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Staying healthy during the flu season

Flu season has begun and the California Department of Public Health provides weekly reports of the epidemic. In CDPH’s third weekly report, all Californians are encouraged to get themselves vaccinated as soon as possible. An email sent by the CDPH

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Word on the street: Free community college bill

Question: What do you think of Assembly Bill 19? Could it ever be implemented at a four-year university? “It could be counterproductive. The people who are already on the fence about college would have to keep paying after that first

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California Senate pushes for free tuition

By | Charlotte Rutigliano Assembly Member Miguel Santiago urged Governor Jerry Brown to sign a Assembly Bill 19 (AB 19) on Thursday, Sept. 27, in Los Angeles. AB 19 would give free tuition to community college students. AB 19 would

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Burning State

By | Michelle N. Meyers A thick, grey haze blankets the state of California. People everywhere are being evacuated from their homes, while thousands of wildfires burn across hundreds of thousands of acres of land. Firefighters and emergency personnel from

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Love knows no borders

The Realities of the US-Mexico Barrier By Kelly Bessem April 30, 2017 marked the fifth time the Door of Hope/Puerta de Esperanza was opened at the US-Mexico border near San Diego, Calif. to let family members from each country momentarily

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Life & Arts

Weed on the street

What do you think legalized weed means? By Charlotte Rutigliano After the passing of Proposition 64 last November, there has been a lot of talk about what it will mean for the legalization of marijuana. We asked some students on

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California bail reform bill

By Iridian Casarez A new bill was presented to the State Assembly Committee in the state of California that will effectively eliminate the bail system. The State Assembly’s Committee  voted on the bill, Assembly Bill 42. According to the Los

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Life & Arts

Free weed means taxed weed

By Curran Daly   Proposition 64 legalized the recreational use of Marijuana by people 21 years of age or older. The passing of Prop 64 also created new taxes to help generate state tax increases. These taxes are meant to

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Life & Arts

The green is looking grey

Humboldt County’s cannabis policies are unclear By Ali Osgood Travis Poe is racing against countless others in Humboldt County to build a cannabis business under the recently passed Proposition 64, a bill that legalized marijuana in California. And much like

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Humboldt State Students Missing In-N-Out

By | Curran Daly Julia Hunt left for the In-N-Out in Redding, California a little after 8 p.m. one night in September, arriving at the In-N-Out a little before midnight. “My roommates and I were sitting on our couch all

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Sights of San Francisco

By Liam Olson Filled with diversity, delicious food, and beautiful sightseeing, San Francisco is a travel hotspot within the United States. With so many sights to see these are just a few the popular spots around San Francisco.

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Editorial: Testing the Toke’

The problem with cannabis drug tests By | The Lumberjack Editorial Staff  Cannabinoids have no business being screened for on drug tests when applying for a job until current drug testing practices are able to accurately detect cannabis usage and

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Editorial: Freezing tuition fee increase

By | The Lumberjack Editorial Board At the end of January, the University of California Board of Regents approved a 2.5 percent tuition fee increase to take place in the 2017-2018 academic year. Though the University of California system said that

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Tuition increase could be stopped by new bill

By Morgan Brizee On Feb. 21 California Assemblywoman Sharon Quirk-Silva held a press conference at Sacramento State University’s campus library to talk about a new bill that she has written. Silva is the assemblywoman for the 65 th District of

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Opinion

Missing Uber in Arcata

By|Onaja Waki The Uber ride sharing app has been around for six years now, providing rides to cities around the globe. Here in California, an Uber ride is accessible nearly everywhere. However, as we get further up north to Humboldt

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A master plan for free tuition

By Charlotte Rutigliano Can California follow in the footsteps of many European countries and offer free tuition for students? While CSU students across the state are currently protesting a 5 percent tuition hike, in Sacramento  Governor Brown reaffirms his commitment

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This week in news

By: Iridian Casarez Local News  Coastal National Monuments in Humboldt  Obama expanded the California Coastal National Monuments in Humboldt county. Trinidad Head, Walumph Lighthouse Ranch and the Lost Coast Headlands were officially designated as California Coastal National  Monuments.  Women will

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