Daniel Mintz Mad River Union HUMBOLDT – Humboldt’s county government is joining all seven cities in devising a strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and is also becoming a member of an international group that promotes global sustainability policies. The county’s Board of Supervisors took several actions to advance the drafting of a Climate Action…
Three die in Patrick’s Point truck crash
UPDATE Fromm CHP: UPDATE 6-25-19 @ 1300 Hours: The victims in this mornings fatal collision have been identified as 42-year old James Cohee Jr. of Trinidad, 28 year old Chloe Chapman of Eureka and 32 year old Cody Behler of Arcata. The CHP would like to extend our condolences to the families of the victims…
Planco mulls Isackson’s Housing Project
Kevin L. Hoover Mad River Union ARCATA – Arcata’s Planning Commission last week took up the proposed Isackson’s Housing Project, a block-long, four-story apartment building sited on Seventh Street between I and J streets downtown. The project includes 43 one-, two- and three-bedroom rent-restricted apartments plus a manager’s unit totaling over 36,000 square feet plus…
County considers ‘high level’ involvement in housing
Daniel Mintz Mad River Union HUMBOLDT – A state-mandated Humboldt County housing plan will consider a new approach to serving the needs of lower-income residents – having the county move from merely zoning for housing to subsidizing and maintaining it. The question of whether the county should become actively involved in providing for housing is…
Arcata Police Log: Tranquility-inducing quinoa tots and popcorn tofu meet their match
• Thursday, May 23 8:03 a.m. Six people sitting in a circle in a Ninth Street alley wouldn’t voluntarily disassemble their stonerhenge soiree-squattery, and a nearby business was concerned that the half-dozen immobile meat pillars might get run over. 10:36 p.m. In nearby Tavern Alley, intake-excrete maneuvers proved worrisome. It seems that four jolly-time funsters…
HSU campus safety bulletin about threatener
MEDIA ADVISORY Campus Safety Bulletin: Suspicious Individual The University Police Department is advising the Humboldt State University community to be on the alert for an individual alleged to have sent threats to campus visitors. Sean Allman (pdf of police flier), 18, who is not an HSU student and resides with family in Fortuna, has made…
High bacteria levels in Humboldt Bay oysters put OysterFest 2019 in jeopardy – alternate supply secured
Kevin L. Hoover Mad River Union ARCATA – Efforts to save the 2019 Arcata Bay Oyster Festival are furiously underway at Arcata Main Street’s downtown office. All of the oysters harvested in Humboldt Bay since Tuesday must be disposed of due to the recent hot spell, state officials announced at 6 p.m. tonight. That leaves…
Teen sustains major injuries after car rolls near Crannell
Mad River Union CRANNELL – A 17-year-old Trinidad woman received major injuries when the car she was driving flipped over at about 12:15 p.m. today, June 11 on U.S. Highway 101 south of the Little River Bridge. Iya Sol Ortiz-Beck was traveling southbound on U.S. Highway 101 in the fast lane at about 65 mph…
Arcata Police Log: Turdly minefield inspires groundsman’s ire
• Wednesday, May 15 12:42 a.m. The City Council should try to track down the shadowy slithy tove on a bicycle who busied himself this early morn riding around and checking whether or not business doors on West End Road were properly locked up, and commend him for his public-spirited volunteer efforts. 1:30 p.m. It…
Arcata Fire receives an off-road Gator
Arcata Fire District ARCATA/MCKINLEYVILLE – The Arcata Fire District has recently taken delivery of a new John Deere Gator. This all-terrain vehicle will be used to fight fires in areas not accessible by a traditional fire engine such as local forests, beaches and community trail systems. It carries equipment for both fire and rescue. This new…