Supervising the Second
A region in flux prepares to pick a new face. Plus: Water politics and the struggle for SoHum’s hospital
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Supervising the Second
At noon last Monday, the members of the Fortuna Chamber of Commerce packed the Monday Club for the final debate between their candidates for the Humboldt County Board of Supervisor. This would be their last chance to get a glimpse and gauge the politics of the three candidates, one of whom would become the first…
Stench plume
Arcata Firefighters spray down scorched equipment A putrid-smelling smoke cloud befouled Arcata’s western skies Wednesday afternoon after a fire erupted in the old Beaver Lumberyard near the corner of 7th and L streets, and it had nothing to do with marijuana. Gas masked firemen doused the flames, but not before they had melted a few…
One Newsroom To Rule Them All
MediaNews CEO Dean Singleton has been thinking big again. Times-Standard reporters should be very, very afraid. The Associated Press and paidcontent.org are currently carrying accounts of Big Deaner’s speech to the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association yesterday. Apparently Dean chose the occasion to hanky-drop his new scheme for “saving” the newspaper industry: Consolidation of the entire…
McCain Giving Up on Colorado? – The Plank
McCain Giving Up on Colorado? – The Plank: Judy Hodgson Deals
Examining the Economics of Wave Energy
DefeatExamining the Economics of Wave Energy: Lecture by HSU economics professor Steve Hackett. This Thursday, 5:30 p.m., Founders’ Hall
Fox News Hires Disgraced Reporter Judith Miller
118.Fox News Hires Disgraced Reporter Judith Miller: A great day for the
CA GOP Vote Registration Contractor Arrested for Registration Fraud, Perjury
all.CA GOP Vote Registration Contractor Arrested for Registration Fraud, Perjury:
A Folklife show that fell through the cracks
Sometimes things fall through the cracks in our event listing system, an e-mail is overlooked or gets incorrectly diverted by the junk mail filter. Here’s the p.r. for a very cool show tomorrow night (Monday) that I discovered this morning after hearing about it from a friend: What: Humboldt Folklife Society presents Russ Barenberg and…
Why Not Be A Writer?
Why Not Be A Writer?: Exceptionally useful career advice from someone who has obviously spent time in the
YouTube – Adolf’s party
Hos”YouTube – Adolf’s party:
History of Home Values
industry.History of Home Values: An indexed history of American home prices going back to
The Daily Beast
The Daily Beast: Tina Brown’s news and views aggregator – my latest morning
The Pyramid of Capitalism
1890.The Pyramid of Capitalism: From the site “Prose Before
Chas Lewis named Roots Music “DJ of the Month”
note: South Side show hours expanded to 7-10 This just in from the folks at KHUM: Chas Lewis, host of ” The South Side ” on 104.7/ 104.3 KHUM has been named ‘DJ of the Month’ by the Roots Music Report , which features radio airplay charts from over 300 radio stations worldwide. Lewis said,…
Pulp Mill Dumped
Just a couple of follow-up thoughts on the Times-Standard’s major scoopage this morning on the sale of Evergreen Pulp … Here’s the disclosure form (.pdf) on the sale from the Hong Kong stock exchange. Note the payment schedule. Someone’s getting what seems like a pretty handsome deal. They’re putting about $2.5 million US down, then…
The Body Politic
With less than three weeks remaining before election day, it’s time for democracy to get nasty. Or “nastier,” as the case may be. As the politicking gloves come off and the verbal blows gravitate southward, it seems appropriate somehow that what may be the nastiest, most pugnacious political melee in the county is going on…
Water Boarding
Who’s running for — YaWWNn — the Humboldt Bay Municipal Water District Board? You turned on the tap today. Water came out, and it was good. End of story — good job, people, carry on. Um, nuh-uh. This race is an edge-of-seater. Think geysering water rates. Water grabs. Sharp-shelled creatures that clog and destroy. Odd,…
Crash and Burn
The Evergreen Pulp Mill announced last week that it would be shutting down indefinitely, at least until the world market for paper and pulp picked itself back up, and you’d better believe that there were plenty of people around here who took the news like a stiff punch to the gut. Start, of course, with…
Enchanting Ember
Previews Opening Friday, Oct.17, is Max Payne, a video game adaptation with Mark Wahlberg in the title role as a leather coat-clad, pistol-packing antihero cop. Rated PG-13. 90m. At Mill Creek, the Minor, Fortuna and Broadway. In the road trip/teensploitation comedy genre, Sex Drive chronicles the journey a libidinous 18-year-old male (redundant, I know) who…
Is Nerdcore Dead?
