Hey readers — every year we ask you to whip out your smart phone, pack up your DSLR or dust off that old 35mm camera to frame and snap some photos that scream “Humboldt.” That time has come again, and this year we’re asking you to go out (or in) and capture Humboldt’s best styles. […]
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Ready for Your Close Up?
Have you always dreamed of being on the silver screen, your name splashed in bold letters in a dark theatre next to “Woman No. 3,” “Boy in Ice Cream Shop” or “Man Crossing Street”? Well, your big break is here. On Sunday, June 28, several independent movies filming on the North Coast this summer are […]
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Mystery and History
It was a perfectly pleasant party (we were told we were in New Orleans). Sure, the ballerina Ykatarina Chislova and burlesque dancer Lydia Thompson seemed out of sorts with each other — Ykat (pining for her dead duke, and not the paranoid live Grand Duke Alexei) calling Lyd (was she in fact a British spy?!) […]
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The Faces of Obamacare, A Year Later
Back in March, when we first reported on the Affordable Care Act’s impacts on several individuals and providers in Humboldt County, we came away with a mixed picture of relief and frustration (“Faces of Obamacare,” March 6, 2014). Some folks were able to get health insurance after being previously denied or unable to afford it, […]
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We Mostly Flunk
We’re a (mostly) sad, bad, hackalung lot up here in Northern California. According to the American Lung Association, “Progress in the fight against tobacco use is at a standstill in California and in most cities and counties in the North Coast …” The association released its annual State of Tobacco Control report today, which shows […]
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Ho Ho Heave Ho
Your dear old Christmas tree wants to go back to the good green earth it came from. Come, compost! Come, energy! So get on it, before Valentine’s Day smooches in to mock you and your tree. You can drop your tree off for recycling at one of the places listed below, or call for curbside pickup. […]
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Relief in Samoa
There’s a bright new beacon of hope out on the Samoa Peninsula, which we figure dune lovers and gotta-go antsy foot-hoppers can’t help but appreciate. Yes, it’s a public portable toilet, rented for $80 a month from B&B by the Humboldt Bay Harbor, Recreation and Conservation District for the benefit of those frequenting the wilds […]
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The H Factor
My quest was simple: Find the smartest person in Humboldt. Well, OK, actually it was a troublesome task. Almost as impossible as finding Bigfoot — except at least our smarties leave bona fide droppings around, indications of their intelligence for a keen person to pick up and stuff in her hunting cap. My plan, too, […]
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Our Man and the Father of the Nuclear Navy
Tonight — very late tonight — on PBS, you can watch the premiere of a film about Admiral Hyman G. Rickover — you know, the fella who built the first nuclear submarine, first nuclear aircraft carrier and first commercial nuclear power plant. Why? Because you’ll learn about a complex, brilliant, controversial person considered instrumental in ending […]
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When the Waters Rose
It had been dubbed the flood of the century, when the rain came down in sheets in 1955 and Humboldt County’s rivers rose to gobble homes and towns. Nine years later, it happened again, but worse. By the start of December 1964, Humboldt was already wet. A series of storms in November had left the […]
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Ready, set, squash
Time’s a’creepin’ up on you Humboldt gardeners planning to put a little GMO oomph into your winter gardens — some genetically modified beans or broccoli, cabbage or cauliflower, perhaps? (We’re mainly looking at you, rebel Nathan Rex, and your promised GMO squash garden.) On Dec. 2, the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors is set to […]
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Stormy Weather
Enjoy this afternoon’s balminess while it lasts: starting tonight it’s gonna get a lot colder, wetter and windier. The National Weather Service is predicting up to a couple of inches of rain through the weekend and gusts along the coast of up to 45 miles per hour. Gusts in exposed areas, like Kneeland, could get […]