UPDATE: According to Humboldt Bay Fire, the leak has been contained but I Street to Waterfront Drive will remain closed while crews remain on scene. PREVIOUS: Humboldt Bay Fire is asking the public to stay clear of Waterfront Drive and I Street due to a gas leak. In a Facebook post around 12:20 p.m., the […]
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State Staff Recommends Funding Final Leg of Bay Trail
Folks eagerly awaiting the completion of the Humboldt Bay Trail got a bit of a New Year’s gift this morning with the county’s announcement that state staff is recommending allocating a $13.3 million grant to finish the last 4-mile stretch of waterfront trail. The recommendations will come before the California Transportation Commission at its Jan. […]
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Eureka Council Considers High-Priced Agenda
A weighty $2 million in decisions are coming before the Eureka City Council today, including a proposed payout, a development loan and whether to sign on to certain conditions in exchange for funds to build a new Sequoia Park Zoo project. But before diving into the regular agenda, the council will meet in a special […]
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Eureka City Council to Cast Crucial Waterfront Votes
The Eureka City Council is slated to meet Tuesday evening with a very long list of resolutions, ordinances and reports to discuss, many of which will immediately impact Eureka’s waterfront. On the consent calendar, the council is expected to approve without discussion an item that would bridge the last remaining gap in Waterfront Drive, between […]
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Eureka: Marsh Campers Must be out May 2
The city of Eureka is moving forward with a plan to expel all homeless encampments from the Palco Marsh area behind the Bayshore Mall by May 2. The city is meanwhile soliciting proposals from organizations or individuals with an “exit strategy” for the 200 or so people currently living in the marsh area, but doesn’t […]
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Weigh in on Designs for Eureka’s Waterfront Wednesday at the Wharfinger
Got a vision for the waterfront? Eureka’s Community Development Department has released six sketches of a possible future for the undeveloped bayside stretch between C and F streets. The designs incorporate a variety of ideas the department collected over several public meetings last year, and the city wants feedback from the public on the drawings. […]
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Jack’s to the Waterfront
It’s a common tourist question Eurekans struggle to answer: Where’s a good place to dine on the waterfront? There’s no place, you answer, at first, before remembering the few anchors of hope in this bay-abutting town: the humble restaurant with a deck over on Woodley Island. Glass-encased, fancyish Bayfront, in Eureka proper. Shamus T Bones […]