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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 op-position 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-

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 dona-tions, 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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JACOBY CREEK FOREST – The City of Arcata acquired the $2.7 million Barnum Tract in 2003. it added 285 acres to the now 1,200-acre 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 regu-lations, a flurry of federal fees and an abundance of naturally occurring as-bestos locked in its ultramafic rock.

A reclamation plan that came with the quarry was worse than use-less – it was destructive. The bru-tal method by which the area had been cleared for mining – by simply

bulldozing aside massive heaps of topsoil – was to be reversed by just pushing everything back in place over the exposed rock quarry.

But much of the moved soil has since grown back in with Douglas fir and redwood trees which would have to be taken out at great noise and expense.

“At this point, we’d have to cut acres of timber, which would expand the disturbed area,” said Environ-mental Services Director Mark An-dre. “So we didn’t set back the clock by having to cut down all the trees.”

Instead, soil was imported from other city projects, including 5,000 cubic yards from the Foster Avenue

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HUMBOLDT - The North Coast population of the West-ern Snowy Plover is growing at a steady rate, but breeding is thin and remains jeopardized by multiple threats, includ-ing human impacts and nat-ural predators like crows and seagulls.

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McKINLEYVILLE – The final plans for a Central Avenue pedes-trian safety improvement project got the green light last week from the McKinleyville Municipal Ad-visory Committee (McKMAC), paving the way for the project to go out to bid so construction can begin late this spring.

At its Dec. 16 meeting, the McKMAC voted unanimous-ly in favor of the grant-funded

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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 environ-mental 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 Envi-ronmental 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 (declara-tion) – there’s so much more environmen-tal 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 fo-cused 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 in-door 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 Environmen-tal Protection Information Center said the negative declaration was based on not al-lowing new grows in timber production ar-eas. 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 rec-ommended capping the total number of permits that would be approved during the ordinance’s initial implementation phase.

Representatives of the California De-partment of Fish and Wildlife and the Na-tional Marine Fisheries Service also had

concerns about environmental impacts. But for years, the environmental dam-

age caused by the county’s current, unreg-ulated cultivation scenario has been de-scribed as catastrophic.

The draft ordinance strives to control medical marijuana production through zoning and permitting requirements, di-recting cultivation out of environmental-ly-sensitive areas and into areas appropri-ately 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 environ-mentally-callous black market will remain undefeated.

Supervisor Ryan Sundberg said mea-sures like capping the number of permits will hinder compliance and he was un-fazed by inferences of legal action.

“Hopefully, we’ll get some kind of anal-ysis 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 chal-lenged 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 law-suit, 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 mari-juana cultivation and advocacy also com-mented, 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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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 ear-ly 2013, when Humboldt County Public Works was advocating for a continu-ous raised median with left-hand turn pockets. The me-dian was strongly opposed by the McKMAC, which raised concerns about ve-hicle access to businesses and unanimously opposed the project.

After the median was shot down, Public Works took a different tack. Rath-er than coming to Mack Town with proposed de-signs, it enlisted communi-ty members to brainstorm what they wanted on Cen-tral Avenue. The depart-ment then held numerous meetings with the McK-

MAC to get its input on de-tails of the plan.

“This is our sixth pre-sentation?” asked Jillian Tilles, assistant engineer with public works, as she began her presentation Dec. 16.

“I quit counting,” re-sponded Public Works Di-rector Tom Mattson.

“We’re almost like fam-ily now,” chimed in McK-MAC Chair Ben Shepherd.

Working closely with the McKMAC and a local group called the McKin-leyville Organizing Com-mittee, Public Works creat-ed a project that everyone seems to support, at least based on last week’s meet-ing.

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 in-forming 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 lo-cated between School and Sutter roads, another just north of Nursery Road and the third between Heart-wood Drive and Holly Drive.The project would be paid for with an $800,000 grant.

Mattson said that cross-walk improvements have been removed at School Road. A developer may be purchasing the property to the east. If that proper-ty 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 pub-licly disclosed.

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McKINLEYVILLE – Mack Town’s advisory committee wants a cap placed on the number of medical marijuana farms that will be allowed un-der 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 Mu-nicipal Advisory Commit-tee (McKMAC) debated the Humboldt County Medical Marijuana Land Use Ordi-nance at its Dec. 16 meet-ing and agreed to forward its recommendations to the Board of Supervisors.

In discussing the draft ordinance, McKMAC members were mainly concerned with the water-shed 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 Shep-herd said that estimates

peg the number of mari-juana grows in Humboldt somewhere between 3,000 to 8,000. As for the ex-act number, “It’s hard to tell,” said Shepherd, who also sits on the Humboldt County Planning Commis-sion, which approved the draft ordinance.

“We have a significant amount of environmental damage taking place now,” Shepherd told the McK-MAC.

The goal of the ordi-nance is to try to get ex-isting growers into com-pliance and follow some environmental standards. For example, the ordi-nance requires the growers to have grading permits and water permits. Wa-ter 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 con-cerned that the ordinance, as written, could be chal-lenged in court. “I think what the Planning Com-mission came up with is fodder for litigation,” Tuck-er said.

Tucker noted that the county approved a dec-laration of negative envi-

ronmental impact when it started working on the ordinance, which has since been expanded to allow even more grows.

But Shepherd had a dif-ferent take on the issue. There are already thou-sands of grows in Hum-boldt 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 ex-plained that this process would reduce the impact of the existing grows, rather than increase the impact.

Another issue of con-cern is whether the grow-ers would be willing to comply. It was noted that many of the existing grow-ers 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 [email protected].

McKMAC wants caps on grows

COUNTY APPOINMENTS The Humboldt County Board of Supervisors on Dec. 15 appointed Cheryl Dillingham to the posi-tion of interim County Administrative Of-ficer (CAO) and Connie Beck to the posi-tion of interim Director of the Department of Health & Human Services (DHHS). Dil-lingham will replace current CAO Phillip Smith-Hanes, who submitted his letter of resignation to the board Dec. 14. Smith-Hanes’ last day with the county will be Jan. 29. Beck will replace DHHS Director Phil-lip R. Crandall, who retires Dec. 28 after 31 years of service. Dillingham has worked

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, Adminis-tration. Dillingham and Beck will serve in their posts until the Board makes perma-nent appointments.

THE BUMPERS The McKinleyville Low Vi-sion 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 [email protected].

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BIG LAGOON – Absent a threat to public safety, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife has reopened Big La-goon near Trinidad to fishing and shellfish harvesting.

