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Editor: I would like to request a week of mourning for the loss of the 150-year-old Eucalyptus trees that were removed from the farthest north section near Indianola Cutoff the third week of August (Mailbox, Aug. 31). This section of trees in a huge sense defined that stretch of 101 since the mid 1800s and […]

Editor: I want to bring attention to the “community member” who may have saved many lives by coming forward with information that a 15-year-old Eel River Community School student planned to arrive at school with weapons to deal with a dispute between that student and another (“A Troubling Trend,” Sept. 14). It takes courage to speak up […]

Editor: Thank you to Jere Bob Bowden for his Sept. 7 column entitled “Hope.” The piece touched a nerve for me, and I suspect for others, as well. In a world that is spiraling out of control, a common reaction is to just remain silent and hope it all passes, while inside a gnawing anxiety […]

Editor: Thank you all for including Marisa’s wonderful tribute to Sam Armanino (“Field Note for Sam,” Sept. 14). It’s been hard to read what happened but this was a beautiful piece that really summed up his adventurous spirit and goofy personality.  Natalya Estrada, Arcata Related Stories

Editor: Hear ye, hear ye! If you haven’t heard yet, the city of Arcata is making major changes in the proposed 2045 General Plan to enable and encourage development of high-density housing. This may well affect you and your neighborhood. Proposed are five to seven-story buildings in the 138-acre Gateway area (from Samoa Boulevard to Alliance Road, and including […]

Editor: I was interested to read the letter by Ellen Golla in the recent mailbox (“All Wood Smoke is Toxic” Sept. 14), as over a decade ago I had done a significant amount of reading on the topic of the combustion chemistry of vegetable matter, albeit my interest was in a combusting material other than […]

Editor: Alejandro Lazo’s article (“California Wildfire Smoke and the Climate Crisis: Four Things to Know,” Sept. 7), sums up a nightmare scenario for civilization: “Fires worsen climate change, and climate change worsens fires.” Wildfires emit massive CO2, and all CO2 traps heat. Most foresters believe that thinning forests would reduce fuel loads in the forest […]

Editor: It was noted in a recent article (“California’s Wildfire Smoke and the Climate Crisis: Four Things to Know,” Sept. 7) that “Wildfire smoke is toxic, containing substances such as carbon monoxide and benzene, a carcinogen.” In fact, all wood smoke is toxic and contains several known carcinogens, including benzene. This includes wood smoke from […]

Editor: First off, I want to thank you for remembering us here in Rio Dell regarding the Dec. 20 earthquake and the aftershock on Jan. 1 (“Forgotten in Rio Dell,” Aug. 31). This was a devastating event in the history of our little town. My home suffered at least $30,000 worth of damage. It looked […]

Editor:  Patrick Cloney’s guest column (“Pension Debt is Devouring Local Services,” Aug. 31) effectively addresses the threat to our safety (police, roads) quality of life (health care, social services) and even our county’s fundamental economic viability.  I served on the 2016-2017 civil grand jury, where we dealt with unfunded pension liability and how it could “Un-Fund […]

Editor: I congratulate the author on the brilliant piece of sociopolitical commentary in this week’s issue of the North Coast Journal (“FAQs About Your Changing Body,” Aug. 31). I’ve always admired her writing for both style and content, and typically read everything the NCJ publishes from her, even the articles on topics about which I have […]

Editor: The Pintauro one-act plays currently being performed at NCRT in Eureka drop us unceremoniously into a moment, inescapable, we are there and the actor is there (“Pintauro‘s Defining Moments at NCRT,” Aug. 24). We wait for dialogue to get a context and when it begins we know there’s no turning back. We get raw […]