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Fortuna Garden Club celebrates Arbor Day – Times-Standard https://www.allforgardening.com/1763108/fortuna-garden-club-celebrates-arbor-day-times-standard/ #california #fortuna #garden #HumboldtCounty #LatestHeadlines #LocalNews #news #newsletter #NorthCoast #NorthernCalifornia
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Fortuna Garden Club celebrates Arbor Day – Times-Standard https://www.allforgardening.com/1763108/fortuna-garden-club-celebrates-arbor-day-times-standard/ #california #fortuna #garden #HumboldtCounty #LatestHeadlines #LocalNews #news #newsletter #NorthCoast #NorthernCalifornia
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Hey Humboldt folks, I know we all love places like Arcata Marsh & Humboldt Bay Wildlife Refuge for birding, but don't sleep on the ponds behind Gene Lucas Community Center in Fortuna. Took The Retriver there this morning & logged the most species ever in a Merlin Bird App session. Swallows everywhere, & it even clocked a Purple Martin! 🤩
Plus this Egret was giving marsh realness posing for a few bird photographers - I only got a crummy iPhone shot. Species in next toot.
#Birding
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https://www.europesays.com/people/32213/ Newsom declares state of emergency over Arcata Fire – Times-Standard #arcata #california #CaliforniaNews #CrashesAndDisasters #CrimeAndPublicSafety #GavinNewsom #HumboldtCounty #LatestHeadlines #LocalNews #News #newsletter #NorthCoast #NorthernCalifornia #PushlyAlerts
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Just a little hike on shifting ground under shifting weather at the local National Natural Landmark. For more information, check here: https://valhikes.blogspot.com/2026/01/shifting-sands-loop-of-ma-lel-dunes.html
#California #HumboldtCounty #HumboldtBayNationalWildlifeRefuge #MalelDunes #NationalNaturalLandmark
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Hype for the Future 162C: City of Humboldt, Iowa
Overview The City of Humboldt is a community located within and the county seat of Humboldt County, Iowa, associated with Routes 169 and 3. Today, the community is associated with a generally smaller downtown area and the upper Des Moines River.https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/04/11/hype-for-the-future-162c-city-of-humboldt-iowa/
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This condor couple may be tending to first egg in Northern California in a century
A California condor known as Ney-gem’ ‘Ne-chweenkah’ — Yurok for “She carries our prayers” — has been flying…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Wildlife #baldvulture #Behavior #californiacondor #century #condorcouple #egg #firstegg #HumboldtCounty #Nest #northerncalifornia #otheranimal #pair #Science #worldrenewalpeople #year #yurok
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This condor couple may be tending to first egg in Northern California in a century
A California condor known as Ney-gem’ ‘Ne-chweenkah’ — Yurok for “She carries our prayers” — has been flying…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Wildlife #baldvulture #Behavior #californiacondor #century #condorcouple #egg #firstegg #HumboldtCounty #Nest #northerncalifornia #otheranimal #pair #Science #worldrenewalpeople #year #yurok
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Although I haven't been posting regularly here, I have been participating in the Barking Alien Campaign Tour Challenge to develop my post apocalypse setting based on #HumboldtCounty and #DelNorteCounty for #AshesWithoutNumber
#ttrpg #swn #StarsWithoutNumber #CampaignTourChallenge
Campaign Tour Challenge
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Although I haven't been posting regularly here, I have been participating in the Barking Alien Campaign Tour Challenge to develop my post apocalypse setting based on #HumboldtCounty and #DelNorteCounty for #AshesWithoutNumber
#ttrpg #swn #StarsWithoutNumber #CampaignTourChallenge
Campaign Tour Challenge
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Although I haven't been posting regularly here, I have been participating in the Barking Alien Campaign Tour Challenge to develop my post apocalypse setting based on #HumboldtCounty and #DelNorteCounty for #AshesWithoutNumber
#ttrpg #swn #StarsWithoutNumber #CampaignTourChallenge
Campaign Tour Challenge
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Investigation, environmental assessment continue in the wake of Arcata block fire – Times-Standard
The fire that ravaged nearly a city block of downtown Arcata just north of Arcata Plaza early this…
#Environment #arcata #California #Californianews #crimeandpublicsafety #humboldtcounty #latestheadlines #LocalNews #News #newsletter #NorthCoast #northerncalifornia
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We headed out for a bunch of little hikes among the peaks of the Lassics, which tend to feature in the minds of the outdoorsy locals because they can be seen from so many places.
