The Eureka Police Department reports that plucky pooch K-9 Vex was presented with a chew toy and a dog-sized purple-heart medal today for his bravery on July 31, when he helped clear a local residence after a burglary. Vex cut his paw on broken glass in the course of duty and left several bloody paw […]
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Big Turnout for Tiny Homes
The parking lot of the Humboldt Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in Bayside was full within an an hour of the Affordable Homeless Housing Alternatives (AHHA) Tiny House Expo, held Saturday. Cars parked on the narrow shoulder of Jacoby Creek Road as people walked onto the church grounds to take in music, eat a free meal, attend […]
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Homeless in Humboldt Update: Death, Drones and Rallies
A drone video of the PalCo Marsh, known to some as “The Devil’s Playground,” shows camps still firmly entrenched in the wooded area just behind the mall, an area where the Eureka Police Department is preparing to cite and arrest campers. EPD is encouraging people to move north, to the flat area adjacent to the […]
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The Mystery of the Modest Endorsement
If you like Eureka, but don’t exactly love it, you’re in good company. In 2014 a few hundred stickers bearing the phrase “I Like Eureka” in stark white letters against a black background were mailed to local businesses and public officials. They still broadcast their message everywhere from Old Town coffee shops to the office […]
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Photography On the Fireline: Professionals and Amateurs
As a record number of wildfires roar through the American West, at least one nationally famous photographer paid a visit to our corner of the world to document this unique moment in national history, and the men and women who work to put out the flames. Mark Thiessen, a photographer with National Geographic, embedded with […]
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Fire Update: Health Emergency, Nat. Geo Photos and Kings Range Closed
The Humboldt County health department announced today that it declared a smoke-related emergency for the county based on recent air quality conditions and forecasts. In a press conference this morning, Health Officer Donald Baird said smoke is particularly bad in the eastern county, but that countywide air quality could be bad for residents. He and […]
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Polar Extremes: How We View Ourselves Vs. How the World Views Us
Poverty. Sadness. A psychoactive tinge? Dudes, did you know we have a landscape that is “very psychedelic?” That’s according to photographer Curran Hatleberg, recipient of a 2015 grant from Magnum Foundation’s Emergency Fund and the 2014 Individual Photographer’s Fellowship from the Aaron Siskind Foundation. Hatleberg, who spent the 2013 fall semester teaching photography at College […]
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Arcata’s Best Chile Relleno, Determined
Okay, lovers of Mexican food, we heard you. You said last week’s entry into the Arcata bracket, the eggy, crepe-y delish dish from Fiesta Grill and Cantina, was inadequate competition against the traditional battered and fried version from Carmela’s. So we returned to that foggy college town and made the rounds again, this time including the […]
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Chile vs. Chile: The Arcata Standoff
As discussed last week, chile relleno appears to come in a spectrum. We’ve been treated to both the traditional Poblano pepper wrapped in batter and the equally sabroso omelet-style yumminess. Our readers, however, took exception this week to our inclusion of the eggy offering from Arcata’s Fiesta Grill and Cantina (3525 Janes Rd). So, first, in […]
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Racism Behind the Redwood Curtain, Part I: The Lonely World of Humboldt’s White Supremacists
She is a dental hygienist, a vegetarian, an animal rights advocate, a mother, a beer drinker and a self-proclaimed white nationalist. Thus reads the profile of one Eureka resident, whose user name is “Fenria.” Fenria is one of the handful of Humboldt residents who posts on Stormfront, a white supremacist website. According to a 2014 […]
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Humboldt Celebrates Love
“When I was seven years old my mother told me that sooner or later the United States was going to have to recognize gay marriage. I am 78 now. I have been crying and laughing all morning.” Ginger Olsen has been with her partner Diana Livingston for 22 years. They married in the State of […]