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In today's newsletter:

  • How Arcata wants you to rethink gifts, trees and leftovers
  • How Arcata’s internet cables could become lifesaving earthquake sensors

Also on today's calendar: 4 p.m., Arcata Library, Teen Art & Poetry and 5 more events.

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Today's riddle: Can February March? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

  • Tuesday: Occasional rain, with a high of 63 and low of 51 degrees.
  • Wednesday: A few morning showers, temps: high: 58, low: 49.
  • Thursday: Cloudy with afternoon rain, with a high of 63 and low of 55 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Eco-Friendly Holiday Habits (kymkemp.com) — Arcata city officials are urging residents to cut holiday waste and emissions with practical changes to gifting, decorating, and entertaining. From choosing local, low-waste presents to following Recology Arcata’s recycling rules and using local compost services, the city’s tips aim to save residents money while shrinking the community’s environmental footprint this season and beyond.
   

• 'A New Era of Earthquake Detection': Cal Poly Humboldt Participates in Project Using Fiber Optic Lines to Measure Seismic Activity (lostcoastoutpost.com) — Arcata streets and nearby fiber lines are doubling as a cutting-edge earthquake lab, with Cal Poly Humboldt students and scientists testing how buried internet cables can detect even tiny tremors. Their work, including a pilot line between Arcata and Eureka, could eventually power faster early-warning alerts for local hospitals, schools, and neighborhoods while also expanding high-speed internet access across Humboldt County.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Listening to Billy Strings live.
    Seen him 3x and I am always just blown away by the talent. One of the best pickers of my lifetime. (Nextdoor Sunny Brae)
  • Does anyone know Gracie Oliva?
    I just got 2 packages for Gracie Oliva using my address in Sunny Brae. I’d love to get them to Gracie but I’m also weirded out that someone is using… (Nextdoor Brookwood Drive, Bayside)
  • Albertsons Company posted a job opening for Night Crew Stocker in Arcata. Apply here.
  • Taco Bell posted a job opening for Team Member in Mckinleyville. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Arcata here.

🗞 Nearby News

McKinleyville

Eureka

  • Eureka Police Vow to be On the Hunt for DUI Drivers This Holiday Season, and There'll be a Checkpoint Somewhere in Town This Thursday (lostcoastoutpost.com)
  • Sheriff's Deputies Allegedly Find Homemade Explosive Device, Drugs, Guns and Ammo After Searching a Jeep 'Associated With' a Passenger on Probation (lostcoastoutpost.com)
  • California's Iconic Brown Derby Restaurant Inspired This Now-Discontinued Cheap Beer (tastingtable.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

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