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GROWING OLD UNGRACEFULLY: Europe on the Cheap
Barry Evans / Nov. 26, 2017, 8:27 a.m. / Growing Old Ungracefully
… enjoys cooking, I enjoy eating. When we do eat out, we usually head for ethnic restaurants, which tend to offer (1) more interesting dishes and (2) better value-for-money than local fare. And somehow …
Bomb-Bot Detonates Suspected Explosive Device at Fortuna Home, Officers Later Determine it was Homemade Survival Pack Left Behind by Husband Out Hunting
John Ross Ferrara / Oct. 21, 2017, 11:42 a.m. / Emergencies
… was properly removed.The Humboldt County Sheriff Explosive Ordnance Disposal Team (EOD) was contacted and responded for removal of the device. Using a radioed controlled robot, the device was removed from …
‘What if Life Really is All About Waterfront Condos and Tasteful Sweaters?’ A Very Special Episode of Eureka’s ‘Get to Know a Zone District’
Ryan Burns / Oct. 3, 2017, 10:55 a.m. / Local Government
… industrial areas flank the Balloon Track property in the city's northwest corner.PREVIOUSLY:Part 1: RM-2500 (Residential Multi-Family)Part 2: RM-1000 (Residential Multi-Family)Part 3: RS-6000 (Residential …
HARDIN: There is No Technological Solution
John Hardin / Sept. 18, 2017, 7:12 a.m. / Guest Opinion
… -intelligent robots will enslave humanity, but in reality we've been slaves to technology since the invention of the plow and the aqueduct. Our steadfast, unwavering commitment to technology has only deepened …
Score Another One for Bomb-Bot! Sheriff’s Office Robot Puts Suspicious Object in its Belly and Safely Blows it Up
Ryan Burns / July 20, 2017, 3:25 p.m. / Public Safety
… Score Another One for Bomb-Bot! Sheriff's Office Robot Puts Suspicious Object in its Belly and Safely Blows it Up Press release from the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office: On 07 …
(PHOTOS, VIDEOS) Behold! Duane Flatmo Reveals His Latest Flame-Throwing Art Car Design, ‘Rabid Transit’
Ryan Burns / May 26, 2017, 11:53 a.m. / Art
… a robotic mutant fever dream from the Island of Dr. Moreau. Everywhere you look there's a different, vaguely nightmarish creature. Here's an early conceptual drawing …
(UPDATES) Standoff in Fortuna: SWAT Team Staged On Kenmar Road After Driver of Stolen Car Flees Into Home
Hank Sims / April 14, 2017, 12:38 p.m. / Crime
… Car Flees Into Home# # # UPDATE, 1:53 p.m.: The SWAT team heads home. Three weapons were discovered during the incident — an AR-15 …
LETTER FROM ISTANBUL: Inside Voices
James Tressler / Feb. 26, 2017, 7 a.m. / Letter From Istanbul
… the connection until it was too late.) So with little to do, we found ourselves with more than four hours to kill. Periodically, a robotic female voice could be heard, in Turkish and English: “DEAR PASSENGERS …
Arcata Woman Opens Little Free Library on Two Wheels; Touring Trading Post Hopes to Build Community With Books
Lauraine Leblanc / Feb. 2, 2017, 7 a.m. / Our Culture
… bicycle_library. ###BICYCLE LIBRARY SATURDAY ROUTE• 10 a.m.: The Coffee Break, Sunny Brae• 11 a.m.: Arcata Plaza• noon: Wildberries Marketplace• 1 p …
MATTHEW IN THE MIDDLE: Trumpland, The First 100 Days
Matthew Owen / Nov. 15, 2016, 12:25 p.m. / In the Middle
… ’re disenfranchised and angry that neither political party has done much for them these past 40 years. Technology, automation, robotics and globalization have transformed our workplace and millions have been left …
You Have Until Midnight to Register or Reregister to Vote, Humboldt, But You Can Do It Online Lickety-Split
Hank Sims / Oct. 24, 2016, 4:57 p.m. / Elections
… to robotic citizens, and their turnout will be 100 percent. Be like the future robots! Register to vote! Illustration: Scott Maxwell, Creative Commons License.###Here are just a few of the things voters …
SURVEY SAYS! Humboldt May Have the Smallest Gender Pay Gap in the State, But Only Because Its Men Make Very Little
Hank Sims / Sept. 19, 2016, 3:57 p.m. / Economy
… ways: All the United States, the state of California, and by California county. Then we programmed up a little robot to root through this data and tell us when Humboldt County ranked in ..1 …
YOUR WEEK IN OCEAN: Visit the Three Humboldt Places That May Be Added to the California Coastal National Monument
Jennifer Savage / Aug. 31, 2016, 1:50 p.m. / Ocean
… using a family of four submersible robots. These Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs) collect high definition and standard definition video and photos underwater which can then be analyzed by a team …
GROWING OLD UNGRACEFULLY: My Friends, the Stars
Barry Evans / Aug. 14, 2016, 7:13 a.m. / Growing Old Ungracefully
… Hate Again, blacks vs. cops, GMOs, anti-vaxxers, Syria, Mr. Robot — I wake in the middle of the night and stagger out of our tent to pee, look up and sweetjeezus, lookatthatwillya! The Milky …
‘Humboldt’ to Become a Prestige TV Crime Drama Starring John Malkovich
Ryan Burns / July 27, 2016, 4:54 p.m. / Our Culture
