Arcata

[ahr-key-tuh]

noun

1. a town in NW California.

Example Sentences

They lived for many years in Arcata, northern California, surrounded by sweeping forests of redwood trees, where Wayne worked as a landscape architect, while Stella was a primary school teacher.

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Arcata relies on versatile quarterback Luke Lemke.

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At Cal Poly Humbolt in Arcata, police last month arrested dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters who had barricaded themselves in campus buildings.

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In the last five years, possession of magic mushrooms has been decriminalized to varying degrees in cities across California, including Oakland, Santa Cruz, Arcata, San Francisco, Berkeley and Eureka.

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But Cal Poly Humboldt, tucked at the base of a redwood forest in rural Northern California and home to 5,976 students in Arcata, has taken on an out-sized role.

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