Not a single structure burned down in the city of South Lake Tahoe. And yet, the threat of the fast approaching Caldor Fire cost surrounding El Dorado County tens of millions of dollars, if not more. In South Lake Tahoe, Domi Chavarria, co-owner of Verde Mexican Rotisserie, felt the devastation of the Caldor Fire even […]
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Public Health Confirms Three Hospitalizations and 99 New Cases
Humboldt County Public Health reported 99 new COVID-19 cases with three new hospitalizations, including one person in their 60s and two people in their 70s. The new cases come after laboratories processed 581 samples with a test-positivity rate of 13.01 percent. After recording a test-positivity rate of 10.1 percent in July — the highest for any month […]
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Gusty Winds Expected to Increase Tonight, Last until Tuesday
The Eureka office of the National Weather Service reports that today’s blustery winds are expected to increase tonight and last into Tuesday, with gusts up to 35 mph along the coast and 40 mph across interior ridges in the wake of a dry cold front. “Gusty winds will be capable of blowing unsecured objects around […]
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Student COVID Vaccinations: California Becomes First State to Require Them for Kids in Schools
In another aggressive effort to stop the spread of COVID-19 and ensure schools remain open, Gov. Gavin Newsom today announced a vaccine mandate for students ages 12 and older, making California the first state in the nation to require students to be fully vaccinated for in-person instruction. The mandate would add the COVID-19 vaccine to […]
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Lightning Could Spark more California Fires as World Warms
Wildland firefighters don’t admit to fearing much, but lightning is one terror that even the most experienced veterans say they hope to never encounter. The worry is not being struck by a bolt, although it can be deadly. Instead, their primary concern is that lightning, slashing down in remote areas, can trigger unseen fires that […]
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California Can Keep Thirstiest Crops, State Ag Chief Tells ‘State of Mind’ Podcast
The head of California’s agriculture agency said on the California State of Mind podcast that even devastating drought doesn’t mean the state must uproot its thirstiest crops. Instead says Karen Ross, head of state Department of Food and Agriculture, improvements in water usage among some of the state’s biggest water consumers will help solve the problem. […]
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Hospitals Stretched as Humboldt’s COVID-19 Surge Continues
Humboldt County continues to see a surge in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations fueled by the more contagious Delta variant, leading to “many critically ill” patients being flown out the area for treatment and the postponement of vital but non-emergency surgeries, according to an update from Health Officer Ian Hoffman. In his written report to the […]
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Humboldt State Foresees Significant Enrollment Increase as Cal Poly Humboldt
As Humboldt State University gears up to welcome the first wave of students back on Saturday, the campus released its “near-final draft” of a self-study conducted as part of the process for becoming California’s third polytechnic campus, a final version of which is slated to go before the California State University Board of Trustees for […]
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CSU to Require COVID-19 Vax for Fall
The Calfiornia State University system, which includes Humboldt State, will require faculty, staff and students who are accessing campuses to be vaccinated for COVID-19. Back in February, HSU announced the campus and others in the system would implement the requirement once the FDA granted full approval to one or more of the three current options, […]
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Airport Microgrid Project Breaks Ground
Construction is underway on a microgrid at the county’s regional airport in McKinleyville that will boast a number of firsts when it becomes operation later this year, according to a Redwood Coast Energy Authority news release. Not only will the Redwood Coast Airport Microgrid be the first 100 percent renewable grid with multi-customers but it […]
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Breakthrough COVID is Rare in California
About 7,550 out of more than 19.5 million Californians who were fully vaccinated against COVID-19 have contracted the disease, a minuscule percentage that provides strong evidence of the vaccines’ effectiveness, according to state data. The breakthrough infections through June 23 amount to 0.039 percent of vaccinated Californians — or one case out of every 2,583 […]
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HSU Expanding Curriculum with Polytechnic Push
As a way of prioritizing Humboldt State University’s push to become polytechnic, the university is expanding its curriculum to include more STEM-related degree programs as soon as fall of 2023. “This is what a 21st-century education looks like: programs where students build the skills to have meaningful careers and a nuanced understanding of society’s complex […]