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COMEBACK KID The Western Snowy Plover is doing better, but has a long way to go.
HUMBOLDT – After fielding commentary on the latest draft of the county’s commercial medical marijuana ordinance, the Board of
Supervisors is considering the probability and effects of lawsuits. A Planning Commission-approved version of the ordinance drew some strong public opposition at the Dec. 15 supervisors meeting. At
issue is the commission’s decision not to cap the total number of permits for commercial cultivation, the removal of a prohibition on new grows on Timber Production Zone par-
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HUMBOLDT - The North Coast population of the Western Snowy Plover is growing at a steady rate, but breeding is thin and remains jeopardized by multiple threats, including human impacts and natural predators like crows and seagulls. The breeding population has shown a steady increase since
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TO THE DOGS and the humans who walk two-and-a-half miles every week, the hour-long “Pack Walk” on the Arcata Bottom is an invigorating way to spend Saturday mornings. Organized by Redwood Pals Rescue, the group meets at St. Mary’s School at 8:30 a.m., then strolls among the pastoral Bottoms’ barns and farm houses. For more information, or to join the Pack Walk, contact redwoodpalsrescue@gmail.com. KLh | Union
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RUBBLE STREWN Arcata’s remote rock quarry, now in rehab. Photo coUrtesy city oF ArcAtA environMentAL services
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JACOBY CREEK FOREST – The City of Arcata acquired the $2.7 million Barnum Tract in 2003. it added 285 acres to the now 1,200acre Jacoby Creek Forest. The expansion came with a white elephant – a 15-acre rock quarry. The quarry came with uncertain commercial potential, a raft of regulations, a flurry of federal fees and an abundance of naturally occurring asbestos locked in its ultramafic rock. A reclamation plan that came with the quarry was worse than useless – it was destructive. The brutal method by which the area had been cleared for mining – by simply
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SPIRITED SEASON Arcata City Hall staff and Northcoast Childrens’ Services Head Start collaborated again this year to make Christmas morning magic for underprivileged Arcata families. Five families were helped out with food, gift cards, Christmas gifts and other assistance. City Hall departments pitched in with donations, and designated shoppers did the rest. Left, City Hall staff with bountiful gifts. Above, staff and friends of the Mad River Union gathered at Six Rivers Brewery last Friday night for the newspaper’s annual Holiday and/or Christmas Party, where a merry time was had by all. Happy Holidays! Photos by KLh & MF | Union
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McKMAC wants caps on grows Jack Durham Mad RiveR Union
McKINLEYVILLE – Mack Town’s advisory committee wants a cap placed on the number of medical marijuana farms that will be allowed under the county’s proposed growing ordinance. The committee also wants the county to pursue a funding mechanism that will pay to enforce the proposed law, and wants the Board of Supervisors to review how much cannabis growing will be allowed in Timber Production Zones (TPZ). The McKinleyville Municipal Advisory Committee (McKMAC) debated the Humboldt County Medical Marijuana Land Use Ordinance at its Dec. 16 meeting and agreed to forward its recommendations to the Board of Supervisors. In discussing the draft ordinance, McKMAC members were mainly concerned with the watershed impacts of marijuana growing, noting that there’s an enormous amount of damage taking place in Humboldt’s hills, with waterways being sucked dry by industrial grows. McKMAC Chair Ben Shepherd said that estimates
peg the number of marijuana grows in Humboldt somewhere between 3,000 to 8,000. As for the exact number, “It’s hard to tell,” said Shepherd, who also sits on the Humboldt County Planning Commission, which approved the draft ordinance. “We have a significant amount of environmental damage taking place now,” Shepherd told the McKMAC. The goal of the ordinance is to try to get existing growers into compliance and follow some environmental standards. For example, the ordinance requires the growers to have grading permits and water permits. Water storage is required so that grows don’t suck local creeks dry and endanger fish habitat, as is taking place now. McKMAC member Craig Tucker said he was concerned that the ordinance, as written, could be challenged in court. “I think what the Planning Commission came up with is fodder for litigation,” Tucker said. Tucker noted that the county approved a declaration of negative envi-
COUNTY APPOINMENTS The Humboldt County Board of Supervisors on Dec. 15 appointed Cheryl Dillingham to the position of interim County Administrative Officer (CAO) and Connie Beck to the position of interim Director of the Department of Health & Human Services (DHHS). Dillingham will replace current CAO Phillip Smith-Hanes, who submitted his letter of resignation to the board Dec. 14. SmithHanes’ last day with the county will be Jan. 29. Beck will replace DHHS Director Phillip R. Crandall, who retires Dec. 28 after 31 years of service. Dillingham has worked
ronmental impact when it started working on the ordinance, which has since been expanded to allow even more grows. But Shepherd had a different take on the issue. There are already thousands of grows in Humboldt County. Under the proposed ordinance, those existing grows would have to come into compliance. They would need permits and would have to comply with a variety of standards intended to protect the watersheds. Shepherd explained that this process would reduce the impact of the existing grows, rather than increase the impact. Another issue of concern is whether the growers would be willing to comply. It was noted that many of the existing growers are now outlaws who are flaunting the laws and risking jail or prison time. When a land use ordinance kicks in, will these same growers try to comply? The McKMAC made its recommendations, but shied away from giving specific numbers regarding the cap or grow amounts on TPZ land. You can email the McKMAC at mckinleyvillemac@gmail.com.
for the county for more than 28 years and served as Assistant CAO since 2012. Beck has worked for DHHS for 20 years, the last three as Assistant Director, Administration. Dillingham and Beck will serve in their posts until the Board makes permanent appointments. THE BUMPERS The McKinleyville Low Vision Support group, The Bumpers, will not meet in December. The group will resume meetings in January. For information contact Doug Rose at (707) 839-0588 or dougdrose@suddenlink.net.
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cels and the scale of permissiveness for per-parcel grow sizes. Representatives of environmental groups told supervisors that the ordinance is now legally unfit for the type of environmental review accompanying it. The ordinance’s environmental review is a mitigated negative declaration, which assures that environmental impacts will be addressed through implementation of the ordinance. But Larry Glass of the Northcoast Environmental Center said the changes to the draft made by the Planning Commission render the mitigated negative declaration as inadequate. “My experience tells me that there’s no way this would fly as a negative (declaration) – there’s so much more environmental impact that would be unleashed with this ordinance’s passing, as it’s written now,” he told supervisors, adding that an original, staff-recommended draft would probably be appropriate. “But this is blowing it wide open,” Glass continued. “I think we need to reel this into reality if you want to do a negative (declaration).” The staff-recommended version focused on outdoor production on parcels above five acres, setting a 2,000 square foot grow area as the trigger for requiring discretionary conditional use permits. The planning commission’s version introduces smaller-parcel grows and indoor grows of up to 22,000 square feet in agricultural-exclusive and commercial/ industrial areas. Mirroring state law, the commission’s draft also allows grows of up to an acre in size with conditional use permits. Natalynne DeLapp of the Environmental Protection Information Center said the negative declaration was based on not allowing new grows in timber production areas. She added that her group believes the removal of the prohibition could violate state law and necessitates a re-circulation of the negative declaration. Jen Kalt of Humboldt Baykeeper recommended capping the total number of permits that would be approved during the ordinance’s initial implementation phase. Representatives of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife and the National Marine Fisheries Service also had
concerns about environmental impacts. But for years, the environmental damage caused by the county’s current, unregulated cultivation scenario has been described as catastrophic. The draft ordinance strives to control medical marijuana production through zoning and permitting requirements, directing cultivation out of environmentally-sensitive areas and into areas appropriately zoned for it. The commission’s decision to not cap total permits and to remove the ban on new Timber Production Zone grows was based on the concern that if the ordinance excludes too many growers, unregulated cultivation will continue and an environmentally-callous black market will remain undefeated. Supervisor Ryan Sundberg said measures like capping the number of permits will hinder compliance and he was unfazed by inferences of legal action. “Hopefully, we’ll get some kind of analysis from county counsel that says, ‘Here’s how far you can go, here’s how far we think is safe,’” he said. “I expect this to be challenged and as long as we are safe, I don’t have a problem with being challenged – I wouldn’t want to back down from any of this because someone’s threatening a lawsuit, it just doesn’t scare me.” But Supervisor Mark Lovelace favored producing an ordinance that doesn’t draw litigation. “It appears to me that the issue for us is not whether or not this would survive a challenge but whether it would avoid a challenge,” he said. Lovelace added that a lawsuit against the ordinance would derail compliance with a March 1 state deadline for enacting local regulations. But a few days after the meeting, the deadline was described by state legislators as an error that will soon be voided. Supervisors asked county counsel and planning staff to analyze legal issues at the next hearing. Several residents involved with marijuana cultivation and advocacy also commented, saying that limiting the size of grows will reduce impacts and preserve Humboldt County’s tradition of quality production. Supervisors will delve into the content of the ordinance at their Jan. 5 meeting.
