Humboldt County government takes delivery of its new Toyota Prius, first in the fleet of hybrid vehicles it is looking to purchase. That would be one possible caption for this photo. Any others? Press release (.doc)
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Pipes Unclogged
See yesterday’s post. It’s all fixed now. Once again, all your Humboldt County favorites can be found in the same RSS feed. Thanks to Kevin and the Yahoo Pipes team for the fix! I get the feeling that it was more than a trivial bit of work.
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Redwood Art Association Awards Indifference
Redwood Art Association Awards its Artist Members $2640 in Prizes at its Fall Exhibition EUREKA – The Best of Show Award ($500) was given to ” Walls of Indifference,” a three-dimensional ceramic by Trinidad artist Daniel Frachon. “The Best of Show was immediately apparent as a great example of a spirit house. It is so […]
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Another Media Alert
This one’s not exactly newsy. More or less a proud parents, local girl in Hollywood thing. A note from the Loncar family of Arcata: Hey Everyone, Mandy [ Amanda Loncar ] is on Grey’s Anatomy Thurs, ABC at 9pm (the blonde fighting it out over a wedding gown!) … Also in Lions from Lambs (Robert […]
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As Ol’ Salty Used To Say
Today’s Times-Standard editorial on municipal wi-fi takes the default T-S approach: On the one hand, X. But then again, Y. So let’s have all good people come together for a solution that will be mutually beneficial for all, because we hate having to choose sides. However, the editorial kicks off with an arresting bit of […]
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Polling the Proles
Proving again that she’s one of the savviest players around, Democracy Unlimited Director Kaitlin Sopoci-Belknap waits until 1 a.m. on Nov. 1 to send out this press release. Thus avoiding the Halloween jokes. Or so she thought. EUREKA – Democracy Unlimited of Humboldt County’s (DUHC) mission is to create genuine democracy in Humboldt County. To […]
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Clogged Pipes
Apparently there’s quite a few people who make use of the “Humboldt Blogs” Yahoo Pipe that I put together a few months ago. That’s really gratifying, because I love dinking around with software and this is the first time I’ve actually built anything that the general public has found useful. For the uninitiated, the “Humboldt […]
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Be Mike’s Phone Friend
Want to chat with a real live Congressman? WASHINGTON – This Thursday, Congressman Mike Thompson will host a live town hall meeting via telephone and he is inviting every resident of the 1st Congressional District to join him. Participants will be able to directly ask Congressman Thompson questions about issues that impact the 1st District […]
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We’re So Proud
others Former NCJ muckracker Cat Sieh is raising hell up in Bellingham, Wash. What happens when a culturejacking fast food chain tries to weasel out of a fair-and-square deal? Cat Sieh busts its ass, that’s what! Result. Way to fight the power, Cat!
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Bay District $$$
Six days until the big election, and the story right now is up in the Fifth Division, where incumbent candidate Charles Ollivier is embarking on a big media push. According to papers filed with the Elections Office on Tuesday, Ollivier made a last-minute $5,000 TV buy this week. He also spent $2,300 on a new […]
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Co-op Controversy on KMUD
Self-proclaimed ” militant, yet peaceful, non-violent revolutionary vegan” activist Martha Devine aka Granny Green Genes writes alerting us to a segment on tonight’s 6 p.m. KMUD news (Halloween edition) on the “Co-op Controversy,” featuring interviews with Dana Silvernale, Co-op activist and Humboldt County Green Party Chair and Co-op Interim General Manager Howard Julien addressing, as […]
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Don’t Get Comfortable
surfer. Hello, friends! This is going to be the temporary home of the North Coast Journal blog. We’re going to get this party started here on Wordpress before that glorious day when we make the jump to our own homepage. How long will we be here? Maybe a couple of weeks. Probably a month or […]