• Sunday, February 25 12:56 a.m. It’s no secret that those two don’t like each other, and the latest clash had to do with one stealing the other’s dog. The dog’s owner supposedly kicked the rustler in the face and accused her of the poochnapping. • Monday, February 26 4:02 a.m. A red-haired man who’d…
City tightens drone regulation at Marsh
Kevin L. Hoover Mad River Union ARCATA – At its March 7 meeting, the Arcata City Council unanimously passed Ordinance No. 1500, formalizing restrictions on drone use at the Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary, City Hall, the Corp Yard and other facilities. Other city parks, including Redwood Park, are not affected by the new ordinance.…
Arcata Police Log: Anything, anywhere, anytime on any whim at all
• Tuesday, September 26 4:14 p.m. A woman who left her car in a Valley West business’s handicapped parking place for far too long justified the spot-squattage by claiming that she was “providing a public safety.” When she was warned about trespassing, she then provided a grouchy. 5:12 p.m. When someone tried to pawn a…
Conviction in Redwood Park assault
Mad River Union ARCATA – An Arcata man was convicted April 24 on felony counts of assault, battery and making criminal threats stemming from an incident in Redwood Park in September of last year. Scott Cooper Dean, 52, was charged by the Humboldt County District Attorney’s office following an incident on Sept. 9 in Redwood…
Allen appeals 4/20 lawsuit, states city should run, promote cannabis celebration ‘to make plaintiff whole’
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…
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.”
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