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Editor: Yes, California is not close to meeting climate change mandates, just like CalMatters reported (NCJ Daily, March 21). Nonetheless, there are a few solutions...

Editor: I appreciate the vehemence with which George Clark bemoans what he calls the "biggest threat to democracy" — low turnout rates in mid-term elections....

The North Coast Journal is a free, weekly news magazine and website about politics, business, life and leisure in Humboldt County.

In a first for the country, Humboldt County has recognized March 19th as a Two-Spirit day of Celebration and Awareness. Held on the spring equinox, the holiday highlights the Two-Spirit identity, described as an umbrella term as an intersection of Indigenous and LGBTQ+ identities representing a range of sexual and gender expression.

Monday, a coalition of animal and wildlife advocacy groups submitted a letter to Interior Secretary Deb Haaland to oppose a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service plan that would start a years long effort to shoot non-native barred owls in the range of the Northern spotted owl in WA, OR and northern California. Along with habitat loss, the USFWS has identified competition from barred owls as a main threat to spotted owls. An in-the-works plan proposes 4 alternatives that involve reducing the population ...

On Tuesday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced which communities will be part of a pilot program that seeks to help underserved communities that have been divided by transportation infrastructure in

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Another $8 million will go to other local transportation improvements, including a North County interchange and freeway lids in Barrio Logan

As part of a new state pilot program to reconnect communities that have been divided by highways, Caltrans officials Tuesday announced an effort to link southeast San Diego and National City.

The funds could help plan and build affordable housing, parks and sustainable transportation infrastructure, in communities that were devastated by freeway construction.