SECOND UPDATE: The third election night report is in, with 67 percent of county precincts reporting, but the numbers on Measure R didn’t change from the second report. It’s likely that most, if not all Eureka precincts, are in. Over at the Siren’s Song Tavern, Fair Wage Folks gathered to listen to Turtle of the […]
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Tour the Brew: Lost Coast’s New Facility
Congressman Jarad Huffman was in town last weekend for a fundraiser and tours that included one of the brand new, up and running, $27 million Lost Coast Brewery facility on the very south end of Eureka. The huge new building (which has not been without its controversy) will replace the brewery’s current production line, and […]
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Why Did it Take Two Years for an Embezzlement Sentence to Begin?
Nearly four years after charges were filed — and two years after being sentenced to 180 days in jail for a nearly half-million-dollar embezzlement — Jeffrey Harry Lang began serving his sentence this week. Technically, Lang, who pleaded guilty to one count of felony embezzlement in January 2012, served one day in jail immediately following […]
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Tax Delinquent Arkley Properties Paid Off in Eleventh Hour
If you’ve trained your eye not skip over those black and white legal notices in the back of the Journal like we have, you may have noticed a big long list of tax-delinquent properties that ran in June. Nearly 200 property owners around the county had failed, in the last five years, to pay property […]
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Humlandia
Our hearty rhododendrons lack the delicate grace of Portland‘s famed roses; Eureka’s bridges are fewer in number — and much less spectacular — than the spans that etch the skies of the Rose City. Portland’s Mount Hood offers killer skiing an hour away from downtown; our nearest source of powder is Mount Shasta, a four-hour […]
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Hooters and Computers
Hey McGuinty! My husband recently moved out of the area for work, leaving me and our 1-year-old here for a few months until we find housing. I work full time and when I’m home I’m a full time mom, waking up at night to a crying baby, cooking, changing diapers and so on. I don’t even remember […]
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It’s Alive and Growing
The row of jewel-colored shots lined up on the bar in front of me reminds me of sour candies when I first see and smell them. My array of infused beverages includes lavender lemon, turmeric ginger, tangy blueberry and a Mary flavor with hints of hot peppers, garlic, thyme and fenugreek. It’s accompanied by locally […]
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Pie in the Sky
Stepping into the Desserts on Us factory off Arcata’s Ericson Way is like landing on a planet whose atmosphere is mainly composed of caramel. And chocolate. The air inside is so thick with the aroma that it might actually have calories, but nobody seems to mind. On one wall is a whiteboard with dates chronicling […]
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Short Sea Doldrums
Remember short sea shipping, that siren who lured us into a maritime reverie some years ago — a fortune-filled dream in which Humboldt Bay once again had a bustling port, helping to reduce transportation costs, air pollution and highway wear-and-tear? Where goods-laden barges — carrying more than just fuel and wood chips — made regular […]
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Billboard Butcher Caught on Camera!
The image of the vandal responsible for the third billboard toppling this month was captured earlier this week on a camera installed by a now thrice-bitten local sign management company. Peeved by the nighttime saw-wielding maniac’s previous crimes and anticipating further demolition, All Points Signs installed infrared wildlife cameras on a sign west of Highway 101 […]
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Billboard Butcher Strikes Again
A second safety corridor billboard fell today at the hands of a nefarious, saw-wielding advertisement adversary. The nearly 30 billboards lining Highway 101 have been a source of displeasure and controversy for some Humboldt residents for years. Bay views — enjoyed while zipping down the highway in climate controlled automobiles — are spoiled by the loathsome […]
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This is What Legalization Looks Like
A quarter-mile down a gravel driveway from the cluster of mailboxes on Washington state’s Vashon Island, past second-growth conifers and bare alders, James Clark’s homestead could just as easily be in Fieldbrook as on this Manhattan-sized moraine lumped in the middle of Puget Sound. Clark is at work on a project that, for the moment […]