The U.S. Coast Guard cutter Dorado eased off Woodley Island Marina’s outermost dock Wednesday morning with valuable cargo aboard and a solemn task to perform. It was the 63rd anniversary of the “end” of the Korean War — a war that reached a United Nations armistice on July 27,1953 but, in truth, has still not […]
Ted Pease
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‘Unregulated Far Too Long:’ Vacation Rentals That is, Not Pot
Acknowledging that they are playing catch-up on yet another high-impact issue affecting residents countywide, the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to jump into the vacation rental regulation business. “Currently, the county code is mute on this issue,” said Chair Mark Lovelace in introducing the discussion. “It is another issue that has been […]
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Supes Set to Discuss Vacation Rental Ordinance
The Humboldt County Board of Supervisors is about to plunge into the increasingly fraught issue of vacation rentals, a topic that has Trinidad and communities large and small across California, and the nation, tied up in knots (and, in many cases, lawsuits). The Supes will consider a petition on whether and how to regulate vacation […]
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For Rent
TRINIDAD — Born and raised in Trinidad, Dan Cox remembers what his tiny coastal “fishing village” used to be. “I’m the guy who wants to have more young families with kids in this town,” says the 63-year-old commercial crab fisherman. “You know there used to be seven Little League teams in Trinidad? That’s how many […]
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Sadie’s Bad Trip
At 3:43 a.m. on a Sunday I am sitting on the sofa in the dark, flanked hip-to-hip by Sadie and Stella, our two Labradors, who joined me when the monkeys woke me up, as they do most nights. The monkeys are an image from a yoga instructor named Cynthia, who told her students to tune […]
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Oyster Ouster
It sounds just a little egotistical, but to hear some of the local guys tell it, Humboldt Bay oysters are the best on the West Coast, maybe in the world. Now Humboldt Bay — which already produces about 60 percent of California oysters — may have gotten an unexpected boost as the state’s oyster capital, […]