At 6:30 on a warm Wednesday evening, the Humboldt Hard Court Bike Polo crew adjusts helmets, tightens shin guards and makes sure mallets and bikes are tuned for friendly competition atop faded tennis courts in Eureka’s Highland Park. Laughter peppers the crew’s pregame safety check, and the setting sun lights up late-summer clouds punch orange […]
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Why I Hate Landscape Fabric
The black death — aka landscape fabric — stifles your soil and looks lousy when it inevitably peeks through. Sometimes I try to be fair and balanced on an issue so I don’t sound like some kind of gardening zealot. Today isn’t one of those times. I think landscape fabric sucks. There, I said it. […]
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Snakes Alive!
Last weekend, we spotted this unusually large western rattlesnake (Crotalus viridis) on the bank of the Trinity South Fork near Wild Mad Road (Nf-30).
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Upcoming Repairs Partially Preclude Access At Houda Point
Given the time of year, chances you’re skipping down the cable “stairs” leading to the south side of Houda Point are about as good as scoring a solo session at Camel Rock on the rare days the wind turns north. But just in case, please note: the Humboldt North Coast Land Trust and the California Conservation […]
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Kinetic Debauchery Denied
We got a note from the President of the Kinetic Universe this morning taking issue with several things in a short piece in this week’s Journal on the Kinetic Grand Championship Sculpture Race, specifically, regarding Sunday night activities in Crab Park on Cannibal Island. (Apparently we were ratted out by KHUM.) Our correspondent wrote of […]
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Mavericks Brand Clothing
NCJ alums Japhet and Yulia Weeks report on a new surf-related clothing venture for the Wall Street Journal :
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It’s Your Forest!
Remember that time you were walking in the Arcata Community Forest and you came upon piles of garbage strewn across the ferny landscape? OK, there was more than just that once. Or the time that unleashed, “Oh, he doesn’t bite” dog leaped at your face, snarling? Remember the poop piles you’ve dodged, the confrontational thugs […]
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HSU: Top Surfing School
Tibet.HSU: Top Surfing School: Congrats to HSU, the #9 surfing school in the nation! Hurts to be beaten out of number 8 by the University of Rhode Island (?), but never mind that.
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Hawkish gaze
Juvenile red tail hawk The stare While walking my dog Chuck in the Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary yesterday afternoon around 4, we nearly walked smack into this juvenile red tail hawk, which appeared to have a broken wing. It was perched on a fallen branch, staring at first me, then Chuck but not moving […]
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Rain postpones Discovery Ride / Oysters and Ale
Just in case any bicycle bugs are wondering and haven’t already heard, the Discovery Ride through Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park, scheduled for this Saturday, has been put off until next Saturday Oct. 11 (info here). Yes, the rain is to blame. You know what this means: It’s time to discover other things, indoor pursuits […]