Anywhere But Humboldt
Friday, Feb. 5, 2021
Huffington Post: Planting Trees Sounds Like A Simple Climate Fix. It’s Anything But.
NY Times: Avalanche Kills Three Hikers in Alaska, Officials Say
NY Times: They Stormed the Capitol. Their Apps Tracked Them.
NY Times: New polling suggests most Americans back Biden’s policies.
Washington Post: The avocado in your Super Bowl guacamole is bad for the environment. You can make it better.
Washington Post: U.S. judge in Flynn case takes senior status, joining wave of jurists allowing Biden to name successors
Washington Post: Companies are charging hidden ‘covid fees’ to make up for lost profits. They may be illegal.
Sacramento Bee: Sacramento schools remove controversial $6 million air cleaners after experts, teachers raise concerns
East Bay Times: COVID-19 case rate drops by more than 50% in Santa Cruz County
KTLA: Tax forms sent to people who never requested unemployment aid reveal extent of fraud in U.S.
LA Times: With homeless people as an audience, federal judge brings L.A. officials to skid row
LA Times: Workers in L.A.'s courts are dying of COVID-19 as in-person hearings, trials continue
Press Democrat: Santa Rosa woman, 19, killed in crash during 1st ride in off-road vehicle, remembered as ‘a sweetheart’
KRCR: Small avalanche near Etna Summit claims life of backcountry skier from Oregon
KRCR: Deadly avalanche prompts recovery mission in Siskiyou County
The Guardian: Fox lurches further to the right to win back ‘hard-edge’ Trump supporters
The Guardian: House votes to remove Republican extremist Marjorie Taylor Greene from committee roles
The Guardian: Revealed: US citizen newborns sent to Mexico under Trump-era border ban
The Guardian: Senate passes budget plan to allow Biden’s $1.9tn Covid relief package without Republicans
Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021
NY Times: In the Oceans, the Noise is Becoming Unbearable for Undersea Life
NY Times: Marjorie Taylor Greene Apologized to Republicans and Got a Standing Ovation. Seriously.
ABC News: Court: Black man's arrest for refusing to show ID improper
The Guardian: Brazil mining giant agrees to pay $7bn for collapse that killed 272 people
CBS News : U.S. Customs has seized millions of counterfeit N95s. Here's how to spot a fake.
ABC News: 3 Pennsylvania Neighbors Dead After Fight Over Snow Shoveling, Authorities Say
Study Finds: ‘Holy grail’ nanoparticle injection that treats skin cancer developed by Yale scientists
NY Daily News: Infamous consulting firm McKinsey to pay almost $600 million for role in opioid crisis
East Bay Times: California’s rainy season is starting a month later now than in 1960, increasing fire risk, new study shows
SF Chronicle: A Tahoe man followed his car's GPS. It got him stuck for a week in the snow.
SF Chronicle: Vaccine updates: SF prepares to open mass vaccine site at Moscone Center on Friday
SF Chronicle: 1 pedestrian killed, 4 injured in 8-car San Francisco crash
The Guardian: Off-road, off-grid: the modern nomads wandering America's back country
Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021
Sacramento Bee: Who is Chamath Palihapitiya, the former Facebook executive donating to Newsom’s recall?
Axios: NBA to require higher-quality masks
East Bay Times: Three skiers are missing after getting caught in a large avalanche in Colorado
Yahoo News: Schiff lobbying Newsom to become California's next attorney general
KTVB: 3 Idaho Army National Guard members killed in helicopter crash
Live Science: Schizophrenia is 2nd highest risk factor for dying of COVID-19, after age
CNN: Fact check: Trump's official response to impeachment includes obvious lies
Washington Post: The Empire State Building and its related buildings are now powered by wind
MSN News: Trump lawyers misspell ’United’ in impeachment defense brief
Washington Post: Fact Checker: Sanders’s claim the 2017 tax cut went to the ‘wealthiest’ and ‘large corporations’
Washington Post: Homicides rose 30 percent last year, survey of 34 U.S. cities finds
Texas Monthly: How Texas Hunting Went Exotic
Politico: Eric Trump hits out at Scottish plan to debate his father’s golf courses
The Oregonian: Last-minute removal of spotted owl protections by Trump administration deserves investigation, NW Democrats say
The Hill: We need comprehensive long-term care reform, and we need it now
KTLA: More than 70 homes destroyed as Australian wildfire continues to spread outside Perth