Eureka City Attorney Sheryl Schaffner today announced that she will resign next month and move to the Bay Area, where she will become the city attorney for San Ramon. Schaffner, whose last day with the city will be July 9, said she and her husband are moving in order to be closer to her aging […]
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Eureka Planning Commission Approves Marijuana Ordinance
Eureka Planning Commissioner Jeff Ragan. Photo by Ahron Sherman. Fourteen years have gone up in smoke since Californians passed Proposition 215. Tuesday, Eureka’s Planning Commission voted 4-1 to recommend the city’s first medical marijuana ordinance to the Eureka City Council. The ordinance — Medical Cannabis: Cultivation, Processing and Distribution — seeks to regulate personal grows […]
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Thompson’s Earmark Wish List
Rep. Mike Thompson, our perennial squeaky wheel in the U.S. Congress, has requested $387 million from the federal gubmint for 128 projects including: $80 million to restore salmon habitats $5 million to widen Hwy. 299 for big semis (do the Richardson Grovies know about this?) $5 million for St. Joseph Hospital’s new tower construction $3.9 […]
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Wiggins Semi-Steps Down, A Week Too Late
test. The Sacramento Bee is reporting that State Senator Pat Wiggins has decided to take what they’re calling “partial leave” from the legislature in order to deal with her still-undisclosed medical condition. Apparently, Wiggins will pretty much stay at her Sonoma County home except when summoned to the Capitol to cast a vote. This move […]
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CR Officially Withdraws Jefferson Offer
After the press release of a couple weeks ago, you may have assumed this was a done deal already. It wasn’t. Not until last night when CR’s Board of Trustees took President Jeff Marsee’s advice to abandon controversial plans to acquire Jefferson Elementary School on Eureka’s West Side (see “Schoolyard Scrap,” Feb. 18, 2010). And […]
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Eureka, Haiti Victims of ‘Earthquake Weapon’?
The U.S. government can’t reduce the deficit or pass health care reform, but when it comes to weaponry, you better recognize! Within reason, that is: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez apparently believes that Eureka’s 6.5 temblor and Haiti’s devastating 7.0 quake were caused by a top-secret Pentagon shockwave weapon — a sort of disaster-blaster that can […]
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To The Twitter!
For all the ridiculous bells and whistles this blog sports, the easiest way for us to live-cover Governor Schwarzenegger’s address to the citizens of Eureka is through the Twitter. Follow @ncj_of_humboldt, or just scoot on over to our Twitter page every once in a while. The thing is scheduled to start in a few minutes […]
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Audio from the Quake Presser
This is pretty raw. My phone dramatically falls to the floor at one point, giving you an ear-shattering whomp that may startle you into thinking the big aftershock has hit. It has not. Probably not. The order of the speakers are as follows: Rep. Mike Thompson, Assm. Wes Chesbro, Supervisor Clif Clendenen, Supervisor Bonnie Neely, […]
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County Wins Jackpot!
That’s the title of a press release this morning from Angie Schwab at the county’s Community and Economic Development office. The payout: $1.9 million in grants from the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD), the same agency that recently rejected the Housing Element of the county’s General Plan Update. (Or “notified the county […]
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Busking, Valley West
Traveler Alessa Bakkum busks for some room money in the Valley West shopping center. She’s also featured in our cover this week on Arcata’s proposed panhandling ordinance … although busking per se is not the target of the ordinance.
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Marina Center Live Blog
OK, we’ll be getting this party started as soon as the Marina Center item on today’s Coastal Commission agenda goes live. All the action is in the flashy box below, assuming it works. Go ahead and type words in there. Here’s the link to the Coastal Commission live webcast. Here’s Ryan Burns’ story in this […]
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MLPA Task Force Named
problem. Former Assembly member Virginia Strom-Martin and current Humboldt County Supervisor Jimmy Smith are among the appointees to the Blue Ribbon Task Force that will oversee local implementation of the controversial Marine Life Protection Act, according to an MLPA press release. (Click here for background info.) Local fishermen have expressed concerns that Marine Protection Areas […]