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lection Day is just five weeks away, with much at stake on the local ballot, with countywide races for district attorney, superior court judge, auditor-controller and clerk/ recorder, as well as two supervisorial seats to be decided. It’s a lot. Fortunately, there are a host of opportunities in the coming weeks to get to know the candidates a bit better. Chief among those are three series of candidate forums put on by KEET-TV and the League of Women Voters of Humboldt County (LWVHC), the Humboldt County Association of Realtors and 15 local community groups. KEET and LWVHC’s forums will be held from 7 to 8 p.m., except as otherwise noted, and can be viewed live on KEET or streamed later on KEET’s YouTube channel. Questions can be submitted prior to the forums to leaguehumboldt@gmail.com or called into KEET the night of the forum at 445-0811. The Schedule: May 9 — Auditor-controller May 11 — County Supervisor, District Four May 16 — County Supervisor, District Five May 18 — District Attorney May 23 — Clerk/Recorder/Registrar of voters May 25 (7 to 8:30 p.m.) — Arcata City Council June 1 (7 to 7:30 p.m.) — Humboldt County Superior Court Judge Next up, the Humboldt County Association of Realtors, which will be hosting a series of in-person forums, some of which
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will be recorded and posted to the organization’s website. The Schedule: May 6 (5:30 to 7 p.m.) — County Supervisor, District Five, Azalea Hall (1620 Pickett Road) McKinleyville May 11 (5:30 to 7:30 p.m.) — District Attorney, Eureka Veterans Memorial Hall (1018 H St.) May 12 (5:30 to 7:30 p.m.) — Clerk/Recorder/Registrar of Voters, Eureka Woman’s Club (1531 J St.) May 18 (5:30 to 7:30 p.m.) — County Supervisor, District Four, Eureka Woman’s Club (1531 J St.) May 20 (5:30 to 7 p.m.) — Auditor-controller, Eureka Woman’s Club (1531 J St.) May 25 (5:30 to 7:30 p.m.) — Arcata City Council, Arcata Playhouse (1251 Ninth St.) Finally, 15 community groups are looking to take a deeper dive into the supervisorial races, with the Eureka Chapter of the NAACP, Centro del Pueblo, the Wiyot Tribe, the Humboldt and Del Norte Central Labor Council, North Coast People’s Alliance, Cooperation Humboldt, Health Care for All Humboldt/Physicians for a National Health Program, the Northcoast Environmental Center, Affordable Homeless Housing Alternatives, the Coalition for Responsible Transportation Priorities, Humboldt County Transition Age Youth Collaborative, Humboldt Area Center for Harm Reduction, 350 Humboldt, Queer Humboldt and the Redwood Coalition for Climate and Environmental Responsibility
Dobberstein Remembered: Fortuna’s River Lodge was filled with people April 30 gathering to celebrate the life of former Police Chief Bill Dobberstein, 53, who died March 26. A massive American flag flew half-staff outside as speakers inside remembered the U.S. Air Force veteran who spent 25 years policing the Friendly City. POSTED 05.02.22
A trio of signs hangs at a Jeans for Justice event April 29 in Hoopa, kicking off a week of events on the North Coast in advance of National Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women’s Day on May 5. The week was also slated to feature a screening of the film Long Line of Ladies on May 3 in Weitchpec, Yurok Tribal Chair Joseph James and Yurok scholar Blythe George will speak before a May 4 hearing of the California Assembly Select Committee on Native American Affairs regarding data collected through two years of research on the subject, and the To’Kee Skuy’ Soo Ney-Wo-Chek’ Project’s community walk in recognition of Missing and Murdered Indigenous People’s Awareness Day on May 5. The walk was slated to begin at 3:30 p.m. at the Yurok Tribal Justice Center and proceed to the U.S. Highway 101 bridge, where participants were to drop flowers in the Klamath River in honor of the missing and murdered, before returning to the Yurok Tribal Office for a reception. POSTED 05.03.22 Photo by Allie Hostler
all co-sponsoring the forums. The forums were scheduled to be aired live on KMUD and streamed on the station’s Facebook and YouTube channel, where they will be archived. Questions can be submitted in advance to news@kmud.org or by calling 923-3911.
Search Unsuccessful for Missing Fishermen: Search efforts in Humboldt Bay for Scott Arbaugh and his son Josh Arbaugh, both of Eureka, who went missing near King Salmon on April 26 were unsuccessful. The pair’s 16-foot boat was found partially submerged in the bay but search teams were unable to find the men. POSTED 04.29.22
The Schedule: May 2 (6 to 8 p.m.) — County Supervisor, District Five May 9 (6 to 8 p.m.) — County Supervisor, District Four Thadeus Greenson POSTED 05.03.22
Condors Take Flight: Two California condors were released into Redwood National and State Parks on May 3, becoming the first to soar over the North Coast in more than a century. The flight marked what’s hoped to be a new beginning for the endangered species in its historic range in the ancestral Yurok territory. POSTED 05.02.22
Digitally Speaking
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“The mental, physical and spiritual health of our people is inextricably linked to the landscape. By healing the land, we are healing ourselves.”
“Amen … finally some pupusas in Humboldt!!”
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The amount of Redwood Coast Energy Authority’s projected renewable energy supply lost from plans to fully decarbonize by 2030 with the voiding of a solar panel contract due to a federal investigation of Chinese imports. Read the full story online. POSTED 05.01.22
— Yurok Tribal Vice Chair Frankie Myers in a press release announcing North Coast Congressmember Jared Huffman’s introduction of the Yurok Lands Act, which seeks to transfer more than 1,000 acres of ancestral land back to the tribe from the U.S. Forest Service. POSTED 04.27.22
— Cameo Alvarado commenting on the Journal’s Facebook page on last week’s story “The Pupusa Hustle,” about Pupuseria San Miguel opening in Arcata. POSTED 04.27.22
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