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Big Lagoon reopens to fishing Paul Mann Mad RiveR Union
BIG LAGOON – Absent a threat to public safety, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife has reopened Big Lagoon near Trinidad to fishing and shellfish harvesting. An overturned C. Renner Petroleum tanker out of Crescent City spilled an estimated 800 to 1,200 gallons of diesel fuel on Dec. 12. California Highway Patrol Sgt. Jeff Borgen, who was on-scene, estimated that 200 gallons were captured with berms, specialized booms and cloth-like underflow dams. However, C. Renner boss Chris Renner said later, “We pulled back 300 gallons.” Fish and Wildlife lifted the one-day fishing ban Dec. 15 after the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment concluded that the spill represented “no likely threat to public health.” Diesel sheen resulted because heavy rains overwhelmed the berms, according to the department. Fish and Wildlife responded to the accident in concert with Caltrans and with a contracted oil spill cleanup crew. The department said in a communiqué that the Oiled Wildlife Care Network activated a recovery team. The accident remains under investigation and no official word has been issued
as to the cause. Renner said in a telephone interview Dec. 18 that rain was a contributing factor. In a phone interview from his Crescent City office, Renner revised the initial spill estimate of 800 gallons, saying, “1,200 gallons was the total amount we lost. We pulled back some 300 gallons,” versus the initial CHP recovery estimate of 200 gallons. CHP identified the C. Renner driver as Zachariah Haddad, 24, who was proceeding north in a 2009 Peterbilt tractor trailer when he apparently lost control on a curve and tipped over. Sgt. Borgen said in a phone interview Dec. 18 that CHP’s investigative report probably will be completed this week. No charges were pending against Haddad at press time. Renner said the truck’s tanker capacity is 5,000 gallons and that Haddad was transporting about 4,000. The company’s routine pre-inspection showed no mechanical defects, Renner said, while the post-inspection revealed that one of the tires came off its bead, the edge of the tire that sits in the wheel. Air pressure keeps the bead seated in the wheel’s groove. Renner noted that the unseated bead could have resulted from the accident rather than causing it. There was no indication of a blowout as the cause, he said.
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pedestrian safety project, which will extend along Central Avenue from Anna Sparks Way to Hiller Road. Last week’s reception from the McKMAC was a far cry from when the committee took up the project in early 2013, when Humboldt County Public Works was advocating for a continuous raised median with lefthand turn pockets. The median was strongly opposed by the McKMAC, which raised concerns about vehicle access to businesses and unanimously opposed the project. After the median was shot down, Public Works took a different tack. Rather than coming to Mack Town with proposed designs, it enlisted community members to brainstorm what they wanted on Central Avenue. The department then held numerous meetings with the McK-
MAC to get its input on details of the plan. “This is our sixth presentation?” asked Jillian Tilles, assistant engineer with public works, as she began her presentation Dec. 16. “I quit counting,” responded Public Works Director Tom Mattson. “We’re almost like family now,” chimed in McKMAC Chair Ben Shepherd. Working closely with the McKMAC and a local group called the McKinleyville Organizing Committee, Public Works created a project that everyone seems to support, at least based on last week’s meeting. The project includes green-colored bicycle lanes on Central Avenue from School Road to Hiller Road. Intersections will be outfitted with crosswalks with large, white piano key markings. There will be
radar feedback signs informing motorists of their speed. The project includes three mid-block crossing islands, providing refuge for pedestrians wanting to cross the five-lane roadway. One island would be located between School and Sutter roads, another just north of Nursery Road and the third between Heartwood Drive and Holly Drive.The project would be paid for with an $800,000 grant. Mattson said that crosswalk improvements have been removed at School Road. A developer may be purchasing the property to the east. If that property is developed, the owner would need to pay for the crosswalk upgrades. Escrow has yet to close on the property, so the possible buyer’s name and project have yet to be publicly disclosed.
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ARCATA – Local rent control options for mobile home parks are limited by state law, but Arcata will go ahead and see what it can do to stabilize housing costs for mobile home residents. Responding to persistent appeals for relief by residents of local mobile home parks, the City Council last week gave staff the go-ahead to bring it options. This will take the form of an impact and feasibility analysis. It may be available in four to six weeks. According to a staff report, there aren’t any bans on rent control in state law, but there are some key exemptions. Among them: • It can’t apply to brand-new mobile home spaces. • It can’t apply to a lease that is longer than 12 months; only to leases of shorter duration, or month-tomonth rental arrangements. But: • Landlords can’t force tenants to accept a long-term lease. Tenants can demand a 12-month or shorter lease for the same rent as in the long-term lease they rejected. • Any mobile homes in the park which are owned by the operator can be rented as apartments, and are immune from rent control. Working within these limitations, typical mobile home rent control ordinances require 90day notice for any increase. This can have the effect of slowing rent hikes, and the same tactics can limit increases to once a year, the staff
report says. Rent increases on spaces that go vacant are also regulated. Park owners are protected by the right to a “fair return” on their investment, and that opens the door to massive complications. A rent increase schedule might be linked to the Consumer Price Index (CPI) in conjunction with rulings by a local housing board – possibly the City Council acting as one – or an administrator. Financial statements must be filed, and audited, including possible third-party audits. Disputes over rent increases can and have wound up in court. The report, by City Manager Karen Diemer, recommends that if the City Council wants to press ahead with rent control options, it direct staff to inventory local mobile home parks’ occupancy, demand, costs, possible impacts on other rental housing, as well as applicable models for ascertaining “fair return.” Community Development Director Larry Oetker outlined these and other intricacies, saying a study would be required for crafting any rent control ordinance. He noted that there is no current budget for such an undertaking. Alternatives to rent control exist, and are in play in Arcata. Sandpiper Park (which no longer contains mobile homes) and Arcata Mobile Home Parks are outside of the rent control issue, with affordable housing units set up by the city. Those micro-communities are operated by the company known
as Resident Owned Parks (ROP). They’re structured so that after 30 years, ownership can revert to the tenants at a predetermined cost. During public testimony, a man named Jim identified himself as “a lifelong Republican” and “believer in the free market system.” He stated that “there are times in the free market system when the government, local, state and federal, needs to intervene to level the playing field. And I think this is one of those times.” Town and Country Mobile Home Park owner Christine Quick said her family has own that park for more than 50 years. She said rent increases had been modest, and that a rent control ordinance would hamper her family’s ability to provide benevolent management and implement planned upgrades. Tim Strack, director of property management for Inspire Communities, the company which owns Lazy J Ranch on Janes Road, said costs of park repairs, taxes and maintenance are ever-rising, and that rent control “will add an additional layer of complexity, personnel time and the cost to administer not just for us, but for the city, too.” ‘Duct tape on children’ The controversy took a bizarre turn last week when an email sent through an online “anonymizer” service, which scrubs the sender’s actual identity, attempted to discredit Hilary Mosher, an outspoken rent control advocate. The message, sent by “Mike
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2009 at eight ocean front sites in Del Norte, Humboldt and Mendocino counties, known as Recovery Unit Two (RU2). The most productive location this year was the Eel River Wildlife Area, where 44 percent of the 27 young fledged, according to the multi-agency-funded report for 2015 on plover breeding. Plovers initiated the most nests, 45 percent, at Clam Beach and most breeding plovers turn up in Humboldt County. However, it is immigration from elsewhere along the Pacific, not indigenous growth, that is fueling the RU2 increase. Overall, the local population is only about 40 percent of the recovery objective of 150 breeding adults. Breeding remains chronically low, based on extensive data compiled over a 15-year period by biologists from Humboldt State University, led by Wildlife Professor Mark A. Colwell, in partnership with Humboldt County Public Works. Contributing funding agencies are California’s Departments of Fish and Wildlife and Parks and Recreation, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, the National Park Service and the federal Fish and Wildlife Service. Audubon Society volunteers also contribute. A specialist in shorebird ecology, Colwell writes the summary of annual findings, pub-
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Hunt,” (refer to urbandictionary. com for context on that name) included one page of a two-page Complaint Investigation Report conducted at Strongbridge Montessori School by the California Department of Social Services (DSS). States the e-mail message, “Can’t believe this lady has any credibility after what she did and said to the Humboldt First Five group. Also can’t believe any parents would want to send their kids to her school! If she will use duct tape on little kids, imagine what else she’d do to get her way. See the infamous duct tape document below.” The DSS report documents a Sept. 23 site visit following a startling allegation that “the Administrator used duct tape on children.” State investigator Dean Valencia interviewed staff, children and parents over the allegation and found it (caps his): “SUBSTANTIATED. Children were not accorded safe, healthful and comfortable accommodations, by applying duct tape to the children’s feet/ankles.” The report’s second page – not included in “Hunt’s” email, details the “plan of corrections.” The report states that the Mosher was cited for a “Personal Rights” violation, “Administrator agrees not to use duct tape on children in care, and will submit a signed printout of Personal Rights Regulations, acknowledging them, by 9/24/2015.” DSS Public Information Office Michael Weston said he had no fur-
ration is directed at coastal dune habitat, while curbing predation is aimed mainly at ravens in Humboldt, Colwell said in an interview at his HSU office. Human disturbance, which occurs in varying degrees, consists not only of development, but also of beach walkers stepping on nests, drivers plowing up vulnerable shorelines with their vehicles and dog owners allowing their off-leash canines to chase defenseless plovers and their chicks. Damaging vehicular strikes on Clam Beach were a politically contentious issue for a time, but the beach remains off-limits to vehicle access in the wake of a failed proposal to install a rail car bridge intended to skirt flooding and environmental hazards (Union, Sept. 4, 2014). The proposal was deemed too expensive. Ravens are Humboldt’s leading predatory offender, Colwell said. Controlling them requires shooting or killing them with poison, techniques which raise ethical issues. They are employed next door by the state of Oregon, which has what Colwell called “a very aggressive predator control program. “ It is federally and state coordinated under permit from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. “Oregon produced more than 350 young plovers this year while we produced 27,” Colwell noted, hence RU2’s dependence on immigration from RU1. And Oregon’s high production rate, more than 10 times Humboldt’s, owes in large part to that state’s raven management. Predator management has to go hand in
ther public information on the issue. Mosher said the whole thing was overblown, and “a smear campaign by Inspire Communities” to discredit her as a rent control advocate. She said the duct tape use was innocuous. “A little girl tore the knee out of her pants, and kept working it, as they do,” Mosher said. With her pants sagging, Mosher said the girl “ran and tripped.” A quick duct tape patch, she said, mended the pants. When another girl came to school wearing her big sister’s shoes, which were too big and falling off, the same solution – duct tape – was used to affix the shoes to the child. This harmless, practical use of duct tape, Mosher said, made one teacher “very angry.” Mosher described as the teacher as “stupid,” and “a very bad individual who had to be fired.” Mosher isn’t certain who is responsible for the complaint – the teacher or Inspire Communities – but said she’s been told that “this is a tactic they use all the time.” She said licensed daycare facilities such as Strongbridge are vulnerable to unwarranted attacks by disgruntled individuals, and that complaints against similar local facilities are routine. A “facility evaluation” conducted by DSS that same day found Strongbridge’s records in order and overall condition satisfactory and without violations. Inspire Communities didn’t respond to an inquiry by press time.
