Losses now estimated at $20 million or more The Arcata City Council will hear an update Friday on the Jan. 2 fire that leveled a city block and consider ratifying City Manager Merritt Perry’s declaration of a local emergency to open up access to state and federal assistance. The 8 a.m. special meeting will take […]
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Public Meetings When the COVID State of Emergency Ends
California’s Brown Act requires that when decisions are being made, public agencies’ meetings must be open to the public. The traditional method of meeting this requirement was to have boards or councils meet in one physical location, which was posted in advance on agendas made available to the public. Members of the public had to […]
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California to End COVID State of Emergency
California’s COVID-19 state of emergency will end on Feb. 28, 2023, nearly three years after it began, officials in Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office announced today. The announcement came as the new variants raise concerns of another deadly winter spike across the country and as test positivity rates stabilize in California after a nearly three-month decline. […]
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Harbor District Declares State of Emergency
The Humboldt Bay Harbor, Recreation and Conservation District voted unanimously at a special meeting yesterday to declare a state of emergency due to increased sedimentation in the channel into Humboldt Bay that is causing dangerous conditions and imperiling the county’s fuel supply. The vote came after the district received the results of depth testing by […]
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Fire Update: Health Emergency, Nat. Geo Photos and Kings Range Closed
The Humboldt County health department announced today that it declared a smoke-related emergency for the county based on recent air quality conditions and forecasts. In a press conference this morning, Health Officer Donald Baird said smoke is particularly bad in the eastern county, but that countywide air quality could be bad for residents. He and […]