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Jan 30, 2021 Ernest L. “Ernie” Blanchard, age 86, of Johnstown, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, January 26, 2021, with his son and daughter at his side, in the home he built in the 1950s. He was quickly called to heaven by his beautiful bride of 67 years, Marion, who recently passed away on January 15, 2021. He was born on March 31, 1934, in Gloversville, to the late John Blanchard and Flora Swart Blanchard. Early on, Ernie was employed by the NYS railroad system. Later becoming employed by local tanneries as a leather worker, he finally settled at the Leavitt-Berner Tanning Corp., where he eventually retired. He was a volunteer firefighter at Sir William Johnson Volunteer Fire Department for many years and took great pride in owning his own lawnmower sales and repair shop. ....
Bay Area weather live updates: PG&E truck washed off roadway in Aptos FacebookTwitterEmail 5of8 Rainfall at Lake Merritt in Oakland is reflected in a car window ahead of strong winds and fierce cold rains predicted for the Bay Area.Carlos Avila Gonzalez / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less 6of8 7of8 A woman walks along Lake Merritt in Oakland, as a cold, rainy spell begins forming in the Bay Area.Carlos Avila Gonzalez / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less 8of8 The Chronicle’s Live Updates page documents the latest events in the winter storm system that slammed into Northern California, including the Bay Area and the Lake Tahoe area. ....
Threat of landslides prompts evacuation orders for parts of Santa Cruz County FacebookTwitterEmail 2of3 A chimney stands at a hillside home destroyed by the CZU Lightning Complex in Brookdale (Santa Cruz County) in October. Scientists and residents worry that charred hillsides will produce mudslides when winter rains hit.Noah Berger / Special to The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less 3of3 Forecasts of heavy wind and rain this week prompted officials to issue new evacuation orders on Monday for portions of Santa Cruz County. Several zones in the Ben Lomond, Boulder Creek, Felton and Santa Cruz County Fire Department’s fire districts are affected by the orders. Residents there should evacuate immediately due to a “high potential for debris flow” this week. A full list of the affected zones is here. Find out which zone you are in by clicking here. ....
Bay Area hospitals slammed by COVID-19 surge: The E.R. is full FacebookTwitterEmail 1of6 APPLE VALLEY, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 05: A patient lies on a stretcher in a hallway in the overloaded Emergency Room at Providence St. Mary Medical Center amid a surge in COVID-19 patients in Southern California on January 5, 2021 in Apple Valley, California. California has issued a new directive ordering hospitals with space to accept patients from other hospitals which have run out of ICU beds due to the coronavirus pandemic. The order could result in patients being shipped from Southern California to Northern California as Southern California continues to have zero percent of its remaining ICU (Intensive Care Unit) bed capacity. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)Mario Tama / Getty ImagesShow MoreShow Less ....
This isn t the Golden State of the past : California is barely growing FacebookTwitterEmail A sold sign is posted in front of a home on Nov. 23, 2015, in San Francisco. More people moved out of California than moved here from other states in the year ending July 1, 2020, state figures show.Justin Sullivan / Getty Images SACRAMENTO California’s population is growing at its slowest rate in more than a century. The state added 21,200 people in the year that ended July 1, a growth rate of 0.05%, according to data released Wednesday by the state Department of Finance. That nudged California’s population to 39.78 million. It was the state’s lowest recorded population growth rate since 1900. The previous record for sluggish growth was set just one year earlier. ....