Marin County Judge James R. Ritchie did the expected thing earlier this week, issuing an injunction on all new repair work at the south end of the North Coast Railroad Authority line. The judge appears to have thrown the authority a small bone: In his preliminary order, he proposed a cutoff date of Oct. 15, […]
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Outsider artist left out in the cold…
Apropos of our recent story about Northcoast visionary artist Reuben Sorensen, who some claim is an outsider artist, the other Journal (from Wall St. not G. St) sheds new light today on just how hard it is to get into the outsider world. NEW YORK — This morning, Ross Brodar plans to rent a 24-foot […]
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Children’s Services Organizes
Following up on our Jan. 10 story about a union drive Northcoast Children’s Services: Organizers just sent out a press release announcing that the drive was successful. Get the press release here (.doc). Northcoast Children’s Services is an umbrella organization that provides all manner of assistance to children and their parents. It has a $10 […]
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A conversation with Myra Melford
You could say 2007 was a good year for jazz pianist Myra Melford , who released two different albums that garnered acclaim and landed on jazz critics’ top 10 lists. Spark ! , for the Palmetto label, paired her with reed player Marty Ehrlich . On Big Picture (for Cryptogramophone ) she worked with bassist […]
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Bill Has A ‘Dream’
Classic NY Post — not one of their all-time greatest, but definitely pretty darn great. Don’t miss it.
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Awesome New Blog
If these walls could talk! Or better yet — blog! Check out the hottest new entry into the Humboldt County blog scene: Eureka Guest Apartment . It’s smoking hot and happening and it’s for the hip kids of today. Especially if their parents are coming to town.
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Aiy-yu-kwee Mobile Home Park Update
Residents of the 18 units of the Aiy-yu-kwee Mobile Home Park on the territory of the Blue Lake Rancheria received letters yesterday from the rancheria announcing that there may be potential buyers for their trailers. Home owner Susie Holderman talked to Blue Lake Rancheria Tribal Administrator Arla Ramsey this morning and, though interactions with the […]
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Celebrity Chaos
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. […]
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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 […]