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Saturday, Sept. 5, 2020

Press Democrat: Carl’s Jr. in Santa Rosa catches fire while making burgers for first responders

San Jose Mercury: About 1,000 trapped in massive fire in Central California

LA Times: Southern California heat wave breaks records, fuels fires

LA Times: Fast-moving fire in California’s Sierra National Forest prompts evacuations

Santa Cruz Sentinel: Santa Cruz Mountains wildfire victims face insurance challenges

KTLA: 3 missing SoCal girls rescued, human traffickers arrested in Long Beach sting: Police

KTLA: Residents ordered to evacuate as firefighters battle 400-acre blaze in Yucaipa area

Siskiyou Daily News: Potentially dangerous algae blooming at Iron Gate, Copco reservoirs

Siskiyou Daily News: Heroic Forest Service police dog survives stabbing attack in Klamath pot raid

Huffington Post: Trump Is Desperately Trying To Greenwash His Record Ahead Of The Election

NY Times: The Few, the Proud, the White: The Marine Corps Balks at Promoting Generals of Color

NY Times: Several Boats Sink During ‘Trump Boat Parade’ in Texas, Officials Say

The Guardian: 'It's a race to get out there': stir-crazy Californians are overwhelming campsites

Friday, Sept. 4, 2020

The Guardian: Trump seeks to fast-track dozens of fossil fuel projects during pandemic

The Guardian: US national park gateway towns ‘devastated’ as visitors stay away amid pandemic

The Guardian: Trump cuts oil and gas drillers' rent on public lands, as state budgets suffer

Thursday, Sept. 3, 2020

KTVU: Officer faces manslaughter charges in killing of Black man at San Leandro Walmart

KRCR: Over 28k illegal marijuana plants and more removed in Emerald Triangle multiagency busts

KRCR: Children found living in horrid conditions inside mobile home in Redding, three arrested

KRCR: Family terrorized by nearby homeless camp in Red Bluff

Washington Post: Heat ‘rarely ever seen’ is forecast to roast West by the weekend, with wildfires still burning

Washington Post: China’s military deceit in the Himalayas could spell disaster for the region

Washington Post: Trump suggests voters cast ballots twice, which if done intentionally is illegal

Press Democrat: Livestock ship carrying 5,800 cows, 42 crew sinks off Japan's coast

The Guardian: Trump encourages voter fraud and threatens to cut funding to Democrat-led cities

The Guardian: US jobless claims drop sharply as government changes counting method

SF Chronicle: I hiked California's most remote coastline to escape 2020 and it almost worked

San Jose Mercury: Coronavirus pandemic fallout: 40-plus retail chains bankrupt

San Jose Mercury: Nancy Pelosi’s stylist backs speaker’s claim she was ‘set up’ by salon

San Jose Mercury: Gunfire at Southern California luxury high-rise apartment building leaves 3 injured

Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020

wa: Scientists can recycle sewer waste into garden soil. But if it stinks, it won’t sell.

Washington Post: 52 former franchisees accuse McDonald’s of racial discrimination in lawsuit

Washington Post: China is ramping up nuclear and missile forces to rival U.S., Pentagon says

Washington Post: ‘Thugs’ on a plane: Trying to paint Biden as extreme, Trump ramps up promotion of conspiracy theories

Washington Post: New Voice of America overseer called foreign journalists a security risk. Now the staff is revolting.

The Guardian: Vaccine-derived polio spreads in Africa after defeat of wild virus

The Guardian: Amazon 'condemned to destruction' as fires proliferate across Brazil

The Guardian: Electoral college explained: how Biden faces an uphill battle in the US election

Sacramento Bee: Nancy Pelosi’s dumb salon visit during coronavirus pandemic deals blow to credibility

Press Democrat: Lake County woman arrested on suspicion of killing her partner, then crashing car with both inside

Press Democrat: Assemblyman Wood hails bill allowing nurse practitioners to work independently of doctors

Press Democrat: Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital officials confirm COVID-19 outbreak began in early August

SF Chronicle: Banana slugs do amazing things that may have saved them from wildfires

SF Chronicle: Tahoe visitors starting near-daily illegal fires

Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2020

Slate: No, 94 Percent of COVID-19 Deaths Were Not Caused by Something Else

Smithsonian Magazine: Dolphins Seem to Use Toxic Pufferfish to Get High

Smithsonian Magazine: High-Tech Tracking Reveals ‘Whole New Secret World of Birds’

Gizmodo: How Face Shields and Valve Masks Fail to Stop Infectious Droplets, as Shown by Lasers

Slate: The Horror of Trump’s Support for Kyle Rittenhouse

The Oregonian: Pro-Trump supporter who shot paintballs into downtown Portland crowd is sued for $250,000