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One Group of Students Fled Community College in Record Numbers During the Pandemic. Can These Schools Lure Them Back?
Marcelo Baca, 62, puts on a graduation robe with the help of his son, Jason, 16, before a graduation ceremony at Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut on June 15, 2023. Photo…
‘Not Adequately Prepared’: Civil Grand Jury Says Humboldt County Must Improve Its Disaster Planning
File image from USGS###In its latest report from the 2022-23 session, the Humboldt County Civil Grand Jury says the Humboldt County Sheriff and Board of Supervisors have been "casual to…
California Lawmakers Wage Delta Water War With Newsom
Geese swim in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta on October 13, 2020. Photo by Florence Low, California Department of Water ResourcesAmping up their concerns as a deadline looms, key California legislators…
Check Out the Designs for the New Carlson Park Playground in Valley West! Plus, the Arcata City Council Will Have More Budget Discussions
Design renderings for the new playground planned for Carlson Park in Valley West | Images by Miracle Playsystems via the City of Arcata###For a while now the City of Arcata has been…
Eureka City Council to Enter Final Round of Budget Talks During Tonight’s Meeting; Will Also Consider Trash Rate Hike, Update to Council Handbook and More!
###Lots going on at tonight’s Eureka City Council meeting! As the end of the current fiscal year quickly approaches, the council will embark on its last round of budget talks before…
Retired Owners of Fortuna Restaurant Tom’s Sourdough Killed in Arizona Double Homicide; The Suspect, a Eureka Man, is in Custody
…Dispatchers received another call about a man stabbing a woman.Officers later determined that Bryant stabbed the Hintons during an argument and was then shot by a neighbor, the police department reported…
The Biggest Survey of Homeless Californians in Decades Shows Why So Many Are on the Streets
…Already the study – which the authors say is the most representative homelessness survey conducted in the U.S. since the mid-1990s – has drawn attention from high places. The initial idea for…
How Fresh Will CalFresh Be? Food Benefits on the Table in State Budget Talks
A customer picks produce at the Fairfield Farmers' Market on June 15, 2023. Photo by Semantha Norris, CalMatters.Every Thursday at the Fairfield Farmers’ Market, many customers don’t pay for their…
OBITUARY: Venus-Victoria Lucero-Marina Torrez-Hamilton, 1974-2023
Venus-Victoria Lucero-Marina Torrez-Hamilton, born on December 4, 1974, tragically and unexpectedly departed from this earthly realm to join the spirit world on Monday, May 1, 2023. She passed away…
OBITUARY: Eugene E. Steele Sr., 1954-2023
It is with a sad and heavy heart we announce the passing of a great man, Eugene E. Steele Sr. (A.K.A. Gene), on June 7, 2023 at the age of…
OBITUARY: Ralph M. Nelson, 1928-2023
…He was also a part of Rotary with memories of the Festival on the Bay.Writing, he was part of the Silver Quills, where he has a few published short stories. He…
OBITUARY: Charles Edward Winfrey, 1943-2023
…Like the time he fell off Satan.The family wishes to thank Dr. Allen S Matthew MD and his team for all the care provided to Charles over the last few years…
GROWING OLD UNGRACEFULLY: UFOs — They’re Back!
The latest contender in the unending lineage of UFO whistleblowers is Air Force veteran and former intelligence officer David Grusch. His credentials are impressive: 14 years as a US intelligence officer, representative…
OBITUARY: Robert ‘Chip’ Overholt, 1949-2023
…Early in life, Chip was highly involved with the Boy Scouts of America, achieving Eagle Scout at age 14, continuing on with the Order of the Arrow, Scotia's troop 6 Scoutmaster…
OBITUARY: Michael Neal Kesterson, 1964-2023
…Mike’s free spirit found peace around the beaches of Humboldt and at his family’s ranch in Petrolia. His dog Shasta, always at his side as his constant companion. Mike was…
(PHOTOS) Humboldt Celebrates Juneteenth
…Although President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation was enacted in 1863, marking the official end of slavery in the United States, it could not be enforced in many places in the South…
THE ECONEWS REPORT: What’s That Fence In the River?
