We’ll have more on last night in next week’s paper. How would you describe it in one word? Inspirational? Insanity? The word we want to use starts with “cluster…” and rhymes with “duck.” But this is a family blog. For now, we’ll just note that Darsh’s write-up over at the M-Town blog rang pretty true. […]
Hank Sims
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Full Circle
We’re counting down the days now to Jan. 30, when — as noted last week — plans for the reorganization of the bankrupt Pacific Lumber Co. are due to be filed in federal bankruptcy court. On that day, we plan to plunge headfirst into a mountain of technical and legal documentation, hoping against hope that […]
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Waiting for Bill
… a.k.a “Final Final Final Clinton Details.” It probably goes without saying, but you shouldn’t expect Bill Clinton to enter Redwood Acres at 6:30 p.m. on the dot tonight, no matter what advance folk are saying. Clinton has three scheduled stops today . He’s in Oakland this morning, Napa this afternoon and Eureka in the […]
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‘The Great Redwood Forest’
A new proposal for the future of Pacific Lumber was unveiled yesterday by The Nature Conservancy, the Save-the-Redwoods League, Bank of America and other organizations, including a local group that includes environmental activists Mark Lovelace and David Simpson. The consortium appears to be consulting with the holders of Pacific Lumber’s principal debtors, the owners of […]
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Final Final Clinton Details
It’ll be at Redwood Acres, in the Home Arts building, at 6:30 p.m. tomorrow (Wednesday, Jan. 8). Doors open at either 4:30 p.m. or 5:30 p.m. (Conflicting reports.) You’d better be there on time, we’d guess. Keep it tuned to the Blogthing for more details. UPDATE, WEDNESDAY 12:30 p.m.: See here.
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Disambiguation
How to tell a visiting Secret Service agent from a Humboldt County resident, with help from Flickr user Chuck Patch : It’s not as difficult as you might imagine. On the left: Secret Service agent. On the right: Humboldt County resident. Let’s try another one, this time with an assist from Dave Whelan : Did […]
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Teen Shot in Eureka
From the EPD: On 1/15/07 at about 1:25 am the Eureka Police Department received a report that a 16-year-old male gunshot victim had arrived at the St Joseph Hospital Emergency Room. Officers contacted the victim who explained that unknown suspects had attempted to rob him on Pine Street near Lincoln School. During the course of […]
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Rumor of the Week
Says a for-the-moment unidentified but reputable source: All- Keep your eyes and ears open, BILL CLINTON is tentatively scheduled to fly up to Eureka on Wed. 1/15 landing around noon and traveling either to HSU or Stanton’s restaurant. We need to bring lots of people up to the airport to greet him and then follow […]
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Gallegos Loses
The First Appellate Court has just weighed in on the landmark fraud suit brought by District Attorney Paul Gallegos against Pacific Lumber. Gallegos has lost. The trial court decision to toss the case on demurrer was affirmed in full. More to come… UPDATE: The appellate court decision can be found here (.pdf).
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Redwood U.
As we speak, all around the country various high-powered financial players and their consultants and their attorneys are busy drawing up plans for the next phase of the Pacific Lumber Co.’s 150-year history. Judge Richard S. Schmidt, who has overseen the company’s year-long bankruptcy case, last month decreed that by the end of the month […]
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Unlike Mike
“How happy it would make us to see Bush and Cheney behind bars!” So said Mitch Clogg, Democratic candidate for Congress, on KMUD radio on Sunday. And if anyone within distance of the radio signal objected to the notion, they did not bother to make their objection heard. Clogg was one of three candidates who […]
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The Duel
While national politics dominate the news tonight, why not take a moment to revisit a seminal moment in our country’s history as retold by a guy who just slammed a pint of Scotch? Starring Michael Cera, the greatest actor in America*. * = (… who does not appear on The Wire and is also not […]