Loleta School Board to Discuss Voluntary Resolution to Civil Rights Complaint
The Loleta School Board meets this evening to discuss a voluntary resolution agreement with the United States Department of Education that may conclude a four-year process kicked off in December of 2013 by a complaint from the Wiyot Tribe that the Loleta Union Elementary School District had engaged in discriminatory practices toward Native American students.…
Rio Dell Slated to Select New Police Chief
Taking on the role of Rio Dell police chief will be a sort of homecoming for Jeff Conner, who is scheduled to be appointed to the position tonight during a special city council meeting. “I started my law enforcement career in Rio Dell so it seems fitting that I end my career in the same…
Sea Change
The stretch of Eureka’s Fourth Street between T and R streets is broad-daylight sketchy. And yet two restaurants have built cult followings there: Tandoori Bites, with its lunch buffet of curries, and La Patria Mariscos and Grill (1718 Fourth St.), just a samosa’s throw across the street. A couple of years ago, Adrian and Cici Ayala…
Music Tonight: Wednesday, Dec. 13
The Mad River Brewery Tasting Room has guitarist and prolific local producer Piet Dalmolen putting on a free solo show. Aside from providing production duties for too many talented local bands to mention here, playing lead guitar in Pink Floyd tribute supergroup Money and sitting in on many live jams and tributes in the area…
Truck Parade was Lit
The skies were clear, the lights were bright and the happy crowds huddled and waved from the sidewalks as the annual KEKA Christmas Truckers Parade rolled past, honking out “Jingle Bells” in monotone. Photographer Mark McKenna was there with the bundled-up masses, capturing the color and the craziness as dozens and dozens of festooned rigs…
Still no Crab
Another round of testing shows that local Dungeness crab are still not filled out enough, prompting a second delay for the commercial season in Humboldt, Mendocino and Del Norte counties. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife announced today that the opener has been pushed back to Dec. 31 and may not end up starting…
Update: Appellate Court Rejects Bullock Appeal
UPDATE: A panel of California Appellate Court justices today rejected Gary Lee Bullock’s bid to overturn his life sentence for the vicious murder of beloved local priest Eric Freed, whose battered body was found in the St. Bernard Church rectory on New Year’s Day 2014. In unusually swift turnaround, the decision came down less than…
Music Tonight: Tuesday, Dec. 12 (First night of Hannukah!)
The Arcata Theater Lounge hosts The Chris Robinson Brotherhood at 8 p.m., featuring former Black Crowes front man Chris Robinson in the titular role as the presumed leader of the aforementioned brotherhood ($25). This can get confusing, as the Black Crowes featured Chris’ actual brother Rich on guitar providing a very special texture to its…
Deputy Sheriff’s PAC Fined $17K for Violations
The Humboldt County Deputy Sheriff’s Organization’s political action committee has reached a proposed settlement with the state Fair Political Practices Commission after pervasive campaign finance disclosure violations dating back to 2012. Under the proposed settlement, which still needs to be approved by the commission, the PAC will admit to seven violations of campaign finance transparency…
Gifts for the Nice and Naughty Part 2: Meow
Welcome back to our second installment of passive-aggressive seasonal shopping tips, where we help you give to worthy causes in the name of friends and foes alike. How can you do good in the world when you’ve got so much beef? Possibly with beefcake. Gift: The 2018 Cats & Casanovas Calendar Like last year’s retro-sassy…
Chris Robinson Brotherhood at ATL
“No matter where you are in your life, you can always be barefoot in your head.” Dispensing wisdom such as this and some damn good vintage rock, the Chris Robinson Brotherhood arrives like an early Christmas present for music lovers to the Arcata Theatre Lounge on Tuesday, Dec. 12 at 8 p.m. ($25).
Music Tonight: Monday, Dec. 11
Tony Roach continues his residency at The Victorian Inn at 6 p.m., crooning jazz and pop standards to the dining crowd while retaining aural fidelity to the proper ambience of a nice meal (free).
