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6000 Ballots Left To Count! Interview with Carolyn Crnich

Cliff Berkowitz interviewed Carolyn Crnich, the Registrar of Voters for Humboldt County about what this means for the election outcome.  

Election Results

Takeaway: November should be interesting.  June's election was tough for progressives. 

Sheriff-elect: Mike Downey

Run-offs:

4th District (Bass 48%/ Neely 30%/ Leonard 20%)

5th District (Sundberg 39%/ Patrick Cleary 30%/ Pat Higgins 26% / Jeff Lytle  4%)

DA (Gallegos 40% / Jackson 37% / Hagen 18%)

Assesor (Wilson 39% / Rodoni 34% / Brooks 26%)

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For local elections, go here:

http://co.humboldt.ca.us/election/content/content.asp?pg=election_results.htm#2010

For statewide elections, go here:

http://vote.sos.ca.gov/

For easy-to-read result summaries, go to the North Coast Journal's BlogThing:

http://www.northcoastjournal.com/blogthing/

Kinetic Madness '10

Welcome, Kinetinauts, pilots, peons, hangers-on, and sightseers!  KHUM's coverage of the Kinetic Sculpture Race was again hosted on our special Kinetic Blog.

For those of you on Twitter, consider following the following:

@KineticGC It's the official voice of the Kinetic Grand Championship
@khumradio Hooked up some great off-color commentary.
@rockchickdesign Former Rutabaga Queen/race insider/good person

This year's Kinetic coverage on KHUM was brought to you by Wildberries Marketplace.  

Arcata Lockdown

UPDATE 12:46 pm:

Mad River Hospital says the lockdown is over and they are seeing patients as usual.

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Arcata Police Department confirmed reports of a man with a gun at Mad River Hospital.  The hospital, as well as Pacific Union School and United Indian Health Services are on lockdown until further notice.

Parents are asked to avoid going to the school until the lockdown is over. 

Humboldt State University is not on lockdown

Arcata Police said that there is a very large police presence at Mad River Hospital right now.

The City of Arcata sent out this automated call:

Terrence McNally of the Arcata Eye explains the latest:

 

Further coverage:

North Coast Journal

Times-Standard

Radio Without The What?

Thanks to Chas Lewis

Candidate Round-table: 5th District Supervisor

Thursday, May 20th at 6pm three of the four candidates met for the 5th District Supervisor seat gathered at KHUM for a round-table discussion.  

Stream/download the audio here:

The round-table was moderated by the North Coast Journal's Ryan Burns, with help from the McKinleyville Press's Jack Durham. 

The candidates are Ryan Sundberg, Pat Higgins, Jeffrey Lytle, and Patrick Cleary.  (Disclosure: Cleary owns a controlling stake in KHUM's parent company, Lost Coast Communications.  Citing conflict of interest, Sundberg declined to participate in this forum.)

All KHUM/North Coast Journal candidate debates have been archived and podcasted on the Live at KHUM podcast (subscribe on iTunes here). 

 
This was the final KHUM Round-table before the June 8th election.  If you're looking for the District Attorney, Sheriff, or 4th district round-tables, look further down the KHUM DJ's Whiteboard.

Aerial Tour of Humboldt & Del Norte Coastline

A visual companion to KHUM's Coastal Currents radio program, this aerial overview highlights the marine and geological diversity of the NorCal coastline. Several areas featured may be affected by the Marine Life Protection Act. Filmed through the window of a trusty Cessna 182.

Hear the 5/19/10 Coastal Currents

For more information about specific areas embroiled in the MLPA, check out this data-rich Google Earth map. 

Thanks to Lighthawk, Humboldt Baykeeper, and the Ocean Conservancy.

Thanks to Precision Intermedia for their great work on this site.