Here on the Humboldt edge of the world, Christmas Day and the day after promise to be filled with sunshiny sparkle and gentle breezes. To the beach, the wonderful beach! Yes, by all means, go, enjoy. But, before you go, you should do something that could save your life and that of others: Read the sneaker wave […]
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Pay for Graves
Question: That fiver burning a hole in your pocket (or wiggling to get out of your just-spend-it card): Do you really have the best plan for it? Coffee is so everyday. Happy hour, yeah, whatever, that’s what the other bills and credits are for. No, where you’re gonna march that itchy five bucks is to […]
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Carless? Portland-bound? Bring a Pillow.
This is amazing/vexing. Journal homie Jonathan Webster put together this graphic (with inspiration from John Chernoff) illustrating the difficulties of traveling north from behind the Redwood Curtain without a car. Unless you’ve got a good amount of cash, you’re looking at 20 hours of travel minimum. You could watch every episode of Portlandia twice in […]
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Brookwood Covered Bridge Saved, For Now
One of Humboldt County’s few wooden covered bridges got a pardon this week, as the county abandoned plans to replace the bridge with a modern, two-lane, concrete or steel span. Maintenance of the existing bridge is expected to cost the county $400,000. The Brookwood Covered Bridge, which crosses Jacoby Creek in Bayside, allows access to […]
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Fortunans: Don’t Close the Baby Dept.
In this week’s issue of the Journal (paper version out on the street now, web version up tomorrow, Nov. 28), we write about a shortage of ob-gyn docs in Humboldt, and how St. Joseph Health System’s talk of possibly closing down Redwood Memorial Hospital’s OB program might be one of several influencing factors. Now, in […]
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Get Your Greyhound Ticket Early
Wanna ride The Dog? Well, fine. But you have to buy your ticket first, and we don’t mean directly from the Greyhound bus driver. Says a news release from Larry Pardi, the City of Arcata’s public transportation superintendent: “Gone are the days when one could flag down a Greyhound bus and pay the driver or ride […]
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Ease Up on the Spigots: Water District Turning off Flows Wednesday
Maybe take your shower in the rain tomorrow morning? The Humboldt Bay Municipal Water District is asking its customers to conserve water Wednesday while it shuts off its water supply for repairs. That includes homes and businesses in Arcata, Eureka, Blue Lake, McKinleyville, Manila and those served by the Humboldt Community Services District and Fieldbrook-Glendale […]
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RIP: The Hardest Working Man in Humboldt County
Hard-toiling exercise fanatic, exuder of tact and charm and recognizable recycler Ken Kyle has died. If you’ve been in Humboldt long, you probably saw him working. His familiar pickup trucks sported an assortment of barrels, bags and boxes always filled — or about to be filled — with recycling; 10,000 pounds of glass a week during […]
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Chinn’s Open House
It’s crisp, it’s clean and it smells like fresh lilies in here — and there they are, two big bunches of loveliness sitting on tables inside the spacious main room of the new Betty Kwan Chinn Day Center on the corner of Seventh and C streets in Eureka. A bank of computers lines a back […]
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Job Opening at Arcata Main Street
Update: On Nov. 9, Arcata Main Street Board Member Travis Turner emailed a letter of resignation to Neyra and others, in which he alleged misdeeds and said he was looking into the legality of the board’s actions. Turner said, in part: “I feel that you and your company profiting from the Oyster Festival creates a […]
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Fawkes & Friends
A group of anonymous protesters in Guy Fawkes masks just politely rang the doorbell at NCJ HQ and handed us a flier that enumerates the ways our government is trampling on our constitutional rights, and damned if it wasn’t the highlight of our day. “We’re not trying to be intimidating with the masks,” explained Zeppelin-shirt […]
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Human intervention
That’s right, another human puts things right with the world. That’s Alex Fogg, fairly new to town, prettying and friendly-fying the temporary, dreary walls of plywood flanking the Carson Block Building while it undergoes major rehab. “The Ink People put me up to it,” says Fogg, referring to the artsy outfit which also put him […]