In an effort to make one of those yucky housecleaning tasks a tad more interesting, I decided to check out the dead bugs in my kitchen light fixture before feeding them to my goldfish. In the past I’ve found millipedes and, once upon a time, even a potato bug (Jerusalem cricket). How that got up […]
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HumBug: Blooming too Early or Bugs too Late?
Despite the weather lately, spring is happening, at least in the plant world. Last night on a walk, I saw fetid adder’s tongue (aka “brownies,” aka Scoliopus bigelovi), and Indian plum (Oemleria cerasiformis) and a patch of naturalized daffodils, all in bloom. Along with brilliant yellow acacia and the pink and white fruit trees along […]
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North Coast Night Light: Freshwater Lagoon
Sometimes a creative urge will drive me nutty unless I can find a way to make something. I’m an artist but I am only interested in one medium: photography, which of course includes working with photos after taking the picture, whether with current digital tools or in the darkrooms of old as I started out. […]
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Hello there, Super Snow Moon
Move over Super Blood Wolf Moon, it’s the Super Snow Moon’s turn to shine. Sure it’s not as snazzy a name and Tuesday’s moon lacks that added je ne sais quoi of a lunar eclipse, but the celestial orb will “look extremely large when it rises and sets,” according to NASA, the result of an […]
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Remains Found by the Eel River in 2016 Identified
When George Preston Daniels didn’t show up at the Humboldt County Courthouse on March 24, 2016, for charges stemming from what authorities said they believed was a marijuana rip-off, he became a wanted man. But, most likely, he was already dead. The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office confirmed today that remains found along the Eel River […]
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UPDATE: Wind Gusts Could Reach 50 MPH This Afternoon, Slide Closes 36
UPDATE: Caltrans has updated that State Route 36 is open to one-way controlled traffic. PREVIOUS: Humboldt County will continue to see rain, wind and mountain snow for the next week, according to the Eureka office of the National Weather service, which reports a forecast of “multiple rounds” of an “active and wet pattern.” A wind […]
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Storm Update: Flood Watch for SoHum, Eel River; Wind Advisory on the Coast
The Eureka office of the National Weather Service has issued a wind advisory for the Humboldt and Mendocino coasts from 8 p.m. Tuesday to 3 p.m. Wednesday as another storm system rolls through the region bringing “heavy rain, gusty winds, and mountain snow.” Flood watches are also in effect for Southern Humboldt and Mendocino County […]
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Massive Fish Farm Proposed for Pulp Mill Site (Video)
The Humboldt Bay Harbor, Recreation and Conservation District and Norwegian company Nordic Aquafarms are set to formally sign a lease Monday for the development of a massive fish farm at the former Samoa Pulp Mill. According to the harbor district, the project will include “the removal of all remaining deteriorating buildings and unutilized infrastructure” at […]
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New Funding Sought for Last Chance Grade
More funding could be coming to the help fix the 3-mile-long stretch of U.S. Highway 101 in Del Norte County known as Last Chance Grade in the race to ward off the billion dollar economic loss a catastrophic failure could cost. Connecting California’s northern coastal reaches to the rest of the state, the roadway is […]
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Steps Made to Protect the Klamath Spring Run Chinook
A first step in protecting Klamath–Trinity spring run Chinook as a separate species took place this week with the California Fish and Game Commission making the fish a candidate for an endangered species listing in the state. According to a release from the Karuk Tribe and the Salmon River Restoration Council, a final decision will […]
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SECOND UPDATE: 4.4 Quake Hits East of Blue Lake
This morning’s earthquake was a magnitude-4.4 that struck east of Blue Lake, according to the USGS. The 10:23 a.m. temblor follows a swarm of quakes that have hit off the coast since Friday while two more unrelated seismic events occurred in Cutten on Monday. The largest of the swarm was a magnitude-4.5 that hit on […]
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HumBug: Archaeognatha
When I set out to take a couple of photos of the jumping bristletails on the back of my garage, I was not prepared for what I got. They’re interesting for being such an old order. The name Archaeognatha means “ancient jaw.” This refers to the primitive structure of their jaw. Jumping bristletails are one […]