What happens when a group of friends goes on a hiking trip? If they are science nerds (and employees of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife), they document and map a set of quickly melting glaciers (publishing their findings in a peer-reviewed scientific journal) and the nearby flora and fauna (in prep). Two of the adventurer-scientists join Gang Green to talk about the weird and unique life that lives amongst old ice (such as the endemic beetle, Nebria praedicta, that lives beside Grizzly Glacier) and how documenting dying glaciers can change one’s perspective on life and time.
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“Glitterina” - CLEAN GiRL & the dirty dishes
A music video tribute to 2014 Rutabaga Ball Queen “Glitterina Sassypants.”
“Time Will Heal” - Astro
Fourteen-year-old rapper “Astro” tells the Outpost that he used to live in Humboldt and that he wants to “put Eureka on the map” with his music.
“Tattered Valentine” - Scott Palmer
Local singer and songwriter Scott Palmer performs his song “Tattered Valentine.”
“Filming this video was a great reminder of how lucky we all are to live in such an amazing area,” Palmer said. “Hope y’all enjoy the music.”
Michelle Leann Dennison, 52, was born October 25, 1968 and passed away March 1, 2021 at home with family by her side.
She was raised by her mother Margaret Sanders and Eddy Sanders in Eureka, where she lived most of her life. She was an amazing, positive, hardworking, strong, independent woman. She had a beautiful kind heart, and a fun sense of humor. She enjoyed spending time at the river, BBQs, rocking out to good music, and surrounding herself with friends and family. She remained optimistic even through the most trying times she had to endure. She will be deeply missed by all who knew and loved her! She was a beloved daughter, sister, mother, grandmother, aunt, niece, cousin and friend.
She is survived by her father, Charles Dennison; brothers, Shawn and Jason; children, Samantha, Jessica, and Anthony; Grandchildren, Jayden, Draven, and Everly; Nieces and Nephews, Koda, Shawnee, Tamera, Jason Jr, and Logan. As well as various other family members. Our only way of letting her go is in knowing she is no longer in any pain, and she is an angel in heaven watching over us.
A memorial service will be held at the Church of God 1470 Santa Clara St in Eureka on March 27 at 2 p.m. Potluck following after, across the street at 1475 Santa Clara St.
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On 3/12/21 at approximately 11:51 AM, Arcata Police Department officers were dispatched to a stabbing on the 600 block of 7th St. APD was advised the suspect was fleeing the scene eastbound on 7th St.
Officers from the Humboldt State University Police Department (UPD) located a subject running in the area and gave chase on foot down a dirt path towards HealthSport. UPD officers were able to catch the subject and detain him into handcuffs.
Arcata Mad River Ambulance and Arcata Fire District responded and provided medical care for the stabbing victim on scene. The victim was transported to the hospital for emergency care.
An APD detective responded to aid in the investigation. After talking to witnesses and the suspect, Kieth Vroman-Nagy, age 29 of Arcata, was taken into custody for 664/187 PC - Attempted Murder, and 245(a)(1) PC - Assault with a Deadly Weapon.
The victim suffered a serious but not life threatening stab wound.
This investigation is on-going. Anybody with additional information is asked to phone the Arcata Police Department.
The Humboldt County Board of Supervisors improperly expanded the scope of the county’s cannabis cultivation tax, a three-judge panel affirmed Thursday in California’s 1st District Court of Appeals.
The case involves amendments to Measure S, the county’s commercial marijuana cultivation tax, which voters approved in 2016. Thursday’s decision upholds last year’s trial court ruling, in which Humboldt County Superior Court Judge Kelly Neel found that the supervisors messed up by passing amendments that changed who and what is taxed as well as when taxes accrue under the measure.
Originally, the measure worked like this: Each person engaged in legal commercial cannabis cultivation in the county’s unincorporated areas had to pay a tax of $1 per square foot of outdoor cultivation area, $2 per square foot of mixed-light cultivation area or $3 per square foot of indoor cultivation area.
