North Coast Journal Reader

Editor: We, among others who vigil with Eureka Women in Black wish to correct errors in Mr. Bass’ NCJ article of Aug. 2 (“Women in Black”). We have more than “only two women” who often vigil at the county courthouse Saturdays at noon. We disagree that “in Humboldt … (the WIB movement) is mostly over” […]

Editor: I am writing to express my extreme disappointment in your article, “Bird by Bird” (Aug. 9), concerning the fish-oiled brown pelicans. As a member of the Humboldt Wildlife Care Center Board and a volunteer with wildlife rehab on and off over the past 30 years, I have seen and heard it all. I was dismayed […]

Editor: Thank you, Bernard J. Bass for your moving article “Women in Black” (Aug. 2). There are many apprehensions to spoil our day, and few inspirations to light our way. And perhaps demonstrations may be too futile to be worth the effort as there are probably more effective (?) ways to get the message across. I […]

The number of women who stand with Eureka’s Women in Black was underestimated in an article in last week’s Journal, and name of one of the Trinidad Women in Black was misspelled. Her name is Mary Wilbur. In the same article, the Journal also mistakenly passed along incorrect information from Trinidad’s website about its relative […]

Editor: The article on $20 dining for two (“Cheap Eats,” July 26) was a big disappointment. Meat, meat and more meat throughout the reviews; even, “you can see and smell the long skewers of meat being turned on the grill.” I barely recognize the Journal anymore. Instead of taking leadership, you heartily embrace stupid, retro-evolutionary, ecologically unsustainable […]

Editor: There persists the idea the railroad would have to be torn up in order to rebuild it (“Rail Wreck,” Mailbox, Aug 2). Some say this is due to the gauge, rust of the rails, or the ties all need to be replaced. Not all the ties need to be replaced. They have a 25 […]

Editor: I grew up going to Reggae (“Sex Assault Rumor Worries Reggae Organizers,” July 31 blog item). As a Mendo local, Reggae was what we looked forward to every summer, and as I and the festival grew, I would hear of an increasing number of sexual assaults occurring.  I began to feel frustrated that I […]

Editor: The message of your story “Manure Maneuver” (July 19) seemed to be that the government was imposing paperwork on dairy owners who are already doing all they can to keep cow manure out of our streams. That may or may not be true of the two dairy owners you interviewed but it is not […]

Editor: Hats off to the visiting public that continues to support state parks during the current media wars (“State Parks Scandalpalooza,” Blogjammin, July 26). Here is hoping that the other part of the public, the ones who are outraged at the funds located suddenly by California State Parks, finds another battle to fight. There are […]

Editor: My wife and I, both seniors, enjoy eating at the Village Pantry, Valley West, Arcata.  (“Cheap Eats,” July 26.) They offer a nice selection on the senior menu which includes soup or salad, a nice meat entree accompanied with a starch choice and prepared vegetables, all for under $20. When we don’t feel like […]

Editor: In his letter of July 26, “Railbanking Sham,” Mr. Mitchell seems to believe that restoring rail travel will be as simple as putting trains back on existing tracks. He writes, “It would be a tragedy to see this 100-year-old asset simply vanish due to unnecessary destruction of the railway.” All one has to do […]

Editor: I can understand Sheriff Downey being overwhelmed in his Herculean efforts to close down marijuana grows in his fiefdom (“Downey Calls for Backup,” July 26.). But what the Journal’s article does not mention is that law enforcement gets to keep all the money it seizes. And we’re not talking spare change here, but serious […]