Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Friday, Sept. 11, 2020
East Bay Times: San Ramon approves massive 4,500 housing plan for Bishop Ranch
Marin Independent Journal: San Rafael homeless camps stoke fire fears
The Guardian: 'I have never seen anything like this': Oregon towns emptied and confusion spreads amid fires
Daily Beast: ‘I Just Want My Sister Home’: Searches for Wildfire Missing End in Triumph, Despair
Reuters: Trump administration seeks sweeping DNA collection of immigrants, U.S. sponsors
Reuters: Removal of flag honoring veterans from White House sparks anger
LA Times: ‘Sad, tragic loss for all Californians’: Death toll in state fires at 20
San Jose Mercury: COVID-19 could have been in US as early as December, according to new study
San Jose Mercury: Newsom rails against climate change deniers as historic wildfires rage across California
NY Post: Jimmy Carter admits son smoked pot with Willie Nelson on White House roof
Huffington Post: Trump’s Administration Secretly Took Millions From FDNY’s 9/11 Health Program
CNBC: Kids caught the coronavirus at child care centers and infected family members, CDC report says
KOMO: 10% of forest on NW Oregon's Cascade west slopes has burned, meteorologists say
KOIN: Wildfires in Oregon: Names, locations, size, containment
KOIN: Oregon preparing for ‘mass fatality incident’ in wildfire recovery
KION: Dolan Fire grows to 113,486 acres, containment now at 26%
KION: Gov. Newsom signs bill paving way for inmate firefighters to become professional firefighters
Science News: Drones find signs of a Native American ‘Great Settlement’ beneath a Kansas pasture
The Hill: Fauci disagrees with Trump that US rounding 'final turn' on pandemic
NY Times: When a Heart Is Empty - The consequences of Donald Trump’s inability to feel.
NY Times: For Hotels, Cleaning Is Key. But Cleaners Say Their Jobs Are Under Assault.
NY Times: Oregon Orders Widespread Evacuations as Fires Near Portland Suburbs
Washington Post: Half a million Oregonians, more than a tenth of state’s population, have evacuated from wildfires
Washington Post: IRS is trying to reach 9 million people who haven’t collected their stimulus payments
Washington Post: The Trump mythology is collapsing. And the 9/11 anniversary shows how.
The Guardian: Florida accused of push for 'roads to nowhere' under cover of pandemic
The Guardian: Mount Everest: Nepal and China prepare to reveal new height after Covid delay
The Guardian: The future has arrived. These explosive fires are our climate change wakeup call
The Guardian: Oregon fires force hundreds of thousands to flee as deaths rise
KTLA: Woman fatally shot, man wounded when handgun accidentally goes off at Rancho Cucamonga indoor range
KTLA: A record 3 million acres have burned across California this year, and it’s still early
Press Democrat: Oak fire near Willits grows to 1,100 acres
Sacramento Bee: See photos, videos of the Creek Fire burning in Fresno County
Modesto Bee: Turlock considers allowing industrial hemp businesses. What would rules permit?
Redding Searchlight: 16-year-old boy reported as killed in North Complex Fire
Siskiyou Daily News: In midst of Happy Camp evacuation, man arrested for attempted murder
Salem Statesman Journal: Echo Mountain Fire: Highway 101 reopens, Lincoln City still on evacuation order
Fox News: Portland declares state of emergency as 500,000 flee wildfires across Oregon
The Oregonian: Portland Friday traffic: U.S. 101 reopens through Lincoln City
SF Chronicle: 10 now dead in massive Northern California wildfire
Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020
Press Democrat: Stunned residents tour Oregon town devastated by wildfires
Press Democrat: August Complex fire rips through Mendocino forest, into record books as state’s largest blaze
The Oregonian: Southern Oregon wildfires wipe out entire neighborhoods in Phoenix and Talent; 100s of homes lost
Salem Statesman Journal: 1,303 inmates evacuated from Coffee Creek prison due to wildfires
Salem Statesman Journal: A desperate rescue: A father's heartbreaking attempt to save his family from a raging fire
Siskiyou Daily News: Update: Slater Fire death toll ticks to two in Happy Camp
Politico: Treasury designates anti-Biden Ukrainian lawmaker for sanctions for election interference