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From the Deep
Back in the mid-1990s, on a late February drive on U.S. Highway 1 near Big Sur, I saw a strange sight ahead of me. A very large adult elephant seal was crossing the highway to reach the nearby dunes. I pulled over to investigate and when I looked down at the Piedras Blancas beach above…
Following the Money: Humboldt Dems Pumped $130K into Far-Flung Races
With regard to state contests, the November election was a sleepy time on the North Coast. Election Day victories of Democratic state legislative heirs-apparent Assemblyman Jim Wood and Sen. Mike McGuire’s were never in doubt, so one might imagine that the Humboldt County Central Democratic Committee was just kicking back, watching the races unfold, right?…
Bavarians at the Gate
Ever sit at your desk with a rumbling stomach wishing your office had sandwich delivery like in old movies? Or that some kind of lunch fairy could bring you food? Turns out that is a thing that can happen, but with a twist. Well, a lot of twists. As in pretzels. No, not the gangly…
The Justice Bus is Coming
The Justice Bus Project (2013) from OneJustice on Vimeo. Free legal support will soon be available for those affected by the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), a program for undocumented youth who entered the United States before the age of 16. On March 27 and 28 representatives from OneJustice will be holding clinics to …
Montana Man Drowns Saving Son in Shelter Cove
A Montana man drowned Sunday morning near Shelter Cove after saving his 13-year-old son who’d fallen into the water. Steven Arthur Bierle, 44, of Gardiner, Montana, was vacationing in the Shelter Cove area with his family when, shortly before 11:30 a.m. on Sunday, March 15, his son slipped on a rock on Black Sands Beach…
UPDATED: Drunk/Social Historian
UPDATE: Due to transportation problems, Kyle Kinane’s show at Humboldt Brews has been canceled. Kyle Kinane would fit right in at any of Humboldt County’s dive bars. Saunter into the Alibi or the Shanty any afternoon and pick out a soft spoken, bearded, tattooed guy in a T-shirt and his 30s. It’s precisely that —…
Mr. Spock to the Bridge
Need more Nimoy? Beam yourself to the Eureka Theater on Sunday, March 15 from 3-9:30 p.m. for Spock Day ($5). Doors open at 2:30 for Spocktails (yup, they went there) in the lobby and raise a glass and a razor sharp eyebrow to the half-Vulcan legend. At 5 p.m. prepare to go where, well, many…
Former Redwood Teen Challenge Director Killed in Crash
The Humboldt County Coroner’s Office has identified the man killed in a single-car crash on U.S. Highway 101 early this morning as Fred Lamberson, 55, of Trinidad. Lamberson was killed after a car he was a passenger in, driven by Teresa Lamberson, lost control for unknown reasons while traveling northbound near Weott. The car left…
The Middle of Everything
A little history: The art of using masks in theater dates back to ancient Greece and the worship of Dionysus (you know, the fun one). Followers would don crude coverings to embody gods in rituals. (The Greek term for mask is persona; masks were worn to “personify.”) Playwrights Thespis, Aeschylus and Euripides used masks to…
Coroner Consolidation Costs County
The Humboldt County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously on March 10 to approve an almost $15,000 pay bump for Sheriff Mike Downey to compensate him for the extra duties he’s taken on since the Coroner-Public Administrator Office was consolidated under his office on Feb. 1. But Downey said he wants to make clear, he didn’t…
Rabbits with Habits
Former pothead turned Libertarian wunderkind Rand Paul (who dresses like his dad — yikes) is attempting to brand himself as the great emancipator of rich white college kids, co-authoring senate legislation that would relax the Fed’s stance on marijuana. The bill, which is being introduced by Paul and East Coast Democrat senators Cory Booker and…
A Beautiful Life
When you walk into the gallery, the first thing you notice is the colors — every hue in the spectrum represented. As you stand at a distance and take in multiple pieces at once, there is a momentary sense of being in the middle of a prism, light refracting in a rainbow around you. Suddenly,…
Second Friday Arts! Arcata
For more information, visit www.artsarcata.com for even more information about the event or call (707) 822-4500. ARCATA ARTISANS 883 H St. Dana Ballard, paintings; Vaughn Hutchins, photography; Terri Tinkham, fiber art. ARCATA EXCHANGE 813 H St. Beth Kabat, silk screens. Music by Dale Wingett. BUBBLES 1031 H St. Music by Clean Livin’. DOTTIE MAY’S CLOSET…
Company Men
Reviews UNFINISHED BUSINESS. R-rated comedy is a risky medium. Keeping all the dirty language, nudity and questionable subject matter automatically shuts out a broad swath of ticket buyers: everybody under 17 and everybody else who prefers their comedy clean, thank you very much. The risk can pay off, though, as a more catholic approach to…
Rising up
Editor: Outstanding piece in the Journal (“35 Days in the Forum,” Feb. 26.) So thoroughly researched and enlightening. You did a beautiful job of explaining the depth of the issues and conveying the cultural context and expression of Unified Students’ sit-in. I was at the Bolman Forum for the last day of the Native American…
Thanks, but Dig Deeper
Editor: I think the Journal is a most valuable media source for “politics, people and arts.” The recent article “Settled out of Court” (Feb. 26) was most informative and, having once filed a civil rights lawsuit myself, I am well aware that the largest cost to defendants in the wrong, who won’t settle out of…
Must’nt See TV
Editor: I appreciate your article, “Redline the Carpet” (Feb. 26). I’ve been frustrated because we live outside of Eureka where the only options for TV viewing are satellite Internet for streaming (very iffy) or satellite networks like Dish and DirectTV. The latter we unplugged when we had to pay extra for the channels we really…
Make It Green
March is a difficult month. No longer winter and not yet spring, it is a kind of limbo in which the promise of spring may be curbed suddenly by bites of cold. The memory of cherry tomatoes exploding juicily in my teeth is as faint as Big Bang’s echo. Counting the months that separate me…
Existential Options
Welcome to this week, which, like many weeks, features a variety of sounds to please, challenge and motivate you. What a grand time to live. Thursday: Be open Starting things off, you’ve got the inherently fascinating RedRumsey, brainchild of Oly’s Vern Rumsey, best known for his seminal, post-hardcore ’90s band, Unwound. During that decade it…
