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Willow Creek: The Comic
Mention the name Willow Creek and one thing immediately comes to mind: Bigfoot. If you’ve visited the area, you can easily imagine the stench-ridden man-ape living an elusive life in the surrounding mountainous forests as the townspeople happily go about their day. When 33-year-old Los Angeles writer Christian Beranek visited the town in April 2007, […]
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Aiy-yu-kwee, Goodbye
In December of last year, residents of the Aiy-yu-kwee Mobile Home Park — located on the territory of the Blue Lake Rancheria — were expecting to receive the usual season’s greetings: good tidings and Christmas cheer. Instead, they got eviction notices. When 76-year-old Sid Madjarac received his letter, the first thing he thought about was […]
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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 […]
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Teen Shot in Eureka
From the EPD: On 1/15/07 at about 1:25 am the Eureka Police Department received a report that a 16-year-old male gunshot victim had arrived at the St Joseph Hospital Emergency Room. Officers contacted the victim who explained that unknown suspects had attempted to rob him on Pine Street near Lincoln School. During the course of […]
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Rumor of the Week
Says a for-the-moment unidentified but reputable source: All- Keep your eyes and ears open, BILL CLINTON is tentatively scheduled to fly up to Eureka on Wed. 1/15 landing around noon and traveling either to HSU or Stanton’s restaurant. We need to bring lots of people up to the airport to greet him and then follow […]
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virtual interview with guitarist David Daniell
Who are you? My name is David Daniell. I’m a guitarist. I’ve been playing with a guitar/guitar/drums trio called San Agustin for the last 10+ years, with releases on Family Vineyard and Table of the Elements . The last few years I’ve been focusing on solo electric guitar. Where are you from? I grew up […]
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Gallegos Loses
The First Appellate Court has just weighed in on the landmark fraud suit brought by District Attorney Paul Gallegos against Pacific Lumber. Gallegos has lost. The trial court decision to toss the case on demurrer was affirmed in full. More to come… UPDATE: The appellate court decision can be found here (.pdf).
