Sometimes distant things on the beach aren’t what they first seem to be. For example, I recently thought I saw a washed-up great white shark. But it turned out to be a king-size mattress folded in half. Once near Cape Mendocino I thought I saw a flying saucer on the sand up ahead. I froze. […]
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Posted inNews (NCJ)
‘Lawlessness’
Initial reports are that the altercation that ultimately left a 26-year-old Eureka man bleeding to death on an Arcata sidewalk began over a hat, or some other piece of clothing, according to interim Arcata Police Chief Richard Ehle. “What it was probably about is too much testosterone and too much drinking,” Ehle said, adding that […]
Posted inEat + Drink
Hum Plate Roundup
Boat to table Long have we enjoyed the hefty sandwiches and stacked, house-ground burgers at Arcata Pizza and Deli. They’re almost enough to hinder exploring the rest of the chalkboard menu. And, OK, maybe rolling in late at night, a little worse for wear, you weren’t in the mood to experiment with the seafood. Let […]
Posted inArts + Scene
Joan Gold’s Dark Materials
Approaching Joan Gold’s installation of paintings at Black Faun Gallery is like walking into an animated conversation. The walls seem to dissolve into vibrating pattern. Fifty-eight tall, modular paintings on paper feature superimposed registers framing all-over fields of explosive, dancing pattern. Short, rounded, color-laden brushstrokes gyrate in formation like synchronized swimmers. Brushstrokes are layered, so […]
Posted inArt Walks + Festivals
Arts Alive!
Presented by Eureka Main Street. Opening receptions for artists, exhibits and performances are held the first Saturday of each month. For more information, call 442-9054 or go to www.eurekamainstreet.org. 707 BAR (formerly Steve and Dave’s) First and C Streets. Barry Evans photography. Music by Dr. Squid. A TASTE OF BIM 613 Third St. Susan Strope, […]
Posted inLife + Outdoors
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): You have officially arrived at the heart of the most therapeutic phase of your cycle. Congratulations! It’s an excellent time to fix what’s wrong, hurt or distorted. You will attract more help than you can imagine if you summon an aggressive approach toward finding antidotes and cures. A good way to […]
Posted inLetters + Opinion
Blood Sucking Flies Coming for your Cannabis
What happens when you mix the Mall of America with a laser light show and get the whole thing high AF? Las Vegas is about to find out. On Nov. 1, the city is poised to welcome what’s reported to be the world’s largest cannabis dispensary to its garish ranks. Planet 13, the 40,000-foot monstrosity […]
Posted inMusic
Get to the Show and the Voting Booth
This has been an ugly and busy week. White terrorism has been in the news and in our own community someone was stabbed to death in Arcata in what I am sure was a tragically pointless dispute. Two lives are now ruined: the victim’s and the alleged attacker’s. This isn’t a crime to put on […]
Posted inLetters + Opinion
Losing Brandon
Editor: As I write this I am alternating between rage and despair (“Teen Stabbing Suspect to Be Tried as Juvenile Under Bill Signed by Brown,” posted online Oct. 14). Brandon Brocious had two sets of parents and he loved all his family dearly. His parents did a very good job of guiding him as he […]
Posted inArts + Scene
Epic Battles
Ripcord David Lindsay-Abaire’s Ripcord, the current production at Redwood Curtain, reunites three local favorites, director Cassandra Hesseltine and lead players Peggy Metzger and Susan Abbey, who teamed up for Lindsay-Abaire’s excellent Good People at Redwood Curtain earlier this year. It’s a dream team that’s clearly at home with the touching and humorous perspective on life […]
Posted inLife + Outdoors
TMT: Astronomy’s New Eye
Say it quickly — “30-meter telescope” — and it doesn’t sound like much. But this new $2 billion instrument under construction near the summit of Mauna Kea on Hawai’i’s Big Island is a monster. Compare, for instance, the current record holder for optical telescopes, the 10.4-meter Gran Telescopio Canarias (located on Spain’s Canary Islands) which […]
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Crimes from the Past
Recorded in the eloquent handwritten script of a bygone era, a set of recently rediscovered ledgers contains more than just a list of the individuals who were led through the doors of the Humboldt County jail starting back in the 1880s. The seven logs, along with an equal set of mug shot books, also offer […]