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.
Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020
Times-Picayune: Hurricane Laura now a Category 2 storm on land; see initial damage reports from southwest Louisiana
Huffington Post: Lara Trump Seems To Have Gotten Her Abraham Lincoln Quote From A Meme — And It’s Wrong
Huffington Post: Cincinnati’s Bold New Law Could Help Renters Survive The Eviction Crisis
Washington Post: Woman who became a citizen on TV did not know she would be part of Republican National Convention
Washington Post: The great wrong of California’s inmate firefighting program
The Oregonian: Deschutes River sees sudden, unexplained drops in water flow, concerning fish biologists
The Oregonian: New coronavirus cases are declining in the US. Experts think it’s because people are wearing masks.
Seattle Times: Rural Oregon clinic takes world stage with COVID-19 vaccine trial, led by a doctor with a $10 million winery and château
Seattle Times: ‘We demand change’: Fear, anguish over Jacob Blake shooting transforms into action as sports stand still in America
Press Democrat: Firefighters guard 1,400-year-old redwood tree in Armstrong Woods from the Walbridge fire
Press Democrat: Petaluma fairgrounds offers drive-in movies, drive-thru fair food
Press Democrat: Defense official: Arson suspected as cause of Navy ship fire near San Diego
CNET: UVC wands kill viruses. They're also a 'major safety issue,' experts warn
Cal Matters: ‘Game changer’ in California coronavirus testing to double capacity and speed up results
KCRA: Doctors question new CDC guidelines that say not all people exposed to virus will need to be tested
KCRA: LNU Lightning Complex: New evacuations ordered in Yolo County
Sacramento Bee: Evacuations ordered in Yolo County as LNU Lightning Complex continues to burn
East Bay Times: Landlord accused of murder; teens on an adventure found the bodies
East Bay Times: Court says Bay Area auto thief should not be banned from using marijuana
San Jose Mercury: Builders sue to halt regional park plan
San Jose Mercury: How firefighters turned the tide on the Bay Area’s deadly and destructive wildfires
NY Post: Jacob Blake had a knife in his car when he was shot by police, DOJ says
SF Chronicle: After lengthy delay, Giants and Dodgers join sports-wide strike
The Guardian: Republican convention delivers whirlwind of lies great and small
The Guardian: ‘Wake-up call’: wildfires tear through drought-plagued US south-west
The Guardian: Four endangered birds missing after California fire destroys condor sanctuary
The Guardian: Stressed elephants at Warsaw zoo to be given medical marijuana
Times-Standard : Throwback Thursday | Eureka police chief orders arrests of traffic law violators in 1920
Times-Standard : California Cancer Crushers donates to Evergreen Lodge
Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020
Mad River Union: Oryan Peterson-Jones’ Arcata-bred values
Mad River Union: Dell‘ Arte launches racial equity audit, seeks accountability
Tuluwat Examiner: Trump and his cult followers are stoking a race war
NCJ: HSU in Second Round of Student COVID Testing
Governor's Office: Governor Newsom Announces Appointments 8.26.20
Times-Standard : Sixth HSU student tests positive for COVID-19
Humboldt Healthcast: Episode 7 – ACEs and The Humboldt RISE Project
County of Humboldt: August 26, 2020
San Jose Mercury: ‘We’re all crying together’: Firefighters battling the CZU fire lose own homes in Santa Cruz Mountains
Siskiyou Daily News: Dry wells, angry neighbors: Big Springs residents protest water trucking for illegal marijuana grows
Siskiyou Daily News: Siskiyou County Sheriff Lopey to retire Sept. 18
County of Humboldt: August 26, 2020 - One Additional Case Reported Today
Wild Rivers Outpost: Gitlin, Howard Spar Over Tax Measure During Discussion On COVID-19 Relief Money; $2.78 M in CARES Act Dollars Can't Offset Revenue Loss, DN CAO Says
KMUD: SPECIAL: JustArts Show Off Racial Diversity on the Arcata Ballpark Fence
KMUD: Salmon Creek Community School to Reopen & So Hum Unified Delay First Day Back
Non Sequitur: Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for Thu, 27 Aug 2020
NCJ: One New COVID-19 Case Reported Today
Washington Post: Hurricane Laura set to slam into Texas and Louisiana with ‘unsurvivable’ surge, Category 4 winds
Times-Standard : Wednesday, Aug. 26: Number of new Humboldt County COVID-19 cases confirmed today: 1