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, July 4
AP News: Trump wasn’t exonerated by the presidential immunity ruling, even though he says he was
NY Times : Why a New Conservative Brain Trust Is Resettling Across America
Times-Standard : California bill to give communications companies out on carrier of last resort obligations dies
NY Times : Some Californians Found Dream Homes Inland. But It Sure Is Hot There.
Courthouse News Service: Israel turbocharges West Bank settlement expansion with largest land grab in decades
Courthouse News Service: Kratom company can’t dodge lawsuit over undisclosed addiction risk
Courthouse News Service: Gun rights groups sue California for new 11% tax on gun sales
NBC News: FBI investigating after nearly 200 gravestones at 2 Jewish cemeteries are vandalized
The Oregonian: This Oregon coast destination is one of ‘The 28 Most Beautiful Towns in America’
The Oregonian: Oregon coast’s last wood-frame lighthouse is set for $1.4 million renovation
Oregon Public Broadcasting: An Oregon man bugles his way to become the world’s elk calling champion
Oregon Public Broadcasting: Sea otters spotted off Oregon coast, a rare sight after a century of near-extinction
Oregon Public Broadcasting: To save spotted owls on West Coast, US officials plan to kill hundreds of thousands of another owl species
The Guardian: ‘It needs to stay in the loop’: German reuse schemes turn shopping upside down
AP News: Hurricane Beryl roars toward Mexico after leaving destruction in Jamaica and eastern Caribbean
AP News: UK heads to the polls in an election that could end 14 years of Conservative government
Smithsonian Magazine: Alaska’s Juneau Icefield Is Melting at an ‘Incredibly Worrying’ 50,000 Gallons per Second, Researchers Find
Marin Independent Journal: Italian homicide sentences cut for former Marin classmates
The Guardian: Coffee, eggs and white rice linked to higher levels of PFAS in human body
LA Times: Live poultry markets may be source of bird flu virus in San Francisco wastewater
LA Times: California community’s future at risk in fight over declining groundwater, residents say
NPR: A new way to prevent HIV delivers dramatic results in trial
SF Chronicle: Bay Area’s famed Flintstone House now serving $230 sushi dinner with Michelin-star cred
SF Gate: Las Vegas poised to break its all-time record high temperature amid heat wave
NPR: Removing the highway is the easy part. Reconnecting the community is harder.
NPR: To save spotted owls, officials plan to kill a half-million barred owls on West Coast
The Guardian: Google’s emissions climb nearly 50% in five years due to AI energy demand
San Jose Mercury News: No fireworks? No problem: Bay Area cities host Fourth of July drone shows
San Jose Mercury News: New graduation requirements coming for California seniors
LA Times: Californians won’t pay more than one month’s rent for security deposits under new law
KCRA: California Legislature votes to ask voters for permission borrow $20 billion for climate, schools
KRCR: Humboldt County opens cooling centers for residents to be safe during extreme heat
KRCR: Police stop kidnapping and attempted bank robbery in downtown Redding
LA Times: California’s homicide rate fell nearly 16% last year, state report shows
SF Gate: California incorporates new city for the first time in more than a decade
KTLA: Pleasure boat crash in Long Beach leaves 1 dead, 10 hospitalized
KRON: Crews search for possible drowning victim in Russian River
CBS News : Bay Area firefighters injured in crash while responding to Thompson Fire in Butte County
Mad River Union: HCSO sheriff’s deputies to star in reality TV show
Mad River Union: Arcata Chamber’s 4th of July Jubilee brings food, music and jubilance
Mad River Union: Sheer Crabness
Mad River Union: $1M HUD grant to help spread housing around
Mad River Union: Thursday night Arcata, Manila fires
Mad River Union: Safety on the 4th, Lightning leans in for love
Mad River Union: Swim area opens at Freshwater Park thanks to seasonal dam
Mad River Union: McK ag tract rezoned for development
Mad River Union: Grand Jury foresees fire district funding, staffing, equipment shortfalls
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