As long as Humboldt’s affordable housing crisis exists, short-term solutions need to be implemented. Affordable Homeless Housing Alternatives (AHHA) and other local advocates recommend safe parking programs, sanctioned camping areas, and tiny home villages.
Letters to the Editor, November 27, 2019
Thanks to all for patience during this trying time The members of the Slack Family LLC wish to express their sincere gratitude to the many Humboldt County fire departments, and especially the Arcata Fire District, who responded to the fire in our Plaza building on Oct. 27. Their hard work and diligence not only saved…
Letters to the Editor, November 20, 2019
A heartfelt blurt In a recent meeting of the Arcata Planning Commission (Sept. 10, 2019) the plight of mobilehome dwellers was being discussed. One City official remarked that if residents of a mobilehome park were displaced by a projected park closure, such people could find another place to live. A woman in the audience blurted…
Letters to the Editor, November 13, 2019
Plight of the Arcata mobilehome owners We read with interest the petition (Derksen, et. al.) calling for the restoration of the three key relocation benefits published in the Nov. 6, 2019 edition of your paper. The petition understates the plight of the homeowners. The situation is worse than reported. We have been residents in the…
John Schaefer: Our grandchildren will thank us for wind power
Our grandchildren will thank us for wind power The county is deciding whether to issue permits for the Terra-Gen Wind Project, south of Scotia. This week and next week hearings will be held for the Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) at the Planning Commission, and chances are hearings will continue on to the Board of…
Rounding and Reeling for Reuven, part 2
Second of two parts. Read part 1 here. In the Jewish tradition we do many extremely time-sensitive practices around death. We do not leave our dead alone from the time of death until the time of burial. We sit shomer. The word shomer means guard. So, we guard the person with our presence. We recite…
Letters to the Editor, November 6, 2019
McK’s Town Center an opportunity to redefine Right now McKinleyville is at the cusp of some profound changes and opportunities. Seventeen years ago when the McKinleyville Community Plan was adopted it called for the creation of a Town Center Ordinance to help clarify the goals for establishing a Town Center in the area surrounding Safeway.…
Greg Gaiera: The end of a lovely era as HealthSPORT closes its racquetball courts
Greg Gaiera Special to the Union I had been living in Arcata for a few years, and had started a new phase of my life. Not only had I just recently moved to Humboldt, but I was also beginning my teaching career and starting a family with my wife, Heather. Routines had always been (and still…
Carol McFarland: Access to the proposed Creek Side Homes project remains problematic
Twelve years ago we decided to preserve our small piece of the Arcata Bottom handed down from great-grandparents because of the possible annexation and development of a subdivision of 150 houses, and the inevitable widening of Foster Avenue for its principal entrances. Why? At that time, the front door to our house was less than…
The HUM: Halloweek is upon us
You probably don’t think of Halloween as a religious holiday, but officially it’s the night before All Hallows’ Day, aka All Saints’ Day, when Christians commemorate all the saints who’ve gone to heaven. Nowadays it’s all about black cats, jack-o’-lanterns, skulls and costumes of sexy this-and-that, as well as the new beginning of the dreadfully…