About a year ago, I attended a convention in Las Vegas. This involved getting up really early to set up the coffee booth. Not... »
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Kelly Brannon: The Low-Down On Proper Caffeination

About a year ago, I attended a convention in Las Vegas. This involved getting up really early to set up the coffee booth. Not being a morning person, I, ironically, didn’t have time to make my morning coffee, so I stopped by a coffee shop that is part of a ubiquitous nationwide-wide chain that... »
William Kowinski: An Altered State – My March On Washington, 1963

Race has still not been erased as deep separation, nor has full racial justice been achieved. But 50 years after that day, my memories aren’t of politics or even history. They are physical. They are of a future glimpsed by being lived. »
Kevin Hoover: These People Aren’t Serious

It’s nonsense to say that over six weeks, the board couldn’t have gotten a quorum of three members together to hear out concerned citizens and deal with the crisis. If they were interested in the district’s integrity as much as protecting their inner circle, they wouldn’t have been missing in action all summer. »
Jack Durham: If Dan Johnson Can’t Show Up When It Matters, Let’s Just Make That Permanent
But his weeks of silence, unresponsiveness, lack of leadership and his lame-ass attempt at an apology really call into question his ability to serve as steward of our local high schools. It’s time for Johnson to resign. »
Editorial: NCRA Old Boys Club Rejects Fresh Talent, New Ideas, North Coast Residents

Were the doctrine-driven NCRA to allow any fresh air to its rusting nostalgia-dome, it would find strength in diversity, and lots of energetic people ready to work cooperatively on shared goals. »
Recent Letters To The Editor
BY ALL MEANS, please come yourself and celebrate Bob and Jessica’s recovery!!! »
Suza Lambert Bowser: A Stranger In A Strange Land

The prison walls are still intact as I dress for my day. I pull on my dark blue trousers and my state-issued white smock. My cheap knock-off Reebok are clean and tidy. But as I lace my shoes, I find myself desperately trying to remember where I lost my ruby slippers. »
Settlers Begin To Transform The Landscape

This is the fourth of a series on the history of Arcata, excerpted from a 137 page report prepared by Guerra & McBane, LLC, for the City of Arcata, Department of Planning and Community Development. The title of the report is City of Arcata, Historic Context Statement dated March 2012. Those individuals and... »
The Gold Rush Eased Into The Settlement Era
This is the third of a series on the history of Arcata, excerpted from a 137-page report prepared by Guerra & McBane, LLC, for the City of Arcata, Department of Planning and Community Development. The title of the report is City of Arcata, Historic Context Statement dated March, 2012. »
Kevin Hoover: No More Tyranny Of The Smoking Minority
The smokers are introducing the conflict with their impactive habit. It is they who have to take responsibility, and the new law makes those responsibilities clear. »