California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced today a new stay-at-home order that will go into effect based on regional intensive care unit hospital capacity, saying he expects it to go into effect throughout Northern California — including Humboldt County — in the coming days. Describing the order as an “emergency brake” designed to flatten the curve […]
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WATCH: Newsom Likely to Announce Further COVID-19 Restrictions at Press Conference
With COVID-19 cases spiking throughout the state and country, California Gov. Gavin Newsom has called a press conference for 12:30 p.m. today at which he may announce a new stay-at-home order in the state. Newsom said during a press conference Monday that if rising infection rates continued, the state would have to take “much more […]
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Public Health Confirms 17 New COVID-19 Cases as Spike Continues
Humboldt County Public Health confirmed 17 new COVID-19 cases, making a record 73 already this week, and continuing a case surge that today landed the county in the state’s purple “widespread” risk tier, bringing new layers of restrictions on local businesses. Today’s report comes after Public Health reported yesterday that 56 cases — a single-day […]
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Public Health Confirms 19 COVID-19 Cases, Pushing Humboldt Past Weekly, Monthly Records
Humboldt County Public Health confirmed 19 more COVID-19 cases today, making 73 this week, obliterating last week’s record for the most cases recorded in since the pandemic began and continuing a sharp caseload spike. Humboldt County has now confirmed 160 cases so far in November, the most in any single months since the pandemic began […]
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Newsom Issues Limited Stay-at-Home Order for Purple Tier Counties
Starting Saturday, residents of counties in the state’s purple — or “widespread” COVID-19 risk tier — will be under a limited stay-at-home order issued by Newsom that prohibits “non-essential work, movement and gatherings” between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. The order remains in effect until Dec. 21 at 5 a.m. About 94 percent of California […]
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New Deal Brokered to Remove Klamath Dams
Once again, a hard-fought accord to remove four hydroelectric dams choking the lower Klamath River has been resuscitated, a group of stakeholders announced in a press conference Tuesday. The agreement, which is more than a decade in the making and would result in one of the largest dam removal efforts in the world and the […]
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Sharp COVID Case Increase Continues
Public Health reported 29 COVID-19 cases since Friday, which meets the county’s single day record set last week. Another hospitalization was also confirmed. That comes after 53 cases were verified last week, the most recorded in that time period locally since the pandemic began. So far this month, the county has confirmed 116 cases after seeing […]
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UPDATED: Humboldt Moved to Red COVID-19 Tier, Bringing New Restrictions
UPDATE: The Humboldt County Joint Information Center issued a press release on the heels of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s announcement this afternoon that Humboldt is being pushed into the state’s red COVID-19 risk tier, bringing a host of new restrictions. In the release, Humboldt County Health Officer Teresa Frankovich said that, with Humboldt County’s current case […]
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Frankovich: New State Guidelines Will Go Into Effect Locally Next Week
Humboldt County Health Officer Teresa Frankovich is still reviewing a new state COVID-19 monitoring system, which places tiered restrictions on individual counties, and hopes to implement the new framework early next week. In a press release, Frankovich said the new system — which places Humboldt County in Tier 3, or “moderate” risk status — will […]
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Newsom Appeals to Warren Buffett in Effort to Save Klamath Dam Removal Deal
Gov. Gavin Newsom has appealed to one of the world’s richest men in an effort to save the Klamath dam removal deal. The groundbreaking deal to remove four hydroelectric dams along the lower Klamath River was reached in 2016 and would constitute one of the largest dam removal projects in history. Under the deal, the […]
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County Sets Grim Record with 12 new COVID-19 Cases Confirmed Today
Humboldt County set a single-day record with a dozen new confirmed COVID-19 cases announced by Public Health, continuing a spike that has now seen 84 cases confirmed this month. The county’s previous single-day high for confirmed cases was nine, reached twice, first April 2 then again June 24. Since the county started announcing daily test […]
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Public Health Confirms Six New COVID-19 Cases
Humboldt County’s spike in confirmed COVID-19 cases continues, as Public Health announced another six today, making 14 this week and total of 62 so far in July, by far the most recorded in any month since the pandemic hit the North Coast. The 14 cases so far this week come after the county confirmed 16 […]