Worried about that huge padlock that may be clamped onto the entrance to Grizzly Creek Redwoods State Park once — if — the guvnr shuts ‘er down, along with 47 other beloved state parks across California? That’s his idea, as part of a budget nip that critics say will save little but wound many. Well, […]
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Neighbors
By now, we’re all thoroughly bored with the cute story about the neighborly squabble in Sunnyvale over some redwood trees on one side of the property line that swallowed whole some solar panels on the other side of the property line. Or shaded them out or whatever. Most of the press chuckled a bit while […]
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Thompson Blasts Maxxam
… relatively speaking. Of all the position statements filed by politicos in the Pacific Lumber bankruptcy — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sen. Dianne Feinstein and now Rep. Mike Thompson — Thompson’s, submitted on Friday, comes closest to actually taking a position on the case. As with all political communications, you have to read between the lines. […]
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You Saw It Here First
… unless you’ve already seen it somewhere else. This is the Internet’s next big thing, mark my words. Just in time, too — LOLcats are so mid-to-late-2007. Visit Barack Obama Is Your New Bicycle now. And then prepare for the next six months of everyone talking about Barack Obama Is Your New Bicycle and its […]
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‘Til Tuesday
The Board cannot state more ardently the importance of Redwood Memorial Hospital and keeping the hospital operating. They’re throwing around a lot of money over there at the County of Humboldt. Perhaps they should think about hiring an editor. They do come cheap. The sentence above was taken from a draft letter from the Board […]
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Blog on Blog Ruling
Shasta County Superior Court Commissioner Gary Gibson has rejected a request from a reporter at the Record Searchlight in Redding seeking a restraining order against a former friend turned blogging nemesis. Beth Doolittle-Norby’s blog, “No Phat Pink Chicks,” pokes fun at journalist Christy Lochrie’s reporting, looks and personality, according to an AP report , which […]
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Poetry without Borders
Activist poet David Smith-Ferri will read from his book, Battlefield without Borders, at Northtown Books in Arcata, Saturday, March 9, at 7 pm. Smith-Ferri first visited Iraq in 1999 as part of an eight-member fact-finding delegation. According to his website, he wrote two thirds of the poems while in Iraq after encounters with Iraqi people. […]
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The Other Hillary
Where there’s a Will, there’s a way. Just ask 27-year-old Fortuna native Hillary Will, the fastest female in the history of NHRA drag racing. Will, in her nitro-fueled, 8,000-horsepower dragster, will compete this weekend, Feb. 22-24, at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series at Firebird Int’l Raceway in Phoenix, Ariz. If she doesn’t do well, […]
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That’ll speech ’em.
Seems the stuffy old TriMet folks — you know (or perhaps you don’t), the Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon — have refused to let the Karuk Tribe run a decidedly anti-Klamath-dams ad on their public buses. So today the Karuk, ACLU and Friends of the River turned around and slapped TriMet with a free […]
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Your Tuesday Tedium
In other words, what’s on at the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors and the Eureka City Council next week. We’re going to try to make this a regular Friday afternoon feature on the Blogthing. As a way to make those hellishly painful final hours of the work-week even more painful, we will delve deep into […]
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Alpha Blondy cancels tour / Gregory Isaacs replaces him in Arcata
African reggae star Alpha Blondy , who had been scheduled to perform at the Arcata Community Center next Sunday, Feb. 24 , has canceled the remaining dates of his American tour. An inquiry to the producers of the Ragga Muffins Festivals , a series of concerts planned for the West Coast featuring the singer from […]
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Jimmy’s In
No surprise — First District Supervisor Jimmy Smith announced today that he’ll be running for reelection this year. When first elected to serve, I made a commitment to get things done and treat people with respect. We have worked cooperatively with tribes, cities, the county, local organizations and state and federal agencies to achieve success. […]