‘The Ends of Justice’
The ‘activist attorney’ who changed state law to free Steven Dinsmore By Thadeus Greenson
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‘The Ends of Justice’
When appellate attorney Richard Braucher agreed to take on Steven Dinsmore’s case, he says two things were immediately clear to him: It was the right thing to do and he would lose. Reading through a transcript of Dinsmore’s May 20, 2022, re-sentencing hearing, Braucher says he was struck first by how Dinsmore’s sincerity jumped off…
Timothy David Cochrane: 1953-2024
Tim Cochrane was born the evening of Aug. 24, 1953, in his maternal grandparents’ home in Eureka, California, to James William Cochrane III and Alice Loree Stockton Cochrane of Loleta, California. He and elder brother James Michael “Sham” were later joined by Robert Todd and sister Leslie Loree, the four of them growing up on…
Calvin Harold Kernen: 1925-2024
The family of Calvin Harold Kernen is sad to announce his passing on Feb. 11, 2024, in Arcata, California. Cal was born Aug. 5, 1925, in Del Norte, Colorado, to Swiss Immigrants Friederick Alfred and Mary Albertina (nee: Gerber) Kernen and was proud to have turned 98 ½ years old just days before his passing.…
Doris May McCann Hickerson: 1924-2024
Doris Hickerson died Feb. 22, 2024, in Eureka, California after a short illness. Doris May McCann was born in Eureka Dec. 31, 1924, to Andrew Warren McCann and Cora Margaret Olson McCann. Both her parents were born in Eureka to immigrants from New Brunswick, Canada and Norway. The family included her older sister, Beryl Marie…
Edward Buzz Webb: 1939-2024
Dr. Edward Buzz Webb, vice president for student affairs emeritus, died peacefully at home with his wife Judy, daughters Lisa and Sydney, by his side. He leaves his wife Judy, daughters Lisa (Erik) and Sydney (Geo) both of Homer, Alaska, his sister-in-law Salli Sachse, half sisters, Judy Webb and Peggy Webb, along with six granddaughters: Anna…
Music Tonight: Thursday, March 7
Alpha Rhythm Kings are a San Francisco sextet trading in the style jump blues and sassy, high energy, swinging lounge music that made Louis Prima a household name during the glory days of live American dance club music. Tonight at 7 p.m., you can capture a taste of those goods at the Eagle House Ballroom…
Election Night Roundup: Incumbent Supervisors Cruise, Judge Kreis Falls
Election Night in Humboldt County was low on drama, and low on turnout, too. It is unclear how many ballots remain to be counted, as will likely be the case for another week, but the Elections Office counted 20,258 ballots in its final election night report. That’s 42 percent of the final tally from the…
Final Election Night Report Leaves Races Unchanged: Incumbents Lead Supes Contests, Van Dyke Ahead for Judgeship
THIRD UPDATE: The final Election Night report added more than 2,000 ballots to the ongoing tally, bringing the total counted so far to 20,258, but did not move the needle in any local race. The county’s supervisorial incumbents all continue to hold comfortable leads, with Rex Bohn currently holding 64 percent of the vote in…
Audrea Filbey: 1977-2024
Audrea Filbey (Hafner) was born on March 12, 1977, in Arcata, California, to Timothy Hafner and Sandra Andrews and passed away on Feb. 2, 2024, in Eureka, California, two years and four months after being diagnosed with treatment resistant Ewing cancer. Growing up, Audrea loved painting rainbows, music (she played the clarinet and taught herself…
Resentencing, Rebuttal, Forests and Indian Food
This week we’re looking at how changes in resentencing law grew out of a losing case here in Humboldt. We’ve also Judge Greg Kreis’ response to recent allegations as the election draws near, as well as the good news about the McKinleyville Community Forest. We’re also excited about an Indian pop-up out of a Mexican…
Mexican and Masala
The bright flags staked around the Taqueria Martinez truck parked beside A&L Feed at 2314 Central Ave. in McKinleyville advertise tacos and burritos. So does the truck itself, emblazoned with pictures of asada fries and tortas. But above the order window through which Miguel Santiago Martinez is taking lunch orders, there hangs a paper menu…
First Saturday Night Arts Alive
Eureka Main Street presents First Saturday Night Arts Alive March 2 from 6 to 9 p.m. Galleries, museums, theaters, bars and restaurants are open late for your enjoyment. 4TH STREET MERCANTILE 215 Fourth St. Willa Owings, Lynn Niekrasz, Nancy and Paul Rickard, oil painting and watercolors. Open until 8 p.m. ART CENTER FRAME SHOP 616…
Bird Names for Everyone
Of all the birding news stories that came down in 2023, perhaps none was more unexpected than the American Ornithological Society’s (AOS) decision to change the names of up to 152 North American bird species, eliminating honorific and eponymous names. That means so long, Steller’s jay. Bye-bye, Brewer’s blackbird. Hasta la vista, Heermann’s gull. Why?…
Women on the Run
DRIVE-AWAY DOLLS. With the dissolution of the artistic and commercial enterprise that was the Coen Brothers sometime in the beginning of the end of the world (2018-ish), one of the most innovative and imitated dynasties in American cinema came to its apparent end. And with it, perhaps, an epoch of satirical invention transcending form and…
‘Contribute to the Conversation’
Editor: Thank you for publishing Elaine Weinreb’s article “Trouble on the Mountain” in your Jan. 11 issue. She did an excellent job presenting the complex issues regarding Horse Mountain and all its recreational users. Elaine made it clear that the California Native Plant Society is not opposed to recreational target shooting. CNPS is working with the Forest…
Multiverse
“… at a time when our world, the real world, faces serious problems, [scientists] dwelling on multiverses strikes me as escapism — akin to billionaires fantasizing about colonizing Mars.” John Horgan There are two categories of multiverses, conveniently labeled “landscapes” and “dreamscapes” by physics professor Paul Halpern in his new book The Allure of the…
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Looking Out Towards endless waves Rolling in effortlessly Changing coastlines In ways unimaginable Just a few years ago. The air we now breathe Is no longer sustainable And our only planet Just continues to spin Out of control Looking In — Kirk Gothier
‘A Really Cool Asset’
When McKinleyville Community Services District Board President Scott Binder was a kid and he had some free time, he’d take his BMX bicycle to the timberland east of town, where he’d spend hours traversing the dirt roads and jumping over small water breaks. Decades later, the district took a monumental step forward in its years-long…
Weakness is a Thing Called Man
The early 17th century Christian mystic Jacob Boehme, whom Hegel called “the first German Philosopher,” wrote about the paradox of the human mind trying to hear the voice of God, noting that silence from the self is the key. “Your own hearing, willing, and seeing hinder you, so that you do not see or hear…
