Arcata News

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

The man accused of fatally shooting two people in Arcata over the weekend pleaded not guilty this afternoon to two counts of murder in Humboldt County Superior Court.

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

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

Wildberries Marketplace and Arcata Playhouse are teaming up on a multi-year sponsorship deal that will assist the Playhouse in hosting music events, its annual family series and a variety of additional events, including a planned summer Creamery District Community Arts Festival scheduled for August, 2013.

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

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

California Highway Patrol officials said Walter Moon, 13, died from head trauma at Children's Hospital in Oakland after he was ejected from a 1989 Jeep Cherokee SUV which ran into a guard rail along the south roadway edge on State Route 299 on Saturday.

Law enforcement officials arrested Arcata man Bohdi Tree, 28, on Saturday in Sunny Brae on suspicion of double homicide after a man and a woman were gunned down at an Eye Street home early this morning.

People staying at the house said that a suspect, another houseguest, shot the two with a revolver.

11:17 a.m. A gun, camping equipment and computers were stolen from a Wilson avenue address, and two "friends" suspected of the thefts had accused each other.

Secure your farm share from the Bayside Park Farm before the vegetable harvesting begins.

A lawsuit filed by conservation groups Tuesday seeks to stop a Caltrans widening and straightening project in Del Norte County on routes 199 and 197 due to concerns about its effect on the Smith River Canyon.

A group of researchers from the Floating Sheep project - who also mapped racist tweets surrounding President Barack Obama's re-election - have geotagged racist and homophobic tweets in the United States and plotted them on an interactive map.

We were excited to see graphic artist Lynn Jones' creative reuse of materials for the North Coast Journal's "Summer of Fun" issue! Our mission at SCRAP Humboldt, the county's first nonprofit creative reuse center, is to inspire creative reuse and environmentally sustainable behavior by providing educational programs and affordable materials to the ... (more)

Since service was stopped for safety reasons in the winter of 1996-97, the Northwestern Pacific Railroad has experienced major deterioration through the Eel River canyon.

Graduation: that final, traditional hurdle between a priceless education and decades of paying off student loans.

A pair of lawsuits against the North Coast Railroad Authority have been dismissed by a Marin County judge, who ruled that federal law has precedence over state environmental regulations when it comes to railroad operations.

The Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to give in-home caregivers a $1 raise spread over three years, marking the end of a drawn-out negotiation process that several members acknowledged was a difficult time for all involved.

Humboldt State's head honcho Rollin C. Richmond is raking it in as one of the highest-paid California State University presidents, despite Humboldt's near-last position on the enrollment charts.