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HSU Censors Floral Penis Art!
— Breaking! This week's Lumberjack informs us that the living sculpture above, which an art major spent over a semeseter creating, was forcibly removed from display at the HSU greenhouse. Now the…
Earthquakes and Tsuamis Aren’t So Bad
— If, like me, you don't watch much TV news, then you might not have an idea just how horrific the last couple of days' worth of tornadoes across the South have…
How Amazon Sees Us
…ranks, thanks to the outsized amount of "gardening products" it buys through Amazon. Take a bow, Eureka! Your fanatical devotion to homegrown "parsley" and "basil" is making the world a better place…
How To Convince Growers Being An Informant is A Good Thing
Erik Eschker has the unenviable task of convincing Humboldt Co. growers to "inform" on themselves. For more than a decade, Eschker, a Professor of Economics at HSU has provided a monthly index…
Orly Orly Oxen Free
…Two cockups in one post; the document I was referring to here was not the district's previous strategic plan, but rather a site plan specific to the Redwood Dock. The LoCO…
Job in Ukiah: Must Have All Or Most Of Your Teeth
Craigslist Ad Amateur Exotic Dancer Needed (Ukiah) We are looking for an amateur exotic dancer in the Ukiah area to entertain at a bachelor party. This is a one time paid position…
"We've Exhausted Our Leads"
The local search and rescue teams and the Sheriff's department posse are packing up and heading home after searching for two days for Robert Firestone, an elderly man. "We've done…
Queen Birther Orly Taitz on KSLG Tomorrow Morning
…Tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock, John Matthews will speak with Orly Taitz, self-annointed leader of the so-called "birther" movement.Taitz says she welcomes the White House’s decision to…
The Grovie Dialectic
The uproar over Caltrans' Richardson Grove Improvement Project, which broke out in demonstrations at the highwaymen's Eureka HQ again last week, continues to mystify. And if it mystifies me – a veteran…
Music for Music
Much beloved local classical musicians, Hal Lepoff and Rosie Bosco, will be performing a benefit concert for the Redway School Music program this Sunday May 1, at 2:00 pm. at the…
Anyone Else Shocked? It's Raining!
In spite of weather reports predicting mainly sunny days for the next week…sigh… it is raining on my newly delivered cord of wood.
On Not Eviscerating Grandpa Tree
– It seems to be Eureka Police Department week over at the Times-Standard, with Thad Greenson kicking in his second long-form look at the department in as many days. This time…
Time for Plugs
You can call it a slow news day if you like, but then you'd be ignoring a great cause and a great resource that came across the transom. – With help from…
Missing the Rainbow
Missing the Rainbow
It’s Amy Time
– It's been a weekend of long overview-type pieces over at the T-S, and that's mostly a good thing. On Saturday and Sunday, Donna “The Tamulator” Tam kicked in…
Easter Candy
…The day was lovely and the sweet smiles came from more than just jelly beans. After the hunt, the treasures were traded …and guarded. All the kids, even the ones too young…
What is Killing the Madrones of Northern Mendocino?
Every single madrone tree along the highway between Laytonville and Willits looks like this. The oaks, laurels and evergreens look fine. What the hell?
Spring in Humboldt
Pretty place, our Humboldt. There is more than one reason they call this area the Emerald Triangle.
Humboldt Drops in the Pot Capital Standings
Last year Eureka/Arcata was number one in The Daily Beasts lists of the pot capitals of the United States. This year we're only number ten. I could expend a lot…
Let Them Eat Memes
– Congratulations, Eureka! The Lost Coast Outpost has named your city one of the Ten American Small Towns Most Likely to be Included in Gimmicky Internet Lists. – Jean Ross, the executive director of…
Dead Body Found Near Skunk Train Tracks On Pudding Creek
…They were able to remove the body from the creek and were able to identify is as the person was known to the officers. They are currently attempting to contact the next…
Don’t Bogart That Park
– The Arcata Police Department majorly harshed the mellow of that town's traditional 4/20 revelery. Employing a baldfaced bit of flummery that even the officers involved admitted to, cops stationed themselves…
Big Trouble in Cream City
…A California appellate court recently handed the dairy a partial win , Westlaw reports today: On the one hand, the insurance company must indeed pay the claim. On the other, the company did…
Gentlemen, Start Your Bongs
…The T-S gives its rewritten press release probably the best kicker ever seen in the genre: “City staff must also clean up the garbage and dog droppings that participants leave behind…
Tax Day Protests at Bank of America in Eureka (& I Didn't Even Get A Lousy T-Shirt But I Did Get Some Good Photos)
Yesterday's demonstration in front of Eureka's Bank of America was part of a nationwide effort by MoveOn.org to bring attention to the fact their belief that corporations don't…
LoCO Files Large Public Records Request
Last week's Lost Coast Outpost column was about requests for government documents under the California Public Records Act. More specifically, it was about one such request filed upon the county by…
Cowtown Madoff, Cowtown Manson
— Delores Reeves, a Fortuna real estate agent and businesswoman, has been charged with defrauding old folks of several hundred thousand dollars, the T-S's Matt Drange reports. Reeves allegedly tricked elderly…
A New Tsunami Video—Incredible Footage of Homes and People Swept Away
The Youtube post says, We’ve seen a lot of footage of the tragic Japan tsunami, but this clip is the most horrifying yet. Entitled “South Sanriku — Tsunami seen from Shizugawa High…
SoHum Man Linked to College Sport Fixing Scandal
…How the authorities got wind of the scheme (hint: break one law at a time) and much more can be found here. It is an excellent read. Note: I don't know…
Dope & Redwoods
– Couple of notes on the epic (and EPIC) battle against the Richardson Grove Improvement Project. Most visibly, there was another protest at Caltrans HQ in Eureka today; the North Coast Journal has…