DISCLAIMER: None of the stuff below is written or endorsed by the Outpost, and we’d be willing to bet that at least some of it is crazy and/or wrong. Use critical thinking.
Today
RHBB: Christmas Train Back on Track After Minor Derailment
RHBB: Cal Poly Humboldt to Celebrate Fall Commencement on December 19
RHBB: New Project Turns Internet Lines into an Earthquake Monitoring System
Yesterday
RHBB: Car Crash Knocks Down Power Pole, Closes Highway 1 Near Wages Creek
SoHum Parlance: TPM series on the Undocumented Underground
County of Humboldt Meetings: Joint Conference Committee for Sempervirens - Dec. 8, 2025
RHBB: Dump Trailer Loaded with Boulders Overturns on SR-20, Blocking Westbound Lane
RHBB: Dump Truck Crash Near Wolverton Gulch in Fortuna Area Ejects Occupant
Governor's Office: California continues to lead the nation in fusion energy, investing in technology of the future
KINS's Talk Shop: Talkshop December 15th, 2025 – John Dalby
RHBB: Breaking News: Rescue Underway for Injured Surfer in Humboldt Bay
RHBB: Green Diamond Doing Prescribed Burning Today in the Bald Hills
RHBB: California unemployment agency paid $4.6 million in monthly fees for unused cellphones
Governor's Office: Governor Newsom announces top former CDC officials to lead public health innovation, collaboration
Times-Standard : Some areas in Humboldt County open for recreational crabbing
Times-Standard : Proposed Humboldt County climate action plan to be considered Tuesday
Times-Standard : Photos | Hundreds gather for Arcata’s 14th annual Hanukkah celebration
RHBB: Eco-Friendly Holiday Habits
RHBB: Shasta-Trinity National Forest plans new round of prescribed fires for wildfire risk reduction
RHBB: Green Diamond Prescribed Burning Today in SoHum
Sunday, Dec. 14
NY Times : Home-Schooled Kids Are Not All Right
Governor's Office: Governor, First Partner statement on the death of Rob Reiner, Michele Singer Reiner
KTLA: Rob Reiner, wife found dead inside Brentwood home in apparent homicide
100% Humboldt, with Scott Hammond: #101. From Cabinet Maker to Bay Keeper: Leroy Zerlang on Saving the Madaket and Humboldt’s Maritime Soul
Governor's Office: TOMORROW: Governor Newsom to make announcement with former CDC officials to expand California’s science-based public health leadership
Weather West: As warm atmospheric rivers slide gradually southward along Pacific Coast, a return to rain and end to tule fog in NorCal later this week–but don’t expect much mountain snow
RHBB:
Washington Post: https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/12/trump-east-wing-ballroom-lawsuit-00689260
SoHum Parlance: Where are the Norwegians?
Politico: National preservation group sues to halt East Wing ballroom construction
Times-Standard : Photos and video | Trucker’s Christmas Parade brings honks to holidays
The Hill: New restrictions on what SNAP can buy in 2026: Here’s what to know
The Atlantic: Accommodation Nation: America’s colleges have an extra-time-on-tests problem.
Reuters: Insight: How the US freight rail industry got dirtier than coal power plants
AP News: US national park gift shops ordered to purge merchandise promoting DEI
The Guardian: Atmospheric rivers – what to know about the storms inundating the Pacific north-west
The Guardian: Beware five-star reviews: the scam write-ups that seek to trap online shoppers
The Atlantic: RIP American Tech Dominance
The Guardian: ‘They’re trying to get rich off it’: US contractors vie to rebuild Gaza, with ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ team in the lead
The Guardian: Gavin Newsom pushes back on Trump AI executive order preempting state laws
Science Alert: Short Videos Could Have an Insidious Effect on Children's Brains
Science Alert: Sleep Predicts Longevity Better Than Diet or Exercise, Study Says
AP News: Some Native Americans draw shocked response over contract to design immigration detention centers
BBC: Five arrested over plot to attack German Christmas market
AP News: Morocco aims to boost legal cannabis farming and tap a global boom
AP News: Arctic air sweeps south as residents of the Pacific Northwest remain on guard after severe flooding
BBC: He was an Uber driver in the US. Now he's scared of jihadists after deportation to Somalia
BBC: 'Person of interest' detained over Brown University shooting, police say
BBC: Eleven killed in shooting targeting Jewish community at Australia's Bondi Beach, police say
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