Charter School Rift
The prospects of sharing campus space has a community fretting about inequality
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Charter School Rift
On a brisk and blazing-bright Monday morning, school kids frolic on the playground of Redwood Preparatory Charter School in Fortuna. Fourth, fifth and sixth graders in sweatshirts scamper through the wood chips around the swing set, tromp across the giant tractor tires laid flat in the grass and lob basketballs in rainbow arcs toward the…
Searching For Jason Lovell
UPDATE 2/13: It was revealed today that a body found on the beach in Samoa is in fact Jason’s. More details here. # # # # # Last Friday night, Arcata resident Jason Lovell told friends he was going to see a movie. No one has seen him since. He was reported missing by his…
KIEM Camera Recovered Near Site of Amazing Google Street View Images
So, one of the cameras from last weekend’s “News Channel 3” theft was recovered earlier today, along with some cables belonging to the station. (See the press release below.) But more importantly (by which we mean way less importantly), the camera was recovered less than a block from what may be the greatest 360-degree panorama of Eureka…
Tough on Prayer?
The U.S. Supreme Court has resolved just how much prayer is OK at government meetings, but California’s law is a fresh and different battleground, according to a lawyer suing Eureka over city-backed religiosity. So yes, the U.S. president can have a prayer breakfast if he wants, but mayor Frank Jager? Well, attorney Peter Martin said…
This Base Jumping Cat Didn’t Feel Like Being Rescued, Thank You (PHOTO) (UPDATED) (OMG!!!)
Because the internet was invented for sharing cat pics, we bring you “Today in Feline.” Only this one’s significantly more badass. Check out this shot taken by Ferndale’s Dustin DelBiaggio of local police and fire attempting to assist a seemingly helpless cat down from a telephone pole. A reenactment: Dude in orange sweatshirt: “No really,…
Who Broke and Entered and Burglarized the TV Station?
The station may call itself “News Channel 3,” but I suspect they’d rather not be the news. A trailer behind the staion’s Humboldt Hill HQ was allegedly broken into over the weekend, with the thief making off with roughly $10,000 worth of equipment, including four news cameras. On 01-27-2013, approximately 12:00 noon the Humboldt County…
Niner Mania
Niner Mania
Le Havre
The cinematic landscape of Finnish writer-director Aki Kaursimäki is one of offbeat bleakness. In his early films, such as 1988’s Ariel, the flatness of color matches the film’s tone and deadpan, working-class characters. No matter what dreadful situation Kaursimäki’s characters are experiencing in his universe, there is never a sense of romanticism, hipness or…
Round Two
Andrew and Will dig on history.
Instant Volcano
On the afternoon of Feb. 20, 1943, Dionisio Pulido was burning some brush on his Michoacán farm, 200 miles west of Mexico City, when he saw a fissure open up in the ground nearby. In his words, “I set about to ignite the branches again when I felt a thunder, the trees trembled and…
Living History
He still fills a room: Smiles and laughter, Hugs and kisses, Holding hands. A flight jacket And singular dare Near a crescent bay Started his journey With six Presidents, And countless hours Of public service Building a nation. We drive slowly Back to his room And read a speech He wrote years ago. History does…
DIY Delicioso Enchiladas
I’m so white. I feel nervous about even suggesting recipes for enchilada sauce. What chutzpah! Honestly, I am not any kind of Mexican master chef; I’ve used the same enchilada recipe from The Vegetarian Epicure my whole life. Besides, we live in California — trying to make my own Mexican food at home seems like…
Recoil
The pen is mightier than the sword. But neither can match the firepower of a gun. And when you try to use a pen to combat guns in this country, prepare for backlash. In December, the Journal-News in New York (the current manifestation of my hometown paper) published a map of people issued handgun…
Your Kids Are Bored. Here’s Some Dinosaurs
Dear Mom and Dad, What have you done for me lately? Do you know that Christmas was an entire month ago? Most of the presents you bought for me are either broken, lost or were clothes to begin with. I’m questioning if I still want to be part of this family. ‘Cuz I’m really…
Crossing Cultural Boundaries
Saxophonist Joe Lovano was raised on jazz. Growing up in Cleveland, he learned music from his dad, Tony “Big T” Lovano, who led a jazz combo. Joe picked up the sax at the age of 6; when he finished high school he headed for Boston to attend the prestigious Berklee College of Music. He…
Mapping High Costs
As the hoopla subsides and Humboldt waits to see if Jimmy Kimmel will grace us with his presence in May, Humboldt State University’s Institute of Interdisciplinary Marijuana Research soldiers on with its green studies. For the first 2013 installment of its marijuana-themed speaker series, the institute will feature HSU geographer Monica Stephens presenting “Data…
Cop Slip-up ‘Scary’
Editor: Congratulations on your recent stories covering gun control/constitutional rights (“The Gun Issue,” Jan. 10). It showed the many facets of this divisive issue without taking a side, which is good journalism. It is rare to see true journalists these days who dig and report. I was blown away by the “Bad Guys With Guns” article. I assumed that a…
Thronging to the Inaugural
People weren’t kidding about the cold or the crowds or the miles we’d walk. Get there early, they advised. I meant to, had planned on catching the Metro at 4 a.m., when the trains started running, but in my tiredness, I’d set the alarm for 3:15 p.m. instead of 3:15 a.m. I woke up sans…
Funny in the Head
Reviews SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK. There are two ways to watch Silver Linings Playbook. You can view it with an open mind and generous concern for the human condition or you can have a background in psychology. I tried my damnedest to achieve the former, but eventually the latter could not be ignored. Despite brilliant performances…
On Top
Start with a surfer dude’s devil-may-care attitude, add a touch of ganja-fueled reggae, a little taste of punk rock and hip hop and you have Slightly Stoopid. The band got its start in the mid-’90s in Ocean Beach when best buds Miles Doughty and Kyle McDonald were in high school. Bradley Nowell from the…
Raspberry Regret
Editor: I first want to say that I’m definitely a fan of Amy Stewart! However, to all who enjoyed her fabulous article “Put a Berry in It” (Jan. 10) as I did, I just want to offer up a big, thorny warning that they might want to think twice before they decide to plant…
Quandary of Color
Editor: Why did ancient languages have so few words for colors, asks Barry Evans (“Homer’s Wine-dark Sea” Jan. 10 and 17), and why do some languages use the same word for both blue and green? Were the ancients colorblind, and have some of us just lately learned to see? No, says Evans, we only differ…
