Residents of the 18 units of the Aiy-yu-kwee Mobile Home Park on the territory of the Blue Lake Rancheria received letters yesterday from the rancheria announcing that there may be potential buyers for their trailers. Home owner Susie Holderman talked to Blue Lake Rancheria Tribal Administrator Arla Ramsey this morning and, though interactions with the […]
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December Humboldt Economic Index
Just published . This month the Composite Index dropped under 100 for the first time since January 1997. The Index stands at 99.9 — a 5.2% drop from last month. With two or three leading indicators showing signs of slowing accompanied with a decline in all sectors for which data were available, the Humboldt County […]
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Ouch
The November 2007 issue of the Humboldt Economic Index is out. The above graph represents seasonally-adjusted lumber production in the county — 55 percent of total manufacturing employment, according to the Index’s authors. And slipping rapidly, apparently. In other Economic Index news: Home prices continue to drop , though home sales rallied somewhat.
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Food Safety Alert! Metromint Flavor Water!
This just in from the Co-op folks: December 6, 2007 The North Coast Co-op has received notification from the FDA and the California Department of Public Health that Soma Beverage of San Francisco is recalling its Metromint Flavor Water with Best Before 2008/12/21 due to possible Bacillus cereus contamination. Bacillus cereus is an agent of […]
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Eureka Books: Sold!
It could have been a real tragedy for Eureka intellectual life, but what a happy ending! Eureka Books, an indispensable Old Town institution, has been bought by two of the bookiest people we know: Scott Brown, editor of Fine Books & Collections magazine and pinch-hitting columnist , and Amy Stewart, celebrated author and Journal gardening […]
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Muddy’s Hot Cup gets quieter
This official announcement (from Muddy’s Hot Cup) came in Tuesday morning. Look for further details in the Hum this week. – Bob December 4, 2007 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: No More Music at Muddy’s — Again? Live entertainment at Muddy’s Hot Cup of Northtown is cancelled until further notice. In a hearing with the department of […]
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Can Indonesia Save the Bay?
The Eureka Reporter seems to think so. In today’s paper, they give front-page coverage to a meeting that took place yesterday between Deddy Saiful Hadi, head of Chancery/Consul for Economics with the Consulate General of the Republic of Indonesia, and the City of Eureka. According to the report, the meeting was a success. Hadi, unprompted, […]
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More Ferndalian psychotherapy
If Freud had a psychotherapy practice in Ferndale — that is if he could get one — he might notice how fixated the town folk are on their very tall, living Christmas tree. He might think nothing of it. After all, sometimes a Christmas tree is just a Christmas tree. But then again, Ferndale has […]
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The Ferndale update…
Psychotherapist Stuart Altschuler is going back to the Ferndale City Council for a second round of verbal jousting. Altschuler was recently denied a permit for his home-based psychotherapy office. However, it might be an uphill battle since “The decision of the City Council upon an appeal is final and conclusive as to all things involved […]
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Co-op Controversy on KMUD
Self-proclaimed ” militant, yet peaceful, non-violent revolutionary vegan” activist Martha Devine aka Granny Green Genes writes alerting us to a segment on tonight’s 6 p.m. KMUD news (Halloween edition) on the “Co-op Controversy,” featuring interviews with Dana Silvernale, Co-op activist and Humboldt County Green Party Chair and Co-op Interim General Manager Howard Julien addressing, as […]