Furthermore, the legal defense of “parental consent” must be destroyed. In many households, children are not permitted to express dissenting opinions; therefore, a parent’s signature is not consent, it is …

Yes, we all know the “old boy” network historically applies to women 🙄. Meanwhile, Eads is the second female DA for Humboldt.

But a judge had to approve it, not just a parental decision.

End child marriage, period. The state has an absolute duty to protect people’s bodies, their freedom, and their right to mature before consenting to a lifelong legal contract. We must …

I realize there are cultural differences involved, but I just can’t get past why anyone who has a legitimate relationship at that age can’t wait a bit. I have relatives …

They already approved an entire city block for data center installation, with very little limit on height. That’s roughly 60,000 square feet per story. While I see this moratorium a …

Easy to spot.

pretty. destructive.

Because a child cannot hire a divorce attorney, enter a domestic violence shelter, or even get a hotel room until they are 18.look at that recent “house of horrors” case …

No, because those little girls still can’t hire a divorce attorney or enter a domestic violence shelter until they are 18.

Not everyone knows these things.

chinger flicking good

I called the phone number of Jay at Public Works regarding my medical appointments in Old Town (Acupuncture & Dermatology). Jay assured me that where I go (two offices on …

Good! Now let’s make it permanent.

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I imagine this is a solution to appease the parking whingers who complain to the city council about building on parking lots.

I think we’ve discussed Data Centers Vs AI Data Centers before, never hurts to do it again.

Because it was built in 1988 and the tsunami zones weren’t defined until 2009?

Who on the Eureka Board is an expert on data centers? Probably none of them. I think the next step is to have studies done on the impacts of data …

Honestly, California is such a community property state and there’s no common law. If you are a with it female that is a financially head of household type person you’re …

No one has discussed publicly the water rights. The data centers need a ton of water and Eureka has that pulp mill water. Why aren’t they discussing this topic 🤔 …

You folks that don’t like the big awful data centers are going to need to learn to distinguish between types of data centers. An all-day parade of dump trucks isn’t …

This tells you EVERYTHING! They are shopping data center sites on the downlow, because they know they’re bad for the environment and the community. If these projects were good for …

The former mill site on the bay is a very bad idea. The bay was heavily polluted during the lumber days. That contamination has been getting cleaned up by the …

The “jobs” aren’t going to locals and they’re only a few jobs at these sites. The Arcata data center has barely any employee’s and most of the construction went to …

Come on California, 16 with consent and 18 without like everyone else but Mississippi.

That kid is like 35

I grew up in Alabama. Even in Alabama you have to be 18 to marry because it’s a legal situation. Marriage ties you financially to a person. Folks get lost …

As with any law, no matter how benign, there’s someone trying to find a loophole in it. That’s why we raise the standards of some, so that they cannot so …

The idea of who is “more mature” is like beauty: subject to the eye of the beholder. You need to have some fixed standard as I can tell you from …