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North Coast Night Lights: Unexpected Magic: Rabbit Stargazer

by David Wilson on August 7, 2019 at 10:46AM

The rabbit sat by my camera for almost six minutes while the camera took pictures. Each photograph was a 30-second exposure, and the rabbit appeared in eleven of them, mostly sitting and looking this way and that in the starry night.

Crabs slap hands after winning the final game of the year.

Ladies and Gentlemen, Your 2019 Crabs

by Thomas Oliver on August 6, 2019 at 4:12PM

Well, here we are again. Aug. 6.

UPDATE: Republican Party, Trump Take on Golden State Over Tax Returns

by Kimberly Wear on August 6, 2019 at 12:14PM

UPDATE: Following in the footsteps of Judicial Watch, President Donald Trump and his campaign and the Republican state and national parties filed two separate lawsuits today over the tax return law recently signed by California Gov. Gavin Newsom.

UPDATED: Kayakers Reportedly Find Dead Body Near Trinidad

by Kym Kemp on August 4, 2019 at 3:33PM

UPDATE: The Humboldt County Sheriff's Office issued a press release this evening stating that the deceased person found by kayakers near College Cove this morning appears to have been a white male in his 60s. See the full press release copied below our original post.

McKinleyville Man Reported Missing Found at 101 Crash Site

by Kimberly Wear on August 2, 2019 at 3:48PM

On 08-02-2019, at approximately 830 AM, the Humboldt Area CHP was notified of a pickup off the west side of the road on US-101 near Mile Post Marker 110, south of Kane Road. Emergency personnel responded to the scene and located a deceased driver as the sole occupant of the pickup.

Away Games, Burgers and Cider

by Thomas Oliver on August 1, 2019 at 4:50PM

Eighteen down, one to go. The Humboldt Crabs swept the B52s in their penultimate series and it was one for the books.

Battle of the Badges Nets Record-Breaking Day at the Blood Bank

by Kym Kemp on August 1, 2019 at 11:24AM

Yesterday’s Battle of the Badges at the Northern California Community Blood Bank was a competition with one clear winner — patients. The friendly rivalry between 16 local public safety agencies brought the highest number of donors the nonprofit blood bank has seen in a single day since 2001.

North Coast Night Lights: A Humboldt Commute

by David Wilson on July 31, 2019 at 3:36PM

People don’t feel the stillness from inside their vehicles, slicing through the night like darts of light. But at times for me there were no cars at all for minutes at a stretch, and the still night would settle about me. The grasses rustled softly in the breeze.

UPDATE: Fatal Motorcycle Crash on State Route 36

by Thadeus Greenson on July 30, 2019 at 3:37PM

UPDATE: The California Highway Patrol has identified the man found dead this morning after a motorcycle crash on State Route 36 as 25-year-old Steven Forrest Johnson, of Loleta, who had been reported missing to the Rio Dell Police Department on Saturday evening. PREVIOUSLY: The California Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal motorcycle crash off State Route 36 near Fox Creek Road that occurred several days ago.

With Newsom’s Signature, Presidential Hopefuls Now Have to Show Us Their Taxes

by Kimberly Wear on July 30, 2019 at 1:37PM

politically neutral,” and the State has an important justification for enacting the law. De La Fuente v. Padilla, No. 17-56668, 2019 WL 3242193, at *3 (9th Cir.

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