The Sequoia Conference Center on Humboldt County Office of Education’s campus was at capacity, 448 people had landed a seat — while at least another 100 watched from a live stream in a separate room. The draw was a conversation among California’s first Surgeon General Nadine Burke Harris and a panel of locals spearheading Humboldt […]
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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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Crab Quality Delays Commercial Season Opening
The commercial crab season for Mendocino, Humboldt and Del Norte counties is being delayed due to “poor crab meat quality tests,” according to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. But there’s still hope for crab by New Year’s, if not Christmas. In a Nov. 15 memo, CDFW Director Charlton H. Bonham wrote that “quality […]
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North Coast Night Lights: A Handful of Night Light
I was in a situation not long ago with a handful of nights with which I knew not what to do. How many nights are there in a handful? You might wonder, though I never had, but it turns out that it depends on how big they are. The nights, not the hands … well, […]
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County Sends Nearly 500 Cannabis Warning Letters
Last week, Humboldt County’s Commercial Cannabis Cultivation unit at Code Enforcement sent out about 470 warning letters to residents suspected of unpermitted cultivation activity. As a result, consultants who help farmers through the permit process say they received multiple calls from panicky growers, with one saying in exasperation that the county has “carpet-bombed our community […]
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North Coast Night Lights: A Trail to the Moonset
Scenic Drive in northern Humboldt County, California, offers beautiful western vistas over the Pacific Ocean. Extending from Moonstone Beach at the south end to Trinidad in the north, the drive itself is rough and in areas may require a car with good clearance, and sometimes four wheel drive. The road may not even go completely […]
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2nd UPDATE: With Information Conflicting, Uncertainty Mounts on Looming Blackouts
2nd UPDATE: PG&E spokesperson Deanna Contreras responded to a Journal inquiry this morning to clarify that Humboldt (southern), which was slated to lose power at 7 a.m. this morning, includes Garberville, Benbow, Redway and surrounding areas while Humboldt (northern), currently slated to lose power around 9 p.m., includes Willow Creek, Hoopa, Arcata and Eureka. Contreras […]
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UPDATE: Officials: The ‘Outage’ Letter Circulating on Social Media is Fake
UPDATE: It’s official. The Humboldt County Office of Emergency Services says the letter is a fake. There is a fraudulent letter being received by some Humboldt residents about a scheduled power outage this week. The letter is NOT from PG&E and no outage is scheduled. — Humboldt Co OES (@HumCoOES) October 14, 2019 PREVIOUS: The […]
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Altercation in Humboldt Linked to Apparent Homicide
The Lake County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the apparent homicide of an Illinois man whose family last heard from him after he was reportedly in an altercation with a man he’d been traveling with at a campground in Humboldt County. According to a press release, a car connected to Grant David Whitaker, 25, of Mackinaw, […]
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North Coast Night Lights: Unexpected Magic: Rabbit Stargazer
What makes a photograph special isn’t always what was planned but what happens instead. Of course, sometimes what happens instead can make a mess of things. One has no choice in the matter, but it seems to me that if I’m open to the possibility that something unexpected can make the photo better then delightful […]
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Airport Equipment Upgrades Leading to Flight Disruptions
Flying out of Humboldt is always tinged with the possibility of delays or cancellations but flights over the next few days are going be disrupted by equipment upgrades rather than the usual affliction of weather. According to a release, the Federal Aviation Administration, or FAA, is working on navigation equipment on the main runway, which […]
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McKinleyopolis: Humboldt County’s Largest Unincorporated Area Mulls Whether Cityhood is a Path to Prosperity
Some see McKinleyville — Humboldt County’s third-largest population center, and one of its fastest growing — as the 18-year-old high school graduate ready to leave home. The prospect of freedom from parental control is tempting — she’ll finally be able to make her own decisions about where she goes and how she’ll get there. But […]