Occupation: Business Owner / Creative Director Where did you grow up? Aurora, Colorado. How long have you lived in Arcata? Since 2020 and in Humboldt since 2016. I could never afford to live in Arcata if it wasn’t for my partner and I moving in together at the beginning of the pandemic. Tell us a […]
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Meredith Matthews: Arcata City Council Candidate Questionnaire
Occupation: Administrative Specialist at Redwood Coast Energy Authority, City Council member (appointed incumbent). Where did you grow up? Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. How long have you lived in Arcata? Since 2016. Tell us a little about yourself, why you are running for a council seat and what you can bring to the dais. I am an administrative […]
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Dana Quillman: Arcata City Council Candidate Questionnaire
Occupation: The main careers were as exercise instructor for 28 years and as a massage therapist for 24 years. I have also practiced astrology for the last 30 years. At this point in time I am only practicing astrology. Where did you grow up? Los Angeles, born and raised, until the age of 25. How […]
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Brett Watson: Arcata City Council Candidate Questionnaire
Where did you grow up? Hemet, California. How long have you lived in Arcata? 12 years. Tell us a little about yourself, why you are running for a council seat, and what you can bring to the dais. I moved to Humboldt County in 2006 to attend Cal Poly Humboldt and to pursue my passions […]
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Kimberley White: Arcata City Council Candidate Questionnaire
Occupation: I am program coordinator and community organizer for CUNA (Comunidad Unida del Norte de Arcata/Community United of North Arcata), an Arcata Planning Commissioner, community advocate/volunteer, and mother of a teenage daughter. Please join our campaign at www.kimberleyforarcata.org . Where did you grow up? I had the privilege of growing up on the traditional lands […]
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Jadence Clifton Comes Forward
Standing behind a podium in the Van Duzer Theatre, clad in a brown suit with a green and gold striped tie, President Tom Jackson Jr. was in the midst of delivering the first fall welcome address of the newly rebranded Cal Poly Humboldt’s young history. While the event opened with a multi-cultural performance by the […]
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‘Unbelievable’
On a day intended to honor her, Sara Bareilles sat in a park in her hometown and sang a love song to the city of Eureka. More specifically, Bareilles held court for more than an hour and 20 minutes, playing 17 songs including the 2007 hit “Love Song” in Halvorsen Park, which had been transformed […]
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Judge Issues Temporary Restraining Order for Watson
A Humboldt County Superior Court judge has issued a temporary restraining order that severely restricts Councilmember Brett Watson’s access to City Hall and prohibits him from contacting or being within 100 yards of four city officials, their workplaces and vehicles, with the exception of Arcata City Council meetings. A hearing on the order is scheduled […]
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Court Overturns Zoellner Jury Award
A federal judge has overturned a jury’s verdict that found an Arcata detective violated Kyle Zoellner’s civil rights when he was arrested and charged with David Josiah Lawson’s murder, finding police had probable cause and evidence in the case “establishes a fair probability Mr. Zoellner stabbed Mr. Lawson.” Zoellner, 28, filed a lawsuit in 2018, […]
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‘The Value of an Indigenous Life’
If someone new to the conversation walked into the Yurok Tribe’s first Missing and Murdered Indigenous People Symposium on Oct. 4 expecting an arm’s-length policy discussion, they would have quickly realized their mistake. They may have looked past the vendor booths designed to showcase Native makers, or the way the 300 seats were arranged around […]
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New Revelations Raise New Questions of Bongio’s Bias
Alan Bongio officially and somewhat defiantly stepped down as Humboldt County Planning Commission chair before the commission’s Oct. 6 meeting at which the board voted unanimously to send a letter of apology to three Wiyot area tribes stemming from Bongio’s conduct at a meeting last month. The meeting came amid new revelations — first reported […]
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Supes OK Fish Farm Environmental Review
The proposed Nordic Aquafarms California fish farm project on the Samoa Peninsula lurched forward Aug. 28 as the Board of Supervisors, at the end of a nine-hour meeting, voted unanimously, with Fifth District Supervisor Steve Madrone absent, to reject an appeal of the project’s environmental impact report and grant the company three necessary permits. But […]