Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Thursday, June 20, 2013
SF Chronicle: Norway opens Arctic border to oil drilling
SF Chronicle: CA utilities got 4,000 subpoenas for energy-use data last year
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Center for Investigative Reporting: Minor drug busts at border checkpoint breaking Texas county’s budget
Huffington Post: Bay Area beers make Zymurgy's list of top US craft brews
Huffington Post: "Marijuana Moms" say pot helps their parenting
Seattle Times: DOJ, Holder urged to avoid pot showdown in WA
Rolling Stone Magazine: Bill Maher: The New Stoned Age
Press Democrat: Boudin's 164-year-old "Mother Dough" arrives in Santa Rosa
Press Democrat: Sheep return to downtown Cotati
Press Democrat: Napa wine executive accused of embezzling $900,000
SF Chronicle: Sonoma defeats state proposal to charge beach parking fees
SF Chronicle: Save-the-Redwoods League saves the Skunk Train
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
LA Times: LA City Council votes to ban plastic bags
Seattle Times: WA writer says road to legalization "a long strange trip"
Ukiah Daily Journal: Body found at Spyrock Road pot garden near Laytonville
Marin Independent Journal: Study shows cost of Marin retiree health benefits top $5700 per household
USA Today: New book raises alarms about alternative medicine, supplements
Monday, June 17, 2013
News Daily: Peruvians protest $5 billion gold mine over environmental concerns
Seattle Times: Author of "Eat Wild" discusses best fruits, veggies
San Jose Mercury News: Orchard Supply Hardware files bankruptcy; Lowe's buying some stores
SF Chronicle: CA Supreme Court says IHSS workers can sue county for unpaid wages
SF Chronicle: Wind whips up wildfire near Yosemite; 900 acres, 700 firefighters
Seattle Times: Weyerhaeuser pays $2.6 billion for Longview Timber Co.
Sunday, June 16, 2013
Business Week: Ancient concrete recipe about to revolutionize modern architecture
Saturday, June 15, 2013
Americans for Safe Access: Obama administration spent $300 million busting pot dispensaries
Riverfront Times: Feds put venue owner in prison for audience drug use
The Week: How typeface influences the way we read and think
NY Daily News: Appeals court says feds, not states should prosecute crimes on Indian land
The Oregonian: Facebook reveals government sought data on 18,000 users in six months
Ukiah Daily Journal: Small grant brings Yoga to Mendo juvenille hall
Press Democrat: Baby dies while at Fort Bragg daycare
Friday, June 14, 2013
SF Chronicle: Sonoma completes largest land conservation deal in California
The Oregonian: Klamath Basin ranchers ask court to stop water shutoffs
The Oregonian: Small tornado touches down in McMinnville, Ore.
Thursday, June 13, 2013
Reuters: Researchers say strict drug laws censor science
Marin Independent Journal: Bob Weir returns to stage following April collapse on tour
Reuters: Blast, fire reported at Louisiana chemicals plant
Huffington Post: New Nevada law allows cannabis dispensaries
Press Democrat: Protestors descend on Willits bypass site again
Seattle Times: WA state officials drafting rules to keep pot away from kids
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
BBC News: Birdsong phone apps causing harm to real birds
National Geographic News: New hot pink slug discoverd in Austrailia
The Oregonian: Power company proposes dam across Skykomish River in WA
The Oregonian: WA state's heroin use, deaths increase among young people
The Oregonian: Investigators still tracking down source of GMO wheat on Oregon farm
Seattle Times: Undercover officers bust physician for "assembly line" pot prescriptions
Seattle Times: Speed cameras at just four Seattle area schools raise $3.3 million in six months
Press Democrat: Rohnert Park declares fiscal crisis amid growing pension obligations
Press Democrat: A Mendo deputy, suspect exchanges gunfire in pot garden
Press Democrat: Napa's Bottlerock music fest in financial straits despite huge turnout