A new coronavirus pandemic has killed more than 530,000 people worldwide. © Karen Ducey / Getty Images University of Washington students are on campus for the last day of school in person on March 6, 2020 in Seattle. The university closed on March 9, in reaction to the new coronavirus …
Read More »Bay Area residents feel increasing psychological cost
A young man from East Bay, struggling with schizophrenia and addiction, breaks his sobriety and fatal drug overdoses after COVID-19 shelter orders cut him off from in-person meetings with his therapist. Teens break down from loss of contact with school and friends. Black residents, including the mother of a police …
Read More »LAFC star Carlos Vela will not play in an MLS tournament
Current LAFC MVP scoring champion Carlos Vela will not participate in the MLS Is Back tournament in Orlando, giving the league another setback in his quest to become the first major professional sports league in the United States in replay during the COVID-19 Pandemic. LAFC is scheduled to leave for …
Read More »Judge orders Dakota Access pipeline closed while review
A federal judge ordered the Dakota Access pipeline closed pending a new environmental review, a victory for the Standing Rock Sioux tribe. In his order Monday, US District Judge James Boasberg wrote that the shutdown should take place within the next 30 days. Protesters have argued that the controversial pipeline …
Read More »THE SPANISH FLU OF 1918: A virus reaches Humboldt | Lost Coast Outpost
the Humboldt Times , September 30, 1918. ### In late September 1918, like Spanish fluone Humboldt County residents quietly traveled east to west across the United States and began hearing about a new, especially “energetic” and “fast-spreading” germ that was devastating communities across the country. It was not a serious …
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