New Year’s Eve
A 420 photo essay
Cover Story
New Year’s Eve
Around the United States and around the world, to most people the phrase "Humboldt County" can signify any number of things. For instance, some people might immediately think of marijuana. Others? Weed, pot, grass, dope, herb, chronic, reefer … Like it or not, Humboldt County culture is deeply rooted in the production and consumption of…
Meet Rey Maualuga (tonight)
Rey Maualuga Remember last week’s post about former Eureka High football star Rey Maualuga ? We just got a call from Pete Ciotti of Big Pete’s Pizzareia , letting us know that Rey will be at the pizza joint tonight (Thursday) between 4 and 5:30 for a ESPN broadcast interview on 1340 a.m. Come on…
Dredge Fight
You can almost smell the whiff of burnt palm as gold bugs everywhere rub their hands together with ever-more-gleeful vigor. That’s because some predictions have it that gold will soar to yet higher heights this year, maybe $1,500 an ounce. Did it last year, in March, hitting an historic $1,023 an ounce. (Then it crashed,…
The Triad of Death!!!
Massive hat tip to Eureka’s Tom Fredrickson, he of ” Old Glory Radio ,” for bestowing such an awesome handle upon the Journal: We’re in good company. Tom gets a kick out of playing the square, but he’s not really suited for the part. Watch the video and note the goofy, zonked-out grin that wants…
Bobby McFerrin show cancelled (don’t worry)
This just in: CenterArts regretfully announces the cancellation of [the] Bobby McFerrin [concert] this Friday, January 9 at 8 p.m. in the Van Duzer Theatre, HSU. Due to Bobby coming down with strep throat we are forced to cancel his performance on campus this Friday. We are working to reschedule the event for sometime in…
Another Bite at NCRA
Back in October, the North Coast Railroad Authority managed to settle a year-old lawsuit brought by the city of Novato. Novato had alleged that the railroad had violated California’s open government law — the Brown Act — as well as the California Environmental Quality Act. Initial rulings had gone Novato’s way, but the NCRA got…
Rep. Mike hits ground running
This just in from Mike Thompson’s office: Congressman Thompson Introduces Bill to Permanently Ban Drilling on North Coast WASHINGTON – On the first day in the 111th Congress, North Coast Congressman Mike Thompson (D-CA) introduced a bill that would permanently prohibit oil and gas drilling off the coasts of Mendocino, Humboldt and Del Norte Counties.…
MaidenHumboldt Concerts
reading.MaidenHumboldt Concerts: where is this venue for
Welcome, Sexy Incarcerated Lesbians!
So the “After Ellen” blog reports that hit saucy Showtime series The L Word , which is soon coming to an end, is spinning off a spin-off. It’s called The Farm , it’s somehow a prison drama (!) and it takes place at something called the “Humboldt State Farm and Prison for Women,” a supersexy…
Drive-Thru Nativity
A line of taillights glowing redder than Rudolph’s nose wrapped around the block — families in Caravans and Expeditions waiting bumper-to-bumper to drive past the baby Jesus. Out on I Street, motorists on last-minute Christmas errands honked in annoyance at the sedans and minivans blocking the far-right lane, sitting through green lights because Buhne was…
Another Year Gone By
Okay, it’s New Year’s Day, which means you’ve made it through New Year’s Eve intact, and through 2008, a year of transition on many levels. Local bands formed and dissolved, venues rose and fell, life ebbed and flowed as always. "Same as it ever was," as David Byrne put it so succinctly. As has been…
1st Saturday Night Arts Alive!
Proudly presented by USBank, with Eureka Main Street and the Humboldt Arts Council. Opening receptions for artists, exhibits and/or performances are held the first Saturday of each month. Phone 707-442-9054 for more information or to have an exhibit/performance included. http://aweurekatoday.blogspot.com 1. WORLD CUP 1626 F St. Lauren Sarabia, photographs of Asia. 1a. F STREET…
Through the Fog
Editor: Sam Price’s tragic ending to a sad life makes me afraid for all those who endure deep and persistent post-traumatic emotional pain (“Saving Sam,” Dec. 25). It seems to me that Thor really got it. Sam needed “scream therapy,” meaning deep emotional work in the presence of a therapist who cares. What she got…
Croccanti
I take a small bite and I hear the light crackle of the crisp thin outer layer. My teeth sink into finely chopped walnuts supported by a framework of egg white and sugar. In the morsel that now takes center stage in my mouth, the sugar dissolves and creates a substrate over which the walnut…
Opportunity Knocks
Editor: Regarding last week’s cover story, "Saving Sam," I’d like to suggest a free, holistic resource for people who survived trauma (be it war, child abuse, illness, or something else). My free (yes, free) book Holistic Self-Care for Post-Traumatic Stress & Dissociative Identity can be downloaded from amyweintraub.com/resources.htm or sent by e-mail from celestialsinger1-healingbook@yahoo.com. Humboldt…
Earthrise: How We First Saw Ourselves
On Christmas Eve 40 years ago, Frank Borman looked out the window and saw something no human had ever seen before. He saw the Earth rise. At the time Borman was in a space capsule, with the first crew to orbit the Moon. They were on the dark side, in their fourth orbit of looking…
More Math
Editor: I’d like to respond to Dana Silvernale’s letter (Dec. 18) regarding Heidi Walters’ article on Marsh Commons ("True Blues," Dec. 11), in which I was quoted. In referring to Greens and other third parties I was quoted as saying "They’re people who are bad at math — who made a choice to be disaffected…
thebignooneunderstandsme
Now I’m not entirely certain, but I’m pretty sure that theb igno oneun derst and sme is latin for "the big no one understands me," the title of the debut album by local lovelies thelittlestillnotbigenough (read: the little still not big enough, or, individuals that have yet to reach a height necessary to do certain…
A Dip in the Bay
My wife Louisa is an open-water swimmer. Her idea of a good time is to don her thin (1/8 inch) wetsuit, slide into Humboldt Bay off the C Street dock, and swim around for a good 30 minutes. Maybe 50 minutes in summer, when the water is warmer. My job, as her “spotter,” is to…
*The Post-American World *
In The Post-American World, Fareed Zakaria shows us a world in which the “rise of the rest” — the development of countries around the globe — will not necessarily overtake the United States economically, politically or militarily, but will drastically change the current geopolitics. “Look around,” writes Zakaria. “The tallest building in the world is…
Zombies of the ER
The death of the Eureka Reporter came as no surprise. But no one expected that a piece of it would continue to live, like a severed, still-talking head in a bad ’50s horror movie. Now, I’m not ashamed to say that I enjoyed reading the Eureka Reporter. Its staff worked hard and often produced interesting…
The Year Not in Reviews
By way of a year-end summing up, this column is about what doesn’t normally get into reviews. The plays we see may have several purposes. Many — including productions by Humboldt State, CR, Dell’Arte International School, local high schools and organizations like the Laurel Tree Learning Center — are part of the participants’ education. Community…
Brought Forth
On the edge of life, ones who sleep…
Holiday Downers
Previews The only film opening this week is The Reader, a post-WWII dramatic love story starring Ralph Fiennes and Kate Winslet. A young Berg (Fiennes) engages in a brief and passionate love affair with Hannah (Winslet), a woman twice his age, until Hannah disappears mysteriously. After years apart, Berg is stunned to learn that Hannah…
Medical Chief Grief
Eureka cardiologist David Ploss has resigned as chief of the medical staff of St. Joseph Health System-Humboldt County, leaving behind scant fresh clues as to the depth of his fed-upness with things — but fed-up we do know he is. Ploss was elected chief of staff in 2008, after having served as vice chief in…
