For several years now, a certain fancy foretune-teller has heckled and charmed walkersby in Old Town with his commanding come-hithers. And for a diviner-in-a-box, Zoltar’s been surprisingly mobile. He spent a few years in front of Sea Breeze Candy store down in the Bayfront One complex at the foot of F Street. After that closed, […]
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The Caspar Inn: A Eulogy
Sad news made the Facebook rounds yesterday: The beloved Caspar Inn will be closing its doors at the end of the month. Music/booze lover, frequent patron and NCJ contributor Jennifer Savage offers the following obituary. -AG For decades, the Caspar Inn delivered everything an old roadhouse should: rockin’ bands, good whiskey, better-than-decent food and bartenders […]
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On the Closing of Fieldbrook Market
On Friday, the owners of the Fieldbrook Family Market announced via Facebook that the store will be closing Feb. 2. “We hope to be opening up again soon, but as for now we are reaching uncertain territory with no guarantees,” the announcement said, rather cryptically. Reached by phone this afternoon, owner Richard Seaman politely declined to […]
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Arcata Fig’s Video Closing
Oh, this is sad for me — not only because I hate to witness the slow demise of video stores but because of my personal connection to this one in particular. I worked at the Arcata branch of Figueiredo’s for years (hence my ease with all those vowels in the name). Met my wife there, […]
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Next, a Food Truck?
Update, Jan. 14: The federal goverment will pay just over $1 million a year, to start, to lease its new space at the Airport Business Park, according to the U.S. General Services Administration. The 20-year lease starts at $46.73 per rentable square foot, a rate that will increase over time along with the Consumer Price […]
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Arkley: Security National Louisiana Bound
Security National is “re-domicile-ing” its headquarters to Louisiana, Rob Arkley said in a radio interview aired on New Year’s Day, and the Lost Coast Outpost says the firm has been laying off workers. “Tax wise it’s kind of a no brainer,” Arkley told KINS Radio’s Brian Papstein on Tuesday’s prerecorded edition of Talk Shop. “We’re […]
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Humboldt Goes Airline Courting … Again
Good news for locals who travel in the sky (or whose friends/family/customers do): A group of area businesses, tribes, governments and nonprofits has cobbled together $250,000, which will be added to the $750,000 federal grant we got in September to reach the cool million dollars required to attract a new airline carrier to our foggy, […]
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Floyd Squires Defends Himself
Eureka’s most notorious slumlord took the stand this morning to testify in his own defense while an attorney for the city of Eureka peppered him with questions about mold, cockroaches, faulty plumbing and overdue repairs at several of his properties. Alternately nervous, evasive and defiant, Squires claimed to have completed most of the repairs necessary to […]
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The Logger Reborn
We’ve been hearing rumblings about what’s going on at the historic Logger Bar out in Blue Lake. The venerable establishment kitty-corner from Dell’Arte changed hands and new owner Kate Martin (below) has been hard at work refurbishing with a crew of volunteers including Bad Bob Ornelas. Official announcement of a ribbon-cutting and re-opening scheduled for […]
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VIDEO: Newman Says Some Things About Business
Check out this awesome YouTube video someone just sent us. It’s from KIEM’s live coverage of election night two years ago, when Mike Newman won the third ward seat on Eureka’s city council. The clip shows him in a, um, jubilant mood as he attempts to articulate his plans for the city. It has something to […]
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Arcata Main Street Executive Director Busted for Grow Op
Press release from the Humboldt County Drug Task Force: On 11-02-2012 at about 1000 hours the Humboldt County Drug Task Force served a search warrant at a residence located in the 2600 block of Manzanita Avenue, Eureka. No one was at home when the search warrant was served. Agents located a commercial marijuana growing operation in […]
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Ice Cream You Scream
The ice cream parlor/restaurant Bon Boniere, a longtime institution on the Arcata Plaza, abruptly closed up shop and said goodbye yesterday. Owner Kellen Moore, who took over the business in 2001 with several partners, is not leaving the ice cream business completely; her staff will still be selling ice cream cones and sandwiches out of Bon Boniere’s […]