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 […]
Eureka
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Tourist Trap
Hipsters, pack your bags. Eureka might be too mainstream for you now. The July-August issue of the American Automobile Association’s Via magazine features seven highlights from the “vibrant Northern California seaport, famed for teeming fisheries and towering redwood forests.” Carson Mansion, the Hikshari’ Trail, Samoa Cookhouse, Sequoia Park Zoo, Living the Dream Ice Cream, Humboldt […]
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Care Home Operator Appeals Suspension
The operator of Chamberlain’s Residential Care Facility in Eureka is appealing the state’s decision to shut the home down last month and issue a temporary suspension of her license. The suspension will be permanent if the order prevails in court. The state’s order alleged that operator Gina Chamberlain violated numerous health and safety codes, including instances (specifically […]
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A Councilman’s ‘Dying Declaration’
In what appears to be a sworn declaration signed less than a month before he died, former Eureka City Councilman Lance Madsen claims Eureka City Attorney Cyndy Day-Wilson lied to him and tried to get another city hall employee to do the same in an effort to cover up her allegedly distributing a confidential and […]
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Driller Sues Eureka
Apex Directional Drilling, the company that earlier this year abruptly halted work on part of the Martin Slough Interceptor, a massive sewer system upgrade, is suing the City of Eureka for upwards of $6,280,000, according to a complaint filed May 23 in Humboldt County Superior Court. The complaint alleges breach of contract for construction of […]
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New Subversive Graffiti Stickers Popping Up
Remember those “Eureka Stinks” stickers and T-shirts? (This shirt collector has one featured on his Tumblr.) Well, without that pulp mill smokestack to befoul the city’s air, there’s less motivation for malodorous maligning of the city. Perhaps, with election season sharpening every flaw in the city’s facade, a message like this — reserved, but embracing — […]
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Humlandia
Our hearty rhododendrons lack the delicate grace of Portland‘s famed roses; Eureka’s bridges are fewer in number — and much less spectacular — than the spans that etch the skies of the Rose City. Portland’s Mount Hood offers killer skiing an hour away from downtown; our nearest source of powder is Mount Shasta, a four-hour […]
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Council Meeting Prayers OK with SCOTUS
Despite a U.S. Supreme Court ruling earlier this week upholding a town in upstate New York’s right to open its public meetings with a prayer, a local attorney is moving forward with his case alleging the Eureka City Council violated the law when doing the same. Eureka attorney Peter Martin brought the suit last year on behalf […]
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There’s No Place Like Humboldt: Fourth Coming
Humboldt’s 4th District is the county’s most compact in stature. Wrapping around much of Eureka, up to the Indianola Cutoff and across the bay to Samoa and Fairhaven, the district encompasses Humboldt County’s largest urban area, as well as the county seat. While the district shares similar challenges with the rest of the county, some […]
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(UPDATED) Martin Movement
UPDATE: Contract approved! —- The Eureka City Council is holding a special session at 11 a.m. Tuesday (April 29) to consider a contract with Eureka-based Wahlund Construction to complete part of the Martin Slough Interceptor Project — that long-in-the-making streamlining of pipes taking Eureka’s sewage to Elk River Wastewater Treatment Plant by Humboldt Bay. No, […]
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Wrecked Ship Was Eureka-Bound
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has located the sunken wreckage of the City of Chester, a passenger steamer that’s lain underwater near the Golden Gate Bridge for 126 years. “The 202-foot long steamship City of Chester had just left San Francisco and was headed up the California coast to Eureka with 90 passengers on […]
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St. Joes Service Workers Vote Union
Service workers at St. Joseph Hospital in Eureka have voted 149 to 74 to join the National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW), with 223 of the 227 eligible bargaining unit members voting. The ballots were counted Friday, April 18. The workers voting for representation include nursing assistants, housekeepers, monitor technicians, cafeteria workers, operating room aides […]