HumCPR Rising
How Lee Ulansey and his corporation moved from advocacy into government
Cover Story
HumCPR Rising
Lee Ulansey was drawn into the world of Humboldt County politics during a bizarre game of brinkmanship back in 2007. The stakes were local, including thousands of acres of timberland, but the game was being played in a courtroom on Texas’ Gulf Coast. It was the bankruptcy trial of Pacific Lumber Co., which, under…
Marijuana’s Tipping Point?
For the first time in 44 years of polling on the issue (and no doubt a lot longer than that), a majority of Americans think that Humboldt County’s No. 1 cash crop oughta be legal, according to a national survey released today by the Pew Research Center. Public opinion has been headed this way for…
Climbers Bring Down Willits Warbler
Warbler’s tree-sit to stop the Willits Bypass is over. Redwood Nation Earth First! reports she was removed by climbers early this morning, and that the removal of the other tree-sitters in nearby trees is likely next. Reports RNEF!: Warbler was taken down from a height of 55 feet by climbers accompanied by a massive show…
Teen Collapses, Dies After Jogging
An 18-year-old HSU fresman died Saturday morning after jogging with a friend, the university is reporting. The young woman, Jessica Garcia, had been sitting in the bleachers at the Redwood Bowl when she was stricken. Fellow students and coaches tried to help before she was taken to Mad River Hospital, the university said in a…
Man About Town
Jack Lincoln is one of the latest strutting habitués of the brick sidewalk in front of Old Town Coffee & Chocolates, in Eureka. Handsome, too: blue head, changeable neck — it goes creamy white when he’s content, says his person, Nick, and red when he’s excited (equally with anger, happiness or lust). On this sunny…
Talk Pot
Ready to offer your opinion on plans for regulating outdoor marijuan grow operations? This just in from the Supes: County Schedules Community Meetings to Discuss Potential Outdoor Medical Marijuana Ordinance EUREKA – The County announces that it will hold three community meetings in April to discuss the draft of an outline for an ordinance regarding the outdoor…
Arcata Cop In Parking Space Fracas Exits Force
Arcata Police Officer Kevin Stonebarger is no longer employed with the Arcata Police Department. As readers might recall, Stonebarger was involved in a verbal rumpus over a parking space in February 2012, outside Pho Tien Long restaurant in Eureka, where he and other members of the drug task force were having lunch. APD Chief Tom…
Stop Searching, See Sugar Man
Reviews SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN. I’d like to say I’ve known about the life and music of Sixto Rodriguez for years, but even my desire for indie-cred has its limits. Like most people (outside of South Africa anyway), I wouldn’t even know the guy’s name if not for Malik Bendjelloul’s justifiably celebrated, Oscar-anointed documentary. Rodriguez…
Roll On
With the Black Friday human stampede at Eureka’s Wal-Mart a fading memory, Humboldt has been jonesin’ for bone crunching spectacle. Luckily, Humboldt has responded with something infinitely more inspiring. Derby season is upon us, yo! The women of Humboldt Roller Derby return to the track at Redwood Acres Fairgrounds’ Franceschi Hall this Saturday, March 30,…
Vagabond Music
Mandolinist David Tiller spent years playing with the band ThaMusement. Around the turn of the century, that band went on hiatus and David headed for New York City. While busking in the subway he met a New York banjo picker. Would he like to join in a weekly session at a Brooklyn club? Saying yes…
Killer Cats
Editor: I was a PETA kid, started animal rights groups in high school and college, went vegan, etc. However, the good/evil dichotomy got more complicated as I got older. Many studies have demonstrated that each free-roaming pet cat can kill dozens of native animals, like birds and lizards, per year. When we fostered kittens down…
Farms Worse Than PETA
Editor: I enjoyed reading about Adara Lewis being selected as a finalist for PETA’s Cutest Vegan Kid contest. However, it appears the point of this article was to suggest PETA’s mission was killing homeless pets and to create a slanted bias against PETA. First, PETA does not have a shelter and uses mobile vans for…
Hurt My Brain, Please
Editor: It was a pleasant surprise to see that the North Coast Journal had a medium level Sudoku puzzle in this week’s issue. For the last few weeks it seems that you have focused mainly on the easy or very easy puzzles which, in my opinion, is a waste of valuable print space. Do you…
Watch Your Words
Editor: I admire Emily Carlson’s willingness to speak up (“Don’t Be Transphobic,” Mailbox, March 14). My only disagreement with her letter is the line that goes “in a journal that totes itself.” Totes? Carries itself around? Impersonates a carrying bag? I believe the word needed was touts. Webster defines “tout” as “to publicize aggressively.” This…
Correction
In “Picketing for Help” (March 21), the Journal incorrectly identified the party trying to recruit another nephrologist to the Humboldt region. The recruiting is being done by Dr. Allen Mathew of Redwood Renal Associates, but not by St. Joseph Hospital.
Local Versus Tourist
Local Versus Tourist
The Art of the Riposte
Dorothy “one martini and I’m under the table, two and I’m under the host” Parker hated her “wisecracker” reputation, but what else do you call someone whose response to the demands of one of her many beaus was, “I’m too fucking busy, and vice versa”? (On being told that former president Calvin Coolidge had died,…
BOOKED!
Will discovers he is the Lost Coast Outpost’s latest unfortunate star.
What’s His Name?
Hey, man, how ya doing? (What’s his name?) Fine, fine. Was just thinking of one of my favorite reporters. Yeah, you know, uh, uh, You know. Little guy. Ran the local news desk. We thought he sounded like that Italian TV detective. You know, uh, you know? Little guy, with an Italian name. Played by…
The Public’s Beeswax
A jury last week declared guilty of corruption five former councilmembers of the city of Bell in Los Angeles County. For running a town that is a little larger than Eureka, with a similar percentage of people living in poverty, they had each received salaries more than 10 times what Eureka pays its city…
Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood and the Prison of Belief
Lawrence Wright’s new book on Scientology is not the first expose of the church, though it is the first by a Pulitzer prizewinner. Such a pedigree was still not enough to ensure its publication in the United Kingdom, where the book faced challenges from the fiercely litigious church. The book reveals founder church founder L.…
PETA Morally Bankrupt
Editor: Thank you for your illuminating cover story “Beasts and Children” (March 14) regarding “People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals” (PETA). While I firmly agree that treating animals and our other fellow life forms with respect, dignity and compassion is our moral duty as a (supposedly) intelligent species, I have nothing but contempt for…
101 Ways to Protest
It was closing on 5 p.m. last Friday, March 22. End of the day at the end of a traditional work week. But Amanda Senseman was talking to a reporter on one of her three cell phones while another rang incessantly and the third charged, sucking power from a small solar panel. She is the…
