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The Band cheeses before Thursday's game.

A Series Told in Two Parts: Fourth of July

by Thomas Oliver on July 5, 2019 at 4:14PM

Part I - Through the Eyes of a Neophyte My younger brother came up this past week. Called me from the highway Monday afternoon and asked if I “got any plans this week?” I did not, so I vacuumed my couch, coiled my spare cables and did what every good Humboldtian does when they find out their kin has never seen a Crabs game: I took him to a Crabs game.

A MH-65 Dolphin helicopter conducts a cliffside rescue after a hiker became stranded near the base of the sea cliff in Patricks Point State Park in Trinidad, California, July 4, 2019. The hiker was hoisted aboard the Dolphin and transported to local emergency medical services with no reported injuries.

Coasties Rescue Stranded Hiker

by Thadeus Greenson on July 5, 2019 at 12:19PM

MCKINLEYVILLE, Calif — The Coast Guard rescued a 22-year-old man who fell to the base of a sea cliff while hiking in Patrick's Point State Park in Trinidad, California, Thursday. California State Parks rangers notified watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Humboldt Bay of a stranded hiker near the base of a sea cliff in Patrick's Point State Park, around 6:45 p.m.

UPDATE: One Arrested in Homicide Investigation

by Kym Kemp on July 4, 2019 at 11:23AM

UPDATE: A Eureka woman is being held on $1 million bail in connection with the death of another woman who was found dead in a parking lot, according to a release from the Eureka Police Department. Daniella Moore, 40, was arrested on suspicion of homicide, the release states.

North Coast Night Lights: The Survivor

by David Wilson on July 3, 2019 at 5:45PM

The tree is still small but it’s healthy. There must be a lot of rings packed in that dense little trunk.

Mateel Announces Reggae Legacy to Replace ROTR

by Kym Kemp on July 3, 2019 at 1:54PM

got a boost from Reggae and that’s going to be hard to replace.” Eryn Snodgrass, the Mateel board treasurer said, “We are reaching out to nonprofits this week for tabling opportunities mostly.” The headliner of the event is the famous Toots and the Maytals.

With an overwhelming rate of homelessness in Humboldt County, the civil grand jury released a report recommending four key strategies.

Grand Jury: No 'Silver Bullet' to Solving Homeless, Offers Strategies

by Kimberly Wear on July 2, 2019 at 4:48PM

The Humboldt County Civil Grand Jury, a board of citizens impaneled for a year to look into governmental issues, released a report today making recommendations on how to address the region’s overwhelmingly high homeless rate. The 38-page report looks back at the recommendations from the consulting group Focus Strategies that led the city of Eureka and the county of Humboldt to adopt resolutions supporting a Housing First approach to addressing homelessness in 2016.

Crabs celebrate Sunday after sweeping the Expos.

Crabs Put on Hitting Expo in Series Sweep

by Thomas Oliver on July 1, 2019 at 6:27PM

And this Sunday was like a day at the batting cages for our favorite arthropods. Every Crab who saw the plate more than once logged at least one hit.

UPDATE: Car vs. Pole Sparks Fire in Fieldbrook, Power Outages

by Kym Kemp on July 1, 2019 at 3:27PM

repairs aren’t expected to be completed until later tonight,” she said. “They will need to repair some damage to equipment.

Cutcha Risling Baldy accepting her award.

HSU Professor's Book Nabs Prestigious International Award

by Thadeus Greenson on June 30, 2019 at 11:47AM

We are Dancing for You: Native Feminisms and the Revitalization of Women’s Coming-of-age Ceremonies was named the Best First Book in Native American and Indigenous Studies on Friday night at the conference, which draws more than 1,000 scholars working in the fields of Native American and Indigenous studies throughout the world. If Risling Baldy’s book sounds familiar, it should.

UPDATE: CHP: Driver Tried to Flee After Crashing into Humboldt Hill Home

by Kimberly Wear on June 29, 2019 at 12:10PM

The neighbor said that a husband and wife in their bedroom were injured in the crash. “I grabbed the woman’s robe off of the wall in that demolished room because she was asking for it,” the neighbor said.

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