Marin Post
A San Francisco jury on Friday found Monsanto liable for a school groundskeeper’s lymphoma that he said developed after years of applying the company’s trademarked Roundup weed killer. … more »
HUD
An eye-opening report on Forbes.com offered a sobering reality when it comes to housing: just because you build a lot of it, doesn’t mean the housing situation overall becomes more affordable to those of lesser means. … more »
Earthjustice
The 9th Circuit Court ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to ban a widely used pesticide that’s been linked to learning disabilities in children and that former agency chief Scott Pruitt refused to take off the market. … more »
NPR.org Noah Berger / AP
Even as fires rage across California, thousands of new homes are being built deeper into our flammable foothills and forests, as lethal as they are lovely. … more »
OPB.org
The state’s designated commercial salmon season, which normally runs from May 1 to Sept. 30, had been reduced to a wan shadow. This year it opened only on July 27, leaving scarcely enough time for California’s ocean-going boats to turn a profit. … more »
Don Carroll
In their special investigation, the authors expose the industry’s long campaign to make the public and officials think that cell phones are safe. Although keenly aware of the dangers, Big Wireless has followed Big Tobacco's playbook, continuing to dupe us by using “doubt” to confuse and perpetuate the debate. … more »
Apple
The tech giant just became America's first trillion-dollar company, but it wasn't thanks to the iPhone. As the company’s profit margins have shrunk, stock buybacks played a crucial role in getting Apple to a trillion first. Companies like Apple are spending so much on buybacks that they’re neglecting to invest in their workers or their products. … more »
NPS.gov
For four days in a row starting July 24, temperatures peaked for the month at an unimaginable 127 degrees ― setting historic, highest ever, daily records each day, anywhere on earth. According to data published Tuesday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, daily highs never dipped below 113 degrees … more »
Novato Exposed
Nice try. The deceptive “civility” issue self-servingly fabricated by the Novato City Manager and “the ribber-stamping 3” members of the Novato City Council is nothing more than a silly diversionary tactic to divert people’s attention away from the serious fact that Novato is facing a no-end-in-sight structural financial deficit. … more »
Dweller
A growing number of cities are now beginning to think differently about how people can instead age in place, retrofitting neighborhoods to accommodate aging baby boomers. Homeowners who live in the city can buy a turnkey home for $125,000, or they can rent one for about $1,200 to $1,500 per month. … more »
