The Plane That Wasn’t There
How a mistaken report at Arcata-Eureka Airport may have cost two men their lives.
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The Plane That Wasn’t There
Vladislav Milushev wanted to see the redwoods. The young pilot and flight instructor was picking out destinations for a cross-country airplane trip with Rick Gustafson, a friend of a friend who wanted to learn how to fly. At 60, Gustafson still longed for adventure, whether it was skydiving, riding his Harley or just cheering for…
Tsunami! (maps)
Just in time for Xmas! New maps to show us how to get the heck to high ground when the big one rocks and swooshes! To check out these new coastal inundation maps — mostly mapped by Professor Aggeliki Barberopoulou and courtesy the state and the USC Tsunami Research Center — and see who’d get…
Dead Blue Whale Report: Permit Violations
Remember the dead blue whale that washed ashore near Fort Bragg in October, after having been hit and mortally gashed by a research vessel? The vessel, “Pacific Star,” was mapping the sea floor to gather habitat data for the state’s Marine Life Protection Act implementation process. Well, reports Dan Bacher of the San Francisco Bay…
Hazelnut Recall
Newburg, Ore. company Willamette Shelling is recalling 114,350 pounds of shelled raw hazelnuts. Both the Eureka and Arcata Co-ops carry them in their bulk food departments. According to a press release from North Coast Co-op Merchandiser Ron Sharp, the nuts could be contaminated with Salmonella, a nasty organism that can cause fatal infections in young…
Street Life
Editor: During the past four holiday seasons, Humboldt’s various media have reported on the local homeless problem. The human interest stories usually feature interviews with managers of the county’s Arcata-based social welfare organizations. Last week’s “Cold Shoulders” followed the tradition. As an underemployed and partially disabled 29-year Humboldt resident who became unhoused one year ago…
Not About Arkley
Editor: I was dismayed to read of Frank Jager’s view on cleaning up the Balloon Track in last week’s Journal (“Cleanup Mess”). He takes the simplistic stance that anyone who opposes the project does so purely on the basis of animus against its developer, Rob Arkley. Unfortunately for him, and the members of the Eureka…
Hide the Stoke
Editor: This letter is in response to Hank Sims’ article, “Where to Surf” (Dec. 5). Let’s be honest, the article could have done worse. Much of the dissatisfaction that I have heard in the past week (both on land and in the water) is in response to the general brazenness of the article, which was…
McKinleyville Arts Night
1 The Front Gallery & Gifts, 1181 Central Avenue. Tim Dunkle, acrylic paintings. Open Mic throughout the evening 2 Pathways Trading Company, 1183 Central Avenue. Gopika Mayell, b&w pencil drawings. 3 Mirador Glass, Miller Business Park. Glass blowing demo, live music, refreshments. 4 Curves, Miller Business Park. Shari Miller, knitted works. Werner Maneck, paintings. 5…
The Uncensored Bible: The Bawdy and Naughty Bits of the Good Book
The narrative set forth in that copy of the Old Testament you pull off the shelf at Borders is the same one that’s been told ever since the ink dried on the Dead Sea Scrolls: God made Adam in His likeness; early humanity rebelled against God’s commands; God flooded the Earth, and so on. Anyone…
The Beltane Sessions
The human voice is a most spiritual and mysterious force. The first instrument of expression in the history of our species has always been the means of our deepest forms of communication; be it with each other, between a human and the Earth, or through a song which is sung as a message to the…
Don’t Water
My fellow Eurekans are all worked up over the new water rates that we’re going to pay now that the pulp mill isn’t kicking in its share anymore. E-mails are circulating among small business owners urging us to march on City Hall and make our displeasure known. Educational sessions are being held to explain these…
Dusk
Wind, calm, rain of needles shaken from the…
Pudding for the People
’Tis the season of hearty eating, and people keep coming over for dinner in ravenous droves. These are the kind of nights you want to sit around a table and schmooze and be warm. Meals have been complicated at Rancho Brotman this season by the variety of dietary needs of our neurotic friends; it can…
Trains, Rockets, Chariots
Long before the Internet made it so easy to send out the rumeur de jour ("Obama’s the Antichrist!" "Onions stop swine flu!"), mimeographed pages — remember them? — fulfilled the same function. My office wall used to be awash with reports of the latest UFO sightings, lost treasure maps and a perennial favorite: The reason…
Ruggers for Peace
Previews Opening Friday, Dec. 18, is the much-ballyhooed Avatar (3-D & conventional), from "king of the world" James Cameron. In the distant future on distant planet Pandora where the natives are tall, blue and have tails, a group of humans plan an invasion to secure a valuable mineral. Interspecies love causes complications. With Sigourney Weaver,…
Hopenhagen
It would be an exaggeration to say that Copenhagen was a city under siege at the beginning of this, the last week of the COP 15 climate conference. Certain streets were closed off to vehicles to allow for Christmas shopping. Teenagers, young couples and families walked briskly through the semi-dusk past stores and cafes –…
Musical Locavore
It’s cold and wet out. The days are getting shorter, the nights longer, as we head toward the solstice on Monday (Dec. 21, at 5:47 p.m.), and with it, the official beginning of winter. Hanukkah’s almost over. Christmas is closing in; same with Kwanza (Dec. 26) and the New Year is not far behind. The…
Higher Planes
Wetness and darkness, the melancholy holidays … once in a while, for sanity’s sake, it’s nice to spend some time with some people doing work that is clearly and unambiguously good. For me, that means hanging out with scientists. There’s little that warms my heart so much as people who have given themselves over completely…
