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SFGate
New Amazon facility sparks heavy backlash in small California town
More than 100 locals in opposition attended a planning meeting late last month.
kymkemp.com
Eureka To Oppose Offshore Oil Drilling, Ban Its Support Facilities
The Eureka City Council’s quest to ban “offshore oil support facilities” will begin with a resolution opposing offshore oil drilling and continue with changes to the city’s coastal zoning. A simpler means – passing an ordinance enacting the ban – was deemed to be bureaucratically undoable...
krcrtv.com
Cal Poly Humboldt students expand pilot kelp farm to scale seaweed aquaculture
EUREKA, Calif. — Students at Cal Poly Humboldt are working to expand research aimed at protecting oceans and kelp forests by scaling up seaweed aquaculture in Humboldt Bay. The university operates a pilot kelp farm in the bay, where students and researchers are experimenting with cultivation methods and new species. As of 2025, they have grown additional species, including winged kelp, on long lines.
Fort Bragg Advocate-News
‘Thank you for coming, and please go away’: Community members oppose McKinleyville Amazon facility
On Wednesday evening, Humboldt County staff held a public meeting on a facility that Amazon plans to build on six parcels in the Airport Business Park in McKinleyville. The packed meeting, held at Azalea Hall in McKinleyville, was at times discordant, with community members shouting at each other, public officials threatening to involve sheriff’s officers and at least one physical altercation.
krcrtv.com
Packed crowd presses officials on proposed Amazon warehouse near Airport in McKinleyville
McKINLEYVILLE, Calif. — A proposed Amazon distribution warehouse in McKinleyville sparked a tense, hours-long public meeting on April 29, drawing a packed crowd as residents pressed county officials and project representatives for answers. The meeting took place at the Azalea Hall in McKinleyville. The Humboldt County Planning and Building...
kymkemp.com
Amazon’s Humboldt Project Meets Rowdy Opposition at First Public Meeting
Hatred of Amazon was in full force during the first public meeting on the company’s plans to build a delivery center in McKinleyville, with accusations ranging from labor exploitation to plastics pollution. Allegations like those are irrelevant to the project’s land use review but that didn’t stop the capacity...
lostcoastoutpost.com
(PHOTOS) McKinleyville Amazon Warehouse Meeting Draws Huge, Furious Crowd
A volatile meeting held last night to discuss the proposed Amazon distribution warehouse in McKinleyville drew a large crowd, almost everyone in it fiercely against the project. Roughly 200 people flocked to the four-hour meeting, filling up Azalea Hall; attendees lined the walls and sat in almost every seat. Hosted...
mendocinobeacon.com
‘Thank you for coming, and please go away’: Community members oppose McKinleyville Amazon facility
On Wednesday evening, Humboldt County staff held a public meeting on a facility that Amazon plans to build on six parcels in the Airport Business Park in McKinleyville. The packed meeting, held at Azalea Hall in McKinleyville, was at times discordant, with community members shouting at each other, public officials threatening to involve sheriff’s officers and at least one physical altercation.
Willits News
‘Thank you for coming, and please go away’: Community members oppose McKinleyville Amazon facility
On Wednesday evening, Humboldt County staff held a public meeting on a facility that Amazon plans to build on six parcels in the Airport Business Park in McKinleyville. The packed meeting, held at Azalea Hall in McKinleyville, was at times discordant, with community members shouting at each other, public officials threatening to involve sheriff’s officers and at least one physical altercation.
lostcoastoutpost.com
Sewage Keeps Spilling Into Humboldt Bay. It’s Hurting Oyster Farmers
The oyster producing giant of Humboldt Bay comes to a grinding halt for weeks each year due to sewage overflows. And while emergency aquaculture closures keep the shellfish-dining public safe, oyster farmers say the situation is putting the industry on ice. “When we are notified, everything stops,” said Todd Van...
lostcoastoutpost.com
There Will be an Anti-Amazon Protest This Afternoon Before an Informational Meeting About the Proposed Warehouse
A protest is scheduled to be held before the county-led informational meeting on the proposed Amazon warehouse this afternoon. It’s obvious that the warehouse shouldn’t be constructed, claim the organizers, and they offer plenty of reasons why. “We do not want mega-corporations putting locals out of business, taking...
kymkemp.com
554-Acre Kneeland Property Takes Step Toward Permanent Conservation
Press release from the Northcoast Regional Land Trust:. The Northcoast Regional Land Trust has secured a grant from the California Natural Resources Agency’s Environmental Enhancement and Mitigation Program to help conserve Black Dog Woodlands, a 554-acre working forest and agricultural property in Kneeland, in the hills above Arcata. The...
kymkemp.com
Public Meeting Regarding Proposed Amazon Distribution Facility This Wednesday
This is a press release from the County of Humboldt:. On Oct. 21, 2025, the Humboldt County Planning & Building Department received an application for a coastal development permit to construct a 40,290 square-foot commercial warehouse and several parking lots. The proposed project would operate as an Amazon Distribution Facility that spans across six parcels located within the Airport Business Park in McKinleyville.