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POLL! What is to Blame for Cal Poly Humboldt Not Hitting Its Enrollment Target?
EARLIER:Cal Poly Humboldt Faces Funding Reduction After Failing to Meet CSU Enrollment Target for the Second Straight Year President Tom Jackson. Student protests. Lack of housing in Humboldt. The growing distrust…
BEER and BALLOT MEASURES! Your Lost Coast Outpost and CalMatters Are Teaming Up to Throw a Study Party for This Year’s Batch of State Propositions, and You Are Invited!
…Stable Diffusion.What is the most boring and painful part of every election season? What’s the most tedious task that you take upon yourself with every ballot, just to be a…
Cal Poly Humboldt Faces Funding Reduction After Failing to Meet CSU Enrollment Target for the Second Straight Year
File photo.###Cal Poly Humboldt's preliminary enrollment for the fall semester grew by a mere 73 students compared to last year, bringing total enrollment of full- and part-time students to…
Blue Lake Rancheria Nabs $12 Million EPA Pollution Reduction Grant; Funds Will be Used to Acquire and Restore Local Coastal and Forest Land, Feds Say
The Blue Lake Rancheria, with solar array in the foreground. Photo via the Rancheria's website.###[DISCLOSURE: The Blue Lake Rancheria is a minority owner of the Outpost’s parent company, Lost…
Redwood Acres Announces Immediate Cancelation of Year’s Remaining ‘Acres of Eats’ Events
Acres of Eats, we hardly knew thee | Redwood AcresAcres of Eats, the food truck-heavy, twice-monthly gathering at Redwood Acres Fairgrounds, will not be back for any of its remaining 2024…
[UPDATED with Response from Providence] Healthcare Workers’ Union Calls on Providence to Keep Eureka Rehab Center Open, Citing a Bill Awaiting Gov. Newsom’s Signature
UPDATE, 3:26 p.m.:Providence sent the following statement in response to the union's press release:Our goal as Humboldt’s leading health provider is to continue meeting our community…
How Are We Feeling About the City of Eureka’s Recreation Programs?
Feel like letting the city of Eureka’s Recreation Division know how you feel about their recreational opportunities? Take their survey, open through the end of February.Recreation division programs include drop…
California Schools Release a Blizzard of Data, and That’s Why Parents Can’t Make Sense of It
…The Department of Education consults with data experts, including the Data Quality Campaign’s “Show Me the Data” report, when it updates the information, said Elizabeth Sanders, spokesperson for the department. The…
California Lawmakers Want to Ban Anti-Union Meetings at Work, but Will Newsom Go Along?
Members of Teamsters, CSUEU, UAW 4123, and CFA Faculty gathered to ask for fair wages outside the CSU Chancellor’s office in Long Beach on May 23, 2023. Photo by Lauren Justice…
OBITUARY: Eric William Zink, 1940-2024
…at the Samoa Women’s Club. In lieu of flowers make a small donation to Hospice of Humboldt, the American Cancer Society or any other charity that resonates with you.###The obituary…
OBITUARY: Dana Lewis Whitaker, 1959-2024
…We moved into a house on the hill above the little red house that our dad and grandpa built. Dana went to grade school in Big Lagoon and later to McKinleyville High…
OBITUARY: Richard ‘Rick’ Motherwell, 1949-2024
Richard “Rick” Motherwell peacefully passed away at home in Eureka on June 17, 2024, at the age of 75. Rick was the youngest of three children born to Ann & Thomas Motherwell in…
County Reports Outbreak of Shigella Bacterial Infection Traced to Dinner at Eureka Elks Lodge
Shigella are bacteria (germs) that cause diarrhea. | Image via CDC.###Press release from the Humboldt County Department of Health and Human Services:Humboldt County Department of Health & Human Services Public and Environmental…
RANKED CHOICE POLL! Eureka's Ex-Mayors Are Working Together to Bring Christmas Lights to Old Town, But Can You Rank Those Mayors From Your Favorite to Your Least Favorite?
