Anywhere But Humboldt
Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021
The Oregonian: Proposal to breach Snake River dams prompts praise, concern
The Oregonian: Oregon man pleads guilty to mailing toxic pesticide powder to former coworkers
The Atlantic: Phosphorus: Humanity Is Flushing Away One of Life’s Essential Elements
Mother Jones: How Black Rifle Coffee Company Made Itself One of the Right’s Biggest Brands
Time: Is It Time to Wear a Better Mask for COVID-19? We Asked the Experts
Yahoo News: Kenyan woman finds a way to recycle plastic waste into bricks that are stronger than concrete
SF Chronicle: California positivity rate drops to 5%, lowest since before Thanksgiving
San Diego Union Tribune: ‘It’s a showdown’: California district attorneys battle over criminal justice reforms
LA Times: San Diego leaders propose vacancy tax, community land trusts for housing crisis
LA Times: California lawsuit seeks moratorium on new cellphone towers at Lake Tahoe
LA Times: Op-Ed: Trump’s Big Lie is getting him impeached. It adds to a long line of treacherous GOP fibs
LA Times: U.K. variant of the coronavirus spreads in California, sparking new concern
KTLA: New coronavirus variants reported in L.A. and elsewhere raise worry about reinfections
KTLA: Disneyland Resort to call back 1,000 workers ahead of ticketed California Adventure ‘experience’
KCRA: Salmonella outbreak killing songbirds in NorCal, Bay Area
Sacramento Bee: Sacramento mayor condemns protesters who vandalized his Pocket neighborhood home
Sacramento Bee: Deputy grabs man after he lets go of rail, about to plunge from California bridge
Redding Searchlight: UPDATE: Redding police shoot woman who pulled 'replica' handgun
KRCR: Highway 3 reopens over Scott Mountain summit
KRCR: California to set home hardening standards to lower fire risks
Del Norte Triplicate: Supervisors vote in favor of area's first marijuana growing business
San Jose Mercury: Alameda public defender’s investigation shows 2019 killing was self-defense, murder charge dismissed; his client spent nearly 2 years in jail
Marin Independent Journal: Marin officials uneasy about Blue Shield vaccination takeover
Press Democrat: Sonoma County residents sending less trash to landfill
AP News: Man charged in US Capitol riot worked for FBI, lawyer says
Press Democrat: California leaders eye new fire-safe standards for homes, insurers
Press Democrat: PG&E plans on $6 billion in fire safety, grid upgrade work through 2022
AP News: New boost for minority businesses in underserved communities
AP News: Turkish man strikes up 37-year friendship with swan
AP News: Likely cause of Kobe Bryant helicopter crash to be announced
Monday, Feb. 8, 2021
SF Chronicle: 1 dies when minivan traveling wrong way on 101 collides with dump truck
Wired: Here’s What Learning to Juggle Does to Your Brain
The Guardian: Pollen season grows 20 days in 30 years as climate crisis hits hay fever sufferers
The Hill: Opinion: Donald Trump should be convicted unanimously by secret ballot
NY Times: After Abuse Allegations, $2 Billion Shelter Network Faces Scrutiny
San Jose Mercury: Months after fighting coronavirus, some now face heart, lung or neurological problems
KRCR: One person dead after officer-involved shooting in Redding
East Bay Times: GPS technology offers up-close look at Marin Headlands coyotes
East Bay Times: "Extraordinary explosion" of COVID deaths strain Bay Area's funeral industry
The Guardian: Tesla $1.5bn bitcoin purchase triggers new record high
LA Times: Marijuana M&A boom awaits, in California and beyond
Sunday, Feb. 7, 2021
The Guardian: Meet Carl Hart: parent, Columbia professor – and heroin user
Vox: Why some people swear by Alcoholics Anonymous — and others despise it
NY Times: Breaking With G.O.P., Top Conservative Lawyer Says Trump Can Stand Trial
Reuters: Kenyan recycles plastic waste into bricks stronger than concrete
LA Times: At least 9 dead, 140 missing after glacier breaks in India; experts cite global warming
SF Chronicle: Video: Car merging onto highway in SF attacked by thieves, $7,000 in gear stolen
The Guardian: 150 feared dead as glacier crashes into dam in northern India