today
8:30 a.m. Audubon Society Field Trip See Event Description
read >9 a.m. Arcata Farmers' Market Arcata Plaza
read >9:30 a.m. Discovery Walk: Unknown Waterfront See Event Description
read >9:30 a.m. Manila Dunes Restoration Manila Community Center
read >10 a.m. Manila Dunes Guided Walk Manila Community Center
read >10 a.m. Library Book Sale Humboldt County Library
read >10 a.m. Dia de los Muertos and Mexican Folk Art Sale Private Eureka home
read >10 a.m. Final Arcata Farmer's Market Arcata Farmers' Market (off the plaza)
read >11 a.m. Donlin Foreman Dance Workshop Dell'Arte
read >2 p.m. Humboldt Coastal Nature Center Draft Trails Plan Walk Stamps House
read >5 p.m. Bati Zado and Show Redwood Raks World Dance Studio
read >6 p.m. The Tumbleweeds Chapala Cafe
read >6 p.m. Ali Chaudhary (jazz duo) Libation
read >6:30 p.m. Not Evil, Just Wrong Humboldt Area Foundation
read >7 p.m. Guitar Stan (country) Old Town Coffee & Chocolates
read >8 p.m. Guitar Orchestra of Barcelona Arkley Center for the Performing Arts
read >8 p.m. Stones in His Pockets Arcata Playhouse
read >8 p.m. A Christmas Carol North Coast Repertory Theater
read >8 p.m. Donna Landry Swing Dance Moose Lodge
read >8 p.m. North Coast Wind Ensemble Fulkerson Recital Hall at HSU
read >8:30 p.m. The Last Minute Men (international) Cafe Mokka
read >9 p.m. Ian McFeron Band (folk rock) Six Rivers Brewery
read >9 p.m. The Michael Paul Band WAVE @ blue lake casino
read >9 p.m. The Generatorz (classic rock) Central Station Cocktail Lounge
read >9 p.m. Taxi Bear River Casino
read >9 p.m. VJ Itchie Fingaz Pearl Lounge
read >9 p.m. Jack Ruby Presents + Blue Street + Acufunkture (DIY rock) Jambalaya
read >9 p.m. 2nd Annual Scorpio Bash The Red Fox Tavern
read >10 p.m. Music by DJ Sidelines
read >10 p.m. DJ Icy Hot Aunty Mo's Lounge
read >10 p.m. Jemimah Puddleduck (rock) Humboldt Brews
read >10 p.m. White Manna + Midday Veil + The King Salmon Duo (rock) Jambalaya
read >11 p.m. Radio Moscow (psychadelic blues) + Mosquito Bandito (one-man surf/garage) The Alibi Lounge and Restaurant
read >previous columns
Oct. 2, 2008
After Hacker Creek
As harvest time comes to the hills, residents grapple with the consequences of diesel-fueled dope
read >Sept. 25, 2008
Pistol Packing People
Hundreds of Humboldt County residents have a permit to carry a concealed firearm. Who are they, and what are they thinking?
read >Sept. 18, 2008
Our Fire, Our Fight
A brutal burn season in Klamath country leaves locals grumbling at federal firefighting tactics
read >
Photos
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On the cover: graphic by Holly Harvey
Downticket
The local and state initiatives on the Nov. 4 ballot
By North Coast Journal Staff
The North Coast Journal has declared total war against the Nov. 4 election, and with this edition we initiate our massive, three-issue assault on the various issues and personalities therein. We're going to get out there and wrestle this baby to the ground for you.
We start with the most difficult assignment: Statewide and local propositions, measures and initiatives. California's long dedication to direct democracy is one of our state's most distinguishing features, but damned if it isn't frustrating. The initiative process has long been corrupted and polluted by the very thing it was designed to subvert -- the grasp of the “trusts,” or “big money,” on Sacramento. Nowadays you'd better have a million bucks or more if you want to get something on the ballot, and a lot more if you want it to pass.
This requires the citizens of our great state to be eternally vigilant, and to at least make efforts to get through the massive mounds of arguments and analyses associated with each proposition. Hopefully the present guide will help speed you through the process.
Arms and the Child
Measures F and J: Hey recruiters, leave those kids alone
Popping the Question
What is marriage? Prop. 8 seeks to define, or redefine, the institution
Tax Time
A roundup of hard-times revenue-raisers from across the county
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