The San Francisco Giants’ stadium, Oracle Park, will now sell three craft beers from a brewery owned by the Yurok Tribe. It’s the first partnership of its kind with a Major League Baseball franchise. Linda Cooley, CEO of Mad River Brewing Co. Inc., said the partnership represents the Yurok Tribe’s sovereignty being taken seriously and […]
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First US Omicron Infection Found in San Francisco, Humboldt Residents who Traveled Internationally in Recent Weeks Advised to Get Tested
California will increase COVID-19 testing of some airport travelers after a passenger flying to San Francisco International Airport from South Africa was identified as the first known case of the omicron variant in the United States. The California Department of Public Health announced today that travelers arriving from countries identified by the Centers for Disease […]
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Late HSU Professor Honored for LGBTQ Work
Humboldt State University professor of education Eric Rofes, who died of a heart attack in 2006, was honored at the National LGBTQ Wall of Honor at the historic Stonewall Inn in New York City on June 27. “Eric was a whirlwind of energy and brilliance at HSU and in the world, and I miss him […]
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SF Man Honored for Helping Save Humboldt Residents at Fiery Crash
Nicholas Anderson and his girlfriend Tracy weren’t supposed to be headed down the section of U.S. Highway 101 where they found themselves just after midnight on May 26, 2017. But a glitch with a credit card at a gas station had forced the San Francisco couple traveling to a family reunion to retrace their steps […]
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San Francisco Gives Kindergartners Free Money for College. Could it Work Statewide?
Emelyn Jerónimo is only 12 years old, but she already has $3,000 saved toward college. Socked away by her mother in chunks of $100 or less since Jerónimo was in kindergarten, the money may not seem like much, but it’s helped fuel the San Francisco sixth-grader’s dreams of becoming a pediatrician. Jerónimo’s nest egg is […]
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From a Shaky Start to an Uncertain Future
Today marks the 112th anniversary of the Great 1906 San Francisco Earthquake, a magnitude-7.9, which still ranks as one of “the most significant of all time,” according to the U.S. Geological Survey. While more than 200 miles away, Humboldt County also shook that day with enough force to cause significant damage in the area. It […]
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Dinsmore Homesteader’s Artwork Featured at deYoung
From Haight Street to a Humboldt County homestead: It’s a familiar story for many back-to-the-landers who arrived in our region in the late ’60s and early ’70s, fresh from the 1967 Summer of Love. Dottie Simmons, who settled down in Humboldt County in 1968, made her homestead near Dinsmore, raising kids, canning preserves and starting […]
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Arcata Considers Sanctuary City Status
Officially labeling Arcata a “sanctuary city” or leaving out the phrase but reaffirming by resolution the city’s commitment to “safeguarding the civil rights, safety and dignity” of all its residents — regardless of legal status — are among the options before the council at tonight’s meeting. Former Councilmember Dave Meserve urged the council back in […]
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Outside Lands 2014: Sexy, Sweet, Solo
Avocados, yogurt, Cypress Grove Lamb Chopper I’d found, at all places, at Grocery Outlet. Half a tomato. A box of organic dried plums, also from the GO. I’d had this grand plan to pack enough food to last all weekend, even roasted some eggplant slices, but one thing and then another and I was already […]
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Five Things To Know Before You Attend Outside Lands With Your Teenager(s)
1. If your little darling still wants to hang out with you, savor it. This year’s event starts Friday, Aug. 8, but the best Outside Lands fest I went to was in 2009, because the two offspring I brought with me were 13 and 15, respectively. It was their first major music festival. They studied […]
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Wrecked Ship Was Eureka-Bound
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has located the sunken wreckage of the City of Chester, a passenger steamer that’s lain underwater near the Golden Gate Bridge for 126 years. “The 202-foot long steamship City of Chester had just left San Francisco and was headed up the California coast to Eureka with 90 passengers on […]