This week we’re looking at Dell’Arte’s theater program at Pelican Bay State Prison, the subject of a new documentary. We’ve also got an update on the Barred Owl culling plan to save the Northern Spotted Owl for extinction, which is now itself under threat. Hit subscribe for weekly updates on Humboldt stories.
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Symphonies and Blue Lake’s Quandaries
This week, Setlist columnist Collin Yeo joins us to talk about Carol Jacobson of the Eureka Symphony and his story about how both have enriched our community’s music scene. Then we’ve got an update on the Blue Lake City Council recall, which could leave remaining members unable to fill its ranks. Hit subscribe for weekly […]
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CPH Presents and Trump Erasure of Missing and Murdered Indigenous People
This week we’re looking into upcoming changes in programming at Cal Poly Humboldt (formerly Center Arts) due to organizational changes and a big budget crunch. We also have a story about how the Trump administration has removed a crucial report on Missing and Murdered Indigenous People from the Department of Justice website. Hit subscribe for […]
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McKinleyville Trustees Vote to Consolidate Schools with More Decisions Ahead
The McKinleyville Union School District Board of Trustees voted earlier this month to move forward with consolidating the district’s three campuses into two in the face of declining enrollment and budget shortfalls, but several decisions remain on the table. Currently, students in transitional kindergarten through second grade attend Dow’s Prairie Elementary, third through fifth grade […]
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Former CPH President to Focus on ‘Global Engagement Space’ as Professor
Cal Poly Humboldt students are currently enrolling for their spring classes and for the second time since he resigned his presidency to retreat into a tenured professor position, Tom Jackson Jr. is not listed on the schedule as teaching any courses. Jackson, who brought his tumultuous and controversial five-year tenure as the university’s president to […]
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CPH to Host Community Forum on Presidential Search
Those interested can weigh in on what they’d like to see in Cal Poly Humboldt’s next president during a two-hour forum Thursday with the selection committee. Embattled President Tom Jackson Jr. stepped down in August, retreating to a tenured professor position with the university after five tumultuous years helming the institution. Michael Spagna is currently […]
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Cal Poly Humboldt Releases Body Camera Footage from April Protest
In the hours, days and weeks after a group of student demonstrators entered Siemens Hall at about 4:25 p.m. on April 22 intent on bringing awareness to the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, Cal Poly Humboldt has consistently maintained they almost immediately began vandalizing the building and barricading its entrances, which is why police were summoned […]
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Eureka City Schools to Talk Jacobs, Grand Jury Response
The California Highway Patrol appears to be back at the table, negotiating to purchase 8.3 acres of the former Jacobs Middle School campus from Eureka City Schools. A closed session item for the board to conference with Superintendent Gary Storts, the district’s negotiator, concerning price and terms of payment of a potential deal with CHP, […]
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Mystery Developer Blames Eureka for Defunct Property Exchange Deal; City Official Says That’s ‘Laughable’
A day after the Eureka City Schools Board of Trustees voted unanimously to deny the company’s request to extend escrow for a third time on the Jacobs Middle School property exchange agreement reached in December, the mystery developer AMG Communities-Jacobs, LLC, issued a statement confirming it is pulling out of the deal and blaming the […]
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Eureka School Board Denies Extension Request, Potentially Killing Jacobs Deal
The Eureka City Schools Board of Trustees voted unanimously in closed session tonight not to extend a $6 million property exchange agreement with a mystery developer in advance of tomorrow’s deadline for the deal to close. The district controversially entered into the agreement Dec. 14, 2023, agreeing to trade 8.3 acres of its former Jacobs […]
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Pro Parking Lot Campaign Spending Approaches $400K; Disclosure Forms Add to Web of Connections Between Measure and Jacobs Property Swap
Robin P. Arkley II’s Eureka-based Security National-backed ballot measure campaign has spent almost $400,000 this year in its efforts to block Eureka’s plans to convert 14 municipally owned parking lots into multi-family housing developments. According to campaign finance disclosure reports filed with the city of Eureka that detail campaign fundraising and spending through June 30, […]
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DA Declines to Prosecute 27 Arrested in Cal Poly Humboldt Protests
The Humboldt County District Attorney’s Office has decided not to criminally charge 27 of the 39 people arrested during the Pro-Palestinian demonstrations on the Cal Poly Humboldt campus in late April, during which protesters occupied Siemens Hall for a week. Responding to a Journal inquiry, District Attorney Stacey Eads wrote in an email that she […]