At a public hearing next Monday, Jan. 18, the Fortuna City Council will consider a plan to demolish two aged 500,000 gallon water tanks on Stewart Street, and build a 2 million gallon reservoir on the same site. Like the old tanks, the new tank would provide water for the city’s largest pressure zone, which […]
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Rumbletown
On Saturday afternoon at 4:27 and 39 seconds, 18 miles beneath the surface of the ocean and 23 miles west of Ferndale, a vast slab of the earth’s crust known as the Gorda plate slipped vertically against the much larger North American plate laterally along a vertical faultline, releasing years of accumulated pressure in the […]
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Top of the Charts
Fortuna’s Russell Gorden is no stranger to hospitals or specialists. Since being diagnosed three years ago with cancer of the eye, Gorden has undergone 22 surgeries — the first of which removed his eye, ostensibly to solve the problem — and seen at least that many specialists. “When all of this started, there was a […]
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Arts! Arcata
1 Bubbles 1031 H St. Bluegrass by Clean Livin’. 3 Arcata Main Street* 791 8th St. Chris Wisner, photographs. 4 Arcata Artisans 883 H St. All artist show. 5 North Soles Footwear 853 H St. Paula Anderson, watercolors. 6 Arcata Exchange 813 H St. Jay Brown, new works; Music by Greg Willis. 7 Natural Selection […]
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Arts Alive!
1. WORLD CUP 1626 F St. Marc McClendon. 2. THE INK PEOPLE CENTER FOR THE ARTS 411 12th St. Poems that Don’t Rhyme: Faith Dickens, Jorden Goodspeed, Lauren Kinney, Ruth Miller, Kristina Pederen, Charrisa Schulze and more. 3. HUMBOLDT ARTS COUNCIL at the Morris Graves Museum of Art 636 F St. Morris Graves Museum of […]
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The Top 10 Stories of 2009
1. Klamath Settlement About a decade ago, it would be impossible to imagine the agreement that was announced in October. In 2001, you had farmers in the Klamath Basin going rogue, tearing away at the locks that held water from their crops. You had Dick Cheney taking a personal interest in their plight, reaching into […]
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McKinleyville Arts Night
1 The Front Gallery & Gifts, 1181 Central Avenue. Tim Dunkle, acrylic paintings. Open Mic throughout the evening 2 Pathways Trading Company, 1183 Central Avenue. Gopika Mayell, b&w pencil drawings. 3 Mirador Glass, Miller Business Park. Glass blowing demo, live music, refreshments. 4 Curves, Miller Business Park. Shari Miller, knitted works. Werner Maneck, paintings. 5 […]
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The Plane That Wasn’t There
Vladislav Milushev wanted to see the redwoods. The young pilot and flight instructor was picking out destinations for a cross-country airplane trip with Rick Gustafson, a friend of a friend who wanted to learn how to fly. At 60, Gustafson still longed for adventure, whether it was skydiving, riding his Harley or just cheering for […]
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Hopenhagen
It would be an exaggeration to say that Copenhagen was a city under siege at the beginning of this, the last week of the COP 15 climate conference. Certain streets were closed off to vehicles to allow for Christmas shopping. Teenagers, young couples and families walked briskly through the semi-dusk past stores and cafes — […]
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Cold Shoulders
Last Friday night, Santa Claus rode into the Arcata Plaza in a firetruck and whipped the throng of squealing tots — “Santa! Santa!” — and their parents into a swirling frenzy as the truck slowly promenaded twice around the glittering square behind a marching band slinging brassy Christmas jingles. In the center of the storm […]
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Arts! Arcata
1. Bubbles 1031 H St. Bluegrass by Clean Livin’. 2. Garden Gate 905 H St. Peggy Jane Murray, animal art; Locally Delicious: Recipes and Resources for Eating on the North Coast, book signing. 3. Arcata Main Street 791 8th St. Chris Wisner, photographs. 4. Arcata Artisans 883 H St. All artist show. 5. North Soles […]
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Arts Alive!
1 . F ST. CAFÉ 1630 F St. Bill Pierson, Italian Landscape. 1a. WORLD CUP 1626 F St. Chris Dubois, ceramic portraits, b&w photos; Music by DJ Kissyface. 2. THE INK PEOPLE CENTER FOR THE ARTS 411 12th St. 6th Annual Artists’ Challenge Exhibition and Sale. 3. SHIP’S INN BED & BREAKFAST 821 D St. […]