Many more details here: https://valhikes.blogspot.com/2025/08/hiking-lassics.html#California #SixRiversNationalForest #MountLassicWilderness #HumboldtCounty #TrinityCounty
#publicLands #NationalForest #nature #landscape #hiking #dayhike #travel #hike #outside blogpost -
Arcata resident cooks fresh chow for homeless pups – Times-Standard
An Arcata retiree has spent the last month cooking up food for homeless dogs. Twice a week …
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Cooking #arcata #california #californianews #eureka #health #housing #HumboldtCounty #latestheadlines #localnews #news #newsletter #northcoast #NorthernCalifornia #outdoors #Petsandanimals #thingstodo
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Arcata resident cooks fresh chow for homeless pups – Times-Standard
An Arcata retiree has spent the last month cooking up food for homeless dogs. Twice a week …
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Cooking #arcata #california #californianews #eureka #health #housing #HumboldtCounty #latestheadlines #localnews #news #newsletter #northcoast #NorthernCalifornia #outdoors #Petsandanimals #thingstodo
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Arcata resident cooks fresh chow for homeless pups – Times-Standard
An Arcata retiree has spent the last month cooking up food for homeless dogs. Twice a week …
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Cooking #arcata #california #californianews #eureka #health #housing #HumboldtCounty #latestheadlines #localnews #news #newsletter #northcoast #NorthernCalifornia #outdoors #Petsandanimals #thingstodo
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Arcata resident cooks fresh chow for homeless pups – Times-Standard
An Arcata retiree has spent the last month cooking up food for homeless dogs. Twice a week …
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Cooking #arcata #california #californianews #eureka #health #housing #HumboldtCounty #latestheadlines #localnews #news #newsletter #northcoast #NorthernCalifornia #outdoors #Petsandanimals #thingstodo
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Arcata resident cooks fresh chow for homeless pups – Times-Standard https://www.diningandcooking.com/2437209/arcata-resident-cooks-fresh-chow-for-homeless-pups-times-standard/ #arcata #california #CaliforniaNews #Cooking #eureka #health #housing #HumboldtCounty #LatestHeadlines #LocalNews #news #newsletter #NorthCoast #NorthernCalifornia #outdoors #PetsAndAnimals #ThingsToDo
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Arcata resident cooks fresh chow for homeless pups – Times-Standard https://www.diningandcooking.com/2437209/arcata-resident-cooks-fresh-chow-for-homeless-pups-times-standard/ #arcata #california #CaliforniaNews #Cooking #eureka #health #housing #HumboldtCounty #LatestHeadlines #LocalNews #news #newsletter #NorthCoast #NorthernCalifornia #outdoors #PetsAndAnimals #ThingsToDo
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Arcata resident cooks fresh chow for homeless pups – Times-Standard https://www.diningandcooking.com/2437209/arcata-resident-cooks-fresh-chow-for-homeless-pups-times-standard/ #arcata #california #CaliforniaNews #Cooking #eureka #health #housing #HumboldtCounty #LatestHeadlines #LocalNews #news #newsletter #NorthCoast #NorthernCalifornia #outdoors #PetsAndAnimals #ThingsToDo
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Orcas in Humboldt Bay! 😱
Cool but also yikes!
#HumboldtCounty
#Nature
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Fortuna Garden Club home tour celebrates Santa Claus’ arrival – Times-Standard https://www.allforgardening.com/1531012/fortuna-garden-club-home-tour-celebrates-santa-claus-arrival-times-standard/ #california #fortuna #garden #HumboldtCounty #LatestHeadlines #LocalNews #news #newsletter #NorthCoast #NorthernCalifornia
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Tomorrow is the Humboldt Artisans Craft and Music Festival here in Eureka, CA in northern California.
I’m a vendor this time, and I’ve never done it before. I’m nervous. It’s three days long, and I’m hoping I have enough stock. I’m lucky in that I can print things each night here in my own studio if I run out a particular item, but it’s still going to be a long weekend.
Should be cool—they turn off the lights, so it’s all wintery and fun. All the vendors have to have their own lighting. And there’s holiday music in each of the three buildings, so It’ll be nice. My building apparently has electrical and heating issues, so I’m a tad concerned about that, but I use my own battery, so I should be okay.
I’ll be selling some new holiday greeting cards along with all my other stuff, as well as my new 2026 Bird Calendar, so I’ll have seasonal stuff that’s appropriate.
Wish me luck!
#fair #festival #craftfair #musicfestival #indieartist ##artfair #RedwoodCoast #HumboldtCounty #EurekaCA #Artistlife
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I’m proud to announce my 2026 Redwood Coast Birds calendar is available for purchase on my shop! It’s a 7x10” flip calendar with a stylized list of dates that really get out of the way of the beautiful bird imagery. It’s essentially a collection of twelve mini-prints, perfect for one’s office or rooms with little wall space.
Each bird can be seen on the Redwood Coast here in the Pacific Northwest in the US, but especially here in Humboldt County. Most of the illustrations were requested by patrons who visited my booth over the summer, asking if I could do specific birds because they had connections to them or stories they cherished.
This is a deeply personal collection for me. It is the beginning of my connection to the residents of my new community to which I moved at the beginning of the year.
https://goimagine.com/2026-redwood-coast-birds-flip-art-calendar-7x10/
#2026Calendar #Birds #Birdart #FediGiftShop #IndieArtist #Calendar #ShopHandmade #REdwoodCoast #HumboldtCounty #Eureka #HumboldtMade
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Hey fans of trees 🌲and folks in California :ca1: (and especially Humboldt folks)!
The Big Guy ordered these dope books from Backcountry Press in Kneeland, CA. Really great books with nice layouts. Highly recommend.
#Trees #Nature
#California #NorCal
#HumboldtCounty
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I had such a good day volunteering at the Redwood Art Association today. It’s one of several local art co-ops, and has a large member-run gallery where we did “intake” day for the next upcoming show.
I got to check-in artists as they dropped off their pieces for the new show or picked up entries from the previous exhibition, meeting them and seeing their work. I got to sit with some long-time volunteers who delightful and positive, and we laughed and told stories the whole time. It felt like being part of a family.
The new show was focused on fiber art and sculpture, and there was everything from quilts to protest art, mobiles and wooden assemblages. 87 pieces total, i think? I can’t imagine how they’re going to hang some of it.. The creativity was off the hook!!
It was a really really good day. I needed it.
#art #artistlife #artlife #IndieArtist #RedwoodCoast #EurekaCA #HumboldtCounty
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Good turnout for No Kings protest in Eureka!
#NoKings
#HumboldtCounty
(alt text - various pics of the boistrous protest on the street and in front of the court house).
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Once the crowds had died down from the official opening of this very important link in the Humboldt Bay Trail, I headed out to see how it was.
