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Fortuna’s Russell Gorden is no stranger to hospitals or specialists. Since being diagnosed three years ago with cancer of the eye, Gorden has undergone 22 surgeries — the first of which removed his eye, ostensibly to solve the problem — and seen at least that many specialists. “When all of this started, there was a…
Did A Dog Predict Arnold’s Arrival?
People crowded into the sidestreets leading into the E and Second intersection in Old Town Eureka today, waiting on Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to inspect the damages from our 6.5 earthquake last Saturday, and speechify. Many onlookers brought their dogs, for some reason — is it some sort of wish for the Gov’s blessing upon their beasts? For…
To The Twitter!
For all the ridiculous bells and whistles this blog sports, the easiest way for us to live-cover Governor Schwarzenegger’s address to the citizens of Eureka is through the Twitter. Follow @ncj_of_humboldt, or just scoot on over to our Twitter page every once in a while. The thing is scheduled to start in a few minutes…
The Guv is coming! The Guv is coming!
This just in from the Governor’s office: Governor Schwarzenegger Tours Damage Caused by Humboldt County Earthquake, Receives Briefing and Holds Media Availability on Status of Recovery Efforts Gov. Schwarzenegger’s Schedule for January 14: 11 a.m. Gov. Schwarzenegger will tour damage caused by the 6.5 earthquake which occurred in Humboldt County on Saturday. He will also…
Tossing Out the Crap
Workers this afternoon were tossing junk into a truck from an alley-side window of the decrepit, former Old Town Bar and Grill building, finished off by Saturday’s quake. A hardhat monitoring the work from the ground said they had a ways to go with clean-out. He said they found lots of junk but also some cool antiques socked away in…
Schwarzenegger Declares State Of Emergency
A PROCLAMATION OF A STATE OF EMERGENCY WHEREAS January 9, 2010, an approximately 6.5-magnitude earthquake impacted the northern coast of California; and WHEREAS aftershocks are continuing to impact the region; and WHEREAS the earthquake disrupted utilities and caused damage to at least 175 structures; and WHEREAS damages caused by the earthquake are expected to exceed…
Copenhagen Experienced (rescheduled)
The event was rescheduled due to quake, new date Friday, Janaury 22, at 6p.m. If you’ve been reading the Journal and this blog for the last few weeks, you know we had correspondents covering COP15 United Nations Climate Change Conference Copenhagen 2009 and the associated accord and discord. Two of those correspondents, David Simpson and…
Wiggins Stripped of Committees
Wiggins Stripped of Committees: In other news, the Sacramento Bee reports that Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg has stripped Sen. Pat Wiggins of her committee assignments, including her chairmanship of the Local Government committee. Wiggins, whose longstanding health problems have been widely reported and widely denied, will not seek reelection this year.
Trouble at the Eureka Theater
Photo by Jen Savage. Journal contributor Jennifer Savage is at the Eureka Theater, which is suddenly revealing some of the damage it took from Saturday’s quake. Firemen are on the scene attempting to head off what looks like fairly serious damage to the building’s facade. It’s hard to tell in this photo, but there appear…
Audio from the Quake Presser
This is pretty raw. My phone dramatically falls to the floor at one point, giving you an ear-shattering whomp that may startle you into thinking the big aftershock has hit. It has not. Probably not. The order of the speakers are as follows: Rep. Mike Thompson, Assm. Wes Chesbro, Supervisor Clif Clendenen, Supervisor Bonnie Neely,…
Mopping Up
Photo by Amy Stewart: http://twitter.com/amyeureka 1). The Eureka City Council will hold an emergency meeting tomorrow morning at 11 a.m. to discuss the fate of the former Old Town Bar & Grill/Lazio’s building, which sits on 2nd Street between D and E in Eureka. We’re being told that the building is extremely unstable, and the…
Monstrous Acts
Connor Hawkins answered the phone late last Wednesday evening. It was a police detective from Glendale, Ariz., calling to warn him that his older brother Greg might be headed for Humboldt County. Greg had named Connor and other family members in a written "manifesto" that officers found in his trailer near Glendale, Connor Hawkins told…
