A small crowd clustered at the top of the stairs of the Humboldt County Planning Department on Friday morning, waiting for the doors to open. In their hands, they clutched their land use ordinance permits for medical marijuana cultivation. “We’ve been gearing up all week for a big day,” said Rob Wall, interim planning director, […]
Linda Stansberry
Linda Stansberry was a staff writer of the North Coast Journal from 2015 to 2018. She is a frequent contributor the the Journal and our other publications.
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Road Barriers
The rain has stopped, the homeowner has said they can stay the night, and the inhabitants of the Vagabus are doing what they call “puking the bus,” which means removing all of the contents of the 41-foot 1971 Bluebird schoolbus so they can clean and organize within. Previous efforts at a deep cleaning have been […]
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The Van Kirk and Vinyard Research Collection: HSU Honors Humble Heroines
Susie Van Kirk would probably not have approved of Humboldt State University’s plan to immortalize her. The decades-long activist for homeless and environmental rights was not a fan of the spotlight, according to all who knew her, going as far as to ask her son not to hold a memorial service or write an obituary […]
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Get Down With EPD: Active Shooter Training
The Eureka Police Deparment is offering a free training on how to survive an active shooter incident to citizens on Thursday, March 3. EPD Administrative Technician Suzie Owsley said that the training is just one of many community public safety events that Chief Andrew Mills has requested. “This topic seemed to be timely,” Owsley said. […]
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Inside the MAC
It’s a rainy Friday morning, but the bright yellows and oranges of the Multiple Assistance Center, tucked into the north end of Eureka next to the Pepsi distributor and Target, shine like beacons under the grey sky. Casey Crabb, deputy director of Redwood Coast Action Agency’s adult services and families in transition program, waits in […]
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Roads, Safety About to Get a Big Boost from Measure Z
No pitchforks were actually being waved, but Mattole Valley residents who turned out Wednesday night to talk roads and safety with Supervisor Rex Bohn and other officials weren’t optimistic. That was before they got a whole lot more good news than they’d bargained for. In January 2016 the Measure Z Citizens Committee recommend that $125,000 of […]
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Kings and Queens for a Day
Stage presence, makeup and body technique: Your average young thespian may get quick pointers on all these for that first school play. But the guidance of seasoned drag performers can change everything, elevating a costume into a character and helping young people transform their bodies to express their truest selves. Or, it can just be […]
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TL;DR Five Things You Need to Know About This Week’s Cover Story
Busy week? We get it. Here are some highlights from the cover to get you caught up. (And a few things that didn’t make it into the issue.) The tiny town of Bridgeville (85 acres, population about 25, located on State Route 36 about an hour east of Fortuna) first rolled across international headlines when […]
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Many of Humboldt’s Worst Roads Are Probably Not Going to Get Fixed
We went through your complaints about bad roads in Humboldt County and got some information about when and if they’re scheduled for repair. One common theme is that people often don’t know which entity is responsible for maintaining roads in their neighborhoods. In Eureka, for example, roads fall into several different jurisdictions, even within city […]
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14-Year Old’s 2014 Killing Gang Related, Says EPD
Jesus “Smiley” Romero-Garcia laid on the front lawn of a residential home in Eureka, bleeding and semi-conscious, for nearly nine hours in the rain before he was found and taken to St. Joseph Hospital. The 14-year-old died of his injuries — three stab wounds to the chest — at around 9:30 on the morning of […]
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Bridgeville
It’s the third Friday of the month, and volunteers at the Bridgeville Community Center are busy. The community center’s food pantry feeds around 60 families from neighboring communities. On other days, it offers adult education, mental health referrals and a senior lunch. For those accustomed to larger burgs, the tiny town — 83 acres, population […]
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In the Hole
A Mattole Valley resident for several decades, Teresa Davey is no stranger to rough roads. The 4-mile drive to the local elementary school, which she makes twice daily with her young daughter, requires navigating steep gravel switchbacks and a stretch of river-adjacent road which often floods in the winter. That’s on a good year. Over […]