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COVID Q&A: Eureka City Clerk Pam Powell on Assuming the Role of Acting City Manager Amid a Pandemic
Stephanie McGeary / May 9, 2020, 7 a.m. / Local Government
(VIDEO) OLD TOWN REOPENING: Shop Owners Discuss Easing Shopping Restrictions
Andrew Goff / May 8, 2020, 5:30 p.m. / COVID-19 and Humboldt
Planning Commission Denies Permit to Rebuild a Fallen Billboard South of Eureka
Ryan Burns / May 8, 2020, 5:23 p.m. / Local Government
We’re Moving Fast, But We Can’t Move Too Fast: In Today’s Round of Questions, Sheriff William Honsal Addresses Reopening
Hank Sims / May 8, 2020, 4:53 p.m. / COVID-19 and Humboldt
… guidance for all our businesses to adhere to.(1:20) A reporter noticed this today – people coming inside stores. How is it being enforced, how are you providing education? All local law enforcement agencies …
No New Cases Confirmed Friday; Eleven Total Cases Spread By Community Transmission to Date, Says Joint Information Center
LoCO Staff / May 8, 2020, 3:42 p.m. / COVID-19 and Humboldt
… number of confirmed cases: 55Total number of hospitalizations: 5Total number of recovered cases: 52Total number of people tested by Public Health Laboratory: 1,939Total number of people tested by all other …
Newsom Signs Order Ensuring That All Registered Voters Will Be Sent Mail-In Ballots for November’s General Election
LoCO Staff / May 8, 2020, 1:17 p.m. / News
Can California Cities Weather the COVID Recession?
Ben Christopher / May 8, 2020, 7 a.m. / Sacramento
Here Are the Safety Measures Retail Businesses Must Take in Order to Reopen Tomorrow
LoCO Staff / May 7, 2020, 6:14 p.m. / COVID-19 and Humboldt
No New Cases Confirmed Today
LoCO Staff / May 7, 2020, 5:38 p.m. / COVID-19 and Humboldt
… of people tested by Public Health Laboratory:1,906Total number of people tested by all other sources (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, California Department of Public Health and commercial labs)965 …
Spate of Racist Graffiti Appears Around Eureka; Police ‘Aggressively Investigating,’ Says Chief
Hank Sims / May 7, 2020, 4:52 p.m. / News
Eureka Code Enforcement Cleans Out 80 Yards of Garbage From Problem Harris Street Home
LoCO Staff / May 7, 2020, 1:17 p.m. /
PG&E Choppers Cruising Eureka and South Today, Says Utility; They’re Scoping Gas Lines for Leaks
LoCO Staff / May 7, 2020, 10:23 a.m. / Non-Emergencies
California Just Revealed a $54.3 Billion Deficit — Worse Than the Great Recession
Judy Lin / May 7, 2020, 8:14 a.m. / Sacramento
… , 27.2% drop in sales taxes and 22.7% drop in corporate taxes The $54.3 billion deficit is driven by three factors: $41.2 billion in revenue loss, $7.1 billion increase in health and human services …
United Indian Health Services Offering Antibody Tests to its Clients, Health Care Workers, First Responders
LoCO Staff / May 7, 2020, 7:11 a.m. / COVID-19 and Humboldt
… opportunity to both Native and non-Native organizations. The accuracy of this test is 99.1%. Antibodies are proteins that your body develops in response to an infection, such as a virus. Antibodies help …
California’s Essential Workers to Get Benefit of the Doubt if They Contract COVID
Barbara Feder Ostrov / May 7, 2020, 7 a.m. / Sacramento
Wanted: Health Care Workers. (Wait! Never Mind)
Ana B. Ibarra / May 7, 2020, 7 a.m. / Sacramento
… . This week, California hospitals are planning to ask the state for $1 billion before June 30 to help with immediate revenue losses, said Carmela Coyle, the CEO of the California Hospital Association …
