This week: Some much-needed good news. We’re looking at how local nonprofits Cooperation Humboldt and Food for People, as well as a tiny school district, are turning their talents and volunteers to help those in need amid COVID-19 and sheltering in place. We’re also talking about the meditative benefits of making pasta by hand. Hit subscribe […]
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Cal State Coronavirus: Your Questions Answered About how CSUs Are Navigating COVID
You’ve got questions about how your CSU education will be disrupted during the coronavirus pandemic. Chancellor Tim White has answers. In a wide-ranging discussion with CalMatters’ College Journalism Network on Thursday, the chancellor discussed fee refunds, support for faculty teaching online, and more. Here’s what we learned. For more details, watch the full interview with […]
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HSU Faces $20 Million Deficit; CR’s Situation Dire, Too
A joint press release this afternoon sounds the alarm bells that both it and Humboldt State University face “immense budget” deficits at least exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Difficult decisions apparently lie ahead, including staff reductions. According to the press release, HSU was already facing deficit of more than $5 million due to already declining […]
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HCOE Recommends Schools Remain Closed for the Term
According to a press release, the Humboldt County Office of Education plans to follow the advice of Public Health Officer Teresa Frankovich and the recommendation of Gov. Newsom and advise local school facilities to remain closed through the end of the school year. Distance learning implemented to slow the spread of COVID-19 will continue. The […]
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HSU Partners with Public Health to Produce COVID-19 Test Kits
Humboldt State University announced it is partnering with Public Health to locally produce desperately needed COVID-19 test kits. According to a university press release, a group of HSU faculty, staff and alumni spent Thursday in the Department of Biological Sciences developing 1,250 test kits, supplies that are in high demand and short supply locally and […]
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Eureka City Schools Changes its Meal Distribution Schedule (Spanish and Hmong Translation)
Eureka City Schools will change its meal distribution schedule on March 30 to Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. When Humboldt County schools began shutting down due to growing concerns of COVID-19, schools started distributing meals to children under 18 years old. Eureka City Schools announced in a press release that […]
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Confusion Reigns as Families Tackle COVID-19 Homeschool
Mornings this week have started as always for Ray Ortega and his second-grade daughter: They wake up, get dressed, eat breakfast, and prepare for their day at school and work. Except, this week, the classroom is their Sacramento home office, and the teacher is Ortega, who, with his wife, is juggling his job with homeschooling […]
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Local Schools Have Distributed 20K Meals Since Closing
Humboldt County schools have combined to distribute nearly 20,000 meals since being forced to shutter to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus. According to a press release from the Humboldt County Office of Education, the meal distribution programs have seen the demand for meals grow daily since the closure. The distribution programs, many of […]
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Local Schools to Remain Closed at Least Until April 10, Statewide Shelter Order Issued
Just hours after Humboldt County issued a mandatory shelter-in-place order, Gov. Gavin Newsom made it statewide in an effort to prevent further spread of the COVID-19 virus. Newsom’s move is an unprecedented step aimed at controlling an outbreak of the pandemic that will have dramatic impacts on the world’s fifth largest economy. This afternoon, following […]
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Access Humboldt Scores (Temporary) Free Internet for Students in Disconnected Households
With schools throughout Humboldt County having been shuttered to prevent the spread of COVID-19, Access Humboldt is trying to bridge the digital divide. At least temporarily. The nonprofit reached out to Altice-Suddenlink, which agreed to offer households with students in its service area that don’t currently have internet access free broadband for 60 days. At […]
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HSU Campus Closed to General Public, Instruction Going Virtual Until End of Year
Humboldt State University President Tom Jackson announced this morning that the campus will operate virtually until the end of the semester and all facilities have been closed to the general public due to COVID-19 precautions. How to mark graduation outside of the traditional ceremonies is being reviewed, with Jackson saying, “We are a very creative […]
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Eureka City Schools Offers Meal Service for Children Amid Shutdown
Eureka City Schools is offering to feed local children ages 18 and under while schools are shut down during this “unprecedented public health crisis.” The district sent a letter to parents and guardians today saying it will provide a pickup meal service at Alice Birney, Grant, Lafayette, Washington and Eureka High schools from 11 a.m. […]