hand with habitat restoration, otherwise the latter is essentially fruitless, Colwell said. In 2014, a coordinated week-long survey during the breeding season tallied 2,016 adult plovers along the Pacific Coast. Of that total, 27 were in RU2, i.e., the Del Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino locations. Total Pacific coverage spans about 16,000 acres. The total population estimate, 2,016, remains well below the 3,000 required before the plover can be removed from the Endangered Species List. Since 2001, plovers have bred at 19 sites in Humboldt County (at eight beaches and 11 gravel bars along the Eel River). They have bred occasionally in Mendocino County; there are no recent breeding records from Del Norte County. For the fifth consecutive year, since 2010, the HSU-led team has observed no plovers on Eel River gravel bars, owing to year-to-year fluctuations in water levels. On the other hand, the Eel River Wildlife Area enjoyed a high hatching rate this year, 73 percent of 15 nests hatched. Fledgling success was equally robust; 73 percent of broods fledged at least one chick. In total, 68 percent of fledglings (27) in RU2 originated from beaches immediately adjacent to the Eel River mouth. The 2015 final report concludes that long-term monitoring data demonstrate that “immigration is vital to the recovery of the RU2 population” in the tri-county region, where in recent decades the number of breeding sites has declined in tandem with the breeding population.
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Four central issues define the current cannabis debate Cannabis conundra v LETTER
It has been very interesting to watch our community develop regulations for cannabis cultivation. Whether we like it or not, cannabis cultivation is an intrinsic part of Humboldt County’s culture and economy. Conservative estimates suggest the pot industry represents half of Humboldt’s economy. Most of us believe that the real number is even higher than that. It’s also clear that cannabis cultivation creates a range of social and environmental problems. Many illegal and legal grows dewater our streams and introduce toxic herbicides, pesticides and rodenticides into our environment, poisoning water quality and harming sensitive species. Already state agencies such as the regional water board are taking on these issues and Humboldt County is preparing to pass an ordinance to regulate grows as well. This is an issue that clearly affects McKinleyville as much as every other community in the county. I propose that the McKinleyville Municipal Advisory Committee send a letter to the board of supervisors commenting on several aspects of the proposed ordinance. After careful review, discussions with growers, environmentalists, lawmakers, and local Tribal leaders, I think there are four main issues to address. First, is about the water. Although I do not think the county can or should restrict anyone’s adjudicated water right, I urge this body to consider recommending mandatory water forbearance mid-May thru the end of October as a prerequisite for any ministerial permit. As the drought just taught us,
even in this wetter corner of the state, we must work hard to protect in stream flows. Second, I am convinced that the conversion of forest and timber lands to pot farms is a possible consequence of the coming green rush. I suggest we recommend that the county require a conditional use permit for cultivation on TPZ lands. We need to protect our timber resources and many of these TPZ parcels are in sensitive watersheds. Third, the proliferation of this industry should generate enough revenue such that our law enforcement and permit enforcement agency is adequately funded. Thus, the county should implement some sort of tax or revenue strategy for growers to maintain law enforcement. Finally, we should limit the number of permits. The coming legalization of recreational cannabis use could result in a boom of growers. Already, it is estimated that there are grows on over 3,300 parcels in Humboldt County based on a survey by Lost Coast Outpost looking at satellite data. Some of these parcels host multiple grows. I believe we should enter this pool on the shallow end. That is we should cap the number of permits, give it some time to see how things are going, and revisit the permit limit. As to what this number should be a good question for discussion, however I do not think we should double the number of grows immediately. I look forward to a constructive conservation with you all. Sincerely, Craig Tucker McKinleyville
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t seems to me there is a per- popular decisions. ceptible lightening of the Warren isn’t the only defenHumboldt psyche resulting dant to spend a long time coming from the conviction of Jason An- to trial. Gary Lee Bullock is acthony Warren. More than three cused of killing a popular priest on New Years Day 2014. years after the murder of two women and atHis trial has been postSIDE MY tempted murder of two poned time after time OF THE STRE ET for procedural reasons. more, the jury found Bullock’s plea of not him guilty on all counts. E lizabEth guilty by reason of inThe case has been an alvEs open wound in the comsanity complicates evmunity, which can final- v MY SIDE OF erything. ly begin to heal. Court-ordered evalTHE STREET uations were slow or The evidence was described as overwhelming; didn’t happen at all. The folthe jury deliberated less than low-up on that seems to have three hours. The combination of been lacking. They were ordered blameless victims and a long de- in March of this year, but by the lay before trial gave this case an end of September, only one of aura of injustice which resound- three had been completed and ed through the county. the report received. When there is a widespread One of the other experts was belief that the defendant is guilty, expected to submit a report by but no progress is made toward October 8, and the third had withconviction, people feel cheated drawn from the case. It seems as and uneasy. if it shouldn’t have taken nearly There are multiple reasons six months to discover that the it took so long to try this case. evaluations weren’t happening. The court schedule in Humboldt Since Bullock remains in custody, County has been in disarray for the public is in no physical danyears. A shortage of judges, a ger from him, but the community habit of holding jury trials just a isn’t entirely comforted by that. few hours per day and other facThe Bullock case caused considerable outrage in residents tors contributed to the problem. The new court administrator of downtown Eureka, because it may deserve part of the praise for highlighted a practice many of getting things on a more stable them hadn’t known about. Bullfooting. Greater public scrutiny ock had been picked up by a Sherfollowing the public admonish- iff’s deputy in Southern Humment of a judge for long-delayed boldt on December 31 for acting decisions probably also helped. weird and scaring people. He was Some people are convinced the transported to the jail and held new district attorney is responsi- until he appeared to have sobered ble for speeding up prosecutions. up, then released in the middle of When a new boss takes over, the night, without a cent. Policies at the time called for there is often a reordering of priorities. Additional funding to the people being released to be givoffice from Measure Z has result- en a check for any cash they had ed in several frozen positions in when they were processed into that department being filled. En- the jail. Many people were conemies of her predecessor contin- vinced that the main reason Bullue to blame him for everything ock murdered the priest was to wrong about justice in the coun- steal his car, which he drove back ty, but the fact is that shrinking to Southern Humboldt. Adding budgets forced him to make un- fuel to the controversy, another
man released late at night was found murdered just blocks away a few hours later. Humboldt County Sheriff Mike Downey stated he was actually prohibited from holding inmates until daylight. I did some research at the time, and found there is no wide consensus on the subject. After a lot of talk, little changed. But it intensified the perception of an innocent victim, brutally killed while minding his own business, asleep in his bed. His loss wasn’t limited to his family, friends, parishioners and students. The community wanted justice to be served, and quickly. On television, cases are resolved in 44 minutes. Never mind that it takes two weeks to film that episode. In real life, the process takes a lot longer. That’s not to say Humboldt County hasn’t been lagging. No matter who was to blame, I’m glad to see improvement. The backlog of murder trials is beginning to be cleared. Murder violates the sensation of security in a community, and unpunished murder leaves residents worried. Random murder of blameless victims unsettles people even more. A jail full of suspects doesn’t provide the same sensation of justice as convictions do. Meanwhile, the crisis at county mental health has become worse, and there is little hope of prompt improvement. It’s no wonder the newly hired director of Health and Human services changed her mind before she even worked a day. But Warren is headed to prison for life, and that has to make a lot of people feel a little safer. Elizabeth Alves is looking forward to more jury trials being moved through the pipeline. Comments and suggestions are welcome care of the Union or to mysidestreet@gmail.com.
