Humboldt County News

Wiggins Won’t Resign, Sources Say

Press-Democrat – State Sen. Pat Wiggins has informed Senate leaders that she is not going to resign despite signs she is no longer working, except in a limited capacity, according to Senate sources. Full Text

Stimulus Brings Hundreds of Jobs To Humboldt County At A Discount

KIEM-TV – SOME BUSINESSES IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY ARE HIRING ONCE AGAIN…BECAUSE OF 2-MILLION DOLLARS IN STIMULUS FUNDS. UNDER THE PROGRAM, EMPLOYERS WILL ONLY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING TWENTY PERCENT OF THE EMPLOYEES PAY CHECK, WHILE THE FEDS PAY THE REST. Full Text

National Geographic Visits Scotia for Special Website Launch

KIEM-TV – The National Geographic spent the day today in the North Coast … and they were here to launch a unique new website. Full Text

Salmon fishermen skeptical about 2010 season

Local commercial fishermen say they’re not optimistic about this year’s salmon prospects, even after a federal panel recommended reopening the fishing season along the California coast, with restrictions. Full Text

Eureka City schools Predicts Substantial Layoffs Due to Budget Cuts

Crippled by the State cuts to education, Eureka City Schools says they may have to issue lay-off notices to over 30 employees by next week. Full Text

Woolsey’s Turnabout On Health Bill

In a change of position, Rep. Lynn Woolsey said Tuesday she would vote for a Senate-based health care bill without a government insurance alternative – or public option. Full Text

Eureka Woman Dies in Highway 101 Crash

A Eureka woman died Tuesday night, hours after her van collided with a truck as she tried to drive across Highway 101 in southern Petaluma, the CHP reported Wednesday. Lonetta Sayers, 62, and her husband Russell Sayers, 62, Tuesday afternoon had pulled off of the highway at a gas station near Kastania Road, CHP Sgt. Allan Full Text

• Blackout Backtrack: PG&E Fine-Tunes Outage Plans
• Arcata Panhandling Ordinance OK’d (Updated, With Correction)
• Man Convicted of DUI 13 Times Off To Prison
• Trinidad City Council Seeks Grant To Fix Dangerous Road
• Smoking That Cigarette Could Burn Your Wallet
• Jefferson School Property Battle Heats Up
• Ink People Center for The Arts Keeps Programs Going
• Earthquake “Never Happened” According To USGS
• UFO’S INVADE EUREKA!
• Latest Humboldt County Earthquake Measures… 4.6
• Arcata High School Coach Arrested on Molestation Charges (Updated)
• Salami Nuggets’ Siren Song Seduces Bravo
• Local Schools Echo Statewide Budget Cut Protest

Events

• Wolves In The Throne Room Arrives April 15th
• Barbara Davenport Quartet Performs March 13th
• Fortuna Wellness Lectures continue; March 23 program features Katie Coventry
• Community Calendar March 12 -Apr. 17
• Guest speaker to address Muslim agenda
• Pulp Mill Art Show Opens Saturday
• Kick Butts Day, March 27th at Arcata Plaza
• Gallegos To Hold Press Conference Friday
• Highway Clean-Up this Saturday!
• Friends of the Fortuna Library Big Book Sale Coming March 13

The Humboldt Beacon

Fortuna students ‘Stand Up for Schools’

There was a call to public teachers and students throughout California to “stand up” last Thursday, to show opposition to continued state education cuts in Humboldt County – and in Eureka, close to 300 people joined the protest at the Humboldt County Courthouse at H and 4th Street. [Read More]

• Fortuna students ‘Stand Up for Schools’
• Native grass planting successful in Petrolia
• Casterlin School at the Mateel; raising funds to support a teacher position
• O’Neil Dairy of Loleta featured on PBS show; locals bucking a trend in the dairy business
• Bridgeville For Sale… Again
• Great Decisions chapter meetings focus on subjects of public interest

