Update: All charges against Elise Gerhart have been dismissed and her arrest record expunged based on a Nov. 4 order from Humboldt County Superior Court Judge Marilyn Miles that deemed Gerhart factually innocent in the case. Update: Arrest records posted this morning by the Lost Coast Outpost show that the Eureka Police Department did in […]
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Update: Eureka Manager Bill Panos Submits Resignation
Update: Panos issued a addressing his resignation, writing in it, “I have enjoyed working with the Council and senior leadership team. The City of Eureka has embarked on a new strategy with a reenergized organization.” Previously: Bill Panos — who was hired as Eureka’s city manager last November — has submitted a letter of resignation, […]
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Bay Trail Dealt a Blow: Arcata’s TIGER Grant Application Not Funded
Bad news for those hoping to see a bike and pedestrian trail built between Arcata and Eureka: The City of Arcata today got shot down in its application for a $2.7 million grant from the federal Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) program. As this week’s cover story mentions, the city — and county — […]
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Power Outage at College of the Redwoods
Update: The power went back on 1:45 p.m. Classes from 2 p.m. and later will continue as scheduled. Original post: Class is cancelled from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the main campus of College of the Redwoods today, due to an electrical problem that occurred this morning. Power went out in several buildings, and […]
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Tom Waits sightings in Eureka! says Internet
The raspy-voiced-lyrical-genius-famed-singer-character actor Tom Waits has been sighted all over town says former journalo David Jervis says on Facebook. On the one hand, Tom Waits! On the other, maybe the guy’s just trying to have a quiet weekend, so don’t get too crazy with your stalking, fans.
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Come on, robbers, return those keys
Inside a house on a corner lot in Eureka, a resident patiently (we presume) waits. And waits. And waits. Or maybe gave up. The sign — “Robbers, please put the car keys in mailbox” — has been up for months and months. There’s a similar sign on the garage-door side of the house. An old pickup’s in the […]
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Sara Bareilles to Internet: ‘All Love’
Katy Perry’s Roar sounds like Sara Bareilles’ Brave, says Internet.
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Krill Kill
For weeks, now, beach-goers from Bodega Bay to Newport, Ore., have encountered ribbons of pink bedecking their ocean shorelines. It’s krill — millions of the shrimpy critters, many of them impregnated females. A marine ecologist based in Eureka is trying to pinpoint what’s causing this major whale staple to wash ashore in such numbers. According to […]
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Eureka Police Sergeant Arrested for Assault
Eureka Police Sgt. Adam Laird, was arrested this morning by investigators from the District Attorney’s office on suspicion of assault while on duty and falsifying a police report. Eureka Police Chief Murl Harpham gathered the media in a brief press conference this afternoon to announce Laird’s arrest, which followed a joint investigation between his department […]
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Old Town Carriage Co. Sold
These are the final days of a familiar pair — or pair of pairs — in Eureka. Marty L’Herault, he of the dapper hats and Old Town tales, has finally sold the Old Town Carriage Co. On March 25, he turns over the company, the horses, the rig and all the rest to the mysterious […]
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Small Business Planning With Zoltar
For several years now, a certain fancy foretune-teller has heckled and charmed walkersby in Old Town with his commanding come-hithers. And for a diviner-in-a-box, Zoltar’s been surprisingly mobile. He spent a few years in front of Sea Breeze Candy store down in the Bayfront One complex at the foot of F Street. After that closed, […]
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Eureka Wages Going Up?
The “Fair Wage Folks,” a local committee working toward raising the minimum wage in Eureka, submitted petitions yesterday with signatures of approximately 2,700 voters. Depending on how many of those pass muster, the Eureka Fair Wage Act could be on the ballot in June. “We look forward to about 1,400 of Eureka’s workers getting a […]