Amendments passed by the board in 2017 and 2018 changed it to where property owners were responsible for paying the tax, rather than growers, and the entire permitted growing area was subject to taxation, rather than just the area where cultivation was actually occurring. The amendments also changed when taxes start accruing — from the date when cultivation begins to the date when the county issues a permit, regardless of whether any growing ever takes place.
None of those changes were kosher, Neel ruled last year, and on Thursday, the appellate court judges agreed.
The county’s grounds for appeal were procedural. For one, county attorneys argued that the primary plaintiff, a grower named Karen Silva, didn’t have grounds to sue because she hadn’t exhausted all available administrative remedies before taking the matter to court.
The appeals court judges weren’t convinced by that argument. Their ruling says the county didn’t provide a a clear legal process for Silva to register her objections to the Measure S amendments.
The county also argued that the amendments the board passed merely served to clarify ambiguous language in the original measure. “We disagree,” the appellate court ruling states, adding, “We discern no such ambiguity.”
Ultimately, the county expanded who gets taxed, what gets taxed and when — all without voter approval, the court found.
The original case was filed by HuMMAP (the Humboldt-Mendocino Marijuana Advocacy Project), the Humboldt Cannabis Taxpayers’ Association and the Humboldt Voters’ Association, represented by attorneys Eugene “Ed” Denson and Fred Fletcher. Silva was added as a petitioner/plaintiff in a first amended complaint and had standing for the appeal, in which plaintiffs were represented by Denson and SoHum attorney Richard Jay Moller.
“The County should be ashamed for wasting so much money on this litigation,” Moller said in an email to local media Thursday.
Robert “Woods” Sutherland, a SoHum cannabis activist behind HuMMAP, said the county was “kind of grasping at straws” in its oral arguments to the court.
Moller believes this decision is “bullet-proof” against further appeal, but in an emailed statement, Humboldt County spokesperson and Deputy County Administrative Officer Sean Quincey said, “The County is disappointed with the Court’s ruling and considering its options with respect to the litigation. However, it does wish to maintain a collaborative relationship with cannabis growers in the County and will continue dialog with growers and their representatives regardless of the outcome of this suit.”
It’s not yet clear whether the county will have to reimburse all the property owners and growers who overpaid their taxes due to the amendments. We reached out to Quincey for an answer on that but have yet to hear back.
At the very least, the plaintiffs are entitled to recover the costs of the appeal. Read the full decision below.
Press release from Redwood National and State Parks:
Park rangers at Redwood National and State Parks are asking for the public’s assistance in identifying suspected thieves. On March 8, 2021, at about 3 p.m., a park visitor contacted Redwood National and State Parks regarding a theft that had just occurred at the Big Tree parking area in Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park. Park Rangers began an investigation.
According to the victims, they left their car for the short walk to the Big Tree and returned to their car to find it burglarized. Multiple items valued over $2,000, along with a wallet and credit cards, had been stolen. Within a short time of the theft the suspects used the credit cards at numerous local stores to purchase clothing and electronics and to withdraw cash. Park rangers were able to obtain images from some of these stores of a female and two male suspects along with their vehicle.
The female suspect is described as white or Hispanic, 20 to 30 years old, with long straight black or brown hair, wearing maroon hooded sweatshirt. One of the male suspects is described as white with short brown hair, 20 to 30 years old, wearing a black hat with a white Fox logo, black hooded sweatshirt, a white tee shirt with a black Nike logo, and faded blue jeans. The second male is described as white, with short black hair, 20 to 30 years old, wearing a black sweatshirt with a light-colored Under Armor logo on the front, and dark pants. The vehicle they are driving is a gold 2005-2010 model Dodge Ram 1500 quad cab with chrome wheels and metal side steps.
Anyone with information regarding the identity of these suspects or related criminal activity should contact Ranger Emily Christian at 707-465-7346.
