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'A Giant Falls Among the Redwoods'

John Hudson, a Purple Heart veteran who lived for 37 years with HIV, and the indelible mark he leaves on Humboldt

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Give Me My Flowers So I Can Eat Them

Mexican squash blossoms and amaranth greens at the Farmers' Market

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- By Collin Yeo / September 20, 4:00 AM
  
  Music Tonight: Thursday, Sept. 20
- Aussie Sub Pop Records band Deaf Wish plays an end of summer — in the Northern Hemisphere — show tonight at 7 p.m. at ... More 0
- Diamond Girl 0
- Let's Hear it for the Redwoods 0
- Tattoos and Suspension: Photos from the Native Ink Expo 0
- Music Tonight: Wednesday, Sept. 19 0

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- By Kimberly Wear / September 19, 11:19 AM
  
  Let's Hear it for the Redwoods
- Humboldt County’s natural beauty is once again garnering attention with the travel guide Frommer’s giving the region’s tall trees a shout-out in a slideshow ... More 0
- 'Grief and Despair' 0
- Kitchen Sentenced to Eight Years in DUI Manslaughter Case 2
- Stolen Semi Crash Leads to Arrest of Eureka Man 0
- Firefighters Responding to Structure Fire off SR 255 0

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- By Collin Yeo / September 20, 4:00 AM
  
  Music Tonight: Thursday, Sept. 20
- Aussie Sub Pop Records band Deaf Wish plays an end of summer — in the Northern Hemisphere — show tonight at 7 p.m. at ... More 0
- Diamond Girl 0
- Tattoos and Suspension: Photos from the Native Ink Expo 0
- Music Tonight: Wednesday, Sept. 19 0
- Photos from the Samba Parade 0

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- By Jennifer Fumiko Cahill / September 2, 8:05 PM
  
  Redwood Curtain Brewing Co. Open in Eureka
- If you've been driving up and down Myrtle Avenue in Eureka and wondering when that new branch of Redwood Curtain Brewing Co. is going ... More 0
- Taco Brothers Truck Rolls into Eureka 0

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On the Cover / By Thadeus Greenson

'A Giant Falls Among the Redwoods'

John Hudson, a Purple Heart veteran who lived for 37 years with HIV, and the indelible mark he leaves on Humboldt

(September 20, 2018) Sister Merry Peter of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence remembers the December day clearly. In her role as Mistress of Missions with the Sisters' San Francisco house, Peter had been...
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News / By Kimberly Wear

'Grief and Despair'

After an outpouring of emotional victim impact statements, Marci Kitchen is sentenced to 8 years in prison

(September 20, 2018) Judge Kaleb Cockrum on Tuesday sentenced Marci Kitchen to eight years in prison for driving drunk and running down two 14-year-old girls, including her own daughter, saying he didn't believe...
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Letters + Opinion

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The Week in Weed / By Thadeus Greenson

In Case of Emergency, Break Glass

(September 20, 2018) Bringing an entirely new meaning to the term "functional glass art," a Canadian dispensary employee recently fought off armed robbers with nothing but a 2-foot glass bong. Surveillance video of...
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Save the Mateel!

(September 20, 2018) Editor: We have a treasure here in Humboldt County — the Mateel Community Center. For many years the Mateel has been giving us love by putting on concerts, dances and...
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The Setlist / By Collin Yeo

The Fruits of Autumn

(September 20, 2018) I spent last night sleeping under a fig tree on the grounds of a farm my friends just purchased. Not one of those farms, by the way, although that doesn't...
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Arts + Scene

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Front Row / By Pat Bitton

Murder Mystery with an English Twist

Dial 'M' for Murder at NCRT

(September 20, 2018) There's nothing quite like a good murder mystery (especially a British one — I admit I may be biased on this point). That's just what's on offer with the latest...
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Filmland / By John J. Bennett

Stylish Monsters

A Simple Favor and The Predator

(September 20, 2018) Reviews A SIMPLE FAVOR. The thing here is style: a modern noir about a missing person, a psycho-sexual thriller soaked in gin and dressed in devastating clothes, played out in...
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Eat + Drink

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Table Talk / By Héctor Alejandro Arzate

Give Me My Flowers So I Can Eat Them

Mexican squash blossoms and amaranth greens at the Farmers' Market

(September 20, 2018) Ripe tomatoes, aromatic herbs, and sweet melons. Every late summer, most of us can expect to find our favorites at the farmers' market. But some of the season's treasures are...
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Life + Outdoors

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Field Notes / By Barry Evans

Fighting Entropy

Part 1 of 2

(September 20, 2018) Life's tough, then you die," proclaims that helpful bumper sticker. Then look at what happens: Entropy takes over. Actually, the entire course of our bodies' existence, from birth to death,...
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Astrology / By Rob Brezsny

Free Will Astrology

Week of Sept. 20, 2018

(September 20, 2018) ARIES (March 21-April 19): "The flower doesn't dream of the bee. It blossoms and the bee comes." So says poet and philosopher Mark Nepo in The Book of Awakening. Now...
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