TL;DR: Five Questions to Catch You Up
Busy week? We’ll help you catch up on the basics of this week’s cover story, which details the conversation about what should be done about the statue of President William McKinley and a plaque commemorating the Jacoby Storehouse on the Arcata Plaza. Read the full story here before you dive into a Facebook comments debate. Below,…
Music Tonight: Sunday, Dec. 10
The Deep Groove Society hosts its fourth annual “Rage of Sagittarius” event at the Jam at 9 p.m. ($10). The house-tinged electronic dance fiasco will feature a light show by Fred at Marmelade Sky, performances by artists/Djs/ambassadors of sound Marjo Lak, Eureka’s Chris Renz aka Baggadonuts, and Jan Van Lier as well a special performance…
Music Tonight: Saturday, Dec. 9
Local heavy metal promotional machine Angry Hammer Productions is putting on an all-ages “Thrashorama” at Siren’s Song at 7 p.m. with Oakland’s crust-metal maestros Hazzard’s Cure, supported by Santa Rosa’s Trecelence, San Francisco’s death metal warriors Wrath and local chuggers Death Mode Trippers. Come mosh (responsibly) for $8. American-born and Bermuda-raised dancehall artist and SoHum…
Music Tonight: Friday, Dec. 8
The short weeks leading up to the winter break are a good time to catch some great musical performances at our local centers of higher learning. Here’s one: At 8 p.m. at Fulkerson Hall, you can hear the HSU Singers and Humboldt Chorale perform a concert of vocal music under the title “How Can I…
UPDATE: Draft Interdistrict Transfer Policy Set to Go Before School Boards
Editor’s note: This story was updated from a version posted this morning to include additional information and text of the draft proposal. Humboldt County’s long-standing tradition of allowing parents to choose where their children go to school will likely see some changes next year under a tentative agreement reached by area superintendents this week. Office…
SCRAP Humboldt’s Saturday Makers Market
Make your own gifts and ornaments this year from repurposed or gently used items at the Saturday Makers Market at SCRAP Humboldt on Saturday, Dec. 9 from 1 to 6 p.m. (free admission). Each Saturday will feature different holiday craft vendors showing how they creatively reuse materials in their wares.
UPDATE: Police Chief Says Missing HSU Student Apparently Died from Fall
2nd UPDATE: An autopsy conducted Monday, Dec. 11 concluded that Henry’s death was due to fatal injuries consistent with a fall. The death was found to be self-inflicted. UPDATE: The body of 22-year-old Erin Elizabeth Henry was found at the bottom of Elephant Rock, just south of the Westhaven exit on U.S. Highway 101, according to…
Candy Cane Lane Dance Performance
The No Limits Dance Academy presents its annual Christmas show, an original tap, jazz, hip-hop and ballet show with a journey to the North Pole in Candy Cane Lane, dancing to life Saturday, Dec. 9 at 2 p.m. and Sunday, Dec. 10 at 6 p.m. at the Arkley Center for the Performing Arts ($19-$8.50).
Teen’s 2016 Death Ruled a Homicide
The Eureka Police Department has determined that an 18-year-old girl found dead in December of 2016 died of asphyxia and is investigating the case as a homicide. On Dec. 9, 2016, medics were summoned to a residence in the 300 block of P Street and arrived to find Jennika Lee Suazo, a student at Zoe…
HumBug: Ground Beetles
Tip over a rock and you’re likely to encounter something. Frequently, you’ll see a black beetle a little smaller than a pumpkin seed scurry away. They really don’t like the light. These are type of ground beetle, members of the family carabidae, one of the largest families of animals in the world. They are predators,…
Lighted Truck Parades
The holidays are trucking along, and keeping pace with them are two local lighted parades, North Coast holiday traditions for decades. First in line is the Al Gray Electric Lighted Truck Parade in Fortuna, happening Friday, Dec. 8 at 6:30 p.m. at the Redwood Village Shopping Center (free). All manner of mobile participants from trucks…
Eureka City Council Approves Key Waterfront Projects
The Eureka City Council voted in favor of several waterfront projects Tuesday night, including the commitment of city funds to complete Waterfront Drive between G and J streets and authorizing staff to negotiate a lease-to-buy option for 11 acres east of Halvorsen Park with a developer who would like to build an upscale RV park…
NoHum Holiday Fun
Arcata trips the light fantastic this Friday, Dec. 8 when its Holiday Open House and Arts! Arcata festivities coincide from 6 to 8 p.m. on and around the Arcata Plaza (free). Arts! Arcata, of course, is the monthly walking tour that showcases local art and live music, offering snackables and beverages at participating Arcata businesses.…
Music Tonight: Thursday, Dec. 7
Since its inception in 2005, San Francisco-based Zepparella has maintained a steady mission with a rotating line-up anchored to founding member and 24-inch kick drum enthusiast Clementine’s original vision: an all-female Led Zeppelin cover band par excellence. And no matter what one’s personal opinions are about the music of Led Zeppelin or cover bands in…
Nobel Sexism
Cover up the next paragraph and take a guess at how many women have won the Nobel Prize for Physics, awarded to 206 people since its inception in 1901. And the answer is … Two. Less than 1 percent of the total. Marie Curie received one-quarter of the prize in 1903 for her work on…
A Monumental Decision
