Mermaid ball/stroll on Saturday; Downtown Art Market on Sunday Arcata Main Street ARCATA – Arts! Arcata celebrates the visual and performing arts in Downtown Arcata Friday, May 7 to Sunday, May 9. Arcata Main Street does not, at this time, promote any gathering, snacks or beverages. We do encourage safely visiting showcases of art in Downtown…
Arcata tracking rise in property crime, violence
ARCATA – Arcata’s Public Safety Committee took tangible steps last week toward developing civilian police oversight in Arcata. It also heard alarming news of a pronounced year-over-year jump in crime – both violent and property crime cases. With Chair Lettie Dyer absent and Vice Chair Jesse Lopez having resigned, Melissa Lazon was elected to the…
Nasty COVID variant arrives in Humboldt
Daniel Mintz Mad River Union HUMBOLDT – Even as vaccine-induced optimism grows, Humboldt County’s health officer has said that “we’re not out of the woods yet” with COVID-19, which could spread and sicken people more severely if a newly-detected variant takes hold. At an April 28 news conference, Health Officer Dr. Ian Hoffman followed up…
McKinleyville Lions Club names top cat
From left are Cyndi Bainbridge, club treasurer; Mark Nichols, board member; Mark Wainwright, club vice-president; Bob Wainwright, club president; Pat Thomas, club secretary; (obscured) Wendy Woodward, board member; Nancy Henley, membership chair; and Rich Henley, board member. Submitted photo
Former Trinidad Councilman arrested for alleged restraining order violation, having firearms
Mad River Union TRINIDAD – Humboldt County Sheriff’s deputies served a search warrant at the Trinidad Bay Bed & Breakfast this morning, May 4 and arrested former Trinidad City Councilmember Michael Joseph Morgan, 56, for being in possession of firearms, which he is now allowed to have under the terms of a court-issued restraining order…
McKinleyville vies for improvement funding
The MCSD would also like to expand Azalea Hall, which is the town’s community center and home to the McKinleyville Senior Center. The MCSD is proposing an expansion on the south side Azalea Hall to provide more space for classes and other activities.
Arcata Police Log: Peaceable laundry-doers plagued by meddlesome maskholes
• Tuesday, April 13 3:39 p.m. A band of streetcorner musicians At Eighth and I offered renditions Of flute-friendly jamming But critiques were damning And troubadours failed the audition 10:17 p.m. A woman at a Plaza hotel reported that when she looked in the mirror, she didn’t look like herself. Oh, also, she thought there…
Trinidad Tidings: ‘Monstrament’ donated to university
Westhaven wood sculptor John Wiebe has created from a “hollowed out redwood stump” a 14-foot “Monstrament” which he calls “Sequoia Semperviolin.” The dramatic creation has been on exhibit at Trees of Mystery, and before that at the Senior Resource Center in Eureka. The President of Fresno Pacific University, Dr. Joseph Jones, had learned about the…
Mules haul trash out of coastal gem
Friends of the Dunes SAMOA PENINSULA – On April 15, Friends of the Dunes worked in partnership with the volunteer Backcountry Horsemen of California (BCHC) Redwood Unit Wilderness Riders, the Humboldt Trails Council, and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) to restore forest and dune habitats on the newly protected Samoa Dunes and…
High school in-person learning going smoothly
“Overwhelmingly students who have returned said that they benefited from working in a physical space, and while some felt it was a bit more hectic than usual, and others were worried about some students lying on their health check, students who returned generally said they felt safe and that, at least on campus, precautions were being made,” Arbaugh wrote.