Kevin L. Hoover Mad River Union HUMBOLDT – Arcata resident Gregory Allen has appealed his dismissed lawsuit against the City of Arcata over the former 4/20 celebration in Redwood Park. Allen had filed suit against the city, Police Chief Tom Chapman, former City Manager Randy Mendosa and 10 other unspecified individuals alleging an illegal scheme…
Arcata’s 4/20 tactics ruled legal, so lawsuit goes up in smoke
Kevin L. Hoover Mad River Union ARCATA – The City of Arcata’s stoner-encumbering tactics to keep Redwood Park accessible for non-smokers on April 20 have been ruled legal by a federal judge, who has dismissed as unfounded a lawsuit against the city. The city was sued last October by plaintiff Gregory Allen, president of the Redwood Chapter…
City allows limited 4/20 ‘free speech celebration’ in Redwood Park
Mad River Union ARCATA – According to a press release from the Humboldt Center for Constitutional Rights (HCCR), the City has agreed to allow the group to use Redwood Park for a “free speech celebration” on April 20, the traditional cannabis holiday. City officials had initially denied the event, prompting a successful appeal. Mindful of past abuses in the…
City to reconsider denial of 4/20 Redwood Park event
Kevin L. Hoover Mad River Union ARCATA – The City of Arcata has turned down a permit request from the Humboldt Center for Constitutional Rights to hold a “free speech event” in Arcata’s Redwood Park on Monday, April 20. That location and date has, up until recent years, hosted an unofficial “4/20” cannabis celebration. A…
Arcata sued over 4/20 clampdown
Paul Mann Mad River Union ARCATA – A First Amendment lawsuit against Arcata demands the full restoration of the annual 4/20 “Cannabis Celebration” in Redwood Park. Full restoration, according to the federal suit, would return the event to its initial status some 10 years ago and stipulate the government’s mandatory advertising of it. Arcata would…
City Declares 4/20 Park-Bashing Tradition Broken
Kevin L. Hoover Mad River Union REDWOOD PARK – With the first sunny 4/20 in five years, the City of Arcata was prepared Sunday, April 20 for any attempts to resurrect what used to be a massively attended celebration in Redwood Park. But where the lolling, THC-infused masses once chugged herb, Easter Sunday instead saw…
4/20 2013 A Non-Event
“The man is trying to keep us down.”
4/20 2013 – Don't Bother
“As we have done for the past few years, we will be strictly enforcing the Arcata Municipal Code’s restricitons on smoking and drinking alcohol in Redwood Park and the adjacent community forest through the entire week.”
No Fun On This Four-Twun, Son – April 16, 2012
Law enforcement will be strictly enforcing all laws related to the use of Redwood Park. Smoking and alcohol consumption are prohibited.
When Hobbits Go Wrong, Only A Buzzkill From The Skies Can Slow ’Em Down – May 13, 2010
3:22 p.m. It was kind of hard to miss the not-exactly-camouflaged man in a red jersey with a big “34” on the back, running drunkenly away from the freshly poured concrete he’d just vandalized on Samoa Boulevard near the train tracks. He was found and arrested for being composed of too many parts alcohol.
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