Retired Judge James Warren presided over two days of testimony in the Reggae lawsuit, Mateel v People Productions LLC & Tom Dimmick today and yesterday. So far only Dimmick has testified, and he’s not done yet. While on a break, Warren mentioned some of the significant cases he worked on while on the bench in […]
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Fire Contained at Humboldt State
A fire broke out earlier today in Old Music Building 8A on the Humboldt State University campus. The cause of the fire is still unknown. At 1:30 p.m. HSU faculty noticed smoke coming from a locked custodial closet in the music building, according to HSU spokesman Paul Mann. After the fire alarm was pulled, university […]
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How Do We Miss These Things?
It looks like The Marching Lumberjacks posted this Kabuki interpretation of the (Alleged) Great Arkley Shove way back in October. But it flew right past us until a sharp-eyed loyal reader brought it to our attention a few minutes ago. The pertinent routine begins at minute mark 4:30. Deeply unfair to everyone involved, no doubt.
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Your 9-5 No Longer 215 Compatible
In a 5-2 decision Thursday, the California Supreme Court ruled that the 1996 initiative, Proposition 215, which exempts medical marijuana patients and their caregivers from state prosecution, does not limit an employer’s authority to fire workers for violating federal drug laws. ( SF Chronicle article here ). “We have no reason to conclude the voters […]
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Pile On Bill
There’s a damning leader on Bill Clinton in this week’s New Republic. (Subscription required, proles.) It’s entitled “Reduced Bill”: The post-presidency is usually a good phase of a president’s life. At their best, these retirees largely extricate themselves from factional politics and remake themselves as servants of the common good. That’s basically what Clinton has […]
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Aiy-yu-kwee Mobile Home Park News
On Tuesday, Aiy-yu-kwee Mobile Home Park resident Cory Holderman asked the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors for help. According to a report in the Times-Standard, the board voted to direct the Economic Division of Humboldt County Community Development Services “to assist in identifying and preparing grant applications and/or other funding sources for relocation assistance, if […]
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Humboldt’s Biggest Export to China
Not really. It turns out that the Chinese have their own Sasquatch and he/she lives in the forests of Hubei Province (central China). If you haven’t read it already, check out the Journal’s recent Bigfoot exposé. [vodpod id=ExternalVideo.470602&w=425&h=350&fv=playlist%3Dno%26branding%3Dno%26imgPath%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fi.current.com%2Fimages%2Fepg%2Ftravel%2Fsearching_for_bigfoot%2F1_400x300.jpg%26vidPath%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fv.current.com%2Fvideo%2Ffeeds%2Fbroadcast%2FPods%2FPD05%2F323%2FPD05323.flv%26autoplay%3Dtrue] from current.com posted with vodpod
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Marin Judge Issues RR Injunction
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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Dammed if you do …
Early last week, stakeholders in the Klamath settlement talks went public with a water deal that was immediately hailed as "historic" and a "breakthrough" in the press. That deal, the product of three years of closed-door meetings between myriad interests including environmental groups, farmers, commercial fishermen and tribes, comes with a $1 billion price tag […]
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Stumped
When President Bill Clinton first decided to come to town early last week, the news spread instantaneously throughout the county and left a good percentage of the population buzzing with excitement. For a very large segment of Humboldt County — the politically active, left-leaning segment — the news was like the call of a spring […]