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Tuesday, July 13, 2021
EcoNews: Creature Feature: Pacific Banana Slug
Daily Beast: ‘Don’t Shoot!’: Brutal Video Shows Taliban Executing 22 Unarmed Afghan Commandos
NY Times: It’s Cold in the Ocean but It’s Hotter Inside Sea Otters
Washington Post: ‘I Alone Can Fix It’ book excerpt: Inside Trump’s Election Day and the birth of the ‘big lie’
The Guardian: Governor vows to arrest Democrats who fled Texas to block voting restrictions
NY Times: Several Die as Construction Crane Collapses in British Columbia
The Hill: Newsom can't identify himself as Democrat on recall ballot
Washington Post: White House appoints new director to steer key climate change report
Washington Post: Fired and defiant, former Social Security chief is cut off from agency computers
Washington Post: Pandemic-driven hunger is making the world more unequal
Santa Cruz Sentinel: Old methods failing, California cities take new steps to eradicate homeless camps
Slate: The U.S. Is Rapidly Running Low on Water
East Bay Times: Agriculture pesticide caused kids’ brain damage, California lawsuits say
San Diego Union Tribune: This lab-grown fish startup from San Diego is a semifinalist in XPrize contest
KTLA: L.A. County reports fourth straight day of more than 1,000 new COVID-19 cases
Canada Broadcasting: B.C.'s wildfire service battles 77 new fires over weekend, local state of emergency declared Social Sharing
Seattle Times: Newly discovered fungus spores spurred by heat and drought are killing Seattle street trees
Seattle Times: Use this interactive map to track wildfires in Washington state, Oregon
KRCR: Sixth man sentenced for role in marijuana grow in ShastaTrinity National Forest
KRCR: Family barely escapes the flames of the Beckwourth Complex
SFGate: AP PHOTOS: In Sri Lanka, a dangerous climb for online school
SFGate: Why Biden's executive order targeting airlines is a big deal for passengers
SFGate: 'It's a miracle': British parachutist crashes through California home
LA Times: Images show Chinese ships dumping human waste, endangering reefs, U.S. experts say
LA Times: California fires are burning faster, hotter, more intensely — and getting harder to fight
LA Times: Charlie went to the groomer for a bath and a trim. Within hours, he was dead
LA Times: L.A. County sees new significant rise in COVID-19 cases, 99% involved the unvaccinated
LA Times: How an Oregon wildfire almost derailed California’s power grid
LA Times: In abrupt turnaround, California to let school districts decide how to enforce mask rules
The Guardian: Sacha Baron Cohen sues over cannabis billboard in US featuring Borat
The Guardian: Severe drought threatens Hoover dam reservoir – and water for US west
The Guardian: American west stuck in cycle of ‘heat, drought and fire’, experts warn
City of Eureka Meetings: Transportation Safety Commission - Jul 13, 2021
City of Eureka Meetings: Transportation Safety Commission - Jul 13, 2021
RHBB: State to Invest Historic $6 billion in Broadband Connectivity
RHBB: Kelp Is on the Way: HSU’s Seaweed Farm
Monday, July 12, 2021
Governor's Office: California Roars Back: Governor Newsom Signs $100 Billion California Comeback Plan to Accelerate State’s Recovery and Tackle Persistent Challenges
The Guardian: In California’s interior, there’s no escape from the desperate heat: ‘Why are we even here?’
The Guardian: The French Dispatch review – Wes Anderson’s ode to print journalism is a periodic delight
Newsweek: Images May Show 'Catastrophic' Levels of Human Waste From Chinese Vessels in South China Sea
CBS News : Lightning strikes kill 76 people in India; some victims were taking selfies
CNBC: Saudi Arabia funds new digital news platform in U.S., launches White House lobbying effort
The Guardian: To obscurity and beyond: did Richard Branson really make it into space?
The Guardian: Forty-three bodies found in Arizona borderland amid brutal heat
LA Times: California wildfires destroy homes in Northern California
Governor's Office: Governor Newsom, Legislative Leaders Applaud Unprecedented Budget
RHBB: [UPDATE 6:15 p.m.] Fire Spreading in the Wildland on Post Mountain
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