Sharp-eyed Blogthing reader “Lou” — who wins instant promotion to our MVP Reader Team — noticed yesterday that nine commercial properties in downtown Scotia have been listed for sale on the Humboldt County Multiple Listing Service . (No direct links, unfortunately. Search for Scotia properties.) The buildings in question include the Pacific Lumber HQ, the […]
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Enter Vevoda
Looks like there’s going to be a real election in each of the three supervisorial districts up for grabs this time around. In the Arcata-centered Third District, you’ve got the four-way progressive mishmash coalescing around Paul Pitino, Mike Wilson, Mark Lovelace and Elizabeth Conner. Down in the Fortuna/SoHum Second District, it’s incumbent Roger Rodoni v. […]
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Codes, Damned Codes
Down at the county courthouse there’s a file labeled The County of Humboldt v. Charles Garth and Does 1-25. It’s a code violation case — but there’s some dispute between the parties as to just exactly who’s violating whose code. On one side, there are the residents of a ferny, forested place they call Yee […]
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Life Preserver
On a clear day in Petrolia, long-time environmental activist Richard Gienger and Seth Zuckerman, forestry director for the Mattole Restoration Council, sit outside of the council’s office at a weathered picnic table explaining what Zuckerman calls the "vision of stewardship" his organization has for the entire Mattole River watershed. Presently, that vision is focused on […]
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Redwood in NYC
Well, poor Johnny Redwood is gone, but one of his dreams, “Redwood Adventures TV,” is going straight to the top — New York — as a finalist in the TV pilot category at the NY International Independent Film and Video Festival, which starts this Friday. In case you’re there. More about it here.
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Virtual Candidacies
Most everyone up here in the Third Supervisorial district is keeping coy. You’ve got activist Mark Lovelace, Bay District Commissioner Mike Wilson and former Arcata City Councilmember Elizabeth Conner each saying that they are currently “seriously considering” a run for the Board of Supervisors seat being vacated by John Woolley. Only current Arcata City Councilmember […]
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‘Bloodhounds’ Requested
The University of California at Davis has launched a dog blood-donor program . That’s dog-to-dog of course. Some die-hard owners would no doubt be willing to open a vein for their favorite pet, but that service isn’t available yet. And if you’re wondering, according to the UC Davis press release, dogs, unlike humans, have 13 […]
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A Yurok Perspective
Thomas Dunklin, a local fisheries geo-videologist, recently completed a documentary film, commissioned by the Yurok Tribe, about the Klamath River Restoration Agreement. It includes interviews with Yurok Tribal Chairwoman Maria Tripp, tribal member Troy Fletcher, who has been active in the settlement talks, and senior fisheries biologist for the tribe Mike Belchik. [vodpod id=ExternalVideo.481187&w=425&h=350&fv=] from […]
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Save the other Grizzly
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. […]