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.
Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023
NPR: Google to pay $700 million in case over whether its app store is an illegal monopoly
NPR: Artificial intelligence can find your location in photos, worrying privacy experts
NPR: When a quick telehealth visit yields multiple surprises beyond a big bill
The Guardian: Dozens of elderly people across US died after leaving care facilities unchecked
BBC: Apple halts some Watch sales in the US
BBC: Texas to arrest illegal migrants in challenge to federal government
BBC: Storms in US northeast kill four and leave thousands without power
BBC: Bayer Monsanto: PCB maker ordered to pay $857m for toxic leaks at WA school
The Guardian: Is the US going to approve the single biggest fossil-fuel expansion on earth?
NY Magazine: The Rise of the Accidentally Permissive Parent
NY Magazine: HEALTH 8:00 A.M. An American Girlhood in the Ozempic Era
AP News: California is set to become 2nd state to OK rules for turning wastewater into drinking water
The Guardian: Hermès billionaire plans to leave half of fortune to ex-gardener and cut ties with charity
The Guardian: ‘We don’t sell our way of life’: Indigenous peyote users and the companies trying to cash in
AP News: US moves to protect old growth forests as climate change threatens their survival
Courthouse News Service: Virginia Supreme Court sides with fired teacher in pronoun dispute
AP News: An earthquake in northwestern China kills at least 127 people and is the deadliest in 9 years
AP News: A volcano erupts in southwestern Iceland and spews magma
AP News: Illegal crossings surge in remote areas as Congress and the White House weigh major asylum limits
Courthouse News Service: Judge: Trump’s star witness ‘lost all credibility’ after NYC fraud testimony
Courthouse News Service: Ultraviolet light and chlorine chambers can remove methane from the air, study says
Courthouse News Service: Apple to pause sales of some smartwatches after ITC ruling
The Oregonian: Former Trail Blazer arrested in kidnapping, killing of Washington state woman in Las Vegas
Oregon Public Broadcasting: Oregon psilocybin advocates reflect on therapy program’s first year
The Oregonian: Kah-Nee-Ta hot spring resort announces new reopening plan for summer 2024
The Oregonian: Men who died in Oregon plane crash were Afghan Army pilots, refugees
LA Times: California lawmakers’ stock disclosures are full of surprises
LA Times: Why is it so hard for California drivers to get insurance?
LA Times: Being doored to death is a cyclist’s nightmare. How can it be prevented?
LA Times: Kern County is poised to become warehousing’s next frontier
LA Times: The wealthiest Californians are fleeing the state. Why that’s very bad news for the economy
Oregon Public Broadcasting: PacifiCorp to pay $250 million in timber company settlement for 2020 wildfire
KTLA: Sacramento man finds hundreds of rare vintage baseball cards in deceased father’s closet
Modesto Bee: Overtime law intended to help California farmworkers. New study says it led to less money
City of Eureka Meetings: City Council - Dec 19, 2023
Modesto Bee: Tuolumne River fish will get $80 million in habitat improvements from MID, TID and SF
KRCR: Redding inventor's 'Jet Shark' takes a bite out of luxury water sports
Press Democrat: Sonoma Valley’s 1st homeless shelter opens after yearslong effort
Press Democrat: Mobile home park owner threatens closure after Cotati passes regulation to protect senior residents there
San Jose Mercury News: California Realtor groups hit with copycat commission rates lawsuit by Bay Area home seller
KRON: Woman vanishes in Santa Cruz, musician boyfriend uncooperative, police say
East Bay Times: Three arrested on suspicion of $40,000 worth of stolen goods from Bay Area outlet mall
East Bay Times: California votes to ban import and sale of invasive bullfrogs
SFGate: Weather service issues flood advisories for SF Bay Area
SF Chronicle: Oakland leader who supports Israel disinvited from UC Berkeley class
Times-Standard : Eureka city schools switches gears, moves to sell former Jacobs Campus to new LLC
SF Chronicle: Bay Area solar company to cut 350 jobs as demand plummets
SF Chronicle: These Bay Area housing developments are delayed because PG&E can’t get them parts for power
RHBB: Zero Waste Tips for Celebrating More and Buying Less This Holiday Season