What appears to be an adult mountain lion took a stroll through a Bayside neighborhood this afternoon and even relaxed a bit on one woman’s porch. “We saw it around 2 o’clock,” said Portia Herger, who lives with her housemates off Bayside Road, which she describes as “pretty busy.” “My housemate saw it first and […]
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North Coast Night Lights: Tule Fog on Humboldt Bay
Apparently, the term “tule fog” is specific to a particular seasonal low fog in the Central Valley, but we sometimes see a similar blanket of ground fog around the lowlands and bottoms of coastal northern Humboldt County. Low and mysterious, the veil of mist hugs the contours, it pools in pockets and reduces visibility to […]
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A Community Remembers Bill Thompson
Bill Thompson was a man of love, compassion and a commitment to peace that never wavered in his later years. Born in San Francisco on May 28, 1929, Thompson died at his Bayside home on Dec. 24 at the age of 89. He graduated from Vista High School in Southern California and went on to […]
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Pedestrian Killed in Private Driveway Accident
A pedestrian was killed in Bayside on Friday evening when she reportedly tried to grab onto a pickup truck on a private driveway. The California Highway Patrol is withholding the identity of the 5o-year-old Bayside woman was was killed until her family can be notified. According to the CHP, a 53-year-old Bayside man was driving […]
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Child Welfare Call Leads to Bayside Hash Lab
A call for a child welfare check led to the discovery of a butane hash lab operating in a Bayside home where 800 pounds of marijuana trim and bud were discovered along with 69 pounds of hash oil, according to the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office. After deputies arrived at the home on the 1400 block […]
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Look, an LFL!
That’s a “Little Free Library” to the uninitiated. And, according to our very own master of the field notes, Journal contributor Barry Evans, there’s a new one in town. Evans and his wife, Louisa Rogers, are in fact responsible for the thing, which resides on the Snug Alley backside of the Redwood Curtain Theatre. But […]
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Brookwood Covered Bridge Saved, For Now
One of Humboldt County’s few wooden covered bridges got a pardon this week, as the county abandoned plans to replace the bridge with a modern, two-lane, concrete or steel span. Maintenance of the existing bridge is expected to cost the county $400,000. The Brookwood Covered Bridge, which crosses Jacoby Creek in Bayside, allows access to […]