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Lovely Garden Roots

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Eureka Landlord Kelly Martin Cut Down Old Town's Biggest Tree, a 60-Year-Old Monterey Pine, After City Notices Over the Sidewalk Its Roots Were Lifting

Kelly Martin took down a 60-year-old Monterey pine, the largest tree left in Eureka's Old Town, after city code notices about the sidewalk its roots had lifted.

Eureka, CA · 3d

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[UPDATE 8:16 a.m.; Fieldbrook School Closed ] Trees Down and Power Out in Areas Across Humboldt as Friday Storm Moves Through

More than 3,000 PG&E customers were without power in Humboldt County Friday morning, Nov. 13, as strong winds and rain moved through the area. The California Highway Patrol has received multiple reports of downed trees and branches overnight, and a fallen power line has closed both lanes of Fieldbrook Road near Parker Lane.

Humboldt County, CA · 1d
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Miranda’s Rescue, Humboldt County planners battle through permit compliance

Amid an extensive, multi-agency criminal investigation into allegations of animal cruelty and fraud at Miranda’s Rescue, property owner Shannon Miranda and Humboldt County planning officials are still attempting to bring a 23-year-old conditional use permit into compliance. Earlier this year, an investigation that included the FBI, the USDA, the...

Humboldt County, CA · 1d
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Measure K Failed, But SoHum Health CEO Matt Rees Hopes the Blue Wave Can Revive Financial Prospects for a New Garberville Hospital

The Southern Humboldt Community Health Care District (SoHum Health) remains in desperate need of affordable financing for its long-planned and sorely needed new hospital in Garberville. Before Election Day, it seemed like Measure K might be the district’s best and last chance to chart a plausible fiscal pathway in time...

Garberville, CA · 20h
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Humboldt May Leave Rural Counties Advocacy Group

Humboldt County’s continued membership in a state association that lobbies for rural interests is now in doubt. Appointment of a representative to RCRC – the Rural County Representatives of California and its affiliate groups – was up for decision-making at the Nov. 10 Board of Supervisors meeting.

Humboldt County, CA · 1d

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A $61.2 Million Fire Response Near Hoopa, and a Highway Repair Bill Still to Come as Newsom Declares Emergency

On Tuesday, Nov. 10, three months after the Mile Post 18 Fire broke out north of Hoopa, Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency in Humboldt County, and ordered Caltrans to formally request federal aid to repair Highway 96. The fire burned roughly 7,600 acres, including land on the Hoopa Valley Reservation, and left damaged culverts, guardrails and pavement, as well as hazardous trees and loose rock above the highway.

Humboldt County, CA · 2d

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Karuk Tribe Announces One-Time General Assistance Program Up to $1,000 for Eligible Households

YREKA, Calif. — The Karuk Tribal Council announced on November 12 a One-Time General Assistance Program offering limited financial help of up to $1,000 per household for utilities, rent or mortgage payments, and temporary shelter. The program is open to enrolled Karuk Tribal members and descendants who live within...

Siskiyou County, CA · 18h

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Megan from McKinleyville is interested in your death

Tell Me About It, Humboldt features short conversations with Humboldt County, California residents about their niche interests and obsessions. You know that thing you can't stop talking about at parties, even after everyone has walked away? That’s what we want to hear. The subject you geek out about? Let’s discuss! Come one, come all and let’s learn about our neighbors through these far ranging topics.

Humboldt County, CA · 1d

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Another voice …The long-delayed end of an era

After years of controversy, mismanagement, incompetence, tens of millions of unaccountable pot permit fees and tax dollars dumped into the general fund in contradiction to what the voters said they wanted it to go to, many more consultant and permit prep dollars, much frustration (especially by, but not limited to, pot permit applicants), hundreds of useless meetings, lots of lawyers and self-made “consultants,” and frequent managerial turnover, Mendocino County is finally (and ignominiously and quietly) admitting the obvious and giving up on the idea of having an official Cannabis Program Manager.

Mendocino County, CA · 2d

The Mendocino Voic

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Your Mendocino: Persephone after the first burn

A tree named Persephone stands in the smoke after the first burn of the season at Greenfield Ranch west of Ukiah.

Mendocino County, CA · 19h

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Voters Appear to Reject Pay Raises for Eureka City Council Members

It looks like most voters in Eureka don’t want their council members or mayor to get a raise. In election night results — and subsequent reports after additional ballot counting — a majority have opposed a measure to allow for increased monthly stipends for these elected officials.

Eureka, CA · 1d

The Mendocino Voic

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Mendocino County misses October target to sell properties with unpaid taxes

The county has not held a tax auction since 2019 and now says the next one will come in March 2027.

Mendocino County, CA · 1d

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On the Mendocino Coast, Wildfires Are Rare and Insurance Increases Are Steep

MENDOCINO, Calif. — Two of the Mendocino coast towns facing the largest California FAIR Plan increases this year — Mendocino, at nearly 40 percent, and Caspar, at close to 35 — sit on a foggy stretch of coast that, by the state's own fire records, has almost never burned.

Mendocino County, CA · 1d

The Mendocino Voic

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New governor begins the ‘Becerra era’ by making nice with Capitol Democrats

Gov.-elect Xavier Becerra has evaded giving specifics about what policies his administration will prioritize. But some lawmakers are hoping for a more collaborative relationship

California · 21h

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California Put Up $1 Million to Watch the Coast Through El Niño. Nobody on the Mendocino Coast Asked for Any of It.

The last time the ocean off Northern California looked like this, a marine heat wave and an El Niño wiped out most of the North Coast’s bull kelp, and the state’s own staff report says this year closely matches that stretch from 2014 to 2016. The California...

Fort Bragg, CA · 4d

The Mendocino Voic

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Ukiah Tractor Supply among stores the state put on pesticide probation

For five years starting Dec. 7, Tractor Supply can't sell restricted or unregistered pesticides in California.

Ukiah, CA · 2d

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PG&E gets conditional OK to drill into Mendocino County's Cape Horn dam

Federal regulators are still reviewing PG&E's request to give up the license and remove the dams. photo credit: Kyle Schwartz/Cal Trout via Bay City News The Cape Horn dam on the Eel River in Mendocino County, a source of water for the Russian River. PG&E has a conditional OK to drill into Cape Horn Dam on the Eel River, one of two dams in Mendocino County it wants to tear down. The holes will test the dam, the ground under it and the river sediment that has built up behind it, according to records filed with state and federal dam regulators. Cape Horn Dam holds back Van Arsdale Reservoir. An intake 400 feet upstream of the dam takes in Eel River water. The water runs through the Potter Valley Project's tunnels to the East Fork of the Russian River, according to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. PG&E has asked the commission, known as FERC, to let it give up its license for the project and remove both Cape Horn and Scott dams. It would keep only the parts of Cape Horn needed for a new diversion, the New Eel-Russian Facility. In a May planning document, FERC staff wrote that removing

Mendocino County, CA · 1d

The Mendocino Voic

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Rail authority plans to delay study that could trim Amtrak bus through Mendocino County

The regional commission says it isn't considering dropping any stops on Route 7—for now.

Mendocino County, CA · 1d

The Mendocino Voic

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Fort Bragg City Council makes it easier to build apartments on empty lots

The 5-0 vote came two months after the same changes failed on a tie. Fort Bragg must make room for 668 homes.

Fort Bragg, CA · 3d