Humboldt County Public Health again announced no new positive tests today, leaving the county’s COVID-19 tally at 52 for the sixth day in a row. The announcement comes after the county recorded one positive case each on April 14 and April 15, the sole new cases locally since April 7, and on the same day county […]
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Sheriff Calls on Government, Essential Businesses to ‘Open Up’ as Public Health Announces Mandatory Mask Order
Humboldt County Sheriff William Honsal announced today that the sheriff’s main office in Eureka will re-open to public access Friday, so people can come in to obtain copies of police reports, get Live Scan fingerprints and access other services. “Government needs to open up,” Honsal said in a video that was released this afternoon answering reporters’ […]
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Public Health Announces One New COVID-19 Case
For the first time in a week, Humboldt County Public Health has announced a new local COVID-19 case. The county has reported 51 COVID-19 cases to date, with the majority — 28 — coming in a six-day period from March 30 to April 6. But the rate of positive tests has tapered sharply over the […]
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Public Health Announces a Fourth Consecutive Day Without a New COVID-19 Case
For the fourth day in a row — and just the fourth time since March 23 — Public Health announced that there have been no new positive COVID-19 test results today. The county has reported 50 COVID-19 cases to date, with the majority — 28 — coming in a six day period from March 30 […]
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Public Health Again Reports No New COVID-19 Cases, Urges Continued Vigilance
For the second day in a row — and just the second time since March 23 — Public Health announced that there have been no new positive COVID-19 test results today. “Sheltering in place and the other social distancing measures that have been so difficult for us all, appear to be having an impact in […]
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Supes Talk County COVID Response, Eviction Moratorium and Property Tax Deadline
The Humboldt County Board of Supervisors met in special session this morning to ratify Sheriff William Honsal’s declaration of a local emergency in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. It also heard a variety of staff reports on the county’s response. North Coast Rep. Jared Huffman updated supervisors via teleconference on federal support available and […]
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Upward Trajectory
In a flurry of activity over the late afternoon and evening hours of March 30, Humboldt County officials announced that the local spread of COVID-19 was growing more serious, with two community transmission cases, and took more drastic actions to contain the virus. Humboldt County Sheriff William Honsal declared a local emergency, putting his Office […]
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County Announces Virtual Town Hall Meeting on COVID-19 Response
Humboldt County Public Health is urging local residents to participate in a virtual town hall meeting with local officials Monday evening to discuss the local response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The meeting, which will be be broadcast and streamed live, will include Humboldt County Department of Health and Human Services Director Connie Beck, Board of […]
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Shelter in Place Order is ‘Law of the Land;’ Here’s What it Means
Humboldt County Sheriff William Honsal would like to remind local residents that the shelter-in-place order that Humboldt County Health Officer Teresa Frankovich authorized early this morning is “the law of the land” and mandatory. The order is a legal order issued under California law; violating it is a misdemeanor offense punishable by a fine, imprisonment or […]
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Public Health Officer Explains Shelter in Place Order
Humboldt County Public Health Officer Teresa Frankovich explained at a press conference this afternoon that the shelter-in-place order taking effect locally at midnight tonight is a response to changing COVID-19 conditions elsewhere and “not because there is a significant change in our own community.” “I’m issuing this order right now because of the changes that […]
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Recruitment and Retention
Humboldt County Sheriff William Honsal says he became more concerned about his office’s already pressed recruitment and retention efforts when he heard that Mendocino County supervisors were giving their deputies a significant raise. Not that he begrudged the nearly 30-percent increase Mendocino’s deputies will be receiving over three years under a new contract approved in […]
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A Communications ClusterKerfuffle
It was about 4:15 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 28, when, just hours removed from a PG&E Public Safety Power Shutoff that had cut power to the entirety of Humboldt County for about 36 hours, the county Office of Emergency Services sent out an alert. “PG&E advises that ALL customers in Humboldt County will lose power […]