Proponents of an initiative that would effectively block the city of Eureka’s plans to convert municipal downtown parking into multi-family housing have collected enough signatures to qualify the measure for the March ballot, they announced in a press release. The release says that Mike Munson, one of the leaders of the so-called “City of Eureka […]
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Repairs to Grandstands Ready By Humboldt County Fair Time
This year’s Humboldt County Fair horse racing season took off from the starting gates Aug. 18, one week after emergency repairs were completed to prevent one of the annual event’s major draws from being scratched, which potentially could have put Ferndale’s spot on the racing circuit in jeopardy. But the repairs — including the installation […]
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Harbor District to Talk Labor Agreement Amid Request for Delay
When the Humboldt Bay Harbor, Recreation and Conservation Commission convenes Thursday at Eureka’s Wharfinger Building, it will face two large and related agenda items. First, it will consider authorizing staff to submit a U.S. Department of Transportation mega grant application hoped to total in the hundreds of millions of dollars to go toward construction of the […]
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California Forbids Plans to Unmask Workers at In-N-Out — and Most Other Workplaces
For at least another year and a half, California employers won’t be able to follow In-N-Out’s lead in banning workers from wearing masks on the job. The state’s COVID-19 workplace rules protecting workers’ rights to decide for themselves whether to wear face coverings are locked in at least until February 2025 and could be extended. […]
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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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Cal Poly Humboldt Scales Back Hotel Housing Plans as School Year Approaches
Both excitement and concern about a potential explosion in Cal Poly Humboldt’s enrollment due to its new status as the state’s third polytechnic university seem to have been premature. While the university excitedly announced in November that freshman applications were up 86 percent over the prior year, then set a wave of panic across campus […]
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Willow Creek Pharmacy Closes
The Willow Creek Pharmacy has closed its doors, leaving scores of area residents worried they could be facing two hours of driving to fill their prescriptions, and that’s when the roads are open. The pharmacy closed July 14, reportedly with little notice, according to some patients and employees. Attempts to contact the pharmacy’s owners by […]
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PG&E Announces ‘Pilot Project’ to Hookup New SoHum Customers
Nearly one year after capacity issues impacting PG&E’s ability to provide service to new customers from Fortuna to the Mendocino County border came to light, PG&E today announced a pilot project that could allow the utility to begin providing some new hookups in the Southern Humboldt area by the end of next year. According to […]
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PlanCo Approves Permits for Tear Down of Schneider Home
After an emotional apology from the developer, the Humboldt County Planning Commission voted unanimously Thursday to approve the permits and permit modifications necessary for Travis Schneider to tear down his partially constructed family home overlooking the Fay Slough Wildlife Area. After amassing a host of permit violations during construction of the more than 20,000-square-foot home […]
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Eureka Friday Night Markets are Here
Eureka’s popular Friday Night Markets kicks off for the season this Friday, June 30, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. in Old Town (free admission). The bustling nighttime farmers market runs every Friday, from June 30 through Oct. 27, filling the streets of Old Town with rows and rows of vendors, crafters, food trucks, a bar […]
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UPDATE: Earthquake Damage to Grandstands Jeopardizes Fate of Humboldt County Fair
UPDATE: An emergency meeting of the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors is scheduled for 1 p.m. Thursday to discuss the earthquake-caused damage to the grandstands at the Humboldt County Fairgrounds and possible actions, including the county creating an agreement with a contractor and having them work directly with engineering firm KPFF, which conducted […]
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Arkley Hosted Justice Samuel Alito on His Luxury Fishing Vacation With GOP Billionaire Who Later Had Cases Before the Court
This story was originally published by ProPublica. ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. Series: Friends of the Court Clarence Thomas’ Beneficial Friendship With a GOP Megadonor In early July 2008, Samuel Alito stood on a riverbank in a […]