These screengrabs don’t quite do it justice, but they’re all ready to roll down there at the River Lodge. 5:40 a.m. UPDATE, 6:05 a.m. : They’ve moved out. UPDATE, 8:26 a.m. : See here .
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Feds: Real
Something is definitely happening. There’s a whole bunch of tight-lipped people at the Fortuna River Lodge right now. They’ve got satellite trucks. (Check the web cam here .) John Matthews of KHUM went down to try to get people to talk this afternoon; he was unsuccessful. But they did check his ID. Supervisor Johanna Rodoni […]
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Direct Action
Here’s a photo from Arcata that’s making the e-mail rounds. I’d credit the photographer, only I’m not sure he wants to be credited.
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T-S Puts Positive Spin on Police Raid
The Times-Standard is running a piece today on a yesterday’s drug raid by the Humboldt Drug Task Force and the Eureka Police Department in the 300 block of West Del Norte Street. That’s City Councilman Larry Glass’ neck of the woods. And the article mentions a recent community meeting Glass organized which included the Eureka […]
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Martin Cotton Redux
Between 5:15 p.m. and 7:02 p.m. on August 9, 2007, Martin Cotton’s final hours were recorded unpoetically in the Humboldt County Correctional Facilities observation log: 1715 hours ———– Admitted – Extremely combative 1738 hours ———- Moving – OK 1752 hours ———- Talking / Moving OK 1755 hours ———- Moving 1807 hours ——— Breathing / Moved […]
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Urine Trouble Now …
The Associated Press reported that a Crescent City woman is facing three years in prison after allegedly trying to steal back her own urine sample. Krystal Evans and a friend intercepted a DHL van and tried to reclaim her bodily fluid, but they were caught yellow handed. Anyway, it’s a good thing that Evans wasn’t […]
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The Wire creators on how to end the Drug War
The best show on TV — ever — ends its five-year run tonight. I’m not going to go into detail on why you should watch The Wire , let’s just say it’s offered us a glimpse of the dysfunctional state of the inner-city we haven’t seen elsewhere and are not likely to see again. In […]
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Push Comes To Shove
Via the Times-Standard: The California Attorney General’s Office said today it has officially declined to pursue charges against local businessman Rob Arkley stemming from Eureka City Councilman Larry Glass’ allegations that Arkley assaulted him on Sept. 5. “There was insufficient evidence to bring charges and, of course, we treated the matter seriously and looked meticulously […]
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Good God, Part II
Is it just our imagination, or are these kinds of things happening a lot more frequently of late? Eureka Police officers were dispatched to a residence in the 2500 block of K Street Tuesday at approximately 6:50 p.m. for a report of a burglary, assault with a firearm, and brandishing a firearm. Unknown suspects gained […]
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Teen Shot in Eureka
From the EPD: On 1/15/07 at about 1:25 am the Eureka Police Department received a report that a 16-year-old male gunshot victim had arrived at the St Joseph Hospital Emergency Room. Officers contacted the victim who explained that unknown suspects had attempted to rob him on Pine Street near Lincoln School. During the course of […]
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Back to a Life of Grindin’?
Peter Daniel Collins’ (aka “Manifest”) music video, “Life of Grindin’” Peter Daniel Collins, 35, the local rapper known as “Manifest,” was sentenced on Tuesday to the 11 months he already served in prison for stealing $198,000 in cash from the Cher-Ae-Heights Casino in Trinidad on Nov. 1, 2006, according to the SF Chronicle . Collins’ […]
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Trouble at the Vista
The local all-ages music scene just can’t catch a break, or if they do, it’s the wrong kind. Earlier this year you had The Placebo shut down amid permitting hassles at the West 3rd St. warehouse. Then Out of the Sun in Fortuna suffered a similar fate. The reopening of The Vista as an all-ages […]