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.
Tuesday, May 12
RHBB: Whomp, Whomp, Whir: That Low-Flying Helicopter? It’s PG&E
Governor's Office: Governor Newsom appoints former federal regulator Rohit Chopra to head new Business and Consumer Services Agency amid Trump-era rollbacks
Humboldt Sports: Local coaches join Crabs staff for the 2026 summer season
SoHum Parlance: Another Prediction
Governor's Office: More than 1,000 LA firestorm survivors have accessed CalAssist Mortgage Relief
KINS's Talk Shop: Talkshop May 12th, 2026 – Yana Valechovic
County of Humboldt Meetings: May 13, 2026 - Humboldt Housing and Homelessness Coalition Executive Committee meeting
County of Humboldt Meetings: April 22, 2026 - Humboldt Housing and Homelessness Coalition Executive Committee meeting
Eureka Elks Lodge #652: Annual Mother’s Day Celebration
Governor's Office: Governor Newsom delivers $111 million in voter-approved Prop 1 funding to communities to get people off the streets and connected to mental health care
Governor's Office: California remains the nation’s top travel destination, tourism spending climbs to a record high $158.9 billion
SoHum Parlance: Trump admin admits that the cost of the Iran War is 29 billion
RHBB: Water, Odor Issues Alleged in Carlotta Cannabis Farm Expansion
RHBB: Shasta-Trinity National Forest plans prescribed fire work at Hayward Flat Campground
RHBB: Shamrock Ranch Prescribed Burn Scheduled
RHBB: City of Arcata Hosting ‘Coffee with a Cop’ This Wednesday
Monday, May 11
RHBB: Family Hoping for Safe Return of Missing McKinleyville Teen
RHBB: Vehicle Rolls Just South of Richardson Grove
Governor's Office: Governor Gavin Newsom’s Steve Jobs innovation coin goes into circulation tomorrow
KINS's Talk Shop: Talkshop May 11th, 2026 – Michael Davis-Hughes
100% Humboldt, with Scott Hammond: #117. Claudia Lima on Timber, Art, and Making a Life in Humboldt
RHBB: Downtown Arcata Fire Cleanup Efforts Move Forward
RHBB: City of Arcata Gives Annie & Mary Trail Progress Update
Sunday, May 10
NY Times : Home on the Range No More: Trump Wants Bison Gone
Washington Post: 1,200 people took more than half the profits won on Polymarket in a year
Washington Post: 6 tick-borne diseases that should be on your radar
Washington Post: The Colorado River is nearing a breaking point (again)
RHBB: Air Ambulance Requested After Motorcycle Hits Deer
The Atlantic: Just Show Us the Spaceships Already
The Atlantic: People Who Don’t Like People Are Making All Our Decisions
The Guardian: Gullah Geechee people set out to keep their family land. Unclear titles and surging taxes are pushing them out
The Guardian: Health advocates warn government’s claims of baby formula safety contradict data
The Hill: Passengers disembark from cruise ship with hantavirus outbreak
BBC: Why Canada is seeing its biggest military recruitment surge in 30 years
AP News: Photos of the Palestinian marathon
AP News: A gold-fueled mining rush scars Brazil’s Amazon, spiking deforestation and mercury risks
AP News: How a 3,400-year-old ballgame survives in Mexico against all odds
The Oregonian: Three dozen medical experts say Trump ‘mentally unfit,’ should be removed from office with ‘greatest urgency’
OPB: What the carp? Discovery of nuisance fish in Douglas County alarms officials and biologists
OPB: Warrenton students gear up for another run at the world championships in underwater robotics
Oregon Public Broadcasting: A small, former timber town in Oregon faces financial peril. Can residents save Lakeview?
KTLA: Update: 4.4 earthquake hits SoCal as another series of quakes rattles the region
KTLA: Man shot and killed while breaking up fight at Los Angeles pizza restaurant
CBS News: California to provide 400 free diapers for newborns at dozens of hospitals
CBS Sacramento: Sacramento cannabis business security guard shoots 2 burglary suspects; 1 dies
CBS Bay Area: California king salmon returns to San Francisco markets after 3-year shutdown
CBS News: Mendocino man accused of forced labor at illegal cannabis grow
KRON: Injured dog recovering after being dumped at North Bay landfill: animal services
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