Humboldt County News

Everything seems topsy turvy. I find myself cheering Humboldt County Supervisor Mark Lovelace and siding with the government over a public records act battle.

The foundation was established in 1985 for the sole purpose of providing financial assistance to individual artists of established ability through the generosity of the late Lee Krasner, one of the leading abstract expressionist painters and the widow of Jackson Pollack.

Three local students have been chosen to attend the California State Summer School for the Arts as scholars for the 2013 summer session.

Five community grants totaling $50,000 have been awarded by Coast Central Credit Union, according to an announcement by Dean G. Christensen, the credit union's president/CEO. To date, the credit union has awarded $500,000 to 35 community organizations as part of its Community Investment Program, starting in 2008.

Celebrate the first official weekend of summer tasting some fine, award-winning Humboldt County wine.

Blue passed away a year ago in April. Blue was our 2,500-pound oxen. He was three quarters Belgian Blue with a soft lovely blue gray coat.

A Security National press release states the center on G Street in Eureka will close in July for "much-need repairs, maintenance, and general upkeep." "The building is a historic treasure, and we take its preservation for future generations very seriously," the release states.

This is the first of a series on the history of Arcata, excerpted from a 137 page report prepared by Guerra & McBane, LLC, for the City of Arcata, Department of Planning and Community Development.

Supervisors on Tuesday turned down a 2 percent raise, while emphasizing that the agenda item was not a request but routine procedure, and took the first step toward eliminating the longevity clause of the ordinance that outlines how much board members are paid.

It's not often you see grown men pedaling giant insects through the middle of Old Town, but this is one of them.

The family of Eureka High School student Christina Schwarz, one of two people fatally shot in Arcata this weekend, is holding a public memorial on May 28.

The case: Shane Franklyn Miller is suspected of gunning down his wife Sandy and daughters Shelby Miller, 8, and Shasta Miller, 4, in their Shingletown home in Shasta County on May 7 before fleeing 200 miles to the Mattole Valley.

Fans of film, television and music giant Will Smith and his son, Jaden Smith who live in Humboldt County are almost giddy with excitement as the premiere date for " After Earth " gets closer.

Public officials from the Humboldt Bay and Sacramento Valley areas connected Wednesday in Red Bluff in an attempt to drum up support for an east-west railroad route.

Even here in little Humboldt County, California, everyone knows by now that Angelina Jolie had a double mastectomy to rid herself of the possibility of breast cancer, the disease that killed her mother.

In the midst of grief over the death of their 18-year-old daughter Christina, Stewart and Tina Schwarz of Eureka are trying to find solace and inspiration from her memory.

Law enforcement officials arrested an Arcata man in Sunny Brae on suspicion of double homicide after a man and a woman were gunned down at an Eye Street home early Saturday morning.

The United States Geological Survey reported the epicenter was 18 miles southwest of Rio Dell, 22 miles south-southwest of Fortuna, 35 miles south-southwest of Eureka and 39 miles south-southwest of Bayside at a depth of about 12.1 miles.

They say it takes a village to raise a child, and at 17, that's precisely how I saw Humboldt County: a small village isolated from the rest of the world.

The Humboldt County Children's Author Festival is setting sail this year with an exciting crew of nationally known authors, who will be visiting local schools in October.