Eureka is finally Oprah-ready. As you may recall, Carson Kressley — ex-queer peepers for straight peeps — worked Humboldt into a frenzy last December while filming scenes for his new Oprah Winfrey Network show Carson Nation. Now, six months later the show is finally debuting next Saturday, June 25 at 10/9c. Here is the episode […]
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His Beak Can Hold More Than Your Kayak Can
Barry Evans, our master of Field Notes, sent us this note-and-photos e-mail package today. Speaks — er, beaks for itself: When our kayak group was paddling during the low tide in Trinidad Bay this morning (Sunday), we were graced by this brown pelican, which perched on Mark Sommer’s boat for about 15 minutes, showing no […]
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The BIG DAY
The pre-wedding rigors that British royalty Prince William and his bride Kate Middleton endured before today’s EXTRAVAGANZA must have been sorely trying. But they cannot compare to the primping rituals of the Budweiser Clydesdales, a team of which happens to be ensconced at Redwood Acres right now in anticipation of Eureka’s own BIG DAY tomorrow […]
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Jager, With a Bud Chaser
Breaking news this morning from the Eureka Chamber of Commerce: Today at noon, in a “special presentation” sure to rival the Royal Wedding in pomp, circumstance and elegant textiles, Eureka Mayor Frank Jager will be presented with “a commemorative Clydesdale horseshoe” in honor of the historic attendance of Budweiser’s corporate mascots at Saturday’s Rhody Parade. […]
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Google Takes the Road Less Traveled
Plenty of us have spotted the all-seeing Googlemobile rolling through town the last few weeks, stealing the souls of everything in range of its roof-mounted camera orb. And say what you will about Big Brother and privacy and whatnot, I dig Street View. It’s fun being able to virtually wander city streets on six continents. […]
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Ronald Reagan: The Humboldt Years
“[T]his is Reagan country and (applause), YEAH! And perhaps it was destiny that the man who went to California’s Eureka College would become so woven within and inter-linked to the Golden State.” — Fox News Personality Sarah Palin, addressing a crowd at CSU Stanislaus College of the Redwoods, which must get this every once in […]
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A-town Anti-Prom
Fun flash! (Emphasis ours): The Arcata Costume Prom is a high school age dance put on by local Arcata teenagers who found the proms instituted by their schools to be lacking in style and not serving the whole student population. The Costume Prom was created to fulfill many dance styles and musical taste from Jazz […]
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NCJ Hack Jumps to Silly Conclusion
HSU Lumberjack [Some Arizona paper] wins dubious honor: Hundreds of years of print journalism have generated countless millions of headlines. (At least I’ve never counted ’em.) So it’s no small feat that HSU’s student newspaper [some Arizona paper] made the cut for The Huffington Post‘s “Funniest Headline Fails of All Time.” Bask in the afterglow, […]
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Two Crows Electrocuted
The power outage in part of Arcata this morning (including the Journal office) was caused by a pair of crows shorting out a transformer according to PG&E spokesperson Jana Morris, who called KHUM in response to an inquiry from DJ Mike Dronkers. Since there were two crows, Dronkers surmised that the electrocution was perhaps related […]