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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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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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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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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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Down and Dirty / By Donna Wildearth

Going Wild in the Garden

(May 25, 2017) Interested in attracting more birds, bees, and butterflies to your garden? Pete Haggard, a local expert on insects and co-author, with his wife Judy, of Insects of the Pacific Northwest,...
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Hey, Handsome

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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