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The Great Pinapple on Pizza Debate... My Opinion: Put WhatEVER You Want on Pizza... I Just Don't Care... I Like Cheasapeake Bay Crab and Coctail Sauce/Regular Tomato Sauce Blend...

But First! My Opinions from 2001...

Retrieved from my Yahoo Geocities Website: Yosemite/Trails/6803...

Cardboard Cities of KALIfornia...as we roll into the year 2001 it seems sad to me that we are spiraling down into a third-world ghetto society...soon all that we can afford to live in will be cardboard boxes...

PG&E; recently stole about 10 BILLION dollars from KALIfornians... That theft alone will wreck our economy... (MORE ranting of a deranged lunatic below my lovely drawing)
We (the average schmoes) simply will not be spending any money on anything other than food and shelter... Nothing will be spent at arts and crafts stores... and so the arts and crafts stores will go out of business... nothing will be spent at record and tape stores... and so they will go out of business...ALL BUSINESSES THAT DEPEND ON VOLUNTARY SPENDING WILL FOLD... as an example...Fleetwood recreational vehicles just closed the factory here in chico...WHY?...because no one is buying recreational vehicles anymore...345 people got laid off...those people CERTAINLY do not have any money to spend on ANYTHING other than survival...WE will not be buying any jet-skis, home stereos, vcrs, computers, televisions, new cars...no going out to dinner at restaurants... AND...all the people that work in those businesses will be cutting back on THEIR spending too...THANKS PIGGY (PG&E)

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and then on FaceBORG: The Ram Dass Group:
This group is a community in which we collectively share the loving teachings of Ram Dass, aka Richard Alpert. It is a hangout place for everyone who loves Ram Dass, his teachings and his life. We share our knowledge of, and experience with, these teachings. We support each other on this adventurous, wonderful journey of walking each other home. 

Does law of attraction and manifestation techniques really work?

You have to believe it 100% with no doubts, and it'll come to past. The universe will create paths for you and your intuition will take you there, you will take actions that'll take you there. And of course from the outside, they say you "took actions".
Do you believe you have to work hard to be rich? Or being rich takes time? Then you'll do that. I know plenty of people who became multimillionaires fast and in a short time, and also know plenty who worked hard for years

and I Responded: It's easy to notice that the opposite is true... if you seek disaster, it will find you... If you look for unhappiness... that's what you'll get! So why NOT seek beauty? and Good Times? I find walking in the Nountains is the Best... I live in California and there are Many Mountains with rivers of SUPER PURE Water to Drink and Swim In... Just to Give you a Hint... Try the Trinity River Between Redding and Eureka... Excellent!

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(1/8) Burning Man EFT Circle 2009


Ram Dass


SE SAID:

I don't really understand this constant debate about whether or not pineapple belongs on pizza. Pizza restaurants in my area have always offered a Hawaiian pizza on their menu, even when I was a kid. A Hawaiian pizza is usually ham and pineapple, but sometimes it's Canadian bacon and pineapple. But every pizza restaurant offers a Hawaiian pizza, and it's nothing new, so it seems strange to me that it's only been in the last 3 or 4 years that I've seen this debate about whether or not it "belongs" on pizza. Maybe it's less common in other states?

The only thing I don't like about Hawaiian pizza is the ham. I'm not a fan of ham, and I typically prefer pizza without any meat at all, so I'm not likely to order the Hawaiian pizza for myself. But in situations where someone orders several pizzas to feed a large crowd, Hawaiian is usually one of the pizzas because many people love it. I actually like the combination of pepperoni and pineapple better than ham and pineapple. If you don't like Hawaiian pizza, that's fine, everyone has their preferences. But whether or not it "belongs" on the menu? That part is odd to me.

SH SAID:
The Hawaiian pizza in my hometown pizzeria also had banana on it. That never struck me as odd as a kid. It was my favourite. The sweet and salty together with the acid of the pineapple is good.

SE SAID: I don't think I've ever had crab on pizza, but it sure sounds good. I have had shrimp on pizza many times, and I love it. Lobster would be good too.

I Replied: I worked at Dominos in Maryland and there was a Fish Store next door... so we both donated and everyone ate...

MM SAID: I happen to like it. I’ve had dried mango slices with prosciutto and arugula on pizza so pineapple is not a stretch.
There are some Americans who put pineapple slices on a ham before baking it, and it adds a bit of tenderness and sweetness to the meat. So what’s the difference?

NL SAID: In SF people seem to be more liberal with pizza toppings. My favorite used to be a potato and pesto one. I'm like you. I usually only eat vegetarian pizza. Pineapple happens to be my favorite topping. I usually pair it with jalapenos and onions. But if I'm gonna go for the non veggie version, it's pineapple, jalapenos, onions and anchovies!

