What’s at greater risk — today’s fish or next year’s farms? That’s the crux of a fight between Central Valley irrigators and the federal government that goes before a federal judge in Fresno this week. Three days of hearings are anticipated to wrap on Friday, with fish friendlies arguing for water to flow downstream and […]
Grant Scott-Goforth
Grant Scott-Goforth was an assistant editor and staff writer for The Journal from 2013 to 2017.
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Arcata Eye, McKinleyville Press Forge New Media Empire
A Mad River media mega-monopoly has formed. Via Facebook, the Arcata Eye announced it will join forces with Northern Humboldt’s other hyper-local weekly newspaper the McKinleyville Press starting Oct. 2. And the Mad River Union was born. Arcata Eye publisher/editor/reporter Kevin Hoover announced in 2011 that the paper would cease publication in February, 2014, leading to […]
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Trinity Water Injunction Extended
Klamath and Trinity salmon got another potential setback today, as a federal judge extended a hold on releasing extra water down the Trinity River. Originally scheduled for Tuesday, the release was stopped after Central Valley irrigators sued the Bureau of Reclamation, which controls the flow of water from the Trinity Reservoir. The judge until Aug. 21, […]
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Reviving a Neighborhood
By now you may have been to — or heard of — the Arcata Playhouse, the cozy theatre on the ground floor of the Ninth Street Creamery building, with its roller-rink floor and rustic charm. The pothole-spotted streets crisscrossing the neighborhood around the playhouse have long cloaked a concentration of creativity, from potters and stained […]
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Blue Ox Getting a Reality Show?
It’s possible. A Los Angeles producer filmed at the Blue Ox Millworks for three days in December, according to owner Eric Hollenbeck, and is set to debut a pilot online in November. The Sony Pictures-produced show about American craftsmen is being pitched to the Discovery and History channels, according to Hollenbeck. The pilot — a […]
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Judge Halts Trinity Water Release
Various reports are indicating that a federal judge issued a temporary restraining order to stop the Bureau of Reclamation from releasing extra water from the Trinity Reservoir. The release, scheduled to begin today, was planned to ensure the health of a big run of chinook salmon. The San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority and Westlands Water […]
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Update: Safety Corridor Bike Lanes Widen This Week
Update: Caltrans spokesman Scott Burger said while traffic lanes will be slightly narrowed, most of the extra space for the bike lane will come from narrowing the left-hand shoulder. The Safety Corridor has been all a-bustle lately — earth movers, dump trucks, surveyors and pickups galore. Last week signs popped up at the Samoa Boulevard, […]
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New Fires in Eastern Humboldt
Lightning sparked fires east of Hoopa over the weekend, adding to the smoke-congested air along the Trinity, Klamath and Salmon rivers. Joining fires in Orleans and along the Salmon River, the latest blaze (called the Corral Complex) started Saturday morning and grew to 375 acres by this afternoon. Lots of fuels and extreme terrain — […]
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Crabs Manager Arrested in Marijuana Raid
Humboldt Crabs Manager Matt Nutter was arrested this morning on suspicion of growing marijuana in his Blue Lake home. The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office found nearly 300 marijuana plants in a greenhouse and outdoors, as well as five guns. From the sheriff’s office: On 08-12-2013, at approximately 9:00 a.m., the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office served […]
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Central Valley Farmers Sue to Stop Trinity Flows
Irrigators in the San Joaquin Valley filed suit this week to block a recent decision to increase water flows down the Trinity River. The San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority — a collection of water agencies the operates in from as far north as Stockton down to Fresno — said in its filing that valley […]
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Poem Store Goes Hollywood
Frequenters of the Arcata Farmers’ Market may have noticed something missing this year: No, the strawberries, quail eggs and mushrooms are still in abundance — but versification while you wait has gone onto that ethereal plain. Well, not quite. Jacqueline Suskin, the oft-bespectacled proprietor of the Poem Store, took her lap-sized typewriter and lyrical mind […]
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Big Layoff at Tomas
Arcata jewelry company Tomas laid off 19 people from its Arcata offices today — part of a 25 percent reduction of the company’s U.S. workforce. Reached this afternoon, CEO Chris Albright said it was a difficult choice regarding a “simple” problem. “It’s about a decline in sales,” he said. “Some way we had to reduce […]