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New Road Rules! The California Highway Patrol Would Like You to be Aware of These New Laws Taking Effect on Streets and Highways in 2024, So That We All Might Drive Better in the New Year
Press release from the California Highway Patrol: As we head into the new year, the California Highway Patrol (CHP) is educating the public on traffic safety laws that were passed during this…
California New Laws for 2024: Speed Cameras and Cruising Allowed
…By lifting the ban, the state acknowledges the artistic and social merits of cruising. The law will also undo a ban on modifying vehicles to a certain low height. One member of…
California New Laws for 2024: Consumer Protection Beefed Up
…The money recovered would go into the new fund. “When a predatory business takes advantage of a consumer, it’s only right that the proceeds gained from illegal conduct should go towards…
OBITUARY: Todd Anderson, 1973-2023
…Todd’s surviving family plans to spread the ashes of Todd and his deceased family together, and have a small family ceremony in doing so.###The obituary above was submitted on behalf…
Yurok Vice Chair Frankie Myers Discusses His Assembly Campaign, the Power of Representation and the Unique Voice He’d Bring to Sacramento
Yurok Vice Chair and state Assembly candidate Frankie Myers. | Photos by Ryan Burns.###As vice chairman of the Yurok Tribe, Frankie Myers often shows up to official events in a sport coat…
POLL! Best Dining Option in the Bayshore Mall?
POLL! Best Dining Option in the Bayshore Mall?
Rio Dell to Consider Legislation to Keep Rental Housing Up to Code, Post-Earthquake
…On the other hand, some tenants do not properly maintain the units they live in or the property the units are on. When discussed with the City’s Nuisance Advisory Committee, the…
The Top 25 Stories of 2023! It Was the Best of Years and it Was the Worst of Years, but Overall It Was a Pretty Normal Year
How was your 2023? For this reporter, the year felt like a settling into the post-pandemic status quo. Some things are different than before, sure, but 2023 was recognizably something like…
California New Laws for 2024: Workers Get More Paid Sick Days
…They originally sought seven days, but the final version was reduced in negotiations during the legislative process. The California Work & Family Coalition hailed the law — one of several measures last session aimed…
California New Laws for 2024: Employees Get Protection for Using Cannabis
…In its argument supporting the bill, the organization said hair or urine testing for marijuana does not detect actual impairment, a fact the federal government has acknowledged. “Studies indicate that metabolite tests…
Surprise Ambulance Bills Put These Families in Debt. A New California Law Bans the Practice
Lainey Arebalo and her son Brady sitting in the living room of her parents home in Templeton on Dec. 19, 2023. Minutes after Arebalo gave birth to her son Brady, doctors had…
OBITUARY: Paul R. Gierek, 1936-2023
…In later years, the traveling centered on Reno and Las Vegas for the “monetary” opportunities as well as watching the bull riding at the National Finals Rodeo. Paul loved the ranch way…
(UPDATE) Christmas is OVER! It’s Time to Have the Scouts Come By and Haul Away Your Tree
…Here's the skinny.###Press release from Boy Scout Troop 15 and Cub Scout Pack 95:Boy Scout Troop 15 and Cub Scout Pack 95 will again be picking up Christmas trees…
GROWING OLD UNGRACEFULLY: Don Quixote’s Impossible Dream
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra was in prison when he created the character of the impoverished aristocrat Don Quixote. Ten years earlier, he’d fought — bravely, apparently — in the crucial Battle of Lepanto…
PASTOR BETHANY: What if Christmas Were a Little Less Hectic and a Little More Holy?
“Put Christ back into Christmas!” “Jesus is the reason for the season!” And other seasonal phrases stitched onto throw pillows! I grew up with these proverbial idioms, often melodically sung with a…
HUMBOLDT HISTORY: How Did Humboldt Celebrate Christmas in the 19th Century?
…The settling of the West and the politics of the East caused struggles of another sort. The proximity in the newspaper of the information about a bill passed to allow the organization…
POLL! The President of Panem Just Announced That All the Most Popular Christmas Songs Will be Banned With One Exception. Which One Do You Think Should be Saved?
It's the Year 2300 and the President of Panem is sick of all those popular Christmas songs from the 20th century still hanging on, garnering too much airplay. He has ordered…
Volunteers Needed for Point-In-Time Count of Humboldt’s Homeless Population
Press release from the Humboldt County Department of Health and Human Services:The Humboldt Housing & Homelessness Coalition (HHHC) will conduct a Point-in-Time count of people experiencing homelessness during the morning…
Cinni, One of the Sequoia Park Zoo’s Much-Loved Red Pandas, Has Died
###Sequoia Park Zoo staff took to Facebook on Thursday morning to announce the “sudden passing” of Cinni, one of the zoo’s dear red pandas.“This past Sunday, Cinni was found deceased…
The Eureka City Schools Board Voted on a Resolution Last Week That Was Not Published Before the Meeting. Is That Legal?
…Prior to last week, the last the public had heard the school district was in negotiations with the CHP. And many people in the neighborhood seemed pretty excited about the prospect of…
State’s End-Of-Year Affordable Housing Bonanza Likely to Leave Dozens of Near-Ready Projects ‘Mothballed’
Illustration by Adriana Heldiz, CalMattersJust in time for Christmas, the Newsom administration is preparing to dole out more than $500 million to build affordable housing, playing Santa to projects that promise to…
OBITUARY: Ernest Michael Cobine, 1947-2023
…The highlight of his life was riding his motorcycle across the country with his brothers-in-law for the annual Run for the Wall/POW celebration in 2008. We enjoyed RV camping…
OBITUARY: George Nathaniel Ponnay, 1934-2023
George Nathaniel Ponnay passed away peacefully at the age of 89 in his home in Eureka with his wife, Patricia Ponnay, by his side on December 8, 2023. Born on August 15…
Two People Shot Following Youth Altercation at Cooper Gulch Last Night, Eureka Police Say; Suspects Still Unidentified
Press release from the Eureka Police Department: On December 20, 2023, at approximately 8:56 P.M., officers from the Eureka Police Department responded to the report of a shooting that had…
Hundreds of Cal Poly Humboldt Faculty Set to Strike in January Over Ongoing Salary Dispute with Cal State Administrators
…The CFA bargaining team will meet with CSU management during the second week of January. “We’re planning for the worst but hoping for the best,” Loughran said.“It's my greatest…
OPINION: It’s Time for the Offshore Wind Industry to Commit to Community Investments
The following opinion column was submitted by Lonyx Landry, a Humboldt County planning commissioner and a leader of CORE Hub. —Ed.###Offshore wind development in Humboldt County has the potential to revolutionize…
Cal Poly Researcher Hopes to Find New Home For Endangered Lassics Lupine
(c) Christian Schwarz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)PREVIOUSLY:The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Will List the Lassics Lupine as an Endangered Species, and Also Designate 512 Acres of…
Mental Health Programs That Served Hundreds of Kids — Including in Humboldt — to Close After California Payment Changes
…She acknowledged concerns across the state about whether the rates adequately cover the cost of services. The state Department of Health Care Services refused to make anyone available to directly answer questions…
California Is Raising the Minimum Wage for 2 Industries. Others Could See Pay Hikes, Too
Fast food workers rally at the state Capitol in Sacramento on Aug. 31, 2023. Gov. Gavin Newsom in September signed a law that raises the minimum wage for the industry to $20…
POLL! How Many Times Have You Dialed 9-1-1 in the Last Year?
POLL! How Many Times Have You Dialed 9-1-1 in the Last Year?