Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | The coronavirus has shut down most of Humboldt County, as it has the rest of the state, but some traditions of northwest California endure: Loggers keep felling redwoods, and eco-activists keep putting their bodies on the limbs to stop them.Thirty miles north of Eureka, in a coastal forest just east of Highway 101, between tree sitters and loggers enters a new chapter, even after local sawmills have closed.Just off the highway in the town of Trinidad sits an old logging trail on property now owned by the ., a forest products firm.From the...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | The coronavirus has shut down most of Humboldt County, as it has the rest of the state, but some traditions of northwest California endure: Loggers keep felling redwoods, and eco-activists keep putting their bodies on the limbs to stop them.Thirty miles north of Eureka, in a coastal forest just east of Highway 101, between tree sitters and loggers enters a new chapter, even after local sawmills have closed.Just off the highway in the town of Trinidad sits an old logging trail on property now owned by the ., a forest products firm.From the...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | If there’s one business the coronavirus has kissed with fortune, it’s weed.“Business is up, oh, about one hundred percent,” said Ryan Moran, operations manager for the Flower Co., a marijuana distributor in Arcata — a small college town, seated on Humboldt Bay, just north of Eureka.Moran, who hails from New Jersey, said his company provides next-day delivery for communities in the San Francisco Bay Area, and as of Friday, he expected to start next-day service for Los Angeles, too.“We call it Next Day LA,” he said.The Flower Co.'s offices are in a...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | If there’s one business the coronavirus has kissed with fortune, it’s weed.“Business is up, oh, about one hundred percent,” said Ryan Moran, operations manager for the Flower Co., a marijuana distributor in Arcata — a small college town, seated on Humboldt Bay, just north of Eureka.Moran, who hails from New Jersey, said his company provides next-day delivery for communities in the San Francisco Bay Area, and as of Friday, he expected to start next-day service for Los Angeles, too.“We call it Next Day LA,” he said.The Flower Co.'s offices are in a...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Thanks to the coronavirus, Yosemite National Park is closed, the campgrounds are empty and the trails are void of people. Yosemite Village is normally a crush of humanity and traffic congestion. On Saturday, it was peaceful like few times before — the only sounds coming from the wind and the few local residents. A young bobcat ambled by the nearly abandoned administrative buildings, while ravens prattled and danced in the empty parking lots, and coyotes trotted along the valley’s empty roads and walkways. Tourists aren’t allowed in...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Thanks to the coronavirus, Yosemite National Park is closed, the campgrounds are empty and the trails are void of people. Yosemite Village is normally a crush of humanity and traffic congestion. On Saturday, it was peaceful like few times before — the only sounds coming from the wind and the few local residents. A young bobcat ambled by the nearly abandoned administrative buildings, while ravens prattled and danced in the empty parking lots, and coyotes trotted along the valley’s empty roads and walkways. Tourists aren’t allowed in...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | While animals in deserted without the presence of people, many at the Oakland Zoo seemed downright bored without the crowds.On Monday morning, a pair of mountain lions lolled together lazily in a hammock, while a gibbon couple, Rainer and May, sang and called, before dejectedly lying back in the high branches of the Chinese elm they call home.Since March 17, the Oakland Zoo, a 100-acre wildlife park, has been closed to visitors — by order of state and local governments requiring the public to shelter in place during the coronavirus...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | While animals in deserted without the presence of people, many at the Oakland Zoo seemed downright bored without the crowds.On Monday morning, a pair of mountain lions lolled together lazily in a hammock, while a gibbon couple, Rainer and May, sang and called, before dejectedly lying back in the high branches of the Chinese elm they call home.Since March 17, the Oakland Zoo, a 100-acre wildlife park, has been closed to visitors — by order of state and local governments requiring the public to shelter in place during the coronavirus...WW…