Kevin Hoover


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Send in the clown/actor/engineer

Janine Volkmar Mad River Union BLUE LAKE – Pratik Motwani is the son of an engineer father and a botanist mother. And he has a degree in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering from Mumbai University. No wonder his one-man show in this year’s Mad River Festival is all about the effect that technology has on our modern lives. #//<Embedded>//#, a theater... READ MORE >

City Hall workers to be supplied with air

Kevin L. Hoover Mad River Union ARCATA – The folks at Arcata City Hall usually seem chipper enough at their various desks and service counters. You can hardly tell that the poor dears are freezing, burning and gasping for fresh air most of the time. That’s because City Hall’s HVAC (heat, ventilation, air conditioning) system is old and funky, doesn’t... READ MORE >

Mad River Festival: Last chance to attend ‘The State of Jefferson Picnic,’ plus more Mad Lab & Red Light

Mad River Union BLUE LAKE – The 2017 Mad River Festival continues this week, with more Mad Lab and an adult cabaret. The State of Jefferson Picnic: This Land is Your Land, But Mostly My Land runs Thursday through Sunday at 8 p.m. in Dell’Arte’s Rooney Amphitheatre, closing Sunday July 2. Mad Lab 2 The second Mad Lab of the... READ MORE >

Trinidad Tidings: Something old and something new

Bureau of Land Management interpretive specialist Leisyka Parrott announces that the Trinidad Head lighthouse viewing area will be open during daylight hours starting Saturday, July 1. This is the fairly level area where the old lighthouse keeper’s quarters once stood.  That structure was torn down in 1961 and the United States Coast Guard built family quarters, which in turn were... READ MORE >

Dogtown: Celebrate ‘The End of the World Day’ with your new best friend!

One purpose of the Humboldt County Animal Shelter’s June Adoption Sale is to help keep the shelter population low with the Fourth of July coming up, or, as some dogs might call it “The End of the World Day.” Remember, this is a scary time of the year for a lot of animals so take the necessary precautions to keep... READ MORE >

Obituary: Jennifer Moore Mason

Jennifer Moore Mason was born in La Jolla, Calif. July 17, 1955, the third of five girls born to Dr. David G. and Claire Harding Moore. She and her sisters grew up in a unique and inspiring neighborhood full of ocean scientists, Nobel Prize winners, and “crummy” kids. The atmosphere of curiosity about the natural world with an emphasis on... READ MORE >

Mad River Union June 28, 2017 MOBILE Edition

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Mad River Union June 28, 2017 Edition

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Companion Animal Foundation: Parting is such sweet sorrow

There is nothing at all that can be talked about adequately, and the whole art of poetry is to say what can’t be said. – Alan Watts I find life quite hard, I must admit, when to start, continue, pause and to quit, to regret my words or relish my wit, and to trust that I am improving … I must... READ MORE >

Greenview Park overhaul should be done by end of summer

Andrew George Butler Mad River Union ARCATA – Dan Bixler, head of the Greenview Playground Project, is optimistic that the City of Arcata will accept a construction bid in July, giving the project a green light for a long awaited makeover. Bixler is confident the city will find an acceptable contract, and put to use the $329,000 raised for the... READ MORE >