For the second consecutive day, Humboldt County Public Health confirmed three new COVID-19 cases today, bringing the countywide total to 181, including 16 new cases this week and 48 confirmed since July 1. Public Health also reported a new hospitalization. Today’s results came after 171 tests were processed and on the same day Gov. Gavin Newsom […]
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Public Health Confirms Three New COVID-19 Cases, Making 45 This Month
Humboldt County Public Health confirmed three new COVID-19 cases today, bringing the countywide total to 178 and making 45 cases confirmed since July 1. Today’s results came after 116 tests were processed and on the heels of Gov. Gavin Newsom re-tightening restrictions in the state’s shelter-in-place order Monday, including the shuttering of all bars and […]
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Closed … Again
When Gov. Gavin Newsom took to the podium July 13 for a noon press conference, nobody in Humboldt County was sure what was coming. For well over a week, the state had seen ballooning COVID-19 infection and hospitalization numbers, with a daily average of 8,200 new cases confirmed over the past seven days. Not coincidentally, […]
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Humboldt to Implement New Statewide COVID-19 Closures by Friday
New statewide restrictions ordered by Gov. Gavin Newsom yesterday in the wake of a surge in COVID-19 cases across the state will go into effect locally by Friday, according to county’s joint information center. All bars without permits to serve food will be closed while restaurants, wineries, tasting rooms, family entertainment centers, zoos, museums and […]
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Public Health Announces No New COVID-19 Cases for the First Time in Two Weeks
For the first time in two weeks and just the second since June 18, Humboldt County Public Health announced no new confirmed cases of COVID-19 today, leaving the countywide total at 165. The news comes after Humboldt County saw 21 cases confirmed last week amid a streak that had seen 57 confirmed since June 18, […]
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Some California Schools Delay In-Person Classes as Coronavirus Surges
In the first week of June, a food services employee in the El Centro Elementary School District in Imperial County tested positive for coronavirus. By early July, about a dozen nutrition and transportation workers had been infected. The positive test result briefly halted the meals distribution many low-income students and families depend on and was […]
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Hit or Miss: Californians Describe Vastly Different COVID-19 Testing Experiences
It’s the new conversation starter: Have you been tested? Was it hard to get an appointment? How quickly did you get results? As Californians rush to get tested to reassure themselves and their families they aren’t carrying the virus, many have echoed frustrations: Appointments that are weeks out. Tests being denied. Growing delays for results, […]
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Mazzotti’s Shutters in Response to Statewide Closures
Following Gov. Gavin Newsom’s order today shutting down indoor restaurants and other indoor businesses in 19 California counties due to rising COVID-19 infection rates, Mazzotti’s on the Plaza owner Joseph Mazzotti has closed the Italian eatery, at least for now. In a Facebook post, Mazzotti wrote the closure would be until further notice. “Our staff, […]
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Indoor Restaurants Shut Down in 72% of California for Three Weeks
Beaches and bars were just the beginning. California Gov. Gavin Newsom today ordered indoor portions of restaurants, entertainment centers, museums and other businesses in counties with growing coronavirus outbreaks to shut down for at least three weeks. As the Fourth of July weekend approaches, the indoor facilities must close in 19 “watch list” counties that […]
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Where to Get Financial Help During Coronavirus in California — and Is It Enough?
From hotel rooms for people who are homeless to restaurant meals for seniors isolating for their lives, California has rapidly expanded its safety net in an attempt to catch millions of residents impacted by the coronavirus and its economic aftershocks. In daily press conferences during the pandemic’s first months, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced new “first-in-the-nation” […]
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Arcata’s 7 FEMA Trailers Still Unused
When news broke that Gov. Gavin Newsom was providing seven trailers to the city of Arcata as part of a statewide program to shelter vulnerable populations during the COVID-19 pandemic, it was a win for the city. Most of the project’s 1,309 trailers were headed for larger municipalities, but Arcata had presented a strong case for its […]
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‘I Can’t Breathe’
In the weeks following George Floyd’s killing by a Minneapolis police officer, as protesters have taken to the streets in droves to decry institutionalized racism and police violence, Floyd’s last words — “I can’t breathe” — have become a rallying cry. Floyd uttered the phrase at least 15 times during his deadly encounter with Minneapolis […]