Medical Marijuana's Eco Boomtown Humboldt County High.ifornia Community Thrives on Legal PotBy MARY SPICUZZAARCATA, Calif. Sept. 5, 2008 When Stephen Gasparas arrived in Humboldt County in late 2004, he was driving a VW Westfalia pop-top camper on the verge of breaking down and had only $100 in his pocket. Long-time local activist Martha Devine, also known.".Granny Green Genes.".says that the economy of Humboldt County .".would have ceased to exist a long time ago without it. This county was built on marijuana.".(Mary.

Memorial ride for killed cyclist Sep. 5, 2008 Bicycling, Public Safety   This Sunday, a group of cyclists will be riding in memory of Greg Jennings, who was killed.onday, Aug. 26, while he was commuting home to Blue Lake from work on his bike. Tim Daniels, president of the Bigfoot Bicycle Club, put out a notice, copied below, of the ride on his club's website ? and please note the special caveat that this ride is not intended as a ?free for all ?Critical Mass? type ride, as he puts it.If you are in the mood. Tickets.

More Arrests at the Sun Valley Group In June, Sun Valley Floral Farms in Arcata CA had to fire 283 workers-more than half its work force-because their employment numbers weren't correct (previous blog here).  The company is still having problems with ICE and illegal alie.ns.  When ICE notified the company on Aug. 25 that 40 employees recently hired couldn't work in the U.S. the company let them go on Tuesday, said Sun Valley Group Owner Lane DeVries in a statement Wednesday. Federal agents raided the company on Wednesday.

Book Signing: Election Fraud in Ohio 2004 Ticket, Northtown Books, 957 H Street, Arcata.

Quite Literally We're back in Arcata, tired as old dogs.Holy shit the world is a freakin' mess. We've been political junkies all of our lives, but the prospect of a fellow citizenry .".electrified.".by Sarah Palin may have finally done us in. How could anyone in their right minds want to follow up these past eight years with this McCain/Palin ticket? We simply cannot comprehend. Perhaps we're too old or too tired, or maybe it's just that we love the constitution and its protections and can't understand what.

Team Robespierre announce dates with Does It Offend You, Yeah? tickets, Damn, this is going to be INSANE! Team Robespierre + Does It Offend You, Yeah? both parties are crazy! 4 dates: Portland, Seattle, San Francisco .&.Los Angeles mark your calendars! September:12 Los Angeles, CA (6th St. Warehouse) 13 Sacramento, CA (Fern Gully) 14 Redding, CA (TBA) 15 Arcata, CA (House Show) 16 Portland, OR (Doug Fir)* 17 Seattle, WA (Chop Suey)* 18 San Francisco, CA (Great American Music Hall)* 19 LIVE on KEXP @ 1:30pm 19 Oakland, CA (The Your House Warehouse) 20 Irvine.

Foo Fighters guitarist readies more side project fun tickets, With members of his main outfit currently occupied with Metallica, Foo Fighters lead guitarist Chris Shiflett will be spending the next few months focusing on his other band, Jackson United. With the band's second album, Harmony And Dissidence, now available everywhere via Acetate Records, the Shiflett led side project will be hit the road in October with fellow punk friendly outfits Flogging Molly and The Loved Ones. Backed by the sure fire beat of Foo Fighter bandmates Dave Grohl (Nirvana).

Flogging Molly bassist gives DNC high marks ticket broker, Denver, CO-area resident Nathen Maxwell, the bass player for Flogging Molly.is proud to be an American. The night before an interview with LiveDaily, he was in the crowd for presidential candidate Barack Obama's speech at Invesco Field in Denver on the closing night of the Democratic National Convention.Last night, it was just really peaceful? Maxwell said.I didn't see any agro at all. Everyone was there for the same reason. Everyone was stoked to be there. It's a moment in history .

MMW Tour Dates ticket broker, The gang at Medeski, Martin .&.Wood will be hitting the road in November. They are playing 10 west coast dates including one show in the Great White North!Medeski Martin .&.Wood Tour Dates11/12 Seattle, WA - Moore Theater 11/13 Vancouver, BC - Commodore Ballroom 11/14 Portland, OR - Aladdin Theater 11/15 Eugene, OR - McDonald Theater 11/16 Arcata, CA - Van Duzer Theater 11/18 Petaluma, CA - McNears Mystic Theater 11/19 Santa Cruz, CA - Rio Theater 11/20 San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore .

California Redwoods July 18-19, 2008 - Redwoods and home California Road Trip and Family GTG Days 12-13 The day was misty as we headed back up the tortuous curves of Hwy 1 to Hwy 101. This section between Fort Bragg and Leggett is not heavily traveled. It had been closed recently due to a forest fire and we passed several burned out shoulders along the way. The sun broke out and we joined up with Hwy 101 to head north. I used the David Baselt's outstanding Redwood Hikes website for our planning. We only. ticket brokers.