Arcata News

Monday, June 8 11:04 a.m. Someone claiming to be an ad rep working with the City of Arcata and selling space on refrigerator magnets that would list emergency phone numbers called a Plaza shop.

The Humboldt Waste Management Authority, or HWMA, will be collecting home-generated hazardous waste items Saturday, July 18, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at a collection event in Arcata at 1601 Samoa Blvd., two blocks west of K Street in the parking lot of the former Industrial Electric Service Company building.

HUMBOLDT A vehicular manslaughter charge against a Hoopa man who hit and killed a bicyclist on State Route 299 has been downgraded, disappointing observers of the case and making a plea deal likely.

My rent just went up, and not just a little. The new price that I'm asked to pay for this small two-bedroom house is a 16 percent increase, and then in another four months my rent will go up again for a total increase of 26 percent.

Wednesday, May 27 12:04 a.m. A South G Street resident reported his neighbor's stereo blasting so loud that he had to hang out the bedroom window to use the phone to call police.

Among the hundreds who attended Fourth of July celebrations Saturday in Arcata and Eureka, many were volunteers keeping the festivities going.

Title: GIANT NAKED GODDESS TO BE CARVED INTO HILLSIDE A 400-yard naked "Green Goddess" is to be carved into the Northumberland landscape, under a new plan revealed by a mining company.

Thank you for showing a continuing interest in the "high-profile" bicycling death of Greg Jennings, which occurred August 25 of last year.

On Wednesday night, the Arcata City Council will be reviewing a revised draft of the city's 2009 Housing Element, which will help bring the city into compliance with state laws.

Filmed in Humboldt County in 1952, "The Big Trees" starred Kirk Douglas as an unscrupulous timber baron who plots to take advantage of a new law and make millions off California redwood.

In the morning hours of Tuesday, June 16, Arcata Police Officers responded to the 500 Blk of S. G St on the report of a possible rabid fox.

For years, one of the chief goals of local government and business has been to bring a second fiber optic line into Humboldt County.

Humboldt County Superior Court Judge Dale Reinholtsen on Thursday heard arguments on whether a man charged in the death of a 9-year-old McKinleyville girl in a horrifying car wreck should stand trial for second-degree murder.

A carriage house dating from around a century ago suffered heavy damage Monday evening in a fire.

Jun. 18--Some might say Blue Lake Casino's new hotel is nice enough to prompt a vacation in Blue Lake.

A federal judge has struck down ordinances in two Northern California cities banning military recruitment of minors.Voters in Arcata and Eureka passed the laws last November.

A 50-year-old Trinidad man was arrested for allegedly driving under the influence Sunday after he struck a tree and flipped his car.

ALAMEDA, Calif. -- The Coast Guard assisted the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection in the medical evacuation of an auto accident victim who was injured after losing control of her vehicle and colliding with a tree while driving southbound on Highway 101 near Orick, Calif., this morning.

It has become the embittered whine of the Obama era -- the half-sarcastic, half-genuine plea of jealous sad sacks nationwide: "Where's my bailout?" Those who've been suddenly knocked a few rungs down the capitalism ladder are looking around dumbfounded, wondering what the hell happened.

Arcata resident Josiah Miller pleaded not guilty on Friday to charges he murdered a 23-year-old Crescent City woman and threw her body over an Oregon bridge last year.