News Blog
/ By Jennifer Fumiko Cahill
(January 19, 2020)
If you've tuned in to Access Humboldt's channel 12 lately, you may have seen (or heard, if you listen to its radio station KZZH 96.7 FM at noon and 5...
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HumBug Online
/ By Anthony Westkamper
(January 19, 2020)
There have been five major mass extinction events in the fossil record. Some folks claim the human race is causing the sixth right now. Dumping massive amounts of greenhouse gasses, saturating...
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News Blog
/ By Thadeus Greenson
(January 17, 2020)
UPDATE: According to the Humboldt County Office of Emergency Services, PG&E has confirmed that the cause of this morning’s widespread power outage is a transmission line impacted by winter weather....
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News Blog
/ By David Wilson
(January 16, 2020)
Growing up, I didn’t think of Eureka as beautiful. Never mind that I was a kid, and what would I know about that? Maybe I simply wasn’t tapped in...
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News Blog
/ By Iridian Casarez
(January 15, 2020)
Despite continuous inquiries from news outlets and community members at city council meetings, the city of Arcata still has't received the $30,000 National Police Foundation review of the city's emergency...
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News Blog
/ By Kimberly Wear
(January 15, 2020)
A Eureka man was killed last night in a crash on the U.S. Highway 101 safety corridor. According to CHP, William Clymer, 42, was attempting to turn onto the Indianola...
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News Blog
/ By Judy Lin and Elizabeth Aguilera, CalMatters
(January 15, 2020)
In a bold strategy to drive down prescription drug prices, Gov. Gavin Newsom is proposing that California become the first state in the nation to establish its own generic drug...
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News Blog
/ By Elaine Weinreb
(January 13, 2020)
Dozens of people gathered in the rain at the Arcata Marsh on Saturday, Jan. 11, to view the highest tide of the year and listen to a discussion on how...
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News Blog
/ By Kimberly Wear
(January 13, 2020)
The destructive power of sneaker waves was on full display this past weekend, with a near miss at Moonstone Beach in Trinidad and a heartbreaking tragedy in Oregon, where two...
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HumBug Online
/ By Anthony Westkamper
(January 12, 2020)
Some experts assert that the most common lifestyle in nature is that of parasitism. (Read Rachel Nuwer's interview with ecologist Kevin Lafferty "Parasitism is the Most Popular Lifestyle on Earth" for...
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News Blog
/ By Kimberly Wear
(January 9, 2020)
The county of Humboldt is reminding travelers that there’s snow up in the mountains, including 4 inches of new snow on Titlow Hill Road — which is open to...
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News Blog
/ By Kimberly Wear
(January 9, 2020)
Ten years ago, at 4:27 p.m., the earth let loose a magnitude-6.5 earthquake — with much of the force directed at the city of Eureka — with a powerful...
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News Blog
/ By Kimberly Wear
(January 8, 2020)
UPDATE: Deputies have cleared the scene at Parkwood Boulevard. A Humboldt County Sheriff's Office release stated there is no "perceived threat to the public at this time." However, there...
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News Blog
/ By Kimberly Wear
(January 8, 2020)
The Eureka Police Department released new information today about two vehicles believed to have been involved in a Dec. 15 fatal hit and run on Broadway south of 14th Street....
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News Blog
/ By Kimberly Wear
(January 7, 2020)
Dean Lotter will be sworn in tonight as Eureka’s new city manager, the latest in a series of milestones for him in recent weeks, including moving into a new...
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News Blog
/ By Kym Kemp and Kimberly Wear
(January 7, 2020)
SECOND UPDATE: A postal worker reported the package, which was sitting under a stop sign inside a white plastic bag, just before 1 p.m. After advising local residents to...
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News Blog
/ By David Wilson
(January 7, 2020)
For years, driving by, I would see her lonely figure sitting on the bench. I never stopped, but in time I grew used to her presence there and I...
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What's Good
/ By Jennifer Fumiko Cahill
(January 6, 2020)
The incongruity of a Mexican restaurant on the grounds of a golf course lessens as you sit in a snug window booth at Cocina Mariposa (4750 Fairway Drive, Eureka), which...
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News Blog
/ By Kym Kemp and Kimberly Wear
(January 6, 2020)
SECOND UPDATE: A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter crew used “direction-finding radio” to locate debris from a sinking boat after receiving a distress call Sunday evening that guided rescuers to fishermen...
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News Blog
/ By Iridian Casarez
(January 5, 2020)
Stanley “Doc” Harris, a retired Humboldt State University wildlife professor, passed away Dec. 27. He was 91 years old. In addition to having inspired thousands of students, Harris helped...
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