The details are here:
https://valhikes.blogspot.com/2025/07/humboldt-bay-trail-connected.html#HumboldtBay #California #HumboldtCounty #HumboldtBayNationalWildlifeRefuge
#hiking #nature #HumboldtBayTrail #GreatRedwoodTrail #CCT #CaliforniaCoastalTrail #landscape #hike #travel #outside #dayhike #pavedwalk #bayside -
Dropped off some prints and greeting cards to the Clarke Historical Museum here in Eureka, CA.
I put together a collection of cards that feature regional birds, as well as some local-oriented limited edition prints that I’ve illustrated recently. I’m beyond happy with them—they’ve done well here, and two of them sold off the wall at the recent Redwood Art Association Fall Exhibition. I’m really hoping they do well at the Museum and appeal to visitors.
We’ll see!
#art #ArtistLife #prints #museum # birdart #birds #RedwoodEmpire #RedwoodCurtain #HumboldtCounty #NorthernCalifornia #NorCal
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Visited the Clarke Historical Museum here in Eureka, CA today, and was a tad overwhelmed with visual inspiration… So much history and Victoriana… The architecture and the interior furnishings were stunning. And the Native American exhibit was gorgeous—partly curated by guest tribe members featuring their family heirlooms and weaving skills!
It was too much for my brain to handle. I have to return because there’s just so much…
Museums do that to me, but art museums especially. Clarke is a historical museum but it was still filled with artifacts and collections that were awe-inspiring to me…
I chatted with their gift shop manager, Jasmine, and got a consignment form to sell things in their gift shop. I’m beyond happy. I have some specific pieces in mind that will be perfect there!!
After last night’s street fair all by myself and then this, I’m feeling the need to crawl into my creative space for a while.
Ooooof, what a weekend.
#ArtistLife #RedwoodEmpire #EurekaCA #HumboldtCounty #Consignment
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Did my first vending event without the hubby to assist. Arcata’s Friday Night Market has a slightly different vibe than Eureka’s, but it’s all good.
Still meeting wonderful people who I want to converse with, but tonight it was challenging because I was the only one working in the booth. I think I lost a lot of sales because my hubby wasn’t there to be a second salesperson. There were moments when the booth was quite crowded and the conversationalists seemed to be unaware I needed to pay attention to others besides them…
I need to figure out how to politely excuse myself without offense. still working on it.
But it went well, and I proved to myself that I could do it by myself. I loaded and unloaded the car myself, got all the setup done in 1 hr 15 min, and takedown in 45 min. Then reloaded and unloaded at home. So that was a huge deal for me: proving to myself that in a pinch, it can be done. I feel tired, but it’s a good tired.
#ArtistLife #Streetfair #vendorbooth #IndieArtist #FridayNightMarkets #Arcata #HumboldtCounty #RedwoodCurtain
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Did my first vending event without the hubby to assist. Arcata’s Friday Night Market has a slightly different vibe than Eureka’s, but it’s all good.
Still meeting wonderful people who I want to converse with, but tonight it was challenging because I was the only one working in the booth. I think I lost a lot of sales because my hubby wasn’t there to be a second salesperson. There were moments when the booth was quite crowded and the conversationalists seemed to be unaware I needed to pay attention to others besides them…
I need to figure out how to politely excuse myself without offense. still working on it.
But it went well, and I proved to myself that I could do it by myself. I loaded and unloaded the car myself, got all the setup done in 1 hr 15 min, and takedown in 45 min. Then reloaded and unloaded at home. So that was a huge deal for me: proving to myself that in a pinch, it can be done. I feel tired, but it’s a good tired.
#ArtistLife #Streetfair #vendorbooth #IndieArtist #FridayNightMarkets #Arcata #HumboldtCounty #RedwoodCurtain
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Did my first vending event without the hubby to assist. Arcata’s Friday Night Market has a slightly different vibe than Eureka’s, but it’s all good.
Still meeting wonderful people who I want to converse with, but tonight it was challenging because I was the only one working in the booth. I think I lost a lot of sales because my hubby wasn’t there to be a second salesperson. There were moments when the booth was quite crowded and the conversationalists seemed to be unaware I needed to pay attention to others besides them…
I need to figure out how to politely excuse myself without offense. still working on it.
But it went well, and I proved to myself that I could do it by myself. I loaded and unloaded the car myself, got all the setup done in 1 hr 15 min, and takedown in 45 min. Then reloaded and unloaded at home. So that was a huge deal for me: proving to myself that in a pinch, it can be done. I feel tired, but it’s a good tired.
#ArtistLife #Streetfair #vendorbooth #IndieArtist #FridayNightMarkets #Arcata #HumboldtCounty #RedwoodCurtain
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Did my first vending event without the hubby to assist. Arcata’s Friday Night Market has a slightly different vibe than Eureka’s, but it’s all good.
Still meeting wonderful people who I want to converse with, but tonight it was challenging because I was the only one working in the booth. I think I lost a lot of sales because my hubby wasn’t there to be a second salesperson. There were moments when the booth was quite crowded and the conversationalists seemed to be unaware I needed to pay attention to others besides them…
I need to figure out how to politely excuse myself without offense. still working on it.
But it went well, and I proved to myself that I could do it by myself. I loaded and unloaded the car myself, got all the setup done in 1 hr 15 min, and takedown in 45 min. Then reloaded and unloaded at home. So that was a huge deal for me: proving to myself that in a pinch, it can be done. I feel tired, but it’s a good tired.
#ArtistLife #Streetfair #vendorbooth #IndieArtist #FridayNightMarkets #Arcata #HumboldtCounty #RedwoodCurtain
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Did my first vending event without the hubby to assist. Arcata’s Friday Night Market has a slightly different vibe than Eureka’s, but it’s all good.
