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.
Sunday, Sept. 5, 2021
NY Times: Opinion: We Are Becoming a Nation of Vigilantes
Politico: Automakers gear up for an all-electric future
Washington Post: Before and after: Photos show once-pristine South Lake Tahoe smothered in Caldor Fire’s smoke
Washington Post: Why America has 8.4 million unemployed when there are 10 million job openings
The Guardian: How a Tahoe refuge saved owls, coyotes and raccoons from wildfire
The Guardian: Toxic algae leads to closure of river areas near where California family died
The Guardian: Taliban break up Afghan women’s rights march with gunfire
The Guardian: Hurricane Ida death toll nears 60 as states begin to comb through debris
The Oregonian: Cops: 14 arrested, 1,400 pounds of pot seized at illegal Oregon marijuana grow operations
The Oregonian: Mexican drug cartel’s illegal marijuana grow operation raided in Deschutes County
The Oregonian: 4.0-magnitude earthquake strikes off Oregon coast
LA Times: Drought has farmworkers dreaming of escape from California’s breadbasket
LA Times: The big change coming to California neighborhoods
Saturday, Sept. 4, 2021
FIRE UPDATE: Monument: Monument Fire and Knob Fire Evening Update Sept. 4, 2021 (Monument Fire Wildfire)
FIRE UPDATE: Monument: Evacuation Order reduced to Warning-Monument and Hayfork Fires 9-4-21 (Monument Fire Wildfire)
Mad River Union: Letters to the Editor, September 1, 2021
County of Humboldt: Evacuation order downgraded for areas east of Knob Fire perimeter
RHBB: Motorcyclist Receives Major Injuries in Collision With Tour Bus
RHBB: Humboldt County Sheriff’s Department Downgrades More Areas Near the Knob Fire
Non Sequitur: Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for Sun, 05 Sep 2021
RHBB: TCSO Reduces Areas to the the South of the Monument Fire to Evacuation Warnings
RHBB: As COVID Surge Continues, Mendocino County Public Health Officer and Business Owners Gather in a Town Hall to Discuss Alternatives to Vaccine Mandates
Mad River Union: Book Beat: ‘Water and Stone’ a tonic for trying times
BBC: Why China's bitcoin miners are moving to Texas
NPR: Federal Health Officials Want The White House To Slow Its COVID Booster Shot Rollout
NPR: Curtis Flowers Sues The DA Who Put Him On Trial 6 Times
RHBB: Hyampom Road Reopened After Monument Fire Closed It
EcoNews: Walking in the Footsteps of Roosevelt and Muir
FIRE UPDATE: Monument: Monument North ZoneFire and Knob Fire Update Sept. 4, 2021 (Monument Fire Wildfire)
RHBB: 82% Containment on the Knob Fire!
Mad River Union: Humboldt sends Christmas to Washington, D.C.
FIRE UPDATE: McCash: McCash Fire Update - September 4, 2021 (McCash Fire Wildfire)
RHBB: Debris Removal Program for Those Affected by the Monument Fire
RHBB: Round Valley Tribes Reimplements Emergency Declaration Because of COVID
RHBB: Because of Exceptionally Dry Conditions, BLM Reminds Visitors No Open Flame in the King Range
The Atlantic: What We Actually Know About Waning Immunity
NY Times: Bitcoin Uses More Electricity Than Many Countries. How Is That Possible?
NY Times: Satellite Images Find Oil Spill in Gulf Left in Ida’s Wake
Washington Post: Burying power lines isn’t the only way to weatherproof the grid
The Guardian: ‘You’re poisoning us’: Ida brings fresh hell for Cancer Alley residents already battling pollution
The Guardian: UK politicians may defy vaccine board and go ahead with Covid jabs for all 12- to 15-year-olds
Wild Rivers Outpost: OBITUARY: Davy Gene Dowd, 1967-2021
LA Times: U.S. appeals court says L.A. can’t seize and discard homeless people’s bulky property
LA Times: CSU to create an immersive tech hub to recruit Latinos, others into STEM fields
LA Times: Security of some ballot-marking devices could be vulnerable in California recall, researchers say
LA Times: L.A. firefighters, police officers dig in heels over vaccination mandate
Press Democrat: North Coast lawmakers gearing up to battle coal export proposal tied to Humboldt
KRCR: U.S. Army deployed to Dixie Fire, commander says chances of putting it out now more likely
KRCR: Monument Fire 35% contained after burning over 178,000 acres
Mt. Shasta News: California fire update: 2020 fires could reach 2M acres; Dixie Fire sprawls over 870 miles
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