…for growlers, kegs and merchandise, anyway. Tasting Room Manager David Franklin called to let us know that the previously announced closing only lasted a couple of days. So while you’ll have to wait until the new tasting room opens (date TBA) before you can sit around a barrel with friends enjoying frosty pints, you can […]
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Redwood Curtain Tasting Room Closed … Temporarily
After a rough couple of weeks, Redwood Curtain Brewing Company is hoping that brighter days lay ahead as it prepares to transition to a new tasting room. That transition will require closing the current room, effective immediately, according to a statement posted today on the company’s website and its Facebook page. “This is not a […]
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UPDATED: ‘Terrorized’: Arcata Planning Commissioner Accused of Drunken Door-Kicking
UPDATE #3: LaRue has relinquished his co-ownership of Redwood Curtain Brewing Co. UPDATE #2: On Friday evening, LaRue sent a statement to the Journal, saying in part: I wish to offer my sincerest apologies to the two women Jen Ables and Maral Attllah [sic]. I would like to assure them that I meant them no harm, […]
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Humboldt County’s Recycling Goes Where?
The North Coast Journal followed some of Humboldt County’s recyclables down to Solid Waste of Willits. The company’s single-stream recycling system sorts and bales the materials to sell to buyers. Scottie Lee Meyers’ story follows your cans, bottles and paper products from the end of your driveway to the edge of the world. Look for […]
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Healy Bros. Building–Almost There!
Sure has changed since I wrote about the Second Street landmark here in March, 2010. Kurt and Kim Kramer showed off the results of 28 months of work, including a major seismic retrofit, at their “soft opening” this morning. The first tenants will probably be up and running in September, including The Siren’s Song […]
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Jesus Christ, Chester Cheetah Invited to Wal-Mart Opening Ceremony Mega-Party Extravaganza Festivities
Holy crap! Wal-Mart may have been coy about moving into the Bayshore Mall, but its grand opening is gonna be off the chain! Get ready for a week-long explosion of orgiastic consumer pageantry the likes of which Eureka has never seen. According to an apparently genuine invitation sent to the Journal and other local media outlets, the festivities […]
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With Wal-Mart Looming, Toy Barn to Close its Doors
Let the Wal-Mart death tally begin. After 15 years in the Bayshore Mall in Eureka, the locally owned Toy Barn store will be closing at the end of the month, owner Sandy Powell announced today. In a press release, Powell said she reached the decision after learning that Wal-Mart is moving in. The store has […]
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Wal-Mart Accused of Bribery Cover-up in Mexico
As opening day approaches for Eureka’s Wal-Mart (behold the interactive 360-degree panorama of the construction site above), a story in today’s New York Times shows just how far the biggest of big box retailers will go in its “relentless pursuit of growth.” The exhaustive story (this sucker clocks in at nearly 8,000 words) reports widespread […]
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Humboldt’s Wal-Mart Resistance
(Above: Jesse Hughes-MacArthur protests Wal-Mart. Click pics to “biggify.”) With construction of Wal-Mart at Eureka’s Bayshore Mall well under way, it’s perhaps more accurate to say “Wal-Mart is here” instead of “Wal-Mart is coming.” But even though the world’s largest retailer is mere months away from flipping the switch on its latest money vacuum, Humboldt […]
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American Airlines Deal Falls Through
It has been on the ropes over the past week, but now the deal to start twice-daily service between the Arcata-Eureka Airport and Los Angeles International in June has been officially and indefinitely postponed. American Airlines subsidiary American Eagle announced March 23 that a deal had been struck, but the announcement proved to be premature. […]
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St. Joe’s, Redwood Memorial Lay Off 68
St. Joseph Hospital in Eureka and Redwood Memorial Hospital in Fortuna are laying off 68 employees today and tomorrow, Chief Executive Officer Joe Mark announced this afternoon. At a somber press conference, Mark said the reduction in workforce is necessary after a “significant dip” in the number of surgeries and outpatient services at both hospitals, […]
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Here Comes American Airlines
A deal has been struck. American Eagle, a subsidiary of American Airlines, will start direct flights between the Arcata-Eureka Airport and Los Angeles International Airport on June 14. The company is expected to formally announce the deal via press release on Monday. Details remain sketchy. County staff has been working furiously with the Redwood Region […]