Mel Berti, a born and raised Fortunan who dedicated much of his life to the betterment of the Friendly City, compiling a decades-long record of public service in the process, died July 22. He was 84. Known equally as the longtime and beloved butcher at Hoby’s Market in Scotia, the 28-year Fortuna council member, the […]
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Leon Warmuth Remembered: ‘To Know Him Was to Love Him’
Leon Warmuth, who in 1952 boarded a bus to Eureka with just $50 in hand and all his belongings packed into a cardboard suitcase and went on to build a thriving business and become the Eureka Chamber of Commerce’s president, died July 20, surrounded by friends and family. He was 90. The city of Eureka […]
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Big changes are afoot on the Samoa Peninsula. The Humboldt Bay Harbor, Recreation and Conservation District is planning to construct a large manufacturing center to craft and assemble giant wind turbines suitable for the deep offshore waters of the Pacific Coast. Officially known as the Humboldt Bay Offshore Wind Heavy Lift Multipurpose Marine Terminal Project, […]
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Investigation: Staffing, Trust and Communication Lacking in Cal Poly Humboldt’s Title IX Infrastructure
A third-party assessment of Cal Poly Humboldt’s Title IX Office responsible for investigating and resolving allegations of sexual assault, sexual harassment and discrimination on campus found the office is hampered by understaffing, “communications challenges” and a lack of trust on campus. The report from the law firm Cozen O’Conner — which came as a part […]
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Hunger in Humboldt
When Woodsie Hunsucker wants to buy groceries, the 25-year-old gets in his truck and drives over 46 miles — 6 of them on a dirt road — from his home along the Klamath River on the Yurok Reservation to the Walmart in Crescent City. The drive alone takes him about three hours; with shopping, the […]
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‘A Normal Saturday’
“Mammas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys” is a country music song written by Ed Bruce and his wife Patsy Bruce and first recorded by Ed in 1975. But if they do grow up to be cowboys or cowgirls — or bull fighters — they likely were in the Friendly City of […]
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PlanCo Approves Permits to Tear Down Schneider ‘Dream Home’
After an emotional apology from the developer, the Humboldt County Planning Commission voted unanimously July 6 to approve the permits and permit modifications necessary for Travis Schneider to tear down his partially constructed family mansion overlooking the Fay Slough Wildlife Area. After amassing a host of permit violations during construction of the more than 20,000-square-foot home on […]
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New Federal Program Aims to Strengthen MMIP Investigations
The U.S. Department of Justice recently announced plans to address the country’s Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples crisis with new, nationwide initiatives aimed to increase cooperative investigations. According to the department’s press release, the Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons Regional Outreach Program allows departments from various levels of government, including federal, state and tribal, to collaborate […]
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Black Snakes
Editor’s Note: The following is an excerpt from Kaitlin Reed’s book Settler Cannabis: From Gold Rush to Green Rush in Indigenous Northern California that has been edited for publication in the Journal. The July sun was hot on the back of my neck as I struggled to find my footing on a steep mountainside along […]
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Supes Pony Up $1 Million in Effort to Save Horse Racing at the Fair
The Humboldt County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved $1 million in emergency repairs for the Ferndale fairgrounds’ earthquake-damaged grandstands on June 29 after a structural inspection determined the facility was currently unsafe for use. Not moving forward could have meant canceling the races or at least limited viewing for one of the Humboldt County Fair’s […]
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Pride in Full Stride
On the heels of Pride celebrations in Eureka and Redway earlier this month, Lost Coast Pride’s celebration of the LGBTQ+ community stretched out over the weekend of June 24 and 25. Saturday’s festivities began at the Arcata Plaza, where a modest caravan of decorated vehicles took off, horns honking, headed to Fortuna’s Rohner Park. There, […]
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USFW Taking First Steps in Possible Reintroduction of Sea Otters
At an open house hosted by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to gather input on the possible reintroduction of sea otters to parts of their historical range from the Bay Area to Oregon, a phrase repeated often was the process was still “on the ground floor.” The informal Sunday event on the Cal Poly […]