Elrod’s Rule
The new chairman of the Hoopa Valley Tribe says he’ll banish drug dealers from the reservation. That and other plans have half the tribe cheering – and the other half grumbling.
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Elrod’s Rule
Inside the chairman’s office, a cool respite from the hot midday sun, Leonard Masten Jr. leans back in a chair by the window and cranes his neck to see if he can spot the source of the caterwauling coming from somewhere on the front lawn of the Neighborhood Facilities building. "Who is that" he wonders,…
Changes by the Bay
There’s a last minute switch in the Blues by the Bay line-up for Saturday: Harmonica virtuoso Norton Buffalo , who was scheduled to play just before his friend and music collaborator Roy Rogers, has cancelled due to serious illness. A post on Norton’s Facebook page notes that he’s been in the hospital all week with…
So Long, KEET World
Press release from KEET: As of September 15, 2009, Access Humboldt will no longer broadcast KEET-TV’s second digital channel, KEETWorld on Suddenlink Cable Channel 8. Since October 2008, KEET-TV has been receiving and transmitting the satellite delivery of the KEETWorld to North Coast cable television viewers through a partnership with Access Humboldt. … KEET-TV’s 24/7…
Thompson Town Hall preview
Rep. Mike Thompson is in town for his big heath care confab. For another glimpse of his perspective on the issue, we offer this letter sent in response to an email from a constituant: Dear [Constituant]: I have a keen interest in healthcare, both as an individual and as a public servant. My wife Jan…
Orange and Raining Ash
investigations.” From the Facebook page of Andy Rydzewski, HSU alum, passionate lover of all things Humboldt and, until yesterday, resident of Tujunga Canyon: Aug. 27, 12:06 p.m. It is officially orange and raining ash outside. Aug. 28, 11:48 a.m. Andy Rydzewski is evacuating. Yesterday, 12:54 p.m. eating some food provided by the very sweet Red…
No Euc-Chop on the 101 Corridor
Kim Floyd with Caltrans confirmed by e-mail this morning that the eucalyptus trees on the west side of the 101 corridor will not be cut . We heard the news from anti-euc-cutting activist Trisha Lee Lotus– who has a familial connection to that stately row of pungent loveliness — yesterday evening. She forwarded part of…
Big Busts in Arcata
Gross! Four grow houses raided, six arrests, about $50,000 in cash seized, over 40 lbs. of bud, a bunch of hash, plants and a Dodge truck modded out as a weed machine! It looks like they caught the last house — the McK one — right in the midst of a pretty major deal. From…
Can Google spot pot?
Can Google spot pot?: In seeking their answer, the folks at online cop magazine officer.com went straight to the experts: the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Department. The verdict? Not likely, says Sgt. Wayne Hanson. Google’s great for virtually wandering through Eureka a la Grand Theft Auto (though sadly lacking the options for carjacking and brutal murder),…
The Nonsense of Wine
it.The Nonsense of Wine: Fieldbrook Winery chief Bob Hodgson, husband of Journal owner Judy Hodgson, talks with Reuters about his statistics-driven scientific paper which mostly proves that wine competitions are bunk. The shocker comes at the end: Hodgson advises salting your wine before quaffing.
Where Salmon Rule
@julie_strub.)Where Salmon Rule: You might remember Kamchatka from your days playing Risk. This National Geographic photo essay shows you the region’s rich but troubled salmon fishery and the people and animals who live off
Furloughed? Learn eBay!
Furloughed? Learn eBay!: Humboldt State sponsors a lecture series for furloughed employees. Make up those lost dollars through needlework, or by selling crap on eBay! (h/t
Ask Congressman Mike
So the Journal’s doing a sit-down interview with Rep. Mike Thompson Thursday — the day after his big health care town holler — and we’d like to open-source the thing. What do you want to ask Mike Thompson? The more incisive the better, and I promise to push the question until he answers or bleeds.
More CHP Poetry
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Stimulating Beauty
Tanisha Boswell pulls a damp lock of hair upward between two latex-gloved fingers, wraps the tips around a plastic tube and rolls it, scroll-like, down to the scalp of her client — a disembodied rubber head. Boswell, a student at Fredrick & Charles Beauty College in Eureka, is practicing for her cosmetology exam in Fairfield…
Bloody Basterdos!
Previews Opening Friday, Aug. 28, is The Final Destination, the fourth installment of the franchise, wherein Nick O’Bannon (Bobby Campo) has a premonition about a horrible series of events that will kill his friends, including girlfriend Lori (Shantel VanSanten). Since his visions have a way of coming true, it’s time to get out of Dodge.…
The Coming Flu
The sad news that a local woman had died last Friday, likely from complications from the H1N1 virus — the swine flu — prompted the Humboldt County Public Health Branch to gather in the news folks on Monday for a war briefing. Your job, Humboldt County Health Officer Dr. Ann Lindsay told us newsies, is…
Keeper of the Flame
Bluegrass legend Del McCoury was at his home in Hendersonville, Tenn. "About a 15-minute drive out of downtown Nashville, out in the country," as he put it. Speaking of his life in music, he spun a long winding tale about growing up on a farm up in York County, Penn., and hearing Bill Monroe and…
Party Men
Sometime between Friday and Sunday, the people who have been managing State Senator Pat Wiggins must have gathered round and decided that the facade could no longer be maintained. The Santa Rosa Press Democrat published a long, myth-busting and soon-to-be award-winning story on Friday; two days later, the poor woman stood at a podium and…
Thanks for the Flashback
Editor: Thanks to Hank Sims for the flashback column on the passing of an early back-to-the-lander ("Town Dandy," Aug. 20). I was moved to reminisce about the "good old days," and, maybe more importantly, to segue in to the passing of a certain Humboldt County vibe which is rapidly passing as well. The early hippies…
Byrd-Fried™
OK, I confess: I’m obsessive-compulsive about food grammar. You know, like the way cases and tenses have to match in prose? Well, components of a meal should do the same thing, or it bothers me — for example, combinations that just don’t go together, like guacamole and knackwurst. Or lamb curry and iceberg lettuce with…
Best-smelling Plant on Earth
Most researchers believe that all our ancestors lived in Africa 70,000 years ago. Soon after, our species started to spread out across the globe, meaning that here in California, we humans are a non-native species … just like the eucalyptus. OK, not quite like the eucalyptus, which only arrived here 160 years ago — but…
Redwood Rollers vs. Emerald City Roller Girls
The women of roller derby are terrifying athletes. The bouts are frenzied rushes of skaters racing around a tight circular track. Pumping their bodies to speed on the quick straight-aways, the racers push and grease their way around defenders to score points as they pass opposing skaters. Last Saturday night at Redwood Acres, a packed…
Midlife: A Beginner’s Guide to Blur
The standard line on Blur is that they were never able to crack America because they were just too English. They sing about super-British stuff that we just don’t get, like "bank holidays" and how things are "rubbish" and something called a "quango" (look it up). Blur’s one foray into the American rock scene, the…
McGrath on the Warpath
Mike McGrath is something of a legend among organic gardeners. He was the highly idiosyncratic editor of Rodale’s Organic Gardening magazine throughout most of the ’90s. Under his leadership the magazine became the most widely read gardening magazine in the world, and McGrath regularly made the rounds of the Today Show and Good Morning America,…
Libations
Libations can kill a man, I have seen…
