As a supplement to his story on the ongoing brown pelican crisis, Scottie Lee Meyers, the Journal‘s brand-spankin’-new intern, shot and edited the YouTube video below, in which Lucinda Adamson, an intern for Bird Ally X, offers a tour of the emergency response efforts underway at the Humboldt Wildlife Care Center. Hooray for interns! Also, if […]
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Addiction Tales From Hoopa
If you haven’t been over to the Two Rivers Tribune website lately, you’re missing out on a powerful collaboration between TRT editor/writer Allie Hostler and New America Media reporter Jacob Simas. In writing and on film, Hostler and Simas take a nuanced, poignant and tough look at addiction, especially to meth, in Hoopa country, from […]
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The Case of the Eureka Glue Bandit
Hey, Humboldt! Do you recognize this sticky character? This security camera footage from 4:55 a.m. on June 9 allegedly shows a ball-capped fellow squeezing glue into a door lock in Old Town’s Carson Block Building … which, if true, way sucks. Help us bring his reign of adhesive terror to an end! Again, WHO IS […]
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Andy Caffrey Must Be High
Two pieces of evidence to support the headline: 1. His latest campaign ad (below) shows him smoking marijuana. (The bong burbling sound at the end is a nice touch.) 2. On his Facebook page — the same place where he predicted earning 16 percent of the vote next Tuesday — he said this about the […]
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Jesus Christ, Chester Cheetah Invited to Wal-Mart Opening Ceremony Mega-Party Extravaganza Festivities
Holy crap! Wal-Mart may have been coy about moving into the Bayshore Mall, but its grand opening is gonna be off the chain! Get ready for a week-long explosion of orgiastic consumer pageantry the likes of which Eureka has never seen. According to an apparently genuine invitation sent to the Journal and other local media outlets, the festivities […]
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Wanna See 2012 Rutabaga Queen Sohotshe Burns Pull a Nail Out of Someones Nose With Her Teeth?
… Of course you do. This was just one of many debaucheries committed on the Rutabaga Queen’s annual Madaket Booze Cruise that rowdily buzzes soaked and exhausted Kinetic Grand Championship racers as they slog their way through Humboldt Bay. Kinetic Queens and Kops and their followers sucked down Bloody Marys and mimosas on a day […]
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Know Your 2012 Kinetic Sculptures! Photos! Video! Award Winners!
Here it is, Humboldt. Your complete visual wrap to 2012’s Kinetic Grand Championship participants! What a time we had. Kongratulations go out to Melvin for earning the title 2012 Kinetic Grand Champion. Scroll to the way bottom for a komplete list of award winners, as well as some video. See y’all next year. (Click photos […]
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“wuddup real gurl (2 da max)”
Creepy Marbles is no more. If you missed their 70 or so shows and two tours in their year of existence, try to imagine witnessing a unique blend of electronic music (“chuggly vibes”), low-fi visual art (sharpie’d cardboard signage), and intergalactic conspiracy-fighting method-acting (this one’s a little harder to explain). The four-man act is shutting […]
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“I Can’t Go For That”
What makes something “go viral” and bounce exponentially around the Net garnering countless tweet pointers, Facebook shares and millions of hits? It’s hard to say. One thing’s for certain, that word, “hit,” has taken on a new meaning. Marketing departments everywhere are trying to figure out the formula, since going viral has become a mark […]
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“She Works Hard For the Money”
She worked hard for the money, so the afterlife better treat her right… RIP to the Queen of Disco.
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If you’re going to dump a body in Eureka …
… here’s a jarringly specific go-to location courtesy of the script scribes at the CBS mucho dramatico cop drama Criminal Minds. But first, a little background on this scene from last week’s ‘sode: As part of (we’re guessing) a far-from-standard plea deal, FBI Special Agent David Rossi (Joe Mantegna) must visit an incarcerated serial killer […]
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Humboldt Parents Rejoice!
The Journal‘s annual Summer of Fun issue is creeping onto newsstands countywide today (and online tomorrow). As always, it features an exhaustive list of seasonal camps, classes, outings, adventures and distractions that will get the kiddos out into the world and off your couch (so you can plant yourself there in peace). So, grab a […]