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Other local parks include Fort Humboldt, Grizzly Creek Redwoods, Russian Gulch, Standish-Hickey SRA. According to just released information in the Sacramento Bee, Benbow Lake State Park is just one of 70 state parks being closed this year because of budget cuts. The department said service reductions will begin over the summer and closures will begin in September. All parks on
Read moreMemorial for Joseph Eddy On the 30th of April, Joseph Patrick Eddy jumped ship and left his family and crew behind. We all miss him. His sons Rane, Oliver, Jorin and his daughter, Iris, will always keep his character, his sense of humor, and his punkiness alive. Maria Gale and Andrea Simons, his former partners, and his sister, Miranda Shepherd,
Read moreThis my fellow Humboldt Co. residents is a crayfish. It and at least one other fellow lives in a pond in Salmon Creek. I think they’re natives but I’m open to correction on that. This one was about 6 inches long not counting his whiskers.
Read moreVampires aren’t real. Mysterious plagues are unlikely. A bad batch of drugs is a possibility but until the toxicology is completed in about two weeks no one knows what is causing the recent unexplained deaths of three men in Ukiah. The first two were relatively young men–Emanuel Reeves, 18, and Angelo Crabtree, 30 and are cousins who were found dead
Read moreSadly, just as Spring reaches its richest green, the signs of its demise creep slowly over the landscape. Hounds-tongue has mostly quit blooming leaving its gorgeous seedpods behind swelling in the sunlight. There are a few still blooming though.
Read moreIn what sounds like the beginning of a Stephen King thriller, three men have been found dead in Ukiah in the last four days with no obvious signs of trauma. The first two were found Saturday inside a home. Both were relatively young–Angelo Crabtree, 30, and Emanuel Reeves, 18. Though there was no signs of forced entry or of any
Read moreNature, marijuana, good people, music, festivals–Humboldt has them all. I like to feature my favorite aspects of this area frequently. One I haven’t mentioned for a long time is the humor in the Arcata Eye. Read its Police Reports for a good sense of what the word “askance” means. The editor, Kevin Hoover looks at life in our Sixties by
Read moreNew Caltrans photo of the hill that ate Hwy 101 shows progress being made. According to their press release, Geotechnical drilling is now complete and crews are continuing to perform drainage work, installing horizontal drains into the hillside to help remove subsurface water. Work has begun on a project design to further stabilize the hillside and restore the highway to
Read more_______________________ As always, I post fundraisers as a community service. Posting does not mean an endorsement.
Read moreTwo years ago today my son died twice. This post is a reminder to me and mine how lucky we are and how blessed. May all of those less lucky find comfort. May all of us who are lucky recognize it and feel joy. —- Blue eyes and grubby finger nails. I can write about what happened, about him. But
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