The North Coast Journal

Humboldt County's monthly magazine of Politics, People and Art

Vol. VII, Issue 10

October 1996

On the cover: Photo by Brandi Easter

COVER STORY

ELECTION '96: COURTING THE FICKLE FIRST
California's 1st Congressional District has a habit of throwing out incumbents.
Will history repeat?
(Story by Jim Hight)

MORE ... ELECTION '96

SACRAMENTO BOUND
Your next assemblyman will be a woman. (by Jim Hight)

WHAT MAKES A GOOD JUDGE?
Race for judge narrows to three. (by Judy Hodgson)

REMATCH: ROGER VS. ROY
Will the results for Supervisor be different his time around? (by Jim Hight)

ENTERTAINMENT

20 YEARS AND STILL ROLLIN'
The Roadmasters celebrate two decades of music.(By George Ringwald)

DEPARTMENTS

PUBLISHER "Facts vs. fax"

LETTERS

NEWS BRIEFS

PHOTO PAGE/ESSAY
Want to get arrested at the Headwaters demonstration? First you had to register.
(Photos by Brandi Easter, essay by Jim Hight)

COLUMNS

GUEST OPINION "on restoring salmon habitat"
Pat Higgins comments on the August cover story

FUNNY BUSINESS "Roommate wanted"
The search for the perfect roommate

THINGS "Bird in bush, philosophy in hedge"
Nature's deeper relation to the real world

GARDENING "Wild honey bee rare"
Its most important job is not making honey, it's pollinating crops.