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Let’s Talk About It
In the immediate aftermath of Nov. 8, it became very clear that people need safe spaces to discuss their ideas and feelings, and generally process what was the ugliest and most vitriolic presidential contest in generations. To that end, we reached out to a variety of community stakeholders, people who we felt could help starts…
Three Years On, The Edge Tries to Stay Sharp
Humboldt County’s only newspaper exclusively focused on coverage from and about the region’s homeless is still plugging along, three years after its debut in October 2013. Some things have changed ― such as the original staff and funding sources. Some big plans have not come to pass, like the street vendor program originally scheduled to…
Eureka Rotary Members Donated 110 Turkeys to Rescue Mission
The Rescue Mission’s industrial freezer was too full to walk into earlier this week, thanks to the donation of 110 turkeys from the Rotary Club of Eureka. Rotary president Matthew Owen said he put the call out to Rotary members after finding that the shelter only had 10 turkeys to feed the 100-plus people expected…
Father, son plead guilty to fatal Hoopa shooting
A father and son pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday to their roles in a fatal Hoopa shooting in March of 2015 that left one man dead and two others wounded in a dispute over a marijuana deal. Hoopa resident Daniel Peter Colegrove, 73, died after being transported to a hospital in Redding. Under the…
Appeals Court Reinstates Lawsuit in Fatal Fortuna Police Shooting
A wrongful death suit filed by the parents of a Fortuna man was reinstated by a federal appeals court panel Tuesday in an opinion that calls into question the credibility of statements by police officers involved in the 2012 fatal shooting. Jacob Newmaker was fatally shot on March 16, 2012, by Fortuna Police Department Officer…
Wavesgiving
On Saturday, Nov. 19, while some of us huddled inside and watched the rain, Humboldt surfers woke before dawn and headed out to Trinidad State Beach for the second annual Wavesgiving Surf Contest. Some 20 contestants zipped into their wetsuits and hit the water to compete for cash and salty glory. Photographer Sean Jansen was…
Former McKinleyville High School Wrestler Dies in Highway Accident
A 20-year old former McKinleyville High School Panther has died from injuries sustained in a traffic accident east of Titlow Hill Road. Ramiro Melecio, who also studied at College of the Redwoods, was driving east on State Route 299 yesterday afternoon when he failed to negotiate a left-hand turn, left the roadway and collided with…
UPDATED: Jury: Officer, McClain Both Negligent in Police Shooting
The last night of Thomas “Tommy” McClain’s life began with a night out on the town to celebrate his cousin’s birthday. It ended with the 22-year-old lying mortally wounded in his front yard after being shot three times by a Eureka police officer. While members of a federal civil jury found Officer Stephen Linfoot did…
Coming Out of Your Shell
The French have certainly, as they say, foutent dans la merde, or screwed up hard, over the years (colonization, Polanski, etc.). But when it comes to making the best of tough times, the home of La Résistance is a solid role model. And so French is a fine choice for dinner with a heartbroken friend.…
Eureka City Council Receives Plaque, Rejects Cannabis Urgency Ordinance
The city of Eureka received an exclusive award Tuesday night, accepting the official Stoplight Plaque from the Willits Mayor Bruce Burton. Burton, who visited the city council meeting along with Willits City Manager Adrienne Moore, said the plaque had been in Willits’ possession for more than 20 years. “Since 1994 the city of Willits has…
Expert Opinions Collide in EPD Shooting Trial
Attorneys rested their cases today in a federal wrongful death trial after presenting testimony from law enforcement experts who gave conflicting views on whether a Eureka police officer’s fatal shooting of Thomas “Tommy” McClain was justified. A trio of police officers had McClain at gunpoint outside of his Allard Avenue home in the early morning…
Let’s Talk About It: Finding Common Concerns
Editor’s note: This is one in a series of opinion pieces solicited by the Journal. In the immediate aftermath of Nov. 8, it became very clear that people need safe spaces to discuss their ideas and feelings, and generally process what was the ugliest and most vitriolic presidential contest in generations. To that end, we…
A Warm Fall
While outside deciduous trees are shedding their extra leaves, inside we’re bundling up in sweaters and putting an extra quilt on the bed. Fall is upon us in Humboldt County, a season during which retreating into warm homes to escape the chill is a perfectly good hobby. To up your game, add a comfy armchair,…
Let’s Talk About It: Good Soldiers
Editor’s note: This is one in a series of opinion pieces solicited by the Journal. In the immediate aftermath of Nov. 8, it became very clear that people need safe spaces to discuss their ideas and feelings, and generally process what was the ugliest and most vitriolic presidential contest in generations. To that end, we…
Let’s Talk About It: Take Back the Power
Editor’s note: This is one in a series of opinion pieces solicited by the Journal. In the immediate aftermath of Nov. 8, it became very clear that people need safe spaces to discuss their ideas and feelings, and generally process what was the ugliest and most vitriolic presidential contest in generations. To that end, we…
Let’s Talk About It: Promises and Priorities
Editor’s note: This is one in a series of opinion pieces solicited by the Journal. In the immediate aftermath of Nov. 8, it became very clear that people need safe spaces to discuss their ideas and feelings, and generally process what was the ugliest and most vitriolic presidential contest in generations. To that end, we…
Let’s Talk About It: Be Concerned
