The Arcata City Council will consider Wednesday supporting a “Statement of Unity against Anti-Semitic Messages and all Forms of Hate Speech” in the wake of anti-Semitic flyers found in the city and other areas of the county in recent weeks. While most of the distributions now under investigation occurred around the Fourth of July, a […]
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Some Seniors and Disabled People Will Miss Out on New California State Payments
Some 23 million Californians’ bank accounts will get a boost of $200 to $1,050, thanks to a new round of payments approved by state lawmakers. But the payments, aimed at mitigating higher prices for gas and other goods, will leave out lots of low-income Californians. Among those passed over are some seniors, many living on […]
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Abortion Pills Will Soon be Available on California College Campuses
As California’s efforts to enshrine abortion access continue, the University of California and California State University are working to provide medication abortions on all campuses by Jan. 1. So far, none of the Cal State campuses offer medication abortions, and access within the UC system varies from campus to campus. Both university systems, however, say […]
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NCJ Preview: Firefighter PTSD, Auditor-Controller Deal, Boozy Summer Pie
The wildfires aren’t just devastating our landscapes, they’re taking a massive toll on the people who fight them. This week we’re talking about the rising PTSD crisis among Cal Fire firefighters and what’s being done to combat it. And the county has struck a deal to shorten Auditor-Controller Karen Paz Dominguez’ lame duck time. We’ll […]
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Senator McGuire Announces $1 Million Investment in Arcata Ballpark
Prior to Wednesday night’s Crabs game, state Sen. Mike McGuire announced the state of California is investing $1 million into the Arcata Ballpark. McGuire told the crowd that the funds would be used to update disability access, construct a new plaza in front of the ballpark and to build a new facade. After receiving the […]
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California Cuts Cannabis Taxes to Heal Ailing Industry
California is significantly overhauling its cannabis tax structure, including entirely eliminating a tax on growers, in an effort to boost a struggling legal industry begging for relief. The changes, which were adopted last week as part of a broader state budget agreement, will also create tax credits for some cannabis businesses, expand labor rights within the industry […]
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NCJ Preview: Post-Roe, Pride and Oyster Fest Fallout
After last week’s U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade, we’re talking about what it means for California and how we can fight for reproductive rights for everyone. Linda Stansberry joins us to talk about Ferndale Pride and the folks who are making the Victorian Village more welcoming to all. We’ve got a post-oyster […]
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New Election Tally, Same Results
The Humboldt County Elections Office released its fourth post-election update today and all the races remain in the same place. In the latest tally, Eureka Councilmember Natalive Arroyo has kept her lead in a three-way race for the Fourth District seat on the board of supervisors above the needed threshold of more than 50 percent […]
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California Climate Rules Won’t be Undercut by Supreme Court’s Ruling, Experts Say
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision today to drastically limit the power of the federal Environmental Protection Agency to regulate planet-warming emissions upsets environmentalists, but experts say it doesn’t necessarily pose a threat to California’s ability to maintain its own stringent greenhouse gas reduction rules. The 6-3 vote in the West Virginia v. EPA decision marks […]
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County, Paz Dominguez Reach $100k Separation Agreement
The county of Humboldt and embattled county Auditor-Controller Karen Paz Dominguez have reached an agreement that has her stepping down effective July 1 and receiving a payment of just more than $92,000, including her salary and “payments in lieu of insurance benefits, and a flat amount of $15,000,” according to an announcement. A county news […]
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Deal is Close on Recycling California’s Plastic Trash
Deal or no deal? Most likely, deal. The California environmentalists who back a November ballot measure to reduce single-use plastics appear headed to withdrawing it just ahead of the Thursday deadline, following fierce negotiations with lawmakers and others on a bill that aims to achieve many of the same goals and that is supported by […]
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Climate-friendly Cement? California Takes on a High-Carbon Industry
Dust swirls in the air at a cement factory on the outskirts of Redding as mud-caked tires travel along a wide conveyor belt. The tires are carried up 90 feet into a smoldering-hot incinerator, where they’re used as fuel for firing a kiln. The massive, 2,700-degree kiln at the Martin Marietta, Inc. plant churns more […]