If you’re looking for fresh kings with the potential for a big one, the Chetco estuary is the place to be. Salmon have been staging in the tidewater since the latter part of September. And they’ll continue to do so until ample rain allows them to make their way upriver. Following last Saturday’s rain, which […]
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Radioactive
Need something to add to your worry list? Something in addition to global warming, sea level rise, wildfires, war, social injustice, the next tsunami and that long-expected mega-earthquake? How about the six casks of nuclear waste stored at the Humboldt Bay Power Plant? Staff members of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission — at least those well-spoken […]
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King Tides Preview Sea Level Rise (Slideshow)
For three days last week, Humboldt Bay was filled to the brim — and then some — by 8-and-a-half-foot king tides. Typical high tides in our section of the coast run 6 to 7 feet. The extra foot or two of water backed up the many sloughs that run into Humboldt Bay, changing pasturelands into […]
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Fourth Update: New Fire Springs Up Off Kneeland Road
FOURTH UPDATE: Forward progress of the fire in the Bridgeville area, known as the Redwood incident, has been stopped at 1.8 acres, according to Cal Fire. THIRD UPDATE: Cal Fire declares the Green Hill vegetation fire contained at 10 acres but warns that a new incident has sprung up off Kneeland Road, where a full […]
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HumLook: Pelicans and Parades
Local photographer Jose Quezada has launched a pair of new websites, HumSport and HumLook, showcasing the work of a team of local photographers. Photographers will be uploading galleries of photos on both sites regularly, showcasing their best images of local sports, cultural events and landscapes. High-resolution downloads of the images are also available for $5 apiece. […]
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Just Hear a Siren? No Worries, it was a Test.
If you heard a siren just a short time ago anywhere from King Salmon to Cutten — and perhaps beyond — not to worry. It was only a test. The Humboldt County Office of Emergency Services just sent out a Facebook post noting PG&E was performing a test on the King Salmon power plant and […]
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Paddling Forward
With the smell of coffee wafting from a nearby restaurant, we place our paddle boards on the glassy surface of Humboldt Bay. Earlier that morning, my husband had woken me and suggested we take our boards out to the King Salmon canals. Now he waits until I am safely launched before pushing his board out […]
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Aggressive Hitchhiker Spotted in King Salmon
It proved to be a pretty epic first kayak trip for Liz Bagnell. Bagnell, a sales consultant for Northwood Chevrolet, had just moved down to King Salmon from Cutten, and set out to get to know her new neighborhood by hopping a kayak for the first time to paddle around the residential channels in her […]
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Harbor District to Present on King Salmon Dredging Plans
The Humboldt Bay Harbor, Recreation and Conservation District is holding an informational meeting on Wednesday, March 2 to discuss its dredging plan for the channels in King Salmon. The district decided in a January meeting that it would dredge the King Salmon main channel, and said in a report, “dredging activities for the King Salmon […]
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Boathouse Barbecue
Barbecue has gotten a little esoteric. At once secretive and boastful, the macho hype surrounding the grill can make you long for the simple sweetness of pork cooked low and slow without all the fuss. This is a good time to swing into King Salmon for hole-in-the-wall Polynesian barbecue at Sammy’s BBQ & Catering (1125 […]
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Pedestrian Fatality on 101
A 30-year old man was killed this morning when he reportedly ran into an oncoming car on U.S. Highway 101 south of Eureka. The Humboldt County Coroner’s Office has identified the man as Aaron James Bramlett, of King Salmon. According to a California Highway Patrol press release, Bramlett was wearing dark clothing and walking northbound […]
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Don Clausen Dies
Ferndale native and former North Coast Congressman Don Clausen has died. He was 91. Clausen, a World War II veteran and a Republican who served from 1963 to 1982 in the U.S. House of Representatives, was described in a 2013 Santa Rosa Press Democrat story celebrating his 90th birthday as an ambidextrous baseball player (he […]