Incumbents Cruise and McKinley Will Come Down in a Sanctuary County
Election Day turned out to be a pretty good one for Humboldt County incumbents. In Eureka’s first trip to the polls under its new true ward system, Councilmembers Kim Bergel and Natalie Arroyo fended off challengers to retain their seats, and they’ll be joined by Leslie Castellano, who cruised to victory in a four-way race…
Music Tonight: Wednesday, Oct. 7
The Goon Sax are a perfectly fun and dumb teenage garage band from Brisbane, Australia. The music is delightful and earnest. Blood Hunny and Wet Spot provide local support. The price is $6. The time is 7 p.m. The place is The Outer Space. Get in, it’s bound to be good.
3rd UPDATE: Bergel, Arroyo, Castellano Take Council Seats; Seaman in as Mayor
3rd UPDATE: The Humboldt County Elections Office just released its final election night report and the Eureka City Council races seem settled. Here’s the quick rundown of the latest results: Ward 1 Leslie Castellano built her early lead and never looked back. With the final election night report, Castellano finished with 47.78 percent of the…
Final Election Night Report Update: A Tight Race in Trinidad, Marks Well Ahead For the Harbor District
FINAL ELECTION NIGHT REPORT: There were no changes in the final election report for the Ferndale and Rio Dell races but the council contest in Trinidad is providing to be a tight one. Meanwhile, Humboldt Bay Harbor, Recreation and Conservation District numbers show incumbent Richard Marks maintaining his heathy lead and the McKinleyville Community Services…
3rd UPDATE: Measure K Surges Ahead, M Falters
3rd UPDATE: With the final election night report in and 100 percent of county precincts reporting, the fates of most local ballot measures appear set and Measure K has pulled ahead in the final election night tally. Here’s the latest on the measures: Measure H, which would impose a 10 percent transient occupancy tax in…
Election Night Final Report: Arcata Incumbents Ahead, McKinley Statue Measure Continues Downward Slide
ELECTION NIGHT FINAL UPDATE: Incumbents Sofia Pereira and Brett Watson maintain their leads to continue serving on the Arcata City Council over challenger Valerie Rose-Campbell, taking 43.58 percent and 36.14 percent of the vote, respectively, in the three-person race. Meanwhile, the ballot bid to keep the statue of President William McKinley on the plaza continues its…
Fans Say Goodbye to HSU Football (With Video)
HSU football game – SA from Sam Armanino on Vimeo. For the past three seasons of Humboldt State University football, Bennie Marzett and his family have made the nine hour drive from Bakersfield to Arcata to watch his son play. With the exception of one absence by his mother, Deborah Marzett, defensive back Patrick Marzett’s…
Election Day: Tuesday, Nov. 6
Vote. Furthermore, encourage your extended family to vote. Spread the net farther outward and simply encourage voting in your social circles across the country. It’s being taken away from us and that is not hyperbole. Marginalized people have been and are being denied the vote in record numbers. This is not a functioning democracy. Do…
McKinleyville Pedestrian Extricated After Being Trapped Under Vehicle
A pedestrian who was struck by a vehicle in the 1500 block of City Center Road by the Safeway in McKinleyville was being taken to the hospital after being extricated from under the vehicle just before 2:30 p.m. According to the scanner and to the CHP Traffic Incident Information Page, the woman’s leg had been…
APD Interim Chief: There is ‘Unequivocal Physical Evidence’ in Lawson Case
The Arcata Police Department is preparing to submit its investigation into the 2017 stabbing death of David Josiah Lawson to the Humboldt County District Attorney’s Office this week and Interim Police Chief Richard Ehle says he thinks there is “unequivocal physical evidence” linking a specific suspect to Lawson’s death. Ehle declined to discuss the evidence…
Arborist Recommends Eucalyptus Removal to Make Way for Bay Trail
The eucalyptus must go. That was the conclusion drawn by a professional arborist hired by the county to determine if there is a viable way to mitigate the risks of the 219 eucalyptus trees on the U.S. Highway 101 corridor north of the former California Redwood Company mill while making way for the last leg…
After Heated Meeting, Planning Commission Sends Zoning Changes to Supes
For the second time this year, Mercer-Fraser Co., a well-known road construction company, aroused public alarm via a requested zoning change that some fear could endanger the drinking water of more than half of Humboldt County’s population. The company owns a parcel of land next to the Mad River intake wells of the Humboldt Bay…
Entertainment Tonight: Monday, Oct. 5
Pilobolus is a nearly five-decade modern dance troupe whose offshoot Momix should be familiar to Center Arts ticket holders from yesteryear. Named after a sun-worshipping fungus that thrives on cowpats, Pilobolus survived the generational threshing of dance trends to find a niche in great big and circus-level production in our current decade. And bless these…
HumBug: Who’s Your Daddy Longlegs?