…Gabe Rossi, UC Berkeley.This week on the EcoNews Report hosts Alicia Hamann from Friends of the Eel River and Tom Wheeler from EPIC discuss an experimental installation in the South Fork…
HUMBOLDT HISTORY: The Life and Times of Jim Howard, a Civic Leader in 20th Century Eureka
…In the 1920s another black family, the LeDouxes, moved to Eureka. The LeDoux brothers, Albert and James, are listed as football players in the 1924 and 1925 Eureka High yearbook, the Sequoia…
OBITUARY: Terry Lee Coltra, 1952-2023
…Terry was most proud of his work of the restoration of the Carson Block building, and it is now the flagship historic office and retail building in Old Town, Eureka. Terry had…
OBITUARY: Rosa Ruiz Paredes, 1930-2023
Rosa Ruiz Paredes, 92, of Hydesville, passed away on June 13, 2023 in the presence of her eldest daughter Lalita Brinckhaus, her grandson Dr. Nathan Brinckhaus, her niece Graciela "Chely" Cardenas Lima…
OBITUARY: Frank Joseph Weber III, 1951-2023
…Most of those years were spent in the Emergency Dept. The staff became family to him and took loving and excellent care of him in his last days. Given the choice, he…
OBITUARY: Alice Davenport Gay, 1930-2023
…Alice enjoyed cooking alongside Bud and hosting Swedish pancake breakfasts at the Runeburg Lodge. She had a passion for bowling and cherished the adventures she had while traveling with the Match Club…
OBITUARY: Robert A. Anderson, 1943-2023
On May 19, 1943, Bob Anderson was born, the oldest of three children. He grew up on a farm in North Dakota before heading off to college, where he studied to become…
Judge Sides With Publishers of Rio Dell Times in First Amendment Ruling Against Arcata Attorney and Client
…In 2021, the probate court appointed Mendonca as conservator of the Kellers, much to the frustration of the Wolffs, who characterized the situation as a "court-sanctioned kidnapping." (They had filed a…
BACK HOME! After the Catastrophe of 2020, Food For People is Back at Its Old Location But in a Bigger, Better Building, and It’s Serving the Community As We Speak
…After discovering that the sewage spill had caused much more damage than initially anticipated, the building had to be completely demolished. Because Food for People owns the property, the nonprofit decided it…
Shots Fired Inside Da’ Yas Park Last Night; Eureka Police Seeking Public’s Help Finding Suspects
Photo of the suspect vehicle via EPD.Press release from the Eureka Police Department:On June 15, 2023 at approximately 6:20 p.m., officers with the Eureka Police Department (EPD) were…
Drugs, Illegal Guns and Stolen Vehicles Found in Eureka and Arcata After Weeks-Long Investigation Into Wanted Felon, Drug Task Force Says
…Once the vehicle was stopped, Officers with the Eureka Police Department contacted the subjects inside the vehicle. Wuillmier was located in the back seat of the vehicle. Wuillmier originally provided a false…
Oh Deer! Arcata Fire Rescues Baby Fawn From Storm Drain in McKinleyville Thursday Night
The poor, frightened cutie trapped at the bottom of a storm drain Thursday night | Image from Arcata Firefighter's Instagram###There’s an old, cliché idea that firefighters spend most of their…
Why ‘Crisis Pregnancy Centers’ Will Be California’s Next Abortion Battleground
An examination room at the Alternatives Pregnancy Center in Sacramento on June 1, 2023. Photo by Miguel Gutierrez Jr., CalMatters In California, less than two-thirds of counties have an abortion clinic…
Eureka Mayor Kim Bergel Offers Strong Support of PacOut Green Team After One of Their Greenbelt Clean-Up Events is Picketed by Protestors
Yesterday, North Coast News ran a segment that showed activists for the houseless picketing a clean-up event sponsored by PacOut Green Team, a group of volunteers organized by Pacific Outfitters that…