🌱 Could Manila soon get its own affordable coastal campground?

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• Could Manila soon get its own affordable coastal campground?

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

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Occasional rain, with a high of 60 and low of 52 degrees.
• Wednesday: A couple of morning showers, temps: high: 58, low: 48.
• Thursday: Cloudy with afternoon rain, with a high of 61 and low of 54 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• A Campground in Manila is Just One Possibility After Friends of the Dunes Secures $430K Grant Land Trust (lostcoastoutpost.com) — Friends of the Dunes has secured a $431,500 state grant to buy and restore a long-blighted 6.5‑acre property on Stamps Lane in Manila, with options including a new affordable campground and expanded dune trails. The group will study whether to keep existing buildings for a caretaker, work with local partners on access and safety, and expects to close on the property early next year.
   

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Saturday December 20

• Saturdays at 11:00 AM, Arcata Library Story Time
  Arcata Branch Library , 500 7th Street , Arcata
  11:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 16

• CBAP® Classroom Training – IIBA® Aligned in Arcata, CA
  Vibes Yoga , 613 H St suite a , Arcata
  9:00 am
• PMP Certification & Training Bootcamp in Arcata, CA
  Vibes Yoga , 613 H St suite a , Arcata
  9:00 am
• #25-116 Instrumental Winter Music Concert
  Eureka Senior High Eureka, CA 95501
  7:15 pm
• Twerk & Floorwerk with Karma — Black Humboldt
  Redwood Raks World Dance Collective , 824 L St Suite 16 , Arcata
  7:30 pm

Wednesday December 17

• Mother's Circle
  A Mother's Village , 627 3rd St , Eureka
  10:00 am
• Breastfeeding Support
  Redwood Community Health Center , 2350 Buhne St , Eureka
  10:00 am
• 4 p.m., Arcata Library, Teen Art & Poetry
  Branch Robert L DVM , 1701 Giuntoli Ln , Arcata
  4:00 pm
• 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., Eureka Library, LEGO Club for Kids
  Eureka Main Library , 1313 3rd Street , Eureka
  5:00 pm
• Weekly Jam at Septentrio Winery
  Septentrio Winery , 650 6th St , Arcata
  6:30 pm
• #25-117 Choral Winter Concert
  Eureka Senior High Eureka, CA 95501
  7:00 pm

Thursday December 18

• McKay Forest Workday
  Redwood Fields
  9:00 am

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🗞 Nearby News

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)
• 2025 Walk to End Alzheimer's results in (times-standard.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)

Arcata

• Shopping in Arcata supports local humans (times-standard.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I don't know, but April May!
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