Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Thursday, July 18, 2013
Huffington Post: Photos: Weed-inspired beer labels
LA Times: Runner who circumvented the globe tells his story in new movie
UK Daily Mail: Small Colo town considers bounty on drones
Press Democrat: Rohnert Park pot suspect who fled in airplane to be tried in Arkansas
Press Democrat: Carillo due in court today on prowling charges
Wednesday, July 17, 2013
National Geographic: How sugar substitutes stack up
Seattle Times: Northwest scientists using drones to spy on nature
LA Times: Telemarketers are ignoring the Do Not Call rules in CA
Tuesday, July 16, 2013
BBC News: Food scares in China have locals buying imported food items
BBC News: How Scientology changed the Internet
ABC News: FDA approves brain scan to diagnose ADHD
PC Magazine: Google Street View climbs the Eiffel Tower
UPI: Really? Study measured average penis length in US
USA Today: Most parents surveyed say legal age for pot should be 21
LA Times: Riverside-area fire grows to 8,000 acres; destroys 7 homes
Willits News: Ukiah woman finds toddler in Vallejo bathroom
Willits News: Mendo County school gardens in financial crisis
Willits News: Drug-induced madness not cause for insanity plea in Willits murder case
Willits News: Santa Cruz Sentinel discovers there's pot on Google Earth
Ukiah Daily Journal: Mendo Coast TV loses lawsuit, closes up shop
LA Times: State regulators propose $2.25 billion fine for PG&E in San Bruno explosion
The Oregonian: Silent auction to be held for 32,000 acres of OR timberland
Seattle Times: Archaeological site on Columbia River halts construction of power lines
The Sacramento Bee: California Supreme Court declines to halt same-sex marriages
Monday, July 15, 2013
Slate: State of Mass has innovative program to prevent domestic homicide
Gawker: Couple driving to Dave Matthews show picks him up hitchhiking in PA
Press Democrat: Sailboat crashes into rocks on Sonoma coast
Press Democrat: Sebastopol feed store fire damage total $2.8 million
Oakland Tribune: Proposal would give Coastal Commission power to levy fines on polluters
Huffington Post: If pot is legal, what about hash?
Newser: German activists plant pot seeds all over city
Seattle Times: Biodynamic vintners brew up "magic wine"
Seattle Times: Native bees seen for first time since 90's
Seattle Times: Lamprey: bringing back an ancient species
Press Democrat: Sonoma Co. supervisor goes to rehab following arrest for prowling
Saturday, July 13, 2013
The Chicago Tribune: George Zimmerman found not guilty in shooting death of Trayvon Martin
BBC News: Protests prompt China to cancel uranium plant
Press Democrat: Conservationists trying to buy Sonoma's last fire lookout
Friday, July 12, 2013
Reuters UK: British approve world's largest offshore wind farm
LA Times: Janet Napolitano named head of UC system
Huffington Post: DOJ calls for sentencing reform to cut prison spending
Press Democrat: Santa Rosa Internet cafe raided for illegal gambling
Press Democrat: Two arrested for pot grow on Sonoma Coast State Park
Press Democrat: 53,000 pot plants found on public lands in Lake Co.
Press Democrat: Rebuilding at Sonoma Zen Center opposed by neighbors
SF Chronicle: CA solar installations set records
Thursday, July 11, 2013
Marin Independent Journal: Eucalyptus tree fall across Hwy. 101 in Marin today
NY Daily News: Washington, DC considers decriminalizing pot
Seattle Times: Writer says Seattle's first licensed commercial grow is historic
The Daily Beast: Doctors should advocate improved diet over cardiac meds