From fundraising emails to debate speeches, it’s everywhere: The “No Corporate PAC money” pledge is front and center in the campaign for California’s next U.S. Senator. It is a promise shared by all three top Democrats, who hold largely similar voting records in Congress on a wide range of issues and who are trying to finish in the […]
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Incumbent Judge Faces Ethics Probe
Less than a month before Election Day, the Commission on Judicial Performance has dropped a proverbial bombshell into the race for a Humboldt County Superior Court judgeship. On Feb. 7, the commission announced it had filed a notice of formal proceedings against incumbent Judge Gregory Kreis — who is also presently the local court’s presiding […]
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Sushi Spot’s Tipping Point
The social media response to Sushi Spot posting its new policy regarding gratuities was swift and nuclear, with Facebook posters and commenters largely deriding the announcement, some even swearing off patronizing the business for good. But the plan itself, the automatic addition of an 18-percent “equity fee” for dine-in and 10 percent for takeout to […]
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Guaranteed Income
On Jan. 25, a group of Humboldt County residents participating in a guaranteed income pilot program received their first installment of $920. Known as the Humboldt Income Program and administered through the McKinleyville Family Resource Center, the monthly payments will continue for a year and a half to those enrolled after meeting certain requirements, including […]
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‘Did Your Check Clear?’
As word spread of the abrupt closure of the Arcata Mazzotti’s, there were the usual responses: laments and nostalgia, criticism and speculation. Longtime patrons shared memories of dinners and celebrations going back decades, lamenting the loss of a Humboldt institution, echoing the response that followed the 2019 shutdown of the restaurant’s 42-year-old Eureka location. Conversations […]
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Spokespeople Mum as to Who is Behind Mystery Offer for Eureka Schools’ Jacobs Property
More than six weeks after a newly formed LLC emerged seemingly out of nowhere to enter into a $6 million deal to acquire an 8.3-acre property from Eureka City Schools, the identities of those involved remain a mystery. Spokespeople for AMG Communities — Jacobs LLC, which filed articles of incorporation with the California Secretary of […]
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All a flutter: How to Benefit Butterflies
While Behren’s and Oregon silverspots aren’t found in Humboldt County, there are still ways to lend a helping hand to the endangered butterflies on the local level. With another banner batch of Behren’s caterpillars waiting in the wings for their spring awakening in just a few months, Sequoia Park Zoo Butterfly Conservation Director Christine Damiani […]
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Questions Swirl Around Jacobs Property Swap
In the weeks since Eureka City Schools decided to break off negotiations with the California Highway Patrol and enter into an agreement with a mystery developer to trade 8.2 acres of its old Jacobs Middle School campus for a small home on I Street and $5.35 million in cash, several of the entities with a vested interest […]
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Building a Safety Net
Inside a nondescript concrete building at the Sequoia Park Zoo, hundreds of rare caterpillars are settled down for a long winter’s nap. So small their black, spikey forms only come into focus under the lens of a microscope, the Behren’s silverspot butterflies-to-be are housed in specially outfitted jars kept on shelves of a regular kitchen […]
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‘A Critical Decision’
Providence Health blindsided patients, employees and providers last week, announcing that it would no longer offer outpatient laboratory services at its California hospitals — including St. Joseph and Redwood Memorial — beginning March 18. Local providers reportedly first received a text message Jan. 10 informing them that outpatient lab services would no longer be provided […]
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Aiming for Zero
For decades, the deadly trend has continued with alarming regularity, though it’s not talked about as much as homicides or fatal car crashes. Over the past 20 years, more than 600 Humboldt County residents have died by suicide, an average of more than 30 a year, routinely leaving Humboldt with one of the highest suicide […]
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‘The Disparity’
Fifteen pages into Humboldt County’s Community Health Improvement Plan is a blunt summation: “Humboldt County experiences a higher death rate overall when compared to California, and Humboldt rates for nearly all the leading causes of death are two to three times higher than that of the state.” It’s easy to read the line, look over […]