In the video, you can only see Mark Campbell’s hands, blunt-fingered and already pale with clay slip, wedding band still visible as he cups a tilted little volcano of clay turning drunkenly on the wheel. He presses it to a symmetrical cake before scraping the bottom edge to clear the excess. Then digging in at […]
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Kinetic Chaos, Kreiss and Soup Scoops
We’re looking back on a wild and wacky Kinetic Grand Championship weekend with all its attending sand, splashing, cycling and costumes. We’ve also got an update on the allegations against Judge Greg Kreis. Finally, we bid farewell to a pair of iconic Arcata restaurants and preview the upcoming Empty Bowls fundraiser for St. Vincent de […]
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What’s Good: Stirring the Pot
Soup’s on at St. Vincent de Paul Veteran restaurant cook and ceramicist Mark Campbell has found his niche in the annual Empty Bowls fundraiser for St. Vincent de Paul’s free dining facility (“Filling Empty Bowls,” May 25, 2023). His ceramics training at Humboldt State University and his years working, then volunteering for the nonprofit kitchen […]
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NCJ Preview: Skilled Nursing and Feeding Those in Need
This week we’re looking into issues in our local skilled nursing facilities — understaffing, lack of care — and how their owner’s business practices play into the problems while making big profits. We’re also talking about the St. Vincent de Paul Dining Facility in Eureka, and how the small staff and volunteers are feeding folks […]
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Eureka Council to Consider HACHR Needle Exchange Plan
The Eureka City Council on Tuesday will consider an operations plan submitted by the Humboldt Area Center for Harm Reduction to run mobile syringe exchange programs at multiple locations, two of which city staff has determined to be unsuitable. The proposed locations, which the plan states are based on the county’s exchange sites, include a […]
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EPD Retracts Plans for Homeless Meal Voucher System
Eureka Police Department Capt. Steve Watson informed the Journal today that his team had scrapped plans for a controversial behavior-based voucher system that would have seen some homeless people have to exchange community service for meals at the St. Vincent de Paul cafeteria. The voucher idea, one of many creative solutions proposed by EPD in […]
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Eureka Police Seek New Leverage Against Homeless on Third Street
A recent pair of break-ins to Betty Chinn’s warehouse on West Second Street has drawn attention to the Eureka Police Department’s efforts to address crime and loitering in the area. On Wednesday, under the direction of the Public Works department, employees of Mercer Fraser erected a fence that effectively cordons off the west side of […]
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City’s Shelter Crisis Declaration Up for Amendment
With the May 2 deadline for the estimated 180 people currently camping in the Palco Marsh to leave fast approaching, the Eureka City Council may use the much-debated Shelter Crisis Declaration, which passed in January after heated discussion and passionate public comment, to create some extra space for those in need. The original resolution, which […]