Anywhere But Humboldt
Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021
LA Times: Column: How to hold Cruz, Hawley and Trump accountable for trying to hijack democracy
LA Times: EPA rollback limits use of scientific studies to safeguard public health
LA Times: Former California campaign watchdog files ‘dark money’ complaint in Newsom recall effort
LA Times: ‘They’re coming in younger and coming in sicker’: One hospital’s war with coronavirus
San Jose Mercury: 5 Mexican Mafia members pleading guilty in extortion racket directed from Pelican Bay State Prison inmate
San Jose Mercury: Pandemic migration: California a leader in exits by moving van
Marin Independent Journal: Marin birdwatchers stunned by starling spectacle
Marin Independent Journal: Marin gang murder suspect wins juror data access
Marin Independent Journal: Marin exhibit by Joan Baez honors more ‘mischief makers’
Monday, Jan. 4, 2021
ABC News: As he seeks to prevent certification of election, Trump plans to attend DC rally
NY Magazine: Covid: The Lab-Leak Hypothesis
LA Times: Editorial: Republicans can support democracy or Trump. There’s no middle ground
LA Times: Its freezer kaput, Ukiah hospital had two hours to give out 600 vaccine shots
The Hill: CDC says Arizona has US's highest rate of new COVID-19 infections
KRCR: Funnel cloud seen in the Northstate
NY Post: Alcohol can reduce the effectiveness of COVID vaccine, experts say
NY Post: ‘Conspiracy theorist’ pharmacist who allegedly ruined vaccine thought it would mutate DNA
SF Chronicle: Rumors Swirl Over Whereabouts of China's Jack Ma
The Guardian: Hundreds flock to Maryland park to view 'exceptional' rare bird
Wired: How Your Digital Trails Wind Up in the Police’s Hands
Huffington Post: Georgia Secretary Of State Says Trump’s Election Data Is ‘Just Plain Wrong’
NBC News: Pittsburgh police investigate 2 explosions less than 2 hours apart
BBC: Covid exercise: 'I'll never go back to the gym again'
NBC News: Extraordinary warning to Trump by 10 former Pentagon chiefs
The Guardian: Bali's beaches buried in tide of plastic rubbish during monsoon season
The Guardian: Unstoppable Stephen Curry crushes Blazers and scores career-best 62 points
The Guardian: Waste not, wontons: innovator recycled 32m restaurant chopsticks
The Guardian: 'We tortured families': The lingering damage of Trump's separation policy
The Guardian: Spider-Man-style medical gun spins out 'skin substitute' for burns
The Guardian: Trump's Scottish golf courses post another year of losses
The Oregonian: Rise of the rookie hikers: The pandemic pushed a new wave of people outside, for better or worse
The Oregonian: Quinault Tribe recalls 29 tons of Dungeness crab sold to food processors in Washington
The Oregonian: ‘Panic’ in Depoe Bay after tsunami sirens activated to warn of high winds
The Oregonian: Mt. Hood Meadows says it will suspend passes for those defying mask rules as staffers face ‘hostile’ guests
NY Times: For an Exercise ‘Snack,’ Try the New Standing 7-Minute Workout
Washington Post: Audio: Trump’s full Jan. 2 call with Ga. secretary of state
Washington Post: The Trump administration approved faster line speeds at chicken plants. Those facilities are more likely to have covid-19 cases.
Washington Post: Outpacing Trump’s Operation Warp Speed, China to give coronavirus vaccine to 50 million in a month
Washington Post: Iran begins enriching uranium to 20 percent in new breach of nuclear deal
KTLA: L.A. County’s new mandatory quarantine order for long-distance travelers is now official
KRCR: Father drowns trying to save children swept out to sea
East Bay Times: Google workers have formed the company’s first-ever union
Sacramento Bee: Four arrested in connection to 50 Sacramento-area vehicle burglaries, deputies say
Sacramento Bee: Sacramento region is California’s housing and growth hot spot, led by hill counties
Sacramento Bee: Propane spill near Wilton prompts three-hour long evacuation, Sacramento deputies say
LA Times: State approves Ballona Wetlands restoration plan that divides environmentalists
LA Times: San Jose hospital worker dies from COVID-19 outbreak possibly tied to inflatable costume
LA Times: Iran begins 20% uranium enrichment, also seizes oil tanker and arrests crew
LA Times: COVID fatalities in U.S. top 350,000. Refuting Trump, Fauci says deaths are ‘not fake’
San Jose Mercury: ‘Long-overdue’ shakeout of U.S. malls heats up as foot traffic plummets