If you’re keeping score, this makes it Patrick Cleary and Pat Higgins in the Fifth District, with at least a few more fence-sitters likely to follow. My friends, Please join Cat and me at Azalea Hall in McKinleyville on Wednesday January 20th at 12:30pm when I will announce my candidacy for County Supervisor for 5th […]
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To The Twitter!
For all the ridiculous bells and whistles this blog sports, the easiest way for us to live-cover Governor Schwarzenegger’s address to the citizens of Eureka is through the Twitter. Follow @ncj_of_humboldt, or just scoot on over to our Twitter page every once in a while. The thing is scheduled to start in a few minutes […]
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Foreshock
We craftsmen of the English language are forever in a state of childlike awe at the power of the pictures we paint. We dream our little dreams and release them like butterflies, and watch adoringly as they flutter off to reshape the universe in their image. The Writer accepts and embraces these gifts, and when […]
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Schwarzenegger Declares State Of Emergency
A PROCLAMATION OF A STATE OF EMERGENCY WHEREAS January 9, 2010, an approximately 6.5-magnitude earthquake impacted the northern coast of California; and WHEREAS aftershocks are continuing to impact the region; and WHEREAS the earthquake disrupted utilities and caused damage to at least 175 structures; and WHEREAS damages caused by the earthquake are expected to exceed […]
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Wiggins Stripped of Committees
Wiggins Stripped of Committees: In other news, the Sacramento Bee reports that Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg has stripped Sen. Pat Wiggins of her committee assignments, including her chairmanship of the Local Government committee. Wiggins, whose longstanding health problems have been widely reported and widely denied, will not seek reelection this year.
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Trouble at the Eureka Theater
Photo by Jen Savage. Journal contributor Jennifer Savage is at the Eureka Theater, which is suddenly revealing some of the damage it took from Saturday’s quake. Firemen are on the scene attempting to head off what looks like fairly serious damage to the building’s facade. It’s hard to tell in this photo, but there appear […]
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Audio from the Quake Presser
This is pretty raw. My phone dramatically falls to the floor at one point, giving you an ear-shattering whomp that may startle you into thinking the big aftershock has hit. It has not. Probably not. The order of the speakers are as follows: Rep. Mike Thompson, Assm. Wes Chesbro, Supervisor Clif Clendenen, Supervisor Bonnie Neely, […]
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Mopping Up
Photo by Amy Stewart: http://twitter.com/amyeureka 1). The Eureka City Council will hold an emergency meeting tomorrow morning at 11 a.m. to discuss the fate of the former Old Town Bar & Grill/Lazio’s building, which sits on 2nd Street between D and E in Eureka. We’re being told that the building is extremely unstable, and the […]
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Gallegos Challenger Announces
Gallegos Challenger Announces: The Times-Standard writes that former Deputy DA Kathleen Bryson will run against current DA Paul Gallegos in June 2010. ”Law enforcement has about had it with Paul,” Bryson told the T-S. No word yet from former environmental crimes prosecutor Paul Hagen, a widely rumored
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Arrest in Reetpaul Singh Rana Case
Remember the case of Reetpaul Signh Rana, the San Francisco man killed in Humboldt County in late 2008? They found his body in Alderpoint and his torched car in Big Lagoon. The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office made an arrest yesterday: A suspect has been arrested for the 2008 murder of Reepaul Singh Rana whose body […]
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That Was Copenhagen
Throughout most of December, the Journal carried weekly reports from the COP15 Climate Change summit in Copenhagen. (See here and here and here.) These had been sent to us by local residents David Simpson, Jane Lapiner and Dan Ihara, each of whom had dealt with the topic of global climate change in their work — […]
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A Local Doctor On H1N1
From Dr. Michael Fratkin: Hello Community…. I have something to contribute regarding H1N1 Influenza. My comments are predicated on a deep respect for your autonomy and your capacity to make good decisions for your self and your family. They are also based on 15 seasons caring for the most critically ill hospitalized patients in a […]