The hidden funders of early Eureka Gold eagle coins worth $10, double eagles worth $20 and various paper bills piled so high on the courtroom table that an officer was assigned to guard them. The fortune was the result of another Tithing Day held on Jan. 6, 1909, Eureka’s Daily Humboldt Standard explained, describing how […]
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Cal Poly Humboldt Hopeful for New President
After Cal Poly Humboldt University Senate Chair and General Faculty President Christopher Harmon watched the California State University Board of Trustees meeting announcing Richard Carvajal as the campus’ new president, he reached out over email to congratulate him. To his surprise, Carvajal quickly responded. Through their casual conversation, Harmon learned that Carvajal lived in Humboldt […]
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Red-Light Women, Part I
The hidden funders of early Eureka In the spring of 1876, a bright and determined 17-year-old girl, standing 5 feet 6 inches, with light hair, fair skin and blue eyes, joined an aunt living in Humboldt County. She’d left San Francisco as Catherine Q., and stepped onto the Eureka Wharf as Kittie Warren, marking the […]
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Protesters Talk Back to Authoritarianism
On Sept. 20, as the North Country Fair in Arcata was bringing folks from all walks of life together in celebration, another type of assembly was taking place in front of the Humboldt County Courthouse. There, dozens of North Coast neighbors took to the street to protest the current administration amid a host of other […]
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The Art of Tattoo:Inked Hearts
Organizers Ted and Amy Marks from Nor Cal Tattoo expanded on their annual February Inked Hearts Tattoo Expo in Blue Lake by adding a first-ever Inked Hearts Summer Arts Tattoo Expo event on Sept. 13 and 14 in The Sapphire Palace room at the Blue Lake Casino and Hotel. “It looks like a success, as […]
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Centro del Pueblo Offers Helping Hand with Health Fund
An undocumented mother in Humboldt County needed to take her 2-year-old daughter to a medical appointment in San Francisco, but she couldn’t bring herself to make the journey. The thought of what could happen gave her panic attacks. She might get questions about her insurance. If she reached out for transportation, she could be asked […]
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The Grand Jury Reports
Wielding the power of the subpoena and carrying a mandate enshrined in the state Constitution to serve as overseers of local government, a group of volunteers comes together each year to constitute the Humboldt County Civil Grand Jury. During their service, the 19 members spend months conducting interviews, making on-site visits and reviewing documents as […]
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Judge Re-affirms St. Joseph Hospital’s Obligation to Uphold Emergency Services Law
There were no winners in the case of the People vs. Providence St. Joseph Hospital last week, as Judge Timothy Canning decided to move forward with the preliminary injunction hearing rather than side with either legal argument presented on Friday. Giving the hospital’s attorneys another opportunity to present their case related to gynecological emergency health […]
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Workers Over Billionaires Protest in Eureka
Despite the apparent lack of much advance publicity and competing Labor Day events, an estimated 1,000 Workers Over Billionaires protestors gathered peacefully on both sides of the street outside the Humboldt County Courthouse in Eureka on Monday. The local protest in opposition to the Trump administration’s actions, including those affecting workers, was one of hundreds of 50501 […]
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Gavin Newsom’s Redistricting Plan is on Its Way to Voters. What You Need to Know
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Gov. Gavin Newsom’s plan to counter President Donald Trump’s election gerrymander in Texas with his own redistricting play in California is on its way to voters. The California Legislature on Aug. 21 approved his proposal calling for a special election on a ballot measure that would suspend the state’s current congressional districts, […]
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‘Come Back Young Again’
Lightning struck Trinity County on July 30, 2021, and sparked a fire that burned for 88 days. Before it was fully contained, the Monument Fire consumed 223,124 acres, according to Cal Fire. One of the 28 structures destroyed was a lookout on Ironside Mountain (Tse:nding, as it is called by the Tsnungwe people). “This mountain […]
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‘No Signs of Recovery’
When the California Fish and Game Commission took the unprecedented step of shuttering the North Coast’s red abalone season back in 2017 due to a precipitous decline in the population amid the larger collapse of the region’s kelp forests, there was hope that the temporary moratorium would give the fishery a chance to rebound. But, […]