As soon as the UPS delivered my newest camera lens, I had to go a hunting. Since it’s fall, many insects are gone until next year but there’s always something interesting out there. Today was no exception. Before I even got out the door, I noted a daddy longlegs on my window screen. It only…
Music Tonight: Sunday, Oct. 4
Somebody decided to make a musical out of one of the finest films of the outsider horror genre and the theater department at Humboldt State University is putting it on. Today is the last performance and also a 2 p.m. matinee so perhaps you should head over to Gist Hall and check out Evil Dead:…
HumLook: Pelicans and Parades
Local photographer Jose Quezada has launched a pair of new websites, HumSport and HumLook, showcasing the work of a team of local photographers. Photographers will be uploading galleries of photos on both sites regularly, showcasing their best images of local sports, cultural events and landscapes. High-resolution downloads of the images are also available for $5 apiece.…
HumSport: Your Week in Sports Photos
Local photographer Jose Quezada has launched a pair of new websites, HumSport and HumLook, showcasing the work of local photographers. Photographers will be uploading galleries of photos on both sites regularly, showcasing their best images of local sports, cultural events and landscapes. High-resolution downloads of the images are also available for $5 apiece. The Journal…
How To Host a Political Party: A social approach to figuring out your ballot
First you must set up the invite list. This is most important. You will want to have around 10 to 12 people, mostly of your generation, whose opinions you respect and who are not afraid to speak up on the critical issues that confront the electorate. It doesn’t hurt to throw in a few people…
Pilobolus
Pilobolus propels itself onto the stage at the Arkley Center for the Performing Arts on Mon., Nov. 5 and 7 ($29-$56). Named after a fast-moving and versatile fungus, this dance company embodies strength and adaptivity, combining movement and acrobatics to construct biologically inspired, kinetic human structures.
Music Tonight: Saturday, Oct. 3
RampArt Skatepark continues a solid gold run of fun shows today and tonight for the hoi polloi and aristoi together. First up at noon is a free edition of Shred Fest, a sort of thank you for the locals who regularly people the park. FHOG, Ultramafic, NacOne and DJ Goldylocks all contribute a live soundtrack…
UPDATE: Wildfire Burning in Heavy Timber West of Honeydew
UPDATE: According to an evening update from Cal Fire Battalion Chief Paul Savona, forward progress on the fire has been stopped and no structures were lost but “due to heavy fuels and mop up, crews will be working in the area throughout the day tomorrow.” PREVIOUSLY: About 4 p.m., Cal Fire received a report of…
Sixth Grader Shares her Experiences with Racism in Arcata
Editor’s note: This story contains offensive language. It is the Journal’s policy not to alter direct quotations or to censor language, no matter how offensive, as it runs the risk of sanitizing that which should not be sanitized. Sadie Shelmire stood behind the podium and read through her notes before looking up at her mother,…
UPDATE: Fortuna Man Killed in Today’s Second Traffic Fatality
UPDATE: A 75-year-old Fortuna man died after his car went off the Eel River Drive just before 11: 20 a.m. today and hit a tree, according to the CHP. The crash near Copenhagen Road killed driver Steven Laurilliard. No other vehicles were involved. PREVIOUSLY: A fatal car crash occurred around 11:20 a.m. after a silver…
CHP: Pedestrian Death Near Westhaven Being Investigated
A pedestrian injured in an apparent hit and run on northbound U.S. Highway 101 near Sixth Avenue in Westhaven died this morning after being taken to St. Joseph Hospital. The man, whose name and age have not been released pending notification of next of kin, was found by a passing motorist just after 5:30 a.m.…
Shred Fest
Get yer grind on at the fifth annual Shred Fest on Sat., Nov. 3 from noon-6 p.m. at RampArt Skatepark (free). Enjoy live music, local food and refreshments, open street and ramp skating sessions, a roller skate ramp jam, tarp surfing, live painting, raffles and auctions, as well as BMX and skate competitions.
