Tragically, the lure of delicately battered fish and chips might keep one from trying the mashed potato cone ($5) at the Lighthouse Grill. There you are at the edge of the sea, salt air, outdoor seating — can you really order a land-locked menu item? Yes. Yes, you can. This is not some state fair […]
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Two Crossbows Found Near Murder Site
Sheriff’s Office investigators found two crossbows near the site of the Sept. 8 attack on the Samoa peninsula, which left one man dead and another injured. Phoenix Triton King, whose 21st birthday is today, was arrested for the crime on Monday, along with an unidentified 16-year-old girl. Press release from the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office: […]
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Spectacular
THE SPECTACULAR NOW. This film brought me closer to a public emotional outburst than any movie I have ever seen. I tend not to get too misty-eyed in public, but director James Ponsoldt’s heartbreaking, careful meditation on love, loss and adolescent identity hits all the right notes. Sutter Keely (Miles Teller), a supremely easygoing high […]
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Call of the Mild: Learning to Hunt My Own Dinner
In the first few pages of Lily Raff McCaulou’s memoir, Call of the Mild: Learning to Hunt my Own Dinner, she quotes the opening line from the cover letter she sent to prospective employers in Oregon, Idaho, and Montana while living in New York City: “I’m not just a city slicker looking for a Western […]
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Main and Loleta
A person can stand on a corner in downtown Loleta — tiny Loleta, population not quite 800 — and never want for conversation. Even on a Tuesday. A sweltering day — fog chased off and the hot blue sky gone fuzzy orange at the edges with smoke drifting in from burning mountains. At the corner […]
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Humboldt Growers’ Bad Reputation
On last week’s episode of “Cannabis Consciousness,” a monthly marijuana program on KMUD, guest host Kevin Jodrey posed a heartfelt and faintly anguished question: How can Humboldt County’s more conscientious marijuana cultivators — the innovators, the old-timers and the small-timers, people who care about the environment and their community — how can these folks get […]
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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. Vaughn Hutchins, photographs; Joyce Jonte, paintings; Loryn White, ceramics. Wine sales to benefit the […]
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Drive, She Said
In writing specific plays, contemporary American playwright Steven Deitz has been inspired by Chekhov, Ibsen, P.G. Wodehouse and Arthur Conan Doyle. For his 2008 play Becky’s New Car, now on stage at Redwood Curtain in Eureka, he appears to have been inspired by Oprah. Or is it a coincidence that one character gives away lots […]
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Happiness? Forget it
Happiness is as elusive as ever, even in this republic, one of whose foundation documents prioritizes our right to pursue happiness. While our standard of living (along with the average size of our homes) has doubled since the 1950s, the number of us claiming to be “very happy” in polls like the Harris Happiness Index […]
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Eureka Names New Police Chief
After a frustrated withdrawal by previous front-runner Michael Johnson, Eureka City Manager Bill Panos today announced that Andrew G. Mills, a former commanding officer in San Diego, is slated to be the next chief of the Eureka Police Department. The Eureka City Council plans to confirm Mills at its Oct. 1 meeting, according to a […]
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Dimmick Ranch Sold
The Dimmick Ranch, the foreclosed battlefield on which Reggae Rising made its last stand against Reggae on the River, has finally sold. J.J. Hanley, a San Francisco tech industry businessman, signed papers for the property on Aug. 30, along with five partners, Ben Bleiman, Duncan Ley, Mark DeVito, Matt Klyce and Mike Naugle (all of […]