This week we’re looking into the plan to vaccinate Humboldt residents — how it’s going and what’s in the way. We’ll look back at the life of local restaurant owner Esteban Gonzales, who died last week, and the lives he impacted. And while the pandemic has been brutal on restaurants, we talked to folks at […]
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Humboldt to Begin Vaccinating Residents 75 and Older Next Week
Humboldt County expects to move into the next phase of COVID-19 vaccine distribution next week, opening the door to anyone age 75 or older to get immunized. During a press conference this afternoon, Health Officer Ian Hoffman said that while state and federal guidelines have changed to include anyone over the age of 65 into […]
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Bracing for Purple
On Nov. 30, Humboldt County Public Health reported that it had confirmed 47 new cases, bringing the county’s cumulative tally nine months into the pandemic to 898 cases and capping the record-setting month with 327 new cases confirmed. Conditions, officials warned, were worsening. In the 36 days between Nov. 30 and Jan. 5, when this […]
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Anti-Vax Measure Won’t See the Ballot
Efforts to repeal California’s new mandatory vaccination law have failed. Signed into law in June by Gov. Jerry Brown, the new law requires that all children be vaccinated for a variety of infectious diseases before attending school, closing a long-standing exemption for families that opted not to vaccinate due to religious or personal beliefs. The […]