Don’t be surprised if you see zombies walking the streets of Arcata Thursday. It’s not that Halloween has come early, and no, they’re not extras in a Jon Olsen video — they’re probably on their way to see mc chris at Humboldt Brews, as he brings the mc chris is dead tour to town. The…
F and J
Editor: Arcata and Eureka Measures F and J will protect vulnerable adolescents from high-powered sales pitches by the military (“Arms and the Child,” Oct. 9). If people this age are not considered legally able to sign contracts or drink, why should they be considered to have the judgment to deal with the military? We’ve outlawed…
Prop. 2
Editor: There are no legitimate arguments against the passage of Proposition 2, “The Prevention of Farm Animal Cruelty Act” (“Whither the Factory Farm,” Oct. 9). It’s the right thing to do for the animals and for the environment. Further, as the Arcata farm owner you interviewed intimated, higher prices for meat and eggs can have…
One Bloody Family
Besides showcasing local performers in the 20 months since it opened its doors at the old Creamery, the Arcata Playhouse has hosted a number of visiting productions. These not only provide opportunities for North Coast audiences, but also for local theatre artists to see interesting work developed elsewhere, especially from larger theatre centers. And thanks…
Prop. 8
Editor: I’m puzzled by objections to state recognition of marriages between same-sex couples (“Popping the Question,” Oct. 9). Is it confusion between rites and rights? The marriage rituals performed by churches are not limited or affected by California granting marital rights to any couple of legal age. If a church wishes to discriminate between same-…
The Summer Triangle
The Autumnal Equinox is a few weeks behind us, the nights are getting longer and cooler, and it is a good time to go outside and see some interesting things in the sky. If you go outside around 9 p.m. in the next few weeks and look directly overhead, you will see one of the…
Third Friday McKinleyville Arts Night
Presented by members of the McKinleyville business community. Receptions for artists, exhibits and/or performances are from 6-8 p.m. on the third Friday of each month. Phone 834-6460, for more informatio 1. The Front Gallery and Gifts 1181 Central Ave. Blackstone Glass, Life on Io – Flora and Fauna from Far Out, borosilicate works; glass blowing…
Art of Propaganda
What do you think of when you hear the word “propaganda”? Lies? Deceit? Politics? Dictionary.com defines it as, “information, ideas or rumors deliberately spread widely to help or harm a person, group, movement, institution, nation, etc.” Wikipedia states that propaganda “often presents facts selectively (thus lying by omission) to encourage a particular synthesis, or gives…
Tim /Pleased To Meet Me
Hailing from Minneapolis, The Replacements were a fatalistic band. Headed by songwriter, vocalist and guitarist Paul Westerberg, the band drew praise from mid-’80s critics, and garnered a dedicated nationwide core of fans, but they couldn’t get enough radio airplay (thought to be too rough-around-the-edges) and thus didn’t sell enough "units." Meanwhile, live they were wildly…
Untitled
I’m beginning to understand why some people worship…
Way to Normal
Ben Folds has let his imagination run away with him — an imagination he’s always had, but which has been reined in for most of his recording career. First it was kept in check by the three-person, three-instrument trio Ben Folds Five, which, even when it began to add string quartets and flugel horns, retained…
Downtown Owl
Several years ago, Chuck Klosterman rose to prominence as the author of an amusing, if sometimes tendentious memoir called Fargo Rock City. In it, he described growing up as a teenage metalhead in rural North Dakota, and trained his sharp critical mind to extolling the virtues of the sometimes despised subgenre of ’80s hair metal,…