Still meeting wonderful people who I want to converse with, but tonight it was challenging because I was the only one working in the booth. I think I lost a lot of sales because my hubby wasn’t there to be a second salesperson. There were moments when the booth was quite crowded and the conversationalists seemed to be unaware I needed to pay attention to others besides them…
I need to figure out how to politely excuse myself without offense. still working on it.
But it went well, and I proved to myself that I could do it by myself. I loaded and unloaded the car myself, got all the setup done in 1 hr 15 min, and takedown in 45 min. Then reloaded and unloaded at home. So that was a huge deal for me: proving to myself that in a pinch, it can be done. I feel tired, but it’s a good tired.
#ArtistLife #Streetfair #vendorbooth #IndieArtist #FridayNightMarkets #Arcata #HumboldtCounty #RedwoodCurtain
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Tonight #FridayNightMarkets shifts from their summer home in Eureka to a month-long stint in Arcata, about 15 minutes north and the home of Cal Poly Humboldt.
I’m excited for the new experience, new attendees, new venue! It should be a lot of fun! We’ll see how it goes!
https://lostcoastoutpost.com/lowdown/events/arcata-friday-night-market/
#artistlife #vending #booth #streetfair #HumboldtCounty #RedwoodEmpire
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Tonight #FridayNightMarkets shifts from their summer home in Eureka to a month-long stint in Arcata, about 15 minutes north and the home of Cal Poly Humboldt.
I’m excited for the new experience, new attendees, new venue! It should be a lot of fun! We’ll see how it goes!
https://lostcoastoutpost.com/lowdown/events/arcata-friday-night-market/
#artistlife #vending #booth #streetfair #HumboldtCounty #RedwoodEmpire
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Tonight #FridayNightMarkets shifts from their summer home in Eureka to a month-long stint in Arcata, about 15 minutes north and the home of Cal Poly Humboldt.
I’m excited for the new experience, new attendees, new venue! It should be a lot of fun! We’ll see how it goes!
https://lostcoastoutpost.com/lowdown/events/arcata-friday-night-market/
#artistlife #vending #booth #streetfair #HumboldtCounty #RedwoodEmpire
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Tonight #FridayNightMarkets shifts from their summer home in Eureka to a month-long stint in Arcata, about 15 minutes north and the home of Cal Poly Humboldt.
I’m excited for the new experience, new attendees, new venue! It should be a lot of fun! We’ll see how it goes!
https://lostcoastoutpost.com/lowdown/events/arcata-friday-night-market/
#artistlife #vending #booth #streetfair #HumboldtCounty #RedwoodEmpire
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Tonight #FridayNightMarkets shifts from their summer home in Eureka to a month-long stint in Arcata, about 15 minutes north and the home of Cal Poly Humboldt.
I’m excited for the new experience, new attendees, new venue! It should be a lot of fun! We’ll see how it goes!
https://lostcoastoutpost.com/lowdown/events/arcata-friday-night-market/
#artistlife #vending #booth #streetfair #HumboldtCounty #RedwoodEmpire
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There were hints that it might be a grand time to view Rhododendrons, so Rhododendrons were viewed. Other flowers were about, too.
The details: https://valhikes.blogspot.com/2025/06/rhododendrons-on-rhododendron-trail.html
#California #HumboldtCounty #RedwoodNationalAndStateParks #PrairieCreekRedwoodsStatePark
#hiking #nature #hikingAdventures #hikeCalifornia #CalParks #landscape #travel #outside #hike #dayhike #forest #publiclands #flowers #wildflowers
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The mouth of the Mattole River, with and without fog.
The campground location is in beautiful balance. Fresh water and the ocean; sunshine and fog; quiet except for sea lions kicking off in the distance 🦭 Hard to beat.
#LostCoastTrail #California #humboldtcounty #lostcoast #norcal #hiking #UnlikelyHiker
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Sports briefs | CR football announces 2025 schedule; Humboldt softball adds assistant coach – Times-Standard
Football season is right around the corner on the Nort…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #NCAAFootball #arcata #calpolyhumboldt #California #collegefootball #collegeoftheredwoods #CollegeSports #eureka #Football #HumboldtCounty #latestheadlines #localnews #LocalSports #NCAA #newsletter #northcoast #northerncalifornia #Sports
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Sports briefs | CR football announces 2025 schedule; Humboldt softball adds assistant coach – Times-Standard
Football season is right around the corner on the Nort…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #NCAAFootball #arcata #calpolyhumboldt #California #collegefootball #collegeoftheredwoods #CollegeSports #eureka #Football #HumboldtCounty #latestheadlines #localnews #LocalSports #NCAA #newsletter #northcoast #northerncalifornia #Sports
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Former Crab dealt to Twins at MLB trade deadline – Times-Standard https://www.rawchili.com/mlb/230917/ #arcata #Baseball #California #HumboldtCounty #HumboldtCrabs #LatestHeadlines #LocalNews #LocalSports #Minnesota #MinnesotaTwins #MinnesotaTwins #MLB #newsletter #NorthCoast #NorthernCalifornia #Sports #Twins
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Former Crab dealt to Twins at MLB trade deadline – Times-Standard https://www.rawchili.com/mlb/230917/ #arcata #Baseball #California #HumboldtCounty #HumboldtCrabs #LatestHeadlines #LocalNews #LocalSports #Minnesota #MinnesotaTwins #MinnesotaTwins #MLB #newsletter #NorthCoast #NorthernCalifornia #Sports #Twins
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#California’s #NPR and #PBS stations will cut staff and programs after funding slashed
By Maya C. Miller and Cayla Mihalovich
July 29, 2025 10:05 AM PT"Small NPR and PBS stations in California are teetering after Congress pulled funding from #PublicBroadcasting. Even big stations are bracing for cuts.
