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Thursday, Jan. 2, 2020
Washington Post: A furniture maker whose pieces tell a (sustainable) story
Washington Post: Amazon threatens to fire critics who are outspoken on its environmental policies
Washington Post: Blue Lake Rancheria's microgrid featured in Washington Post
Washington Post: Thousands flee Australia’s coastal towns as raging wildfires close in
City of Eureka Meetings: Design Review Committee - Jan 08, 2020
Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020
NBC News: Coast Guard searching for 5 people missing after fishing boat sinks off Alaska
RHBB: Multiple Vehicles Have Hit Slide on 101 Near Stafford This Evening
UK Independent: Australia fires create plume of smoke wider than Europe as humanitarian crisis looms
Radio France: Single-use plastic ban enters into effect in France
New Zealand Herald: 500 million animals may have died in the Australian fires
Times-Standard : Eureka proposes to back off citing non-disruptive panhandlers
Times-Standard : Heard it on the street: What did you do for New Year’s Eve?
Times-Standard : Sheriff’s office SWAT team trying to apprehend suspect in Shelter Cove
Mad River Union: APD: Dual drug overdoses mar Arcata’s New Year
Non Sequitur: Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for Thu, 02 Jan 2020
Times-Standard : CHP looking into reckless driving incident posted to social media
Times-Standard : Arcata police respond to 2 overdoses cases in 24 hours; one person died as a result of OD
RHBB: Rollover Accident South of Dean Creek on Hwy 101 Sends One to the Hospital
Times-Standard : WATCH: Humboldt County-grown flowers part of award-winning Rose Parade float for Cal Poly
RHBB: Woman Reportedly Injured After Being Struck by Her Own Vehicle
Washington Post: In Trump Country, a season of need on family farms
Washington Post: ‘We are just destroying these kids’: The foster children growing up inside detention centers
Reuters: FAA probes clusters of mysterious drones flying over Colorado
National Geographic: Journey through National Geographic’s most powerful photographs of the decade
The New Yorker: A Translation Crisis at the Border
New Atlas: intermittent fasting research suggests broad health benefits
New Atlas: Computer models get to the root of how conifers survive droughts
The Hill: EPA's independent science board says agency ignored its advice on mercury rule
The Hill: Trump signs bill to eliminate rape kit testing backlog
The Hill: Illinois becomes 11th state to legalize marijuana
The Hill: Historic California data privacy measure leaves companies scrambling
NY Times: Make 2020 the Year of Less Sugar
Vox: One surprisingly simple reason evangelicals love Trump: Immigration Policies
NY Post: Texas woman apparently killed by celebratory New Year’s gunfire
Seattle Times: No more hidden fees: New law requires cable and satellite TV companies to disclose full costs
Seattle Times: Skagit County sues over timber harvest, teeing up fight over Washington’s forests – and money
Washington Post: On land, Australia’s rising heat is ‘apocalyptic.’ In the ocean, it’s worse.
Washington Post: Trump administration to ban most flavored e-cigarette pods
The Guardian: Not such a bright idea: why your phone’s ‘night mode’ may be keeping you awake
The Guardian: Tesla may have been on Autopilot in California crash which killed two
The Guardian: Australia fires: nine dead and hundreds of properties destroyed, with worse to come
Santa Cruz Sentinel: Central Coast waves could reach 25 feet on New Year’s Day
Sacramento Bee: Illegal pot grow found after fire at California strip mall
SF Chronicle: About 5,000 golden eagles winter in eastern U.S.
SF Chronicle: Bay Area cocaine may be laced with deadly fentanyl
NPR: In Rural Areas Without Pain Or Addiction Specialists, Family Doctors Fill In The Gaps
NPR: Ground Water Crisis Puts Oregon Community At A Crossroads
NPR: Farmers Got Billions From Taxpayers In 2019, And Hardly Anyone Objected
NY Times: How Big Companies Won New Tax Breaks From the Trump Administration