Need to solidify your campaign as “squeaky clean” in the minds of voters? Put your name on a sponge! Whatever the symbolism, this past week registered second district Democrats received such a gift in the mail from congressional candidate Jared Huffman. If you’d like to speculate a deeper meaning behind cleaning products with politician’s names […]
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Lawson Explains Deletion of Blog Posts on Spirituality
Second District Congressional candidate Stacey Lawson has been taking heat recently for her lousy voting record and for deleting a series of posts about her Eastern-influenced spirituality, which she’d written for the Huffington Post. (We addressed that deletion in our March 15 story here.) In the video below — posted today on the San Francisco […]
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“On My Way to Harlem”
If you’re a fan of classic jazz and timeless voices, then we’ve found what your aural cavities have been missing. Harlem-born crooner Gregory Porter has a sound as rich and intoxicating as his surname suggests. Don’t be discouraged by a 7-minute video, kids. This Porter will be well worth the taste…
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Have a Disgustingly Adorable Earth Day!
Happy Earth Day, HumCo! If you’re just bumming around your domicile on this fine Sunday morning like I am, you might as well enhance it by throwing on the most pukingly, snuggly screen saver in the cosmos: Baby Panda Cam! That’s right! To commemorate Earth Day, the Annenberg Foundation has launched a live HD video […]
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Wal-Mart Accused of Bribery Cover-up in Mexico
As opening day approaches for Eureka’s Wal-Mart (behold the interactive 360-degree panorama of the construction site above), a story in today’s New York Times shows just how far the biggest of big box retailers will go in its “relentless pursuit of growth.” The exhaustive story (this sucker clocks in at nearly 8,000 words) reports widespread […]
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“The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face”
Slo-mo version of a song written in the 1950s by Ewan MacColl for his wife Peggy Seeger, recorded by many bands, but perhaps best known from Roberta Flack’s cover in 1972. From the limited release album The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends
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Free Books!
Do you like to read? Since you’re reading this, we’ll assume yes. How do you feel about books? Despite any rumors you’ve heard, the book is not about to die — not if serious book lovers have their way. You may find a few local book fans giving away books next Monday, April 23 (and […]
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Humboldt’s Wal-Mart Resistance
(Above: Jesse Hughes-MacArthur protests Wal-Mart. Click pics to “biggify.”) With construction of Wal-Mart at Eureka’s Bayshore Mall well under way, it’s perhaps more accurate to say “Wal-Mart is here” instead of “Wal-Mart is coming.” But even though the world’s largest retailer is mere months away from flipping the switch on its latest money vacuum, Humboldt […]
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Marine Protected Areas From On High
Journal graphic designer and photographer Drew Hyland zoomed through the skies on Monday to get a look at the sites along our stretch of coast that could become marine protected areas under the Marine Life Protection Act. Check out his great video, below. After that, if you haven’t already done so, you might want to […]
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Humboldt County: Classic 8-Bit Nintendo Version
Someone(s) at Google was A) born in the late ’70s/early ’80s and B) has a little too much time on their hands. How else can you explain the totally rad April 1 “release” of Google Maps 8-bit for NES featuring maps modeled after the video game classic Dragon Warrior (1986). We need this!(?) Let Google […]
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The End of Occupy Eureka? (UPDATED)
Doesn’t appear that way. As expected, Humboldt County Sheriff’s Department deputies arrived in front of the Humboldt County Courthouse at 4 p.m. Wednesday to begin enforcement of the “urgency ordinance” passed by the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday. Prior to their arrival, Occupy Eureka members moved their information tables over the crack in […]
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The Bell Tolls for Mendocino’s Medical Pot Ordinance
Last night on NPR’s “All Things Considered,” Michael Montgomery reported on the anticipated end of Mendocino County’s groundbreaking medical marijuana ordinance. (Listen to the report below.) Prior to last year’s federal crackdown, the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors was looking to base its own ordinance on Mendocino’s, which had been deemed a success by growers, […]