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Water Main Break Starts Vacation Early for Two Fortuna Schools

by Kym Kemp on February 14, 2019 at 9:26PM

UPDATE: Eel River Forecast to Exceed Flood Stage This Afternoon

by Kimberly Wear on February 14, 2019 at 10:09AM

The Flood Watch advisory from the NWS: * A portion of northwest California, including the following areas, Mendocino Coast, Northeastern Mendocino Interior, Northern Humboldt Coast, Northern Humboldt Interior, Northwestern Mendocino Interior, Southeastern Mendocino Interior, Southern Humboldt Interior, Southwestern Humboldt, and Southwestern Mendocino Interior.

Death Investigation in Eureka Near Hikshari’ Trailhead

by Kym Kemp on February 13, 2019 at 3:22PM

Law enforcement is investigating after a man was found dead after 2 p.m. today in a heavily vegetated area near the old Tallow Works not far from the Hikshari’ trailhead off Herrick Avenue in south Eureka. Law enforcement and Humboldt Bay Fire responded to the scene and the coroner has been called.

Beneath the stars and the Milky Way, Grandmother Rock gazed out across the Pacific in her endless contemplation, while the stars wheeled about Polaris above. The crescent moon, invisible past the left edge of the photograph, provided some of the landscape illumination as it set into the mists, while from inside College Cove some kind of light emanated, throwing light on Pewetole Island. The bright light on the horizon was one of five or six fishing boats out at sea that evening. Occasionally they would train their powerful beams toward shore, bright enough to cast shadows.
Trinidad, Humboldt County, California. February 6, 2019.

North Coast Night Lights: Grandmother Rock

by David Wilson on February 13, 2019 at 3:07PM

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MCSD Taps Barsanti for Board Seat

by Elaine Weinreb on February 13, 2019 at 11:39AM

The competition for the vacant seat was intense, with many applicants exhibiting the strong business, management and community service skills the board wanted to see in its newest member. The runner-up was real estate agent Maya Conrad, who received four points.