When former President Barack Obama struck a somber tone in his farewell speech last month, it’s unlikely many in the hills of Humboldt took much notice. “The next wave of economic dislocations won’t come from overseas,” the then-president warned. “It will come from the relentless pace of automation that makes a lot of good, middle-class […]
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Tourist Trap
Hipsters, pack your bags. Eureka might be too mainstream for you now. The July-August issue of the American Automobile Association’s Via magazine features seven highlights from the “vibrant Northern California seaport, famed for teeming fisheries and towering redwood forests.” Carson Mansion, the Hikshari’ Trail, Samoa Cookhouse, Sequoia Park Zoo, Living the Dream Ice Cream, Humboldt […]
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Rural Road Rage Part II
Harvest season is about to hit full tilt, so I have to ask: what is it about hauling a trailer full of illegal green stuff that makes you inland outlaws want to drive so fast? There are so many switchbacks between here and the highway that your crop is whipping around on the back of […]
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Rural Road Rage Part I
If you’re on your way out to the hills with an ice chest full of groceries and you get stuck behind one of those big ol’ RVs with quippy names (The Voyage, The View, Wanderer) that insists on taking in every falling leaf and majestic redwood at 10 mph under the speed limit without pulling […]
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Camera. Action. $5 Million?
“In a small town in Northern California on the coast. Crew has invaded the town like roaches. We’re everywhere. People here are friendly.” — M. Night Shyamalan on Twitter, April 22 They came. They scouted the land. They returned and created a bustling Hollywood set in Humboldt Redwoods State Park. And reportedly, they left behind […]
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“The Soul of Eureka”
As you know if you read this week’s paper, Eureka’s monthly arts night, Arts Alive! takes place Saturday night and many of you be out and about. Occasional Journal contributor Jim Hight produced this fine little vid extolling the many virtues of Arts Alive with Benjamin Bettenhausen handling camera duties. Our own art critic R.W. Evans […]
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Carnival’s A-Coming
The almost-annual carnival is back at the Eureka boardwalk. It runs from Friday thru Monday July 4.
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County Takes Measures to Reduce Airport Woes
A month after a long-planned airport construction project began — a project that has inconvenienced countless local travelers whose flights have been delayed, redirected or canceled outright — backup measures have finally been provided. County Supervisor Mark Lovelace yesterday evening sent an e-mail to concerned community members updating them on measures being taken by county […]
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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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Hooray incompetence!
When L.A. Times travel writer Christopher Reynolds arrived at the Arcata-Eureka Airport recently, his luggage did not. Could it have been snagged by the Humboldt County Convention and Visitors Bureau ? Reynold’s unplanned delay resulted in this handy list of “Six things to do in Trinidad while waiting for your airline to fulfill its obligations.” […]
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One Wild Weekend in August
counties. Humboldt music fans have some hard choices to make when the end of August comes along. The already crowded weekend just got more so with the Dimmick Ranch folks announcing a country music fest called Live on the County Line . That show on Saturday, August 29, features Dwight Yoakam plus Kelly Willis , […]