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Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2021
EcoNews: Creature Feature: Hoary Bat
RHBB: 71% Containment on the McFarland Fire as Favorable Weather Assists Firefighters
Tuluwat Examiner: Support Humboldt Vaccine Mandate
NPR: A Startup Is Turning Sonoma Houses Into Corporations, And The Neighbors Are Fighting Back
FIRE UPDATE: McFarland: McFarland Fire Morning Update August 24 (McFarland Fire Wildfire)
KINS: Samantha Jones – CC082421
NY Times: Why cotton shopping bags pose their own crisis
NY Times: Many Older Americans Still Aren’t Vaccinated, Making the Delta Wave Deadlier
The Hill: US ramps up evacuations, flying 12,700 out of Afghanistan in one day
The Hill: As COVID-19 cases spike, Hawaii Gov tells tourists to back off
The Hill: Capitol Police officer who shot Ashli Babbitt formally exonerated
Washington Post: CIA Director William Burns held secret meeting in Kabul with Taliban leader
The Guardian: ‘A combination of failures:’ why 3.6m pounds of nuclear waste is buried under a popular California beach
The Guardian: From 1m trees to a tree graveyard: how Dubai’s conservation plans went awry
The Guardian: Invasive Insect: ‘Kill it!’ US officials advise no mercy for lanternfly summer invasion
The Guardian: Airbnb to help house up to 20,000 Afghan refugees
LA Times: Torrance police find more than 300 recall ballots in suspect’s car, along with gun, drugs
KRCR: Shasta County hits new record for COVID-19 hospitalizations
LA Times: Caldor fire burns more than 440 homes as Lake Tahoe air quality ranks among worst in U.S.
KRCR: National forest closures causes headache for hunters with the upcoming hunting season
KRCR: Hayfork bar keeps the lights on for community and fire crews during Monument Fire
SFGate: 'I was falling': 3 teens rescued from cliff face at Muir Beach
SFGate: 'Apocalyptic': Tahoe area's hazardous air is worst in North America
SFGate: Caldor Fire: Wildfire is 'knocking on the door' of Tahoe basin, California official warns
RHBB: Arcata: ‘Apply to Receive Assistance With Past Due Utility Bills’
Monday, Aug. 23, 2021
RHBB: The Monument Fire Active North of Hayfork Tonight
FIRE UPDATE: Monument: Monument Fire North Zone evening update August 23 (Monument Fire Wildfire)
RHBB: High Speed Pursuit Ends With One Person at Gunpoint
RHBB: Winds Hit the McFarland Fire Today, But Firefighters Continued to Make Progress
RHBB: [UPDATE 7:28 p.m:] Fire Reported in the Stanley Creek Area of Whitethorn
FIRE UPDATE: McFarland: McFarland Fire Evening Update August 23 (McFarland Fire Wildfire)
Governor's Office: Governor Newsom Announces Appointments 8.23.21
Wild Rivers Outpost: Delta Surge Continues in Del Norte; 25 Are Hospitalized, 16th Patient Dies From COVID
RHBB: Big Flat, Big Bar and Del Loma Reduced to an Evacuation Warning
RHBB: Junction City Reduced to an Evacuation Warning
FIRE UPDATE: McFarland: Evacuation Update (McFarland Fire Wildfire)
Non Sequitur: Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for Tue, 24 Aug 2021
RHBB: Burnt Ranch Reduced to an Evacuation Warning on the Monument Fire
NCJ: Free N-95 Masks for Local Businesses and Nonprofits
RHBB: Mandatory COVID Vaccinations for CR Students
County of Humboldt: August 23, 2021 - 1 Death, 102 New Cases Since Friday; Pfizer Vaccine Receives Full FDA Approval
EcoNews: Mindful Mondays: The Big Picture
NCJ: HumCo Reports Another COVID Death, 102 New Cases as Pfizer Vaccine Gets Full FDA Approval
RHBB: 1 Death, 102 New Cases Since Friday; Pfizer Vaccine Receives Full FDA Approval
County of Humboldt: Redistricting Advisory Commission
FIRE UPDATE: Monument: Burnt Ranch Evacuation Orders Reduced to Evacuation Warnings (Monument Fire Wildfire)
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