Homelessness in Humboldt, CA
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The San Jose State University Football Team Comes to Humboldt
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Local destinations around HSU to get your adventure on during the pandemic

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Backcountry Horsemen of California kick off food drive on horseback
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HSU Softball remembers Evelyn Andrews
Coach Sarchett and players reflect on their most memorable memories with Evelyn Andrews

McKinleyville launches the first Christmas lighting contest
McKinleyville plans its first Christmas lights, house decorations and door decorating contest.

Maintaining a sustainable lifestyle during a global pandemic
HSU students continue to pursue a zero waste lifestyle despite the additional obstacles presented by COVID-19

Climate change puts the heat on clean up of dioxin hotspot
Vice Mayor alerts City Council to Arcata Bay Shoreline dioxin threat

Dorm students cling to the college experience
Students living on-campus concerned as Humboldt County enters the red COVID-19 tier

Elementary education students learn to teach online
Limited fact-to-face interaction challenges elementary education majors and K-8 students

Rugby is the closest sport to football HSU has left
With Humboldt’s Lumberjack football gone rugby can take the spotlight.

Club sport athletes stay on track
Unable to practice as a team, athletes practice one-on-one.

Prop 22 represents political favoritism of money over workers’ rights
California’s passing of proposition 22 on Nov. 5 represents a frustrating history of workers’ rights being trampled by the overwhelming influence of greed in politics. This proposition forces app-based workers to be classified as independent contractors, rather than employees. This
Students for Quality Education statewide Abolitionist Meeting
Students from different CSU locations demanded changes and ideas on how to accomplish them
Humboldt County skips from yellow to red tier
Part of a statewide effort to slow COVID-19 cases, Humboldt county enters a heavily restrictive tier.
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