Cover Story
Marimba!
When Nancy Zeltsman meets someone, on an airplane, for example, and says that she’s a marimba player, “the next question is always, ‘What’s that?'” She usually answers that it’s like a giant bass xylophone, since everyone is at least familiar with the toy version, even if the reference only calls to mind “the music behind…
Co-op Security Company Defends Officer Actions
Timothy O’Neal, owner and president of Sacramento-based Protection Loss Prevention, says his officer used textbook police technique when he apprehended an alleged shoplifter Saturday afternoon across the street from the Arcata Co-op. O’Neal’s company has been contracted by the Co-op since 2011. As we reported yesterday, bead store owner Michael King witnessed the tail end…
Eureka Reportedly Offers Police Chief Job to Michael Johnson, Officer Involved in Fatal Cheri Lyn Moore Shooting
The Anderson Valley Post is reporting that the job of Eureka’s next police chief has been offered to Michael Johnson, a former EPD sergeant who was involved in the fatal 2006 shooting of 49-year-old Eureka resident Cheri Lyn Moore. Eureka City Manager Bill Panos yesterday confirmed that a job offer had been made but declined…
Arcata Co-op Security Accused of Using Excessive Force
A civilian “loss prevention officer” employed by the North Coast Co-op in Arcata chased down and handcuffed an alleged shoplifter on Saturday afternoon, and a neighboring business owner who witnessed the arrest says the man used excessive force. Michael King, a co-op member and owner of the bead supply store on the corner of Eighth…
San Francisco Pride Parade Celebrates Supreme Court Rulings
This year’s gay pride parade in San Francisco was a historic celebration, coming just days after the Supreme Court struck down the Defense of Marriage Act and in effect nullified Proposition 8. Because the Journal and the San Francisco LGBT newspaper The Bay Times share the same printing company, the Journal was offered two seats…
The Big Sandy
From castles to koi fish, squid to sunbathers, sandy creations sprung up alongside the sea in Manila today — only to disintegrate as the waves advanced. Among the ephemera were two giant, lanky bodies, seaweed hair steaming down their shoulders, who looked so relaxed they tempted one person after another to lie beside them. If…
Hit the Sand, Man
You know what they say: Your home is your castle. Nevertheless, this Saturday, June 29, you need to ditch those snug moat-surrounds and get yourself down to Manila Beach Dunes Recreation Area to build yourself a new one — a new castle, that is. Out of sand. Consider it a character-building exercise — because there’s…
Down with the Kids
We’re only a couple of weeks into summer vacation, but the kids are already bouncing off the walls. The fair last weekend has either set their entertainment expectations too high or left them in a post-cotton-candy stupor. Fourth of July festivities are just around the corner, but you’ve got to get through this weekend first…
Bug Spray Not OK
Editor: We get a free copy of the Journal every week because it is paid for by advertisers. So, when I see an ad for Bayer Crop Science Complete Insect Killer for a mere $8.99 at Ace “The Helpful Place” (June 13), I am both saddened and horrified. Bayer’s Complete Insect Killer’s main ingredient is…
Waiting for a Ruling
Editor: What we really want to know is, what is going to happen to the parcels that were sold? (Blog Jammin’, June 13.) Will the county issue deeds to the new owners or do they all have to return their purchases to McKee? Does McKee have to remove the new buildings and bulldoze the new roads he…
Menu of Menus 2013
ISSUU Direct Link
Double Trouble
If you go to the brisk, high-spirited, physically witty and generally funny Dell’Arte production of Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors and you aren’t familiar with the play, here’s the premise you need to know: An old man shows up in the marketplace of Ephesus, which is remarkably like the Arcata Plaza. Because he is from…
Celebrating Summer
The first few days of summer have brought weather both glorious and wet, a super-moon preening huge and orange above the hills, a slew of solstice celebrations and an ever-increasing roster of music shows for your consideration. It’s a wonderful time to leave the house. So much more than ‘quirky folk’ On Thursday night at…
Monsters and Monster Disappointments
Reviews WORLD WAR Z. When Max Brooks’ novel World War Z came out in 2006, the avalanche of zombie-related entertainment was just beginning to gain momentum. Shaun of the Dead had just obtained cult status, Zombieland wasn’t even a twinkle in Woody Harrelson’s eye and The Walking Dead had yet to be adapted for television.…
Psych Bible, Part 2
As I wrote last week, a book with the innocent-sounding title “Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders,” published by the American Psychiatric Association, affects many — perhaps most — lives in America. Fourteen years in the making, the latest revision (DSM-5) received broadside after broadside even before publication last month. Allen Frances, the psychiatrist…
Inside KEET
As a KEET volunteer of over 15 years and employee for just under three years, I read your article (“KEET at the Crossroads,” June 20) with interest. I left the station in October of 2012 under circumstances which were both puzzling and sad. I loved my job at KEET. Probably too much for my own…
you are my apple skin
you are my sweet my apple skin you are my sun my summer wind you were my apple my apple skin a green blue river running over our young ardor your hands your apple wooded melodies pollen from the oak table top dusting my golden shoulders, my apple cheeks your songs my April wind across the cotton bedsheets sweaty…
This Column is Classified
I am creeped out. No, I didn’t go see “World War Z.” Instead, I read in the New York Times how the guy responsible for protecting the privacy of a billion Facebook users left Facebook in 2010 for the National Security Agency. But that’s only part of what’s creeping me out. And it’s not Edward…
Rogue Test Razed
Editor: On Monday, June 17, I accompanied my husband Uri and some friends out to the Manila dunes. As an avid beachcomber and photographer, I’ve been asked to document the progress of the dune rebuilding experiment (“Rogue Dune Experiment,” June 20). This simple and unobtrusive procedure is successfully being used on the East Coast, which is still…
More Supes Disputes
Editor: We are happy to agree with Publisher Judy Hodgson’s statement: “Boards of Supervisors come and go. Public policy is made and remade.” We were less impressed with the remaining portion of your editorial (Publisher, June 13). We supported four of the five members duly elected to the current board, and we continue to support…