"Dozens of California public broadcasting stations will lose millions of dollars after Republicans in Congress voted to strip them of federal funding, cutting off a vital lifeline in rural communities and limiting access to local news programming in an era of hyperpartisan national media.
"While California broadcasters are assuring audiences that they plan to keep their signals running, they also warn that cost-saving changes are inevitable.
"Radio and television stations of all sizes across the Golden State say that to survive, they’ll likely be forced to lay off staff and cut programming unless they’re able to make up the losses through fundraising. Their leaders warn that the cuts will disproportionately harm locally produced programs, the most expensive to create but among their most popular content, that inform millions of listeners and viewers.
"Republicans have long wanted to cut funding for public broadcasting, arguing such services should be funded by private donors, not taxpayers. Their efforts prevailed when Congress last week finalized President Trump’s request to rescind $1.1 billion from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which provides grants to National Public Radio, the Public Broadcasting Service, their affiliates and other independent public media creators. All nine of California’s #Republican members of #Congress voted in favor of the funding cuts.
"Now, roughly 35 stations from #SanDiego to #Hoopa in #HumboldtCounty have lost critical funding.
"While many public broadcasters remain hopeful that they’ll find ways to endure, all agree the rescission undermines the #egalitarian mission of public media — to create a nationwide network that provides access to quality information, stories and music for local #communities.
" 'That has been our superpower,' said Joe Moore, president and general manager of #KVPR #ValleyPublicRadio in #Fresno. His station lost about 7% of its budget, or $175,000, from the #CPB.
" 'The New York Times doesn’t have the type of investment in #Alaska or in #NorthDakota — or on #TribalReservations, bringing local news from these communities — that public radio does.'
"Smaller stations whose budgets relied heavily on federal dollars to make ends meet are the most at risk of closure. In Eureka, the community-owned PBS affiliate #KEET-TV stands to lose $847,000 — nearly half of its operating budget — due to the defunding of CPB. To survive, all of its funding will need to come from #CommunitySupport, since the station has no institutional backer such as a local college or school district.
"David Gordon, KEET’s general manager and executive director, says that as much as he hopes the station will stay afloat even at reduced capacity, he won’t make the same bold proclamation that, 'We’re not going anywhere,' like some stations have.
" 'I can’t guarantee that KEET will be here once the dust settles from this defunding move,' Gordon said. He emphasized that he was speaking for himself and not on behalf of his station.
" 'I hope it is, and I think there’s a good chance that it’ll survive in some form. But absolutely will it? I don’t know if I can say that.'
"Nearby, Mendocino-based NPR member station #KZYX was forced to lay off its news director after losing 25% of its operating budget, or $174,000, from the CPB. That means news will include fewer in-depth stories, such as interviews with city council members or county supervisors, said Andre de Channes, KZYX’s general manager and director of operations.
" 'There isn’t the time to source out those kinds of things,' he said. 'So the news gets more like a headline news.'
"The station serves roughly 130,000 listeners, including in Mendocino County and part of Lake County. When De Channes first learned about the CPB cuts, he immediately worried about fire safety, since listeners who live in #OffTheGrid #RuralAreas without access to internet or cell service rely on KZYX for #EmergencyInformation.
"Those potentially lifesaving #EmergencyAlerts became a rallying cry for public media providers and their allies as they begged Congress to preserve funding for their stations, especially those in remote, rural areas that also tend to be Republican. Frank Lanzone, the longtime general manager of the NPR-affiliated KCBX in San Luis Obispo, said his station has sometimes been the only on-air source providing emergency information during #SevereWeather events." 'There’s been several times in very bad storms when we’re the only station on the air in our area because of either power outages or people’s generators ran out of propane,' said Lanzone, who has worked in public radio for more than 50 years.
KCBX, which serves about 45,000 listeners from Santa Barbara to Monterey, will lose $240,000 in funding from CPB, about 13% of its operating budget." 'It’s going to hurt the stations and the people that listen to them who need it the most,' Lanzone said. 'The most vulnerable, the ones out in the middle of nowhere.'
"Local programs are most at risk
Both radio and television station leaders emphasized that local programming — shows that are created and produced in-house rather than purchased from another producer — will be first on the chopping block. To produce locally focused public television programming, stations must invest additional time, money and work on top of the membership dues they pay to be affiliated with PBS, which unlocks a large catalogue of programming that they can air at no additional cost."For PBS viewers in the Inland Empire, that likely means the loss of popular local programs such as '#InlandEdition,' an Emmy-winning weekly half-hour public affairs show, and '#LearnWithMe,' an award-winning #bilingual English-Spanish children’s show, both of which are produced in house by affiliate KVCR.
" 'The local stuff that’s so important to people is probably the stuff that’ll go away,' said Connie Leyva, executive director of KVCR and a former Democratic state senator. The station stands to lose about $550,000 in annual CPB funding, about 6% of its budget.
She emphasized that the station also wanted to preserve its journalism staff — two full-time reporters and one part-time — who have recently focused on federal #ImmigrationRaids taking place across the region." 'If we’re not here, the #InlandEmpire is just hearing about what’s happening in Los Angeles,' Leyva said. 'We want to know what’s happening in our backyard, what’s happening at the schools around us, what’s happening at the Home Depots around us.' "
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/Lur03#ImmigrationRaids #ICERaids #ClimateChange #SevereWeather #KeepingUsInTheDark #CPBFunding #CPBFundingCuts #TrumpSucks
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#California’s #NPR and #PBS stations will cut staff and programs after funding slashed
By Maya C. Miller and Cayla Mihalovich
July 29, 2025 10:05 AM PT"Small NPR and PBS stations in California are teetering after Congress pulled funding from #PublicBroadcasting. Even big stations are bracing for cuts.
