It’s been a challenge putting together an FAQ that works in every state and doesn’t squick out Ron DeSantis. But we can still offer vital health information for growing children while conforming to the stated values of the GOP. While tweens and teens are absolutely old enough to carry a pregnancy to term or practice […]
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Summer Fun for Kids
Summer’s finally here, school’s out and kids are at home … again. The days are now as long as they’re going to get and all that evening light is exciting, especially with restaurants and events opening up. But maybe after more than a year of staying in, summer vacation isn’t quite the novelty it might […]
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Local Girl Collects Over 100 Plush Toys and Blankets for Homeless Youth
One night while being tucked into bed with her Squishmallow (a plush toy), 8-year-old Clover Churchill told her mom that if she had more Squishmallows she would give them to all the homeless people in the world. With that in mind Cheryl Churchill, Clover’s mom, decided to make that dream a reality and show her […]
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Cooped up Kids? Camp Cooper and Camp Muni Are Back
The city of Eureka announced Friday that its summer camps are returning. According to a post on the city’s community services blog and events page, the summer day camps — Camp Cooper and Camp Muni — will return July 6 and run through Aug. 7. The post notes that while the camps are back on, […]
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Eureka City Schools Changes its Meal Distribution Schedule (Spanish and Hmong Translation)
Eureka City Schools will change its meal distribution schedule on March 30 to Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. When Humboldt County schools began shutting down due to growing concerns of COVID-19, schools started distributing meals to children under 18 years old. Eureka City Schools announced in a press release that […]
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Photos from Old Town Trick-or-Treat
Eureka’s Old Town attracted a large costumed crowd of all ages at Saturday afternoon’s annual Halloween event sponsored by Eureka Main Street. Children age 12 or younger accompanied by adults wandered among more than 80 participating stores, collecting bags of sugary goodies — or, in one case, a polished rock that also proved popular. Enjoy […]
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Bright Lights, Small Town
Growing up in Humboldt County, there was nothing more exciting than the day my parents would announce that we were going to the Fair. They would bundle us kids into the car and make the rambling trek to Ferndale. As we crossed the bridge and headed into the summer fog, I would wait for that […]
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Theater Kids
Arcata Playhouse founders Jackie Dandeneau and David Ferney met as young actors touring the Canadian Fringe Circuit in the summer of 1995. The story goes that her sketch comedy troupe crashed his comic acrobatic troupe’s show in Edmonton. After that first encounter, “I chased her around the world. Literally,” says Ferney. They eventually moved to […]
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New Kid’s Channel Coming to KEET
Kids, adjust your rabbit ears. Local PBS affiliate KEET is planning to launch a new, 24-hour children’s programming channel this year. The channel will feature PBS Kids shows, according to a press release, offering educational and entertaining programming outside of the classic kids-times — Saturday mornings and before and after school hours. KEET General Manager […]
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Eureka! They Found It
The Discovery Museum has found a permanent home. A few weeks after finding temporary digs in the Jefferson School on B Street, the kid-friendly learny zone announced it will move into a space at 612 G Street (the former Back in Action building, between Sixth and Seventh streets) in spring 2015. The museum had to […]
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You Got Thrilled
The dead hordes came to life all over Arcata this afternoon. Students from Sunny Brae Middle School collapsed in Murphy’s Market, the plaza and Adult Day Health Care of Mad River, only to be risen again by the King of Pop’s “Thriller.” Scroll on for more pics of the gripping yearly dance performance, courtesy of […]
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Algae Toxins in the Trinity
These may be the dog days of summer, but ol’ Rex and Rusty better be careful about what rivers and lagoons they go jumping in to celebrate: The poor dogs don’t want to encounter toxic blue-green algae, which can thrive in the low flows and warm water conditions we’re seeing now on local rivers including […]