— Potamopyrgus antipodarum, the New Zealand mud snail.
– Rather miraculously, a community group that has worked to gain control of Eureka’s old Jefferson School site managed just that yesterday (T-S). The Westside Community Improvement Association had been through several ups and downs over the course of the past few years, but it submitted the only bid at yesterday’s Eureka Unified School District auction. The group managed to scrape together a $610,000 pledge to purchase the school, which it hopes to transform into a community center. Westside boosters at the Humboldt Herald are rejoicing.
– Convicted fraudster Rich Ghilarducci, the former CEO of Humboldt Creamery, may be sentenced next week.
– After failing to get a tax measure before voters, Gov. Jerry Brown is looking to double the drastic cuts he proposed earlier this year. College of the Redwoods and Humboldt State are bracing for impact.
– Crime time: The Drug Task Force found meth and a pipe bomb on some dudes staying at a Trinidad motel. A former McKinleyville High soccer coach pleaded not guilty to molesting one of her students.
– On the KHUM news: Requa Road reopened. Crews still working on the Dean Creek, Dobbyn Creek slides. It’s gonna rain more.
The New Zealand mud snail, a new invasive species that has invaded Big Lagoon could pose a serious threat to salmon populations by displacing their traditional food sources. The snails have also been located in the Smith, Klamath and Rogue River estuaries. “They reproduce like maniacs,” a biologist tells the Board of Supervisors.
That latter story starts at the 22 minute mark, below.
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