Music Tonight: Friday, Oct. 2
Leo Kottke is a fingerpicking, open-tuning master craftsman of the acoustic guitar who, along with the late Michael Hedges and later player Kaki King, reinvented the possibilities inherent in the six-string medium for futureheads to hem and haw over. Come see for yourself at 8 p.m. at The Arkley Center for the Performing Arts at…
Boo! Scaring the Pee Out of People at a Haunted House
“Oh, great! My scare-ninjas are here,” A man I’m hoping is named Micah says. “So you’ll hear Olmec talk, and then the lyrist will give her little speech and I want you to follow them upstairs and jump scare them when they’re in the heavens. Does that make sense?” “Not really,” my friend Dexter and…
North Coast Night Lights: Humboldt County Skyline
It’s unlikely for one who lives in Humboldt County to be unaware of a certain industry, which shall here remain nameless, and for which the county is known somewhat beyond its borders, and which recently became legal in our state, for the subject naturally becomes a part of many conversations. I could discuss it in…
Savage Henry Comedy Club Grand Opening
Laugh out loud at the grand opening of the Savage Henry Comedy Club. Catch performances by Billy Wayne Davis (as seen on Conan, Last Comic Standing and WTF with Marc Maron) and local comedians Nando Molina, Jessica Grant, Evan Vest and Alec Cole on Nov. 2 from 9-11:30 p.m. ($15).
Seventh Annual Joni Mitchell Tribute Show
All I Want is to celebrate the music and life of the legendary Joni Mitchell at the seventh annual Joni Mitchell Tribute Show. Performed at the Arcata Playhouse by a group of talented and passionate Humboldt singers and musicians, this two-part concert covers a diverse selection of the Grammy Award-winning artist’s work. Jan Bramlett, Morgan…
La Ofrenda
Honor the lives of the dearly departed on Dia de los Muertos. All souls are invited to the Arcata Plaza at Ninth and G streets on Nov. 2 from 5-8 p.m. Sponsored by Arcata Main Street, Los Bagels and the city of Arcata, this event will include live Mariachi, a performance by Samba da Alegria,…
Music Tonight: Thursday, Nov. 1
There’s a big ol’ electronic show happening over at the Arcata Theatre Lounge at 8:30 p.m. Random Rab is a West Coast electro-dance phenom known for tidally shifting the groove aesthetics of the room with deft sonic control and jazz fusion music cues. Jason Burruss and Anthny Jacobs join in ($15). Darsombra is an inscrutable…
Get to the Show and the Voting Booth
This has been an ugly and busy week. White terrorism has been in the news and in our own community someone was stabbed to death in Arcata in what I am sure was a tragically pointless dispute. Two lives are now ruined: the victim’s and the alleged attacker’s. This isn’t a crime to put on…
Losing Brandon
Editor: As I write this I am alternating between rage and despair (“Teen Stabbing Suspect to Be Tried as Juvenile Under Bill Signed by Brown,” posted online Oct. 14). Brandon Brocious had two sets of parents and he loved all his family dearly. His parents did a very good job of guiding him as he…
Safe, Not Safe
Editor: Michael Mathe (Mailbox, Oct. 18) should not worry too much about sending his son to Humboldt State University because, by and large, the campus is reasonably safe. There is however, no logical reason that administrators at Humboldt State University and radio station KHSU have determined that suddenly, after decades of broadcasting all night long…
Epic Battles
Ripcord David Lindsay-Abaire’s Ripcord, the current production at Redwood Curtain, reunites three local favorites, director Cassandra Hesseltine and lead players Peggy Metzger and Susan Abbey, who teamed up for Lindsay-Abaire’s excellent Good People at Redwood Curtain earlier this year. It’s a dream team that’s clearly at home with the touching and humorous perspective on life…