"Dozens of California public broadcasting stations will lose millions of dollars after Republicans in Congress voted to strip them of federal funding, cutting off a vital lifeline in rural communities and limiting access to local news programming in an era of hyperpartisan national media.
"While California broadcasters are assuring audiences that they plan to keep their signals running, they also warn that cost-saving changes are inevitable.
"Radio and television stations of all sizes across the Golden State say that to survive, they’ll likely be forced to lay off staff and cut programming unless they’re able to make up the losses through fundraising. Their leaders warn that the cuts will disproportionately harm locally produced programs, the most expensive to create but among their most popular content, that inform millions of listeners and viewers.
"Republicans have long wanted to cut funding for public broadcasting, arguing such services should be funded by private donors, not taxpayers. Their efforts prevailed when Congress last week finalized President Trump’s request to rescind $1.1 billion from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which provides grants to National Public Radio, the Public Broadcasting Service, their affiliates and other independent public media creators. All nine of California’s #Republican members of #Congress voted in favor of the funding cuts.
"Now, roughly 35 stations from #SanDiego to #Hoopa in #HumboldtCounty have lost critical funding.
"While many public broadcasters remain hopeful that they’ll find ways to endure, all agree the rescission undermines the #egalitarian mission of public media — to create a nationwide network that provides access to quality information, stories and music for local #communities.
" 'That has been our superpower,' said Joe Moore, president and general manager of #KVPR #ValleyPublicRadio in #Fresno. His station lost about 7% of its budget, or $175,000, from the #CPB.
" 'The New York Times doesn’t have the type of investment in #Alaska or in #NorthDakota — or on #TribalReservations, bringing local news from these communities — that public radio does.'
"Smaller stations whose budgets relied heavily on federal dollars to make ends meet are the most at risk of closure. In Eureka, the community-owned PBS affiliate #KEET-TV stands to lose $847,000 — nearly half of its operating budget — due to the defunding of CPB. To survive, all of its funding will need to come from #CommunitySupport, since the station has no institutional backer such as a local college or school district.
"David Gordon, KEET’s general manager and executive director, says that as much as he hopes the station will stay afloat even at reduced capacity, he won’t make the same bold proclamation that, 'We’re not going anywhere,' like some stations have.
" 'I can’t guarantee that KEET will be here once the dust settles from this defunding move,' Gordon said. He emphasized that he was speaking for himself and not on behalf of his station.
" 'I hope it is, and I think there’s a good chance that it’ll survive in some form. But absolutely will it? I don’t know if I can say that.'
"Nearby, Mendocino-based NPR member station #KZYX was forced to lay off its news director after losing 25% of its operating budget, or $174,000, from the CPB. That means news will include fewer in-depth stories, such as interviews with city council members or county supervisors, said Andre de Channes, KZYX’s general manager and director of operations.
" 'There isn’t the time to source out those kinds of things,' he said. 'So the news gets more like a headline news.'
"The station serves roughly 130,000 listeners, including in Mendocino County and part of Lake County. When De Channes first learned about the CPB cuts, he immediately worried about fire safety, since listeners who live in #OffTheGrid #RuralAreas without access to internet or cell service rely on KZYX for #EmergencyInformation.
"Those potentially lifesaving #EmergencyAlerts became a rallying cry for public media providers and their allies as they begged Congress to preserve funding for their stations, especially those in remote, rural areas that also tend to be Republican. Frank Lanzone, the longtime general manager of the NPR-affiliated KCBX in San Luis Obispo, said his station has sometimes been the only on-air source providing emergency information during #SevereWeather events." 'There’s been several times in very bad storms when we’re the only station on the air in our area because of either power outages or people’s generators ran out of propane,' said Lanzone, who has worked in public radio for more than 50 years.
KCBX, which serves about 45,000 listeners from Santa Barbara to Monterey, will lose $240,000 in funding from CPB, about 13% of its operating budget." 'It’s going to hurt the stations and the people that listen to them who need it the most,' Lanzone said. 'The most vulnerable, the ones out in the middle of nowhere.'
"Local programs are most at risk
Both radio and television station leaders emphasized that local programming — shows that are created and produced in-house rather than purchased from another producer — will be first on the chopping block. To produce locally focused public television programming, stations must invest additional time, money and work on top of the membership dues they pay to be affiliated with PBS, which unlocks a large catalogue of programming that they can air at no additional cost."For PBS viewers in the Inland Empire, that likely means the loss of popular local programs such as '#InlandEdition,' an Emmy-winning weekly half-hour public affairs show, and '#LearnWithMe,' an award-winning #bilingual English-Spanish children’s show, both of which are produced in house by affiliate KVCR.
" 'The local stuff that’s so important to people is probably the stuff that’ll go away,' said Connie Leyva, executive director of KVCR and a former Democratic state senator. The station stands to lose about $550,000 in annual CPB funding, about 6% of its budget.
She emphasized that the station also wanted to preserve its journalism staff — two full-time reporters and one part-time — who have recently focused on federal #ImmigrationRaids taking place across the region." 'If we’re not here, the #InlandEmpire is just hearing about what’s happening in Los Angeles,' Leyva said. 'We want to know what’s happening in our backyard, what’s happening at the schools around us, what’s happening at the Home Depots around us.' "
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/Lur03#ImmigrationRaids #ICERaids #ClimateChange #SevereWeather #KeepingUsInTheDark #CPBFunding #CPBFundingCuts #TrumpSucks
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#California’s #NPR and #PBS stations will cut staff and programs after funding slashed
By Maya C. Miller and Cayla Mihalovich
July 29, 2025 10:05 AM PT"Small NPR and PBS stations in California are teetering after Congress pulled funding from #PublicBroadcasting. Even big stations are bracing for cuts.
