Homeless State University
HSU’s enrollment push collides with Humboldt’s housing crunch, leaving students in the lurch
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Homeless State University
Squeezed into one room at the Eureka Econo Lodge with her partner, baby and two dogs was the last place Chante Marie Catt thought she would be living when she moved to Humboldt County from Redding to finish her education. “I feel like I failed my family,” said the 37-year-old Humboldt State University sociology major.…
UPDATED: Five Arrests in Manila Homicide
4th UPDATE: The last two suspects in the shooting death of Tyson Claros, 20, turned themselves in to the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office on Sunday evening. According to a news release from the sheriff’s office, Hector Godoy-Standley and Catherine Fode are each being held on $1 million bail. Three other suspects were previously arrested in…
UPDATED: One Time at Band Camp
UPDATE: The Humboldt State Lumberjack’s only learned the allegations that led to the band’s suspension through a university press release, according to a statement issued Friday. The Lumberjacks claim university “representatives” have failed to respond to requests from band leadership for details regarding the allegations facing the band, which include boozing it up, graffiti and…
Dirty, Trashy Arcata
This past week saw two major milestones for Arcata consumers. First, as of midnight on Friday, the independent Arcata Garbage Company officially passed into the hands of Recology Humboldt, which provides trash services for several other Humboldt cities. The parent company, Recology, has become a West Coast behemoth, with resource recovery companies in California, Oregon…
Huffman Introduces ‘One President at a Time Act’
With a little over one month left until President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration, North Coast Congressman Jared Huffman has introduced the “One President at a Time Act.” The legislation would amend the 1799 Logan Act, a federal statute that prohibits private citizens from engaging in foreign relations, to “ensure that U.S. foreign policy is conducted only…
EPD Identifies Officers Involved in Downtown Shooting
The Eureka Police Department has identified the four officers who combined to fire more than 40 bullets during a Dec. 6 pursuit through Eureka that left a 26-year-old suspect with a non-fatal gunshot wound to the chest. The suspect, Clayton Lee Lasinski, was armed with a .45 caliber handgun during the pursuit, but appears not…
Victim ID’d: EPD Investigating ‘Suspicious Death’
2nd UPDATE: The deceased has been identified as Jennika Lee Suazo, a student at Zoe Barnum High School. Friends of Suazo have announced via her Facebook page that there will be a ceremony for her at the Adorni Center at 5 p.m. tomorrow. A quote on Suazo’s Facebook page includes the words, “Relax, you’ll graduate, you’ll…
EPD Chief: Officers Fired More Than 40 Shots in Tuesday’s Pursuit
Amid the chaotic foot pursuit in downtown Eureka Tuesday evening that ended with 26-year-old Clayton Lee Lasinski shot once in the chest, officers fired more than 40 shots, Eureka Police Chief Andrew Mills confirmed to the Journal. Lasinski remains hospitalized, but is expected to survive. No officers were injured in the incident, and Mills also…
Christmas Brass Band Saturdays
No sound embodies Christmas more than brass instruments playing traditional carols. Treat yourself to trumpets heralding in the season with Christmas Brass Bands (saxophone quartet and a brass ensemble) strolling Ferndale Main Street, Saturdays, Dec. 10 and 17 from 2-4 p.m. (free). Music to your ears.
Wake-up Call: 6.5 Quake a Reminder to Prepare
Today’s magnitude-6.5 quake centered 100 miles off the coast of Ferndale has already produced a trio of aftershocks and more are likely to follow in the weeks to come, earthquake experts note. The 6:50 a.m. quake was caused by an east-west strike slip on the Mendocino fault, which runs along the boundary of the Pacific…
Holiday Castles and Craft Market
Kids can create delicious and fun holiday decorations at Holiday Castles and Graham Cracker Houses on Saturday, Dec. 10 at the Arcata Community Center from 10:30 a.m. to noon for ages 4-6 and 1 to 2:30 p.m. for ages 7-10 ($15/$20 non Arcata residents). Meanwhile, parents browse the Holiday Craft Market from 10 a.m. to…
Black & White Ocean Night
What happens when ocean lovers get swanky? They throw a holiday party and year in review, call it Black & White Ocean Night and invite the public to party with them. Join Surfrider Humboldt, Northcoast Environmental Center and Humboldt Baykeeper on Saturday, Dec. 10 from 6:30 to 10 p.m. at the Arcata Theatre Lounge for…
Bright Lights, Little Cities
Holiday time is the Season of Light. As the days grow darker, we turn to the comfort and tradition of Christmas lights, menorahs, yule logs and other symbolic sources to keep peace, love and hope alive in our hearts. Towns throughout Humboldt have their own special ways of making things merry and bright. Catch some…
Sugar Plum Visions and Peppermint Dreams
‘Twas the month of December and all through the counties, dance troupes were rehearsing their Claras and mousies. I’ll stop right there. In dance circles, December means one thing: Nutcracker time! There are a few festive versions of the classic ballet coming to magical life this month and we’re shining our spotlight on one this…
