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Cheap Eats
Depending on how old you are, the idea of two people eating well for $20 — tax and tip included — generally yields a sigh of nostalgia or a raised eyebrow of skepticism. And yet, it turns out there are quite a few places in Humboldt County where you can sit down to a truly…
Is this a test, universe?
This held my gaze for longer than I’m comfortable with. Who says you can’t eat cheap in Old Town?
ASP Rocks HSU
As of today you can get non-season tickets to individual shows in HSU’s CenterArts Season at HSU, a cool collection of sit down concerts (details here and here). CenterArts has lots of great artists that anyone might like — k.d. lang, Tower Of Power, Elvis Costello, Richard Thompson, Ahmad Jamal, Arlo Guthrie, Rufus Wainwright, for…
Sex Assault Rumor Worries Reggae Organizers
Reggae on the River organizers are trying to sound a “safe, family event” note at the same time that they’re scrambling for more details about a reported sex assault in a campground south of the festival. The scramble hasn’t been made easier by an apparent mis-communication between Humboldt and Mendocino county sheriff’s departments. Back on…
“Randy” SoHum Search
Press release from the Humboldt County Sheriffs Office: On 07-27-2012, approximately 11:00 p.m. the Humboldt County Sheriffs Office received a call regarding an assault with firearm which just occurred on Main Street, Alderpoint. A Humboldt County Sheriff’s Deputy and California Highway Patrol Officer responded to the scene. Upon their arrival the deputy spoke with the…
North to Alaska
When Cuban-American rapper Armando Cristian Pérez, aka Pitbull, makes a rare appearance at a Walmart in Kodiak, Alaska on Monday, former Humboldt resident David Thorpe will be along for the ride. In fact Thorpe is personally responsible for sending the rapper to what he figured was the most remote Walmart in the United States. In…
Diets for Losers?
Last week, I discussed the discouraging news about diets: 95 percent of the time, they don’t work in the long term. However, that still leaves 5 percent of people who succeed. This is how they do it, according to the National Weight Control Registry. • Consistent and gradual weight loss works better than rapid, short-term…
Humboldt Rockers
As Rex Atienza prepares to settle on a bench in the courtyard of Redwood Raks to talk before one of his free breakdancing classes, he asks if his crew, the Humboldt Rockers, might join him. Atienza wants them with him since it’s the Rockers we’re talking about. This opening gesture speaks volumes about the soft-spoken…
Humboldt’s Exhausted Weekend
Somewhere on the long list of reasons why you chose to spend your life in Humboldt County is scrawled something that resembles “the fresh air.” Our mixture of salty Pacific breezes and damp, fresh redwood must are enough to draw tens of thousands of people-filled cars to our pristine beaches and forests each year.…
Power to the Peeps
Between the Barclays Bank/LIBOR rate-rigging affair and the HSBC money-laundering scandal, the banking industry and bankers in general have been facing some bad press of late. So it’s no surprise that the always-topical (never silent) San Francisco Mime Troupe features crooked bankers in its latest musical, For the Greater Good or The Last Election. The…
Seven-O-Science
Photocomicking made easy! Go forth and funny!
Get Your Port On
Get Your Port On
For Jerry
Exalted guitar god Jerry Garcia would have turned 70 on Aug. 1, if not for the fact that he proved himself all too mortal in 1995 when a heart attack took his life. Local Deadheads have a couple of ways to celebrate Jerry’s legacy this week. Saturday the Donna Jean Godchaux Band plays at…
Dark Indeed
Reviews THE DARK KNIGHT RISES. Writer/director/self-avowed comic book super-geek James Gunn (Slither, Super) recently spoke with great fervor about the themes and undercurrents of the Batman mythology. In particular he referenced Batman’s “unquenchable thirst [for] vengeance because somebody killed his parents, and he’s got this bottomless pit inside himself [because] he can never do that.”…
Downey Calls for Backup
Over the last couple of weeks, Humboldt County has been virtually crawling with federal law enforcement agents on the prowl for big-time weed dealers. First, on July 10, came United States Drug Enforcement Administration agents, who served multiple search warrants in SoHum and, with help from the Humboldt County Drug Task Force, arrested 13…
A Possibly True Story
Once there was a woman speaking poems, whispering…
Pink Risotto
In Italy, spring sings a berry-flavored song, with strawberries breaking the monopoly of winter fruit. My mother often featured them at the end of a meal and I have memories of picking them in friends’ gardens and in woods. Blackberries are connected to summer afternoons spent reaching out for the branch with the biggest…