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a Christmas Caroling MUSICAL MERRIMENT Holiday spirit rang out on the Plaza and environs Friday night as Christmas carolers invited by Arcata Main Street and led by members of the Arcata Interfaith Gospel Choir serenaded the square, then proceeded into Jacoby’s Storehouse. Above, guitarist Bob Ebenstein leads the group in song. Top right, the carolers under the Grand Christmas Tree in Jacoby’s Storehouse. Right, Plaza Grill diners are treated to songs of the season. arcatamainstreet.com. Photos courtesy ArcAtA M Ain street
Eating your way through the Scottish holidays, or, putting the hog in Hogmanay
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his might make me the worst Jew ever, but I love Christmas. I love lights, I love warm sweaters, and I love getting stuff. Frankly, I feel kind of cheated here in America because Christmas is just one lousy day. Back in my rakish youth, I lived in Edinburgh, Scotland for a few years, and across the pond they have grandiose Jada ideas of what it means to Brotman celebrate the holidays. v YAKA Maybe it's because at this HICKEY HOOLA time of year they only get about four hours of daylight and drinking seems more socially acceptable if there’s a Savior’s birth to celebrate, but for the Scots, Christmas goes on unofficially for an entire week. It starts with Christmas, which they do essentially like ours, except, oddly, with Brussels sprouts. But that’s not the end! Oh no, far from it. Dec. 26 is Boxing Day, so named because back in the good ol’ days of a strong solid class system, ’twas the custom to give boxes of treats to one’s servants and tradesmen. Not being fortunate enough to hobnob with the upper echelons of Edinburgh culture, I was forced along with rest of the hoi polloi to celebrate Boxing Day in the ordinary manner. Boxing Day is a day in which everyone leaves their doors figuratively unlocked, and you go along from friend’s house to friend’s house, bearing small gifts, usually alcoholic, and sit in warm sitting rooms and eat Jaffa cakes and leftover plum pudding, and get fatter and fatter and talk about how drunk Uncle Charlie got last night. Hopefully there’s a football match on to provide reprieve from endless small talk. At this point, let me remind you, it’s insanely cold outside, so it’s a very cosy activity, seeing friends and loved ones and endless taking off and putting back on of furry coats and woolly jumpers. Finally, at about three o'clock in the afternoon, it’s pitch black outside and you can stum-
ble home to watch Eastenders in bed and swear you'll never drink cider again. Except. The next day. And the next, and the next and the next. There’s a slight lessening of holiday fever as fruitcake torpor sets in, but generally speaking, this visiting-of-family-and-friends merry-go-round is expected to continue, relentlessly. You can almost hear the beating of slave ship drums as you trudge through the rain on Dec. 30 back to Auntie Mag’s house again, because you really have to help her finish the goose and decide how insulting the size 22 muumuu she got from Karen was meant to be. The 30th, actually, is as close to a reprieve as you get because you’re meant to be saving up all the hysteria you can possibly muster for what is by far Scotland's biggest celebration, Hogmanay. We like to call this day New Year’s Eve,
which seems much more logical, but obviously I’m Americanly biased. Hogmanay is a much bigger deal than Christmas, possibly because in the heated days of the Protestants, Christmas was seen as gauchely pagan, so the overlords had to throw the people some kind of bone, and Hogmanay was it. There are various customs all over Scotland to commemorate the New Year. My personal favorite is the fire-ball swinging, performed in the northeast. This event, always attended by thousands of watchers, involves building giant balls of chicken wire, stuffing them with flammables, setting them alight and swinging them wildly overhead until the presumably drunken ball-wielders reach the harbor and (hopefully) safely douse them in the icy waters. Edinburgh, as a lowland city, is somewhat more restrained. The festivities, held
Cock-a-Leekie Soup By Martha Stewart, By way of Jada BrotMan
Ingredients 1¼ pounds skinless chicken thighs (on the bone; 4 pieces) 1¼ pounds skinless chicken breast halves (on the bone; 3 pieces) 7 cups chicken broth 2 cups white wine or water 2 large celery ribs, halved crosswise 1 large carrot, peeled 2 large garlic cloves, peeled 6 leeks, white and light-green parts only, halved lengthwise, thinly sliced crosswise 12 pitted prunes, quartered (²/³ cup packed) ½ cup barley ½ cup finely chopped parsley Heat a 6-quart Dutch oven on medium-high until hot. Add thighs; cook until browned, turning once, about 8 minutes. Transfer to a bowl. Repeat with breasts. Add broth, wine, celery, carrot and garlic to Dutch oven. Bring to a boil; scrape any browned bits from pot; return chicken to pot, reduce heat and simmer, skimming as necessary, for 1 hour. Transfer chicken to a plate; let cool. Transfer vegetables to another plate; reserve. Add leeks, prunes, and barley to broth. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer until thick, about 40 minutes more. Once chicken has cooled, shred meat. Finely dice carrot and celery. Stir chicken, carrot, celery, and parsley into soup, heat through, and serve. If you make this soup ahead, you may need to add a bit of water or stock when reheating. Barley thickens.
in the Royal Mile (the main promenade that leads to the castle) usually bring a half million visitors of so, and my blurry memories of my various Hogmanays involves much kissing of strangers. Fireworks are lit. The Scottish regiment up at the castle plays some raging bagpipes. Everyone sings Auld Lang Syne. If food can possibly be eaten after the colossal amount of lager and whiskey consumed, it’s traditionally steak pie. Some fail in their consumption; subsequent steak pie vomit can be spotted picturesquely lying amongst the snow. The party continues inevitably to dawn, with essentially the whole city going mad. From what I saw, people, although drunk beyond comprehension, were reasonably law-abiding. It’s a sort of carte-blanche night as far as the cops are concerned, within reason. Finally, at whatever hour you can no longer stand, you struggle home and collapse into bed, hoping beyond hope that this holiday is done. Sometimes it is. You’re meant to go out Jan. 1 and 2 both, doing yet more house visiting and eating of dainties, but if your hangover is bad enough you can beg off. Really, the holidays, or “Daft Days” as they used to be appropriately called, don’t end until January Second. So, my fellow Americans, the next time you complain that the holidays are so stressful and you can’t get all your shopping in, just be thankful that we only have one stupid1 day in which we are expected in evince love and goodwill towards men. While you chew on that, here’s a nice traditional Scottish holiday recipe in case you feel like pretending you don’t live here for a minute. I know prunes in soup might give you pause but a) they’re traditional and b) they’re surprisingly good. You want to try something different, right? This is basically Martha’s Stewart’s recipe. I’ve tried several here at home, attempting to replicate what I ate there, and this is about the best.
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Punky blues & soulful folk ARCATA – CenterArts has some topnotch musical offerings next month, so book your tickets now. Some of the January shows include: The Devil Makes Three This unique band performs Sunday, Jan. 24 at 8 p.m. in the West Gym at Humboldt State. Tickets are $33 general admission, $25 for students. With a slightly punky perspective on FIERCE FINGER PICKING The Devil vintage American blues, The Devil Makes Makes Three will light up the stage Jan. Three is a breath of fresh musical air. 24 at Humboldt State. Photo from the DeVil makes three Laced with elements of ragtime, country, folk and rockabilly, the critically praised, drummer-less trio – consisting of guitar- Monday, Jan. 25 at 8 p.m. in the Van ist/frontman Pete Bernhard, stand-up Duzer Theatre at HSU. Tickets are $28 for bassist Lucia Turino and guitarist Cooper general admission, $10 for students. The Wood Brothers released their deMcBean – brings forth a genuine approach but studio album, Ways Not To Lose, on to acoustic music that is deeply steeped in Blue Note in 2006. rhythm. You’d be forgiven at the time for exSourcing blues and throwing in fierce pecting it to be something of a side projfinger-picking guitar, a litect. Chris Wood already had tle slide, tenor banjo and legions of devoted fans for rocking upright bass, The his incomparable work as Devil Makes Three create one-third of Medeski Martin a multi-spanned bridge & Wood. between musical styles. Almost a decade later Their vocal harmonies and with drummer Jano Rix wind tightly around origiadded as a permanent third nal songs and breathe life member, it’s become quite into favorite covers. clear that The Wood BrothIt all pours forth from ers is indeed the main act. a timeless pulse that pulls ON SAX Ravi Coltrane Monterey Jazz you to the past, flies you Photo from raVi Coltrane Festival On Tour to the future and lands Some of the best muyou on the dance floor. The three band sicians from the Monterey Jazz Festival members are from Vermont, where Bernperform Tuesday, Jan. 26 at 8 p.m. in hard and McBean played in a few rock and the Van Duzer Theatre at HSU. Tickets are punk bands, but found their most exciting $46 general admission, $10 for students. common ground in old blues and counThe storied Monterey Jazz Festival has try-styled acoustic music. put together an all-star lineup representWhen Bernhard and McBean caught ing the best of the fest! This sizzling proup with Turino in Santa Cruz, she learned gram journeys through the past, present bass and the band was born. Since releas- and future of jazz. ing their first album in 2002, The Devil Fronted by festival veterans Terence Makes Three has played nationwide to Blanchard on trumpet and saxophonist raving, capacity crowds whose enthusias- Ravi Coltrane, the show features the “gortic support has guaranteed the band a siz- geous, gutsy power� (JazzTimes) of vocalist able and loyal following. Patti Austin and a next-generation rhythm The Wood Brothers section led by pianist Gerald Clayton. Dubbed “masters of soulful folk� by For information, visit humboldt.edu. Paste, The Wood Brothers perform on centerarts.
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Sci Fi PinT anD Pizza nighT The Annual Science Fiction Christmas featuring The Great Rupert (1950) and other psychotronic weirdness, trailers, short films and strange giveaways is today, Dec. 23, at Arcata Theatre Lounge, 1036 G St. in Arcata. In the main feature, Jimmy Durante plays the patriarch of a down-on-theirluck family of acrobats, who suddenly finds a great deal of money hidden in his house amid the depths of the Great Depression. The authorities suspect Durante of being a thief, but in fact the culprit is a benevolent little squirrel named Rupert, whose stop-motion animation is the handiwork of George Pal. Doors open at 6 p.m. and the main feature starts at 7:30 p.m. Admission is free with $5 minimum purchase of food or beverage. Parental guidance is suggested, as is the donning of ugly Christmas sweaters. hOLiDaY SingaLOng A Holiday Singalong takes place tonight, Dec. 23 from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Sanctuary 13th and J streets, Arcata. Donations of money and
SchinDLer SurvivOr The story of Oskar Schindler’s youngest Holocaust survivor will be presented on Sunday, Dec. 27 at 7 p.m. The program features a Lifetree exclusive: a film of Leon Leyson, who was 13 years old when Schindler put him to work in his enamelware factory near Krakow, Poland. Lifetree’s Thom Schultz, who conducted the interview, said Leyson revealed portions of his story he had not shared before. “Leyson’s story and his colorful characterization of Oskar Schindler provide a riveting peek into a horrific chapter of history,â€? Schultz said. Admission to the 60-minute event is free. Lifetree CafĂŠ is located at Campbell Creek Connexion on the corner of Union and 13th streets, Arcata. (707) 672-2919, bobdipert@hotmail.com.
