Ash Davidson showed up in Klamath in March of 2014 to interview people for her book about the last years of old-growth logging. But even though she had lived in Klamath as a child, she didn’t know anyone there anymore, and few of her would-be informants even returned her phone calls. Fortunately, her mother had […]
Jim Hight
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Gun Forum Shows Left and Right Can Talk Peacefully
When the young female gun control activist started talking earnestly with the burly firearms pro — a man who had earlier proclaimed that many gun laws don’t make sense — I knew that we had succeeded in creating a respectful, constructive dialogue about this intensely polarizing topic. Around the room at Eureka’s Wharfinger Building, a […]
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It’s time for an Opportunity Village
Before dawn one foggy, raw morning almost two years ago, I walked down a narrow lane off Second Street to the Eureka Rescue Mission’s outdoor area. I started asking some of the homeless people sitting and lying on benches to take a survey for the Point in Time Count. No one was particularly eager to […]
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Smart Grid 101
Did you know you’re getting new digital “smart meters” from PG&E? Instead of a meter-reader coming by to read those little dials, your smart meters will communicate wirelessly with PG&E. And instead of just a monthly bill, you’ll be able to monitor your energy usage hour-by-hour online. Rather watch mildew grow? Understandable, but strange as […]
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Teacher’s Prep — Knuckling down for a hectic nine months as the school year starts
Whether welcomed or dreaded, the inevitable return to school arrives next week for thousands of elementary, middle and high school students in Humboldt County. As they approach their first day of class, many kindergarteners and students graduating to middle or high school will surely be anxious about fitting in and finding the bathrooms. For older […]
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Cheap and green?
In more than two dozen California communities, city and county governments are seeking to take control of their local electricity systems under a new state public power law. Could it happen here? This weekend, Paul Fenn, the chief architect of the new public power strategy, will share his vision at a conference and open meeting. […]
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The guardian angel
Most homeless parents interviewed for this story requested anonymity to protect their children’s confidentiality. It was just before noon on a cool Monday morning when Maureen Chase spotted a boy about 10 years old walking alone through the parking lot of a low-cost motel in Eureka. She caught up with him just as he entered […]
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Choosing the end
A mid the clangor of bus trays and the murmur of lunchtime conversations at the Humboldt Senior Resource Center, Eunice Noack and Gloria McGillvray were talking about how they wanted to die. "I certainly don’t want to lie in bed in a coma or in huge pain that can’t be treated for months," said Noack, […]