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Addicted to Marijuana—How will the Emerald Triangle Adapt to Increasing Legalization
Last night The California Report played a story that I co-reported. In the piece we tried to tell what it is like here in Humboldt now, what it was like in…
Newcomers and Oldtimers: Humboldt Marijuana Growing from Two Perspectives
People who came here in the Seventies and folks whose families have lived here for generations both love the Humboldt countryside and this extraordinary community. But they see the world differently. They…
New Harvest: The Future of Small Town California—The Garberville Story
Listen To the California Report at 6:30 on KHSU to hear voices in our community talking about their lives and how they see the future of Southern Humboldt. Please give us…
Grower Gets Into Sticky Situation
"Many marijuana growers in the hills of Southern Humboldt live off the grid. The young grower in this audio blog heats her house with a wood stove, but she has cell phone…
One Good Turn…Turns Into A Very BAD Day
…The male took the firearms into a residence then returned to the SAVIO residence, only to exit a short time later carrying a paper bag. Agents contacted the male, who was identified…
How Much Money does Humboldt's Marijuana Economy Generate?
In spite of the fact that the economic future of Humboldt hangs on the answer, no one has a good idea of how many marijuana growers there are here. Most importantly, no…
The Meadow Holds Her Breath This Morning
…Muffling even the pulsing of the stream. In the cottoned silence, My black dog throws up a drum roll of black birds From amongst the stiff, unmoving grass. And the sound shatters…
Humboldt's First Lady of Legalization Lists the Most Under-reported 2010 Marijuana Stories
Ellen Komp, Cal NORML's Deputy Director and denizen of SoHum listed the most under-reported pot stories of the year for Cannabis Culture. 10. Medical Marijuana Smoker Wins the Iditarod For…
Marijuana Musings from a Laundromat Attendant in Humboldt
Come to harvest in Humboldt where even the lint catchers in laundromats may hide pot. Join my co-reporter, Lisa Morehouse, and I as we talk with locals to explain how this…
Landlord Coming To Inspect. How Can I Hide My Indoor Grow?
…changed the door knob..got 1 with a lock on it now.. i will tell the old bat it is locked accidental and cant get in.. fuck her!!!! rest of the house…
Need a Massage? How about your own Masseuse?
…Massage Therapist & Health Educator, Robin’s Nest Family Services {1/90 – present} Provide massage therapy for the whole family with in-home convenience. Also provide tutoring, professional organizing, and house and pet…
When My Husband Set Salmon Creek on Fire…
My husband doesn't look like an arsonist but a former neighbor and aspiring novelist, David Frankel, recalls on his new blog the time when Kevin set the Salmon Creek hills on…
Solstice Son Swims
As the sun shrinks behinds clouds on the shortest day of the year, my solstice son celebrates his birthday every year by swimming in our pond. He tests himself against the cold…
Lunar Eclipse and a Happy Solstice to You
The rains huddled back along the horizon around 1am this morning. Laying on my back, on the wet patio gave me the best view as clouds washed over the moon and water…
Mateel Serves Up Last Comedy Night of the Year
…The only regular pro comedy series in Humboldt! Mateel Comedy Cabaret Features Ellis Rodriguez and Dennis Martinez This Friday The final edition of the 2010 Mateel Comedy Cabaret series will take place…
Mexican Weed Narrowing the Potency Gap
Does Humboldt dank face competition from Mexican suppliers? The bud in the photo above, an entrant in a private cup held locally seems miles above the brick weed most people associate with…
HighTimes Global Harvest Report
…However, the region remains just as deeply conflicted as it was back in the early ’70s, when San Francisco hippies brought the plant up north in their attempt to escape urban living…
Lukas Nelson—Star Rising
…At the Emerald Cup this Saturday, Lukas Nelson made me want to dance and holler. His guitar playing rocked the house. His athletic performance energized the audience. At one point he actually…
Board of Supervisors to Discuss Mj Ordinance
On Tuesday, Mark Lovelace will present a report to the Board of Supervisors (BOS) about the issues surrounding marijuana that eventually the county will need to grapple with. According to Lovelace, these…
Beyond the Clouds—King Range Winter Lectures Series
…and will be held at one of the following locations: BLM King Range Project Office Healy Senior Center 768 Shelter Cove Road 456 Briceland Road Whitethorn, CA Redway, CA Call the BLM…
Harborside Dispensary Being Audited by IRS
In what The Bay Citizen is calling "an ominous portent of the clash between federal and state law over medical marijuana the IRS is auditing the Bay Area's largest medical pot…
Little Nuggets: Bits and Pieces of Marijuana News
…19 vote in Humboldt County and touches on the Emerald Triangle. He takes a serious look at the numbers concluding "the perception that the three rural Northern California counties somehow killed the…
Quilting Together a Community
Yesterday, we sat around the kitchen table. Carefully, we slid our needles into the quilt and through the binding hand-stitching the dark rim onto our latest quilt. Ten man hours went…
Christmas Trees
When so many people’s only connection to nature is to watch it on the Discovery Channel, there is something carnivorous and satisfying about gathering your own Christmas tree—like a lioness…
Did Growers Carry Gallegos to Victory?
In an excellent analysis of Humboldt's election results, Thaddeus Greenson of the Times Standard points out that in the District Attorney's race, Paul Gallegos carried the traditional progressive areas (which…
Feds Prying into Cali's Cannabis Factories
…But before Emerald Triangle growers smile in relief that the competition might be facing a rough time, the weight of the US government is about to fall on what the feds perceive…
Get Your Sweets On!
707 Cannabis College Presents Basic Cannabis Infusions for Culinary Applications Holiday Class With local professional pastry chef Leah Brooke Brown Come and observe the finer points to four different cannabis infusions that…
Can Raw Cannabis Save Your Life?
…Here is the trailer for it. But Kristin isn't the only person that I researched in the course of the article. Pat Lyda has been a patient since September 2009 at…
Know Your Grower—Do They Use Sustainable Cultivation?
Liz Davidson, president of Tea House Collective and producer of the Cannabis Chronicles, appears tomorrow on KPFA's Living Room to discuss issues of marijuana sustainable farming and what legalization initiatives should…
Surviving the Back Hills of Humboldt
The bomb drops, civilization crumbles, and you have to survive off the food you find around you. Do you know what berries you can eat? The video above noted several plants that…