Anywhere But Humboldt
Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020
Washington Post: Welcome bugs into your yard. You might just save the world.
The Hill: Trump signs order diverting water to California farmers against state wishes
San Jose Mercury: Search continues for Palo Alto couple missing from Point Reyes
The Guardian: 2019 was worst year for US rural hospital closures in a decade, report finds
Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020
The Hill: Survey: 20 million Americans have crowdfunded to help pay medical bills
Sacramento Bee: California would force insurance companies to cover homes in wildfire zones under new bill
Seattle Times: Sweetened-beverage sales in Seattle dropped 30% after soda tax, new study says
KTLA: Sheriff: 3 men were slain at California cemetery; possible cartel connection investigated
Marin Independent Journal: Tiny sea stars vanishing from San Francisco Bay coasts
LA Times: Legal marijuana use still costs people jobs. A new California bill takes on the issue
Washington Post: Renting a home is cheaper than buying one in the largest U.S. counties
Washington Post: Utah's Slickrock Trail is 'the most famous bike trail in the world.' The Trump administration may lease it for oil.
Press Democrat: ICE agents arrest 3 at Sonoma County courthouse
Press Democrat: Police order residents of new homeless camp at Santa Rosa park to leave
The Guardian: Red-state Utah embraces plan to tackle climate crisis in surprising shift
The Guardian: Researchers find a western-style diet can impair brain function
SF Chronicle: One firefighter dead and another missing in raging California library fire
Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2020
The Hill: ICE subpoenas Oregon sheriff's office for info on 2 Mexican inmates
Arab News: Saudi Arabia throws its support behind cloud-seeding technology
Vox: America’s monopoly problem, explained by your internet bill
Curbed: Are Candles Toxic? The candle quagmire
Huck Magazine: A Scottish Photographer's Road Trip Through The Heart Of America
The Oregonian: Building in an Oregon tsunami zone? Critics take issue with Legislature’s stance on new construction
Washington Post: Walmart employees say they’re preparing for job cuts as retailer rolls out its ‘Great Workplace’ program
NY Times: Number of Homeless Students Rises to New High, Report Says
NY Times: The Struggle to Mend America’s Rural Roads
CNN: Boy Scouts of America files for bankruptcy. Hundreds of sexual abuse lawsuits are now on hold
Press Democrat: 2 officers injured after suspected DUI driver hits CHP car on Hwy. 101
The Guardian: Hive heists: why the next threat to bees is organized crime
The Guardian: Are plastic containers safe for our food? Experts say it’s hard to know
The Guardian: America’s 'recycled' plastic waste is clogging landfills, survey finds
Monday, Feb. 17, 2020
Atlas Obscura: The Man Who Turned His Home Into a ‘Mosaic Palace’
Washington Post: U.N. warns that runaway inequality is destabilizing the world’s democracies
NY Times: Bernie Sanders Isn’t a Socialist But he plays one on TV
NY Post: Killing of 700-pound black bear with bow and arrow sets North American record
USA Today: 'Historic, unprecedented' flooding swamps southern U.S.; Mississippi and Tennessee hardest hit
Reuters: Tesla ordered by German court to stop cutting down trees for Gigafactory
The Hill: No one at the helm of America's national parks
NPR: Lax Regulations And Vulnerable Residents 'A Recipe For Problems' In Eldercare Homes
NY Daily News: Trump moves to cut bomb-sniffing dogs at NYC’s airports, train hubs
Connecticut Post: Lost man, blind, found with police drones after staying out overnight
NY Times: She Didn’t Want a Pelvic Exam. She Received One Anyway.
Medium: Does Blue Light From Screens Really Ruin Sleep?
NY Times: The Benefits of Intermittent Fasting
NY Times: NPR, under attack by Trump, is taking threat seriously
Washington Post: Rats will devour your car. Really!
Washington Post: States look at banning, restricting bottling firms from tapping local groundwater
Washington Post: The EPA is about to change a rule cutting mercury pollution. The industry doesn’t want it.
Huffington Post: Human Trafficking Awareness Campaigns Are Feeding A Dangerous Myth