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🌱 How does tiny Trinidad handle a million visitors and aging pipes?

Trinidad, California Patch AM: a 3 min read

Greetings Trinidad! Your go-to source for what's happening in town is here. Stay in the loop and read on. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • How does tiny Trinidad handle a million visitors and aging pipes?

Today's riddle: what do you call a rabbit with fleas? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: An a.m. shower; mostly cloudy, with a high of 60 and low of 48 degrees.
  • Thursday: Breezy in the afternoon, temps: high: 59, low: 48.
  • Friday: Mostly sunny and windy, with a high of 58 and low of 47 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Inside California's 1-square-mile coastal town that hosts 1 million visitors a year (ijpr.org) — Trinidad’s tiny one-square-mile city is juggling big-city challenges as it welcomes over a million visitors a year while trying to preserve its small-town character. Mayor Cheryl Kelly discusses aging water infrastructure, emergency planning, and partnerships with the Yurok Tribe and Trinidad Rancheria, emphasizing stewardship, land return efforts, and how local government decisions visibly shape daily life here.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Humboldt’s Doctor Drain: Perhaps the most sobering report in this month's “Health in Humboldt 2026” issue of Senior News is the update on the continuing decline in the number of M.
    D.s practicing in Humboldt County. Drs. Bruce Kessler and Jack Irvine updated data from the Humboldt-Del Norte County Medical Society showing a 36%… (Nextdoor Westhaven-Patricks Point-Big Lagoon)
  • Blue Lake Casino posted a job opening for Bartender in Blue Lake. Apply here.
  • Costco Wholesale Corporation posted a job opening for Stocker in Eureka. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Trinidad here.

🗞 Nearby News

McKinleyville

  • Family Hoping for Safe Return of Missing McKinleyville Teen (kymkemp.com)
  • Mercer-Fraser Allegedly Violates Conservation Terms, Defendant Takes Stand in Combs Murder Retrial, and More Inside Humboldt Courts (kymkemp.com)

Arcata

  • Cal Poly Humboldt study highlights river otters' reliance on Arcata Marsh (krcrtv.com)
  • City of Arcata Gives Annie & Mary Trail Progress Update (kymkemp.com)
  • OBITUARY: Brooks Otis, 1938-2026 (lostcoastoutpost.com)

Ok Trinidad! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Bugs Bunny ! (Thank you bruce A. for sending it in!)
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