An overturned C. Renner Petroleum tanker out of Crescent City spilled an es-timated 800 to 1,200 gallons of diesel fuel on Dec. 12.

California Highway Patrol Sgt. Jeff Bor-gen, who was on-scene, estimated that 200 gallons were captured with berms, specialized booms and cloth-like under-flow 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 En-vironmental 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 ac-cident in concert with Caltrans and with a contracted oil spill cleanup crew. The de-partment said in a communiqué that the Oiled Wildlife Care Network activated a recovery team.

The accident remains under investiga-tion and no official word has been issued

as to the cause. Renner said in a telephone interview Dec. 18 that rain was a contrib-uting 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 gal-lons.

CHP identified the C. Renner driver as Zachariah Haddad, 24, who was proceed-ing 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 capaci-ty 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 indi-cation of a blowout as the cause, he said.

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HOUSE DESTROYED A residence and a motorhome went up in flames Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 15 on the 600 block of Patrick’s Point Drive north of Trinidad. Trinidad residents are coming together to help out the residents who were dis-placed by the fire. Anyone wishing to donate money to help with relocation expenses or clothing may email [email protected]. Photo by Jerome Simon

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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 per-cent, at Clam Beach and most breeding plo-vers turn up in Humboldt County.

However, it is immigration from else-where 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 Cali-fornia’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-

lished under the title, “Final Report: 2015 Snowy Plover Breeding in Coastal Northern California, Recovery Unit Two.” RU1 com-prises Oregon and Washington State.

This year’s RU2 population of 61 breeding adults initiated 69 nests, hatched 48 chicks and fledged 27 juveniles. Newly arrived “im-migrants,” numbering 26, came mostly from RU1, Oregon and Washington State.

The 2015 report notes that management actions to foster recovery of the RU2 pop-ulation are limited to habitat restoration at a handful of breeding sites, which attracted few breeding plovers this year. Other ac-tions are needed: restoration of high quali-ty breeding habitat, better control of pred-ators and stronger management of human impacts.

Continuing threats to the shorebird, listed in 1993 by the U.S. under the Endan-gered Species Act, include:

• Nesting habitats degraded by intro-duced plants such as European beach grass.

• Predator threats to eggs and chicks from crows, seagulls, red fox, raccoons and striped skunks

• Rising commercial and recreational development in the beach habitats favored by plovers

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service of-ficially recognizes these three factors as the main ones affecting the snowy plover population as a threatened species. Resto-

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 devel-opment, but also of beach walkers stepping on nests, drivers plowing up vulnerable shorelines with their vehicles and dog own-ers 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 pro-posal 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 predato-ry offender, Colwell said. Controlling them requires shooting or killing them with poi-son, 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 coordi-nated 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 Hum-boldt’s, owes in large part to that state’s ra-ven management.

Predator management has to go hand in

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 Pa-cific coverage spans about 16,000 acres.

The total population estimate, 2,016, remains well below the 3,000 required be-fore the plover can be removed from the Endangered Species List.

Since 2001, plovers have bred at 19 sites in Humboldt County (at eight beach-es and 11 gravel bars along the Eel River). They have bred occasionally in Mendocino County; there are no recent breeding re-cords 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 Wild-life Area enjoyed a high hatching rate this year, 73 percent of 15 nests hatched. Fledg-ling 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 re-gion, where in recent decades the number of breeding sites has declined in tandem with the breeding population.

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ARCATA – Local rent control options for mobile home parks are limited by state law, but Ar-cata will go ahead and see what it can do to stabilize housing costs for mobile home residents.

Responding to persistent ap-peals for relief by residents of lo-cal 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 leas-es of shorter duration, or month-to-month rental arrangements. But:

• Landlords can’t force tenants to accept a long-term lease. Ten-ants 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 limita-tions, typical mobile home rent control ordinances require 90-day notice for any increase. This can have the effect of slowing rent hikes, and the same tactics can lim-it increases to once a year, the staff

report says. Rent increases on spac-es 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 complica-tions. 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 administra-tor. Financial statements must be filed, and audited, including pos-sible third-party audits. Disputes over rent increases can and have wound up in court.

The report, by City Manager Kar-en 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 mod-els for ascertaining “fair return.”

Community Development Di-rector Larry Oetker outlined these and other intricacies, saying a study would be required for craft-ing 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. Sandpip-er Park (which no longer contains mobile homes) and Arcata Mobile Home Parks are outside of the rent control issue, with affordable hous-ing 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 him-self 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 Commu-nities, 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 addi-tional layer of complexity, person-nel 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 dis-credit Hilary Mosher, an outspo-ken rent control advocate.

The message, sent by “Mike

Hunt,” (refer to urbandictionary.com for context on that name) included one page of a two-page Complaint Investigation Report conducted at Strongbridge Mon-tessori School by the California De-partment 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 par-ents 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 in-famous duct tape document below.”

The DSS report documents a Sept. 23 site visit following a star-tling allegation that “the Adminis-trator used duct tape on children.”

State investigator Dean Valen-cia interviewed staff, children and parents over the allegation and found it (caps his): “SUBSTANTI-ATED. Children were not accord-ed 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, de-tails the “plan of corrections.”

The report states that the Mosher was cited for a “Personal Rights” violation, “Administra-tor agrees not to use duct tape on children in care, and will sub-mit a signed printout of Personal Rights Regulations, acknowledg-ing them, by 9/24/2015.”

DSS Public Information Office Michael Weston said he had no fur-

ther public information on the issue.Mosher said the whole thing was

overblown, and “a smear campaign by Inspire Communities” to dis-credit her as a rent control advocate.

She said the duct tape use was in-nocuous. “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 de-scribed as the teacher as “stupid,” and “a very bad individual who had to be fired.”

Mosher isn’t certain who is re-sponsible 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 facil-ities such as Strongbridge are vul-nerable to unwarranted attacks by disgruntled individuals, and that complaints against similar local facilities are routine.

A “facility evaluation” conduct-ed by DSS that same day found Strongbridge’s records in order and overall condition satisfactory and without violations.

Inspire Communities didn’t re-spond to an inquiry by press time.

Mobile home rent control advances as advocate alleges ‘smear campaign’

Four central issues define the current cannabis debate

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Cannabis conundra It has been very interesting

to watch our community develop regulations for cannabis cultiva-tion.

