Cover Stories
Lashing out at Grow Houses
Arcata could be starting something big. Its anti-grow electricity tax is being watched as a pioneering model for not just the city of Eureka but for all of unincorporated Humboldt County. Arcata voters were strongly backing the tax, by 69 percent to 31 percent, in the latest counts Wednesday morning, with only a majority…
Relaxed Reelection
Mellow, all of it: The soft lullaby music from the gypsy-jazz quartet of strings, the red-bulbed lighting, the soft cushioned seats, the low key comfort food, the deep red wines and dark beers. Nerves didn’t need calming at the election gathering at the Arcata Playhouse Tuesday night. Palms were wet from the condensation of drinks,…
The Waiting Game, with Drinks
With the high profile supervisorial seats all taken in June’s primary, one of the few local contests saving Humboldt from being a complete electoral snoozefest was the contentious race to represent Eureka’s second ward. The main players: incumbent City Councilmember Linda Atkins and challenger Joe Bonino. The mood at Democratic headquarters on election night…
More Results
Later returns and results elsewhere in California can be found on the secretary of state’s website at sos.ca.gov and on the Humboldt County elections office website at co.humboldt.ca.us/election/.
Legalized It
Did you feel that, Humboldt County? The ground just shifted. Two big jolts, one three states to our east and another two states to our north, just sent our major cash crop cascading over the tipping point. As you read this, marijuana buds are tumbling out of the shadows of the black market toward state-licensed…
Schoolpocalypse Averted
The governor can put away his bundle of knives now: The voters have passed Proposition 30. Across the golden state, school officials are heaving great, complicated sighs of relief. As of 5:25 a.m. Wednesday, the measure crafted by Gov. Jerry Brown and supported by the two major teachers unions had captured 54 percent of the…
The Logger Reborn
We’ve been hearing rumblings about what’s going on at the historic Logger Bar out in Blue Lake. The venerable establishment kitty-corner from Dell’Arte changed hands and new owner Kate Martin (below) has been hard at work refurbishing with a crew of volunteers including Bad Bob Ornelas. Official announcement of a ribbon-cutting and re-opening scheduled for…
Camera. Action. $5 Million?
“In a small town in Northern California on the coast. Crew has invaded the town like roaches. We’re everywhere. People here are friendly.” — M. Night Shyamalan on Twitter, April 22 They came. They scouted the land. They returned and created a bustling Hollywood set in Humboldt Redwoods State Park. And reportedly, they left behind…
VIDEO: Newman Says Some Things About Business
Check out this awesome YouTube video someone just sent us. It’s from KIEM’s live coverage of election night two years ago, when Mike Newman won the third ward seat on Eureka’s city council. The clip shows him in a, um, jubilant mood as he attempts to articulate his plans for the city. It has something to…
Two Killed, UPS Big Rig Burned in Fiery Collision
Two people were killed and a UPS truck loaded with packages bound for the coast erupted in flames early yesterday morning when a Honda sedan collided with the two-trailer big rig in Redding. According to the Record Searchlight, the United Parcel Service truck was making a left turn across traffic from northbound State Route 273 onto Buenaventura Blvd. when…
Who’s Gonna Step Up And Ship 20 lbs. of Arcata Pizza and Deli Fries to Afghanistan?
Well, this was a nice email to wake up to: NCJ, Distribution of your weekly publication has reached all the way to Helmand Province, Afghanistan. I enjoyed the special “Best of Humboldt” edition and look forward to getting some of those APD fries when I get home soon. Keep up the great work. My father…
Get Your Port On: Part 5
Get Your Port On: Part 5
Denial Generation
Maybe it’s good That we still climb, Leaning…
King Arthur, Part 3: The Creation of Camelot
…many men say there ys wrytten uppon [Arthur’s] tumbe thys: Hic iacet Arthurus, rex quondam rex futurus (Here lies Arthur, the once and future king). Le Morte d’Arthur, Thomas Malory, 1465 The two previous Field Notes dealt with the sparse historical evidence we have for a warlord named Arthur who may have led British forces…
Weekend of Bummers
FLIGHT. From a surprisingly R-rated opening (complete with day-drinking, full-frontal nudity and a dusting of cocaine), Flight moves on to one of the most intense, harrowing airplane crash sequences in movie history. Then it slows, gets contemplative and begins the gradual, irrevocable process of losing my interest. The movie has more good stuff in…
Soul Reunion
The Old Town Bar and Grill reunion at Humboldt Brews a couple of years ago brought together musicians and music fans from near and far. Among them, the soulful Bishop Mayfield, who was part of the Humboldt music scene from the ’70s through the ’00s. “I was in all kinds of bands: Straight Shot, Two…
Arts! Arcata November 2012
Friday, Nov. 9, 6-9 p.m. in and around downtown Arcata 1. ABRUZZI 780 7th St. Live music. 2. ARCATA ARTISANS COOPERATIVE 883 H St. Tapestries by Holly Garbutt, jewelry by Alex Connell, bead and tapestry art by Oceana Madrone. Wine served to benefit Humboldt Community Breast Health Project. 3. ARCATA CITY HALL* 736 F St. “Who You…
Turkey Time
Now that Halloween is over, it’s time to start thinking about the next big holiday, Thanksgiving, aka “turkey day.” But first comes another turkey day, an Arcata tradition in the making known as The Awesome Autumn Feast. The idea is simple. “Eat from your watershed!” as it says on the event poster. The concept…
Funny Business
Clowns are creepy. There is something weird about a grown person who dons a rubber nose, floppy feet and loud clothes. Children don’t know what to think of them. They stare with mouth open and thumb in mouth. Some cry. Clowns terrify my sister. So when I read on Facebook that a police officer…
Hempin’ It
Leave the garden alone and get to the Mateel Community Center in Redway this weekend for the 22nd Annual Hemp Fest. The three-day event has multiple strains of entertainment for the cultivated marijuana activist — laughs, music, art, food and some stimulating conversation too. Things kick off Friday, Nov. 2, with comedy night. Weed and…
Bucking the System
In these times of economic uncertainty, money is on everyone’s mind. Actually, it doesn’t really matter if times are good or bad, the power of money is a constant in our society. And we don’t just use it to buy burgers and beer. All too often it is the yardstick by which we measure an…
Sherlock: Season 2
Over the past century Sherlock Holmes has not been long absent from stage or screen, but he’s currently everywhere, from a motion picture franchise (with Robert Downey, Jr.) to a new CBS television series (Elementary, which I deduce will not last long). And that’s apart from Holmes mutations on The Mentalist and Law and…
Herbalicious
It is with great excitement that I report to you on the arrival of a new gin, a gin that cannot even properly be called gin because its predominant flavor is not juniper but — are you ready? Sage. That’s right. Sage. It comes from the same clever people at Art in the Age…
