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Editor: I read that Hambro Recycling has just opened a CRV buyback center in Redway to go along with the previous Humboldt County locations in Arcata, Fortuna and Willow Creek (“Hambro to Open CRV Center in Fortuna,” Jan. 25). I understand that Eureka has no buyback center because the Humboldt Waste Management Authority needed to […]

Editor: I must “borrow” Ellen Taylor’s phrase “embarrassing itself” as she replied in last week’s NCJ Mailbox (Nov. 9). Referring to Thadeus Greenson’s report in this week’s issue (“‘Upside Down,’” Nov. 9): The same can certainly be said of Cal Poly Humboldt, evicting their homeless students who reside on the campus eight weeks shy one of […]

Editor: Jared Huffman wrote a views piece Nov. 2 in the NCJ describing how much he despises the new majority leader of the House of Representatives, Rep. Mike Johnson. He starts with he knows Speaker Johnson to be “smart and affable” and better than Speaker McCarthy. Then he launches into true Huffman hatred. He repeatedly […]

Editor: Six-story apartment buildings allowed in every single neighborhood in Arcata. No limit on how dense these apartments might be. Existing houses permitted for coffee shops, convenience stores and restaurants. Zero parking required for apartments of any size. For offices, stores and restaurants — one or two spaces is the most parking they’d be allowed […]

Editor: Regarding the current and ongoing situation in Israel and Palestine, I realize that the following is not a blueprint for peace, and, what’s more, I realize the odds of it happening are next to nothing since decades of mutual grievances have resulted in a pit of hatred so deep that none of the participants […]

Editor: Thank you for two heartening and beautifully-wrought pieces on sentient beings, avian and human, breaking out of their shells and flying free: “Reclaiming their Ancestral Lands” by Kimberly Wear and Linda Stansberry’s “Lobster Girl Finds the Beat” (Nov. 9). Matina Kilkenny, Arcata Related Stories

Editor: Awhile back, I stuck a want-ad in the Tri-City Advertiser looking for someone to run for county supervisor from my district. I met a bunch of very interesting applicants. The incumbent dropped out. There’s no more Tri-City Advertiser, just the North Coast Journal. And I’m looking for a candidate again. Government is a serious […]

Editor: If you get your news from the corporate media, MSNBC, CNN, PBS, FOX, etc., you may not know that thousands of people around the world are calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, an area about 25 miles long and 5 miles wide along the Mediterranean Sea (“Cal Poly Police Investigating Alleged Assault of […]

Editor: I agree with Devon Gray’s well written piece (“False Narratives Fuel California’s Failure to Address Poverty,” Oct. 26) and add that there is an imbalance in our political/economic system that sends much more money to the wealthy elites than the government spends on poverty programs. For instance, the RAND Corporation put out a study […]

Editor: In 2022, I was approached at the Arcata Co-Op, 6-year-old son in tow, and asked to sign a petition to “help small farmers” and “keep corporate cannabis out of Humboldt” (“Growers Seek to Remove Cannabis Initiative from Ballot,” Oct. 19). Distracted, I agreed, thinking it was about supporting local small farmers, and that the […]

Editor: I am so grateful for such a splendid publication as the North Coast Journal. The writers are amazing, the in-depth investigations and continuous coverage of topics so important to our area are priceless and it is all ours! It is truly local. Almost nothing is anymore. The almost daily rag, Times-Standard is owned by a hedge fund, […]

Editor: I submit this letter as a testimonial in response to “Dell’Arte Lays off Staff, Calls for Donations” (NCJ Daily, Oct. 12). I am distressed that Dell’Arte may not reach its 50th anniversary. That place is a core of wonder, laughter and joy that has provided the artist in everyone a home here in Humboldt […]