Whether we like it or not, can-nabis cultivation is an intrinsic part of Humboldt County’s cul-ture and economy. Conservative estimates suggest the pot indus-try 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 prob-lems. Many illegal and legal grows dewater our streams and introduce toxic herbicides, pes-ticides 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 Hum-boldt 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 McKin-leyville Municipal Advisory Com-mittee send a letter to the board of supervisors commenting on several aspects of the proposed ordinance. After careful review, discussions with growers, envi-ronmentalists, lawmakers, and local Tribal leaders, I think there are four main issues to address.

First, is about the water. Al-though I do not think the county can or should restrict anyone’s adjudicated water right, I urge this body to consider recommend-ing mandatory water forbearance mid-May thru the end of October as a prerequisite for any ministe-rial permit.

As the drought just taught us,

even in this wetter corner of the state, we must work hard to pro-tect in stream flows.

Second, I am convinced that the conversion of forest and tim-ber lands to pot farms is a possi-ble 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 tim-ber resources and many of these TPZ parcels are in sensitive wa-tersheds.

Third, the proliferation of this industry should generate enough revenue such that our law enforcement and permit en-forcement 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 can-nabis use could result in a boom of growers. Already, it is estimat-ed that there are grows on over 3,300 parcels in Humboldt Coun-ty based on a survey by Lost Coast Outpost looking at satellite data. Some of these parcels host multi-ple 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 ques-tion 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

vLETTER It seems to me there is a per-ceptible lightening of the Humboldt psyche resulting

from the conviction of Jason An-thony Warren. More than three years after the murder of two women and at-tempted murder of two more, the jury found him guilty on all counts. The case has been an open wound in the com-munity, which can final-ly begin to heal.

The evidence was described as overwhelming; the jury deliberated less than three hours. The combination of blameless victims and a long de-lay before trial gave this case an aura of injustice which resound-ed through the county.

When there is a widespread belief that the defendant is guilty, but no progress is made toward conviction, people feel cheated and uneasy.

There are multiple reasons it took so long to try this case. The court schedule in Humboldt County has been in disarray for years. A shortage of judges, a habit of holding jury trials just a few hours per day and other fac-tors contributed to the problem.

The new court administrator may deserve part of the praise for getting things on a more stable footing. Greater public scrutiny following the public admonish-ment of a judge for long-delayed decisions probably also helped. Some people are convinced the new district attorney is responsi-ble for speeding up prosecutions.

When a new boss takes over, there is often a reordering of pri-orities. Additional funding to the office from Measure Z has result-ed in several frozen positions in that department being filled. En-emies of her predecessor contin-ue to blame him for everything wrong about justice in the coun-ty, but the fact is that shrinking budgets forced him to make un-

popular decisions.Warren isn’t the only defen-

dant to spend a long time coming to trial. Gary Lee Bullock is ac-cused of killing a popular priest

on New Years Day 2014. His trial has been post-poned time after time for procedural reasons. Bullock’s plea of not guilty by reason of in-sanity complicates ev-erything.

Court-ordered eval-uations were slow or

didn’t happen at all. The fol-low-up on that seems to have been lacking. They were ordered in March of this year, but by the end of September, only one of three had been completed and the report received.

One of the other experts was expected to submit a report by October 8, and the third had with-drawn from the case. It seems as if it shouldn’t have taken nearly six months to discover that the evaluations weren’t happening. Since Bullock remains in custody, the public is in no physical dan-ger from him, but the community isn’t entirely comforted by that.

The Bullock case caused con-siderable outrage in residents of downtown Eureka, because it highlighted a practice many of them hadn’t known about. Bull-ock had been picked up by a Sher-iff’s deputy in Southern Hum-boldt on December 31 for acting weird and scaring people. He was transported to the jail and held until he appeared to have sobered up, then released in the middle of the night, without a cent.

Policies at the time called for people being released to be giv-en a check for any cash they had when they were processed into the jail. Many people were con-vinced that the main reason Bull-ock murdered the priest was to steal his car, which he drove back to Southern Humboldt. Adding 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. Af-ter a lot of talk, little changed.

But it intensified the percep-tion of an innocent victim, bru-tally killed while minding his own business, asleep in his bed. His loss wasn’t limited to his family, friends, parishioners and stu-dents. The community wanted justice to be served, and quickly.

On television, cases are re-solved 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 begin-ning to be cleared.

Murder violates the sensation of security in a community, and unpunished murder leaves resi-dents worried. Random murder of blameless victims unsettles people even more. A jail full of suspects doesn’t provide the same sensation of justice as con-victions do.

Meanwhile, the crisis at coun-ty 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 be-ing moved through the pipeline. Comments and suggestions are welcome care of the Union or to [email protected].

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This 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 ideas of what it means to celebrate the holidays. Maybe it's because at this 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 cele-brate, 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 be-cause 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 Ed-inburgh 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. Hope-fully there’s a football match on to provide reprieve from endless small talk.

At this point, let me remind you, it’s in-sanely cold outside, so it’s a very cosy ac-tivity, 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 less-ening of holiday fever as fruitcake torpor sets in, but generally speaking, this visit-ing-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 re-prieve as you get because you’re meant to be saving up all the hysteria you can pos-sibly 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 obvi-ously I’m Americanly biased. Hogmanay is a much bigger deal than Christmas, possi-bly because in the heated days of the Prot-estants, 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 Scot-land to commemorate the New Year. My personal favorite is the fire-ball swinging, performed in the northeast. This event, al-ways attended by thousands of watchers, involves building giant balls of chicken wire, stuffing them with flammables, set-ting them alight and swinging them wild-ly overhead until the presumably drunken ball-wielders reach the harbor and (hope-fully) safely douse them in the icy waters.

Edinburgh, as a lowland city, is some-what more restrained. The festivities, held

in the Royal Mile (the main promenade that leads to the castle) usually bring a half million visitors of so, and my blurry mem-ories of my various Hogmanays involves much kissing of strangers. Fireworks are lit. The Scottish regiment up at the cas-tle plays some raging bagpipes. Everyone sings Auld Lang Syne.

If food can possibly be eaten after the colossal amount of lager and whiskey con-sumed, it’s traditionally steak pie. Some fail in their consumption; subsequent steak pie vomit can be spotted picturesquely ly-ing 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 col-lapse 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 holi-days, or “Daft Days” as they used to be ap-propriately 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 shop-ping 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 tra-ditional 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, at-tempting to replicate what I ate there, and this is about the best.

