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Monday, Dec. 27, 2021
Times-Standard : Winter weather closes state Routes 36, 96, 299
Times-Standard : VFW Post 2207 makes $2.5k donation to Fortuna Senior Center’s new home
Times-Standard : Rain showers, plunging temperatures to envelop Bay Area as Sierra Nevada braces for another wallop of snow
RHBB: Eureka City Council Meeting Halted After Members of the Audience Refuse to Comply with Mask Mandate
RHBB: Caltrans to Require ‘Complete Streets’ Features in Planning and Design of All New Projects
RHBB: Caltrans Announces $44 Million Project to Replace Horse Creek Bridge in 2024
Sunday, Dec. 26, 2021
RHBB: Hwy 299 Closed Due to Downed Trees and Winter Weather
RHBB: [UPDATE 9:39 p.m.] Jaws of Life Needed for Driver Involved in Crash on South End of Hwy 3
San Jose Mercury News: Photos of aftermath of massacre in Myanmar fuel outrage
SFGate: Snow falls in Seattle, Portland during rare cold snap
SFGate: 70-mile stretch of I-80 closed indefinitely due to Tahoe snowstorm
NBC News: Winter Weather Linked to 20-Car Pileup on Nevada Highway
Reno Gazette Journal: 'I have a purpose': Ku Stevens, 'Remembrance Run' organizer, named RGJ Citizen of the Year
Governor's Office: Governor Newsom Statement on the Passing of Wayne Thiebaud
Non Sequitur: Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for Mon, 27 Dec 2021
RHBB: Collision Slowing Traffic on Broadway in Eureka
LA Times: Editorial: Californians overwhelmingly supported legalizing marijuana. Why is it still a mess?
RHBB: Another Vehicle Crashes on 101 Near Trinidad
RHBB: Icy Roads Possibly a Factor in Crash on 101 by Patricks Point This Morning
RHBB: Snow, Snow, Snow (and Hail): Highway Overview
Rolling Stone: Our Ladies of the Perpetual High
The Atlantic: Water: The Next Disaster Coming to the Great Plains
Daily Beast: Candace Owens: Trump Is Pro-Vax Because He’s ‘Too Old’ to Understand the Internet
NY Times : How the Building Industry Blocked Better Tornado Safeguards
NY Times : 1,000 New People Arrive in Texas Every Day. Half Are Newborns.
Siskiyou Daily News: More rain, snow on way; 12-18 inches to fall along I-5 north of Redding
Washington Post: For Fun: Dave Barry’s 2021 Year in Review
Washington Post: The pandemic has caused nearly two years of collective trauma. Many people are near a breaking point.
BBC: James Webb Space Telescope lifts off on historic mission
NY Daily News: Equity applicants express concern over NY’s emerging legal marijuana industry
Reuters: Dam collapses in northeastern Brazil after torrential rain
Reuters: U.S. airlines scrap nearly 1,000 Christmas Day flights due to Omicron
ABC News: Disturbing jump in NYC pediatric hospitalizations tied to COVID surge
Yahoo News: Booster shots protect against symptomatic Omicron infection for about 10 weeks
NY Times : James F. Fries, Who Studied the Good Life and How to Live It, Dies at 83
Health Feedback: Joe Rogan interview with Peter McCullough contains multiple false and unsubstantiated claims about the COVID-19 pandemic and vaccines
The Hill: Opinion: The dangerous trend behind Officer Kim Potter's conviction
The Guardian: Spanish should eat less meat to limit climate crisis, says minister
The Guardian: A year of extreme weather in the American west – in pictures
The Guardian: California officials close beaches after man dies in shark attack
The Guardian: Anti-apartheid hero Archbishop Desmond Tutu dies aged 90
San Diego Union Tribune: El Cajon police arrest 16-year-old suspected of 8 robberies
LA Times: Desmond Tutu, cleric who campaigned against apartheid in South Africa, dies at 90
KTLA: China puts city of 13 million in lockdown ahead of Olympics
Seattle Times: Portland International Airport’s $2B remodel takes shape
Seattle Times: Near Bellingham, Nooksack tribe moves toward pushing some of its members out of their homes; feds investigate
Marin Independent Journal: San Quentin newspaper carries on through pandemic
Press Democrat: A closer look at the $25 million Eel River Canyon preserve set to become California’s newest wildland park
Press Democrat: Couple leaves $2 million to bolster Sonoma County land preservation
Press Democrat: Lake County teacher arrested in SoCal in alleged attempt to meet teen for sex
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