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Death of 77 Year Old Reported Missing After Hospital Release Under Investigation
A 77-year-old McKinleyville man was found dead this morning, 36 hours after he was reported to have been sent home in a ride service following his release from a local hospital around 10 p.m. on…
Humbuggery in Humboldt, Part 1
“We have been told that Eureka is the best town for fakirs on the coast and it is a ‘good thing’ as any first-class fakir will testify who has tried it.” — The Daily Standard,…
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Music Tonight: Friday, July 10
Regular readers of this space should be familiar with The Pine Hill Haints,Alabama’s best group of country hill stompers and cemetery creepers inthis or any other century. Hell, they even have a stick and bucket…
Music Tonight: Thursday, July 9
Francis Vanek is an exceptional tenor sax player who is likely familiar tomany of you in the jazz community, having played around these parts quitea few times over the years with local jazz studs RLA…
Tempers Flare, Benches Clear, Crabs Prevail
After a dominating week launched the Humboldt Crabs baseball team into first place, the crustaceans welcomed the Bay Area Force into town for two non-conference games before a pivotal series with the Solano Mudcats. In…
The Pan Piper
A few weeks ago, I wrote an intro here about a dawn chorus of birds I heard while camping. I titled that column “The Piper at the Gates of Dawn” after a famous chapter from The…
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A Dream Realized at Powers Creek Brewery
I’m sitting across a bar table from Dylan Schatz, chief cook and kettle washer at Powers Creek Brewery. He’s recounting a time he talked his way into some event at the revered and now lamented…
Old Town’s Festivities for the 250th
Old Town was full of July 4 revelers during Eureka Main Street’s holiday street fair on Saturday. Folks wound through vendor booths, information tables and food stalls, and tapped toes and danced to the music…
Saturnian Drone: Dragonfly at Titan
As we saw last week, Titan’s surface is a tapestry of abundant carbon-rich chemistry, a delicious target for curious Earthlings to explore. The challenges are immense, including temperatures that make Minnesotan winters look positively tropical,…
Amazon’s Negative Impact by the Numbers
The impact Amazon’s proposed distribution center in McKinleyville would have is being debated in person and online. I suggest we avail ourselves of whatever knowledge we can find, with a critical eye to its sources. …
Crabs Climb Back with Seven Wins
When we last left our beloved Crabbies, they were in last place, reeling from a huge series loss to the Potters to open their league schedule, and squeaking by an inferior Stockton Pearls team thanks…
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Beyond Reason
Hydrogen enlightenedAll we can possibly see, When nothing created everything. As I plod along now decipheringAll the clueless information One thing is clear: Somehow we are all a part ofSomething wonderful forever… I can live…
731 Dogs
Humboldt County Sheriff William Honsal on Monday asked for the public’s patience and assistance as a multi-agency investigation continues into allegations Miranda’s Rescue accepted money to care for animals that were instead put down. This…
‘We have to work to keep our freedom’
By noon on June 27, a small group of protesters lined the street in front of the Humboldt County Superior Court. Many held signs criticizing the current administration, calling for the impeachment of President Trump…
Saturnian Drone: Dragonfly at Titan (Part 1)
“[On early Earth] you need to have gone from simple to complex chemistry before jumping to biology, but we don’t know all the steps. Titan allows us to uncover some of them.”— Zibi Turtle, Dragonfly…
Micro Hustlers
In news that’s not really news, Jackass is quite old and the cinema branch of DC has issued a sputtering salvo in the pointless, unwinnable, poorly timed war with Marvel. In the case of the…
Music Tonight: Monday, June 29
One more Metal Monday over at Savage Henry Comedy Club tonight at 7 p.m. I’m not working off of an abundance of information here, but I do know that Seattle’s relatively new and fresh —…
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‘Prevent Suffering Before it Begins’
Editor: The gruesome revelations of dogs being shot and buried in mass graves at Miranda’s…
‘Shelter of Last Resort’
Editor: What everyone seems to have overlooked, is the fact that Miranda’s Rescue is the…
Blatant Gaslighting: Miranda’s Rescue
Editor: My name is Jamara Knight, and I am a 30-year resident of Humboldt County.…
We Need Accountability, Not Excuses
Editor: Every day that passed gave Shannon Miranda additional time to change his story, create…
Jumping on the ‘Terrible Guy Bandwagon’
Editor: Seems everyone is jumping on the Shannon Miranda is a terrible guy bandwagon. I…
Humboldt Sponsors Appreciation
Editor: I want to recognize and thank an amazing local organization, Humboldt Sponsors, the local…
Music Tonight: Sunday, June 28
Jam fans rejoice. Humbrews is hosting Dizgo, the hottest quartet from Bloomington, Indiana. Expect lots of dynamic shifts and mind-freeing transitions over the course of the night, along with some opening grooves courtesy of HotFoot.…
Make Waves at the Arcata Fairy Festival
Don your fins. Arcata’s newest favorite summer tradition arrives with a splash of seaside magic when the Arcata Fairy Festival returns to the Arcata Plaza on Sunday, June 28, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.…
Music Tonight: Saturday, June 27
If you want to spend a little money and enjoy a big to-do for the last Saturday of Pride month, the Clarke Museum is putting on a massive drag show at 6:30 p.m., featuring all…
Sheriff’s Office: Remains of More than 100 Dogs Uncovered at Miranda’s Rescue, Investigation Continues
After three days of excavating sections of the Miranda’s Rescue property, the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office on Friday reported finding the intact remains of more than 100 dogs at two dig sites during a multi-agency…
Drag Show at The Clarke
Humboldt’s queer past gets a glow-up for Pride Month at Drag Me to the Museum, happening Saturday, June 27, from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at the Clarke Historical Museum ($40, $30 museum members and those…
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