Humboldt County Public Health confirmed 40 new COVID-19 cases this afternoon — making 149 so far this week — as well as four new hospitalizations. Public Health also reported today that over the course of the last seven days, the ranks of Humboldt County’s fully vaccinated population have grown by 909 people. A state database shows […]
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Judge Requires COVID Vaccines for California Prison Workers
California prison workers will join the list of state employees who must be vaccinated against COVID, a federal judge ruled Monday — a loss for the state prison guards’ union and Gov. Gavin Newsom. For months, the politically powerful union and the Newsom administration have resisted a COVID vaccine mandate for prison workers, despite the […]
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HumCo Records Three More COVID-19 Deaths, 46 New Cases
Three more Humboldt County residents have died of COVID-19, Public Health reported today, while confirming 46 new cases of the virus and two new hospitalizations. The residents who died were in their 70s, according to Public Health, and make 22 COVID-19 deaths so far this month — matching August’s record tally — including nine over […]
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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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Public Health Reports Another COVID-19 Death, Four New Hospitalizations
Humboldt County Public Health reported today that it has confirmed 63 new COVID-19 cases since Friday, with four new hospitalization and another COVID-19 death, the county’s 94th. The resident who died was in their 50s, according to Public Health, with one resident each in their 20s, 30s, 40s and 50s accounting for the new hospitalizations. […]
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California Still Won’t Make COVID-19 Workplace Outbreaks Public
Supporters of a push to require companies to report workplace coronavirus outbreaks publicly say they plan to keep fighting despite recent setbacks that they say allow big businesses to keep outbreaks secret. In February, Assemblymember Eloise Gómez Reyes, D-San Bernardino, proposed a law requiring the California Department of Public Health to report COVID-19 outbreaks by […]
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NCJ Preview: Enterprise, Burgers, Place Names and Etiquette
This week we’re looking at the future of the Ferndale Enterprise, newly purchased by North Coast Journal Inc. And it’s Burger Week, so we’re sharing what’s whetting our appetites and whether you can eat 28 burgers in 10 days. Good luck, friends. We’ll take a look at the effort to rename Patrick’s Point, its fraught […]
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Contractor’s Deal on California Rent Relief Gets more Lucrative
Despite an initial slow rollout of rent relief money, the state of California is extending and more than doubling its deal with the outside contractor it hired to get the money to tenants and landlords. The contract with Horne LLP, a Mississippi-based accounting firm that specializes in disaster relief, jumped from $51.7 million when the […]
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Public Health: Of 12 COVID-19 Hospitalizations This Week, 11 Were Unvaccinated
Humboldt County Public Health confirmed 23 new COVID-19 cases and two new hospitalizations today but, for the first time in more than a week, did not report a COVID-19 death locally. A state database shows 24 people currently hospitalized with COVID-19 locally, with two under intensive care. The local hospital census peaked Sept. 3 with 42 […]
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HumCo Records Four More COVID-19 Deaths, 40 New Cases as Hospitalizations Rise
Four more Humboldt County residents have died of COVID-19, Public Health reported today, while also confirming 40 new cases of the virus and four new hospitalizations. This is the fifth consecutive day Public Health has reported a new COVID-19 death, with 10 local deaths reported over the past seven days and 40 since Aug. 1. […]
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Open Door Breaks Ground on New Arcata Health Center
A host of local officials gathered in a dirt lot on Foster Avenue Tuesday afternoon to get their golden shovels dirty and celebrate the groundbreaking of the state-of-the-art Arcata Community Health Center, which is slated to open in 2023. Once complete, the 33,000 square-foot facility will use a solar array — and an emergency backup […]
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HumCo Records 89th COVID-19 Death, 35 New Cases
For the third consecutive day, Public Health is reporting that another Humboldt County resident has died of COVID-19, while also confirming 35 new cases of the virus and two hospitalizations. The death brings the county’s cumulative death toll from the virus to 89, with 36 having come since Aug. 1. A state database shows 20 people […]