Jadence Clifton Comes Forward
And a president’s address raises questions about who’s protected on a ‘campus filled with secrets’
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Jadence Clifton Comes Forward
Standing behind a podium in the Van Duzer Theatre, clad in a brown suit with a green and gold striped tie, President Tom Jackson Jr. was in the midst of delivering the first fall welcome address of the newly rebranded Cal Poly Humboldt’s young history. While the event opened with a multi-cultural performance by the…
Photos: Dia de los Muertos Celebration
Central del Pueblo, Cal Poly Humboldt El Centro Académico Cultural, Arcata Playhouse, Los Bagels and Arcata Main Street created a beautiful Dia de los Muertos Celebration on Sunday that began at Cal Poly Humboldt at 4 p.m., headed for a stop with members of Centro del Pueblo at the Jardín del Santuario (Sanctuary Garden) at 11th…
Universities Can’t Yank Financial Aid from Students Who Get Private Scholarships, New Law Says
As Dixie Samaniego prepared for her first semester at California State University Fullerton, she had one focus: finding a way to pay. “I knew that my family wasn’t going to be able to pay, or help in any way financially,” said Samaniego, now a senior, “so I started applying to scholarships everywhere.” As a low-income…
Kathryn (Johnita) Kern: 1928 to 2022
Johnita passed at the age of 93. She was born in Okaloosa, Iowa, to Homer and Ada Morrison. She moved with her family in 1936 to Eureka, California, where she attended Eureka City Schools. She met her first husband, Milard Olson, at a young age and moved to Los Angeles, California, where she had two…
Joyce Vivian Smith (Holt): 1943 to 2022
Joyce passed away at Especially You Care Home on Oct. 25, 2022, at age 79. For the last several years Joyce struggled with declining health due a diagnosis of Parkinson’s Disease. Despite her diagnosis, she lived her life to the fullest and continued to make friends until the very end. Joyce came into this world…
Remains Found in Rohner Park Identified as Missing Fortuna Resident
The Humboldt County Coroner’s Office has identified the remains found in Rohner Park last week as belonging to Fortuna resident Lewis William Leckliter III, who was last seen in August. He was 48. Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Samantha Karges told the Journal in an email that he was identified by a family member by…
Supes Decide Not to Censure Bushnell
The Humboldt County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday decided not to censure Supervisor Michelle Bushnell after an outside investigation found she mistreated an employee during a meeting last December, with several of her fellow board members citing the Second District representative’s efforts to address the situation, including attending trainings. In a 4-0 vote, with Bushnell…
Gerald (Jerry) Keith Miller: 1927 to 2022
Gerald (Jerry) Keith Miller passed away in his home surrounded by his family on Thursday, Oct. 20, at age 95. He is survived by his wife of 73 years, Glenda, four children, nine grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. Jerry was loved and respected by everyone who knew him. Jerry had an engaging way of speaking with…
Tela ‘Starhawk’ Juanita (Donahue): 1959 to 2022
Tela “Starhawk” Juanita (Donahue) Lake, 63, of Redding, California, passed away peacefully on Oct. 22. Youngest daughter and one of eight, she was a member of the Yurok Tribe and grew up in Del Norte County. Tela was a homemaker, author, medicine woman and Sundancer. She had a love for family: spending time together camping,…
Journal Flashback: Candy Corn Doesn’t Care if You Hate It
Editor’s note: In the spirit of Halloween, here’s a look back at an October of 2021 column on the potential joy of loving the much reviled treat of the season: candy corn. Enjoy! Candy corn is trash. Say it all you want; post it on every platform. Candy corn doesn’t give a giant gummy rat’s…
Supes to Consider Bushnell Censure
The Humboldt County Board of Supervisors is set Tuesday to consider the public censure of Supervisor Michelle Bushnell after an investigation sustained an allegation that the Second District representative mistreated a Planning Department staff member during a December of 2021 meeting. The staff report states the “board action is limited to public censure,” which would…
Halloween Forecast: Light Rain and Sneaker Waves
Halloween is almost here and rain is in the forecast. According to the Eureka office of the National Weather Service, a cold front will push through on the spookiest night of the year, bringing rain and nighttime temperatures in the 40s on the coast and inland, so bundle up. Sunset is set for 6:14 p.m.…
Deanna J. Thomson: 1943 to 2022
