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'A Fundamental and Necessary Right'

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Four Journeys of Love and Loss

Dell'Arte International's Thesis Festival

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Don't Panic, Bro, It's Science

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'An Artificial Legal Controversy'

County blasts public defender lawsuit as political witch hunt as employees file grievances

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- By Kimberly Wear / May 27, 2:06 PM
  
  Huffman Town Hall Coming to Garberville
- Congressman Jared Huffman is taking the next segment of his town hall tour to Garberville on May 31 after drawing large crowds up and down ... More 1
- Music Tonight - Saturday, May 27 0
- A Dylan-esque Celebration 0
- Judge Denies Skilled Nursing Defendants' Change of Venue Bid 0
- Fiery Crash Involving Local Family Kills Two, Several Injured 1

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- By Kimberly Wear / May 27, 2:06 PM
  
  Huffman Town Hall Coming to Garberville
- Congressman Jared Huffman is taking the next segment of his town hall tour to Garberville on May 31 after drawing large crowds up and down ... More 1
- Judge Denies Skilled Nursing Defendants' Change of Venue Bid 0
- Fiery Crash Involving Local Family Kills Two, Several Injured 1
- CDCR: Pelican Bay Inmates Shot After Attacking Staff; Several Injured 0
- Gov Taps Elvine-Kreis as Humboldt's Next Judge 0

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- May 27, 8:00 AM
  
  Music Tonight - Saturday, May 27
- Some salmon action is on the bill tonight at the Inn at 2nd & C (formerly the Eagle House Victorian Inn) in Eureka, where ... More 0
- A Dylan-esque Celebration 0
- Music Tonight - Friday, May 26 0
- The Art of the Wheel 1
- Music Tonight - Thursday, May 25 0

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- By Jennifer Fumiko Cahill / May 10, 2:14 PM
  
  Deep Dish Diplomacy
- Hey, Australia. Are we good? We had a weird phone call followed by a weird meeting and now it's awkward. But look, we made ... More 0
- Pressed for Cuban Sandwiches 0

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On the Cover / By Linda Stansberry

Prelude to a Sweep

Before the infighting, the backlash and the evictions, there was a decades-old problem

(May 25, 2017) Editor's note: This is the first of a two-part series looking back at the May 2, 2016, clearing of homeless encampments from the PalCo Marsh and what led to...
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News / By Thadeus Greenson

'An Artificial Legal Controversy'

County blasts public defender lawsuit as political witch hunt as employees file grievances

(May 25, 2017) The county of Humboldt is asking a judge to dismiss a lawsuit alleging newly hired public defender David Marcus doesn't meet minimum state qualifications for the job, calling the suit...
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Letters + Opinion

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Editor / By Thadeus Greenson

'A Fundamental and Necessary Right'

(May 25, 2017) The basic premise of the California Public Records Act is simple, articulated in a single sentence in its preamble: "Access to information concerning the conduct of the people's business is...
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The Week in Weed / By Thadeus Greenson

Don't Panic, Bro, It's Science

(May 25, 2017) Researchers at Washington State University are looking for a few brave volunteers to get really high in the name of public safety. The study aims to develop a Breathalyzer to...
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The Setlist / By Andy Powell

Entertained to Death

(May 25, 2017) Technology giveth, and technology taketh away. I've been pondering this thought for a while now. I won't claim to be a fully out-of-the-closet Luddite, but compared to many — my...
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Arts + Scene

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Filmland / By Jennifer Fumiko Cahill

I'm With Her

Alien Covenant keeps its promises

(May 25, 2017) Reviews ALIEN: COVENANT. I saw Ridley Scott's ground-breaking Alien (1979) too young and imprinted on its visceral sci-fi horror like a duckling. Artist H.R. Giger, whose work calls to mind...
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Eat + Drink

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Table Talk / By Jennifer Fumiko Cahill

Sushi Party

Temaki family style

(May 25, 2017) Sushi was not always such high-brow cuisine. In the 1800s, sushi street vendors were the taco trucks of Edo (now Tokyo), hawking fish and rice preserved with the vinegar from...
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Grim beetles and jumping spiders by Anthony Westkamper

(May 25, 2017) Darth Omus I was delighted to see some of my favorite tiny moths milling around the tips of tall bushes along the road. Our local fairy moths (Adela sepentrionella) are...
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