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.
Friday, Feb. 5, 2021
County of Humboldt: Scenic Drive.
KINS: Talkshop 020521 – Miles Slattery
Mad River Union: Supply uncertainty plagues vaccine rollout
Mad River Union: ‘Feverish’ online spending hikes county sales tax income
Huffington Post: Planting Trees Sounds Like A Simple Climate Fix. It’s Anything But.
NY Times: Avalanche Kills Three Hikers in Alaska, Officials Say
NY Times: They Stormed the Capitol. Their Apps Tracked Them.
NY Times: New polling suggests most Americans back Biden’s policies.
Washington Post: The avocado in your Super Bowl guacamole is bad for the environment. You can make it better.
Washington Post: U.S. judge in Flynn case takes senior status, joining wave of jurists allowing Biden to name successors
Washington Post: Companies are charging hidden ‘covid fees’ to make up for lost profits. They may be illegal.
Wild Rivers Outpost: Del Norte, Curry County Art Scene: Library Logo Contest & More
Sacramento Bee: Sacramento schools remove controversial $6 million air cleaners after experts, teachers raise concerns
East Bay Times: COVID-19 case rate drops by more than 50% in Santa Cruz County
KTLA: Tax forms sent to people who never requested unemployment aid reveal extent of fraud in U.S.
LA Times: With homeless people as an audience, federal judge brings L.A. officials to skid row
LA Times: Workers in L.A.'s courts are dying of COVID-19 as in-person hearings, trials continue
Press Democrat: Santa Rosa woman, 19, killed in crash during 1st ride in off-road vehicle, remembered as ‘a sweetheart’
KRCR: Small avalanche near Etna Summit claims life of backcountry skier from Oregon
KRCR: Deadly avalanche prompts recovery mission in Siskiyou County
The Guardian: Fox lurches further to the right to win back ‘hard-edge’ Trump supporters
The Guardian: House votes to remove Republican extremist Marjorie Taylor Greene from committee roles
The Guardian: Revealed: US citizen newborns sent to Mexico under Trump-era border ban
The Guardian: Senate passes budget plan to allow Biden’s $1.9tn Covid relief package without Republicans
RHBB: Communicable Disease Supervisor Hava Phillips Answers Questions About Vaccine Roll-Out In Humboldt County, Says Second Doses Are Coming, Defines ‘HIGH-RISK Travel’, And More
RHBB: Say No to Drinking and Driving: Enjoy the Super Bowl at Home This Year
Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021
NY Times: In the Oceans, the Noise is Becoming Unbearable for Undersea Life
NY Times: Marjorie Taylor Greene Apologized to Republicans and Got a Standing Ovation. Seriously.
ABC News: Court: Black man's arrest for refusing to show ID improper
The Guardian: Brazil mining giant agrees to pay $7bn for collapse that killed 272 people
CBS News : U.S. Customs has seized millions of counterfeit N95s. Here's how to spot a fake.
ABC News: 3 Pennsylvania Neighbors Dead After Fight Over Snow Shoveling, Authorities Say
Study Finds: ‘Holy grail’ nanoparticle injection that treats skin cancer developed by Yale scientists
NY Daily News: Infamous consulting firm McKinsey to pay almost $600 million for role in opioid crisis
East Bay Times: California’s rainy season is starting a month later now than in 1960, increasing fire risk, new study shows
SF Chronicle: A Tahoe man followed his car's GPS. It got him stuck for a week in the snow.
SF Chronicle: Vaccine updates: SF prepares to open mass vaccine site at Moscone Center on Friday
SF Chronicle: 1 pedestrian killed, 4 injured in 8-car San Francisco crash
The Guardian: Off-road, off-grid: the modern nomads wandering America's back country
RHBB: 29 New Cases Reported Today, February 4
SoHum Parlance: Biden ends US involvement in the Yemen war?
Governor's Office: Governor Newsom Announces Appointments 2.4.21
Governor's Office: Governor Newsom Statement on Deaths of Two Members of the Los Angeles Police Department 2.4.21
Wild Rivers Outpost: Curry County Residents Paid $130 Per Dog, Per Day to Shelter Rescues Last Year Because the Board of Commissioners ‘Kind of Dropped the Ball’
Non Sequitur: Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for Fri, 05 Feb 2021