Rackin’ ’em up today. For those keeping score, that comes out to 7,213 plant deaths chronicled in HCSO press releases today. The latest below: On 04-24-2012, approximately 11:00 a.m. Humboldt County Sheriff’s Community Response Unit ( C.R.U.) Deputies assisted by the Humboldt County Drug Task Force served a Humboldt County Superior Court Search Warrant on a […]
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5,544 Growing Marijuana Plants Seized and Destroyed
Well, they were baby buds. But still … damn! Press release from the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office below: On 04-23-2012, approximately 1:30 p.m. the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office was notified by Humboldt Redwoods Company (H.R.C.) security that two security officers patrolling their property located what appeared to be a marijuana cultivation site. Sheriffs deputies with […]
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Have a Disgustingly Adorable Earth Day!
Happy Earth Day, HumCo! If you’re just bumming around your domicile on this fine Sunday morning like I am, you might as well enhance it by throwing on the most pukingly, snuggly screen saver in the cosmos: Baby Panda Cam! That’s right! To commemorate Earth Day, the Annenberg Foundation has launched a live HD video […]
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The Wine Maker
Everyone, we’re about to start! Buzzy, wine-sipping party guests pack themselves into a large living room — some sit along the walls, some lie on the carpeted floor — to watch a what-I-did-on-my-summer-vacation-esque slide show chronicling the latest artistic exploits of their friend, their relative, their daughter, their St. Bernard’s High School graduate Maria Matteoli. […]
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Seven Fowl Days
This week, April 19-25, the annual Godwit Days Spring Migration Festival lands on Humboldt County for its 17th year of fowl play. But let’s end the suspense right up front: You will NOT be able to attend all or even a majority of the more than 100 field trips, lectures, workshops, boat trips, hunting trips […]
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Humboldt’s Wal-Mart Resistance
(Above: Jesse Hughes-MacArthur protests Wal-Mart. Click pics to “biggify.”) With construction of Wal-Mart at Eureka’s Bayshore Mall well under way, it’s perhaps more accurate to say “Wal-Mart is here” instead of “Wal-Mart is coming.” But even though the world’s largest retailer is mere months away from flipping the switch on its latest money vacuum, Humboldt […]
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Pickup Overturned on the 101 Safety Corridor
Yikes! If you’re headed north out of Eureka tonight you might want to take another route. A pickup and a large trailer are blocking one lane of traffic on 101 between the Bayside and Indianola cutoffs. Thankfully, firefighters on the scene reported that no one was hurt in this wreck. (These photos get bigger if […]
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Meet Your New Neighbor!
The Robert Greenwald-directed documentary Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price concludes with a segment highlighting communities that have banded together to prevent the megacorp from setting up shop. Intended to inspire other towns that may be staring down the barrel of the world’s largest retailer, the gospel music-infused montage features pictures of sign-carrying, anti-Wal-Mart […]
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The “Right On!” Campaign
Will ponders the best path to becoming congressman of California’s new Second District.
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Postpone Your Illicit Outdoor Activities, Eurekans
Reschedule that steamy walk through Old Town with your Zumba instructor, wait ’til tomorrow to resume your impulsive car window-smashing, and for Zeussakes put on a damn shirt! We’re guessing you don’t want your dalliances preserved on the most trafficked website in the cosmos. So, just for today, cool it. Back for another look since […]
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Capitol Will
Will’s trip through the halls of government inspire him to get involved.