Food for People is holding two emergency drive-thru distributions Thursday amid continuing reverberations of the government shutdown: from uncertainty around the benefits that thousands of North Coast residents rely on to buy groceries to local federal workers going without paychecks. Carly Robbins, executive director of the nonprofit, says the operations will run just like ones […]
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Supply and Demand: COVID-19 Vaccination Frustrations Boil with Too Few Doses and Another Curveball from the State
After nearly a year of living with COVID-19, health officials point to the prospect of mass vaccination as the light at the end of the pandemic tunnel, the beacon leading us to normalcy. But hope and hard reality continue to collide in Humboldt County, where there are simply nowhere near enough vaccine doses to meet […]
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State Gives OK to Resume Moderna Vaccine Distribution
The state of California has given county health officials the go-ahead to continue distribution of a batch of Moderna COVID-19 vaccinations that had been potentially linked to a cluster of adverse reactions in San Diego, saying the findings of a state investigation should “give Californians confidence that the vaccines are safe and effective.” When he […]
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Can California Protect COVID-19 Vaccine from Cheaters and Fraudsters?
What seemed like a Herculean task just months ago is now here: the COVID-19 vaccine. For the next several weeks, vaccines will be available in limited amounts in California and across the nation — and only to high-risk individuals, with supply expected to ramp up in the months to come. Experts estimate vaccines will be […]
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Huffman Gets COVID Vaccine
North Coast Rep. Jared Huffman received the COVID-19 vaccine today based on the advise of the House doctor, and reported in a press release that “it was not painful” and he didn’t receive any side effects. “I strongly encourage everyone to get vaccinated as soon as it’s available,” he said in the release. “The path […]
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Food for People to Hold SoHum Distributions Tuesday
Due to wildfire evacuations and road closures in Southern Humboldt County, Food for People has rescheduled produce distributions in Redway and Garberville to Tuesday. From 10:30 a.m. to noon, those in need can receive fresh, free produce at the Garberville Presbyterian Church (437 Maple Lane) and from 1 to 3 p.m. at Redway Baptist Church, […]
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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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‘Crawling in the Right Direction’
Late last year, Sheriff William Honsal walked into a community meeting his staff had set up in Willow Creek to hear from cannabis farmers who’d become increasingly concerned about a rash of sophisticated robberies at grow scenes in the area. Gangs of armed men had held up a number of farmers at gunpoint after scouting […]