Arts! Arcata
1 Bubbles 1031 H St. Bluegrass by Clean Livin’. 3 Arcata Main Street* 791 8th St. Chris Wisner, photographs. 4 Arcata Artisans 883 H St. All artist show. 5 North Soles Footwear 853 H St. Paula Anderson, watercolors. 6 Arcata Exchange 813 H St. Jay Brown, new works; Music by Greg Willis. 7 Natural Selection…
Flat Champagne
Editor: Let’s see, it’s the week between Christmas and New Year’s and all the adults at the Journal are gone? How else can the lame parable by your calendar editor, Andrew Goff, be explained (“Prodigal Arkley,” Dec. 31)? Even the title of Mr. Goff’s piece — “Prodigal Arkley” — was erroneous. According to my 1990…
Apologize
Editor: Thank you for your thoughtful, and sorrowful, article on the plain tragedy ending the lives of two daring, and yes, perhaps foolish men (“The Plane That Wasn’t There” Dec. 17). While no one could possibly say with any definitiveness whether a prompt response could have saved those men’s lives, neither can anyone say that…
At the Cut
Athens, Georgia-based singer/songwriter Vic Chesnutt died on Christmas Day after ingesting an overdose of muscle relaxants. He and his touring band had just completed a brief West Coast tour less than a month earlier in support of his powerful new release, At the Cut. Chesnutt was 45 years old. He had been involved in a…
Conservation Refugees: The 100-Year Conflict Between Global Conservation and Native Peoples
The current discussions between North Coast tribes and California state government about applying the Marine Life Protection Act, and the concerns stemming from the state ending a Sonoma County tribe’s access to a new marine reserve, are not isolated incidents. According to author Mark Dowie, conflicts between environmental protections and indigenous peoples are worldwide. Citing…
Still More Garden Theft
It saddens me to have to bring up the subject of plant theft again. I thought we were past this. Blame it on the economy or the general decline of civilized society, but it seems that people are once again taking stuff from gardens. This season’s round of poaching began when a friend called to…
Jupiter’s Moons, Plus 400 Years
Galileo, perhaps more than any other single person, was responsible for the birth of modern science. — Stephen Hawking Today’s issue of the Journal marks the 400th anniversary of the moment our view of the cosmos changed forever. On this night in 1610, an obscure professor at the University of Padua (near Venice, Italy) first…
Young Old Timer
Adam Pokorski and Matt Jackson, proprietors of Missing Link Records, are passionate about music, and not just records, live music too. When I asked them for a list of their favorite records of 2009, they chose their "favorite 24-year-old purveyor of old time feelings," Frank Fairfield, for the top of the list. That was in…
Two Thumbs Down
This time of year, reporters, editors and producers go back through their stories and submit the best for contests that recognize great journalism. But I’ll bet you don’t care about those awards. And you don’t even buy the newspaper for those great stories. The New York Times would go out of business if it weren’t…
Public Viewings
January’s Arts Alive! is as notorious for its low attendance as the December one is for its celebratory crowd — especially when it falls two days into the new year, two days before the official end of the holiday season. People can be forgiven for opting to stay home polishing their resolutions and packing up…
Big Year, Big News
Twenty-ten is a very big year for us. It’s the Journal’s 20th anniversary. How humble are our beginnings? Two SE 30 Macs in one room in Old Town, Eureka. There were three of us then: I was in charge of editorial, Carolyn Fernandez and Rose Welsh were the production team. We didn’t have a copier.…
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Elementary
Previews Opening Friday, Jan. 8, is the sci-fi/vampire film Daybreakers, starring Ethan Hawke, Willem Dafoe and Sam Neill. It seems that 10 years hence a virus has made most of the people on earth into vampires. But the newly dominant species is running out of actual human blood. What’s a blood sucker to do? Rated…