Featured Articles

Quasi Does Free Performance For HSU Students

Black Cobra Performing In Eureka May 7th

Canada’s Bison B.C. Coming To Eureka In May

Humboldt Blogs, Opinion

• Fifth district faves
• Hislop At The Garberville Rotary [Fred's Humboldt Blog]
• Arkley bank fail
• Hold the Mayo
• Message from the Marijuana Growers Assoc. of America
• Why Ask Why? [The Humboldt Mirror]
• Old 101 Adapts: Loleta’s Eel River Drive Construction [Carol & Greg's Place]
• BRYSON: Women Lawyers Are Bitches [The Humboldt Herald]
• Sheriff candidate reveals #1 question [Humboldt Herald]
• Eel River dying while Russian River drowns
• Legalization of Marijuana: What Could Happen? [Redheaded Blackbelt Blog]
• Humboldt County is Finding Christ [On The Road Blog]
• Watchpaul Will Be Winding Down [Watchpaul Blog]
• Budget cuts threaten Coastal Commission [Humboldt Herald]
• Eureka pot workshop Tuesday [Humboldt Herald]

State News

• Governor Highlights Job Creation at SKECHERS Groundbreaking
• State quarantines Napa Valley areas against European moth
• Key vote Friday on $10 car registration fee
• Governor Announces Partnership with Microsoft to Provide Free Technology Job Training for Californians
• Governor Honors Military Women at The Women’s Conference’s Day at The Museum
• Governor Schwarzenegger Delivers Remarks at California Charter Schools Conference
• Sausalito’s Bay Model still moving water, visitors

Times-Standard

• MARCUS: Taking responsibility
• California Redwood Co. takes run at niche marketing
• Driscoll: Daylight improvement
• Humboldt County Board of Supervisors considers support for salmon and marine science center
• California determines Hoopa Valley, Castle Rock schools in Humboldt County are ‘persistently underachieving’
• Eureka City Council considers assessment to help ailing fire department
• Race to the Foggy Bottom: More than 1,500 flock to Ferndale for Foggy Bottom Milk Run
• Danco submits Samoa Town Master Plan response
• Humboldt County school districts prepare for stormy budget year with pink slips; not all campuses issuing layoff notices
• After-school program explores the science of music
• Hospice starts pet program
• Bailey bounces back
• Opening new doors
• Business Sense: Is the real estate market picking up?
• Arcata residents prepared for planned PG&E power outage
• Redwood Geographic: National Geographic tourism site aims to market North Coast attractions
• American Cancer Society and three local hospitals offer free colonoscopies
• Conference explores ‘green communities’
• Humboldt State University awarded third national service award
• Media Without Margins: Work locally, partner globally

Del Norte County

Saturday event features authors and local food

Saturday event features authors and local food The Regional Indoor Farmers Market this Saturday is a chance to sample local fare and meet some “Tomatoes” — the authors of the recipe book “Locally Delicious.” The six women known as the [Read More]

• Saturday event features authors and local food
• ‘Annie’ back in town
• Warrant search nets guns, drugs, stolen property
• Pages of History: Dock opening is celebrated
• Hawaiian Cheiftain arrives in harbor
• Coastal Voices Guest Opinion: Don’t punish students, teachers
• Letters to the Editor Mar. 12, 2010
• Catching up with former Warrior tight end Nick Baker
• Ready, set, go
• Hands off the pups
• New plan eyed for Beachfront Park
• Del Norte’s jobless rate hits 14.1%

Mendocino-Lake Counties

Supes to discuss county parcel or sales tax proposal

A proposed county parcel or sales tax, road projects recommended for state funding and county Fish and Game Advisory Commission grants are on topics on the Tuesday agenda for the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors. [Read More]

• Supes to discuss county parcel or sales tax proposal
• By MONICA STARK
• Council to consider ways to reduce light and noise pollution
• A jury of their peers:
• Eel River diversion, frost water challenged
• Driver dodging animal in roadway crashes, is arrested on suspicion of DUI
• Gibson’s Hillside Vineyards: Grapes and community
• One down, two more March Whale Fest weekends to go
• Army Corps of Engineers studies harbor dredge spoils plan
• Other headlines in this week’s Mendocino Beacon include:
• Navy delays plan to increase ocean testing in Northwest
• No-nonsense proposals by Rec District