Presented by members of the McKinleyville business community. Receptions for artists, exhibits and/or performances are from 6-8 p.m. on the third Friday of each month. Phone 834-6460, for more informatio 1. The Front Gallery and Gifts 1181 Central Ave. Blackstone Glass, Life on Io – Flora and Fauna from Far Out, borosilicate works; glass blowing […]
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Second Friday Arts! Arcata
Arts! Arcata is Arcata Main Street’s monthly celebration of visual and performing arts, held at more than 30 participating locations in Arcata. Visit www.artsarcata.com for even more information about the event or call 822-4500. 1. East Side Deli and Market 420 California St. 2. Big Pete’s Pizza 1435 G St. 5. Hempsown 1101 H […]
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First Saturday Night Arts Alive!
Presented by US Bank and Eureka Main Street. Opening receptions for artists, exhibits and/or performances are held the first Saturday of each month. Phone 707-442-9054, for more information or to have an exhibit/performance included. 1. WORLD CUP 1626 F St. Robert Daugherty, black and white photographs; Burt Severy, sculpture art. 1a. F STREET CAFÉ 1630 […]
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After Hacker Creek
Here, the air above the creek bed hums with the murmur of bees. The tock-tock of dripping liquid sounds like the faint ticking of a clock. This late in the year, the water barely creeps over the rocks but the air is sweet and warm. A small shallow pool between large stones cups two foothill […]
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Pistol Packing People
We recently asked the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office for the names of all of the people holding a permit to carry a concealed weapon (CCW) in this county. Why did we ask for this list? Call it curiosity sparked by the recent Supreme Court ruling overriding Washington, D.C.’s ban on private ownership of handguns, in […]
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Third Friday McKinleyville Arts Night
Presented by members of the McKinleyville business community. Receptions for artists, exhibits and/or performances are from 6-8 p.m. on the third Friday of each month. Phone 834-6460 for more information. 1. The Front Gallery and Gifts 1181 Central Ave. Jonathan Robertson, bronze sculptures; old-time country, bluegrass and rock music by Ricky B. and Friends. […]
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Our Fire, Our Fight
I don’t think I’d ever seen Jim Bennett mad before this year’s fires came through his place. And Bennett is no stranger to fire. Before he retired in 1996, he’d worked 32 years as a fireman for the U.S. Forest Service on Salmon River. Fire had burned near his place in 1977. The canyon filled […]
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Invasion of the Auger!
The ugly little creature has more than one alias. In some places they call it the “auger beetle,” because it bores into wood like an auger. It’s also called the “false powder post beetle,” because it acts like a similar critter that leaves a pile of powdery sawdust outside the hole it drills. And it’s […]
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The Sonoma Gang
In March 1850, the brand-new California Supreme Court, Chief Justice Serranus C. Hastings presiding, issued its first-ever decision. The ruling freed seven men who had recently been charged with arson and murder and instead placed them under a $10,000 bond. The men were released from the USS Savannah, a naval vessel anchored in San Francisco […]
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Curved
Just before noon on the Friday before Labor Day weekend, a truck carrying an empty 90,000-pound nuclear waste cask to the Humboldt Bay Power Plant came to a slow halt on a sharp curve on State Route 36. It happened near Buck Mountain on a shoulderless, narrow, steep section of road flanked by a rising […]
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Second Friday Arts! Arcata
Arts! Arcata is Arcata Main Street’s monthly celebration of visual and performing arts, held at more than 30 participating locations in Arcata. Visit www.artsarcata.com for even more information about the event or call 822-4500. 1. East Side Deli and Market 420 California St. Russell Bashaw, natural patterns using blends of organic materials, watercolors and […]
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This Time For Sure
A now-dormant lobbying battle for and against Eureka’s Marina Center project will soon reignite if a study on the project’s environmental impacts is released as expected at the end of September or sometime in October. But Marina Center’s environmental impact report (EIR) won’t include a full analysis of a controversial aspect: potential economic effects of […]