OBITUARY: Berniece Emma Diepholz Rowe, 1920-2020
LoCO Staff / May 7, 2020, 6:45 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: Linda Denise Wolgemuth, 1948-2020
LoCO Staff / May 7, 2020, 6:45 a.m. / Obits
… looks. She was beautiful, deep down to her soul. She is beautiful.— F. Scott FitzgeraldLinda Denise WolgemuthApril 1, 1948-May 4, 2020Linda Denise Wolgemuth was born to Leroy Fitzgerald and Eileen …
OBITUARY: Elizabeth Joleen Sutton
LoCO Staff / May 7, 2020, 6:45 a.m. / Obits
COUNTY: Most Retail Businesses May Open for Curbside/Delivery Friday, So Long As They Have These Safety Measures in Place
LoCO Staff / May 6, 2020, 5:42 p.m. / COVID-19 and Humboldt
Interior Humboldt to See Spike in Temperatures Tomorrow Before Cooling Off Next Week
John Ross Ferrara / May 6, 2020, 4:05 p.m. / How ‘Bout That Weather
One New COVID-19 Case Confirmed in Humboldt Today, Says Joint Information Center; Five Local Patients Have Now Been Hospitalized
LoCO Staff / May 6, 2020, 3:40 p.m. / COVID-19 and Humboldt
… .ca.gov. Local information is available at humboldtgov.org or during business hours by contacting covidinfo@co.humboldt.ca.us or calling 707-441-5000. ###Total new positive cases confirmed on May 6: 1 …
‘Don’t Let My Mom Die Alone’: Local Man Distraught as COVID Policies Prevent His Dad from Visiting His Mom in Hospital
Ryan Burns / May 6, 2020, 3:36 p.m. / COVID-19 and Humboldt
… and video chat as their primary means of communication.Hospitals across the country have implemented similar safety measures in an effort to slow a pandemic that has now infected more than 1.2 million …
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS: The Hoopa Valley Tribe is Looking For Someone Who Can Make 500 Cloth Masks, Stat
LoCO Staff / May 6, 2020, 2:56 p.m. / COVID-19 and Humboldt
(VIDEO) Here’s What Getting a COVID-19 Test in Humboldt Looks Like
LoCO Staff / May 6, 2020, 2:30 p.m. / COVID-19 and Humboldt
There May be Some Power Outages Saturday as PG&E Runs Test in Preparation for ‘Islanding’ Humboldt County
LoCO Staff / May 6, 2020, 1:05 p.m. / News
Local Energy Authority Inks Big Contract With Big Solar Energy Farm; 100 Megawatts of Clean, Green Kern County Solar Power to Flow to Humboldt in 2022
LoCO Staff / May 6, 2020, 10:44 a.m. / Infrastructure
… , the Sandrini Sol 1 solar park will presumably look something like this not-too-far-away facility in Riverside County. Photo: U.S. Department of the Interior.###Press release from the Redwood Coast Energy …
California Wires Mask Dealer Half a Billion Dollars, Then Claws It Back
Laurel Rosenhall / May 6, 2020, 7:04 a.m. / Sacramento
… Flame purchase fizzled, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced reaching a deal to buy nearly $1 billion worth of face masks from a Chinese company called BYD. The masks have begun to arrive in California but Newsom …
Are California Businesses Getting a Fair Share of Coronavirus Loans?
Nigel Duara / May 6, 2020, 7 a.m. / Sacramento
… in 2018, and 4.1 million Californians have applied for unemployment during the pandemic, according to numbers Newsom released today. In the PPP’s first round of funding, less-populous states did …
OBITUARY: Sheila Gail Belts, 1951-2019
LoCO Staff / May 6, 2020, 6:45 a.m. / Obits
… very proud.Sheila is predeceased by her husband of 35 years, Douglas Belts, who passed away on December 1, 2018.She is survived by her children, Sarah Patterson (Kevin Knauff), Kevin Patterson, and Kelli …
