Jean Pichler says the second Humboldt Bay eagle hatched just before dark on Wednesday. “Kyle,” the first to hatch, was named after the property owner’s nephew, who died in December. The Humboldt Bay Eagles Facebook group invites local schoolchildren to suggest names for the second baby. The group is accepting suggestions on its Facebook page […]
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Game Change (Update: $?)
(Update after the break.) On Jan. 1, the California Department of Fish & Game made the switch to its new name: California Department of Fish & Wildlife. New year, new name — and new game, perhaps? Actually, that old monicker was already a relic, according to our new congressperson, Jared Huffman, in a Los Angeles […]
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The Lone Trail
Giddy news reports say he’s just looking for love. That pursuit, plus his long absence in the Golden State, must explain the Kardashian-sized obsession Lone Wolf OR7’s fans have for him. But perhaps the gray wolf — who wandered from his home pack in Oregon into California recently, taking a circuitous estimated 2,000-mile route — […]
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Meat, Eureka!
Here at the Journal, we get oodles of announcements from various peeps about store openings, ribbon cuttings, and ground breakings. Hum ho. But this one caught our eyes and moistened our food holes. After months of rumors, the highlight of Hwy. 36 is finally sticking its barbecue sauce stained shovel into Eurekan dirt. Sorry, PETA! […]
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Snakes Alive!
Last weekend, we spotted this unusually large western rattlesnake (Crotalus viridis) on the bank of the Trinity South Fork near Wild Mad Road (Nf-30).
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NCJ Party Pics
By special request from the boss, a bunch of party pics from Saturday including shots of the new Old Town Journal offices in progress.
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Kinetic Debauchery Denied
We got a note from the President of the Kinetic Universe this morning taking issue with several things in a short piece in this week’s Journal on the Kinetic Grand Championship Sculpture Race, specifically, regarding Sunday night activities in Crab Park on Cannibal Island. (Apparently we were ratted out by KHUM.) Our correspondent wrote of […]
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Rabid Dog Bites Human
Holy yikes! This just in from the Humboldt County Health Department: An unvaccinated Trinity County dog that bit at least one person tested positive last Thursday for rabies. “Three adults and two children, all Trinity County residents, came into contact with the dog and are undergoing a series of injections to prevent rabies infection,” the […]
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Two Crows Electrocuted
The power outage in part of Arcata this morning (including the Journal office) was caused by a pair of crows shorting out a transformer according to PG&E spokesperson Jana Morris, who called KHUM in response to an inquiry from DJ Mike Dronkers. Since there were two crows, Dronkers surmised that the electrocution was perhaps related […]
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Dead Blue Whale Report: Permit Violations
Remember the dead blue whale that washed ashore near Fort Bragg in October, after having been hit and mortally gashed by a research vessel? The vessel, “Pacific Star,” was mapping the sea floor to gather habitat data for the state’s Marine Life Protection Act implementation process. Well, reports Dan Bacher of the San Francisco Bay […]
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WANTED: Plover Snatchers
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is looking for two people caught on camera on May 9, in the afternoon, removing western snowy plover eggs from a nest at Clam Beach. The bird’s Pacific Coast population is listed as threatened under the federal Endangered Species Act, and their nesting places at Clam Beach are clearly […]
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State of the Bird
Western Meadowlark. Photo by Donald Metzner, courtesy of Cornell Lab of Ornithology The news is not good for the avian bunch. According to The U.S. State of the Birds , a report released today on bird populations, almost a third of the 800 species of birds in the United States are in deep shit. Said […]