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Guide to College Life for New Humboldt State University (HSU) Students

Here's our quick list of the must haves for any new freshman or college student transferring to HSU. These are the essentials that will get you up to speed and fitting in quick with the local scene… || read more >>

New Proposed List of Arcata Plaza Rules

I was walking on the plaza just the other day and I saw a cop kicking a spanger off the grass. The kid insisted he needed to know where he was allowed to stand. The cop told him anywhere besides the… || read more >>

Wild Turkey's Turn Vigilante over Environmental Worries

We are both happy and sad to report that a band of local wild turkey's have turned vigilante in the Southern Humboldt and Northern Mendocino hills. This flock of gobblers are apparently pissed that… || read more >>

Restructuring Humboldt Bay - Arkley and the New Green Port City of Eureka

(we would like to thank Bill Herman for convincing us this story was worth republishing). While listening to KHUM radio today I heard Pete Nichols from the Baykeeper talking to Mike Dronkers about… || read more >>

Rebranding Arcata's Homeless - Creating the Best Damn Stop on the West Coast Hippie Trail

In recent days there has been the small kindlings of another residents vs. spangers / travelers fight going down in the Arcata City Council halls. A vote was passed to push down the newly perceived militant… || read more >>

Dreaming Beyond Old Railroads and New Bike Trails

This day in Humboldt County history may mark the key battle in Victory for one of these competing groups. The elections for Bay Commissioners or something along those lines pits candidates from both… || read more >>

21st Century Green Technology - Laughter Condenser

The Laughter Condenser is 21st Century Green Technology to Create Clean, Recycleable Vegan Energy to Power our Growing Culture . Laughter is contained in a space-age harmonic frequency glass bubble… || read more >>

History of Hippies - Part II - Hippies in Humboldt

There is not much of a record for any sort of Hippie Movement in Humboldt County before the very late 1960s. In fact, many of the revered historical hippie achievements in Humboldt County came in the… || read more >>

101 Things to Love about Humboldt County

Here's a list of 101 things to love about Humboldt County in case the dreary autumn blues set in. 1. Yellow poppy growing freely on the roadsides 2. The clean ocean smell of the air 3. 25 mile per… || read more >>

Timeline of Important Historical Events in Humboldt County

Timeline of Important Events in Humboldt County’s Past Skip to a Specific Time Period : I. Early Towns and Logging (1849 – 1885) II. Establishment of Modern Towns (1885 &ndash… || read more >>

Hot Tips for Humboldt's Cool Climate

After living in Humboldt for many years some things become more obvious. So in order to help out those newcomers or oldcomers who may want some helpful tips we put together this list: 1. Fill your salt… || read more >>

A New Vision for the Plaza

Many may know that there is a long-standing dialogue over what resides at the heart of the plaza square in Arcata's downtown. Currently it is a statue of President McKinley. There is a twisted and sorted… || read more >>

History of the Hippies - Part I

When people think of the Hippies they think of peace, love, flowers, psychedelic drugs, and social rebellion against the status quo. In many ways the Hippie Movement was primarily a reaction to the unstable… || read more >>

10 Uses for Indian Tapestries in Humboldt County

As anyone who has lived in the land of fog could tell you Indian Tapestries are all the rave in Humboldt County. We thought it would be cool to give a list of the top ten uses for them: 10. Wall… || read more >>