UPDATE 2/13: Well, it would appear as if Kai’s 15 minutes aren’t up just yet. Last night Kai was again on Jimmy Kimmel Live in what could conceivably be a recurring segment … Kai’s Korner Movie Review. In this first edition, Kai “reviews” the Oscar-nominated Zero Dark Thirty. (Spoiler alert: he mostly talks about fluoride […]
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Kai the Homefree Hitchhiker: The Early Years
UPDATE 2/11: Well, Kai made it onto Jimmy Kimmel. Watch that. # # # # # Let’s run through some logic. You are reading this blog using the amazing internet. Therefore, you are familiar with the internet. One could then also conclude that you are familiar with the overnight hatchet-wielding memesation known as Kai the […]
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Sheriff Against Gun Control?
With the debate surrounding gun control heating up and President Obama calling for action on a national level, Humboldt County Sheriff Mike Downey said today that he stands with a group of sheriffs resisting federal control. Downey is among the law enforcement officers on a “growing list of sheriffs saying ‘no’ to Obama gun control,” […]
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Drinks at Sunset
There she is, shaking up something yummy in a photo in February’s Sunset magazine (click it to enlarge): Amy Stewart, Drunken Botanist extraordinaire, best-selling author, Eureka resident and of course, NCJ columnist. Stewart’s short piece on her cocktail garden comes with scrumptious photos and one of her intoxicating recipes. Plenty more will be available in […]
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Sandpiper Still in Limbo
A chain link fence surrounds most of Sandpiper Park, the unfinished mobile home park on South G Street in Arcata. The exception is a row of five houses facing the street where work is complete. Only the corner home is occupied. Two more have “sold” signs in their windows, but one of the low income […]
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Perfect! HSU Invites Jimmy Kimmel to Speak at Graduation
Well played, Rollin. Humboldt State University has formally requested that late night host Jimmy Kimmel speak at this year’s commencement ceremonies. As you’ll recall, the television yuk-slinger scored some laughs at HSU’s expense in November in a segment playing up the college’s new Interdisciplinary Marijuana Research Institute, portraying the Humboldt student body as “pot-obsessed slackers.” […]
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Eureka! (It’s TEDx Eureka)
The Journal’s Field Notes columnist Barry Evans was among the deep thinkers dropping knowledge at TEDx Eureka, which, as Evans pointed out somewhat ironically, took place in Arcata in December. Humboldt’s first such event featured talks on a wide range of topics, everything from recycling and roller derby to the American Revolution and the environmental […]
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The King Tide Rules (PHOTOS, UPDATED)
UPDATE 12/18: We updated our King Tide photos blog post with some non-King Tide comparative photos … like we should have done to begin with. Sigh. Live and learn. Thursday morning at 10:46 a.m., was when the North Coast was predicted to have its highest tide of 2012, i.e. THE KING TIDE. So the Journal […]
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The Humboldt County of the Future Will Be Overrun By Killer Monkeys
At least that’s what director M. Night Shyamalan envisions. The trailer for his upcoming sci-fi blockbuster After Earth was released today and features quick shots of some of the footage the crew shot amongst our redwoods back in April. Also, monkeys. Enjoy. The film is scheduled to be released in June 2013.
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If You’ve Never Seen a Live Mudslide… (VIDEO)
… here’s some video taken a few days ago of just such a thing creeping across Highway 101 about three miles south of Crescent City — with people scurrying out of the way of falling trees and everything! (No one was hurt. Chill.) Also, we nominate the video’s creator for “Most Beavis-like Laugh of 2012.” […]
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So, Jimmy Kimmel Doesn’t Think Humboldt State’s New Weed Institute Sounds All That Necessary
Our legacy has been secured. Again. As should have been expected, Humboldt State University’s announcement that it was firing up an Interdisciplinary Marijuana Research Institute was picked up by significant news organizations across the web — CBS News, the Huffington Post, Italian Rolling Stone. Sure, sure. But none of that coverage will be as remembered […]