Anyone with information regarding any other criminal activity within the parks is urged to contact the park’s anonymous tip line at: 707-465-7353.
UPDATE, 3/22: Voting has CLOSED. Congratulations to Bernadette Vielbig who somehow managed to win a $250 shopping spree by walking for five seconds. That’s the Humboldt spirit!
Again, thank you to Timber Boutique and Sage Eureka for their prize contribution!
See you next contest!
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Original Post: Is Humboldt ready for another frivolous LoCO contest? Too bad! We’re doing this anyways!
After y’all overwhelmed us here at the Outpost with your mostly wonderful entries for last month’s successful SINGING IN SOLITUDE contest, we thought, this time out, we’d turn our focus from music to another realm of human expression Humboldt excels in: FASHION. Specifically, we are dying to know how you’ve kept your look fresh during this last year of not venturing out of your abodes. What’s that? You’re going on your twelfth pantsless month? Well, that may actually play to your favor, here.
Today, LoCO is announcing yet another opportunity for you to demand your community’s attention: HUMBOLDT COVID FASHION WEEK! This is a chance for YOU, the listless, ungroomed, responsibly sheltered citizen, to strut the pandemic style you’ve been rocking on your couch these past crap months in the hopes of winning prizes! Masks aren’t required, but why rob yourself of another opportunity to accessorize?
What can you score for your confidence? It’s a good one. Our first place winner will take home a $250 gift certificate to either Timber Boutique or Sage Clothing in Eureka’s spacious Old Town. The world will open up again someday and you’re going to want to look better than you do in the video you’re going to submit for this thing, right? This could help a lot.
This could/should be you. Come as you are, Humboldt.
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Details! Here’s how this silly thing is going to go down:
Record an under-two-minute video of yourself (and your fellow pod members, possibly) walking your home runway decked out in your finest “I’ve given up!” wear. However you’ve been dressing in the privacy of your home this last year, you sell that look, OK? (We won’t know if you’re fibbin’, we will add.) Should there be music in my video? Uh, yes. Definitely. Should colorful, flashing lights enhance the scene? Wow, you’ve got those? Cool. Go for it. Can I rage dance so powerfully that I will magically inoculate myself against coronavirus? Hey, you can try! (But you should still get vaccinated, if you haven’t.)
At noon on Monday, March 15, LoCO will launch the official HUMBOLDT COVID FASHION WEEK post on our Facebook page which we will link to on this page, right here, to make it easy to find.
Upload your fabulous video to the comment section of that Facebook post. One entry per fashionista.
At that point you can either wait for Humboldt to be dazzled by your shut-in energy, or you can rally your associates to throw you a “like,” a “heart” or a “wow.”
At noon on Monday, March 22, the show is over and the Facebook reactions will be tallied. (We will weigh “like”s, “heart”s, “wow”s, etc. equally, in this instance.) Humboldt’s COVID Fashion Champion will be declared and they will have themselves a nice little shopping spree. The populace will rejoice along with them.
Hope that’s clear. Get creative, but just know LoCO reserves the right to disqualify videos that don’t in some way embody the spirit of what we’re trying to do here, wiseguys. In short, be amazing.
Now, a few more disclaimers — we’re just going to poach some copy from our last contest:
Comfy winning!
A note to the people who will inevitably try to game the system: LoCO is watching you. Your attempts to pad your like count by logging into your various business/artist/political campaign pages will earn you LoCO’s scorn. Don’t. Rallying your crew is fine. Show us how popular you are.
And now a message to the voters: Can I like multiple video entries? Hey, there’s no way LoCO can stop you from doing that, but every extra vote you make dilutes your other votes. Do what thou wilt.
And finally, to the people who will find some aspect of this contest to complain about: Throw your own contest, you grump. We’re spreadin’ joy over here.
That about does it! To reiterate: Show Humboldt your quasi-fashionable, undefeated spirit —> win some new duds. Easy peasy. You can work on your homemade fashion show video tonight. Entertain us!