"Dozens of California public broadcasting stations will lose millions of dollars after Republicans in Congress voted to strip them of federal funding, cutting off a vital lifeline in rural communities and limiting access to local news programming in an era of hyperpartisan national media.
"While California broadcasters are assuring audiences that they plan to keep their signals running, they also warn that cost-saving changes are inevitable.
"Radio and television stations of all sizes across the Golden State say that to survive, they’ll likely be forced to lay off staff and cut programming unless they’re able to make up the losses through fundraising. Their leaders warn that the cuts will disproportionately harm locally produced programs, the most expensive to create but among their most popular content, that inform millions of listeners and viewers.
"Republicans have long wanted to cut funding for public broadcasting, arguing such services should be funded by private donors, not taxpayers. Their efforts prevailed when Congress last week finalized President Trump’s request to rescind $1.1 billion from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which provides grants to National Public Radio, the Public Broadcasting Service, their affiliates and other independent public media creators. All nine of California’s #Republican members of #Congress voted in favor of the funding cuts.
"Now, roughly 35 stations from #SanDiego to #Hoopa in #HumboldtCounty have lost critical funding.
"While many public broadcasters remain hopeful that they’ll find ways to endure, all agree the rescission undermines the #egalitarian mission of public media — to create a nationwide network that provides access to quality information, stories and music for local #communities.
" 'That has been our superpower,' said Joe Moore, president and general manager of #KVPR #ValleyPublicRadio in #Fresno. His station lost about 7% of its budget, or $175,000, from the #CPB.
" 'The New York Times doesn’t have the type of investment in #Alaska or in #NorthDakota — or on #TribalReservations, bringing local news from these communities — that public radio does.'
"Smaller stations whose budgets relied heavily on federal dollars to make ends meet are the most at risk of closure. In Eureka, the community-owned PBS affiliate #KEET-TV stands to lose $847,000 — nearly half of its operating budget — due to the defunding of CPB. To survive, all of its funding will need to come from #CommunitySupport, since the station has no institutional backer such as a local college or school district.
"David Gordon, KEET’s general manager and executive director, says that as much as he hopes the station will stay afloat even at reduced capacity, he won’t make the same bold proclamation that, 'We’re not going anywhere,' like some stations have.
" 'I can’t guarantee that KEET will be here once the dust settles from this defunding move,' Gordon said. He emphasized that he was speaking for himself and not on behalf of his station.
" 'I hope it is, and I think there’s a good chance that it’ll survive in some form. But absolutely will it? I don’t know if I can say that.'
"Nearby, Mendocino-based NPR member station #KZYX was forced to lay off its news director after losing 25% of its operating budget, or $174,000, from the CPB. That means news will include fewer in-depth stories, such as interviews with city council members or county supervisors, said Andre de Channes, KZYX’s general manager and director of operations.
" 'There isn’t the time to source out those kinds of things,' he said. 'So the news gets more like a headline news.'
"The station serves roughly 130,000 listeners, including in Mendocino County and part of Lake County. When De Channes first learned about the CPB cuts, he immediately worried about fire safety, since listeners who live in #OffTheGrid #RuralAreas without access to internet or cell service rely on KZYX for #EmergencyInformation.
"Those potentially lifesaving #EmergencyAlerts became a rallying cry for public media providers and their allies as they begged Congress to preserve funding for their stations, especially those in remote, rural areas that also tend to be Republican. Frank Lanzone, the longtime general manager of the NPR-affiliated KCBX in San Luis Obispo, said his station has sometimes been the only on-air source providing emergency information during #SevereWeather events." 'There’s been several times in very bad storms when we’re the only station on the air in our area because of either power outages or people’s generators ran out of propane,' said Lanzone, who has worked in public radio for more than 50 years.
KCBX, which serves about 45,000 listeners from Santa Barbara to Monterey, will lose $240,000 in funding from CPB, about 13% of its operating budget." 'It’s going to hurt the stations and the people that listen to them who need it the most,' Lanzone said. 'The most vulnerable, the ones out in the middle of nowhere.'
"Local programs are most at risk
Both radio and television station leaders emphasized that local programming — shows that are created and produced in-house rather than purchased from another producer — will be first on the chopping block. To produce locally focused public television programming, stations must invest additional time, money and work on top of the membership dues they pay to be affiliated with PBS, which unlocks a large catalogue of programming that they can air at no additional cost."For PBS viewers in the Inland Empire, that likely means the loss of popular local programs such as '#InlandEdition,' an Emmy-winning weekly half-hour public affairs show, and '#LearnWithMe,' an award-winning #bilingual English-Spanish children’s show, both of which are produced in house by affiliate KVCR.
" 'The local stuff that’s so important to people is probably the stuff that’ll go away,' said Connie Leyva, executive director of KVCR and a former Democratic state senator. The station stands to lose about $550,000 in annual CPB funding, about 6% of its budget.
She emphasized that the station also wanted to preserve its journalism staff — two full-time reporters and one part-time — who have recently focused on federal #ImmigrationRaids taking place across the region." 'If we’re not here, the #InlandEmpire is just hearing about what’s happening in Los Angeles,' Leyva said. 'We want to know what’s happening in our backyard, what’s happening at the schools around us, what’s happening at the Home Depots around us.' "
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/Lur03#ImmigrationRaids #ICERaids #ClimateChange #SevereWeather #KeepingUsInTheDark #CPBFunding #CPBFundingCuts #TrumpSucks
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#California’s #NPR and #PBS stations will cut staff and programs after funding slashed
By Maya C. Miller and Cayla Mihalovich
July 29, 2025 10:05 AM PT"Small NPR and PBS stations in California are teetering after Congress pulled funding from #PublicBroadcasting. Even big stations are bracing for cuts.
