“Kevin L. Hoover (is) an existential hero, the last moral man in a corrupt universe, walking the semi-corrupt streets of Arcata, observing without judging, until he decides the hell with it, I’m going to judge.” — John Carroll, San Francisco Chronicle
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Tri-City Weekly: Now With Dada Headlines!
Ever on the lookout for new ways to stimulate the voracious intellect of its readership, the Tri-City Weekly has evidently hired a student of early 20th century European surrealism to compose absurdist tone poems for the front cover: Q: What does it mean? A: What does a chicken mean, you filthy bourgeois?
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T-S City Editor Faulk to Step Down
Unnamed sources have informed the Journal that Times-Standard City Editor James Faulk will step down from the number two position in the newsroom and return to reporter duty starting Monday, April 19. The decision reportedly was made by Faulk himself for personal reasons. In moving into the cops-and-courts beat he’ll replace former reporter/”Fat Guy” colleague Chris […]
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An Anger So Quiet That It’s Damn Near Mute
A letter to the editor in this morning’s Times-Standard caught the eyes of many around Humboldt County today. Entitled “A quiet anger” and appearing under the byline of Eugene Womack of Myers Flat, it is a pure and somewhat startling blast of teabag rage. The “quiet anger,” according to the letter, is the fury of the […]
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Surreal Estate
Yesterday the Times-Standard continued its tradition of leaving real estate market analysis to those who have a vested interest in said market. (See remarkably similar examples of T-S -published Realtor Pollyannaism here and here .) This time around, Coldwell Banker Cutten Realty agent Jill MacDonald set about answering this recurring query: “Is the real estate […]
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Durant to Leave T-S, Launch New Mag
Chris Durant, longtime Times-Standard reporter/onetime ” Fat Guy “/all-time eathquake juker , has informed the Journal (in a World Exlusive!) that he will soon leave the trusty daily to create a “scene zine with a tongue-in-cheek view on local issues.” (Disclosure: I used to work with him at the T-S.) Savage Henry — named after […]
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Mr. Bohner in the WSJ
Beautifully bearded rock god /green handiman/all-around nice guy Steve Bohner makes a surprise appearance in today’s Wall Street Journal , giving expert testimony on the solar hot-water systems industry. Bohner, who owns Arcata’s Alchemy Construction Inc., even throws down some righteous rock ‘n’ roll attitude on those Wall Street fat cats: He bristles a bit […]
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Titus And Her Tweet Quake
PoynterOnline’s Julie Moos interviewed Caroline Titus, editor and publisher of The Ferndale Enterprise, about her leap into the Twitterverse on Jan. 9, after the 6.5 quake in Humboldt. Titus recalls how, once she’d made sure her family and a neighbor were OK, she went to town to do the usual reporterly thing of “chronicling the […]
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MediaNews Declares Bankruptcy
MediaNews Declares Bankruptcy: … but the Times-Standard’s parent corporation is expected to breeze through court with the blessing of creditors, the Wall Street Journal reports. Head honcho Dean “The Beast” Singleton will remain in
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No Pasaran
marijuana. Terrence McNally, de facto leader of Say Goodbye to the Arcata Eye (Boycott advertisers) — SGttAE(Ba) for short — has been ousted by the militant Jason Robo in a coup de Facebook . This is the worst thing to happen on Facebook since I forgot to water my Farmville crops. We will not let […]
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Last Gasp for Eureka Reporter?
It’s been just about a year since the Eureka Reporter threw in the towel and ended Eureka’s five-year newspaper war. In a deal that’s never really been explained, the Times-Standard agreed to run the E.R. editorial/opinion page twice a week, Wednesdays and Sundays, putting Peter Hannaford in charge. A “message for our readers” in the […]
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MediaNews Misses Debt Payment
MediaNews Misses Debt Payment: Deep, deep in debt and nearing default, the Times-Standard’s parent corporation has reached a deal with creditors that will allow it to (temporarily) forgo payments on its ghastly, ungodly, mid-bogglingly Himalayan debt, reports the New York Times. The Wall Street Journal has a story up too.