OBITUARY. There should be something like a Scoville scale for dark humor, gradations of blackness that range from, say, a No. 2 pencil to the underwing of a raven to the lightless ocean floor to the imagined void of a black hole. Like peppers, not all of these give pleasure to all. And to taste […]
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Kenneth ‘Michael’ Allen Davis: 1997-2023
Kenneth “Michael” Allen Davis died on July 3, 2023, in McKinleyville. His life was taken by a troubled friend in a senseless act of violence. Michael was born July 14, 1997, in Arcata, to Mark and Laurie Davis. He was the youngest of three siblings. Michael grew up in McKinleyville near more than 60 family […]
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Aaron Charles Jackson: 1985-2021
Aaron Charles Jackson, of Eureka, Cali fornia, passed away suddenly on Sunday April 4, 2021. Aaron was born on June 4, 1985 at Mad River Hospital Arcata, California to his parents Judith and Jerry Jackson. Aaron was raised in Eureka, and named after his grandpa, Charlie Marsh, whom Aaron was very fond of and close […]
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Her Name Was Ida
Ida Adelia Newell, an avid reader with a quick wit who loved golf and traveling the world but always returned to her lifelong home in Humboldt County, died May 17 of COVID-19. She was 97. Ida’s long life bridged Humboldt County’s present and its past, from bootleggers and United Service Organization dances to the Redwood […]
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Memorial Planned for Famed Pollster Jim Moore
Friends and relatives will gather tomorrow evening to celebrate the life of Jim Moore, an Arcata native who became one of California’s must trusted political pollsters. Moore, who had been in declining health, died unexpectedly in his El Dorado County home Jan. 1. He was 66. Born March 28, 1951, the son of Herb and […]
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Orville Magoon, architect of Humboldt’s jetties, dies at 87
While his legacy in Humboldt County may live in for another century or more, Orville Tyler Magoon, the engineer who rebuilt the Humboldt jetties, has died. He was 87. Magoon, who was featured in the Journal’s Dec. 19, 2013 story “Treacherous Maw,” came up with the idea of reinforcing Humboldt’s notoriously crumbly jetties with dolosse, […]
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Leon Berliner Has Left Us
On Sunday, December 15th, Leon Berliner, owner of Berliner’s Cornucopia in Old Town, Eureka, died at age 78 after a brief battle with cancer. Leon was a man of many titles: Holocaust survivor, staunch Democrat, music lover, baseball enthusiast, card sharp, pool shark, doting grandfather, loving father and dedicated husband of more than 50 years […]
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Former State Senator Pat Wiggins Dies
Pat Wiggins, who represented the North Coast in the state senate from 2006 to 2010, died this morning, a staffer with the Senate Democrats has confirmed. She was 73. Wiggins served on the Santa Rosa City Council before moving on to the State Assembly, where she represented the 7th District (Napa, Solano and Sonoma counties) […]