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Summer of Fun
General and Multi Activities Arcata Recreation Summer Camp Combo. Mondays-Fridays. Arcata Recreation Department, 736 F St. Ages 5-14. Register for mornings at Redwood Day Camp, Mini Movers Dance, Dance, Skate or Theater Camps (9 a.m. – 1 p.m.), then choose from: Art, Young Creators Art, Young Explorers Science, Marsh Explorers Science, Adventure or Skate for…
$5M Awarded for Last Chance Grade Studies
The California Transportation Commission has allocated $5 million to fund the environmental and geotechnical studies needed to build an alternative route around Last Chance Grade, the long-failing portion of U.S. Highway 101 just south of Crescent City. The offices of Congressman Jared Huffman and state Sen. Mike McGuire announced the development today, the first step…
Eureka Woman, 31, Dies in Jail
A 31-year-old Eureka woman died in custody at the Humboldt County jail Monday night after she was found not breathing in her cell during a security check. Erica Ekker was housed alone in the maximum security female unit when she was discovered, according to a press release from the Humboldt County Sheriff”s Office. Medical staff performed…
Music Tonight – Tuesday, May 16
I’m told there’s some “cutting edge music” in the Scottish tradition happening tonight as a part of the Crib Concert Series at 7 p.m. in Arcata. Now I’m not hip enough to know where these exclusive house concerts take place but if you’re interested, email crib1251@gmail.com for more information. I haven’t mentioned who’s playing tonight,…
One of Petrolia’s Zebras Fatally Shot
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the shooting of one of the three famed zebras that lives on Mattole Road near Petrolia. Sheriff William Honsal said his office received a report of the shooting Saturday morning, saying it appears someone used a small caliber rifle to fatally shoot the zebra sometime during the preceding…
Pilot of Airplane that Crashed in Eel River Identified
The remains of an ultra-light aircraft pilot that went down May 4 into the main fork of the Eel River have been recovered and identified as those of 61-year-old Rex Whitlow. According to a press release from the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office, Whitlow’s body was located at about 2 p.m. yesterday by family friends who…
DA: Officers ‘Acted Lawfully’ in Fatal McKinleyville Standoff Shooting
District Attorney Maggie Fleming found officers “acted lawfully” when they fatally shot a McKinleyville man after a lengthy standoff at an apartment complex in August. David Alan Fulton, 59, who had a history of mental health issues, was killed about 2 a.m. after emerging from his flame-engulfed apartment and firing rounds at SWAT team members,…
UPDATED: More Parks for Eureka?
UPDATE: Miles Slattery reached out to the Journal to clarify on a couple of points, first emphasizing that turning the landscaped areas into parks would not increase his staff’s workload. He also said there has been a miscommunication between the Kamisu City representatives and the Sister City Association. “We were originally told they wanted to…
Music Tonight – Sunday, May 14
In case you didn’t party hard enough last night and are up early this morning, head to the Arcata Community Center to hear the 60-singer-strong Arcata Interfaith Gospel Choir doing its thing. AIGC is joined by the AIGC Youth Choir and A Company of Voices around 10 a.m. Tickets are $18 at the door but…
Music Tonight – Saturday, May 13
Some Home Cookin’ is on the menu tonight up at the Mad River Brewery Tap Room at 6 p.m. Joyce, Fred, Tim and Gary will get you moving while you dance the evening away in the waning Blue Lake sunshine (weather permitting). It’s a free show, so have a blast. The Eureka Brass Band closes…
Music Tonight – Friday, May 12
The Detours (formerly The Honky Tonk Detours) return to the Mad River Brewery Tap Room this evening at 6 p.m. for a free show. Two hours later, and equally free, you’ll find Good Company at Cafe Mokka playing their take on Celtic tunes for an all ages show. Still scouting out delicious beer here on…
Kitchen Held For Trial in DUI Manslaughter Case
Humboldt County Superior Court Judge John Feeney ruled yesterday that there is sufficient evidence to hold Marci Kitchen to stand trial on manslaughter charges stemming from allegations that she was driving drunk when she hit and killed her daughter and another girl in July. Kitchen was held to answer on charges of vehicular manslaughter and…
Music Tonight – Thursday, May 11
Marin County’s The Beer Scouts are fans of rock n’ roll and, not-surprisingly, fans of good beer as well. It will also be of no surprise that they’re returning to Humboldt after their last shows here a few months ago. Apparently, our beer is so good up here — which we all know — these…
HumBug: Getting the Jump on Pests
Saturday was sunny, windy and cold. I was feeling a little under the weather, so I bundled up and went outside, camera in hand. Even on a gray day my spirits are lifted when I am greeted by my favgorite species of spider: the red backed jumping spider, Phidippus johnsoni. I’ve written about them before…
By the Horns
