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North Coast Night Lights: Avenue of the Imagination

by David Wilson on October 4, 2019 at 2:28PM

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Major construction begins Monday on Myrtle Avenue.

Eureka Warns 'Carmageddon' is Coming to Myrtle on Monday

by Kimberly Wear on October 4, 2019 at 2:05PM

The city of Eureka is reminding folks that a local version of “Carmageddon” will hit Myrtle Avenue on Monday as repairs on a sinkhole in the Cooper Gulch area begin, necessitating the excavation of the “full width” of the main corridor. “A temporary bypass road around the construction will be in place, but this bypass is NOT paved and traffic will be slow moving,” the Facebook post states.

Gov. Gavin Newsom, flanked by authors Sen. Connie Leyva and Assemblyman Patrick O’Donnell, prepares to sign a charter school transparency bill earlier this year.

With New CA Charter School Rules Official, Here’s the Latest on Incoming K-12 Laws

by Ricardo Cano, CALmatters on October 4, 2019 at 9:47AM

California’s charter school overhaul The laws: Assembly Bill 1505 by Assemblyman Patrick O’Donnell, Democrat from Long Beach, Assembly Bill 1507 by Assemblywoman Christy Smith, a Democrat from Santa Clarita, and Senate Bill 126 by Sen. Connie Leyva, Democrat from Chino. After months of negotiations and heated debate, new rules are coming for California’s sector of publicly-funded, independently-operated charter schools.

HSU University Police Chief Donn Peterson at a campus vigil last year.

UPD Chief Responds to No-Confidence Vote

by Iridian Casarez on October 2, 2019 at 5:30PM

are coming from a bad place, it’s more like you spoke, we heard, now, let’s get us to a better place.” Read both press releases below:

The Nine O Nine taxis starts its engines for a 2017 flight headed from Concord to McKinleyville.

Wings of Freedom Bomber Crashes in Connecticut

by Thadeus Greenson on October 2, 2019 at 1:16PM

The World War II-era plane that crashed in Connecticut this morning was part of the Wings of Freedom Tour that makes annual stops on the North Coast and most recently passed through in June. According to CNN, the vintage Boeing B-17 crashed while attempting a landing at Bradley International Airport in Connecticut.

HSU environmental studies major Daniel Noel came to demonstrate on behalf of the Earth, the humans, the plants and the animals that are suffering from the impacts of climate change.

Dozens 'Die' on HSU Quad to Protest Climate Change

by Thadeus Greenson on September 29, 2019 at 8:55PM

Bodies were strewn across the Humboldt State University quad Friday afternoon as students staged a die-in to bring awareness to the global climate crisis. Dozens participated in the protest, which spanned about an hour.

Fabian Cuevas and Freddy Brewster debate over brews, with Marcy Burstiner moderating.

Safe Spaces v. Free Speech: Watch the HumRights Bar Debate (Video)

by Thadeus Greenson on September 29, 2019 at 1:40PM

Over the course of about an hour one night last week, two people with diametrically opposing views on a heated topic sat in a bar and had a reasonable, civil conversation about it. Crazy, right?

NBC News Investigation Finds Vitamin E, Pesticides in Illicit Vape Cartridges

by Thadeus Greenson on September 27, 2019 at 2:35PM

Here’s a description from our Dec. 21, 2017, story “High Stakes,” which looked at the local cannabis industry’s concerns about coming into compliance with the state’s recreational cannabis testing program that was set to come online in the beginning of 2018: The biggest pesticide offender was myclobutanil — the active ingredient in fungicides like Eagle 20 and Nova 40 that are used to treat black rot and powdery mildew — which was responsible for the majority of failed tests.

The Benbow Inn's owners have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

Benbow Inn Files for Bankruptcy Protection, Blames U.S. Bank

by Kym Kemp on September 27, 2019 at 10:12AM

did everything they could possibly do to prevent us from getting another loan,” he said. “Then US Bank files a notice of default.”

North Coast Night Lights: Ramparts on the Coast

by David Wilson on September 26, 2019 at 1:41PM

But there’s a larger issue about sharing locations too precisely, called geotagging: If your image is compelling, through the power of social media you can inadvertently send large numbers of people to the same location by geotagging it in your post. People see the pin on the map and can go directly to the spot.

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