Just about every name in North Coast weed was there; packed into a sweaty, crowded theater for a glimpse at California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom. Selfies with the photogenic former San Francisco mayor weren’t the only reasons Garberville’s Redwood Playhouse was standing room only — it was the first substantial outreach from Sacramento’s power players […]
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UPDATED: Gavin Newsom to Talk Pot in Humboldt
UPDATE: North Coast Congressman Jared Huffman issued a press release this afternoon inviting the public to join he and Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom in Garberville on Friday afternoon to talk marijuana policy (full press release copied below). And Huffman spokesman clarified for the Journal that Friday’s forum isn’t officially part of Newsom’s committee work on […]
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Update to Two Homicides Investigated: Victim ID’d
Partially skeletonized human remains discovered Oct. 14 in a Garberville transient camp next to U.S. Highway 101 have been identified as 30-year-old Robert James Flaherty of Sugarcreek, Ohio, according to Humboldt County Deputy Coroner Trevor J. Enright. Flaherty’s death, of gunshot wounds, is believed to be homicide, says a news release from Enright. Previously: Two […]
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From the Hum: Traffic’s Dave Mason, Funky and Uplifting Basslines at ATL
Hall-of-Famer Dave Mason, co-founder of seminal rock group Traffic, appears with his band at the Garberville Theater tonight. After two albums with Traffic, Mason struck out on a solo career, recording the rock classic Alone Together and going platinum with 1977’s Let It Flow — you may know the hit single “We Just Disagree.” The […]
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Parks and Heck (and Roads)
Going to the Board of Supervisors meeting tomorrow? To, perhaps, hear the depressing report on the state of our state’s roads and their desperate repair needs? The report goes county by county, discussing embarrassing things like their PCI (pavement condition index, where a new road rates “100” and a failed road is a “0”). Humboldt […]
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Vote Could Shape Future of SoHum Health Care
The little hospital and clinic that provide basic care in Southern Humboldt could soon get a new board of directors, in a vote that’s in part a referendum on the controversial hospital director. The Southern Humboldt Community Healthcare District has been through a bankruptcy and bouts of heavy turnover, and now is in a heated […]
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KMUD In Deep
KMUD radio (91.1 FM Redway/Garberville) — the funky, feisty radio station (aka KMUE 88.1 in Eureka, KLAI 90.3 in Laytonville and 99.5 FM in Shelter Cove) that knits the independent hinterlands into a tight community — is in jeopardy. “We don’t have any cash,” said Rob Bier this morning (Tuesday) on the phone. Bier is […]