We’re looking at the evolving impacts of the 6.4 magnitude earthquake that hit Humboldt County in the early hours of Dec. 20, as well as the resources and recovery efforts. This week’s cover story has underreported stories from around the country and the billionaire takeover of news media. And if you’re still baking holiday cookies […]
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Boil Water Advisory for Rio Dell, Parts of Fortuna
A boil water advisory has been issued for the city of Rio Dell and parts of Fortuna due to today’s magnitude-6.4 earthquake and responding power outage. Residents in Rio Dell and the Forest Hills Subdivision in Fortuna are warned not to drink water without boiling it first or to use bottled water. Water should be […]
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Study: Paid Family Leave in California Keeps Women in Jobs
If you work in California and your sister is undergoing cancer treatments, or your spouse gets knee surgery, you might be able to get paid while you take time off work to care for them. It’s a less well-known part of California’s paid family leave benefit, which also covers new parents who leave work to […]
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Public Health Reports Another COVID Death
Humboldt County Public Health reported today that the county has confirmed one new COVID-19 death, a resident in their 70s, since its last report Nov. 30. Nine new hospitalizations were reported and, according to a state database, 18 people are currently hospitalized with the virus locally, including two receiving intensive care. The death reported today […]
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‘Tridemic’ Threatening Local Hospital Capacity
Following a trend seen across the state, region and country, local hospitals are nearly at capacity amid a surge in respiratory illnesses that’s being dubbed a “tridemic” or “tripledemic” by some. “With the circulation of multiple respiratory illnesses, such as RSV, influenza and COVID-19, we, like the rest of Northern California, are experiencing a significant increase […]
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Screening for Adverse Childhood Experiences is Increasing, but are Patients Getting Treatment?
In 2020 the state launched the adverse childhood experiences initiative, with the goal of cutting the number of those experiences in half within one generation. Today the number of doctors screening patients for adverse experiences is growing, but the state is failing to track whether patients receive the follow-up services or support they might need. […]
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NCJ Preview: Skilled Nursing and Feeding Those in Need
This week we’re looking into issues in our local skilled nursing facilities — understaffing, lack of care — and how their owner’s business practices play into the problems while making big profits. We’re also talking about the St. Vincent de Paul Dining Facility in Eureka, and how the small staff and volunteers are feeding folks […]
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Caution Urged After Second Fox Bite Report
The Department of Health and Human Services is urging people who live, work or are visiting places in the area between Manila and Mad River Beach to use caution and be aware of any animal acting strangely after a second fox bite report in less than a month. According to a news release, a Manila […]
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CDC’s Move Paves Way for California to Require School COVID Vaccines — But Lawmakers Have Given Up for Now
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccination advisors voted last week to recommend all children get the COVID-19 vaccine, a move that does not change California’s list of vaccines required for children to attend school. The addition of the COVID-19 vaccine to the CDC’s recommended vaccines for kids is not a mandate for […]
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Condor A7 Recovering After Minor Surgery
The California condor currently known as A7 is recovering after undergoing minor surgery by Oakland Zoo vets this week to remove what appeared to be an embedded bone fragment that caused an infection in her jaw. The young female is part of a second cohort of the endangered birds that arrived on the North Coast […]
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Humboldt County Sees Another COVID Death
Humboldt County Public Health reported today that the county has confirmed one new COVID-19 death, a resident in their 40s, since its last report Oct. 12. No new hospitalizations were reported and, according to a state database, three people are currently hospitalized with the virus locally, with one receiving intensive care. The death reported today […]
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California to End COVID State of Emergency
California’s COVID-19 state of emergency will end on Feb. 28, 2023, nearly three years after it began, officials in Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office announced today. The announcement came as the new variants raise concerns of another deadly winter spike across the country and as test positivity rates stabilize in California after a nearly three-month decline. […]