UPDATE 3:35 p.m.: Lt. Murl Harpham of the Eureka Police Department responds to the “moments that deserve further explanation.” Plus, an apology from this reporter after the break. Access Humboldt today posted this video, which shows footage from the rally that took place Monday outside the Eureka offices of Caltrans in protest of the planned […]
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Richardson Grove Protesters Rally at Eureka CalTrans Office
More than 100 protesters gathered this afternoon outside the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) District 1 office in Eureka to voice their opposition to the Richardson Grove Improvement Project. The project, which has already received environmental approvals, would remove several trees along Hwy. 101 through Richardson Grove State Park to facilitate a road realignment. The […]
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Ta ta, Mother Humboldt
Yellow is for our Sun Blue is for our Sky and Water Green is for our Forests and Environment Brown is for our Earth and Meadows Well, heck, we’ve got an update already to this week’s news story about some discontented Southern Humboldters and their efforts to grab the reins of their wayward economic and […]
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The Mad As Hell Doctors Are Coming
When TV newscaster Howard Beale stands up in the 1976 film Network and yells, “I’m as mad as hell, and I’m not going to take this anymore!” it propels him into the role of a proselytizing demagogue — a half-mad sage who dares to speak the truth about a hypocritical and irrational world. His manic […]
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Extra Sunny Fortuna
Remember Janelle Egger? You know, the Fortuna resident whose attempts to find out more about her city government’s plans to build a new water tank turned into a Kafkaesque quest and public records lawsuit against the city? Well, with the help of Access Humboldt’s citizen-production services, she’s made a documentary of the saga: “Boondoggle in […]
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In the Ocean, For the Oceans
Margo Pellegrino is a 43-year old mother who wants to draw attention to the plight of the world’s oceans by making long-distance paddles down the coastline of the U.S., calling out to communities on the way to highlight critical ocean concerns. These include the impact of dumping sewage, fertilizers and plastics; of overfishing; and the […]
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PETA Asks Eureka to Ban Horse-Drawn Carriages [Updated]
Responding to last weekend’s carriage ride accident in Old Town Eureka, the activist group PETA, or People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, this morning sent an “urgent letter” to Eureka Mayor Virginia Bass and the Eureka City Council calling on them to ban horse-drawn carriages in the city. “Forcing horses to pull heavy loads […]
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Hark, Another Pulp Mill Lawsuit
Just as Bob Simpson and his Freshwater Pulp partners have crept a bit closer to their pulp mill-revival dream, here comes a new whuppin’, of sorts, from CATs — the Eureka-based org helmed by toxics warrior Patty Clary — and company. OK, it’s delivered to the EPA. And it’s regarding all kraft pulp mills. From […]
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Scenes From Tribes’ MLPA Protest
Big rigs, many of them empty log trucks, blared support as they passed the 25 or so protesters, most from local tribes, gathered on both sides of Highway 101 Tuesday afternoon in front of the Red Lion Hotel in Eureka. Inside the Red Lion, the California Marine Life Protection Act Initiative Master Plan Science Advisory […]
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Grovies: CALL TO ARMS
It is ON, says Grovie organizer Jeff Muskrat in an e-mail call to arms that came across our desk today. Muskrat says that trees are already being felled in preparation for the Richardson Grove project; he’s forecasting direct action starting Memorial Day weekend. !RICHARDSON GROVE ACTION ALERT! The environmentalists’ last stand? I’m forwarding this to […]
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‘Don’t Tax Me, Bro!’
So reads one of the many picket signs on display at the county courthouse this afternoon as a mass of Humboldt Tea Party Patriots gathered for one of many tax day rallies nationwide. Our man Andrew Goff is in the field and submitted this vid of the launch. Goff estimated the crowd at approximately 250. […]