‘The Shit Show’
Body camera footage sheds new light on first hours of Cal Poly Humboldt occupation By Thadeus Greenson
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‘The Shit Show’
Within about 25 minutes of pro-Palestinian demonstrators entering Cal Poly Humboldt’s Siemens Hall on April 22, a decision had been made. “I want them out of the building,” Chief of Staff Mark Johnson tells then interim Police Chief Peter Cress, moments after he and two other officers arrived on scene. When Cress returns less than…
Leonard Wayne Davis 1943 – 2024
Leonard Wayne Davis, of Eureka, California, born in Wilmington, North Carolina, on June 30, 1943, and raised in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, took his final breath on June 22, 2024, in San Francisco, California. Dynamic and intellectually curious with a hunger for life, the decorated Vietnam War combat veteran (Army, 1966-1969) received top honors from Sophia University…
CPH to Host Community Forum on Presidential Search
Those interested can weigh in on what they’d like to see in Cal Poly Humboldt’s next president during a two-hour forum Thursday with the selection committee. Embattled President Tom Jackson Jr. stepped down in August, retreating to a tenured professor position with the university after five tumultuous years helming the institution. Michael Spagna is currently…
Noni ‘Not Out of the Woods’ After Emergency Surgery
UPDATE: Noni the black bear, known by her Sequoia Park Zoo caretakers as “twinkle toes” for her habit of perching on the thinnest branches at the top of the redwood trees in her enclosure, has died. She was 2. Read more about the zoo’s announcement here. PREVIOUS: Noni, one of two rescued black bears at…
Music Tonight: Tuesday, Oct. 8
Philadelphia’s Basic is a trio of musicians from semi-underground acts, the most famous of which is probably Chicago’s venerable post-rock band Tortoise. Tonight they are joined at the Miniplex with Eta Corina, a cool-ass duo composed of Ben Chasney of Six Organs of Admittance and Sake violinist Aolani. Don’t sleep on this mid-week heater; it…
Music Tonight: Monday, Oct. 7
If you are looking for dream pop, some flash and bang, and shoegaze introspection to even the recipe out, look no further than the line up at the Outer Space tonight at 6 p.m. Portland’s Saoirse Dream is making a stop in Arcata on The Quest Coast Tour, joined by Swanskin. Local support comes from…
You Might Catch the Northern Lights Tonight in Humboldt
If you missed the northern lights that showed up in May, you might get another chance to catch a glimpse of them this weekend. A geomagnetic storm watch was issued by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for Oct. 4 through Oct. 6. This was announced after two solar flares were recorded by the…
Music Tonight: Friday, October 4
The Siren’s Song Tavern is hosting the Salon des Refusés, a party of “the refused,” at 7 p.m. featuring returning rock champs The Beer Scouts, Roland Rock, Jimmy Foot and local surf rock mavericks The Starhoppers, fresh off a gig with Dick Dale’s son Jimmy. This looks like a blast and, more to the point,…
Journeys of the Self
MEGALOPOLIS. For a person who (still) uses Apocalypse Now (1979) to self-soothe, a new Francis Ford Coppola movie is kind of a big deal, no argument. The excitement of that prospect was and is tempered by several factors, though. First, there is the notion that the filmmaker in question has been busier with his wine…
‘Characters of Integrity’
Editor: I am voting Republican, since within Trump’s team will be characters of integrity. Tulsi Gabbard is one, and R.F.K., Jr. another. Kennedy said he worries that Kamala Harris would not be able to stand up to the military industrial complex, nor answer unscripted questions from the press. Linda Koenig, Eureka
‘No on F’
Editor: Rob Arkley got angry when he found out that Eureka was planning to build affordable homes on a public parking lot his employees use. He dubbed parking the “lifeblood” of downtown, and proceeded to pump over $1 million into a ballot measure to defend that parking and prevent the city from building homes for…
Re: ‘A Tyrant’
Editor: Amy Gustin claims Kamala Harris will be a tyrant if she becomes president because the Biden administration supposedly censored and “targeted critics of government policy, experts with important information and ordinary citizens sharing their personal experiences,” which sounds bad. (Mailbox, Sept. 26). I wonder what sort of policies those experts criticized, and whether those who…
State Sues St. Joseph Hospital
California Attorney General Rob Bonta has filed a lawsuit against Eureka’s Providence St. Joseph Hospital, alleging it endangered a woman’s life when it refused to abort a non-viable pregnancy in February. “It is damning that here in California, where abortion care is a constitutional right, we have a hospital implementing a policy that’s reminiscent of…
Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die
Well, we lost Kris Kristofferson last Saturday, which means the only Highwayman left is the man who wrote this week’s title song. Of course, I spent the weekend listening to Kristofferson’s music, but I also turned my attention to his various interviews and actions over the years of his long career, and found a man…
Watercress Dumplings for Homesickness
I grew up in Southern China, where watercress was a familiar vegetable in my youth. My mom often used them when making soup with herbs. According to Chinese folk remedies, the soup helps cool one in the heat and detoxify. Watercress soup was a staple in many Cantonese households when the weather was hot and…
First Saturday Night Arts Alive
Experience the vibrant atmosphere as galleries, museums, theaters, bars and restaurants extend their hours for your enjoyment. SPECIAL GUESTS at THE GAZEBO Second and F streets. Redwood Coast Music Festival presents Gino & the Lone Gunmen (5:30 to 6:30 p.m.), Two Tone Steiny & The Cadillacs (6:45 to 7:45 p.m.), and the Navy Band Northwest…
To the Olive Sided Flycatcher
This morning , Olive-sides was gone: Bare the fir’s thin finger Where he would stand to greet the dawn… Today, no herald singer! Has he been counseled by a star? Or sensed the shrinking day? Recalled the walking trees, afar Along the Mamore? Farewell then, heartiest of birds! Take care with winds and moons! Come,…
Mike Craghead Carves Out his Spot on Halloween Wars: All Stars
Mike Craghead says he has a condition — one that makes him obsessively enjoy pumpkin carving. Like many, he would carve pumpkins with his family for Halloween as a child. However, as the years passed, so did the level of complexity in Craghead’s carving. “It probably really started going off the rails when I was…
