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, Dec. 18, 2020
The Hill: Azar tells Health Department staff his wife has COVID-19
The Hill: Lawmakers ask whether massive hack amounted to act of war
NY Times: A Glitch in Trump’s Plan to Live at Mar-a-Lago: A Pact He Signed Says He Can’t
NY Times: Drug-Dealing Network Alleged at Duke, U.N.C. Chapel Hill and Appalachian State
NY Times: More Hacking Attacks Found as Officials Warn of ‘Grave Risk’ to U.S. Government
NY Times: How to Reform the Presidency After the Wreckage of Trump
AP News: Freed Nigerian schoolboys welcomed after week of captivity
The Oregonian: Trump administration declines monarch butterfly endangered species protections
KRCR: 1 in 5 prisoners in the US has had COVID-19, 1,700 have died
KRCR: Redding Lab 24 provides free COVID-19 test with rapid 48 hour result turnaround
CNN: Trump remains silent as massive cyber hack poses 'grave risk' to government
CNN: Microsoft identifies more than 40 organizations targeted in massive cyber breach
CNN: US cybersecurity agency warns suspected Russian hacking campaign broader than previously believed
KCRA: Charges announced in two separate EDD fraud schemes
East Bay Times: Family who leaped from burning boat survives ordeal in frigid Columbia River
East Bay Times: Coronavirus: Infections surging, but not at Bay Area’s open schools. Here’s why.
Sacramento Bee: Businesses sue California over COVID-19 workplace rules that require testing, sick pay
SF Chronicle: San Francisco mandates 10-day quarantine for travelers from outside Bay Area
SF Chronicle: Vegan BBQ and Soulfood Restaurant Popular in Oakland
LA Times: Environmental justice groups block Mary Nichols’ path to EPA
LA Times: Can California’s formerly incarcerated make firefighting a career?
LA Times: This capitalist commune is trying to cure L.A.’s loneliness. Plus there’s free coffee
LA Times: ICU availability in Southern California at 0%, and it’s going to get worse, officials warn
The Guardian: 'An evil family': Sacklers condemned as they refuse to apologize for role in opioid crisis
The Guardian: California psychiatric hospital's Covid-19 outbreak has sickened almost 700
The Guardian: Biden picks Deb Haaland as first Native American interior secretary
The Guardian: Cyber-attack is brutal reminder of the Russia problem facing Joe Biden
Lost Eureka: 2020.12.18 Hippopotami in Lost Eureka
RHBB: Dr. Josh Ennis Talks About The Race To Test and Trace COVID-19 Outbreaks in the Workplace, ICU Capacity and More
RHBB: BLM names Michael Holt as manager of King Range National Conservation Area
Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020
RHBB: Pickup Crashed on the Myers Flat Offramp
KMUD: 25 Garberville Health Care Workers Receive COVID-19 Vaccination
KMUD: Information on Pfizer FDA's Vaccine Emergency Use Authorization
Mad River Union: McKinleyville getting a community forest
KMUD: Three Rebates Now Available for Humboldt's Electric Vehicle Customers
KMUD: Mendocino County Frontline Health Care Workers Inoculated with COVID-19 Vaccine
NCJ: Yurok Tribe and Huffman Celebrate Biden's Nomination of New Mexico Rep. Deb Haaland to Secretary of Interior
NCJ: Update: Two Arrested in Eureka Burglary
RHBB: First Mendocino County Frontline Health Care Workers Inoculated with COVID-19 Vaccine
NCJ: Second Staff Member at K'ima:w Medical Center Tests Positive for COVID-19; Church Gatherings Tied to COVID-19 Exposure
Wild Rivers Outpost: Food Security Task Force, Pacific Pantry Needs Help Assembling, Distributing Christmas Boxes
RHBB: Second Staff Member at K’ima:w Medical Center in Hoopa Tests Positive; Church Gatherings Tied COVID-19 Exposure
Non Sequitur: Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for Fri, 18 Dec 2020
Off the Cuff, With Jared Huffman: The Electoral College with Erwin Chemerinsky and Thomas McInerney
RHBB: Garberville Began Vaccinations for COVID-19 Today
NCJ: County Records 15th COVID Death with Six Residents Currently Hospitalized
County of Humboldt: December 17, 2020
RHBB: Another Person Dead, 17 New Cases of COVID-19 Reported Today