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McKINLEYVILLE – Cloney’s McKinleyville Pharmacy has lots of paintings on its walls. The pharmacy, relocated to the McKinleyville Shopping Center, is an active participant in the McKinleyville Art Nights. But pharmacist Rich Spini got even more personally involved. When Reuben Mayes, a 24-year-old artist from McKinleyville, hung his abstract expressionist paintings at the pharmacy, Spini had to have the largest of the paintings for his own. Mayes titled it “Geneva’s Work Boots� and Spini bought the painting. “I’m excited to officially get that painting,� Spini said. “I’m going to hang it in my office.� Mayes dropped by the pharmacy recently and presented Spini with a T-shirt with one of his paintings on it. The young artist has been painting for “at least two years� and loves color. That’s apparent from his vibrantly colored acrylic canvases. The show at Cloney’s is continuing and is titled “Art in My Work Boots.� Mayes also has a show in Eureka at Wolf Dawg, 525
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Little miracles in the seaside village “The best portion of a good man’s life is his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love.” – William Wordsworth “Miracles happen everyday, change your perception of what a miracle is and you’ll see them all around you.” – Jon Bon Jovi
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good friend often sends messages of inspiration and gratitude. This reminds me to mention one of this week’s little miracles. Every Christmas, Lions Club elves manage to install colored lights in the Memorial Lighthouse for all to enjoy. Jason Richie, manager of Trinidad Bay Bed and Breakfast, and journalist Ted Pease noticed that they’d gone out. City Clerk Gabe Adams was on the case. So was Tom Odom, retired contractor. He went inside the light-
Small original and print art house, found the difficulty, works, photographs and card and fixed it on the spot. reproductions are on view at Trinidad thanks the good Trinidad Art Gallery, Strawpeople of the town for often P atti berry Rock Gallery, Trinidad unnoticed acts of kindness FleSchner Trading Company, Windan and of love. Christmas Observances vTRINIDAD Sea, Moonstone Crossing, Bergeron, Eatery-Gallery, Saints Martha and Mary Seascape, Sunset Restaurant, Episcopal Church on TriniMoonstone Grill, Lighthouse ty Street will present carols on Christmas Eve at 5:30 p.m. fol- Grill and even Salty’s. (WCA is closed lowed by a Festal Christmas Mass at until January.) Some of your favorite local art6 p.m. Kathrin Burleson encourages all to ists, Jeff Stanley, Susan Stephenson, join in. There is plenty of parking be- Beverly Harper, Toni Magyar, Connie Butler, Larry Ulrich, the late Bill tween the church and the school. Nancy and Tom Sheen and Sharon Daniels, Wendy Carney, Jim Welsh Malm Read announce that the histor- and many others can remind people ic 1873 Holy Trinity Church will hold on our gift lists of Trinidad’s beauty its Christmas Eve Mass on Christmas all year around with a gift of art. Merry Christmas. Eve at 7 p.m. Small Works of Art You can email Patti at baycity@ It’s hard to top a work of art as a gift this time of year or in any season. sonic.net.
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e had a little holiday fun dressing up some of the Humboldt County Animal Shelter’s longest canine residents in winter accessories! The dogs were such good sports and kept the scarves and antlers on as long as Mara Segal they could. The shelter will be open until 7 p.m. on v DOGTOWN Thursday, Dec. 24 (and Thursday, Dec. 31) for animal viewing or to drop off a last-minute holiday treat for the shelter dogs and cats. The kitties can always use canned food and toys and the dogs appreciate good quality chewy things, martingale collars in medium and large and squeaky tennis balls. The shelter will be closed on Friday, Dec. 25, as well as Friday, Jan. 1. The Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday between Christmas and New Year are a nice relaxed time to come in and see the adoptable animals. Butch Maybe a new friend is in the cards for you for 2016! There have been quite a few new dogs added to the adoptable roll in the last week, including at least four small dogs. To see the most current available dogs and cats at the shelter, go to petharbor.com and choose the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Animal Shelter. Follow the links to adoptable dogs or cats and you will see a current list of available animals. You can even register an interest in a certain breed or size on this site. When an animal of your selected type is available, an email will be sent to you.
Redwood Pals Rescue is busy getting ready for the New Year as well. We have an adorable litter of small terrier pups that will be ready to start viewing in the New Year. We will put some photos of them here next week. We’ve also been continuing to vaccinate puppies living in one of the homeless camps, as well as arranging spays and neuters for dogs there. And then there are the dogs that we have in fosters and in our homes while we help prepare them to be the best adoptable dogs that they can be. Grants cover a significant portion of our spay and neuter costs, but Redwood Pals pays for everything else. If you are looking for a worthy end-of-the-year place for a tax-deductible donation, we would be happy to accept! Redwood Pals Rescue’s mailing address is P.O. Box 2913, McKinleyville CA 95519. You can also email us at redwoodpalsrescue@gmail if you would like more information. Thank you and may your holidays be warm and happy!
BECOME A MASTER PRESERVER Master Food Preservers are trained, dedicated volunteers who help educate the community about food safety and home food preservation using up-to-date, scientifically sound methods. If you enjoy preserving food, you may be interested in completing the Master Food Preserver Program through our local University of California Cooperative Extension Office. It will meet at the Northcoast Co-op Community Kitchen in Eureka on Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and Monday evenings, 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Classes will begin Feb. 7, and will be completed on March 7, with graduation ceremonies on March 9. An informational meeting for applicants will be held on Jan. 23. Fee for the training is $150, and includes a food preservation book and training manual. Space is limited and the application deadline is Jan. 15. Applications are available at cehumboldt.ucdavis.edu. Call Deborah Giraud, Farm Advisor, at (707) 445-7351.
HOSPICE OFFERS LOCAL GRIEF SUPPORT MEETINGS Hospice of Humboldt offers free, drop-in grief support groups every week. Meeting times in Humboldt County include: • Arcata: Mondays, 6 to 7:30 p.m., Jacoby Storehouse, 791 Eighth St., fourth floor conference room. • Eureka: Wednesdays, 5:30 to 7 p.m.; Fridays, 1 to 2:30 p.m.; Saturdays (Slipper Club – casual drop-in session), 9 to 10:30 a.m., all meetings at the Hospice office, 3327 Timber Fall Court. • Fortuna: Wednesdays, 6 to 7:30 p.m., Brookdale Fortuna (Formerly Sequoia Springs), 2401 Redwood Way. • McKinleyville: Thursdays, 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m., Timber Ridge, 1400 Nursery Way. For more information about services provided by Hospice of Humboldt’s Grief Support Services, call (707) 2679801 or visit hospiceofhumboldt.org
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DO YOUR WORKERS QUALIFY FOR CALFRESH? Sequoia Personnel Services (SPS) announced that they will continue to help employers help their employees see if they qualify for CalFresh through January 2016. SPS is in partnership with the Humboldt County Department of Health & Human Services to reach out to community members through their employers in order to educate them about the CalFresh program and help them see if they qualify for benefits. For more information contact Michael Kraft, Senior Project Manager and Consultant at Sequoia Personnel Services, Inc. kraft@ sequioapersonnel.com or (707)445-9641.
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PUBLIC SAFETY Couples collide in caustic conflict • Wednesday, December 2 11:09 a.m. tite” brass knuckles. The duo was arrestA male suspect who arrived in a white ed and taken to the county jail. Burns was four-door sedan broke into a storage shed booked on suspicion of giving false identification to a peace officer, posbehind Larrupin Cafe north of session of controlled substance Trinidad. He pried a door open paraphernalia, possession of and filled a large bag with food marijuana and a warrant. Oscar items and booze. Investigators was booked on suspicion of posare reviewing video surveillance Jack Durham v McKINLEYVILLE session of metal knuckles and for footage to identify the suspect. 4:02 p.m. Michelle Tappen al- SHERIFF’S LOG two warrants. • Sunday, December 6 2:23 legedly kicked her ex-boyfriend real hard in the groin near Starbucks in a.m. On a cold, dark night on Reasor Road McKinleyville, which resulted in a warrant in McKinleyville, a woman had a coughing being issued for her arrest. Tappen turned fit in bed. This enraged her boyfriend, Joherself in and was booked into the county seph Krohn, who allegedly assaulted her then threw her out of the house. Deputies jail on suspicion of domestic violence. • Friday, December 4, 8:09 a.m. In responded and arrested Krohn on suspiOrick, a gas cap was damaged when some- cion of battery on a cohabitant and violation of probation. A restraining order is one siphoned gas from a car. • Saturday, December 5 12:41 a.m. A in place that allows Krohn to see his girlwoman tried to end a relationship with her friend but not engage in violence. boyfriend, but he didn’t take it well. He al- 1:33 p.m. A man and woman got into a legedly pulled her hair, hit her in the head, heated verbal argument on Lost Avenue in then drove to the Big Kmart parking lot, McKinleyville over the female half’s failure where he dumped her and all her belongings. to take her recommended dosage of Xanax. 8:16 a.m. A green American Tourister 5:04 p.m. A woman on School Road in suitcase with a pink floral print was found McKinleyville was able to confirm that in the parking lot of the McKinleyville Ace she made the right decision in evicting her Hardware. There was no information indi- roommate when she confronted her with cating who the suitcase belonged to. the news. When Carolyn Brandy learned 11:14 a.m. Deputies investigated a suspi- that she was going to have to move out, cious vehicle on Rosebud Lane off Sutter she allegedly held up an ax handle and Road in McKinleyville. Inside the car were told the roommate that she was going to Kelly Burns and Cierra Oscar. Burns was “bash her fucking head in” and break her uncooperative and allegedly lied about his legs. The roommate left the premises for identity, even though he is on parole. Dep- her own safety and called the Sheriff’s Ofuties searched him and found marijuana fice. Brandy was arrested on suspicion of and a suspected meth pipe. Oscar’s purse making terrorist threats and booked into was searched. Inside, deputies found “pe- the county jail.
