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.
Wednesday, April 22, 2020
Politico: What’s behind Trump’s fresh push to wrest control of Voice of America
NY Times: Senate Approves Aid for Small-Business Loan Program, Hospitals and Testing
NY Times: PG&E Chief Executive to Retire in June
NY Times: Chinese Agents Spread Messages That Sowed Virus Panic in U.S., Officials Say
The Hill: Free-flowing rivers help ecosystems, wildlife, people and the economy
Daily Beast: Britain’s Real Coronavirus Death Toll Is Double the Official Number, Says Report
Huffington Post: Pawning During A Pandemic
Huffington Post: Why People Think Mushrooms Could Save The World
The Guardian: Microplastics found for first time in Antarctic ice where krill source food
RHBB: Missing Man Found ‘Beat Up’ and ‘Shell-Shocked’ 15 Days After His Truck Got Stuck in the Snow
The Guardian: Top economist: US coronavirus response is like third world country
BBC: Coronavirus: World risks 'biblical' famines due to pandemic - UN
Salon: States smuggle COVID-19 medical supplies to avoid federal seizures as House probes Jared Kushner
NY Magazine: Trump’s Entire Coronavirus Response Is Massive Political Corruption
NPR: Small Business Rescue Earned Banks $10 Billion In Fees
Marin Independent Journal: Bay Area gas prices going down, down, down
San Jose Mercury: Former Stanford president Donald Kennedy dies of COVID-19
The Oregonian: 2 Oregon surfers cited after defying coronavirus closure orders, deputies say
The Oregonian: Almost half of Oregonians are drinking while working at home during coronavirus pandemic, survey says
Seattle Times: Watch Trump deny saying things about the coronavirus that he definitely said
Redding Searchlight: Body found floating in Klamath River
RHBB: DHHS Behavioral Health Director Answers Questions
Del Norte Triplicate: Satellite data boosts understanding of climate change’s effects on kelp
Press Democrat: California's largest water suppliers must report usage
Press Democrat: Sonoma County prepares to ramp up coronavirus testing after securing swabs
Washington Post: The anti-quarantine protests seem spontaneous. But behind the scenes, a powerful network is helping.
LA Times: Amid coronavirus pandemic, Trump tariffs raise cost of masks, other medical supplies
RHBB: Need to Pay Your Property Taxes Late?
LA Times: Oil tankers are parked off the California coast with nowhere to unload
City of Eureka Meetings: City Council - Apr 21, 2020
LA Times: Mexico braces for a surge in coronavirus infections and deaths
LA Times: California becomes first state to recommend coronavirus tests for some without symptoms
SF Chronicle: Coronavirus updates: Gov. Newsom says the worst may not be over for California
SF Chronicle: Autopsy: Santa Clara patient died of COVID-19 on Feb. 6 — 23 days before 1st U.S. death declared
Tuesday, April 21, 2020
SF Chronicle: First known U.S. coronavirus death occurred on Feb. 6 in Santa Clara County
Second Nexus: Eric Trump Seeks Pandemic Relief Assistance for Trump Hotel Lease Payments, Asks Dad's Administration to 'Treat Us the Same'
Esquire: I Sampled My Way Through the Wild World of High-End Cannabis Products
Wild Rivers Outpost: The Crescent City Walmart was Evacuated Today Because Some Dude With a Concealed Carry Had to Take a Dump
Two Rivers Tribune: In Loving Memory: CAROLYNN “THRESA” ELENORA HENDERSON-BUSSELL
Two Rivers Tribune: In Loving Memory: DWAYNE CLYDE FERRIS
Times-Standard : Masks now mandatory in Humboldt County; law enforcement stocking up
Times-Standard : Flour and yeast are in short supply as people take to pandemic baking
Times-Standard : LabCorp is starting to sell COVID-19 home testing kits
Washington Post: Nearly 25,000 email addresses and passwords allegedly from NIH, WHO, Gates Foundation and others are dumped online
Wild Rivers Outpost: 'WE'RE NOT BUYING IT': Del Norte Protests COVID-19 Restrictions
Wild Rivers Outpost: Crescent City Begins Front Street Project
Times-Standard : COVID-19: SoHum Health hopes to see loosening of earthquakes rules
Mad River Union: Masking becomes mandatory as first step to reopening businesses
County of Humboldt: April 21, 2020
County of Humboldt: April 21, 2020 - Case Count Remains at 52