- “Finger Lickin' Good"? Not so much in a pandemic -- KFC has suspended its use of the catchphrase in advertising campaigns.

- I could use a drink: "Booze Fairies" are leaving baskets of alcohol on doorsteps all over New Jersey.

- A 3,000-pound triceratops skull dubbed "Shady" was unearthed in South Dakota.

- Airbnb employees will be working from home until August 2021 -- longer than any other tech company so far.

- 2020 hurricane season on a record pace so far with 13 named storms already

- C19 global case total surpasses 25m - USA at 6.1m (more on those numbers in the fact check)

- Indoor dining in South Lake Tahoe permitted to 25% capacity

- Friday: Governor Newsom released revised criteria for loosening and tightening restrictions on activities.  The new blueprint replaces the current watch list approach and can be found at. There are 4 tiers, from purple to yellow, with purple being the most restrictive.

  El Dorado: Substantial

  Placer: Widespread

  Nevada Co: Substantia

- Wildfire survivors can now apply for federal assitance

- Glider aircraft crashes into Lake Tahoe

- Bonanza Ranch real estate sells for $38m and pivots to 'Luxury Vacation Rental' for 10-15k per night

- Nearly 25% of licensed child-care providers in California have shut down amid the pandemic — and more than 1,200 of the 9,300 closures are permanent, eradicating roughly 19,000 child-care slots in a state already starved for adequate spots, the Los Angeles Times report. In SLT alone we’ve lost 3 so far

- California will begin issuing $300 a week in supplemental unemployment benefits on September 7 now that the state's application for $4.5 billion in aid from FEMA has been approved (includes back pay to Aug. 1)

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- False: “CDC has adjusted numbers to show that only 6% of 187k C19 deaths are related to the virus”

Sat. Sept. 5th = International Bacon Day!