Humboldt County News

Memorial Park was not only the center point of the afternoon parade. The location housed the Kiwanis Pancake Breakfast, the Flag Raising and Opening Ceremonies, a 7-hour festival and the T. Willard Hunter Memorial Speakers Corner.

On Dec. 23, 1940, Mickey, as his family called him, was born to Lawrence and Agnes Crenshaw in Long Jack, Missouri.

Life truly began for Fieldbrook artist Peter Zambas and his wife Lisa when he was diagnosed with cancer 15 years ago.

While I have been inspired to write regarding several issues in the last couple of months, particularly after your comments about legalization and the call for open discussion - I wanted to point out that many items need more open discussion and, while this is Humboldt County, along with most of the country we seem to live in the State of Denial - ...

Two Humboldt County men pleaded guilty in federal district court Wednesday to felony charges of maintaining property to cultivate marijuana and conspiring to launder money, after authorities uncovered large-scale pot gardens on four Humboldt County properties.

Blue-eyed, dark-haired Fairuza Balk weathered the storms of Oz, gradually breaking free from her fresh-faced little kid persona to plunge into dark and depressing film scenarios that ultimately reveal an optimism at her core.

Tonight in the Plaza View Room of Jacoby's Storehouse, there will be a chance to view, all in one place, the work of more than 50 artists who will be participating in next month's North Coast Open Studios.

Propositions 1C, 1D and 1E are the quick fix. Combined, they would produce an immediate cash infusion of $6 billion to balance the state's 2009-10 budget.

Editor's note: This is the first in a two-part series looking at the Humboldt Creamery's past and future on the North Coast.

We may still feel the angst of Ingrid Bergman as she had to leave Humphrey Bogart in the movie "Casa Blanca." We still admire the courage of the Joad family as they dealt with the struggles of refugees from the Dust Bowl in the "Grapes of Wrath." But today we usually watch these movies on a television screen in our own homes.

Remember the 1995 hit movie "Outbreak?" Parts of it were filmed here in Humboldt County, and Ferndale was supposed to be the fictional town of Cedar Creek.

An organization that could provide major financial assistance to health efforts in Del Norte County over the next decade has selected an official to oversee its work here.

There's relatively few businesses on the North Coast that perfectly personify what this area is all about, and it's absolutely safe to say that Los Bagels is near the top of that list.

Group discusses new initiatives to promote region Visitors Bureau Chairman Jim Strong makes a presentation Monday.

Tserling Alleyne was the second half of the program at Garberville Rotary's meeting last week.

After a long silence, the attorney for former Humboldt Creamery CEO Rich Ghilarducci has started to make the media rounds in recent weeks, most recently charging in an e-mail to the Times-Standard that it is "cynical and false" for the company to blame its current financial problems on his client.

The following items were compiled from reports prepared by count y law enforcement agencies: Willits Police Department March 16 Daniel Michal Sosa, 25, from Los Angeles, was arrested on suspicion of possession and transportation of marijuana for sale and possessing the proceeds of a crime following a routine traffic stop.

Soroptimist International of Humboldt Bay will hold a fundraising event "Take a Walk in Her Shoes" to benefit women and girls throughout the community on Wednesday, April 1. Event activities begin at 5:30 p.m. at the Wharfinger Building in Eureka.

"Like a Hurricane," a Neil Young song, was playing as I drove through the windswept rain to get a Sunday paper.

I recently attended a presentation and discussion on "Measuring the Economic Impact of your Local Business." This presentation was one of the many excellent events that have been sponsored by the organizers of ...