Maggie adds two more prosecutors Humboldt County distriCt Attorney’s offiCe
HUMBOLDT – Humboldt County District Attorney Maggie Fleming last Friday announced the hiring of two new deputy district attorneys: Michael McDonald of Blue Lake and Jamie Murdock of Orange, Calif. Both will handle misdemeanor caseloads. McDonald is a graduate of DePaul University and the University of Arkansas, Little Rock, Bowen School of Law. Murdock is a graduate of Central Washington Universi-
ty and Chapman University School of Law. Both have been working as law clerks in the Humboldt County D.A.’s Office. Murdock also clerked for the Orange County District Attorney’s Office. These two positions were funded by Measure Z. The DA’s Office now has 16 full-time deputy district attorneys. As a result of the addition of positions through Measure Z, vacancies that existed at the start of the year and the departure of attorneys, Fleming has hired nine prosecutors this year.
Woman showers as stranger roams house; man’s ass placed in perilous circumstance • Wednesday, November 25 7:08 5:30 p.m. Someone noticed a hand grep.m. People inside a Uniontown variety nade sitting on the ground at 11th and I store’s bathroom were overheard discuss- streets, which brought police, who called ing heroin sales. the HCSO Bomb Squad, who blew • Thursday, November the thing up. 26 8:59 a.m. A man roam6:45 p.m. A group of travelers ing around outside a hospital hooted and gibbered profanities building was either enhanced at someone’s teenage daughter on kevin L. hoover or encumbered by either alcoH Street. They were moved along. v ARCATA hol or hallucinogenic mush10:09 p.m. A J Street man reportrooms, or both. In any case, he ed that during an argument, his POLICE LOG wouldn’t leave, perhaps lackroommate vowed to “beat his ass.” ing any inkling of how to do so. 10:35 p.m. Someone called from out of 1:39 p.m. A possibly rabid skunk was the area to draw police attention to a “biseen wandering and digging around in zarre” Facebook comment. garbage in Estrada Court. 11:07 p.m. The camouflage backpack and 2:29 p.m. A Valley West wandering wom- hat – the latter worn stylishly backward – an did so in traffic, looking drunk and up- did little to conceal the baggy-panted man set and possibly trying to get hit by a car. in a Uniontown supermarket’s Aisle 13. She was arrested on suspicion of public There he was arrested on an outstanding drunkenness. warrant. • Friday, November 27 2:40 a.m. An • Sunday, November 29 6:51 p.m. A old Chrysler with a busted taillight pulled Sunset Avenue woman reported that when up to a set of Sunny Brae mailboxes, and she came out of the bathroom after taking a shadowy figure was seen rifling through a shower, she found that her front door them. After the disreputable vehicle left, a had been opened, and that someone may witness found mail discarded in the vicinity. have been insde the house while she was 9 a.m. Campers near Redwood Park’s showering. Scout Hut furnished the area with gar- 8:17 p.m. A woman reported that she bage, and got more than a little prickly had been raped by someone while she had had too much to drink, and now the rapist when asked about it. 10:25 p.m. A passing four-door sedan had taken to pestering her with unwanted served as a mobile egg-launching platform phone calls. 10:56 p.m. A resident at a mobile home near an I Street tavern. • Saturday, November 28 12:07 p.m. park complained that a neighbor was A sick skunk staggered northbound on turning their TV and stereo volume up and down, disturbing the neighborhood. Maple Lane.
Trin man stabbed during fight he wasn’t in Humboldt County sHeriff’s offiCe
TRINIDAD – On Tuesday, Dec. 15 at about 2:40 a.m. the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office received a call from a local hospital reporting a stabbing victim. When deputies arrived, they spoke with the 41-year-old male victim. The victim stated he was at the Ocean Grove Lounge in Trinidad when a physical altercation occurred between other
Littlefield verdict upheld by appeals court Humboldt County distriCt Attorney’s offiCe
HUMBOLDT – On Tuesday, Dec. 15, the First Appellate District of the State of California, Division One, reversed the Humboldt County Superior Court ruling in People v. Timothy Littlefield which granted the defendant a new trial. In 2013 a jury found the defendant guilty of all charges related to his sexual misconduct with a child under 10 years of age. The defense filed a motion for a new trial based on a declaration by a juror that addressed his mental processes
priate remedy is not during jury deliberato affirm the order tions. The trial court setting aside the verconducted a hearing dict based solely on during which the juirrelevant evidence ror recanted the decand speculation laration, stating he about what defendant had not personally could have proved, written it nor read it but to remand for carefully before signTim further proceedings ing it. Nevertheless, Littlefield to determine wheththe trial court granted er relevant and admissible evthe motion for a new trial. The appellate court reversed idence of jury misconduct actuthe trial court and found the ally exists.” The District Attorney’s Ofjuror’s declaration irrelevant in assessing the validity of the fice is requesting that the hearverdict. ing outlined by the Court of ApThe appellate court further peals be completed as soon as stated: “…we think the appro- the trial court is available.
individuals at the lounge. The victim said that the altercation led outside to the front of the business, and the victim followed to watch the fight. While he was watching the fight, one of the individuals in the fight was shoved into the crowd and collided with him. This is when the victim believed he was stabbed. The deputy observed the male victim had significant stab wounds to his person. The vic-
tim was unable to provide a description of the suspect, other than he was a male adult. The victim is in stable condition. When Sheriff’s Office deputies arrived at the lounge, it was closed and there were no persons in the area. Anyone with information regarding this case or related criminal activity is asked to call the Sheriff’s Office at (707) 4457251 or the Sheriff’s Office Crime Tip line at (707) 268-2539.
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EUREKA – On Wednesday, Dec. 16 at about 11:15 p.m., an officer with the Eureka Police Department made contact with a parked Dodge pickup Larry and its two occuBoone pants in the overflow parking lot north of the Bayshore Mall. During the contact, Maggie the drug detection K9, alerted to the odor of controlled substances. Officers detained the two male occupants and conducted a lawful search of the vehicle. Under the hood, officers located a loaded
AR-15 rifle, loaded high capacity magazines, and additional ammunition. A small amount of marijuana was found inside the vehicle. The two were Jordan arrested and Kowitz-Bennett jailed. Larry Boone, 42, and Jordan Kowitz-Bennet, 22, both of the Sacramento area, were booked on suspicion of possession of a loaded firearm in a public place, possession of an assault weapon and transport of an assault weapon. Boone had an additional charge of being a felon in possession of a firearm.
If the IRS calls demanding money right now, it’s a scammer on the line Humboldt County sHeriff’s offiCe
HUMBOLDT – The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office has received at least 15 phone calls per day from the public within the last week who are reporting a phone scam. The suspects are telling the potential victims they are an agent with the Internal Revenue Service or the U.S. Treasury and they owe the IRS money. The suspects then tell the victim if they fail to immediately pay they will obtain a warrant for the victim’s arrest. The suspects attempt to get the victim to obtain a money order, cashier’s check or red dot card to pay the overdue bill. So far none of the potential victims have complied with the suspects’ demands. Some helpful websites: irs.gov/uac/Newsroom/IRSWarns-of-Pervasive-Telephone-
Scam treasury.gov/tigta/contact_ report_scam.shtml consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0076-phone-scams Notes from IRS press release: Other characteristics of this scam include: • Scammers use fake names and IRS badge numbers. They generally use common names and surnames to identify themselves. • Scammers may be able to recite the last four digits of a victim’s Social Security Number. • Scammers spoof the IRS tollfree number on caller ID to make it appear that it’s the IRS calling. • Scammers sometimes send bogus IRS emails to some victims to support their bogus calls. • Victims hear background noise of other calls being conducted to mimic a call site. • After threatening victims with
jail time or driver’s license revocation, scammers hang up and others soon call back pretending to be from the local police or DMV, and the caller ID supports their claim. If you get a phone call from someone claiming to be from the IRS, here’s what you should do: • If you know you owe taxes or you think you might owe taxes, call the IRS at 1-(800) 829-1040. The IRS employees at that line can help you with a payment issue – if there really is such an issue. • If you know you don’t owe taxes or have no reason to think that you owe any taxes (for example, you’ve never received a bill or the caller made some bogus threats as described above), then call and report the incident to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration at 1-(800) 366-4484. • If you’ve been targeted by this
scam, you should also contact the Federal Trade Commission and use their “FTC Complaint Assistant” at FTC.gov. Please add “IRS Telephone Scam” to the comments of your complaint. Notes from the Federal Trade Commission Often, scammers who operate by phone don’t want to give you time to think about their pitch; they just want you to say “yes.” But some are so cunning that, even if you ask for more information, they seem happy to comply. They may direct you to a website or otherwise send information featuring “satisfied customers.” These customers, known as shills, are likely as fake as their praise for the company. Here are a few red flags to help you spot telemarketing scams. If you hear a line that sounds like this, say “no, thank you,” hang up, and file a complaint with the FTC:
• You’ve been specially selected (for this offer). • You’ll get a free bonus if you buy our product. • You’ve won one of five valuable prizes. • You’ve won big money in a foreign lottery. • This investment is low risk and provides a higher return than you can get anywhere else. • You have to make up your mind right away. • You trust me, right? • You don’t need to check our company with anyone. • We’ll just put the shipping and handling charges on your credit card. Anyone with information for the Sheriff’s Office regarding this case or related criminal activity is encouraged to call the Sheriff’s Office at (707) 445-7251 or the Sheriff’s Office Crime Tip line at (707) 268-2539.
