For some of us, it’s the simple things from the pre-pandemic days that bring about a wistful sigh. Like the slow cruise around Costco, casually sidling up to an end-cap cart for a toothpick-impaled ravioli. Or two. (We see you.) And yet it was with some concern that word spread of the return of samples. […]
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Shopping for Strangers on Instacart, Relying on Friends
Rachael Trump started delivering for Instacart in early February, when the U.S. was counting its first confirmed COVID-19 cases and weeks before Humboldt County and the state of California instituted shelter-in-place orders. “I had been looking for several months for something,” Trump says. She needed to supplement her income with something flexible that would fit […]
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Finding Groceries When the Lights go Out
UPDATE: Costco will be up and running on generators, as will Walmart and Target. Ferndale’s Valley Grocery plans to stay open with the generator running. Just like during the last blackout, Iłwai kiliwh market in Hoopa will be open and running on a generator. CC Market in Rio Dell will not only be open during […]
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Getting Food During the Blackout
At 9 a.m., rows of shopping carts blocked the glass doors of a darkened WinCo Foods. Staff there said a generator could power lights but that was it. Across the street, a dozen people lined up on foot at the Happy Donuts drive-through window for miraculously hot coffee. Owner Natalie Dy, who hooked up her […]