Cock-a-Leekie SoupBy Martha Stewart, By way of Jada BrotMan

Ingredients1¼ pounds skinless chicken thighs (on the bone; 4 pieces)1¼ pounds skinless chicken breast halves (on the bone; 3 pieces)7 cups chicken broth2 cups white wine or water2 large celery ribs, halved crosswise1 large carrot, peeled2 large garlic cloves, peeled6 leeks, white and light-green parts only, halved lengthwise, thinly sliced crosswise12 pitted prunes, quartered (²/³ cup packed)½ cup barley½ 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, skim-ming as necessary, for 1 hour. Transfer chicken to a plate; let cool. Transfer vegeta-bles 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. Fine-ly 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.

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Eating your way through the Scottish holidays, or, putting the hog in Hogmanay

a Christmas CarolingMUSICAL MERRIMENT Holiday spirit rang out on the Plaza and environs Friday night as Christmas carol-ers 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 MAin street

ARCATA – CenterArts has some top-

notch musical offerings next month, so book your tickets now. Some of the Janu-

ary shows include:

The Devil Makes ThreeThis 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 vintage American blues, The Devil Makes Three is a breath of fresh musical air.

Laced with elements of ragtime, country, folk and rockabilly, the critically praised, drummer-less trio – consisting of guitar-

ist/frontman Pete Bernhard, stand-up bassist Lucia Turino and guitarist Cooper McBean – brings forth a genuine approach to acoustic music that is deeply steeped in

rhythm.

Sourcing blues and throwing in fierce finger-picking guitar, a lit-tle slide, tenor banjo and rocking upright bass, The Devil Makes Three create a multi-spanned bridge between musical styles.

Their vocal harmonies wind tightly around origi-nal songs and breathe life into favorite covers.

It all pours forth from

a timeless pulse that pulls

you to the past, flies you to the future and lands

you on the dance floor. The three band members are from Vermont, where Bern-

hard and McBean played in a few rock and punk bands, but found their most exciting common ground in old blues and coun-

try-styled acoustic music.

When Bernhard and McBean caught up with Turino in Santa Cruz, she learned bass and the band was born. Since releas-

ing their first album in 2002, The Devil Makes Three has played nationwide to raving, capacity crowds whose enthusias-

tic support has guaranteed the band a siz-

able and loyal following.The Wood Brothers

Dubbed “masters of soulful folk” by Paste, The Wood Brothers perform on

Monday, Jan. 25 at 8 p.m. in the Van

Duzer Theatre at HSU. Tickets are $28 for general admission, $10 for students.

The Wood Brothers released their de-

but studio album, Ways Not To Lose, on Blue Note in 2006.

You’d be forgiven at the time for ex-

pecting it to be something of a side proj-ect. Chris Wood already had

legions of devoted fans for his incomparable work as

one-third of Medeski Martin & Wood.

Almost a decade later

and with drummer Jano Rix added as a permanent third

member, it’s become quite clear that The Wood Broth-

ers is indeed the main act.

Monterey Jazz Festival On Tour

Some of the best mu-

sicians from the Monterey Jazz Festival perform Tuesday, Jan. 26 at 8 p.m. in

the Van Duzer Theatre at HSU. Tickets are $46 general admission, $10 for students.

The storied Monterey Jazz Festival has put together an all-star lineup represent-ing the best of the fest! This sizzling pro-

gram journeys through the past, present and future of jazz.

Fronted by festival veterans Terence Blanchard on trumpet and saxophonist Ravi Coltrane, the show features the “gor-

geous, gutsy power” (JazzTimes) of vocalist Patti Austin and a next-generation rhythm section led by pianist Gerald Clayton.

For information, visit humboldt.edu.centerarts.

Sci Fi PinT anD Pizza nighT The Annu-

al Science Fiction Christmas featuring The Great Rupert (1950) and other psycho-

tronic weirdness, trailers, short films and strange giveaways is today, Dec. 23, at Arcata Theatre Lounge, 1036 G St. in Ar-

cata. In the main feature, Jimmy Durante plays the patriarch of a down-on-their-

luck family of acrobats, who suddenly finds a great deal of money hidden in his house amid the depths of the Great De-

pression. 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 hand-

iwork 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 pur-

chase of food or beverage. Parental guid-

ance is suggested, as is the donning of ugly Christmas sweaters.

hOLiDaY SingaLOng A Holiday Singa-

long takes place tonight, Dec. 23 from

7 to 9 p.m. at the Sanctuary 13th and J streets, Arcata. Donations of money and

children’s shoes are being accepted for kids in Guatemala. Bring along treats or beverages to share. This event is especial-ly for those without much musical talent, though any accomplished musicians and voices will make the event sound even bet-ter.

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 ex-

clusive: 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 con-

ducted the interview, said Leyson revealed portions of his story he had not shared

before. “Leyson’s story and his colorful characterization of Oskar Schindler pro-

vide a riveting peek into a horrific chapter of history,” Schultz said. Admission to the 60-minute event is free. Lifetree Café is lo-

cated at Campbell Creek Connexion on the corner of Union and 13th streets, Arcata. (707) 672-2919, [email protected].

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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 partic-

ipant in the McKinleyville Art Nights.

But pharmacist Rich

Spini got even more per-

sonally involved.When Reuben Mayes,

a 24-year-old artist from McKinleyville, hung his ab-

stract expressionist paint-ings at the pharmacy, Spini had to have the largest of the paintings for his own.

Mayes titled it “Gene-

va’s Work Boots” and Spini bought the painting.

“I’m excited to official-ly get that painting,” Spini said. “I’m going to hang it in my office.”

Mayes dropped by the pharmacy recently and pre-

sented 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 acryl-ic 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

Second Street. That show

is titled “Abstracts in the Back Room.”

Mayes prefers acrylic be-

cause it dries faster than oil

and acrylic is easy for him

to apply with his high-en-

ergy brush strokes, accord-

ing to a press release.“I feel excited and hap-

py and proud and silly and

crazy when I am painting,” he said.

Mayes uses a wheelchair

to get around and also an

assisted voice machine for communication.

His artwork is his favor-

ite mode of communication

and it shows in the energy of his canvases.

HCAR and Trajectory Art Program have been supportive to him as stu-

dios where he paints in Old

Town Eureka, the release added.

‘Geneva’s Work Boots’ climb down off the wall

AN ARTIST & A FAN Reuben Mayes and Rich Spini-Pharmacist/Partner at Cloney’s McKinleyville Phar-macy. JV | Union

Punky blues & soulful folk

FIERCE FINGER PICKING The Devil Makes Three will light up the stage Jan. 24 at Humboldt State. Photo from the DeVil makes three

THE WOOD BROTHERS bring their soulful folk at Humboldt State on Jan. 25. Photo from the WooD Brothers

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We had a little holiday fun dress-ing up some of the Humboldt County Animal Shelter’s lon-

gest canine residents in winter accesso-ries! The dogs were such good sports and kept the scarves and antlers on as long as they could.

