Articles by Jacquelyn Opalach
June 2024
Is There a New and Mysterious Contender for Eureka City Council’s Ward Two Seat? In Facebook Post, Local Realtor Calls for Help Finding a House to Buy Specifically in that Area ‘ASAP’
Injured Solo Hiker Airlifted to Safety After Being Discovered by Teen Backpackers and Their Camp Counselors on the Lost Coast Trail
Eureka City Council Approves Ballot Language for ‘Housing for All’ Initiative, After a Couple of More Edits From Ballot Proponents
(PHOTOS) An Arcata Mural of David Josiah Lawson is in Progress, and You Can Help Paint it
Restraining Order Against Former Arcata City Councilmember Brett Watson Upheld by Appellate Court
Looking Toward Budget Deficits in Coming Years, Arcata City Council Opts to Place Sales Tax Measure on November’s Ballot
Ditch School: The Unschooling Program Coming to Arcata Known for Early College Admittance and Also Helping Free Innocent People From Prison
Citing Critical Need for Housing in Eureka, City Council Choose Danco to Develop the EaRTH Center, a Long-Awaited Housing and Transit Hub in Downtown Eureka
May 2024
Arcata City Council Discusses Final Updates to the Gateway Area Plan and General Plan
New Ramen Bar to Open Across the Street From Japhy’s, Which is Closed Forever as of Yesterday
A Bear Tried to Rip the Door Off My Boyfriend’s Car Near McKinleyville Last Night: A Poem
Measles Update: The County Has Identified Everyone Who Was Exposed Earlier This Month; No New Cases to Report
Japhy’s to Close its Doors After 25 Years
HIDDEN GEMS: Read Some Poems and a Short Story Written by Local Youth
The Gateway Area Plan is Moving A Little Fast for Arcata Fire’s Comfort
Anticipating an Enrollment Spike From All the New Homes, Arcata Schools Consider Collecting Developer Fees to Accommodate New Students
January 2022
CUDDLE FRENZY! Fourth-Grade Students Donate Hundreds in Change to Humboldt County Animal Shelter and Meet Sapphire, a Kind Pit Bull Rescue
Superintendent of Schools Recommends Denial of ‘Samoa Beach Academy’ Proposal; Points Out Conflict of Interest with Danco
‘Looking for Beauty’: Local Artist Creates Book Honoring Humboldt’s Plein Air Painters
Eureka City Schools Board Overturns Mural Ban, Making Way for BIPOC Student Art
‘All COVID All Day’: Some Schools are Closed, Others Overwhelmed During COVID Surge
With Eureka City Schools Superintendent as Their New Boss, South Bay Union School District Staff Fear a Merger with ECS is on the Horizon
December 2021
‘Samoa Beach Academy’ Appeal Brought to Humboldt County Office of Education; Community Members Voice Support at Board of Education Meeting
Eureka City Schools Board Will Reconsider Recent Ban on Murals; Community Members Urge Board to Examine its Biases
After Eureka City Schools Board Votes to End Murals, Community Rallies for BIPOC Student Clubs That Were Planning Murals of Their Own
Local Parents Look to Open New ‘Learning Center’ for Families Who Oppose Mask and Vaccine Mandates
GRANGE WARS: Transition of Bayside Community Hall Property to State Grange has Been Messy; Fieldbrook Community Club Seeks More Local Attention for its Cause
November 2021
‘A Safety Net Beginning to Fail’: Child Care in Humboldt County Can’t Recover From the Pandemic
October 2021
What’s on the Docket for Humboldt County’s New Superintendent of Schools, Michael Davies-Hughes?
SUB SHORTAGE: Hoping to Keep Programs and Classrooms Alive, School Districts in Humboldt Are Increasing Pay, Offering Full-Time Positions in a Far-And-Wide Search for Substitute Teachers
Klamath Prescribed Fire Training Attracts People From Around the Globe to Learn And Burn From the Epicenter of Cultural Burning
Humboldt State’s Food Sovereignty Lab, ‘Rou Dalagurr,’ Will Uplift Indigenous Food and Culture
Humboldt County Superintendent of Schools Chris Hartley Resigns
New Grant-Funded Program Will Bring Social-Emotional Learning Through the Arts to Classrooms Around Humboldt
New Documentary ‘Lady Buds’ Shines Light on Humboldt’s Women in Cannabis During an Era of Hardship
September 2021
Academy of the Redwoods Students Walk Out For Sexual Assault Victims
A Study Looking at Humboldt’s Mental Health Services is in Motion, and Your Input is Welcome
Fortuna’s Apple Harvest Festival Canceled Two Years in a Row, But That Doesn’t Mean There Aren’t Plenty of Apples For You to Enjoy
‘Samoa Beach Academy’ Denied by Northern Humboldt Union High School District Board, But Proposed Charter School Could Still Open Through the County Office of Education
‘IT STARTS TO HURT YOUR SOUL’: Two St. Joe’s Nurses Talk About Life Inside the ICU During COVID
Some Parents Want COVID-19 Data From Schools to be Public, But Public Health Says the Request Isn’t Realistic Right Now
Local Parents Create Facebook Group to Track In-School COVID Cases and Circulate Petition Asking Public Health to Publish Those Numbers
Humboldt’s Schools Are Finally Fully Open, But Some Parents Don’t Trust That They’re Safe
August 2021
Humboldt’s First Fully Vaccinated COVID Fatality Lived With 30% Lung Capacity. With Confidence in Vaccine Efficacy, His Daughter Hopes More People in Humboldt Will Get Vaccinated, Too
Why Your Community Hall Might Close
July 2021
New Nonprofit Wants a Humboldt Where Aging-Out Foster Youth and Other Young Adults Aren’t Destined for Homelessness
This Free Program Teaches Locals Exactly How to Pursue the Trades
A BRIGHT LIGHT: At the Launch of Humboldt’s New Electric Microgrid, a Vision of the Future
With Push From New Nonprofit, Arcata City Council Will Soon Consider a Resolution That Would Decriminalize Psychedelic Plants and Fungi in Arcata
Speedy Local Teen is Revving Up for a Big-Deal Motorcycle Championship in Illinois Later This Month
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