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Thursday, July 20, 2023
Times-Standard : 1 dead in Wednesday solo crash on Highway 101
/r/humboldt: Favorite coffee shop?
NY Times: A New Job for Electric Vehicles: Powering Homes During Blackouts
SF Chronicle: Dead & Company’s final S.F. concerts pumped $31 million into local economy
NY Times: Saying Goodbye to the Dead. (Again.)
East Bay Times: A small business was wrecked in raid by LAPD SWAT team, but city won’t pay for damage
East Bay Times: Bay Area air advisory issued as smoke from Oregon fires drifts toward region
Courthouse News Service: Alaska volcano’s weeklong eruption eases after spewing another massive ash cloud
Courthouse News Service: FEMA vows to revoke funding for Oregon logging road following lawsuit
Courthouse News Service: Espresso linked to fighting diseases like Alzheimer’s
Courthouse News Service: Federal wildland firefighters inch toward permanent pay hike
NY Times: Who Employs Your Doctor? Increasingly, a Private Equity Firm.
The Atlantic: UCSF Study: The Root Cause of the Homelessness Crisis
The Atlantic: The dos and don’ts of hydrating in a heat wave
The Atlantic: EVs Are Sending Toxic Tire Particles Into the Water, Soil, and Air
The Atlantic: What Happened When Oregon Decriminalized Hard Drugs
Times-Standard : Local youth triumphant in Fortuna Junior Rodeo
Washington Post: Rising number of overdose deaths involve mix of opioids with cocaine, meth
Washington Post: This national park is so wild, it has no roads. Now some want to mine outside its gates.
Washington Post: Seniors are migrating to states that face America’s most extreme heat
NY Times: This Fossil Is a Freeze-Frame of a Mammal Fighting a Dinosaur
NY Times: The Most Common Eating Disorder in the U.S. Is Also the Least Understood
NY Times: Opinion: The Overlooked Reason Our Health Care System Crushes Patients
NY Times: Starving Orcas and the Fate of Alaska’s Disappearing King Salmon
CNN: Hearing aids may reduce your risk of dementia by half, study says
The Oregonian: Aging farmers toil well past retirement, with no heirs or desire to leave land they’ve tended for decades
The Oregonian: Bend man dies after dog attack at homeless encampment, deputies say
NBC News: North Carolina tornado could lead to medication shortages after Pfizer plant was hit, expert warns
KQED: Critically Endangered, but Not Shy: Camera Spots Bunch of Condors Just Hanging Out
NPR: Stanford president resigns after fallout from falsified data in his research
NPR: Russia's nixing of Ukraine grain deal deepens worries about global food supply
NPR: 'Active club' hate groups are growing in the U.S. — and making themselves seen
NBC News: New research suggests that gentle touch could help stop nail-biting and skin picking
NBC News: California to fine school district $1.5 million for rejecting materials mentioning Harvey Milk
The Guardian: ‘We are damned fools’: scientist who sounded climate alarm in 80s warns of worse to come
The Guardian: 12,795 possessions! Meet the woman who photographed every single thing she owns
The Guardian: He’s unimpressed with his physique, but wins bodybuilding competitions … at 90
The Guardian: ‘Disturbing’: 25 types of toxic flame retardant found in US breast milk
AP News: Wind-fanned wildfires force thousands to flee seaside resorts outside Greek capital
KTLA: Protesters storm Swedish Embassy in Baghdad ahead of planned Quran burning in Stockholm
KTLA: 5 California cities ranked among the 10 least educated in the U.S.
KTLA: 7-year-old L.A. boy develops massive following as fashion designer
KTLA: Winning $1 billion Powerball ticket sold in Los Angeles
KRCR: First event of its kind: SoHum Social to be held in Garberville
KRCR: City of Redding agrees to 20% pay raises for firefighters
KTVU: Oakland: 3 shootings leave 4 dead in nearly 11 hours
The Hill: ‘Rare’ EF3 tornado hits North Carolina, causing injuries and damaging Pfizer facility
Argus Courier: 2 Petaluma mobile home parks threaten closure over rent ordinance