"Dozens of California public broadcasting stations will lose millions of dollars after Republicans in Congress voted to strip them of federal funding, cutting off a vital lifeline in rural communities and limiting access to local news programming in an era of hyperpartisan national media.
"While California broadcasters are assuring audiences that they plan to keep their signals running, they also warn that cost-saving changes are inevitable.
"Radio and television stations of all sizes across the Golden State say that to survive, they’ll likely be forced to lay off staff and cut programming unless they’re able to make up the losses through fundraising. Their leaders warn that the cuts will disproportionately harm locally produced programs, the most expensive to create but among their most popular content, that inform millions of listeners and viewers.
"Republicans have long wanted to cut funding for public broadcasting, arguing such services should be funded by private donors, not taxpayers. Their efforts prevailed when Congress last week finalized President Trump’s request to rescind $1.1 billion from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which provides grants to National Public Radio, the Public Broadcasting Service, their affiliates and other independent public media creators. All nine of California’s #Republican members of #Congress voted in favor of the funding cuts.
"Now, roughly 35 stations from #SanDiego to #Hoopa in #HumboldtCounty have lost critical funding.
"While many public broadcasters remain hopeful that they’ll find ways to endure, all agree the rescission undermines the #egalitarian mission of public media — to create a nationwide network that provides access to quality information, stories and music for local #communities.
" 'That has been our superpower,' said Joe Moore, president and general manager of #KVPR #ValleyPublicRadio in #Fresno. His station lost about 7% of its budget, or $175,000, from the #CPB.
" 'The New York Times doesn’t have the type of investment in #Alaska or in #NorthDakota — or on #TribalReservations, bringing local news from these communities — that public radio does.'
"Smaller stations whose budgets relied heavily on federal dollars to make ends meet are the most at risk of closure. In Eureka, the community-owned PBS affiliate #KEET-TV stands to lose $847,000 — nearly half of its operating budget — due to the defunding of CPB. To survive, all of its funding will need to come from #CommunitySupport, since the station has no institutional backer such as a local college or school district.
"David Gordon, KEET’s general manager and executive director, says that as much as he hopes the station will stay afloat even at reduced capacity, he won’t make the same bold proclamation that, 'We’re not going anywhere,' like some stations have.
" 'I can’t guarantee that KEET will be here once the dust settles from this defunding move,' Gordon said. He emphasized that he was speaking for himself and not on behalf of his station.
" 'I hope it is, and I think there’s a good chance that it’ll survive in some form. But absolutely will it? I don’t know if I can say that.'
"Nearby, Mendocino-based NPR member station #KZYX was forced to lay off its news director after losing 25% of its operating budget, or $174,000, from the CPB. That means news will include fewer in-depth stories, such as interviews with city council members or county supervisors, said Andre de Channes, KZYX’s general manager and director of operations.
" 'There isn’t the time to source out those kinds of things,' he said. 'So the news gets more like a headline news.'
"The station serves roughly 130,000 listeners, including in Mendocino County and part of Lake County. When De Channes first learned about the CPB cuts, he immediately worried about fire safety, since listeners who live in #OffTheGrid #RuralAreas without access to internet or cell service rely on KZYX for #EmergencyInformation.
"Those potentially lifesaving #EmergencyAlerts became a rallying cry for public media providers and their allies as they begged Congress to preserve funding for their stations, especially those in remote, rural areas that also tend to be Republican. Frank Lanzone, the longtime general manager of the NPR-affiliated KCBX in San Luis Obispo, said his station has sometimes been the only on-air source providing emergency information during #SevereWeather events." 'There’s been several times in very bad storms when we’re the only station on the air in our area because of either power outages or people’s generators ran out of propane,' said Lanzone, who has worked in public radio for more than 50 years.
KCBX, which serves about 45,000 listeners from Santa Barbara to Monterey, will lose $240,000 in funding from CPB, about 13% of its operating budget." 'It’s going to hurt the stations and the people that listen to them who need it the most,' Lanzone said. 'The most vulnerable, the ones out in the middle of nowhere.'
"Local programs are most at risk
Both radio and television station leaders emphasized that local programming — shows that are created and produced in-house rather than purchased from another producer — will be first on the chopping block. To produce locally focused public television programming, stations must invest additional time, money and work on top of the membership dues they pay to be affiliated with PBS, which unlocks a large catalogue of programming that they can air at no additional cost."For PBS viewers in the Inland Empire, that likely means the loss of popular local programs such as '#InlandEdition,' an Emmy-winning weekly half-hour public affairs show, and '#LearnWithMe,' an award-winning #bilingual English-Spanish children’s show, both of which are produced in house by affiliate KVCR.
" 'The local stuff that’s so important to people is probably the stuff that’ll go away,' said Connie Leyva, executive director of KVCR and a former Democratic state senator. The station stands to lose about $550,000 in annual CPB funding, about 6% of its budget.
She emphasized that the station also wanted to preserve its journalism staff — two full-time reporters and one part-time — who have recently focused on federal #ImmigrationRaids taking place across the region." 'If we’re not here, the #InlandEmpire is just hearing about what’s happening in Los Angeles,' Leyva said. 'We want to know what’s happening in our backyard, what’s happening at the schools around us, what’s happening at the Home Depots around us.' "
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/Lur03#ImmigrationRaids #ICERaids #ClimateChange #SevereWeather #KeepingUsInTheDark #CPBFunding #CPBFundingCuts #TrumpSucks