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.
Monday, May 12, 2025
SoHum Parlance: I wonder if this woman will raise a million dollars
Times-Standard : Youth housing project breaks ground in Eureka
Governor's Office: Governor Newsom releases state model for cities and counties to immediately address encampments with urgency and dignity
Times-Standard : Supes to consider timber rezoning, discuss labor negotiations
RHBB: Telephone Landline Service Under Threat
RHBB: Temporary Closure of Little Lake Sherwood Trail – Brandon Gulch June 2nd to October 31st
RHBB: ‘Fire Safety Town Hall Coming Up’: Mendocino County Fire Safe Council
Sunday, May 11, 2025
Governor's Office: TOMORROW: Governor Newsom to make statewide funding announcement to address California’s mental health and homelessness crisis
NY Times : Is the California Dream a Mirage?
Washington Post: This Los Angeles port is among the first casualties of Trump’s trade war
The Hill: Social Security chief ‘will ensure’ agency survives ‘the next 90 years, at least’
The Hill: Trump to accept a luxury 747 as a gift from Qatar: Reports
The Hill: USDA halts live animal imports through US-Mexico border
The Guardian: The insidious doublespeak of Trump’s freedom of ‘choice’
The Guardian: Alvarado banned and fined $62,000 for overuse of whip in Kentucky Derby win
The Guardian: Hamas says it will release last living American hostage in Gaza
Non Sequitur: Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for Mon, 12 May 2025
The Guardian: Trump health cuts create ‘real danger’ around disease outbreaks, workers warn
Smithsonian Magazine: The Daring Polish Resistance Fighter Who Volunteered to Be Sent to Auschwitz So He Could Sabotage the Nazi Death Camp From the Inside
Smithsonian Magazine: Be Blown Away by These 15 Images of Beautiful Butterflies
Politico: Trump has sat for only 12 ‘daily’ intelligence briefings since taking office
The Atlantic: AI Is Not Your Friend: How the “opinionated” chatbots destroyed AI’s potential
Politico: Are Trump’s tariffs making money? Watch this chart.
Politico: Republicans’ partial tax plan estimated to cost $5 trillion
The Atlantic: The Not-at-All-Funny Life of Mark Twain
The Atlantic: The Actual Math Behind DOGE’s Cuts
The Hill: Drug-resistant fungus Candida auris reported in these 17 states
Indian Country Today: Diesel spill along the Yukon raises fears about drilling
Courthouse News Service: Environmentalists score victory in fight for Joshua tree protections
AP News: ‘Beacon of freedom’ dims as US initiatives that promote democracy abroad wither under Trump
Courthouse News Service: Supreme Court confronts Trump power grab
AP News: Experts call Kennedy’s plan to find autism’s cause unrealistic
AP News: Transgender issues are a strength for Trump, AP-NORC poll finds
The Hill: Skills, not degrees, are defining the new American dream
The Oregonian: Oregon coast school bus driver arrested for allegedly luring a minor, police say
AP News: Quakers march against Trump’s crackdown on immigrants carrying on their long faith tradition
AP News: Authorities arrest over 100 people on Tennessee roads in support of Trump’s deportation plan
AP News: An Alaska Mother’s Day tradition: Mingling with ice age survivors on a farm
OPB: Geocaches can be found everywhere, but the now 25-year-old hobby got its start in Oregon
Sacramento Bee: Applications for Sacramento region jobs rise as state, federal workers see turmoi
BBC: Care worker recruitment from abroad to end, Cooper says
CBS San Diego: Jacqueline Ma, Former Teacher of the Year, sentenced to 30 years for sexual abuse of minors
OPB: Springwood Ranch agreement marks 1st tribal-state land partnership in Washington
Seattle Times: Trump calls for 20,000 extra officers to help with deportation efforts
East Bay Times: Former top sheriff’s aide seeks $15 million from San Mateo County over firing
KRCR: Vacaville blacksmith duo finds success at Redding Fire Festival with unique handmade items
BBC: Along the Canada border, small-town America feels sting of Trump's trade war
SF Chronicle: Can turning purple urchins into kitchen countertop save California’s seafloor?
East Bay Times: Yosemite: Key parts of the park to reopen Saturday, as more campground reservations are made available
KRON: SF firefighters rescue brothers caught in rip current at Ocean Beach