Note: Names have been changed to protect the privacy of embarrassed furballs. On a chilly Sunday morning we noticed a young couple pacing up and down as they scanned for something. “Our cat is missing,” they said. The distraught couple were camping at Clam Beach and their kitty, whom I will call Pretty Boy, went […]
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David’s Chair Blazes Accessible Trails in Prairie Creek Redwoods
Wheelchair access is hard enough to find in our paved world. A park trail threading its way through 1,000-year-old evergreen conifers presents countless obstacles that can keep those with mobility issues from fully enjoying Humboldt’s old growth forests. Fortunately, as time passes, more barriers fall by the wayside. And what better time than a centennial […]
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Driving with My Father
To give my brother and his wife a break, I take my 97-year-old, Alzheimer’s riddled dad for a couple of days every month. By mid-morning, I’m stir-crazy and Dad is getting antsy. So, the days go something like this: “Hey Dad, it’s Sunday, how about a drive?” Never mind that yesterday was Sunday and tomorrow […]
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Get Out into the Fog
If someone had told me 20 years ago that I would come to love fog, to find solace in its soft and moist embrace, I would have dismissed the prediction. As a young adult, for 10 years I lived in Milan, which is located in the Po River Valley, land of impenetrable fog. During the […]
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Nightwalkers
I am a child of the night, daughter of a third-shifter dad who had a penchant for 2 a.m. sky watching. The feel of night is different in unexplainable ways, more so in big cities, like where I grew up — block after block of hushed porches and weak nightlights painted to the tune of […]
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Vehicle Fire on Southbound 101 Near Clam Beach
A Subaru stationwagon is engulfed in flames on southbound Hwy 101 near Clam Beach north of McKinleyville as of 2:55 p.m. Southbound traffic is impacted. Please avoid the area if possible. Please remember that information gathered from initial reports is subject to revision as more facts become available.
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Clam Beach to Offer Free Beach Wheelchairs
Starting Aug. 1, visitors to Clam Beach with mobility challenges will have free access to two new beach wheelchairs, according to a Humboldt County press release. Beach wheelchairs feature large, wide wheels that can effectively roll across sand. Although some are motorized (and therefore self-propelled), these require the user to be accompanied by an attendant […]
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THIRD UPDATE: Pedestrian Killed in 101 Hit and Run ID
THIRD UPDATE: The Humboldt County Coroner’s Office has identified the pedestrian killed May 5 on U.S. Highway 101 north of the airport as McKinleyville resident Ralph Pak Summers. He was 49. CHP Officer Cy May said the case is active and the agency is “following up on some pretty good investigative leads.” He says investigators […]
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Clamming: A Photo Essay by Mark Larson
Our recent very high king tides also brought some very low tides to the North Coast – and low tides this time of year mean fans of razor clams head to Clam Beach south of Trinidad. My first introduction as a child to eating seafood was my Aunt Sara’s clam chowder, made with razor clams […]
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A Goosenecking Sight at Clam Beach
I suspect I’m not the only Humboldt-er who finds myself meandering down the beach keeping a gentle eye out for seafaring debris from Japan’s 2011 tsunami – you know, a skiff, a soccer ball, perhaps a motorcycle? It’s fascinating to think these wayward objects, gone astray in the midst of one of this century’s worst […]
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Return of Siliqua patula
Last week, anytime between Tuesday and Saturday, if you’d wandered over to Clam Beach in the early morning you might have felt as if you’d also wandered back in time. The shoreline teemed with clam diggers — a spread-out crowd of them near the Little River Beach parking area and others down near the Clam […]