SE SAID: When I lived in L.A., I was really surprised that most pizza places did NOT have pesto pizza. Here in the Bay Area, pesto pizza has always been a thing. There are very few pizza places which DON'T offer it. I also remember when I went to New York City in '93 and again in '94, none of those wonderful New York pizza-by-the-slice places had pesto. But they all had spinach pizza, which surprised me for some reason. But it was SO GOOD. I prefer pizza with veggie toppings rather than meat, and I was surprised New York had so many veggie options. I would have assumed veggie pizza was more of a West Coast thing, but you never know. spinach on pizza is so good! They don't offer green olives on pizza in SoCal too and every place up north did. Green is so much better on pizza!

NL SAID: Eh, I can't stand any olives, green or black. It's the only food I hate. If olives end up on my pizza, I'm picking them off.

SE Replied:  too bad. I also remember that kalamata olives and feta goes great on pizza too.

I Said: Canadian Bacon is a Good addition to Pineapple Pizza... or Ham... 

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and at a Senator Jon Testor Virtual Town Hall I asked: "When will we Legalize Recreational Marijuana Nationwide? Tax it Regulate it. Free all the Cannabis Prisoners. Use the empty jail cells for a homeless shelter... Refund the Taxpaer Dollars Currently Wasted on Law Enforcement to the Taxpayers... Everybody WINS!"

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Colorful Abstract Art done in Photopea by gvan42 - Psychedelic - Mushroom Visions - Political Essays: Simple Solutions to Complex Problems...

Colorful Abstract Art done in Photopea by gvan42 - Psychedelic - Mushroom Visions

Colorful Abstract Art done in Photopea by gvan42 - Psychedelic - Mushroom Visions

Colorful Abstract Art done in Photopea by gvan42 - Psychedelic - Mushroom Visions

Colorful Abstract Art done in Photopea by gvan42 - Psychedelic - Mushroom Visions

Colorful Abstract Art done in Photopea by gvan42 - Psychedelic - Mushroom Visions

Colorful Abstract Art done in Photopea by gvan42 - Psychedelic - Mushroom Visions

Colorful Abstract Art done in Photopea by gvan42 - Psychedelic - Mushroom Visions

Colorful Abstract Art done in Photopea by gvan42 - Psychedelic - Mushroom Visions

 

Suppose that the Wisdom/Knowledge of My Ancestors was passed on to me in my DNA... 

ABSURD! But Let's just take that as a Possibility... as if we were Doing a Mathematical Proof and that's an Assumption... 

I was doing the tap "Ancestral Memory - It's Real" and... 

I Had to think of what fear my ancestors worried about... and the fear that was passed on to me in my DNA... Well, My Ancestors Feared Starving to Death in the Winter. We Lived in Holland, Scotland and British Columbia... a Very Valid Fear back then... However... 

That's no longer a Valid fear because NOW we have technology to help us... Refrigerators, Central heating systems with a thermostat, grocery stores... ETC... 

 My ancestral fear manifested itself in Always Eating All The Food... Hundreds of years ago no one knew if they were going to get their next meal... 

 I realized that at dinner, it's OK to simply NOT Eat Everything on the Plate... It's Really Likely that We Will Have Food Tomorrow... Don't worry about it! It's even OK to Throw Away Food into the Garbage Can... 

 The danger of Obesity is a greater threat to me than the Danger of Starvation... 

 SO... That's a deep insight I Got from a Tapping Session... Thanks! Sonya Sophia... 

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Javascript Colortable Program by gvan42

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The Passage of Roe v Wade Led to Fewer Unwanted Babies Being Born... and 20 Years Later, Less Violent Crime... Because Unwanted Babies Grow Up to Become Violent Criminals... SEE? Choice Turned Out To Be A Great Idea!

Lets Make Birth Control and Abortion Free and Legal Worldwide... We Have too Many People On Planet Earth Already... Forcing Women Give Birth to Unwanted Babies is INSANE.

Quite Often I Hear "Anti- Choice" Activists Yelling about "Yadda Yadda Yadda" but... In Fact... Those People are Simply Wrong... and The Majority of Americans are In Favor of Abortion Being Legal... WITH GOOD REASON! 

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We All Ought To Live More Like Star Trek. Many Different Races Working Together to Accomplish Great Things. A Year Ago, The President of the United States Was selling Hate... That ERA is OVER... Now, We all ought to Honor our Trekkie Roots...

One reason Star Trek has become more than just a TV Show is that people can see themselves in the show. Gay, Straight, Man, Woman, Russian, Vulcan, Scotch, White, Oriental, Black, Latino, Doctor, Scientist, Hero, Bald, Klingon, Borg... There are positive people in that show for all of us...


I simply do not understand Trump's Hatred for Mexicans and His Desire to build a Wall between our two countries. I believe he is using fear as a marketing tool to get votes.