One by one, dozens of speakers addressed the large crowd gathered in Arcata’s D Street Community Center on Dec. 4, passionately describing divergent views of two vestiges of the city’s past placed on the Arcata Plaza nearly 60 years apart. One, the statue of President William McKinley, has stood prominently in the city’s center for…
Signs of the Times
Reviews THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI. I have struggled to understand and articulate my feelings about this, the third feature from acclaimed and award-winning playwright-turned-slightly-less-acclaimed-but-still-award-winning writer-director of movies Martin McDonagh. It calls back to his debut In Bruges (2008), with its balance of goofiness and emotional desolation, but also to the more recent Seven Psychopaths…
‘Every Day It’s Something’
Editor: Trump is mentally ill and deranged (Mailbox, Nov. 9). Yesterday he made a racist comment to Native Americans. Every day it’s something whacky, dishonest or bigoted. He debases our nation on a daily basis. History will judge the Republicans harshly for leaving this lunatic in charge. Larry A. Lange, Bayside Related Stories
Grown-up Problems
The Grasshopper and the Aunt Pantomime is a proud European tradition that I’m happy to see gaining a foothold in the U.S., thanks to theatrical funsters like James Peck, Amy Tetzlaff, Alyssa Hughlett and Sarah Peters, the team behind The Grasshopper and the Aunt, the holiday show now playing at the Arcata Playhouse. As with…
Tell the Truth
Editor: The old canard claiming; “California is losing businesses due to over-regulation” conceals the larger reality behind businesses that leave California (Mailbox, Nov. 9). Over three decades of deregulation, we’ve seen accelerated job exports to employ oppressed “Third-World” teens in order to escape the costs of fair wages, workplace safety, employment taxes and the most basic regulations…
Views: Why the RNC is Supporting Roy Moore
The Republican Party has no choice but to support Roy Moore for U.S. Senate in Alabama to keep the small majority it has. The whole purpose of a political party is to keep its members in the majority so it should come as no surprise that the GOP is supporting Moore. The accusations against Moore…
Time to Apologize
Editor: Sylvia Boorstein once said that the nine most important words in the English language are: “I’m sorry, I made a mistake, please forgive me” (“With a Whimper,” Nov. 30). It is now clear that the Board of Supervisors made a colossal blunder in hiring David Marcus as the chief public defender. They owe the…
Don’t Vilify Opioids
Editor: Much has been said regarding an “epidemic” of abuse of opioid drugs (“Bass Announces $4.8 Million Federal Grant, Ramped Up Needle Disposal Efforts at Packed Opioid Town Hall,” Nov. 15). Studies have been cited with little critical thought or regard for the legitimate use and need for such drugs. Look closer at these studies…
‘Call Them’
Editor: Thank you, Patty Harvey, for your detailed article about Senate Bill 562, (“Healthcare for All,” Nov. 30). You succinctly rebutted our local Assemblyman Jim Woods’ reservations about the bill, which echo Senate Speaker Anthony Rendon’s excuses for shelving this important bill. S.B. 562 is a comprehensive, fully detailed plan that includes funding. Yes, we…
Looking out for the Little Guy
There’s a cannabis tug of war going on in Sacramento and it’s starting to look like one side may have a lot more heft than the other. The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) sent shock waves through the state’s marijuana industry Nov. 16 when it released emergency regulations aimed at guiding the nascent…
Queen of the 9×13
Merle Love might seem an old-fashioned name but back in her day, my granny was a known rebel. In fact, she was the first woman in her small town of Sedro-Woolley, Washington, to cut her hair into a flapper’s bob and raise her hemline to just below the knees. When her husband turned out to…
Denatured
In Nancy Tobin’s new installation, an archipelago assembled from wobbly towers of thrift-store flotsam at once defines and obscures the space. Colored light bounces off pool floaties and Barbie parts. Viewers ricochet off art as they chart their course from one assemblage island to the next. Be forewarned: You may get glitter on your shoes.…
Arts! Arcata
Arts! Arcata is Arcata Main Street’s monthly celebration of visual and performing arts, held at locations in Arcata. Visit www.facebook.com/artsarcata for more information or call 822-4500. 650 6TH ST. “Domestic Disturbance,” Nancy Tobin, art installation. ANGELICA ATELIER 11th & H St. Jacqui Langeland, illustrations. ARCATA EXCHANGE 813 H St. Pacific Union School students, mixed media.…
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When the odds seemed their longest and Humboldt State University football seemed destined for the dustbins of history, a Hail Mary pass connected just as time expired. Only this time, it wasn’t a pass from a quarterback to a receiver, but one from a group of dedicated boosters to the university. HSU President Lisa Rossbacher…
Music Tonight: Wednesday, Dec. 6
Soundcloud-famous and Downtown Records-signed low-fi and DIY electronic act Slow Magic brings its Float tour to the Arcata Theater Lounge tonight at 8:30 p.m. ($20, $15 advance) Or, if you want a bass heavier set, The Whomp at the Jam has an eclectic line up at tonight with Biolumigen, Jason Burruss and Mexico City’s Medular…
