Kathy Srabian makes an excellent point vis a vis the Marina Center in the Humboldt Herald this morning: Home Depot, the chain that is supposed to anchor the development, is in a state of contraction, not expansion.”The ‘Marina Center has become synonymous with ‘Home Depot,’” Srabian writes, after laying out a raft of research that […]
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Cockburn on Legalization
Alexander Cockburn — Petrolia resident, Nation columnist and pinch-hitting Town Dandy — this week takes a trip down memory lane, reliving 30 years of Humboldt County marijuana economy and culture. If you’re a subscriber, you can see that Cockburn is skeptical of the Journal‘s “somewhat silly” recent thoughts on how to salvage a bit of post-legalization trade for […]
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Your Mail May Be Late
Thanks to reader “JS” for the best-yet illustration of just what a shitty day it is today.
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199: Another One Bites the Dust
Goog. Just so’s you know: Highway 199 is currently closed in both directions due to another massive landslide. Caltrans is saying that it won’t be open again until tonight, at best. You can call 1-800-427-7623 for info and updates.
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C’mon, Google Broadband!
C’mon, Google Broadband!: Humboldt County’s Redwood Region Economic Development Commission launches its bid to bring the Google municipal mega-broadband initiative to our fair county. Their finely crafted pitch to our new Google overlords gets in plenty of well-deserved digs at the goofball yokels who have jumped into lakes and renamed their towns to win the […]
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Free Film Rumors Roil Humboldt County
. We’ve been getting a lot of chatter over the transom today, and it all centers around an alleged free showing of the acclaimed documentary Food, Inc. next Friday night at the Arcata Community Center. As we walked down to the taco trunk for lunch, news of this event was on everyone’s lips. Could it […]
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The 99 Plant Rule
The 99 Plant Rule: Friend o’ Journal Tim Stelloh writes about the wackadoodle new regulations that Mendo County is about to lay down on its medical marijuana growers. From the Anderson Valley Advertiser
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Legalize
This week, we’re delighted to run our friend Kym Kemp‘s sober and insightful essay about how Humboldt County should prepare for the inevitable legalization of marijuana in California and elsewhere. Her story hits newsstands just as the national media — The New York Times, the Associated Press, National Public Radio and others — picks up […]
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Wiggins Semi-Steps Down, A Week Too Late
test. The Sacramento Bee is reporting that State Senator Pat Wiggins has decided to take what they’re calling “partial leave” from the legislature in order to deal with her still-undisclosed medical condition. Apparently, Wiggins will pretty much stay at her Sonoma County home except when summoned to the Capitol to cast a vote. This move […]
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Tsunami Test
Tsunami Test: In a couple of moments, the Emergency Alert System will be activated and the tsunami sirens are going to go off. This is a test. This is only a
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Arcata Vegan Apostate Pepper-Pied
The SF Chron reports that Arcata author Lierre Keith, a former vegan turned anti-vegan , was pied with some sort of chili-pepper creme concoction while giving a speech in the Bay Area last weekend. Vegan anarchists claimed responsibility. Roll the tape: Your browser is not able to display this multimedia content. Keith talks about the […]
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More of the Usual
For the last few weeks, newspapers around the North Coast have been calling on State Senator Pat Wiggins to resign her office. The worst of them adopt a pleading sort of tone. First they fire a 21-gun salute to honor Wiggins’ many years in elected office, reading her accomplishments into the record. Then, suddenly, they […]