Editor’s note: This is one in a series of opinion pieces solicited by the Journal. In the immediate aftermath of Nov. 8, it became very clear that people need safe spaces to discuss their ideas and feelings, and generally process what was the ugliest and most vitriolic presidential contest in generations. To that end, we…
Humboldt After Trump
Editor’s note: This is one in a series of opinion pieces solicited by the Journal. In the immediate aftermath of Nov. 8, it became very clear that people need safe spaces to discuss their ideas and feelings, and generally process what was the ugliest and most vitriolic presidential contest in generations. To that end, we…
Let’s Get to Work
Over the last week, many have commented that they no longer recognize America or they find themselves waking up in a different country. It’s a sentiment that was expressed in these pages last week, but it’s also one that we find troubling. Plainly, this isn’t a different America; it’s just one that many among us…
Communication
Reviews ARRIVAL. As we watched last week’s events cut through the ice floe of our national conversation about class and race — about disparity in general — and as they opened a hideous, yawning chasm further dividing us, churning up in their wake misunderstanding, hatred and fear, I felt deeply and unexpectedly despondent. Anxiety, frustration…
Gateway, Drugs
Welp, that happened. California finally legalized recreational marijuana, and, paraphrasing the great hive-mind joke machine that is social media, not a minute too soon! It’s a tired joke, because a) Nobody was really waiting for pot to be legal to start smoking it b) There isn’t enough weed in the Emerald Triangle to fix the…
45 for 45
Editor’s note: In the wake of the Nov. 8 election, we invited readers to pen letters of 45 words or less to Donald J. Trump, the nation’s 45th president. Here are a few we’ve received so far, but we’ll keep the feature running for several weeks. Send submissions to letters@northcoastjournal.com. Dear President-elect Trump: Please hire/appoint…
Let’s Talk About It: Bridging the Divide
Editor’s note: This is one in a series of opinion pieces solicited by the Journal. In the immediate aftermath of Nov. 8, it became very clear that people need safe spaces to discuss their ideas and feelings, and generally process what was the ugliest and most vitriolic presidential contest in generations. To that end, we…
Aftermath
Editor: I have never been more ashamed to be American (NCJ Daily, Nov. 10). We have elected a racist, sexist, rude, arrogant bully to be our president. Trump has spent his entire life bullying and cheating people out of their hard-earned money. He is a pathological liar, who disrespects women, Muslims, Mexicans or any member…
Let’s Talk About It: Aftermath
Editor’s note: This is one in a series of opinion pieces solicited by the Journal. In the immediate aftermath of Nov. 8, it became very clear that people need safe spaces to discuss their ideas and feelings, and generally process what was the ugliest and most vitriolic presidential contest in generations. To that end, we…
Conditions are Perfect
Editor: Barry Evans (“Kickstarting Life,” Nov.10) presented Steven Benner’s theory that life originated on Mars and was transported to Earth via Martian meteorites. I wish to restore some faith in the simpler terrestrial explanation by quoting the following from Wikipedia: “Benner suggested that Mars may have had more desirable conditions than Earth for the initial…
Let’s Talk About It: The Safety Pin
Editor’s note: This is one in a series of opinion pieces solicited by the Journal. In the immediate aftermath of Nov. 8, it became very clear that people need safe spaces to discuss their ideas and feelings, and generally process what was the ugliest and most vitriolic presidential contest in generations. To that end, we…
Smarten Up
Last week, half the nation elected a man who doesn’t read over the smartest candidate who has ever run for office. That it shocked me shocks me. Why the hell didn’t I see it coming? As four of our last six presidents, we elected a peanut farmer, a B-movie actor, a guy who had his…
Let’s Talk About It: Engage, Engage, Engage
Editor’s note: This is one in a series of opinion pieces solicited by the Journal. In the immediate aftermath of Nov. 8, it became very clear that people need safe spaces to discuss their ideas and feelings, and generally process what was the ugliest and most vitriolic presidential contest in generations. To that end, we…
Shutting Down
A quarter voted for him And a quarter for her, Half chose neither. When the body shuts down, The extremities go first. Those parts furthest From our hearts No longer feel Who we were… — Kirk Gothier
Let’s Talk About It: Choosing Civility
Editor’s note: This is one in a series of opinion pieces solicited by the Journal. In the immediate aftermath of Nov. 8, it became very clear that people need safe spaces to discuss their ideas and feelings, and generally process what was the ugliest and most vitriolic presidential contest in generations. To that end, we…
It’s Getting Darker
Pessimism had a good year in 2016. With an unreal election finally behind us, one that throve on negativity and peddled as fact the idea that we were all living in utter squalor and shame, few of us would dare call 2016 The Best Year Ever. On the music front, we’ve lost some amazing artists…
T-Day in T-Minus 7, 6, 5 …
Thanksgiving is a week away, and if you haven’t started already, it’s time to prepare. No, I don’t mean putting on your suit of armor and heading to WinCo for skillful cart maneuvering and last-can-of-green-beans battling (it’s a thing). I’m talking about getting your body in shape for gluttony’s biggest day. Your stomach’s not going…
Stand up for the Sacred
If the movement happening at Standing Rock has been calling to you but you can’t make it there, or if you want to know more about what’s taking place and lend your voice, join with others in solidarity and support at Humboldt Stands with Standing Rock on Nov. 19 from 6 p.m. to 1:30 a.m.…