Deanna was a most wonderful friend and helpmate to her husband David during their 57 years of marriage. She was there to encourage him with a pat on the back (high back or low back, as appropriate). She was his rock of stability during difficult times. During their 21 years of active duty, U.S. Air…
NCJ Preview: CPH’s Title IX Trouble and a Busy Halloween
This week, we’re talking about Cal Poly Humboldt President Tom Jackson Jr.’s stunning comments about Title IX, the federal law requiring equal access to education. Those comments come as a former CPH student athlete is going through a Title IX process regarding her claim of sexual assault by her coach’s husband. We’ve also got the review…
CDC’s Move Paves Way for California to Require School COVID Vaccines — But Lawmakers Have Given Up for Now
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccination advisors voted last week to recommend all children get the COVID-19 vaccine, a move that does not change California’s list of vaccines required for children to attend school. The addition of the COVID-19 vaccine to the CDC’s recommended vaccines for kids is not a mandate for…
Lawrence ‘Larry’ Joseph Hourany: 1936 to 2022
We are sad to announce the passing of Lawrence “Larry” Joseph Hourany, PhD, of McKinleyville, California. Larry passed at the age of 86 years old on October 5, 2022, surrounded by his daughters, brothers and sisters. He passed away in the place he loved the most, Humboldt County. Larry was born in New York and…
Pamela Walsh Olson: 1946 to 2022
It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Pamela Walsh Olson, who passed away peacefully at home in Eureka on Sunday, September 25th, at the age of 76 after a short, courageous battle with cancer. Pam was born on July 27, 1946 in San Francisco and grew up in Eureka. She was…
Suspect Arrested in Fatal Hit and Run
A 29-year-old Arcata man has been arrested on suspicion of felony hit and run resulting in a death in connection with Wednesday’s early morning fatal collision on the 5000 block of Valley West Boulevard. According to an Arcata Police Department news release, Jose Luis Miranda-Osorio was identified as a suspect through video surveillance and witness…
Dana Quillman: Arcata City Council Candidate Questionnaire
Occupation: The main careers were as exercise instructor for 28 years and as a massage therapist for 24 years. I have also practiced astrology for the last 30 years. At this point in time I am only practicing astrology. Where did you grow up? Los Angeles, born and raised, until the age of 25. How…
Trouble on the Line: The Decision – Part 1
“Only men of the Eel River Line would railroad here: the ordinary railroad man would take one look, collect his pay and disappear to flatland railroading to seek a less adventurous form of employment.” – Donald D. Edmisten, Railroad Inspector for the Eureka Southern, 1989 It’s easy to look back and say, “What were they…
Brett Watson: Arcata City Council Candidate Questionnaire
Where did you grow up? Hemet, California. How long have you lived in Arcata? 12 years. Tell us a little about yourself, why you are running for a council seat, and what you can bring to the dais. I moved to Humboldt County in 2006 to attend Cal Poly Humboldt and to pursue my passions…
Halloween Poem
All Hallows Eve! The sun, Descending into a pyre of branches, becomes a Jack o’Lantern And, bidden, they spring up on the dark roads Steps, and windows across the dimming land. Look! Inferno is in their eyes. Irony is on their lipless, pillared grins. And see the Dead! Crouching like cats In the adjacent blackness,…
Kimberley White: Arcata City Council Candidate Questionnaire
Occupation: I am program coordinator and community organizer for CUNA (Comunidad Unida del Norte de Arcata/Community United of North Arcata), an Arcata Planning Commissioner, community advocate/volunteer, and mother of a teenage daughter. Please join our campaign at www.kimberleyforarcata.org . Where did you grow up? I had the privilege of growing up on the traditional lands…
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): “We must be willing to let go of the life we panned so as to have the life that is waiting for us.” Aries mythologist Joseph Campbell said that, and now I’m passing it on to you just in time for the Sacred Surrender Phase of your astrological cycle. Make sage…
Spookyville
Halloween tends to promote itself, even when it lands on a Monday, like in this wretched year. That’s just an invitation for a long weekend. I’ll probably go out, even though it’s the first day of the working week. I’m not too stressed about missing out on distributing candy, as I doubt that the forces…
Upper Trinity Closed to Taking Adult Kings
In a press release issued last week, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife projected the Upper Trinity River fall-run Chinook salmon quota would have been met as of 11:59 p.m. Friday, Oct. 21. This triggered the closure of the adult fall-run Chinook salmon fishery on the Trinity River from the Old Lewiston Bridge to…
