When I was around 10 years old, my mother decided we should have swimming lessons. It was a good decision; in 1992, the Mattole River was still deep and swift in many places, and that’s where we spent most of our summers, dogpaddling and diving for submerged soda cans with our cousins. I wasn’t scared […]
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State Clarifies What Businesses Can Open Friday, How They Must Operate
The state of California has issued guidelines detailing what retail businesses, including the companies that provide them logistical and manufacturing support, need to do in order to re-open for curbside and delivery services Friday amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The businesses must have all of the following provisions in place: requiring facial coverings for all employees […]
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Newsom: State can begin gradual reopening Friday
California is ready to partially reopen major sectors of its economy as early as this Friday, including retail shops and the manufacturers that supply them, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Monday. Clothing outlets, bookstores, florists and other merchants across the state will be allowed to offer curbside pickup as long as they obey physical distancing guidelines […]
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Newsom: Easing of Shelter in Place to Begin Friday
California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced this afternoon that the state will begin a gradual, phased modification of his COVID-19 shelter-in-place order this week, allowing retail businesses that meet certain criteria to re-open for curbside pickup beginning Friday. Newsom said the modified order will also let associated manufacturers and supply chain businesses re-open Friday, so long […]
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Bright Idea
As newly minted Humboldt State University graduates, Paul “Yashi” Lubitz and Holly Hosterman didn’t waste time figuring out the rest of their lives. While Lubitz, who had earned a degree in music and industrial technology, mulled over the idea of launching a frozen health foods business, Hosterman, who’d studied jewelry design, told him, “If you […]
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Ridding Toxic Killers
On Tuesday, California passed a regulation restricting retail sales of certain rat poisons, such as d-Con. Soon, only licensed, certified or county permitted application professionals will be able to use them. The restrictions don’t go into effect until July 1. But by Friday morning, at least one local retailer already was sweeping those products from its shelves. […]