The shelter will be open until 7 p.m. on 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 qual-ity chewy things, martingale collars in medium and large and squeaky tennis balls.

The shelter will be closed on Friday, Dec. 25, as well as Fri-day, Jan. 1. The Monday, Tues-day and Wednesday between Christmas and New Year are a nice relaxed time to come in and see the adoptable animals. 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 pre-pare 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 ac-cept! 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 infor-mation. Thank you and may your holidays be warm and happy!

“The best portion of a good man’s life is his little, nameless, unremem-bered 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

A good friend often sends mes-sages of inspiration and grati-tude. This reminds me to men-

tion 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 journal-ist Ted Pease noticed that they’d gone out. City Clerk Gabe Adams was on the case.

So was Tom Odom, retired con-tractor. He went inside the light-

house, found the difficulty, and fixed it on the spot.

Trinidad thanks the good people of the town for often unnoticed acts of kindness and of love. Christmas Observances

Saints Martha and Mary Episcopal Church on Trini-ty Street will present carols on Christmas Eve at 5:30 p.m. fol-lowed by a Festal Christmas Mass at 6 p.m.

Kathrin Burleson encourages all to join in. There is plenty of parking be-tween the church and the school.

Nancy and Tom Sheen and Sharon Malm Read announce that the histor-ic 1873 Holy Trinity Church will hold its Christmas Eve Mass on Christmas Eve at 7 p.m.

Small Works of ArtIt’s hard to top a work of art as a

gift this time of year or in any season.

Small original and print art works, photographs and card reproductions are on view at Trinidad Art Gallery, Straw-berry Rock Gallery, Trinidad Trading Company, Windan Sea, Moonstone Crossing, Bergeron, Eatery-Gallery, Seascape, Sunset Restaurant, Moonstone Grill, Lighthouse

Grill and even Salty’s. (WCA is closed until January.)

Some of your favorite local art-ists, Jeff Stanley, Susan Stephenson, Beverly Harper, Toni Magyar, Con-nie Butler, Larry Ulrich, the late Bill Daniels, Wendy Carney, Jim Welsh and many others can remind people on our gift lists of Trinidad’s beauty all year around with a gift of art.

Merry Christmas.

You can email Patti at [email protected].

The middle of winter means the

middle of storm season. It’s time to take stock of your candles and flashlights, be-cause the winds outside are howl-ing. It’s even a little breezy at Companion Animal Foundation. Or rather, there is a little cat named Breezy at Companion An-imal Foundation.

Breezy is just turning three months old and has returned from a stay with our pet partner, Arcata Pet supply, so recent visitors may want to stop by again to meet this frolicsome tabby kitten.

Breezy is happy to be back home in the adop-

tion room, but she would be even happier to find a home of her own. And after all, no storm preparation kit is complete without a friend to snuggle up with in front of the fire

Breezy and the rest of the adoptable animals at CAF have been spayed or neutered and are up to date on their vaccines.

To learn more about them and the programs we offer, you can visit the thrift store at 88 Sunny Brea Center in Arcata, email [email protected], visit cafanimals.org, check out Companion An-imal Foundation on Face-book, or call (707) 826-7387.

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For more information about services provided by Hos-pice of Humboldt’s Grief Support Services, call (707) 267-9801 or visit hospiceofhumboldt.org

DO YOUR WORKERS QUALIFY FOR CALFRESH? Se-quoia 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 De-partment 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 informa-tion contact Michael Kraft, Senior Project Manager and Consultant at Sequoia Personnel Services, Inc. [email protected] or (707)445-9641.

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• Wednesday, November 25 7:08 p.m. People inside a Uniontown variety store’s bathroom were overheard discuss-ing heroin sales.• Thursday, November 26 8:59 a.m. A man roam-ing around outside a hospital building was either enhanced or encumbered by either alco-hol or hallucinogenic mush-rooms, or both. In any case, he wouldn’t leave, perhaps lack-ing any inkling of how to do so.1:39 p.m. A possibly rabid skunk was seen wandering and digging around in garbage in Estrada Court.2:29 p.m. A Valley West wandering wom-an did so in traffic, looking drunk and up-set and possibly trying to get hit by a car. She was arrested on suspicion of public drunkenness.• Friday, November 27 2:40 a.m. An old Chrysler with a busted taillight pulled up to a set of Sunny Brae mailboxes, and a shadowy figure was seen rifling through them. After the disreputable vehicle left, a witness found mail discarded in the vicinity.9 a.m. Campers near Redwood Park’s Scout Hut furnished the area with gar-bage, and got more than a little prickly when asked about it.10:25 p.m. A passing four-door sedan served as a mobile egg-launching platform near an I Street tavern.• Saturday, November 28 12:07 p.m. A sick skunk staggered northbound on Maple Lane.

5:30 p.m. Someone noticed a hand gre-nade sitting on the ground at 11th and I streets, which brought police, who called

the HCSO Bomb Squad, who blew the thing up. 6:45 p.m. A group of travelers hooted and gibbered profanities at someone’s teenage daughter on H Street. They were moved along.10:09 p.m. A J Street man report-ed that during an argument, his roommate vowed to “beat his ass.”

10:35 p.m. Someone called from out of the area to draw police attention to a “bi-zarre” Facebook comment.11:07 p.m. The camouflage backpack and hat – the latter worn stylishly backward – did little to conceal the baggy-panted man in a Uniontown supermarket’s Aisle 13. There he was arrested on an outstanding warrant.• Sunday, November 29 6:51 p.m. A Sunset Avenue woman reported that when she came out of the bathroom after taking a shower, she found that her front door had been opened, and that someone may have been insde the house while she was showering.8:17 p.m. A woman reported that she had been raped by someone while she had had too much to drink, and now the rapist had taken to pestering her with unwanted phone calls. 10:56 p.m. A resident at a mobile home park complained that a neighbor was turning their TV and stereo volume up and down, disturbing the neighborhood.

Trin man stabbed during fight he wasn’t in

Humboldt County distriCt Attorney’s offiCe

HUMBOLDT – On Tues-day, Dec. 15, the First Appellate District of the State of Califor-nia, Division One, reversed the Humboldt County Superior Court ruling in People v. Tim-othy Littlefield which granted the defendant a new trial.

In 2013 a jury found the de-fendant guilty of all charges re-lated to his sexual misconduct with a child under 10 years of age.

