In this week’s NCJ Preview, host David Frank and Journal news editor Thadeus Greenson talk about the toll COVID-19 has taken on local musicians, why county code enforcement cases are piling up at an alarming rate and how local COVID-19 case rates are climbing as vaccination appointments go unfilled. Read more about all these stories […]
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Nearly All California Schools Ordered to Shut Down
Gov. Gavin Newsom announced today that more than 5.5 million California students will not be allowed to attend school for in-person education this fall. Instead, all education for at least 90% of the state’s children must be held online. Under the requirements, California school districts cannot reopen campuses until their counties stabilize coronavirus infections and […]
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Fire Officials Talk Big Blue Blaze and Blackout Safety with Another Shutdown Coming
With Humboldt County looking like it’s headed toward another blackout beginning at 7 p.m., local fire officials are warning residents to be fire safe and be careful with equipment that produces carbon monoxide. Arcata Fire Battalion Chief Curt Watkins said his and other local departments responded to a number of blackout-related calls for service during […]
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Off-Duty Civilian Coastie Rescues Surfer
An off-duty Coast Guard civilian employee helped rescue a surfer who’d lost his surfboard and was in distress this morning. According to a press release, Steven Bluntzer, a Sector Humboldt Bay civilian search and rescue controller who also happens to surf, saw an individual in distress, instructed bystanders to call 911 and headed in to […]
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Local Businesses Give Federal Employees a Break
Here we are on Day 30 of a partial federal government shutdown and those going without paychecks are feeling the pressure. The city of Eureka has set up a GoFundMe to help out local Coast Guard members and a handful of local restaurants and businesses are offering discounts to federal employees. The Diver Bar & […]
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Eureka Takes up Collection for Coasties Working Without Pay
The city of Eureka announced today that it is stepping up to do what the federal government currently can not: Make sure local Coast Guard service members can feed their families while they are working without pay during the government shutdown. A designated Coast Guard City, the city of Eureka will be accepting donations of […]
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Coast Guard Members to Get Paid Despite Shutdown, for Now
The U.S. Coast Guard has informed its service members — including more than 200 in Humboldt County — that they will receive paychecks as scheduled Dec. 31 after a last-minute deal was reached with the Trump administration and Department of Homeland Security officials to find a way for the Coast Guard to cut paychecks despite […]
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Huffman Blames Republicans for ‘Sh*tdown’
Shortly after Congress sent the federal government spiraling toward a shutdown by failing to pass a continuing funding resolution tonight, North Coast Congressman Jared Huffman sent out a statement blasting Republicans, laying blame for the “sh*tdown” squarely at their feet. Earlier today, Huffman voted against the continuing resolution that passed the House and would have […]
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Redwood Rush
Rush into them gleefully, that is — those tall, barked hunks towering in our national-park sides of the woods, for which we’ve so pined over the past 16 days. They are open! Shutdown be gone! For now. In non-giddy English: Without fear of reprimand or worse (by feds, anyway), you may now enter Redwood National […]
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Jared Huffman Will Call You Tonight
That’s right — the North Coast Congressman is fielding questions about the government shutdown tonight in a “telephone town hall” meeting. Sign up here to get on the list, and Huffman will call you into the party line to discuss the party line at 7 p.m.
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Huffman on the Shutdown
What’s Congressman Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael) doing to end the government shutdown? Well, he wants to tell you. Tomorrow. By Twitter and Facebook. Just thought we’d pass it along. Also, you can read his Oct. 1 statement to the House of Reps here. The news release: Huffman to Hold Twitter and Facebook Q&A Sessions, Discuss […]