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Just north of the Golden Gate Bridge, on the west side of U.S. Route 101, is an old, wooden sign that says “Redwood Highway.” The sign blends into its surroundings, and is easy to miss; it marks the beginning of the 438-mile-long stretch of road — from San Francisco to Grants Pass — that weaves […]

Down at the county courthouse there’s a file labeled The County of Humboldt v. Charles Garth and Does 1-25. It’s a code violation case — but there’s some dispute between the parties as to just exactly who’s violating whose code. On one side, there are the residents of a ferny, forested place they call Yee […]

There is no backstage at the Reggae Trial.And while it follows the same sort of rules and general form, the legal proceeding is not a traditional trial, civil or otherwise. The Hon. James Warren, a retired judge from San Francisco, presided over the first portion of the hearing, which ran from Jan. 28-Feb. 6 in […]

Last Wednesday, Hilary Mosher, director of the Strongbridge Montessori School in McKinleyville, tried to explain to her students the bind their school is in. The building she’s been operating out of for the past two years was sold recently and she has until to the end of February to relocate. Mosher sat on a short […]

Lobo woke about noon, or maybe a bit later, feeling as if he had spent the night inhaling poisonous gases. He checked his tobacco pouch. Nearly empty, just a dry pinch or two left to roll. He realized at some point he had vomited, but he couldn’t see it, so he didn’t worry about it. […]

Goodbye, sugarpie About five or six years ago — he can’t quite remember when — Dr. Leo Leer and his colleagues at Eureka Family Practice turned a cold shoulder to the hordes of pharmaceutical company salespeople — drug reps — who hitherto had had free rein in their office. No longer could a well-heeled, uberfriendly, […]

When President Bill Clinton first decided to come to town early last week, the news spread instantaneously throughout the county and left a good percentage of the population buzzing with excitement. For a very large segment of Humboldt County — the politically active, left-leaning segment — the news was like the call of a spring […]

In December of last year, residents of the Aiy-yu-kwee Mobile Home Park — located on the territory of the Blue Lake Rancheria — were expecting to receive the usual season’s greetings: good tidings and Christmas cheer. Instead, they got eviction notices. When 76-year-old Sid Madjarac received his letter, the first thing he thought about was […]

“How happy it would make us to see Bush and Cheney behind bars!” So said Mitch Clogg, Democratic candidate for Congress, on KMUD radio on Sunday. And if anyone within distance of the radio signal objected to the notion, they did not bother to make their objection heard. Clogg was one of three candidates who […]

The large, black, beaked creature that carefully made its way among the risers of the Arcata Playhouse was kind of scary. But young Alexandra was not afraid. She turned in her front row seat and peered at him as he approached. She had a secret. She had met the man who now wore stilts and […]

Weathervane Almost 6 p.m., dark. Two of the resident boats at Woodley Island Marina have strung Christmas lights from their masts, Vs of cheer hanging upside down in the blue-black night. Other boats lie dark, or with one white spotlight ablaze to aid a last repair. Except on Dock B, where a broad yellow glow […]