Matt Kapko • The Early Years

The Early Years

Columns from The Lumberjack (2002-2004)

04.14.2004 Is this a rerun?
02.25.2004 Ignorant politicos at the Co-op
02.11.2004 Clean Vieques
01.21.2004 Fighting Viet-Bush
03.24.2003 Democracy in Iraq? One can only hope that this time it will be different
12.04.2002 Master of deception returns to power
11.13.2002 None dare call it democracy or peace
10.23.2002 U.S. used chemical weapons on Americans 10.02.2002 Bombs over Baghdad?
09.11.2002 War is not the answer for only love can conquer hate
08.28.2002 Calls for war, increased militarization are not the answers to global concerns
05.01.2002 Know your history, don’t repeat mistakes
04.17.2002 Vieques says YA BASTA! to US Navy
04.03.2002 Fighting in the Middle East continues
03.13.2002 America’s enemies: Bush administration says list is growing
02.27.2002 I believe it is human instinct: those with power corrupt
05.05.2004 Now for something really shocking!

News Clips From 2006

10.26.2006 Getting the Word Out
08.21.2006 CO poisoning forces Ky. response units into race against time
07.24.2006 Definitions clash in annual LODD reports by NFPA, USFA
06.25.2006 Departments report on Stand Down-related activities
06.19.2006 Stand down focuses on vehicle safety
05.24.2006 Meet the Chief: Joanne Hayes-White, San Francisco Fire Department
04.26.2006 San Francisco commemorates 1906 fire, recalls lessons learned
01.27.2006 Capt. describes Carlsbad, Calif., plane crash scene
01.26.2006 The Katrina Cough
01.11.2006 Firefighters mourn loss of Frank Brannigan, safety pioneer

News Clips From 2005

11.17.2005 Beethoven’s skull fragments loaned to San Jose center
11.04.2005 Dalai Lama receives throngs of people at Stanfor
10.03.2005 Santa Cruz bus drivers no closer to ending strik
09.28.2005 Schwarzenegger holds town hall meeting at Sun Microsystems
09.13.2005 California condor chick dies of West Nile virus
08.26.2005 South Bay soccer coach accused of giving alcohol to players
08.06.2005 Authorities suspend search for suspect in pot farm melee
08.05.2005 Top brass address East Palo Alto gun violence
08.05.2005 Suspect dead after shootout at marijuana farm
07.07.2005 Terrorism: A web of psychological reaction
07.06.2005 Labor negotiations continue at San Francisco Chronicle
07.06.2005 Sen. Boxer offers foreign policy speech in SF
06.29.2005 Judge orders closure of SF medical pot clu
06.28.2005 Deep Throat’s lawyer speaks at SF luncheo
06.22.2005 Survey: Americans want high school reform
06.22.2005 Acronyms nixed by Contra Costa County supervisors
06.15.2005 Tsunami study: many coastal residents unprepared
06.14.2005 SF supes approve lawsuit settlement
06.09.2005 Lawmakers: Restore West Nile virus control funding
06.02.2005 Leno continues push on same-sex marriage bill
06.01.2005 School districts sue state over testing guidelines
05.24.2005 Bay Area blood banks running low on supply
05.20.2005 Second-generation Californians at 85-year high
05.18.2005 ACLU reaches settlement with Union City, school district
05.17.2005 Pit bull owners to protest Palo Alto Daily News
05.05.2005 Nine arrested in alleged sturgeon poaching ring
04.27.2005 Volunteering for duty
04.13.2005 Highway 92 plan is back on track
04.13.2005 Montara man’s Hawaii voyage ends too early
04.06.2005 Treatment wetlands seen as a viable opportunity on the coast
03.23.2005 Recruitment efforts lag in Bay Area
03.16.2005 School and city officials explore Podesta site
03.16.2005 Elected leaders looking to end years of discord
03.16.2005 Wavecrest development could face further hurdles
03.02.2005 What does it take to serve on City Council?
02.09.2005 Fire board reverses earlier decision
02.09.2005 Fire chief says he improperly signed training documents
02.02.2005 Family: Suicide is unlikely cause of son’s disappearance
02.02.2005 ‘This is what time it is’
01.05.2005 Recent evidence of drug use concerns some at high school

