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, Feb. 27
Politico: New York City health clinic now asking for proof of citizenship, citing Trump
Smithsonian Magazine: Can Electro-Agriculture Revolutionize the Way We Grow Food?
Smithsonian Magazine: SpaceX Rocket Stage Burns Up Over Europe and Crashes in Poland, While Blue Origin Debris Washes Ashore in the Bahamas
Smithsonian Magazine: Rare Footage Shows Baby Polar Bears Emerging From Their Den in the Arctic
The Guardian: Ice contractor plans for surveillance boom under Trump migrant crackdown
LA Times: Karuk Tribe enters first-of-its-kind agreement with the state to practice cultural burns
LA Times: Kern County immigration raid offers glimpse into new reality for California farmworkers
LA Times: Death of Gene Hackman, wife, dog deemed ‘suspicious’
OPB: Legislators push to prohibit net pen aquaculture in Oregon
NY Magazine: How the most influential Supreme Court lawyer of his generation gambled it all away.
Washington Post: Some Republicans fear Medicaid cuts could cost them their jobs
BBC: Trump says 25% tariffs on EU will be announced soon
The Guardian: Instagram Reels flooded with violent videos before Meta says it fixed error
The Guardian: Formerly anti-vax parents on how they changed their minds: ‘I really made a mistake’
The Oregonian: Public toilets could help stop the spread of dysentery (yes, dysentery) in Portland
OPB: People of Color Outdoors cultivates community by leading outside gatherings
Governor's Office: Governor Newsom announces appointments 2.27.25
OPB: Many USDA researchers working in the Northwest are fired, worked on everything from hops to potatoes
OPB: NOAA, federal weather and research agency, is firing workers in Oregon and Washington
The Guardian: Trump threatens China with additional 10% tariff in escalation of trade war
KRCR: Egg prices expected to soar 41% amid ongoing bird flu crisis
The Hill: Former lumber industry executive named as Forest Service chief
The Hill: ICE signs $1 billion contract with private firm for New Jersey detention center
County of Humboldt Meetings: MMAC (McKinleyville Municipal Advisory Committee) Meeting Agenda - Hybrid Meeting
The Hill: NOAA hit with layoffs
/r/humboldt: Resources for low-income seniors?
The Hill: Elon Musk urges retired air traffic controllers to come back
The Hill: Judge orders rescission of OPM memos directing agencies to fire probationary employees
Washington Post: Former defense chiefs denounce Trump’s ‘reckless’ Pentagon firings
Washington Post: FBI investigating Trump EPA claims of fraud in $20B Biden grant fund
Humboldt Sports: Plenty of history on the line in weekend NCS championships
BBC: Did the White House help end the Tate brothers travel ban?
BBC: Trump administration unveils bird flu plan as egg prices soar
SoHum Parlance: Inflation, consumer confidence, unemployment
BBC: Cook Islands China deal riles allies as West's grip loosens
East Bay Times: Man gets house arrest for killing bicyclist in Fremont hit-and-run crash
East Bay Times: ‘A powder keg’: Lawsuit claims Texas company knowingly built dangerous battery plant at Moss Landing, leading to major toxic fire
East Bay Times: East Bay police have been shot at four different times over 16-day span
East Bay Times: Oakland man convicted of torture, elder abuse for holding elderly woman captive at a Peninsula hotel for two years
KRON: San Jose to give homeless people one-way bus tickets for ‘reunification’
SF Gate: A casual in-flight chat exposed a Chico 'trophy room' of illegal wildlife
SF Gate: https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/nearly-90-arrested-as-sf-police-raid-zombie-park/
KRON: Nearly 90 arrested as SF police raid ‘Zombie Park’
Marin Independent Journal: Petaluma egg industry struggles to preserve legacy
RHBB: Collision Between Vehicle and Two People on Bicycle in Eureka
North Bay Biz Journal: California insurance commissioner meets privately with State Farm, hopes to make rate hike decision within 2 weeks
Press Democrat: Father of stabbed student demands answers from Elsie Allen High School
SF Gate: A rogue ranger is documenting every National Park Service firing
CBS News Sacramento: Local News City of Folsom considers converting major intersections into roundabouts to improve traffic safety