Anywhere But Humboldt
Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021
AP News: Judge approves $650M Facebook privacy lawsuit settlement
AP News: House passes $1.9T pandemic bill on near party-line vote
NY Post: United Airlines to pay $49.5M to settle international mail contract probe
Friday, Feb. 26, 2021
LA Times: Scenic Highway 1 near Big Sur to reopen this summer
Washington Post: Unprecedented numbers of students have disappeared during the pandemic. Schools are working harder than ever to find them.
Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021
NPR: U.S. Launches Military Airstrikes Against Iranian-Backed Militants In Syria
NPR: Senate Can't Vote On $15 Minimum Wage, Parliamentarian Rules
The Hill: Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. replaces banned weed, LGBTQ rights flags — with bigger ones
The Hill: Chinese leaders declare end of rural poverty in nation
Washington Post: Biden squeezed on immigration policy, bracing for border crisis
The Guardian: California lawmakers push to stop deportations and end jail transfers to Ice
The Guardian: Who will clean up the 'billion-dollar mess' of abandoned US oilwells?
The Guardian: California vaccine sites see misuse of codes meant to prioritize Black and Latino residents
The Guardian: Biden urged to back water justice bill to reverse decades of underinvestment
NY Post: ‘Barbaric’ squirrel hunt in upstate NY sparks massive petition
NY Post: Victim’s glasses found in car of South Dakota AG who said he hit a deer
Reuters: Hong Kongers snap up UK homes and do what they excel at: being landlords
BBC: Johnson and Johnson vaccine: FDA finds the single-shot jab safe
AP News: Secretive Israeli nuclear facility undergoes major project
BBC: Yaupon: Why This Once-Popular US Drink Became Forgotten
The Atlantic: The Mediterranean’s Red Gold Is Running Out
The Atlantic: Coronavirus Reinfection Will Soon Become Our Reality
The Oregonian: Black Oregon Trail pioneer to be honored with monument at Washington State Capitol
Cal Matters: Audit slams state air board for ‘overstating’ greenhouse gas cuts
KTLA: Biden lifts Trump-era ban on green cards, which blocked most legal immigration to U.S.
KTLA: Flu has virtually disappeared from the U.S. amid coronavirus pandemic
LA Times: Newsom pushes private seawater desalting plant over local and environmental opposition
LA Times: Supreme Court divided on case of California motorist pursued by CHP into his home
San Jose Mercury: New Stanford research: Why Zoom meetings can wipe you out
East Bay Times: Coyote bites fifth victim in East Bay
East Bay Times: Berkeley to end single-family residential zoning, citing racist ties
California Globe: Gov. Newsom Signs Bill Ordering All 2021 Elections by Mail – Including Recall
California Globe: Gov. Newsom’s $100 Million COVID Lab Has Trouble Again with ‘Significant Deficiencies’
KRCR: Humboldt professor finds pandemic isolation may lead to conspiratorial thinking
KRCR: Shasta High football players return to the field on Monday
Press Democrat: CHP investigating fatal crash near Fort Ross
Press Democrat: Wildfire victim trust sues former PG&E management for 2017 North Bay fires, 2018 Camp fire
Press Democrat: COVID-19 testing lab firm sues California whistleblower
Sacramento Bee: Outdoor pods pop up to help save wineries and restaurants in Northern California
Sacramento Bee: Researcher predicts ‘normal Thanksgiving’ even as new California COVID-19 strain spreads
SF Chronicle: 'It's seismic': A little-known media company has acquired Outside magazine
Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021
The Oregonian: Oregon man shot and killed after attacking Siskiyouo sheriff’s deputy
The Oregonian: Bill could lower barriers, allow formation of new homeless shelter beds across Oregon
The Oregonian: How to get by without power for 12 days in Oregon: Help from neighbors, a wood stove and meatloaf
Washington Post: Hearing for Haaland, first Native American pick to run Interior Dept., focuses on fossil fuels
Washington Post: Old school Airstreams enjoy pandemic-era popularity
Washington Post: South Dakota AG pushed by critics to resign over new evidence in fatal car incident: ‘He knew what he hit and he lied’
Washington Post: Net neutrality law to take effect in California after judge deals blow to telecom industry
NY Times: On Horseback Among the Eagle Hunters and Herders of the Mongolian Altai
California Globe: Huge Waiting List for Orange County Classical Academy Validates its Approach to Education