The defense filed a motion for a new trial based on a dec-laration by a juror that ad-dressed his mental processes

during jury delibera-tions. The trial court conducted a hearing during which the ju-ror recanted the dec-laration, stating he had not personally written it nor read it carefully before sign-ing it. Nevertheless, the trial court granted the motion for a new trial.

The appellate court reversed the trial court and found the juror’s declaration irrelevant in assessing the validity of the verdict.

The appellate court further stated: “…we think the appro-

priate remedy is not to affirm the order setting aside the ver-dict based solely on irrelevant evidence and speculation about what defendant could have proved, but to remand for further proceedings to determine wheth-

er relevant and admissible ev-idence of jury misconduct actu-ally exists.”

The District Attorney’s Of-fice is requesting that the hear-ing outlined by the Court of Ap-peals be completed as soon as the trial court is available.

Humboldt County sHeriff’s offiCe

TRINIDAD – On Tuesday, Dec. 15 at about 2:40 a.m. the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Of-fice 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 alter-cation occurred between other

individuals at the lounge. The victim said that the altercation led outside to the front of the business, and the victim fol-lowed 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 be-lieved he was stabbed.

The deputy observed the male victim had significant stab wounds to his person. The vic-

tim was unable to provide a de-scription of the suspect, other than he was a male adult. The victim is in stable condition.

When Sheriff’s Office dep-uties 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) 445-7251 or the Sheriff’s Office Crime Tip line at (707) 268-2539.

Humboldt County sHeriff’s offiCe

HUMBOLDT – The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office has re-ceived 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 po-tential 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 vic-tim 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 vic-tims have complied with the sus-pects’ demands.

Some helpful websites:irs.gov/uac/Newsroom/IRS-

Warns-of-Pervasive-Telephone-

Scamtreasury.gov/tigta/contact_

report_scam.shtmlc o n s ume r . f t c . g o v / a r t i -

cles/0076-phone-scamsNotes 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 vic-tim’s Social Security Number.

• Scammers spoof the IRS toll-free 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 conduct-ed to mimic a call site.

• After threatening victims with

jail time or driver’s license revo-cation, scammers hang up and others soon call back pretend-ing 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 ex-ample, you’ve never received a bill or the caller made some bo-gus 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 Assis-tant” at FTC.gov. Please add “IRS Telephone Scam” to the com-ments of your complaint.

Notes from the Federal Trade CommissionOften, 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 informa-tion, they seem happy to comply.

They may direct you to a web-site 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 valu-able 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.

• Wednesday, December 2 11:09 a.m. A male suspect who arrived in a white four-door sedan broke into a storage shed behind Larrupin Cafe north of Trinidad. He pried a door open and filled a large bag with food items and booze. Investigators are reviewing video surveillance footage to identify the suspect.4:02 p.m. Michelle Tappen al-legedly kicked her ex-boyfriend real hard in the groin near Starbucks in McKinleyville, which resulted in a warrant being issued for her arrest. Tappen turned herself in and was booked into the county jail on suspicion of domestic violence.• Friday, December 4, 8:09 a.m. In Orick, a gas cap was damaged when some-one siphoned gas from a car.• Saturday, December 5 12:41 a.m. A woman tried to end a relationship with her boyfriend, but he didn’t take it well. He al-legedly pulled her hair, hit her in the head, then drove to the Big Kmart parking lot, where he dumped her and all her belongings. 8:16 a.m. A green American Tourister suitcase with a pink floral print was found in the parking lot of the McKinleyville Ace Hardware. There was no information indi-cating who the suitcase belonged to.11:14 a.m. Deputies investigated a suspi-cious vehicle on Rosebud Lane off Sutter Road in McKinleyville. Inside the car were Kelly Burns and Cierra Oscar. Burns was uncooperative and allegedly lied about his identity, even though he is on parole. Dep-uties searched him and found marijuana and a suspected meth pipe. Oscar’s purse was searched. Inside, deputies found “pe-

tite” brass knuckles. The duo was arrest-ed and taken to the county jail. Burns was booked on suspicion of giving false iden-

tification to a peace officer, pos-session of controlled substance paraphernalia, possession of marijuana and a warrant. Oscar was booked on suspicion of pos-session of metal knuckles and for two warrants. • Sunday, December 6 2:23

a.m. On a cold, dark night on Reasor Road in McKinleyville, a woman had a coughing fit in bed. This enraged her boyfriend, Jo-seph Krohn, who allegedly assaulted her then threw her out of the house. Deputies responded and arrested Krohn on suspi-cion of battery on a cohabitant and vio-lation of probation. A restraining order is in place that allows Krohn to see his girl-friend but not engage in violence.1:33 p.m. A man and woman got into a heated verbal argument on Lost Avenue in McKinleyville over the female half’s failure to take her recommended dosage of Xanax. 5:04 p.m. A woman on School Road in McKinleyville was able to confirm that she made the right decision in evicting her roommate when she confronted her with the news. When Carolyn Brandy learned that she was going to have to move out, she allegedly held up an ax handle and told the roommate that she was going to “bash her fucking head in” and break her legs. The roommate left the premises for her own safety and called the Sheriff’s Of-fice. Brandy was arrested on suspicion of making terrorist threats and booked into the county jail.

Couples collide in caustic conflict

If the IRS calls demanding money right now, it’s a scammer on the line

eurekA PoliCe

EUREKA – On Wednesday, Dec. 16 at about 11:15 p.m., an officer with the Eureka Police Depart-ment made con-tact with a parked Dodge pickup and its two occu-pants in the over-flow 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 law-ful search of the vehicle. Under the hood, officers located a loaded

AR-15 rifle, load-ed high capacity magazines, and additional am-munition. A small amount of mari-juana was found inside the vehicle.

The two were arrested and jailed. Larry Boone, 42, and

Jordan Kowitz-Bennet, 22, both of the Sacramento area, were booked on suspicion of possession of a load-ed firearm in a public place, posses-sion of an assault weapon and trans-port of an assault weapon. Boone had an additional charge of being a felon in possession of a firearm.

Humboldt County distriCt Attorney’s offiCe

HUMBOLDT – Humboldt Coun-ty 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, Ca-lif. Both will handle misdemeanor caseloads.

McDonald is a graduate of De-Paul University and the Universi-ty of Arkansas, Little Rock, Bowen School of Law. Murdock is a gradu-ate 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 At-torney’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 po-sitions through Measure Z, vacan-cies that existed at the start of the year and the departure of attorneys, Fleming has hired nine prosecutors this year.

