Archive for May, 2009

For many in Hoopa, Bigfoot is a reality of the inland valley — one that several residents have experienced through first-hand encounters. Those encounters — profiled in David Paulides’ “The Hoopa Project: Bigfoot Encounters in

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Eureka Councilman Jeff Leonard announced his intention Friday to run for the Humboldt County 4th District supervisorial seat in 2010. Leonard, who will hit his council term limit in November 2010, said he hopes to be Eureka’s next

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Contra Costa Times, CA
Eureka City Council member Jeff Leonard will announce his intention to run for the Humboldt County 4th District Supervisor seat in 2010 at a pre-campaign event today, according to a press release. ”Twenty-four years is long enough – now is the time for …

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Arcata Eye, CA
The Arcata City Council will try to decide Wednesday, June 3, whether or not Arcata and its taxpayers can afford to annex 17 acres on the Arcata Bottom so that Danco Builders can proceed with its plan for a 151-unit subdivision along Janes Creek and Foster Avenue.

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CASPAR, Calif. – Eleven suspected abalone poachers are under arrest after state game wardens watched the group catch, hide and transport the protected mollusks.

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FORTUNA — Members of the congregation of St. Francis Episcopal Church are making knitted hats as part of a ministry. Parishioner Ellie Mahouski said church members have created “hundred of hats” to send to victims of Hurricane

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In real estate, retail, dining establishments and many other types of business endeavors, the words, “location, location, location,” have been a mantra for decades.

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FERNDALE — Sculptures by local artist Elaine Benjamin are on display through June 27 in the Hart Gallery of the Ferndale Repertory Theatre, 447 Main St.

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EUREKA — The third annual “Brew at the Zoo” will be held on Saturday at Sequoia Park Zoo from 6 to 10 p.m. Funds raised will go toward the continuing habitat improvements for the zoo’s animals.

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EUREKA — The Humboldt Arts Council is now accepting entries for its 23rd annual “Images of Water” Competition and Exhibition. The entry deadline is June 15.

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Two North Coast health clinics have been awarded a total of $1 million in federal stimulus funds to expand services, though much of the money likely will pay for recent growth and cover losses from looming state budget cuts.

Tags: California, coast, Humboldt, Humboldt County, Humboldt County News, Northern California, state budget
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The students in Lea Lu’s fourth-grade class at Union Street Charter School in Arcata, with the help of artist Jan Ramsey, have painted large pictures to send to a school in Afghanistan.

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ean Garmire/The Times-Standard Nature doesn’t care when California’s fire season starts, as evidenced by the massive wildfires that swept through Santa Barbara this month.

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A public meeting to consider 20/30 Park in Eureka as a potential site for a community pool drew residents with positive and negative comments Thursday evening, but one thing was for sure: No one was against having a pool built for Eureka.

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When biologists with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service scanned through a videotape meant to monitor a threatened snowy plover’s nest on Clam Beach, they were shocked to find evidence of thievery.

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