Ervin McCluskey and Ervin McCluskey Jr. — Humboldt County is looking for you. And it wants to give you $18,837.14. That’s because your one-time property at 1286 Howard St. near Oceanview Cemetery in Eureka sold at a county tax auction back in October, and that’s how much money was left over after fees and back […]
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In the Can
Ever wander the Arcata Plaza and have to go? Really have to get to a bathroom quick? Maybe you high-tailed it to Jacoby’s Storehouse and sneaked into its facilities. Or if things were a little less pressing, perhaps you fast-stepped it to the Co-op, got the door code, and maybe waited behind a person or […]
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Sweet Soul
It had been an especially warm and joyful Thanksgiving at his parents’ house. In between eating good food and laughing, Bryan and his younger brother, Jason, had spent most of the weekend playing guitars and drumming in the living room, with Bryan’s little nephew joining in on the ukulele. Just 7 years old, Victor had […]
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Zip-hippity!
This spring Rob Christensen, a Eureka resident who works at Humboldt State, hopped a ride to San Francisco to hang with a friend for the weekend and catch a flight from SFO. His buddy, proudly car-free in the city, rented a Zipcar to take Christensen to the airport. “It was cool because he reserved […]
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What’s That Buzz?
Lacking a loud dog and without any trace of feral felines, that last thing Roy Mathews ever expected at his door one morning was a visit from Eureka City animal control. But just after 10 a.m. on a blue-skied June day, an animal control officer paid a visit to Matthews’s home in Henderson Center. Matthews […]
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The China Connection
It’s early December at Xi’an International Studies University in Xi’an, China, and the students have been in the classroom since 7:30 a.m., preparing. Some read. Others write. A couple text on their phones while others catch a few more minutes of sleep before class begins. None of these 13 Chinese freshmen are quite ready for […]