TimLittlefield

Larry Boone

Jordan Kowitz-Bennett

Maggie adds two more prosecutors

Woman showers as stranger roams house; man’s ass placed in perilous circumstance

Littlefield verdict upheld by appeals court Two men found armed at mall

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15-00653The following person(s) is (are) doing business as:

PACIFIC OUTFITTERS1600 5TH STREET

EUREKA, CA 95501PACIFIC MARINE

ENGINEERING C05562771600 5TH STREET

EUREKA, CA 95501This business is conduct-ed by: A Corporation

S/SCOTT OSTROM, PRESIdENT

This statement was filed with the Humboldt County Clerk on NOV 13, 2015KELLY E. SANDERSA.ABRAM DEPUTY

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(1) ARCATA REAL ESTATE SERVICES(2) NORTH COAST

PROPERTY MANAGEMENT791 8TH STREET SUITE 14

ARCATA, CA 95521NORTH COAST REAL ESTATE

791 8TH STREET SUITE 14ARCATA, CA 95521

This business is conduct-ed by: A CorporationS/dARRELL BURLISON,

PRESIdENTThis statement was filed with the Humboldt County Clerk on DEC 11, 2015KELLY E. SANDERSM. MORRIS DEPUTY

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KAYAK zAK’S115336 HIGHwAY 101TRINIdAd, CA 95570jOHN B. CALLAHAN2606 MYRTLE AVE.EUREKA, CA 95501

BRANCE C. MICHAELSON1720 HUFFORd Rd.

ORICK, CA 95555ANTHONY M. dIAz2606 MYRTLE AVE.EUREKA, CA 95501

This business is conducted by: A General Partnership

S/jOHN CALLAHAN, GENERAL PARTNER

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AdVANCEd SECURITY SYSTEMS

1336 FOURTH STREETEUREKA, CA 95501

PETRUSHA ENTERPRIS-ES, INC.1336 FOURTH STREETEUREKA, CA 95501d1601678This business is conduct-ed by: A corporation

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PRESIdENTThis statement was filed with the Humboldt County Clerk on DEC 2, 2015KELLY E. SANDERSA.ABRAM DEPUTY

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EASY CALL1336 FOURTH STREET

EUREKA, CA 95501PETRUSHA ENTERPRIS-ES, INC.1336 FOURTH STREETEUREKA, CA 95501d1601678This business is conduct-ed by: A corporationl

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PRESIdENTThis statement was filed with the Humboldt County Clerk on DEC 2, 2015KELLY E. SANDERSA.ABRAM DEPUTY

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15-00699The following person(s) is (are) doing business as:HUMBOLdT GARdENING

1675 MURRAY Rd.MCKINLEYVILLE, CA 95519

P.O. BOx 817ARCATA, CA 95521jOEL C. dALLAS

1675 MURRAY Rd.MCKINLEYVILLE, CA 95519This business is conduct-ed by: An Individual

S/jOEL dALLAS, MR. dALLAS - OwNER

This statement was filed with the Humboldt County Clerk on DEC 14, 2015KELLY E. SANDERSM. MORRIS DEPUTY

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BAYSIdE, CA 95524This business is conduct-ed by: A married coupleS/jUdY ARNONOFF

CO - OwNERThis statement was filed with the Humboldt County Clerk on DEC 16, 2015KELLY E. SANDERSA.ABRAM DEPUTY

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HUMBOLdT HARVEST2355 CENTRAL AVE.

#123MCKINLEYVILLE, CA

95519HUMBOLdT HARVEST FARMS3816323

2355 CENTRAL AVE. #123

MCKINLEYVILLE, CA 95519

This business is conduct-ed by: A corporationS/ESTHER BENEMANN

CEO/PRESIdENTThis statement was filed with the Humboldt County Clerk on DEC 16, 2015KELLY E. SANDERSM. MORRIS DEPUTY

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ORdER TO SHOw CAUSE FOR CHANGE

OF NAME ALICIA SUTHERLANd

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY

OF HUMBOLdTCASE NO. CV150848

TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS:1. Petitioner ALICIA SUTHERLAND has filed a petition with this court for a decree chang-ing names as follows:

Present name: CHAYSE SHAWN COOK to Pro-posed name CHAYSE SHAWN SUTHERLAND.2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interest-ed 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 ob-jecting to the name chang-es 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: 1/11/16Time: 1:45 p.m.

Dept.: 83. A copy of this Order to

Show Cause shall be pub-lished at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hear-ing on the petition in the fol-lowing newspaper of gener-al circulation, printed in this county: Mad River Union.Date: NOV. 30, 2015

DALE A. REINHOLTSENJudge of the Superior Court

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NOTICE OF PETITION TO AdMINISTER

ESTATE OF SAMUEL HERMAN jANSEN

CASE NO.: PR150301To all heirs, beneficia-

ries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interest-ed in the will or estate, or both, of: SAMUEL HER-MAN JANSEN, AKA SAM-UEL H. JANSEN, SAMUEL JANSEN, SAM HERMAN JANSEN, SAM H. JAN-SEN AND SAM JANSEN

A Petition for Probate has been filed by: SAM-UEL 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 rep-resentative 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 Inde-pendent Administration of Estates Act. (This author-ity will allow the personal representative to take any actions without obtaining court approval. Before tak-ing certain very important actions, however, the per-sonal 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 peti-tion will be held in this court as follows:

Date: January 7, 2016Time: 2:00 PMDept.: 8Address of court: Su-

perior 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 representa-tive appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of let-ters 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 attor-ney knowledgeable in California law.

You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interest-ed 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 ap-praisal of estate assets or of any petittion or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Re-

quest for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.Attorney for the petitioner:CHRIS JOHNSON HAMER (SBN 105752)STOKES, HAMER, KAUFMAN & KIRK, LLP381 BAYSIDE ROAD, SUITE AARCATA, CALIFORNIA 95521707-822-1771

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CITY OF ARCATA LEGAL NOTICEAdOPTION OF

ORdINANCE NO. 1470I hereby certify that at a regular meeting held on November 4, 2015, the Arcata City Council in-troduced Ordinance No. 1470, summarized below, An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Arca-ta Authorizing an Amend-ment to the Contract Be-tween 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 read-ing 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. ABSTEN-TIONS: None.Bridget Dory, City Clerk, City of ArcataSummary of Ordinance No. 1470This ordinance amends the retirement contract between the City of Ar-cata and the California Public Employees’ Retire-ment System (CalPERS) so that members of the Arcata Police Associa-tion, 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 Arcata12/23/15

