Eureka Mayor Susan Seaman has released a public service announcement updating the community on the city’s efforts to care for its homeless residents amid the COVID-19 outbreak in Humboldt County. In it, she announces a number of new services and protocols, and says the Eureka Police Department recently gave 500 N95 masks, which are in […]
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Young Mother Dies, Infant Uninjured After being Hit on Broadway
A 25- year-old mother is dead after being hit by a car late Saturday night while pushing her infant in a stroller on Broadway in Eureka. The child was not injured. According to a Eureka Police Department release, the incident took place just around 11:45 p.m., when Kelsey Diffin was apparently pushing her child across […]
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North Coast Night Lights: Art Utility Boxes of Eureka: Marine Life Triptych
Wintertime has dampened my nighttime roaming and kept my photography a little closer to home of late. But as a famous photographer once said, though I can’t recall who it was, and I’m afraid I must paraphrase, “You can find plenty of beauty to photograph right in your own backyard.” That idea has stuck with […]
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‘Tarnished’
It was about 1 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 22, 2014, and then Eureka Police Sgt. Brian Stephens was in the briefing room at the department’s headquarters on C Street when one of his officers approached, saying he needed to notify him — his supervisor — of an off-duty incident the week before. What followed was […]
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North Coast Night Lights: Harry the Honorable Hound Dog
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 to the art scene, I don’t know, but I don’t recall driving down the street and seeing so many interesting art pieces, or art being as […]
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Eureka Man Killed in 101 Crash
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 Cutoff from the southbound lanes when his GMC Jimmy was hit on the passenger side by a vehicle traveling northbound and overturned. Emergency personnel responded […]
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NWS is Looking for Snow Reports
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 the towers — and 2 inches of new snow on Bald Hills Road. Drivers are being advised to carry chains. Meanwhile, the Eureka office of the […]
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10 Years Later: The Earthquake of 2010 (With Video)
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 ferocity that shook the ground and people’s nerves. Thousands in Humboldt County lost power after the temblor hit and nearly 500 structures, including the historic Old Town Bar […]
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North Coast Night Lights: Vacancy at 4th & E Streets, Eureka
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 would look to touch base visually when I passed. Huddled inward and completely covered, she had erected a shell between herself and the outside world, perhaps […]
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Eureka’s ‘Moonshot’ Program Aims High
In an effort to draw new businesses and industries into Eureka, the city is taking a giant leap with the so-called “Moonshot” program, the basic premise of which is thinking big — really big — when it comes to drumming up interest. The idea is to set aside possible limitations and start “shooting for the […]
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High Tides, Stormy Weather on Tap for Thanksgiving Week
Extremely high tides and stormy weather are set for the week of Thanksgiving, according to the National Weather Service office in Eureka. Tides ranging from 7.9 feet to more than 8 feet will arrive from Sunday to Thursday, which — combined with elevated surf and southerly winds — could result in “some minor coast flooding,” […]
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North Coast Night Lights: Lights Out in Eureka During the PSPS of 10/27/19
When the PG&G Public Safety Power Shutoff of Oct. 27 cast its shadow on Humboldt County, the chance to explore Eureka in light of the unusual darkness was irresistible. Just 16 days earlier I’d had the opportunity to traipse around a darkened Arcata and capture some unusual images of the city under the light of […]