UkiaHaiku celebrates local poets
Sunday’s eighth annual ukiaHaiku Festival featured a few firsts: two Spanish categories, a local focus, winners from juvenile hall and Yokayo Taiko drummers who opened the ceremony just outside the Civic Center.
Posts Tagged ‘Humboldt’
New anti-MLPA blog
Opponents of the Marine Life Protection Act have a new blog and a petition that needs to be wrapped up by April 19.
The purpose of the website is to provide “information and conversation space for people who want to prevent the MLPA Initiative from closing all recreational and subsistence fishing, abalone diving, and mussel and seaweed harvest around the mouth of the Mattole and Punta Gorda.”
The petition can be found at these locations:
Petrolia Store
Honeydew Store
The Yellow Rose, Petrolia
Valley Grocery, Ferndale
Valley Lumber, Ferndale
Nielsen Co., Ferndale
R&S Livestock, Ferndale
The Palace, Ferndale
The VI, Ferndale
Grundman’s, Rio Dell
Murrish Market, Hydesville
Shamus T-Bones, Carlotta
Sport & Cycle, Fortuna
Napa Auto, Fortuna
Wildwood Saw Shop, Fortuna
Humboldt Creamery, Fernbridge
Bucksport, Eureka
Pro-Sport Center, Eureka
Humboldt Trade & Pawn, Eureka
Marcelli’s Shootery, Eureka
Mad River Outfitters, Arcata
Ace Hardware, Sunny Brae
MARCUS: It’s not the number, it’s the benefits
Obesity is by no mean a difficulty only in the United States. As more of our planet has found its way to a more affluent lifestyle, faster food and less exercise, the collective global waistline has expanded.
The life of a child soldier: Eureka audience gets firsthand account of Uganda child armies
Volunteers from the Invisible Children movement visited Eureka on Sunday during their 10th tour to inform attendees about the longest war in African history and the thousands of children and families it continues to impact.
Eureka council to look at cost of more repairs stemming from January earthquake
The Eureka City Council will look over the costs estimated to finish repairing damages from the Jan. 9 earthquake at its Tuesday meeting. City staff recommends the council appropriate more than $116,000 to cover the initial inspection,
Humboldt County Board of Supervisors to decide on supporting bill to extend Medicaid to juvenile hall residents
The Humboldt County Board of Supervisors will decide Tuesday whether or not they support a bill that will extend Medicaid to youth in juvenile detention.
Election Roundup: Downey receives endorsements from Humboldt, Mendocino and Del Norte county sheriffs
The Campaign to Elect Mike Downey Humboldt County Sheriff announced today endorsements from the sheriffs of Humboldt, Mendocino and Del Norte counties.
Humboldt jail inmate in stable condition after suicide attempt
An inmate of the Humboldt County jail reportedly attempted to commit suicide Friday night, and was transferred to a hospital for treatment. According to the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office, the 26-year-old inmate was on the fifth floor of the
The salmon puzzle
There are dozens of pieces to a salmon season. For a salmon season to be good, however, those things must fit together like a jigsaw puzzle and not work their way apart over the summer.
Ukiah Police cadets fund-raiser planned
Some of the younger looking police around Ukiah may actually be police cadets, not to be confused with the sworn officers they accompany on the job.
Fund-raiser for Timmy White’s family in initial planning stage
Three decades ago, dozens of Ukiahans scoured the streets in roughly a one-mile radius around the area where Timmy White, then 5, had disappeared.
McGourty’s Spirit Canyon Vineyard: expert in the vineyard
Wine Notes by Heidi Cusick Dickerson
Glenn McGourty has a reputation in Mendocino County. As a resource for growers, the wine industry and academia, his advice and expertise are often quoted.
Ukiah Daily Journal wins 3 California journalism awards
The Ukiah Daily Journal Friday night won three statewide journalism awards in the California Newspaper Publisher’s Association annual Better Newspapers Contest.
Business Sense: Time management: Part 1
We all possess valuable resources, but none is trickier or more valuable than time. Managing your time is THE key skill set in managing your life.
Blue Lake’s 100th birthday
This Friday will mark the 100-year anniversary of Blue Lake becoming incorporated as a city. The city of Blue Lake, in its past, was known as a resort area with hotels, entertainment, fishing, swimming and a robust logging industry.