Hey, Michelle Obama, have any plans for May 20 and 21? That’s when three members of our local Fortuna California Conservation Corps will be in Washington, D.C. to help celebrate the National Parks Service centennial with a nature-inspired dance. And, yeah, they want you to join in. The BioBlitz Dance came about as part of […]
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‘Full Spectrum’: One Way to Attract Doctors to the North Coast
It’s no secret Humboldt County has a doctor shortage. The lack of both primary care physicians and specialists has a variety of causes, and a host of impacts on the community. And efforts to recruit and retain doctors are met with mixed results; the shortage continues, but once in a while, you get a success […]
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Video Captures Failed Armed Robbery
A McKinleyville man was arrested last night after citizens detained him during an attempted robbery of a liquor store on Eureka’s Fifth Street and the whole exchange was captured on the above surveillance video. See the full press release from Eureka Police Department below. From EPD: On 03/14/16 at about 9:37 p.m., officers responded to […]
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UPDATE: Zoo Seeks Volunteers for Panda Search Party
2nd UPDATE: The Sequoia Park Zoo is looking for volunteers to join a search party that’s going to set out tomorrow to find Masala, the 18-month-old red panda that escaped from its zoo enclosure Thursday. In a press release, the zoo asked that volunteers show up tomorrow at 8:30 or 10 a.m. at the zoo […]
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Murder in Arcata
It was January of 1862 and Arcata’s last adult Native American resident, Lucy Romero, had been told her life was in danger but she and her children had nowhere to go. Indians in the mountains were being hunted like animals and those sent to the reservations risked starvation. Women faced the threat of rape and […]
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The Cove by Copter
Hiking is hard and your drone is starting to make you look creepy. But how else to see nature’s glory? As part of the Plein Air at the Lost Coast festivities on Oct. 3 and 4, Air Shasta took locals and visiting art enthusiasts up, up and away in its slick little Robinson R44 helicopter. […]
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Homeless in Humboldt Update: Death, Drones and Rallies
A drone video of the PalCo Marsh, known to some as “The Devil’s Playground,” shows camps still firmly entrenched in the wooded area just behind the mall, an area where the Eureka Police Department is preparing to cite and arrest campers. EPD is encouraging people to move north, to the flat area adjacent to the […]
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Yurok Tribe Swindled of $250K in Casino Push
The Yurok Tribe is alleging that it fell victim to a conman who bilked the tribe of $250,000 as it pushed to finance the opening of its new Redwood Hotel and Casino in 2014. In a letter last month to tribal members, Tribal Chair Thomas O’Rourke Sr. explained that, in an effort to fund staffing […]
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Exempt from Disclosure
The clip opens with the bright blue sky reflecting off the black hood of a Eureka Police Department patrol car as it pulls to a stop sign at G and Ninth streets. The vehicle idles a moment, its in-car dash camera rolling, catching a dispatch radio call telling all units to be on the lookout […]
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Reggae on the River 2015
UPDATE: Well, apparently this staycation thing is a bit more difficult than we anticipated. Ordinary wifi signals are apparently no match for Reggae’s irie vibes, leaving our poor freelancer Alexander Woodard frustrated with no way of uploading his photos. We’ll keep trying but, in the meantime, at least there are the live audio and video […]
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Rolled, Rocked and Raised
Journal contributor Jennifer Savage emceed this year’s Roll on the Mattole, the Honeydew Volunteer Fire Company’s annual fundraiser. Also in attendance was Journal staff writer — and Honeydew native — Linda Stansberry. Here’s their report from the day: LS: Honeydew is the BEST! Reporting done. Everyone go home and donate some money to the HVFC! JS: […]
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(UPDATE: POSTPONED TILL TUESDAY) Monday Night Setlist: The Brilliant Kind of Odd
UPDATE: According to the event’s Facebook page: “Somehow related to the stock market glitch, Chinese stock market crash, United Airlines being grounded and The Wall Street Journal crashing this date was fumbled and double booked. The show is still happening but is just happening the next night -The 14th of July. Same time ; same […]