TMT: Astronomy’s New Eye
Say it quickly — “30-meter telescope” — and it doesn’t sound like much. But this new $2 billion instrument under construction near the summit of Mauna Kea on Hawai’i’s Big Island is a monster. Compare, for instance, the current record holder for optical telescopes, the 10.4-meter Gran Telescopio Canarias (located on Spain’s Canary Islands) which…
Awkward
Reviews AN EVENING WITH BEVERLY LUFF LINN. Some screenwriters write a script for a specific actor. Wes Anderson famously wrote Royal Tenenbaum for Gene Hackman and had to cajole the actor to take the part. An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn, which recently had a two-screening weekend at the Minor Theatre and is available on…
Crimes from the Past
Recorded in the eloquent handwritten script of a bygone era, a set of recently rediscovered ledgers contains more than just a list of the individuals who were led through the doors of the Humboldt County jail starting back in the 1880s. The seven logs, along with an equal set of mug shot books, also offer…
Rebuilding the Temple
We are always in a state of rebuilding the temple. Brick by brick We mortar our proverbs, Our collective wisdom over centuries Of migration and struggle, Through laughter and tears, We remember our losses, and look to the children for hope, that life goes on Through turmoil and digging through the rubble We want to…
‘Lawlessness’
Initial reports are that the altercation that ultimately left a 26-year-old Eureka man bleeding to death on an Arcata sidewalk began over a hat, or some other piece of clothing, according to interim Arcata Police Chief Richard Ehle. “What it was probably about is too much testosterone and too much drinking,” Ehle said, adding that…
Hum Plate Roundup
Boat to table Long have we enjoyed the hefty sandwiches and stacked, house-ground burgers at Arcata Pizza and Deli. They’re almost enough to hinder exploring the rest of the chalkboard menu. And, OK, maybe rolling in late at night, a little worse for wear, you weren’t in the mood to experiment with the seafood. Let…
Joan Gold’s Dark Materials
Approaching Joan Gold’s installation of paintings at Black Faun Gallery is like walking into an animated conversation. The walls seem to dissolve into vibrating pattern. Fifty-eight tall, modular paintings on paper feature superimposed registers framing all-over fields of explosive, dancing pattern. Short, rounded, color-laden brushstrokes gyrate in formation like synchronized swimmers. Brushstrokes are layered, so…
Arts Alive!
Presented by Eureka Main Street. Opening receptions for artists, exhibits and performances are held the first Saturday of each month. For more information, call 442-9054 or go to www.eurekamainstreet.org. 707 BAR (formerly Steve and Dave’s) First and C Streets. Barry Evans photography. Music by Dr. Squid. A TASTE OF BIM 613 Third St. Susan Strope,…
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): You have officially arrived at the heart of the most therapeutic phase of your cycle. Congratulations! It’s an excellent time to fix what’s wrong, hurt or distorted. You will attract more help than you can imagine if you summon an aggressive approach toward finding antidotes and cures. A good way to…
Blood Sucking Flies Coming for your Cannabis
What happens when you mix the Mall of America with a laser light show and get the whole thing high AF? Las Vegas is about to find out. On Nov. 1, the city is poised to welcome what’s reported to be the world’s largest cannabis dispensary to its garish ranks. Planet 13, the 40,000-foot monstrosity…
