Pictures of decay — abandoned structures slumping to ground, engulfed in flora or proudly, rustily erect — are a trope now, but that’s OK. They’re fascinating. They combine history, our reverence of engineering feats, our fears of death and erasure. We get to rubberneck at a slow moving train wreck — nature and time joining […]
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Lonely Crustaceans
Was it something we said? The Humboldt Crabs appears to be the only team left in the Far West League after its three collegiate summer league-mates — the Menlo Park Legends, the Neptune Beach Pearl and the Walnut Creek Crawdads — joined the Santa Barbara-based California Collegiate League last week. Crabs officials only found out about the mass exodus by reading the news on the […]
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The High Court
You could argue that nine grown-ups who sit around all day in silky black robes always look ridiculous, but the U.S. Supreme Court looked especially foolish last week when it decided not to hear an appeal of the federal government’s classification of marijuana as a Schedule 1 drug — that is, a substance with no […]
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Third Friday McKinleyville Arts Night
Presented by members of the McKinleyville business community and is open for all McKinleyville businesses to display the work of local artists. Receptions for artists, exhibits and/or performances are from 6-8 p.m. on the third Friday of each month. Call (707) 834-6460 or visit www.mckinleyvilleartsnight.com for more information. 1. CALIFORNIA REDWOOD COAST-HUMBOLDT COUNTY AIRPORT 3561 […]
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Meet Dan Johnson
It’s not about the speech. That’s what Dan Johnson and his wife Kendra have come to believe after nearly four months of criticism. This scandal is clearly about them — who they are and what they represent: success, money and development in a town whose politics run in the other direction. Yes, fine, he used […]
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Voices from The Edge
“This is definitely going to be one of those ‘you don’t look homeless’ days.” The woman making this comment is about 50. With her thick dark hair in a bob, her blue windbreaker and wire-rimmed glasses, she could be a mom on her way to pick up her teenager from soccer practice. But she lives […]
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Second Friday Arts! Arcata
Arts! Arcata is Arcata Main Street’s monthly celebration of visual and performing arts, held at more than 30 participating locations in Arcata. Visit www.artsarcata.com for even more information about the event or call (707) 822-4500. ARCATA ARTISANS COOPERATIVE 883 H St. Susan Bornstein, paintings. Joyce Radtke, mixed media art. Natalie DiCostanzo, ceramics. Wine will be […]
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Lost in Space
Reviews GRAVITY. Critics have complained that Alfonso Cuaron and director of photography Emmanuel Lubezki tried too hard with the cinematography in Children of Men, and that their meticulously designed tracking shots, little visual masterpieces, take us out of the story rather than drawing us in. But Cuaron’s reverence for story and character is well-served and […]
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All Under Heaven
Seems we’ve always believed in an afterlife of some sort, usually (but not always) pleasant. Archeologists regularly find richly stocked graves, both human and Neanderthal, dating back tens of thousands of years. Food and drink, weapons and armor, jewelry and ornaments — all the essentials to ensure a safe passage from this realm to the […]
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Sheriff Downey: ‘It Sickens Me What’s Happening to Our County’
Members of the Buckeye Conservancy gathered along with HSU faculty, local business owners and timber industry professionals last night for a presentation by Sheriff Mike Downey on the impact of industrial marijuana grows. “It sickens me to see what’s happening to our county,” said Downey. In a 20-minute slideshow presentation the sheriff illustrated the environmental […]