###PREVIOUSLY:MAYORVENGERS ASSEMBLE! Former Eureka Mayors Unite to Light Up Old Town This Holiday Season###It was really nice vibes out on the Gazebo today, as five of Eureka's ex-Mayors…
New Indie Movie Featuring Humboldt County and Its Breweries to Screen in Arcata Thursday Followed by Q&A With Director and Writer/Star
###"For When You Get Lost," an award-winning indie film featuring Humboldt County's majestic scenery and tasty beers, will screen Thursday evening at the Arcata Theatre Lounge, followed by a Q…
MAYORVENGERS ASSEMBLE! Former Eureka Mayors Unite to Light Up Old Town This Holiday Season
…The initiative came about “in response to divisiveness in our community,” including political division over Measure F, the controversial “Eureka Housing for All and Downtown Vitality” initiative. The ballot measure has garnered…
Future California Senator Adam Schiff is in Town
…Adam Schiff, a big name from the years of the Trump presidency and the all-but-guaranteed future Senator from the state of California, is lurking about town. A little bird wrote…
That Smoke Bubbling Up From Eureka Sewers is Not Foretelling the Imminent Arrival of Beelzebub, Nor is It a Sign of a Major Fire, But Rather It Is a Smoke Test
…The City of Eureka will be performing smoke testing of the sanitary sewer system at the locations shown in the included map in Eureka beginning at 8:00am, on Wednesday, September 4th…
Eureka City Council Narrowly Passes Vacant Building Ordinance that Aims to Reduce Blight Across Town
…The ordinance will replace the city’s existing Vacant and/or Boarded Building Ordinance in the municipal code. The council agreed that blight is an issue across the Eureka’s neighborhoods and…
Some Dude on the Cal Poly Humboldt Campus Tried to Forcibly Take a Backpack From an Employee, University Says
Cal Poly Humboldt issued the following message to the campus community on Tuesday. The arrestee, Joshua Adam Flowers, has a long history of prior arrests on a variety of charges, most frequently…
California Companies Wrote Their Own Gig Worker Law. Now No One Is Enforcing It
Ride-share drivers of the California Gig Workers Union hold a rally outside of the Supreme Court of California to protest Prop. 22 in San Francisco on May 21, 2024. The state…
OBITUARY: Jacqueline Jo Stalcup Ford, 1937-2024
…In the fall of 1955 Jackee began her first two years of college at Cottey in Nevada, Missouri, quite the switch from the Wyoming wild west. Jackee found lifelong friends at Cottey…
OBITUARY: Norma Sue Lewis, 1931-2024
Norma Sue LewisBeloved Wife, Mother, Grandmother, Sister and FriendSeptember 26, 1931 - August 31, 2024 Norma Sue Lewis passed away peacefully on the morning of August 31 surrounded by her family. She is…
A New 42-Space Parking Lot is Being Built Along the Eureka Boardwalk
###Good news for those who see parking as the lifeblood of a thriving downtown: The City of Eureka will soon have a brand new parking lot with 42 spaces conveniently located along…
DON’T PANIC, REDWAY! That Smoke You’ll Probably See Coming From the Conservation Camp Thursday is Only a Prescribed Burn
…These burns are part of the prescribed fire program for vegetative management and hazardous fuels reduction. The treatment will help to enhance the health of the native plant communities, aid in the…
UNIVERSAL DONOR, DONATE! Blood Bank Issues Call for Donations Due to Dire Shortage of the Most Critical Type
Photo by Hush Naidoo Jade Photography on Unsplash.Press release from the Northern California Community Blood Bank: The Northern California Community Blood Bank is in urgent need of type O- blood donations…
Measure F Could Wreak Legal and Financial Havoc on Eureka, California Housing Defense Fund Warns
The vacant former Jacobs Middle School property. | File photo.###Late last week, the California Housing Defense Fund sent the following letter to each member of the Eureka City Council and senior members…
TONIGHT in EUREKA CITY COUNCIL: Another Look at the Draft Vacant Building Ordinance, Plus a Response to the Grand Jury Report on Homelessness
…The same goes for property owners who are actively trying to lease, rent, or sell their buildings.The city council is slated to approve the draft ordinance at Tuesday’s meeting. ###The…
California Democrats Strike Back Against Local Conservative Rebellions on LGBTQ Rights, Abortion
The state Assembly during a floor session at the state Capitol in Sacramento on Aug. 29, 2024. Photo by Florence Middleton, CalMattersLike many new political candidates at the time, Rebecca Bauer-Kahan…
What Californians Have at Stake in the Trump-Harris Election When It Comes to Health Care
…The future of the Affordable Care Act TRUMP. Trump as president tried and failed to repeal the Affordable Care Act, the signature legislative achievement of his predecessor, Barack Obama. As recently as…