Merry Christmas, Ya Filthy Animal
Reviews The only things kicking off at the movie house this past weekend were Incarnate and Believe, the former about a scientist inhabiting the mind of a boy possessed by a demon, the latter about faith and a Christmas pageant prevailing in difficult economic times. Granted, I’ve been an advocate for both horror and Christmas…
Hmbldt’s Invention
In case you missed it, Time Magazine recently included a vape pen in its “25 Best Inventions of 2016.” If this is big news through the cannabis world, it’s bigger news here, as the company bears our name — albeit a vowel-averse version — and comes filled with an oil concentrated from marijuana grown on…
Continued Fallout
Editor: The Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), has been working for peace worldwide since 1915. We condemn any violence and hate toward any human being and the Earth. I am president of the Humboldt branch of WILPF and send this letter written by the branch. We are concerned about the turbulence the…
Hamilton and Kennedy
Editor: Now that people have either seen or heard about the play Hamilton, they’re deemed instant experts — they now know everything that matters about American history. Perhaps these same experts should look into the 1960 election when JFK won by the narrowest of margins. Later, stories surfaced that his father, Joe Kennedy, had bought…
Pipeline Primer
Editor: A friend told me that he found the various reports on the Dakota Access Pipeline at Standing Rock confusing (“We Travel in a Spiritual Way,” Nov. 10). For me, the key deciding points are: The 1851 Fort Laramie Treaty set this land north of the present-day reservation as belonging to the native tribes, with…
‘Disgusting’
Editor: Joe Solmonson (Mailbox, Dec. 1) complains about the Nov. 24 Flash Fiction entry that contained the “disgusting” phrase, “with a cock tight in his ass he lost his virginity.” Gee, if it’s so disgusting why did he repeat it? Oops, now I’ve done it! Anyone want to try for a fourth time? Gerald Spellenberg, McKinleyville Editor: The…
Fairytales and Nightmares
Pantomime evolved from the Italian commedia dell’arte into a peculiarly English theatrical style that takes a well-known folk tale and adds cross-dressing actors, slapstick, musical interludes and audience participation — think Benny Hill without the sexual innuendo. It’s a Christmas tradition I grew up with, so I was delighted that fellow Brit and (appropriately) Dell’Arte…
Season’s Greetings for the Garden
Take a look at your garden right now. Do you like what you see? Creating gardens that are attractive in all four seasons is one of the goals of landscape design. Spring, summer, and fall are no-brainers for most gardeners, but winter can be a challenge. Here are some techniques to consider. Develop Good Bones…
Power, Prayer and Politics
Screams of victory erupted on Sunday afternoon at Oceti Sakowin Camp near Cannon Ball, North Dakota, after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced it will not grant an easement for the Dakota Access Pipeline to be constructed under Lake Oahe on the Missouri River. Although thousands of self-described “water protectors” from around the world…
Shelf Life
Here they come, Shuffling between Expiration dates. Moving in and out Because they can. Ants everywhere, After the crumbs Tucked in corners No one can see, Until they arrive. Happy Holidays!
Art is Alive
Thursday It’s almost guaranteed that if you show up to the Mad River Brewery Tap Room during the evening, you’ll recognize someone you know either at the bar or out under a heater checking out the live music. This will be true tonight but you’ll doubly recognize MRB employees taking a break from serving you…
Spoiled for Bread
Maybe because I bake bread so much, friends give me cookbooks about it. I just pulled one of them off the shelf that has nearly 200 recipes. I just use one way but it’s really good and I’ve used it for years. There is something indelibly special about your own bread just out of the…
Holiday Arts! Arcata
Arts! Arcata is Arcata Main Street’s monthly celebration of visual and performing arts, held at locations in Arcata. Visit www.facebook.com/artsarcata for more information or call 822-4500. Downtown Arcata will be aglow with holiday sights, sounds, and good cheer for Arts Arcata!. Arcata Main Street is providing free horse-drawn carriage rides around the plaza. Community Caroling…
Studio Space
If you missed the annual open studio event at Arcata’s StewART studio spaces last week featured new and in-progress paintings, prints and drawings by Carol Andersen, Joyce Jonté, Patricia Sennott, Laura Corsiglia and Peter Lisle, don’t worry. The artists’ work is available for viewing by appointment through next month. Sennott’s studies of flora and fauna…
We’re All Above Average
Most of us consider ourselves better and smarter than average. According to sociologists who study “illusory superiority,” 94 percent of U.S. college professors rate themselves superior to their colleagues, while 87 percent of Stanford MBA students think their academic performance is above the median, and 80 percent of us think of ourselves as better drivers…