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HUMBOLDT STATE – The number of prospective students who applied to Humboldt State University climbed to 12,742, marking a 2.8 percent increase over last year’s tally of 12,390. Of those applicants, 43 percent were Latino/a students. Additionally, 3,619 transfer students applied to HSU, up from 3,220 last year. “Humboldt State University continues to be an attractive institution for California residents seeking post-secondary degrees,” said Associate Director of Admissions Steven Ladwig. “We’re pleased that so many prospective students understand the value of an HSU degree, and we’re excited to be an important part of educating the state’s future leaders.” System-wide, the CSU received a record setting number of applications for the eighth year in a row. More than 830,000 students applied to the 23-campus system, marking a 4.8 percent increase over last year’s total. While demand for a CSU education is at an all-time high, capacity issues persist due to state funding limitations. For the 2016-17 academic year, the governor’s proposal allocates an additional $139.4 million investment to the CSU, which will fund a 1 percent net student en-
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rollment growth. In order for the university to continue to address the anticipated shortage of bachelor’s degrees in California by 2030, a 3 percent net student enrollment growth is needed, requiring an additional $102.3 million in state funding. Fully funding CSU’s proposed Support Budget Request would allow the university to enroll approximately 12,600 additional students. The CSU remains a state leader in producing job-ready graduates, and an investment in the CSU is an investment in California’s economic and social future. As Chancellor Timothy P. White said, “The CSU does much of the heavy lifting required to build an educated workforce in California and it’s something that we’re incredibly honored to be a part of.” The priority deadline for firsttime freshmen and transfer California students applying to HSU has passed. The campus does, however, continue to accept applications from out-of-state and students who are veterans, as well as upper-division transfer students from College of the Redwoods. For more information, contact Steven Ladwig at (707)826-6221 or steven.ladwig@humboldt.edu. For more information on applying to the CSU, visit csumentor.com.
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CALIFORNIA COAST – Last week’s Northern California tests of Dungeness crab for domoic acid show mixed results, with toxin levels actually higher in two locations, and at safe levels at another location. The tests indicate that it may be a long time before the season opens. The California Department of Public Health has set the action level for domoic acid at more than 30 parts per million. Anything greater than this level is deemed unsafe. The neurotoxin, which is in the meat of the crabs, can make people sick, cause brain damage and even death depending on the amount consumed. Its existence in crabs has halted the season. Tests results were posted Dec. 14 on a CDPH website. Here are the three results: • Six crabs were plucked in the Bodega Bay area near the Russian River area. The domoic acid levels ranged from 6.5 to 100 ppm. The average level was 43.6 ppm, well above the 30 ppm threshold. 83 percent of the crabs exceeded the safety level. This test shows an increase in domoic acid compared to a test done on Dec. 1, when the average level was 22 ppm, with 17 percent of YEAR-END WIN The Humboldt State women’s basketball team pulled away down the stretch and closed out 2015 with a non-conference win over Great Northwest Athletic Conference opponent Western Oregon. The Lumberjacks (6-5, 3-1) climbed above the .500 mark for the first time this season after defeating Western Oregon (1-9, 0-2) on Saturday night, Dec. 19, 65-56. The Jacks are now off for the remainder of December before returning to California Collegiate Athletic
crab exceeding the safety threshold. • Six crabs were plucked near Point Reyes, with domoic acid levels ranging from 9.6 to 27 ppm. The average level was 20.7 ppm, a level deemed safe. Another positive result of this test is that zero percent of the crabs were deemed unsafe. This is the best test so far for Point Reyes. • Near Half Moon Bay, nine crabs were plucked, with levels ranging from 2.5 to 49 ppm. The average level was 20.7 ppm, with 33 percent of crabs exceeding the safety threshold. This is an increase from the Dec. 1 test, when the average level was 8.9 ppm with 10 percent of crabs over the threshold. Keep in mind that in order to harvest and sell the crab, test results have to show levels below the safety threshold of 30 ppm with zero percent of the crabs exceeding that level. As of last weekend, no test results for Eureka or Trinidad have been posted since November. Crabs plucked off the coast near the Eel River on Nov. 23 showed domoic acid levels from 13 to 59 ppm, with the average level at 34.6 ppm. 50 percent of crabs tested exceeded the safety level. On Nov. 17, 15 crabs were plucked near Trinidad. Levels were 17 to 65 ppm, with an average of 36 ppm. Sixty percent were unsafe. Association competition to start the new year. STATE CHAMPIONS! St. Bernard’s Crusaders won the state Division V-A championship Saturday, Dec. 19, beating Saddleback Valley Christian 28-21 during a rainy game at Laguna Hills High School in Southern California. The Crusaders are the first ever team from the North Coast to play for a CIF state championship. The team is coached by Matt Tomlin.
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L EGAL N OTICES FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 15-00653 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: PACIFIC OUTFITTERS 1600 5TH STREET EUREKA, CA 95501 PACIFIC MARINE ENGINEERING C0556277 1600 5TH STREET EUREKA, CA 95501 This business is conducted by: A Corporation S/SCOTT OSTROM, PRESIdENT This statement was filed with the Humboldt County Clerk on NOV 13, 2015 KELLY E. SANDERS A.ABRAM DEPUTY 12/2, 12/9, 12/16, 12/23 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 15-00695 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: (1) ARCATA REAL ESTATE SERVICES (2) NORTH COAST PROPERTY MANAGEMENT 791 8TH STREET SUITE 14 ARCATA, CA 95521 NORTH COAST REAL ESTATE 791 8TH STREET SUITE 14 ARCATA, CA 95521 This business is conducted by: A Corporation S/dARRELL BURLISON, PRESIdENT This statement was filed with the Humboldt County Clerk on DEC 11, 2015 KELLY E. SANDERS M. MORRIS DEPUTY 12/16, 12/23, 12/30, 1/6 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 15-00698 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: KAYAK zAK’S 115336 HIGHwAY 101 TRINIdAd, CA 95570 jOHN B. CALLAHAN 2606 MYRTLE AVE. EUREKA, CA 95501 BRANCE C. MICHAELSON 1720 HUFFORd Rd. ORICK, CA 95555 ANTHONY M. dIAz 2606 MYRTLE AVE. EUREKA, CA 95501 This business is conducted by: A General Partnership S/jOHN CALLAHAN, GENERAL PARTNER This statement was filed with the Humboldt County Clerk on DEC 11, 2015 KELLY E. SANDERS S. CARNS DEPUTY
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 15-00680 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: AdVANCEd SECURITY SYSTEMS 1336 FOURTH STREET EUREKA, CA 95501 PETRUSHA ENTERPRISES, INC. 1336 FOURTH STREET EUREKA, CA 95501 d1601678 This business is conducted by: A corporation S/A CHARLES PETRUSHA PRESIdENT This statement was filed with the Humboldt County Clerk on DEC 2, 2015 KELLY E. SANDERS A.ABRAM DEPUTY 12/23, 12/30, 1/6, 1/13
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 15-00704 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: jOHNSTON dESIGN 2366 GOLF COURSE ROAd P.O. BOx 702 BAYSIdE, CA 95524 jUdY A. ARONOFF 2366 GOLF COURSE ROAd BAYSIdE, CA 95524 GUY A. ARONOFF 2366 GOLF COURSE ROAd BAYSIdE, CA 95524 This business is conducted by: A married couple S/jUdY ARNONOFF CO - OwNER This statement was filed with the Humboldt County Clerk on DEC 16, 2015 KELLY E. SANDERS A.ABRAM DEPUTY 12/23, 12/30, 1/6, 1/13
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 15-00681 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: EASY CALL 1336 FOURTH STREET EUREKA, CA 95501 PETRUSHA ENTERPRISES, INC. 1336 FOURTH STREET EUREKA, CA 95501 d1601678 This business is conducted by: A corporationl S/A CHARLES PETRUSHA PRESIdENT This statement was filed with the Humboldt County Clerk on DEC 2, 2015 KELLY E. SANDERS A.ABRAM DEPUTY 12/23, 12/30, 1/6, 1/13 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 15-00699 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: HUMBOLdT GARdENING 1675 MURRAY Rd. MCKINLEYVILLE, CA 95519 P.O. BOx 817 ARCATA, CA 95521 jOEL C. dALLAS 1675 MURRAY Rd. MCKINLEYVILLE, CA 95519 This business is conducted by: An Individual S/jOEL dALLAS, MR. dALLAS - OwNER This statement was filed with the Humboldt County Clerk on DEC 14, 2015 KELLY E. SANDERS M. MORRIS DEPUTY
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 15-00706 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: HUMBOLdT HARVEST 2355 CENTRAL AVE. #123 MCKINLEYVILLE, CA 95519 HUMBOLdT HARVEST FARMS 3816323 2355 CENTRAL AVE. #123 MCKINLEYVILLE, CA 95519 This business is conducted by: A corporation S/ESTHER BENEMANN CEO/PRESIdENT This statement was filed with the Humboldt County Clerk on DEC 16, 2015 KELLY E. SANDERS M. MORRIS DEPUTY 12/23, 12/30, 1/6, 1/13 ORdER TO SHOw CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME ALICIA SUTHERLANd SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF HUMBOLdT CASE NO. CV150848 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner ALICIA SUTHERLAND has filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows:
Present name: CHAYSE SHAWN COOK to Proposed name CHAYSE SHAWN SUTHERLAND. 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court, located at 825 5th Street, Eureka, California, at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the application should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Date: 1/11/16 Time: 1:45 p.m. Dept.: 8 3. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Mad River Union. Date: NOV. 30, 2015 DALE A. REINHOLTSEN Judge of the Superior Court 12/9, 12/16, 12/23, 12/30 NOTICE OF PETITION TO AdMINISTER ESTATE OF SAMUEL HERMAN jANSEN CASE NO.: PR150301 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: SAMUEL HERMAN JANSEN, AKA SAMUEL H. JANSEN, SAMUEL JANSEN, SAM HERMAN JANSEN, SAM H. JANSEN AND SAM JANSEN A Petition for Probate has been filed by: SAMUEL EDWARD JANSEN, JR. in the Superior Court of California, County of HUMBOLDT. The Petition for Probate requests that: SAMUEL EDWARD JANSEN, JR. be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. The petition requests the decedent’s will and codi-
cils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take any actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: January 7, 2016 Time: 2:00 PM Dept.: 8 Address of court: Superior Court of California, County of Humboldt, 825 Fifth Street, Eureka, CA, 95501. If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.
