For the third consecutive day, students walked off a high school campus in Humboldt County on Wednesday to stand in solidarity with survivors of sexual assault and protest what they feel are inadequate administrative and societal responses. Hundreds of Arcata High School students descended on the Arcata Plaza yesterday morning, many clad in white or […]
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Rapid COVID-19 Tests in Short Supply in California
Sarah Voit likes to keep 10 to 15 rapid test kits on hand in case any of the residents of the Family Emergency Shelter Coalition in Hayward need to be tested for COVID-19. They’ve had some infection scares, and the antigen tests — which return results in minutes — have been crucial to curbing the […]
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Students Stage Walkouts on Three Local Campuses to Support Sexual Assault Survivors
Students walked out of class on at least three Humboldt County high school campuses this morning to stand in solidarity with survivors of sexual assault. Most wearing white and many holding signs, students at Fortuna, Eureka and McKinleyville high schools participated in the planned walkouts, with Fortuna and McKinleyville students marching the streets surrounding their […]
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Yurok Tribe Nabs $30 Million Education Grant
The Yurok Tribe was awarded a $30 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s Promise Neighborhoods to create a regional five-year effort for a “cradle-school-career pathway project” that will build programs and support services for students in Del Norte County. “The Yurok Education Department is excited about what this grant means for our families, […]
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Students with Disabilities Across California Stuck in Limbo
The school year at Duarte Unified School District, 20 miles east of Los Angeles, started a month ago, but Brady, Ellie and Jack Fitzgibbons have yet to receive any instruction from their teachers. The 13-year-old triplets are on the autism spectrum, and their mother Julie Fitzgibbons didn’t feel safe sending them to school because she […]
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California Commits $500 Million More to Student Housing: ‘A Drop in the Bucket’
Free tuition is great, and California excels at that compared to the rest of the country. But with rents sky high, affordable housing has become the chief expense for most students – and relief is harder to come by. Lawmakers have a plan for that: They’ve poured $500 million into this year’s state budget so […]
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In ‘Triage’ Mode, Public Health Shifts Focus of Contact Investigations to Schools
In the face of record case levels and diminished staffing, Humboldt County Public Health is triaging response efforts to focus on contact tracing in schools, skilled nursing facilities and other congregate living situations, as well as continued vaccination efforts, officials announced at a press conference yesterday. “As you are well aware, we are seeing the […]
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Not Enough Subs: California Schools Face Severe Teacher Shortage
Kelly Rhoden, the principal at Nevada Union High School, spent her morning Monday scrambling to find substitutes for her absent teachers. The school, about 60 miles northeast of Sacramento, has 86 teachers. Thirteen were out on Monday. “We have quite a few teachers out either because they’ve tested positive, they’re symptomatic, or they have their […]
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Schools Across Humboldt Serving Free Meals to Students, No Application Needed
Schools across Humboldt County are serving free breakfasts and lunches to students at no charge this year. No applications are required to qualify for the meals, which are extentions of the Seamless Summer Feeding Option program. For more specific information, parents or guardians can contact individual campuses, according to a news release from the Humboldt […]
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NCJ Preview: A Beacon of Hope and a Community’s Center
As Humboldt State University prepares to start a new semester, we look at its Project Rebound, which supports formerly incarcerated students on campus, as well as the inspiring stories of its founder and students. And we discuss the big things happening at the Jefferson Community Center in Eureka, which the Westside Community Improvement Association has […]
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Smoke? Cries for help? Don’t Worry, HSU is Having a Drill Tonight
Things might get a little loud today at Humboldt State University around 6 p.m. but don’t worry, it’s only a drill. The campus will be conducting an emergency simulation that will include will include smoke and actors crying for help, with the University Police Department, the Arcata Fire Department and Arcata Mad River Ambulance participating. […]