I'm in Alameda, also around 50 miles away, and there was ash falling in my neighborhood.
Yesterday on radarbox24.com I saw that there were DC-10s, MD-87s, C-130s and a 747 fighting the fires.
I thought of this incident when I heard what happened:
http://www.vpnavy.com/vp47ditch.html
Number 4 threw a blade, which took out the other three engines. The loss of hydraulic power caused them to momentarily lose control of the aircraft. In this instance, they regained control and...
Here's an article claiming a blogger debunked the History Channel's documentary in 30 minutes.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jul/11/blogger-discredits-claim-amelia-earhart-was-taken-prisoner-by-japan#img-2
I use Chrome and for me, the dark red "New" box is just telling me that I haven't read that particular post yet. The bigger, lighter "New Posts" at the bottom of the page is the link to all of the new posts.