It's probably a bit late to actually get out to Moonstone Beach in Westhaven or Mad River Beach in Arcata, but if you want more information on Hands Across the Sand, check it out here: http://www.handsacrossthesand.org/

6/23/10 4:15pm

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Engineers had to completely uncap the broken oil well spewing into the Gulf of Mexico Wednesday after an undersea robot bumped into machinery being used to collect the spilled fuel. Hundreds of thousands of gallons more poured into the water as crews scrambled to replace a critical component.

The mishap left nothing to stem the flow of oil at its source. A camera recording the well showed huge clouds of black fluid coming out of the sea floor. It was not clear how long workers would need to replace the cap, which took weeks to install.

Bob Dudley, the managing director of BP who is taking over the spill response, said engineers expected to replace the cap in less than a day.

[AP]

Heres your up close and personal look at Harmony Festival at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds in Santa Rosa, CA! With action packed photos from the day and audio clips of the bands you can almost put yourself amidts the warmth, wonders, and wacky tobaccy smells!! Check out how the show went for Slightly Stoopid, The Expendables, Fishbone, and Steel Pulse! Congratulations to Stevie Garza and Ryan Johns on winning festival passes for last Saturday on KSLG...stay tuned to win lawn tickets ($59 value) to see Slightly Stoopid, Steel Pulse, and The Expendables at the Britt Pavillion in Jacksonville, OR this Friday, June 18'th!!!

At 11 am on Saturday (6/5), we'll post a trivia question on our Facebook page. Only the first 20 responses will count and a KSLG host will pick the winning post number out of a hat. The winner gets a pair of Sat. passes to Harmony Festival on 6/12 in Santa Rosa ($90 value-Slightly Stoopid/The Expendables/Steel Pulse +).

You can stream or download an interview with The Expendables singer/guitarist Geoff Weers and/or Slightly Stoopids singer/guitarist/bassist Miles Doughty below or here.

The Expendables, Slightly Stoopid, and more are playing Harmony Festival in Santa Rosa on Saturday, June 12'th.

Myles spoke with Geoff Weers, the lead singer/guitarist of The Expendables, on Monday, May31'st. Directly following the interview Ryan Johns won a pair of Saturday (day) passes to Harmony Festival ($90 value!).

Myles and Goeff spoke about The Expandables history out of Santa Cruz, being signed onto Slightly Stoopid's record label 'Stoopid Records,' high school, the Causin' Vapors Legalize It tour, the reggae-rock genre, and all kinds of exciting stuff!

The audio can be heard below or here.

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Humboldt County just took another big step into the world of girls' athletics. Thanks to the all-around amazing women of Humboldt Roller Derby, the thrills and challenges of derby have been made available to local girls, ages 11-17. The second session of the Saplings recently culminated in a "Friends & Family" bout. Both sides took some lumps, skated hard and worked together – the cheering never stopped! Ultimately the pink team accumulated more points than the blue team, but without doubt, every young derby girl rolled away a winner.

Check out a small glimpse into the Saplings world, including jammer Preditori, interviewed during KSLG's live broadcast of the May 15 Redwood Rollers bout:

Next bout, July 24! KSLG will be there and you should, too!

Slightly Stoopid, the Expendables, and more are playing on Sat., 6/12 at Harmony Festival in Santa Rosa. On Mon. evening at 7 pm Myles will speak with Geoff Weers, the lead singer/guitarist of the Expendables. They're a reggae-punk band out of Santa Cruz that are signed onto Slightly Stoopid's record label, Stoopid Records. They're new album 'Prove It' was partially produced by El Hefe from NOFX and features G. Love on its latest single.

Myles will give away a pair of Saturday day passes to Harmony Festival after the interview. Check out more on Harmony Festival here.

A house located on the corner of S and Second streets in Eureka was on fire this morning.  

Update: The Times-Standard has the story.

6/06/10 1:35pm

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A device that's now sucking up significant amounts of the oil spewing from the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico offered a measure of optimism Sunday even as the government's point man on the spill warned problems would persist for months.

Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen said on CBS' "Face the Nation" that the spill, which is ravaging beaches and wildlife, will not be contained until the leak is fully plugged and that even afterward "there will be oil out there for months to come."

The disaster, which began with an oil rig explosion in mid-April, will persist "well into the fall," Allen said.

[AP]