(September 21, 2023)
As we approach the autumnal equinox, there are plenty of things to do in your garden. Sure, the calendar says that summer is coming to an end, but we often...
(September 14, 2023)
One of the things I enjoy most — besides birding and Giants baseball, of course — is spending time outdoors with my dog Aggie. In a perfect world, I'd be...
(September 14, 2023)
"It's a wild ride. It's completely unlikely and should not be taken as a model for how scientific discovery ever happens. It's completely ridiculous." — Craig Kaplan, co-author of the...
(August 31, 2023)
"In the ancient Olympics, nobody competed with shoes, you would run barefoot." — Daniel Lieberman, evolutionary biologist Forget the invention of sex, fire, toolmaking, language, agriculture. The real turning point in the...
(August 17, 2023)
You're strolling around the neighborhood one morning when something odd catches your eye. You take a closer look and find a bird in the grass. It looks like a young...
(August 17, 2023)
Vulcan was the Roman god of fire; he was also ugly. The good news is that he somehow got to marry the goddess Venus, who was something of a catch....
(August 10, 2023)
Like all wizards, my old friend Merdalf carried a long wooden staff. It was covered in markings that looked like ancient runes and mysterious maps. He found it washed up...
(August 10, 2023)
ARIES (March 21-April 19): In Stephen King's novel It, a character named Beverly is in love with a man who projects a sense of authority but also listens well. He...
(August 3, 2023)
Many of Humboldt County's finest local musicians could be found at this year's Humboldt Folklife Festival. The week-long lineup of offerings by local musicians started with the new Folk...
(August 3, 2023)
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife projects the combined recreational and commercial take of quillback rockfish will exceed the harvest limits specified in federal regulation for 2023 is...
(August 3, 2023)
Every year at this time, I check what I've dumped into my "puzzles" folder over the past 12 months. Hope you enjoy them as much as you enjoy the one...
(August 3, 2023)
Surviving the Toss: Either the two tosses come up the same (two heads or two tails) or different (one head, one tail). So one of them, say Alice, always says...
(August 3, 2023)
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Emotions are not inconvenient distractions from reason and logic. They are key to the rigorous functioning of our rational minds. Neurologist Antonio Damasio proved this conclusively...
(September 18, 2023)
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office has released new details about the events leading up to and following a CHP officer’s fatal shooting of a suspect near Hoopa yesterday. According to...
(September 15, 2023)
Arcata’s lively fall equinox festival the North Country Fair takes place this weekend filling the plaza with happy revelers on Saturday, Sept. 16, and Sunday, Sept. 17, from 10...
(September 15, 2023)
The nonprofit Humboldt Wildlife Care Center is in a financial emergency of its own. We've got the story on how the dedicated folks there help keep animals wild and how...
