If dams are removed, will there be water for firefighting? KRRC says yes, with new plan
Siskiyou Daily News
A plan to ensure there will be adequate water with which to fight wildfires if four Klamath dams are removed was unveiled Friday by the Klamath River Renewal Corporation.
According to a KRRC press release, California and Oregon fire protection agencies have “signaled support” for the draft plan and the organization plans to submit it to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission late next month, along with “several other management documents.”
One of the main arguments for keeping the dams is that firefighters use water from the dam’s resultant reservoirs to fight fires.
Bear mace used in early morning Hornbrook home invasion
Siskiyou Daily News
Two men were arrested after kicking down a Hornbrook man s door in the early morning hours on Dec. 27, spraying him with bear mace and kicking him while he was on the floor before he could escape out a window to safety.
Suspects Steven Charles Ferea, 47, of Castro Valley, and Corey Matthew Boatman, 31, of Stockton were later found in the area with a brand new cell phone, a chainsaw, a generator and several other items identified as stolen from the home, said the Siskiyou County Sheriff s Office, which is still investigating the crime.
Siskiyou reports 9th COVID death, hospital expecting Moderna vaccine this week
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Siskiyou County officials reported that another person has died from COVID-19, bringing the total since the start of the pandemic to nine.
The Siskiyou County Public Health Department declined to give any further information about the latest death, citing patient privacy.
Siskiyou County received its first allotment of Pfizer s COVID-19 vaccines last week and both Fairchild Medical Center in Yreka and Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta began administering the vaccines to their frontline workers.
Mercy Mt. Shasta is expecting a shipment of the Moderna vaccine this week.
Update: Dec. 21, 2:05 p.m.
Siskiyou County healthcare workers at Fairchild Medical Center and Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta were among the first in the county to receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine on Monday.
At FMC in Yreka, orthopedic surgeon Dr. Dan Bullock received the very first vaccine, administered by vaccine coordinator, Ann-Marie Moser.
“It’s been tiring, it’s been stressful, it’s been hard, said FMC Registered Nurse Melissa Halvorseth, who works in the Intensive Care Unit. She signed up to get the vaccine as soon as it was offered. If we can get this vaccine and help end this I’m all about that. Everyone’s working so hard to care for our patients and I think it’s part of our responsibility to show the public this vaccine is safe.”
Siskiyou Daily News
Siskiyou County continues to avoid the additional business restrictions that come with the state s regional stay-at-home order. Those restrictions take effect when a certain region has its percentage of ICU beds open and able to take in new patients drop under 15%.
Siskiyou County and 10 others are in the Northern California region. As of Wednesday, it was the only region out of five drawn by the state that had yet to drop under that 15% threshold. State health officials on Wednesday reported that the Bay Area had become the fourth region to slip below 15% ICU availability.
Here is the percentage of ICU beds each region had open as of Wednesday: