slaves catching the fish you buy?
SF Weekly: Cheese Festival Shows Norcal’s Artisanal Community Is Thriving - Including Cypress Grove
Fox News: Monsanto seeks retraction for report linking herbicide to cancer
NWR: Autistic child improves on antibiotics, raises question of autism-gut bacteria connection
Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Marin Independent: Drake students lobby restaurants to drop plastic straws
LA Times: Boat with $3 million worth of pot found in Channel Islands
Forbes: Marijuana media is buzzing as legal pot gains territory
Sports Business Daily: Grateful Dead rumored to plan June concerts in Bay Area
Monday, March 23, 2015
Smithsonian Magazine: Modern Marijuana Is Often Laced With Heavy Metals and Fungus
Daily Mail: Cuttings from Humboldt redwood part of England's Eden Project
The Oregonian: Modular goes mainstream: Instant housing in your neighborhood (start to finish photos)
Press Democrat: Lake Mendocino shrinking again
SF Chronicle: Alaska police raid club of pot activist who quit TV job on air
Sunday, March 22, 2015
Seattle Times: Too much stuff: We collect it all our lives, and then what?
NY Times: Can Washington’s Gift Economy in Marijuana Work?
Huffington Post: Popular Weed-Killer Is Probably Carcinogenic, WHO Says
Saturday, March 21, 2015
SF Chronicle: Sonoma man arrested after body found in barrel
NY Times: Under Health Care Act, Many Tax Filers Are Discovering Costly Complications
Friday, March 20, 2015
Daily Beast: Connecticut Proposes Amnesty for Potheads
Huffington Post: Genetically Modified Potatoes, Apples Are Safe, FDA Says
Press Democrat: Random attack in Rohnert Park leaves man with broken neck
Press Democrat: Lawsuit claims arsenic levels high in some low-priced California wines
Rio Dell Times: Reminder: This Exists
Tuesday, March 17, 2015
Huffington Post: A Leaf Got A 6th Grader Suspended For A Year — Because It Looked Like Marijuana
Huffington Post: GAO: U.S. Government Gave Away $125 Billion In Questionable Benefits Last Year
Del Norte Triplicate: CA Fish & Wildlife issues new ocean regulations
NY Times: Pointing Fingers in Apple Pay Fraud
Daily Beast: Sorry, Hippies, Homeopathy Is Totally Useless
LA Times: California public workers may be at risk of losing promised pensions
Press Democrat: Napa vintner suspected of killing investor, then himself
SF Chronicle: Grateful Dead's Original Lyrics, Posters and Furniture Go to Auction
Monday, March 16, 2015
National Geographic: Journeying Oregon’s New Marine Reserves by Bike: Cape Perpetua
Highlight Press: Mayo Clinic Study Links Energy Drinks with Cardiovascular Problems
NY Times: Alcohol or Marijuana? A Pediatrician Faces the Question
Willits News: Laytonville pot grower gets 5+ years in federal prison
The Oregonian: Former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson calls Washington's pot rules 'worst-case scenario'
LA Times: Robert Durst murder case complicated by HBO's big role
LA Times: Harris Ranch lassos a new breed — Tesla owner — with charging station