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.
Sunday, Aug. 20, 2023
NY Times: The Instagram Account That Shattered a California High School
NY Times: How a Small Group of Firms Changed the Math for Insuring Against Natural Disasters
NY Times: Why Were Nearly 100 Bears Shot by the State of Alaska?
KTLA: Those $1,000 diet drugs cost less than $100 abroad
News Nation: FBI: California police officers collected crime scene ‘trophies’
The Almanac: Caltrain to pilot the nation's first electric-battery powered train
Washington Post: British Columbia declares state of emergency amid ‘devastating’ wildfires
Washington Post: Taliban bringing water to Afghanistan’s parched plains via massive canal
Washington Post: Forget independence. Teach your kids interdependence instead.
AP News: One dead, 8 hurt in shooting at outdoor gathering in Philadelphia 2 days after killing on same block
AP News: Virginia hemp businesses start to see inspections and fines under new law
AP News: Tribal courts across the country are expanding holistic alternatives to the criminal justice system
AP News: California’s big bloom aids seed collectors as climate change and wildfires threaten desert species
AP News: Maui water is unsafe even with filters, one of the lessons learned from fires in California
AP News: Thousands more Mauritanians are making their way to the US, thanks to a route spread on social media
The Guardian: Photos: What children’s bedrooms look like around the world
NPR: Pickleball, the fastest growing sport in the country, is moving indoors
The Guardian: ‘Like a physical version of blackface’: actors with dwarfism hit out at Hollywood
The Guardian: Canary Islands: thousands more flee their homes as ‘out of ‘control’ wildfires rage
NPR: Small Kansas paper raided by police has a history of hard-hitting reporting
The Guardian: Hurricane Hilary downgraded amid warnings of ‘catastrophic’ flooding
The Guardian: ‘Coral are going to die’: Maui wildfires take toxic toll on marine ecology
The Guardian: Mountain treelines are rising due to climate crisis, study finds
The Guardian: Canada wildfires: thousands told to flee in British Columbia, as drone-flying tourists criticised
The Guardian: Russia’s Luna-25 spacecraft crashes into the moon
The Oregonian: OPINION: Kotek’s misguided fight with Oregon environmentalists
KRON: In lawsuit, Roblox accused of facilitating child gambling
Oregon Public Broadcasting: 1 dead, 185 structures destroyed in eastern Washington wildfire
Del Norte Triplicate: New Research: Novel technique for sniffing out toxic algae blooms
LA Times: Man found dead in driveway of home in fire-evacuated community in Siskiyou County
LA Times: Brita water filter company accused of false advertising
LA Times: Solar panels: Should you buy them? Rent them? Pass?
KABC: Hurricane Hilary live updates: Southern California preparing for heavy rain, severe flooding
LA Times: As Hurricane Hilary approaches, Palm Springs braces for direct impact
KTLA: Store owner allegedly killed over hanging Pride flag in Lake Arrowhead
SFGate: Los Angeles County to close all parks as Hurricane Hilary bears down on California
SF Chronicle: New Maui fire controversy: Witnesses say firefighters let Lahaina blaze restart and spread
SF Chronicle: Wildfire threatens the Trinity Alps Resort
SF Chronicle: State of emergency in California amid fears of catastrophic flooding
SFGate: California's last tropical storm hit in 1939. Here's what happened.
SFGate: Home insurers pull out of Calif. as wildfire risks rise
RHBB: EPD Reminds Residents to Slow Down in School Zones
Saturday, Aug. 19, 2023
/r/humboldt: OReilly’s musta been closed?
/r/humboldt: Where to Meet Singles?
/r/humboldt: found cat palmer blvd
100% Humboldt, with Scott Hammond: #14. Untold Stories of Veterans: A Journey about Humboldt Heroes with Scott Hammond
100% Humboldt, with Scott Hammond: #13. The Life and Times of Pierre Carbonneau: A Humboldt County Story
Wild Rivers Outpost: State, Local Elected Officials, Pacific Power Promise Water, Personnel, Generators to Fire-Beleaguered Del Norte
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