News Clips From 2004

News Clips From 2003

12/10/2003 Is this the lost Green Day album?
12/10/2003 Dive Bar Detours: ‘It’s not like the college crowd in Arcata’ - Supco
11/25/2003 Blue Lake vs. the Governator
11/18/2003 Manila center’s funding mulled
11/11/2003 Manila election settles nothing
11/11/2003 The meeting that never was
11/04/2003 Community sits out HSU enrollment forum
11/04/2003 Manila ponders redevelopment
10/28/2003 John Severn: Not your typical farmer
10/28/2003 Tiny Manila’s big problems challenge CSD candidates
10/28/2003 Blue Lake’s annexation concerns
10/07/2003 Blue Lake plans to annex up to 134 acres
09/23/2003 Manila Center in the red
09/16/2003 BL, Rancheria discuss casino expansion
09/02/2003 Blue Lake reacts to casino expansion
07/29/2003 SR 255 — Safety Corridor West?
07/29/2003 Blue Lake cop shop tops
07/15/2003 Peacocks and pumpkins populate Warren Creek Farms
07/15/2003 Blue Lake tries to make budgetary ends meet
07/01/2003 BL renews Rancheria’s transit service
06/24/2003 Manila CSD likes Placebo, Dune Friends
06/17/2003 Manila Director Tim Dellas arrested at SoHum pot grow
06/17/2003 Mad River shoot-‘em-ups concern Blue Lake
06/17/2003 Bottle coinage nicked {BLPD cop log}
06/10/2003 Manila tackles traffic
05/27/2003 BL annexation hearings continue
05/20/2003 BL’s sewage goes eco-groovy
05/20/2003 Manila CSD divided over new director
05/06/2003 It’s not the first sustainable community farm, but in Blue Lake it’s Astarte
04/08/2003 Father Roy Bourgeois brings the fight against the School of the Americas to HSU
04/01/2003 Blue Lake tightens belt
03/25/2003 Placebo shows move to Manila
03/18/2003 Blue Lake hears latest Annie & Mary plans
03/11/2003 HSU grappling with budget cuts
03/11/2003 Hardy latest to go
03/04/2003 Blue Lake’s boundaries burgeoning 02/25/2003 Manila not thrilled with water sale, Patriot Act
02/18/2003 Blue Lake hears Mad water proposal
02/18/2003 BL visioning concludes
02/11/2003 Klein out after brief stint as Journalism chair
02/04/2003 BL City Council contemplates cost of cultural considerations
02/04/2003 BL annexation chugs forward
01/28/2003 City, HSU gird against the Big One
01/21/2003 HSU veep shopping
01/21/2003 Blue Lake approaches issues afresh
01/14/2003 BL’s council changes chairs, tackles issues

News Clips From 2001-2002

01/07/2003 2002 - What was it to you? (a year in review)
12/31/2002 Blue Lake Forest Products’ demise leaves bitter taste
11/26/2002 BL levee fight settled
11/26/2002 Blue Lake continues annexation hearings
11/05/2002 BL plots post-Rigge plans
10/30/2002 Diplomat’s visit addresses U.S. policies in Middle East
10/30/2002 An elusive quest for answers (editorial)
10/29/2002 BL opens annexation hearings
10/22/2002 Blue Lake forum clarifies candidates’ positions
10/15/2002 Richmond reorganizing HSU admin
09/24/2002 Jean Lynch appreciates, hopes to guide Blue Lake
09/18/2002 HSU History professor shares her perspective on terrorism
09/17/2002 Annie & Mary Trail project gathers public input
09/10/2002 BL, casino dropping lawsuit
08/20/2002 Blue Lake transit service OK’d
08/20/2002 Chris Woody wants change in Blue Lake
08/12/2002 Blue Lake Police down to two
08/12/2002 Blue Lake’s Schapiro seeks 4th term
08/06/2002 Rancheria sues Blue Lake
07/30/2002 BL bus service awaits council action
07/30/2002 Heavy traffic hammers Peaceable Hamlet
07/16/2002 Blue Lake, casino in conflict
07/09/2002 Ricca, Shapiro to re-run
07/02/2002 Hard issues, softening stress Blue Lake council
05/08/2002 Real life inspires writer - Latino film celebration plays at Minor
05/01/2002 Student protests persecution of Chinese practice
04/10/2002 CSU awaits Enron’s bill for four years of energy
03/27/2002 ‘Dancing with Zapatistas’ - Area man speaks of life in Chiapas
03/13/2002 Michael Moore voices his discontent
02/20/2002 Activist, former fugitive recounts bombings, activism
02/13/2002 Fatal Collisions
02/06/2002 Miranda’s Rescue - Thrift store adds support to shelter
12/18/2001 KHSU goes digital for better sound
10/02/2001 Fern Lake - HSU’s hidden jewel