Tow Happy

One Friday morning in mid-May, Bill Hartin was sitting inside his house in central Eureka when he saw a woman get out of a little ...

The Big Bust

FBI agents remove and inventory contraband from a growhouse in Sunnybrae. The agents were participating in ‘Operation Southern Sweep,’ a coordinated series of raids on ...

publisher

My Lai, Abu Ghraib

Earlier this month I traveled to Philadelphia for the annual convention of our trade group, the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies (AAN). It was my first ...

correction

"Of Course We Do"

There was a misstatement in the story “Of Course We Do” from last week’s issue. It stated that if The California Marriage Protection Act, a ...

mailbox

Bay Bather

Editor: Nowhere in your otherwise excellent article on the dearth of swimming pools in Eureka (“Can’t Swim,” June 19) did you mention the one no-cost, ...

the town dandy

A Federal Case

By the time you read this, it’ll probably be either the second or third day of the big Federal Bureau of Investigation dope raids that ...

special section

Recursos Inmigrantes

Banco de Comida de Eureka 307 West 14th Street (707) 445-3166 Cajas de comida gratuitas los días miercoles y viernes. Llame después de las 9 ...

special section

Viaje a la Noche

Edición bilingüe! Traducido por Larry y Ana Maria Mease. Alejandro no podría haber estado muy sorprendido cuando Sun Valley Floral Farmsle informó que no regresara ...

short stories

Walking With Brother

There once lived an elderly woman known as “Peace Pilgrim.” When she was in her 40s, she started walking across the United States to promote ...