Family on the Corner
Eight months in front of Costco, with a pair of 3-year-olds
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Family on the Corner
Around noon on Oct. 19, a Tuesday, she sat on the curb near the corner holding her cardboard sign so that people in the cars could read it before heading into the Costco gas station. She was young, fair-skinned, with a little bit of makeup and long, wavy, blonde-highlighted hair. She wore flipflops, black capris…
Share It Fairly: How YOU Could Win House of Floyd Tickets!
So, you want to go see the Pink Floyd tribute band House of Floyd at the Arkley Center on Saturday night, but “the economy” just isn’t letting your brain part with the $38 it costs to get in. At the North Coast Journal, our readers are more important than just another brick in the wall!…
Hardly Progress
In an early morning home invasion today on the 2100-block of Progress Street in Eureka, a group of young, male, well-armed thugtwits thwopped one of the residents on the head with a gun — for which he needed medical attention — reports the Eureka Police Department. And then when the invaded family refused to surrender…
Secure That Wi-fi!
The Google is rolling though town, crackin’ your passwordz. Reader AJ snapped this shot of their crew coming straight outta out of Cooper Gulch yesterday.
Moxon Out at Humboldt Area Foundation
Kathleen Moxon, director of community strategies for the Humboldt Area Foundation, is leaving the organization after more than 15 years. And there is speculation that her departure is not voluntary. HAF Executive Director Peter Pennekamp today confirmed that Moxon and the foundation are parting ways, but he described the split as an amicable result of agency…
Me & Estelle & Elizabeth Talk Politics at HSU Tonight
Want to get your local politics on after work today? Swing on by HSU for the annual Schaub Lecture, which goes from 5:30 to 7 p.m. tonight in the BSS Forum building. The topic this year is “Development in Humboldt County,” and it will feature a panel discussion between Estelle Fennell of the Humboldt Coalition…
Eureka Man Allegedly Sets House on Fire, Runs Naked in the Street
The press release from the Eureka Fire Department is pretty dry: Yesterday afternoon, it says, the EFD and Humboldt Number One Fire District responded to a structure fire on the 1100 block of J Street. They found one fire burning in the kitchen of the house and another in an upstairs bedroom. Both were quickly…
One year, 500 artists, 1000s of pieces of work
One year ago, Arcata received a significant arts injection via Victor Hernandez’s the Humboldt Arts Project. Since then the project has featured seven Arts!Arcata exhibits and, more impressively, initiated the successful two-day Humboldt Arts Festival drawing thousands of people out to what is evolving into the I Street art corridor. All in all, over 500…
Farm Bureau Fandango
The Humboldt Beacon’s report this week on the Humboldt County Farm Bureau’s annual gathering at the Scotia Inn provided some (somewhat ancient) figures on the financial prowess of our county’s “top five” agricultural products: “In 2006 agricultural production was $294,787,100 with 690,000 acres in agricultural use and 67,000 of those acres intensively farmed. During this…
Small Craft on a Milk Sea
After keyboardist and electronics wizard Brian Eno left Roxy Music in 1973, his output as a solo artist has been enormous. In addition, he has recorded a continuous string of collaborative projects with musicians such as Robert Fripp, David Byrne, John Cale and experimentalist Harold Budd. In that time, he also established an illustrious career…
Getting Darwin Wrong: Why Evolutionary Psychology Won’t Work
One of the unfortunate consequences of relentless attacks on the Darwinian concept of evolution by religious and political zealots is that scientists and others often respond to all challenges in Darwin’s neighborhood as fundamentalist enemy attacks. But there are legitimate questions from those who also reject creationism and broadly speaking consider themselves Darwinists. These challenges…
Slow Food in High Gear
At the Slow Food International convention in Turin, Italy last weekend, I joined food lovers from around the world as they perused a vast indoor market stocked with some of the tastiest morsels to be coaxed from the land anywhere. Samples were flowing in the great hall, dubbed Salone del Gusto (Salon of Taste). Rows…
That Time Again
The sign on the counter of a local sports equipment store read, “Kayak classes Fridays 9-12 p.m.” “Isn’t that rather late for a class?” I asked. The clerk did a double take, then assured me that the class ran for three hours in the morning, ending at noon. “But 11:59 p.m. is a minute before…
Nov. 1-17, 2010
Nov. 1. Tomorrow you will be asked to make a very interesting decision. The appeal of taking an illegal operation and bringing it into the bright light of legitimate commerce is what tempts many of us to vote in favor of it. One envisions clean, well-lit, ecologically sound greenhouses and coffeehouses, frequented by tourists and…
Impartial? Impossible
Years ago I interviewed Chandra Muzaffar, a Muslim academic who co-founded a multiethnic group called Aliran that pushed for equality and social justice in Malaysia. He said that in his country, people have freedom of speech. But more important is freedom after speech. The government arrested him later that month. I thought of Muzaffer when…
Uh… Zombie Wrestling
Screw brightly colored fall leaves. Did you notice those rotting smashed pumpkin shards in your street courtesy of the young neighborhood goblins? So adorable. How ’bout those destroyed flower beds currently framing the Arcata Plaza trampled by the drum circle that camped there last Sunday night? So awe-inspiring. And see those dirt marks up and…
The Eros Piano
Sleek curve Long, undulating line Steel, wood and…
Heart of Glass
A routine part of pitching on the KHSU pledge drive is thanking new and returning members for their donations. During the fall drive I was handed a pledge form to thank someone. “TAL” was written in the box indicating favorite shows. I had to admit I had no idea what that meant, but soon learned…
Living Here in Allentown
MEGAMIND. A hip animated comedy directed by modern animation pro Tom McGrath, whose credits include the Madagascar flicks, Cool World (as animator) and The Ren and Stimpy Show (as storyboard artist and director). Will Ferrell voices title character Megamind, a super-smart alien who battles another alien, Metro Man (Brad Pitt), for control of Metro City.…
Beyond Borders and Boundaries
Raised in Belgium and England by a British Muslim mother and a Moroccan/Egyptian/Palestinian father, Natacha Atlas is a true international citizen, one who’s fluent in Arabic, French, Spanish, Serbian and English. Her music career started with gigs as a bellydancer and singer in a salsa band before she joined seminal world beat trance/dance band Transglobal…
Conservative Sweep?
In Eureka, conservatives won big, with Virginia Bass overthrowing six-term supervisor Bonnie Neely. First Ward Concilmember Larry Glass looked to be decisively beaten by businesswoman Marian Brady — a huge upset that surprised many, including Glass himself. And Measure N, the ballot measure/referendum that cleared the way for the Marina Center development, at least insofar…
Arts Alive!
First Saturday Night Arts Alive! Is proudly presented by USBank, with Eureka Main Street and the Humboldt Arts Council Opening receptions for s, exhibits, and/or performances Nov. 6, 6-9 p.m. Phone 707-442-9054, for more information. ? A1. NOCTURNUM 206 W. Sixth St. Tribe 1091 Visionary Arts Expo/Launch Party featuring transformational art on display from over 20…