… , but this thing has some promising bona fides, beyond Mr. Malkovich. The series is being co-developed by Anonymous Content, the production company behind such esteemed shows as Mr. Robot and True Detective …
Humboldt Hill Man Kills Himself After Tense Standoff With Law Enforcement: Sheriff’s Office
Andrew Goff / May 12, 2016, 9:09 a.m. / News
… doors to introduce the remote controlled robot for further search and communication capabilities. Upon breaching the second door, SWAT personnel discovered the subject in the living room with a self …
Jobseekers! If You Act Today, You Can Get the Jump on All the Hot Jobs For 2016
Hank Sims / May 4, 2016, 9:23 a.m. / Economy
… Jobseekers! If You Act Today, You Can Get the Jump on All the Hot Jobs For 2016 Scene from a typical American workplace: Racist robot serves margaritas for Cinco de Mayo. Photo by Flickr user Steve …
Humboldt Live Sessions: Scuber Mountain
Andrew Goff / April 22, 2016, 11:35 a.m. / Humboldt Live Sessions
… : No Pardon Moorea Masa Be Brave Bold Robot II Patchy Sanders The Painted Horses Royal Jelly Jive Lindsay Lou and the Flatbellys Rainbow Girls Jessica Malone Snow Apple John Craigie Trio Shook Twins and Marty O …
Humboldt Live Sessions: No Pardon
Andrew Goff / April 5, 2016, 9 a.m. / Humboldt Live Sessions
… musicians in non-traditionally musical Humboldt locations. Previous Humboldt Live Sessions: Moorea Masa Be Brave Bold Robot II Patchy Sanders The Painted Horses Royal Jelly Jive Lindsay Lou …
Two Tulare County Men Arrested in Yesterday’s Eureka Econo Lodge Explosive Device Case
Andrew Goff / March 9, 2016, 12:12 p.m. / Crime
… Ordnance Disposal Team (EOD) was called out to assist and EPD investigators obtained a search warrant. The EOD team used a robot to carefully remove all three devices and render them safe. All three were …
PROGRAMMING NOTE: Enjoy the Green Lock of Security in Your Lost Coast Outpost URL Bar! Unless You’re on a 15-Year-Old Computer
Hank Sims / Feb. 29, 2016, 4:56 p.m. / Housekeeping
… to even get that it is ultrasafe. Your computer is looking at a string of numbers it cannot comprehend and it is throwing up its floppy arms like the “Danger, Will Robinson!” robot …
Humboldt Live Sessions: Moorea Masa
Andrew Goff / Oct. 12, 2015, 10:10 a.m. / Humboldt Live Sessions
… Live Sessions: Be Brave Bold Robot II Patchy Sanders The Painted Horses Royal Jelly Jive Lindsay Lou and the Flatbellys Rainbow Girls Jessica Malone Snow Apple John Craigie Trio Shook Twins and Marty O …
(PHOTOS) Your Fancy New Arcata Fire Station
John Ross Ferrara / Oct. 3, 2015, 2:03 p.m. / Fire
… the station today. Del Norte firefighter Matthew Bolin and his pal Smokey. The new station bay. A shiny red firetruck. The public could also step aboard a Coast Guard rescue boat. Coastie the robotic Coast …
Humboldt Live Sessions: Be Brave Bold Robot II
Andrew Goff / Sept. 21, 2015, 9:03 a.m. / Humboldt Live Sessions
… Humboldt Live Sessions: Be Brave Bold Robot II Ack! LoCO fell a bit behind on its Humboldt Live Sessions posting dutues (sorry, Chuck!). So begin your Monday with this slightly tardy …
Humboldt Live Sessions: Patchy Sanders
Andrew Goff / July 14, 2015, 8:42 a.m. / Humboldt Live Sessions
… Brothers Comatose Anna and the Underbelly Cliterate The Lowest Pair Erin Inglish The Pine Hearts Marty O'Reilly and the Old Soul Orchestra Brian Laidlaw Be Brave Bold Robot Shook Twins The Breaking Yard …
Bomb-Bot Sicced on Weird PVC Pipe Device at Ridgewood Elementary
Hank Sims / July 6, 2015, 5:25 a.m. / Emergencies
… ’s EOD robot to disrupt and render the device safe. Anyone with information for the Sheriff’s Office regarding this case or related criminal activity is encouraged to call the Sheriff …
Humboldt Live Sessions: The Painted Horses
Andrew Goff / July 3, 2015, 8:55 a.m. / Humboldt Live Sessions
… Orchestra Brian Laidlaw Be Brave Bold Robot Shook Twins The Breaking Yard thelittlestillnotbigenough No Good Redwood Ramblers The Shapes Space Biscuit The Blackberry Bushes Stringband II Front Country …
Humboldt Live Sessions: Royal Jelly Jive
Andrew Goff / May 28, 2015, 5 p.m. / Humboldt Live Sessions
… and the Underbelly Cliterate The Lowest Pair Erin Inglish The Pine Hearts Marty O'Reilly and the Old Soul Orchestra Brian Laidlaw Be Brave Bold Robot Shook Twins The Breaking Yard thelittlestillnotbigenough …
Humboldt Live Sessions: Lindsay Lou and the Flatbellys
Andrew Goff / May 28, 2015, 10:31 a.m. / Humboldt Live Sessions
… Laidlaw Be Brave Bold Robot Shook Twins The Breaking Yard thelittlestillnotbigenough No Good Redwood Ramblers The Shapes Space Biscuit The Blackberry Bushes Stringband II Front Country with Melody Walker …
Humboldt Live Sessions: Rainbow Girls
Andrew Goff / May 22, 2015, 8:11 a.m. / Humboldt Live Sessions
… Bold Robot Shook Twins The Breaking Yard thelittlestillnotbigenough No Good Redwood Ramblers The Shapes Space Biscuit The Blackberry Bushes Stringband II Front Country with Melody Walker Poeina Suddarth …
