You know how when you travel anywhere and mention you’re from Humboldt how some people give you that snarky, knowing look and put two fingers up to their mouth to smoke that imaginary blunt? Yeah. That’s going to happen to you a lot more. But why? Well, on Feb. 20, no less than the Discovery […]
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Searching For Jason Lovell
UPDATE 2/13: It was revealed today that a body found on the beach in Samoa is in fact Jason’s. More details here. # # # # # Last Friday night, Arcata resident Jason Lovell told friends he was going to see a movie. No one has seen him since. He was reported missing by his […]
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New Skin
Got an unsightly bare patch of skin the cool kids make fun of? Ink up that epidermis when the annual Inked Heart Tattoo Expo returns to the Blue Lake Casino, Wednesday, Jan. 30 through Sunday, Feb. 3. Now in its third year, the event features numerous tattoo artists, vendors and addicts, as well as other […]
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You Live Here. Run.
When people are all, “You live in Humboldt? Why?” you know how you go into your spiel about our majestic, rocky coastline and big ol’ trees — “nature,” essentially. We got really good nature, you assert. Yeah, haven’t been spending that much time out in it, have you? It’s cold, it’s wet. We get […]
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This Base Jumping Cat Didn’t Feel Like Being Rescued, Thank You (PHOTO) (UPDATED) (OMG!!!)
Because the internet was invented for sharing cat pics, we bring you “Today in Feline.” Only this one’s significantly more badass. Check out this shot taken by Ferndale’s Dustin DelBiaggio of local police and fire attempting to assist a seemingly helpless cat down from a telephone pole. A reenactment: Dude in orange sweatshirt: “No really, […]
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Your Kids Are Bored. Here’s Some Dinosaurs
Dear Mom and Dad, What have you done for me lately? Do you know that Christmas was an entire month ago? Most of the presents you bought for me are either broken, lost or were clothes to begin with. I’m questioning if I still want to be part of this family. ‘Cuz I’m really […]
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Mapping High Costs
As the hoopla subsides and Humboldt waits to see if Jimmy Kimmel will grace us with his presence in May, Humboldt State University’s Institute of Interdisciplinary Marijuana Research soldiers on with its green studies. For the first 2013 installment of its marijuana-themed speaker series, the institute will feature HSU geographer Monica Stephens presenting “Data […]
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Man Arrested After Walking Past Elementary School With Shotgun
Press release from Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office: On 01-18-2013, approximately 10:30 a.m. the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office received multiple 911 calls regarding a man with a gun, described as a rifle walking on Walnut Drive towards the Cutten Elementary School. Initial reports were the man was wearing a Camo colored backpack. Deputies were immediately dispatched […]
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Eureka Inmate Leaps To His Death
Update Jan. 22: The fatal fall brings to 16 the number of inmates who have died in Humboldt County’s jail since 2000, according to county sheriff’s records. Except for 2001, when four inmates died, the annual death rate has ranged from zero to two. A three-year streak of no deaths at all behind bars ended […]
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No, This Is 40
It felt like we’d come so far. Then the 2012 election season reminded us, yet again, that we’ve got a long, ugly journey ahead of us when it comes raising awareness of women’s rights and health issues. In delightful conversations about “legitimate rape,” or whether college students using contraceptives should be labeled “sluts,” or […]