marijuana Thousands of SF marijuana convictions to go up in smoke, DA applying new pot legalization laws all the way back to 1975 Xeni Jardin

hawaii Watch: Heartbreaking video shows a glorious Lahaina morning just days before the fire Carla Sinclair

crime Cop disarms gun-wielding woman with his car Rob Beschizza

music Bunburying: to write in the style of Spanish lyricist Enrique Bunbury Elías Villoro

renewable energy Wind farms can produce more energy by making individual turbines less efficient Thom Dunn

star wars What if Denis Villeneuve directed a new Star Wars reboot Thom Dunn

gadgets How hard is it to "go mouseless" with your personal computer? Rob Beschizza

Science New scientific paper explains how to retrieve energy from a black hole, using magnets Thom Dunn

skateboarding Watch this incredible skateboarder who has no legs David Pescovitz

poetry Joy Harjo named 23rd Poet Laureate, first Native American to serve in U.S. position of honor Xeni Jardin

ice 8-year-old Guatemalan boy dies in U.S. Border Patrol custody on Christmas morning Gina Loukareas

happy mutants Snetris is "snake + tetris" Cory Doctorow

optical illusion This newspaper classifieds section is trippy Rusty Blazenhoff

Kids Last-ditch plan to save 30 remaining vaquitas, earth's tiniest porpoises Andrea James

novels Interview with Ken Follet about forthcoming 3rd book in Kingsbridge series: A Column of Fire Mark Frauenfelder

music Super Mario theme performed on MalletKAT, a full-size MIDI xylophone Rob Beschizza

happy mutants The glitched-out, large-scale murals of Felipe Pantone Cory Doctorow

picks Radioactive material stolen in Mexico. Authorities: If you find our nukes, 'don't open it' Xeni Jardin

corruption America: a welcome home for corrupt foreign politicians and businesspeople Cory Doctorow

trump Mexico's former president is 'not going to pay' for Donald Trump's 'fucking wall' Xeni Jardin