In the very second episode of this column (Sept. 7, 2006), we took note of some puzzling statements made by former Humboldt State University President Alistair McCrone in the letters page of the Times-Standard. McCrone’s topic was global warming, and specifically the idea that human activity could somehow influence the Earth’s climate. Nonsense, said the […]
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Eureka Books: Sold!
It could have been a real tragedy for Eureka intellectual life, but what a happy ending! Eureka Books, an indispensable Old Town institution, has been bought by two of the bookiest people we know: Scott Brown, editor of Fine Books & Collections magazine and pinch-hitting columnist , and Amy Stewart, celebrated author and Journal gardening […]
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Press Issues and Global Warming
Copies of the new NCJ are usually hitting Arcata and Eureka right about now. Not this week. It looks like there were some problems at the printers last night, and the Journal won’t be going out until this afternoon or tomorrow. We haven’t seen any copies yet. Here’s a tease, though. This week, the Journal […]
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Disemvowelment In Effect
We’ve been blissfully troll-free in the month that the Blogthing has been live, but it was only a matter of time. Notice: Trollish posts herein and henceforth will be disemvoweled. If you really want to see what has been posted you can figure it out, but you’ll have to put in a bit of work. […]
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Cutbacks at the ER
Chris Durant and Kimberly Wear outside Times-Standard headquarters this morning. Photo: Al Eisenstadt. The war may not be over, but the Eureka Reporter ‘s big announcement this morning is pretty much as expected — a five-day-per-week publishing schedule and a bumped-up website. The days of fancy paper are long gone. Can the ER make it […]
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The Glory That Is Willits
This week in my column I wrote a little bit about Willits , my hometown, and how it’s become awesome all of a sudden: Willits is the new Garberville. Only bigger and even cooler. Ten years ago the tweakers owned the town. Now they seem to have been banished. Someone flipped some sort of switch […]
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FPPC To Investigate Campbell
The state Fair Political Practices Commission will undertake an investigation of Fortuna Mayor John Campbell, according to a press release sent out this afternoon by Mark Lovelace of the Humboldt Watershed Council. The investigation, in response to an HWC complaint, will center on whether or not Campbell has acted improperly by failing to disclose retirement […]
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To Trial Appellate-Level Oral Argumentation
If I read this right, it looks like the appellate court just set a trial date for appellate arguments in the case of People v. Pacific Lumber. That’s District Attorney Paul Gallegos’ suit against Palco for allegedly fraudulent actions committed by the company during the Headwaters Deal. Yes, the one that caused all the fuss. […]
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World of Hurt
Tuesday was a black, black day for the North Coast Railroad Authority, the public agency in charge of the 10-years-dead railroad tracks between Humboldt County and the Bay Area. It was the day when all the players who have been amassing in opposition to the authority’s quixotic mission finally laid down their cards. To brag […]
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The Essential Schlong
It once was one of my very favorite things in the world, but about 10 years ago my copy of Tumours, the song-for-song cover of Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours by the mighty Schlong , went missing. Then, a few weeks ago, I find it sitting there on a bookshelf like it had never left. My turntable […]
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Wednesday Morning Papers
Evergreen Pulp is back in the running for that defunct Weyerhaeuser pulp mill in Cosmopolis, Wash. According to the Daily World, Evergreen’s bid involves a joint deal with the local public utilities district. Evergreen would get the mill and the PUD would get the mill’s biomass plant. Reporter Aaron Glantz has a piece about the […]