You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a formal Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petittion or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for the petitioner: CHRIS JOHNSON HAMER (SBN 105752) STOKES, HAMER, KAUFMAN & KIRK, LLP 381 BAYSIDE ROAD, SUITE A ARCATA, CALIFORNIA 95521 707-822-1771 12/9, 12/16, 12/23 CITY OF ARCATA LEGAL NOTICE AdOPTION OF ORdINANCE NO. 1470 I hereby certify that at a regular meeting held on November 4, 2015, the Arcata City Council introduced Ordinance No. 1470, summarized below, An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Arcata Authorizing an Amendment to the Contract Between the City Council of the City of Arcata and the Board of Administration of the California Public Employees’ Retirement System, at which time the reading in full thereof was unanimously waived and approval granted for reading the ordinance by title only. Ordinance No. 1470 was passed and adopted at a regular City Council meeting held on December 16, 2015, by the following vote: AYES: Winkler, Pitino, Pereira, Ornelas, Wheetley. NOES: None. ABSENT: None. ABSTENTIONS: None. Bridget Dory, City Clerk, City of Arcata Summary of Ordinance No. 1470 This ordinance amends the retirement contract between the City of Arcata and the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) so that members of the Arcata Police Association, and Management/ Mid-Management/Confi-
dential employees will pay 0.5% of PERS reportable compensation towards the City’s CalPERS employer contribution. The full text of Ordinance No. 1470 is available for public inspection at the office of the City Clerk, Arcata City Hall, 736 F Street, Arcata, California, Monday through Friday, between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. The ordinance will take effect January 15, 2016, BY ORDER OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCATA. Dated: December 16, 2015. Bridget Dory, City Clerk, City of Arcata 12/23/15 CITY OF ARCATA LEGAL NOTICE AdOPTION OF ORdINANCE NO. 1471 I hereby certify that at a regular meeting held on December 2, 2015, the Arcata City Council introduced Ordinance No. 1471, summarized below, An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Arcata Amending the Arcata Municipal Code to Adjust the Required PEG Access Funding Level, Title VI— Business, Professions and Trades; Chapter 4—Cable Systems and Open Video Systems; Article 5—State Video Service Franchises; Section 6566, at which time the reading in full thereof was unanimously waived and approval granted for reading the ordinance by title only. Ordinance No. 1471 was passed and adopted at a regular City Council meeting held on December 16, 2015, by the following vote: AYES: Winkler, Pitino, Pereira, Ornelas, Wheetley. NOES: None. ABSENT: None. ABSTENTIONS: None. Bridget Dory, City Clerk, City of Arcata Summary of Ordinance No. 1471 This ordinance amends the Arcata Municipal Code (AMC) to change the Public, Education, and Government (PEG) support fee paid by the cable franchise holder to the City’s designated PEG provider from 3 percent to 1.401 percent of gross revenues,
an amount equivalent to the level of PEG funding remitted by the incumbent cable operator to the City’s designated PEG provider during the period of January 1, 2006, to December 30, 2006. The full text of Ordinance No. 1471 is available for public inspection at the office of the City Clerk, Arcata City Hall, 736 F Street, Arcata, California, Monday through Friday, between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. The ordinance will take effect January 15, 2016, BY ORDER OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCATA. Dated: December 16, 2015. Bridget Dory, City Clerk, City of Arcata 12/23/15 NOTICE OF PETITION TO AdMINISTER ESTATE OF HOwARd ARTHUR TRAUT CASE NO.: PR150309 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: HOWARD ARTHUR TRAUT A Petition for Probate has been filed by: STEVEN TRAUT in the Superior Court of California, County of HUMBOLDT. The Petition for Probate requests that: STEVEN TRAUT be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. The petition requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take any actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an
interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: January 7, 2016 Time: 2:00 PM Dept.: 8 Address of court: Superior Court of California, County of Humboldt, 825 Fifth Street, Eureka, CA, 95501. If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a formal Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petittion or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for the petitioner: ARTHUR NIELSEN, GALE & NIELSEN 2850 HARRIS STREET EUREKA, CA 95503 (707) 269-0167 12/16, 12/23, 12/30
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Hike or paddle at Humboldt Lagoons on New Year’s Day TRINIDAD – California Department of Parks and Recreation, Patrick’s Point Sector will sponsor a free, guided hike or paddle in Humboldt Lagoons State Park on New Year’s Day as part of America’s State Parks First Day Hikes initiative in all 50 states. Join California State Parks to celebrate the New Year with First Day Hikes across the state on Jan. 1, 2016. The past two years Humboldt Lagoons State Park made history by offering the nation’s very first (and second) paddle option for this annual event. Rejuvenate by taking a family-friendly trek through a local state park close to home! Be ready to launch or hike at 11 a.m. Paddle Meet at the Stone Lagoon Visitor Center at 115336 Highway 101, Trinidad with your kayak, stand-up-paddleboard or canoe and gear. You also have the option of renting a sit-on-top kayak from Kayak Zak’s at half price for this event. Wetsuits and gear will be available at regular prices. Please call in advance for rental reservations. All participants must wear a properly fitted life jacket. Join the ranger-led paddle or exFOAM CHRISTMAS DAY HIKE Join Friends of the Arcata Marsh (FOAM) for what may become a new holiday tradition. On Christmas Day, Friday, Dec. 25, Jane and Richard Wilson will lead a Marsh walk. Meet at 10 a.m. in the Klopp Lake parking lot at the end of South I Street. All ages and walking speeds are welcome for this 90-minute tour. Rain cancels. 822-3475. AUDUBON MARSH HIKE Redwood Region Audubon Society is sponsoring a free public field trip at the Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary on Saturday, Dec. 26. Bring your binoculars and meet leader Ken Burton in the parking lot at the end of South I Street
plore on your own. This paddle is approximately four miles round-trip. Wear clothing and shoes that can get wet. All ages are encouraged. Difficulty: Easy. Hike Meet at the Dry Lagoon Parking Lot at 11 a.m. This guided interpretative walk will begin along the beach and then head inland following the trail around the back of Sharp Point to Stone Lagoon. Hikers will meet up with the paddling party for lunch and to celebrate the reopening of Ryan’s Cove Campground before heading back to Dry Lagoon. This hike is approximately five miles round-trip and includes some gradient. Wear comfortable hiking shoes. The trail may be damp. Difficulty: Moderate. Heavy wind or rain will cancel. All participants should bring layered clothing, lunch and drinking water. Bonus: All participants are eligible to win one of 10 new life jackets in a free raffle drawing! For more information, contact Keven Harder at (707) 845-6171 or keven.harder@parks.ca.gov. For kayak or gear rentals, contact Kayak Zak’s at (707) 498-1130 or info@kayakzak.com. (Klopp Lake) in Arcata at 8:30 a.m., rain or shine. Trip ends around 11 a.m. FOAM MARSH HIKE Friends of the Arcata Marsh (FOAM) is sponsoring a free tour of the Arcata Marsh & Wildlife Sanctuary on Saturday, Dec. 26 at 2 p.m. Meet leader Milt Boyd at the Interpretive Center on South G Street for a 90-minute walk focusing on the ecology of the Marsh. Loaner binoculars available with photo ID. (707) 826-2359 SLOW-SPEED MARSH HIKE Friends of the Arcata Marsh (FOAM) is sponsoring a free tour for those who love the Marsh and want to enjoy it at a slower pace Tuesday, Dec. 28 at 2 p.m. The
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USER FRIENDLIER Two far-flung, eco-awesome Arcata locations have received an upgrade. At McDaniel Slough, left, a majestic new pedestrian footbridge crafted by nearby Johnson Industries offers “another bit of terrain to explore” near the west pond, according to Environmental Services Director Mark Andre. Resurfaced trails and new benches are further improvements. The path will eventually reach State Route 255 via a new crossing on South I Street, eliminating unpleasant road walking, and include traffic calming features. The bridge cost about $13,000, paid for with a Coastal Conservancy grant. Meanwhile, way up north at the West End Road entrance to the Arcata Ridge Trail, city Forest Technicians Nick Manfredonia and Javier Noguiera beam with pride at the newly installed information kiosk. Photos courtesy city of ArcAtA
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Extension. “It’s been a process, whenever we have material,” Andre said. Hundreds of conifers and alders have been replanted on the newly contoured soil. Ten acres have been restored, he said, “with just a couple left to go.” Originally, the quarry was to have been operated by a licensed operator in exchange for reclamation work. But the neighborhood has since become populated with residences whose occupants would be disturbed by industrial activity. Access via Jacoby Creek Road traverses private land. Use over the summer for the latest bout
of reclamation drew some complaints, but the city and community members collaborated on re-rocking the road to mitigate impacts. “I think the road got a pretty good upgrade,” Andre said. Eventually the quarry will be decommissioned by the Bureau of Mines, saving the city “a couple thousand” in annual permits. “This is a classic thing,” Andre said. “The western U.S. has a legacy of mining operations where they left a toxic leachfield, or unnatural-looking piles of slag and steep cliff faces. But we put it back to natural-looking condition in this case, so that trees could regrow.” The city may still pluck the occasional boulder from the disappearing quarry for use in city projects around town.
tour will last 45 to 60 minutes across even, level ground and is suitable to attendees of all ages. Meet leader Jane Wilson at the first parking lot on South I Street in from Samoa Boulevard. This tour is held the last Tuesday of each month. (707) 826-2359 NEW YEAR’S DAY MARSH HIKE Welcome the New Year with a nature ramble through the Arcata Marsh & Wildlife Sanctuary. Meet leaders Jane and Richard Wilson on Friday, Jan. 1 at 10 a.m. in the first parking lot on South I Street from Samoa Boulevard. This 1.5hour rain-or-shine walk is sponsored by Friends of the Arcata Marsh (FOAM). (707) 826-2359
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