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, Jan. 16, 2025
KQED: 'The Crisis Is Here': LA Fires Could Exacerbate California's Homelessness Problem
KQED: Many in Pacific Palisades Were Not Wealthy. After Fire, Can They Rebuild?
The Guardian: You’ve always wondered, here’s the answer: do dogs actually watch TV?
Smithsonian Magazine: Firefighting Planes Are Dumping Ocean Water on the Los Angeles Fires—Why Using Saltwater Is Typically a Last Resort
AP News: Japan bank executives take pay cuts after employee is accused of stealing from safe deposit boxes
AP News: Eager visitors flock to see spectacular lava fountaining from Kilauea eruption in Hawaii
The Oregonian: OHSU patient’s face catches fire after surgical staff swabbed his skin with alcohol, $900,000 lawsuit says
The Atlantic: How Hitler Dismantled a Democracy in 53 Days
The Atlantic: What Happens When a Plastic City Burns
Courthouse News Service: Supreme Court nixes fossil fuel giant fight to dismiss liability lawsuit
The Oregonian: ‘This wasn’t on my bingo card’: shock over last-minute Biden sanctions deal with Cuba
AP News: Banning cellphones in schools gains popularity in red and blue states
Governor's Office: Governor Newsom issues executive order to fast-track temporary housing for Los Angeles firestorm area
Courthouse News Service: FTC accuses John Deere of unlawful equipment repair practices
BBC: Women held keys to land and wealth in Celtic Britain
The Guardian: Massachusetts college students to appear in court over TikTok ‘Catch a Predator’ attack
The Guardian: At least 70 Palestinians killed by Israeli strikes amid ceasefire deal delay
BBC: Rise of vaccine distrust - why more of us are questioning jabs
AP News: Standoff in South Africa ends with 87 miners dead and anger over police’s ‘smoke them out’ tactics
AP News: Netanyahu says ‘last minute crisis’ with Hamas holding up approval of Gaza truce and hostage deal
BBC: US bans red dye 3 from some frosting, candy and medicine
BBC: Couple's fire-resistant LA home survives amid destruction
BBC: Sound of meteorite striking Earth caught on doorbell camera
BBC: Israeli cabinet yet to vote on ceasefire deal as aid trucks queue at Gaza border Watch live
KRCR: Shasta County addresses jail 'revolving door' with stakeholder meeting on January 29
KRCR: Biden establishes Sáttítla National Monument, protecting Tribal lands in the Northstate
KRCR: Student arrested in Eureka for explosives and firearm possession
Vox: A new Supreme Court case seeks to make it harder to get screened for cancer
SF Chronicle: Pacific Palisades had a fireworks problem. Now one may have caused a disaster
SF Gate: Herbicide banned in 70 countries linked to Calif. health problems, officials say
SF Gate: Doctoral grad pleads guilty to 5 Bay Area arson attacks during series of pro-Palestine protests
SF Gate: Brothers rescued after being stranded in Northern California forest for days
East Bay Times: Bay Area inflation eases in December as utility costs soar
KTLA: Palisades home that survived fire destroyed by mudslide
KTLA: Armed L.A. residents defy evacuation orders to defend homes from wildfire looters
LA Times: L.A. fire officials could have put engines in the Palisades before the fire broke out. They didn’t
LA Times: State Farm to offer renewals to policyholders affected by L.A. County fires
East Bay Times: As climate ‘whiplash’ worsens, post-CZU soil erosion in the Santa Cruz Mountains reveals post-wildfire problems
Marin Independent Journal: San Rafael’s latest housing prospect: High-rise with 180 apartments
Marin Independent Journal: Marin County swears in first Black supervisor
KCRA: NorCal tribal fire department joins fight against LA fires
KCRA: Vacaville K-9 officer shot while apprehending suspect, loses leg
East Bay Times: Palisades, Eaton fires held in check; winds not as fierce as predicted
KRON: Oakland business owners call for change to OPD’s pursuit policy
KRON: 200 vases stolen from Lafayette cemetery
/r/humboldt: In Need of Moving Boxes
Mad River Union: Burgeoning McKinleyville charts progress