Drainage painage Can you explain how the drainage works as water flows down Mary to Steenblock Avenue in McKinleyville? County Public Worls says it’s supposed to drain into the U.S. Highway 101 ditch. Steenblock is a dead end st with a small green belt. You can see in the picture there is no way to…
Greg King: Why is Sun Valley spraying toxic chemicals on a new Arcata field?
Don’t be fooled by the expanse of pretty irises growing between Foster Avenue and Bay School Road in the Arcata Bottom. Earlier this year, Sun Valley Floral Farms sprayed that field with the carcinogen glyphosate (aka Roundup) without adequately informing neighbors, the three nearby schools, or anyone in the densely populated Greenview/Windsong neighborhood of Arcata,…
McKinleyville Senior Center: Relaxing Fall fun
Fall is in the air and so is country music, right here at the McKinleyville Senior Center, not just in the new Ken Burns documentary, Country Music, on PBS. • Line Dancing beginning Wed. Oct. 2 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Meet new people, have fun and exercise at the same time. Every Monday and…
Dakota AndersonSpirit’s Panther Report: Waves of climate change awareness wash over the Plaza
Strikes concerning climate change have swept through the U.S. before, but the Climate Strike is different because it is a global event, dominated almost entirely by students, and inspired mainly by one girl, Greta Thunberg. Greta is a 16 year old teneager from Sweden most noted for beginning a mass strike at her school and…
Letters to the Editor Sept. 18, 2019: So many wrongs need righting, but are we right about what’s wrong?
Clamor for solar When I saw the picture in your paper of tPGE consumed all of page 5 (Union, Sept. 4) alerting their customers (us) of impending Public Safety Power Shutoffs (PSPS) to reduce the risk and damages from transmission line wildfires. Their only recommendation for emergency electricity production is an operable gas generator. Is…
Steve Madrone: Carrots and sticks must guide the cannabis industry to compliance
Concerns were expressed by speakers at the Sept. 10 Board of Supervisors meeting and members of the public about recent Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office raids and the extreme costs and long timelines to get grows permitted. The economy of Humboldt has taken a big hit with the onset of Cannabis regulation, as evidenced by a…
Gillen Martin: Home in Humboldt, ready to Lead for America and make a difference in the world
People keep asking me why I came back. Humboldt County has a tendency to entrench in its young people the idea that if they want to be “successful” or make a difference in the world, they have to leave and stay gone. Combined with a lack of clear career opportunities (for both locals who want…
Letters to the Editor, Sept.11, 2019
ABC Board of Appeals was too lenient with drug-dealing bars As a citizen of Arcata I am outraged by the California ABC appeals court’s finding and request for leniency! I believe an ABC license is granted with the understanding that said business will safeguard the public from clear hazards such as serving under aged customers,…
Pat Carr: The climate crisis is upon us – what will our leaders do?
Strike or not, action for the climate takes work and there are lots of everyday choices You may have heard that a group of young people from around the world have called for a strike on behalf of the climate on Friday, Sept. 20. People of all ages, in countries around the globe, will leave…
Witness to a hammer attack
This morning, Sept. 10, I witnessed a man attack another man with a hammer. I was in my car waiting for the light to turn green on Myrtle Avenue at Fourth Street shortly before 10:30 a.m. I glanced over at the parking lot of La Patria Mariscos & Grill Restaurant and saw a man with…