Eureka city council removed a ceasefire resolution from their agenda earlier this week; activists in Tuesday’s meeting called again on the council to pass it. Councilmembers said a ceasefire resolution would perpetuate divisiveness and questioned whether council was the appropriate place for the resolution.
The current corp yard at 945 W. 14th Street, is within a tsunami zone and has aged well beyond current structural standards – the newest of the buildings was completed in the 1980s, with other buildings seeing use since the 1950s – according to city staff. The city moved forward with the purchase, noting some construction impacts will be difficult to avoid – namely noise – but they will try and minimize disruptions to funerals and gatherings on the rest of the cemetery.
On Monday, just a day after the California Democratic Party Convention wrapped up in Sacramento, party Chair Rusty Hicks launched his campaign to succeed Jim Wood as the next representative of Assembly District 2, which comprises Del Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino, Sonoma and Trinity counties.