CITY OF ARCATA LEGAL NOTICEAdOPTION OF

ORdINANCE NO. 1471I hereby certify that at a regular meeting held on December 2, 2015, the Arcata City Council in-troduced Ordinance No. 1471, summarized below, An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Ar-cata 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 unanimous-ly waived and approval granted for reading the ordinance by title only. Ordinance No. 1471 was passed and adopted at a regular City Council meet-ing held on December 16, 2015, by the following vote: AYES: Winkler, Pitino, Pereira, Ornelas, Wheetley. NOES: None. ABSENT: None. ABSTEN-TIONS: None.Bridget Dory, City Clerk, City of ArcataSummary of Ordinance No. 1471 This ordinance amends the Arcata Municipal Code (AMC) to change the Pub-lic, Education, and Gov-ernment (PEG) support fee paid by the cable fran-chise 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 Janu-ary 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

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NOTICE OF PETITION TO AdMINISTER

ESTATE OF HOwARd ARTHUR TRAUT

CASE NO.: PR150309To all heirs, beneficia-

ries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interest-ed in the will or estate, or both, of: HOWARD AR-THUR TRAUT

A Petition for Probate has been filed by: STE-VEN TRAUT in the Su-perior 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 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 Inde-pendent Administration of Estates Act. (This author-ity will allow the personal representative to take any actions without obtaining court approval. Before tak-ing certain very important actions, however, the per-sonal 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 peti-tion will be held in this court as follows:

Date: January 7, 2016Time: 2:00 PMDept.: 8Address of court: Su-

perior 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 representa-tive appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of let-ters 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 attor-ney knowledgeable in California law.

You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interest-ed 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 ap-praisal of estate assets or of any petittion or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Re-

quest for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.Attorney for the petitioner:ARTHUR NIELSEN, GALE & NIELSEN2850 HARRIS STREETEUREKA, CA 95503(707) 269-0167

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HUMBOLDT STATE – The num-ber of prospective students who ap-plied to Humboldt State University climbed to 12,742, marking a 2.8 percent increase over last year’s tal-ly of 12,390.

Of those applicants, 43 percent were Latino/a students. Addition-ally, 3,619 transfer students applied to HSU, up from 3,220 last year.

“Humboldt State University con-tinues to be an attractive institu-tion for California residents seeking post-secondary degrees,” said As-sociate Director of Admissions Ste-ven Ladwig. “We’re pleased that so many prospective students under-stand the value of an HSU degree, and we’re excited to be an import-ant part of educating the state’s fu-ture leaders.”

System-wide, the CSU received a record setting number of ap-plications 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 educa-tion is at an all-time high, capacity issues persist due to state funding limitations. For the 2016-17 aca-demic year, the governor’s proposal allocates an additional $139.4 mil-lion investment to the CSU, which will fund a 1 percent net student en-

rollment growth. In order for the university to

continue to address the anticipat-ed shortage of bachelor’s degrees in California by 2030, a 3 percent net student enrollment growth is need-ed, requiring an additional $102.3 million in state funding. Fully fund-ing CSU’s proposed Support Budget Request would allow the university to enroll approximately 12,600 ad-ditional students.

The CSU remains a state leader in producing job-ready graduates, and an investment in the CSU is an investment in California’s econom-ic and social future. As Chancellor Timothy P. White said, “The CSU does much of the heavy lifting re-quired to build an educated work-force in California and it’s some-thing that we’re incredibly honored to be a part of.”

The priority deadline for first-time freshmen and transfer Califor-nia students applying to HSU has passed. The campus does, howev-er, continue to accept applications from out-of-state and students who are veterans, as well as upper-divi-sion transfer students from College of the Redwoods.

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CALIFORNIA COAST – Last week’s Northern California tests of Dungeness crab for domoic acid show mixed results, with toxin levels actu-ally 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 dam-age 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 av-erage 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 domo-ic acid compared to a test done on Dec. 1, when the average level was 22 ppm, with 17 percent of

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 un-safe. 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 av-erage 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 Trini-dad. Levels were 17 to 65 ppm, with an average of 36 ppm. Sixty percent were unsafe.

Domoic acid levels still high in crabs

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 op-ponent 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

Association competition to start the new year.

STATE CHAMPIONS! St. Bernard’s Crusaders won the state Division V-A championship Satur-day, 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.

USER FRIENDLIER Two far-flung, eco-awesome Arcata locations have received an upgrade. At McDaniel Slough, left, a majestic new pedestrian footbridge craft-ed by nearby Johnson Industries offers “another bit of terrain to explore” near the west pond, according to Environmental Services Director Mark Andre. Resur-faced 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

Extension. “It’s been a process, whenever we have material,” Andre said.

Hundreds of conifers and alders have been re-planted 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 oper-ated by a licensed operator in exchange for recla-mation work. But the neighborhood has since be-come populated with residences whose occupants would be disturbed by industrial activity.

Access via Jacoby Creek Road traverses pri-vate 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 west-ern 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 proj-ects around town.

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FOAM 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 sponsor-ing a free public field trip at the Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary on Sat-urday, Dec. 26. Bring your binocu-lars and meet leader Ken Burton in the parking lot at the end of South I Street

(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 Inter-pretive Center on South G Street for a 90-minute walk focusing on the ecology of the Marsh. Loaner binoculars avail-able with photo ID. (707) 826-2359 SLOW-SPEED MARSH HIKE Friends of the Arcata Marsh (FOAM) is sponsor-ing 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

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 Wel-come the New Year with a nature ram-ble through the Arcata Marsh & Wild-life 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 1.5-hour rain-or-shine walk is sponsored by Friends of the Arcata Marsh (FOAM). (707) 826-2359

TRINIDAD – California Depart-ment of Parks and Recreation, Pat-rick’s Point Sector will sponsor a free, guided hike or paddle in Hum-boldt 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 La-goons State Park made history by offering the nation’s very first (and second) paddle option for this annu-al event.

Rejuvenate by taking a fami-ly-friendly trek through a local state park close to home!

Be ready to launch or hike at 11 a.m.

PaddleMeet at the Stone Lagoon Visitor

Center at 115336 Highway 101, Trin-idad with your kayak, stand-up-pad-dleboard or canoe and gear.

You also have the option of rent-ing 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 ex-

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 Ry-an’s Cove Campground before head-ing 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 lay-

ered clothing, lunch and drinking water.

Bonus: All participants are eligi-ble to win one of 10 new life jackets in a free raffle drawing!

For more information, contact Keven Harder at (707) 845-6171 or [email protected].

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