Suddenly Sexy Assessor!
You’d expect eye-glaze to meet this race. But donations flow and interest grows as three candidates vie for the job.
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Suddenly Sexy Assessor!
As soon as those financial disclosure forms came in last month, in which candidates revealed how much money they’d raked in so far from supporters, our suspicions were confirmed: The Assessor’s race was hands down the most scintillating race in town. OK, maybe that’s overstating things a bit. But at least one of the candidates’…
Team Sundberg/Mostranski Takes ‘High Road’
Mexico I’m more than a little peeved about the press release from Fifth District Supervisor candidate Ryan Sundberg’s campaign, which was sent to the Times-Standard earlier today (see below). In it, the campaign declines to participate in the series of political debates that the NCJ and KHUM will be producing throughout the month of May.…
John Ross on Democracy Now: “El Monstruo: Dread and Redemption in Mexico City”
John Ross on Democracy Now: “El Monstruo: Dread and Redemption in Mexico City”: Amy Goodman talks with the former Arcatan about what’s going in in
HSU Nursing Program Resuscitated
Humboldt State University’s Nursing program will not be eliminated as had been recommended by the Academic Senate in the face of dramatic budget cuts. Instead, HSU President Rollin Richmond announced this morning that he will enact recommendations from Provost Robert Snyder to restructure Nursing — in part by reducing admissions from 60 to 40 students per semester…
Kathleen Bryson Out?
“spunky.”) KHUM’s Mike Dronkers reports that District Attorney candidate Kathleen Bryson just told him that she is dropping out of the race. UPDATE, 10:30 p.m.: After much thought and discussion with my family, I have made the decision to drop out of the campaign for Humboldt County District Attorney. While I am grateful for the…
Lost Coast Sessions on Current.org
City!”Lost Coast Sessions on Current.org: Current.org, the online mag about public television and radio, features KEET-TV’s low-budget music series, Lost Coast Sessions in a piece on making the pilot with Ukesperience. (They call KEET
Duffy Endorses Sundberg
Fifth District Supervisor Jill Duffy today announced her support for Ryan Sundberg in the race to succeed her in office. Duffy, who is not seeking re-election, told the Journal that based on her conversations with Sundberg, she believes he has the temperament and listening skills required for the job. “An important element is being a…
Marijuana, Boom and Bust by Alexander Cockburn
Marijuana, Boom and Bust by Alexander Cockburn: Syndicated piece by the CounterPunch writer traces some local history and responds in part to Kym Kemp’s recent Journal story, “Welcome to Pot
Junior Hijinks
Previews Opening Friday, Apr. 23, Jennifer Lopez decides that waiting for Mr. Right is taking too long in Back-Up Plan. Wouldn’t you know it? As soon as she goes and gets herself artificially inseminated, some dashing dude saunters into her life. What’s a girl to do? Rated PG-13 for sexual content and crude material. 104m.…
Notes from the Hustings
It’s So Simple Chelene Nightingale, the American Independent Party candidate for governor of California, is a big believer in breakfast. Real breakfast. Ortega omelette, home fries, salsa. Mama’s, the downtown Eureka diner, turned out to be an inspired backdrop for an interview — classic Americana, but with a touch of Humboldt-style funkiness and — crucially,…
Goodbye, Sherwood
It was one of those sunny afternoons, rare and precious in Eureka-town, when nothing sounded better than to settle into a warm wooden chair in the garden with a clinky-cool cocktail. But Kathy Sherwood, owner of Sherwood Forest Nursery & Florist on Harris Avenue, and her long-time manager, delivery person and friend Debbie Jernigan, were…
Hooray For Us
We’ll return to our regular programming next week, but right now there’s just so much good news emanating from the NCJ and its extended family that we’re going to go ahead and devote a whole goddamned column to it. If you have a problem with that, stop reading right here. First things first. No one…
Droves for the Grove
Editor: Cristina Bauss’ basic premise in her "Roads and Redwoods" article is that EPIC has taken up the Richardson Grove defense to keep "the gateway" to the Redwood Curtain "locked" ("Roads and Redwoods," April 8 & 15). This is a serious misrepresentation, one with the poisonous power of a half-truth. EPIC has taken up the…
On A Lighter Note
Editor: Joel Mielke’s cartoons are always fun, not to mention witty, sharply focused and to-the-point. Perhaps more than anything in print anywhere else in Humboldt County, his weekly cartoons capture and/or skewer the essence of what it means to live here. But this week’s six-panel "Eureka Traffic Signs: What they really mean" (April 15) is…
I Am Ozzy
"Other people’s memories of the stuff in this book might not be the same as mine. I ain’t gonna argue with ’em. Over the past 40 years I’ve been loaded on booze, coke, acid, Quaaludes, glue, cough mixture, heroin, Rohypnol, Klonopin, Vicodin, and too many other heavy-duty substances to list. On more than a few…
Watch through my mother’s eyes
I want to take the train to Mexico…
I Learned the Hard Way
The Brooklyn-based band Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings has paved the way for other, often more successful "retro-soul" acts, namely Amy Winehouse (Members of The Dap-Kings backed Winehouse for her breakthrough Back To Black recording.) Subsequently, a number of critics dismissed this talented unit as being "revivalists" of classic ’60s and early ’70s soul. That’s…
The Feathered Killers
So here we are in chick season. Again. They’re at the feed stores right now — just follow the plaintive peeping sounds and there they will be, all fluffy and adorable under the heat lamps. They are impossible to resist, so don’t even try. Chicks are easy to raise, as long as you follow a…
The Antikythera Mechanism
For 2,000 years, it lay 150 feet below the Mediterranean Sea. Accidentally found by sponge divers in 1901, it’s been the source of speculation and wonder to the present day. The first time I heard about it, I was convinced the whole thing was a hoax. In fact, it’s arguably the single most impressive artifact…
The Thing About Pizza Is…
The thing about pizza is, everybody likes it. We all have our preferences about styles (obviously NYC pizza being the absolute best — end of discussion), but unless you have celiac disease or one of those cheese issues, you can’t really fuss too much when a homemade pie is on the menu. I like delivery…
Dub Krush
Dan Giannotta, aka DJ Dub Cowboy, gets in on the celebration of 50 years of KHSU Public Radio with a live version of his Reggae Jamdown at Humboldt Brews Thursday night (his radio show runs 2-4 p.m. Fridays on KHSU). He’ll have live reggae by Brooklyn-born Rastaman and self-proclaimed "Tru Ganjaman" Rocker T, Marcia Davis…
