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In the strange chambers of my heart, there is a special place for action movies and my beloved sub-genre, the schlocky action movie. (It's next...

Week of July 7, 2022

For a simple summer dessert, strawberries Romanoff has elbow-glove style. The name hints at Russian aristocracy to which it has no actual ties, though the...

The trauma of fighting California's wildfires

Ocean conditions over the long weekend were just about perfect, and there were no shortage of holiday boaters taking advantage of the flat-calm seas while...

World's Biggest Marble Hunt comes to Humboldt

The popular myth about Humboldt Bay, one that I've been guilty of promoting, says that Josiah Gregg "discovered" the bay in 1849 after a tortuous...

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County agrees to pay embattled lame duck to just stay home

Every week it's more of the same. I tell myself that I will write something cheerful and light, then, without fail, the vast and seething...