Joe Mello, 56, has built a 10-foot by six-foot steel cross, bedecked it with bicycle sprockets and the busted-up remains of the Calfee bicycle his big brother, John Mello, treasured, and planted it on a slope beside Highway 101 — and he doesn’t care if Caltrans doesn’t like it. John, 57, of McKinleyville, was riding […]
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The Passing Of An Elder
The Del Norte Triplicate writes that Ada Charles, who was born Dec. 17, 1909, has died. She was the oldest member of the Yurok Tribe, and for the past several years her birthdays have made the news. A 2010 Times-Standard announcement of her 101st birthday celebration in Klamath, to which the community was invited, noted: […]
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Dan O’Gara RIP
Storyteller Dan O’Gara died Monday at the age of 76 at UC San Francisco Hospital surrounded by his family. O’Gara was flown to the hospital following a massive stroke that came on unexpectedly while he was cutting wood near his home in Trinidad. In recent years O’Gara was best known as founder of the North […]
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Old Town Sunbather John Tutuska Has Died
A memorial sprang up in front of the Clarke Musuem soon after Eureka resident John Tutuska died on Sunday. The endearing, highly visible Old Town character could often be seen shirtless and deep in meditation in front of the museum. He was 67. Update, Oct. 16: For those who might have missed this in the […]
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Obituary released
Editor’s note: The family of the late Suzanne Seemann, who was killed Thursday while jogging with two friends, has released the following obituary and notice of memorial service to be held Saturday. The obituary will appear in the Times-Standard print edition on Tuesday. Suzanne W. Seemann (1972-2012) Suzanne (Suzie) Wetzel Seemann died Thursday, […]
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And He Had a Funeral Wish
Or, at least, an early-on notion. In his book The Golden Age Is in Us: Journeys & Encounters 1987-1994 (published in 1996), Alexander Cockburn (who died Friday), starts with a short essay — written in 1987 after he went to a funeral in Key West — musing on possibilities for his own funeral (and on […]
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A Personal Remembrance of Heather Bonser-Bishop
The following was submitted by Journal contributor Stephanie Silvia: Heather Bonser-Bishop, a 39-year-old mother, nonprofit consultant and active community member in Trinidad, drowned Saturday while paddle boarding with her husband and two daughters on the Chetco River. She and her 11-year-old daughter were behind the rest of the family when her board and line became tangled […]
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Kala Kenyatte is Gone
Kala Kenyatte, a big man, and a fixture on the Humboldt music scene, died Thursday morning at around 3 a.m. at Mad River Hospital due to renal and congestive heart failure, the result of ongoing health problems related to diabetes. Born George Allen Dixon on Oct. 16, 1946 in Westchester, Virginia, Kala was active in […]
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Danny Ray’s Last Days
Back on Jan. 5, when I wandered into the marsh near the Bayshore Mall to interview some homeless campers, most everyone was still talking about the big flood that blew out some of their camps one early Saturday morning a couple months before. A water pipe had bust somewhere nearby — crash and roar and […]
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Mama Whale Passes
Sad news — especially for those who seized the opportunity to be mesmerized by cetacean sublimeness in the past couple of months. The mama gray whale who had been living in the Klamath River since June 24 — and who’d been alone since her calf swam back out to sea July 22 — has died. […]
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Farewell, Chris Crawford
The local blogosphere continues to reverberate with shock and sadness over the death of Chris Crawford, a passionate political figure, respected businessman and accomplished technology expert who died last weekend after a brief battle with liver cancer. Crawford was a vibrant and active member of the local political scene. A proud “lifelong Republican,” he worked […]
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John Ross Is Gone
Poet/journalista John Ross died this morning at Casa Santiago Bed and Breakfast, the home of lifelong friends Arminda and Kevin in Tzipijo, near Lake Patzcuaro, Michoacan, Mexico. He’d been battling liver cancer, knew he was fading and had returned to his beloved Mexico for his final days. He will be cremated, and it’s likely some of […]