Fun-Size: Arts! Arcata
Walking in chilly autumn darkness from storefront to dispersed storefront for Arts! Arcata last Friday night felt a little like trick-or-treating for art. The eclectic celebration produced little surprises behind each door. Music dominated visual art, though there was clear enthusiasm and investment among many shops about displaying artists’ work. The music of Caribbean Jazz…
Trinidad Arts Night
During this special bonus October costumed edition of Trinidad Arts Night, find opportunities for dance, art, food and music, including a Halloween themed “Dance Inferno” at Trinidad Town Hall with DJ Kev, face painting by Jade Empyrion, a Civic Club themed pop-up sale and Casandra Kelly’s Catering. The Eatery showcases Gyppo Mill Brewing with fish…
She Kills Monsters on a Quest at CPH
A brilliant theatrical script leaves room for designers to be bold in their decisions. And if you pair that with a raucous cast obviously enjoying themselves, an audience will share in the joy and overlook or even justify some imperfections. Qui Nguyen’s She Kills Monsters is that script and it is a pleasure to witness…
Witch-raft on the Bay
Despite a windy, rainy forecast again for this year’s third annual Witches Paddle on Humboldt Bay, an energetic coven of witches showed up with stand-up boards and paddles in hand to enjoy what turned out to be a breezy, sunny day. In addition, a quartet of witches showed up at the put-in boat ramp to…
What’s Good: A Pair of Fresh Starts in Eureka
Annie’s Cambodian Cuisine in Henderson More renovation has been afoot in Henderson Center at 2850 F St., where Annie’s Cambodian Cuisine has transplanted and transformed. The new spot, formerly Le Monde and then Manzanilla, boasts an airier, more upscale dining room than its former home in a run-down building on Fifth Street, now slated for…
V/H/S/99 Hits Rewind
V/H/S/99. The year 1999 was a noisy, notable one for movies — it can be marked as the year the movie industry and probably the expectations of audiences at large changed forever, maybe not for the better. After an excruciatingly protracted, admittedly revolutionary advertising campaign, in July of that year, we were finally granted access…
‘Truly Immeasurable’
Editor: Sara Bareilles and the city of Eureka gave a precious, priceless gift to our community (“Unbelievable,” Oct. 20). Behind-the scenes and literal nuts, bolts, wiring, security, ticketing, set-up and clean-up is beyond imagination. What is truly immeasurable, is how Sara’s positive-energy, music and superlative talent reached the core of people, families and community. It…
Two Seats, Six Candidates
The two successful candidates in the November race for the Arcata City Council will take on their four-year terms during a transformative time for the city, with the Gateway Area Plan winding its way through the review process and Cal Poly Humboldt moving forward with expansion plans, including a major influx of students. Arcata voters’…
‘A Major Concern’
Editor: Humboldt’s pristine redwood groves, flowing rivers, and impressive coastline are major factors contributing to why we choose to live here. As you may know, on Dec. 6 two major offshore tracts will be offered for lease, extending from north of Trinidad to south of Eureka (“Interior to Open Offshore Wind Comment Period Next Week,”…
Raelina Krikston: Arcata City Council Candidate Questionnaire
Occupation: Business Owner / Creative Director Where did you grow up? Aurora, Colorado. How long have you lived in Arcata? Since 2020 and in Humboldt since 2016. I could never afford to live in Arcata if it wasn’t for my partner and I moving in together at the beginning of the pandemic. Tell us a…
Vote!
Editor: Vote yes on Measure M in Arcata. Let’s fly the Earth flag at the top of city-owned flagpoles. Flags are symbols. Flying the Earth flag at the top is logical. The Earth includes our nation and our state. Climate change is real. The needs of the Earth come first. We can only have a…
Meredith Matthews: Arcata City Council Candidate Questionnaire
Occupation: Administrative Specialist at Redwood Coast Energy Authority, City Council member (appointed incumbent). Where did you grow up? Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. How long have you lived in Arcata? Since 2016. Tell us a little about yourself, why you are running for a council seat and what you can bring to the dais. I am an administrative…
Clarification
A story headlined “‘Unbelievable'” in the Oct. 20, 2022, edition of the North Coast Journal misattributed the songwriting credit for “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman.” The song was written by Carole King and Gerry Goffin for Aretha Franklin. The Journal regrets any confusion.