Beauty and the Beast has evolved into some sort of larger-than-life thing of its own in the past quarter century. It really owes all this to Disney’s 1991 animated film, the gigantic success of which helped jump-start the company’s nearly dormant animated movie division. Under the laws of nature, there was no reason to stop…
Sculling
At the Humboldt Bay Rowing Association (HBRA) sculling boathouse at the Adorni Center, my sculling buddy and I lose no time getting on the water, each one in a single boat. Once we push off the dock, memories of the pre-dawn rise, the drive, the maneuvering of boats and oars down to the water fade…
Right on Time
Editor: As executive director of The Buckeye, I would like to comment on the article written in the April 13 edition under the Week in Weed section, entitled “Farmer to Farmer.” I would like to point out that The Buckeye is one of the few NGOs to have an official, published position paper on commercial…
Racists Among Us
Editor: I would like to give my deepest condolences to the mother of David Josiah Lawson (“What Now?” May 4). As a mother, I feel the outrage at senseless violence taking the life of her son in his prime. I am white and I have friends of many races. There is a lot of mixing…
‘Beyond Upset’
Editor: I am beyond upset after reading your May 4 issue’s cover story written by Thadeus Greenson entitled “What Now? Two men, 20 minutes and the fracture in Arcata.” I find it hard to believe that this is the title you give to the brutal slaying of David Josiah Lawson. These are not just two…
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Civility Now
San Francisco Ethics Commission Chair Peter Keane believes the Eureka City Council was headed down the right path when members recently debated whether elected and appointed officials should make political endorsements. In fact, the law professor embraces the idea that office holders, in general, should be restricted from throwing their support behind candidates. But that’s…
Missing Pieces
It was a bold move, and one Humboldt County deputy public defenders Luke Brownfield and Kelly Neel weren’t fully committed to until the last possible minute. It was the morning of May 1, and their client, 23-year-old Kyle Christopher Zoellner, had been in jail for 16 days since he was beaten, bloodied and arrested before…
Fourth World
Where are you, boy who never was? Draped dead in your father’s arms. Shrouding dust blown by hellish winds Held settled only by your family’s blood. Where are you going, mother who cannot be? Looking for a child perhaps? Looking for a world perhaps? Those hidden well enough to live? Well, there are none. Who…
Tropicalismo
It’s never easy nail down a music genre. As with many things ineffable, the more you describe them, the more elusive they seem. Much like quantum physics, the more microscopic your view, the more you see, ad infinitum. This paradoxical quandary hit me while trying to pin what it was about Sugar Candy Mountain that…
Hum Plate Roundup
Deep Dish Diplomacy Hey, Australia. Are we good? We had a weird phone call followed by a weird meeting and now it’s awkward. But look, we made your favorite: meat pies! For those unfamiliar, meat pies are the wings and nachos of the land down under. They are at once a comfort food and the…
Arts! Arcata
Arts! Arcata is Arcata Main Street’s monthly celebration of visual and performing arts, held at locations in Arcata. Visit www.facebook.com/artsarcata for more information or call 822-4500. ANGELICA ATELIER 1101 H St. Wedding Showcase, Jessie Bell, photography ARCATA ARTISANS 883 H St. Anna Oneglia, paintings, and Loryn White, ceramics. ARCATA EXCHANGE 813 H St. “Sticks-n-Stones, Environmental…
Same Team
Many painful questions will be asked after the killing of black Humboldt State University student leader David Josiah Lawson. Was the killing motivated by racism? Were the responses of first responders biased? Do people of color experience differential treatment in this often-described liberal community? These are essential questions to ask and we must respond with…
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Puff, Puff, Savings?
If Congress really wants to reduce Medicaid costs, there could be a pretty simple solution: Legalize marijuana. A new study out of the University of Georgia investigating the association between medical marijuana laws and prescription drug spending in Medicaid programs in all 50 states and the District of Columbia found that the 28 states that…
Family Messes
Reviews THE DINNER. Elliptical awkwardness isn’t everybody’s thing and that’s understandable. In real life, it’s almost nobody’s thing, and those who enjoy it are challenging to be around, to say the least. But cinematically, a sort of rootless discomfiture can go a long way toward establishing tone, serving story and locating characters in context. Such…
Time (and) Travel
It’s May and the Blue Lake Museum just reopened for the season — two good reasons to head inland, toward the sun. A copywriter working for the now-defunct Hotel Korbel, close to downtown Blue Lake, puffed the excursion in the 1920s: “Ho! For Korbel in the land of sunshine, fruit and flowers. While in Humboldt,…