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I have NOT Participated in any Protest Marches in 15 Years... Many People are Interested in BLACK LIVES MATTER and I Applaud Their Action... However... As an Old White Man... I'm NOT Motivated... I Didn't Participate in any Gay Rights PRIDE Parades Either... but I'm Glad they Can Get Married... I Remember that in 1969 Homosexuality was Illegal... and People were Fired from Government Jobs... The "Lavender Scare" - Stonewall Riots... SEE? WE ARE EVOLVING! Slowly, People are AWAKENING!


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Original Art For Sale Printed on Gifts: 

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How y'all feel about the "death is completely safe" quote that Ram Dass used to always say, when lecturing and working with the dying? Everything I read from Hinduism/eastern mysticism, pretty much teaches that death is actually sketchy as f*ck if it isn't entered properly.
For example, if you die before your biological clock finishes (murdered, suicide, accident, etc. ) it's said that your soul wanders and experiences heavy feelings of hunger and thirst, but with no physical body to satiate it, so you just suffer for the amount of time it would have naturally taken for your body to eventually die (refered to as "parabdha karma") , before the energies are feeble enough to assimilate into a new womb to reincarnate.
Also, yogis talks about heaven and hell not as a geographical place you end up after death, but a frequency of consciousness you end up in based on what the quality of your consciousness was before your soul left your body. If you were in fear mode before you die, when your soul leaves your body, the energy snowballs into a millionfold fear, because there's no longer a discriminatory mind to deal with the emotion once it leaves the body. Pleasantness/peace at the time of death would manifest a millionfold into "heaven." So it can go either way.
So all that said, if death is completely safe, it would have to mean that there's zero chance of suffering post death... And that seems too good to be true. That would make suicide a pretty reliable way to end suffering completely, and I'm highly skeptical of the nature of reality being that conveniently escapable.
What you think?

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I REPLIED:

All predictions about what happens after Life are totally BOGUS... No One Knows... Anyone Can Make up an Opinion... I believe that NOTHING Happens... Might as well use my body as fertilizer for a Tree... I won't know what is happening... Recently I signed a Doctor's Instruction Form: Do you want us to save your life if needed? I said YES... even if that puts me on life support for years and a huge hospital bill...


Color Chart Peace Sign by gvan42


and Some Dude Said: 

CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS SLEEP .
In conscious, dying and death one begins with communion, merging into the source of life. Irreversibility never returns unless you want to…
If you carry your thoughts, memory and dislike to your sleep and you spend most of the time in dreaming.
In the same way while at the moment of death if you have regrets attachment, inner changing to objects and individuals. If you cannot stand the idea of being separate from them then that clinging that attachment that thought may bring back to the earth clothed in another form.
When we realise the body cannot carry anymore. Sense and brain cannot function anymore. There is a possibility one can depart consciously dying in a state of Samadhi. Because in dyanam, in meditation one has removed all the entanglements. One is free, completely letting go and ready to take off.
In unconscious sleep we pretended to sleep ended up in dream state and comes back in the next morning. There is no take off. There is no quality of change in consciousness if we are pushed in to death and do not die consciously . With awareness result is incarnation.

Chernobyl, Whole Earth, Extinction Rebellion LOGO - gvan42
Chernobyl, Whole Earth,
Extinction Rebellion LOGO - gvan42



and another Dude Said: 

DEATH IS ENLIGHTENMENT .
When there is a holistic movement even while living that person is dead as liberated. Death is liberation. Meditation is moving in the elegance of death what does that mean? Everything is brahman (cosmic intelligence). Everything is immortality therefore nectar.
When you live holistically right from your breathing is related to the subtle essence in the physical reality, the immortal essence in the physical reality. So whether you speak or one do not speak one is not only in harmony but united we are one with that reality.
The reality clothed in the form of human body and reality clothed in the form of cosmos is quite identical in quality and essence. So a human being separated from reality is no more there. The separation has ended.
Death is the death of the illusion of the separation from the cosmic reality and liberation is the awareness of the illusion of being separate. one is liberated when the myth of separateness is exploded. So as a separate individual one is dead and as a united wholistic expression of reality one is alive as human being, become the wholstic expression of that reality.

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It's Pretty Damn Obvious that we live in the end times prophesised by John in the Book Revelation. #TrumpIsTheAntiChrist

What historical moment stands out the most in your mind? The Assassination of JFK... and RFK and MLK and John Lennon... "Death under Mysterious Circumstances" Abbie Hoffman, Gary Webb, Dr Frank Olson...

Every time I Go to the Rainbow Gathering I have a Different goal... and so I have a different experience... At UTAH 2014 I was looking for a really Big Idea! I was working as a Midnight Fire Tender at Welcome Home Kitchen and I had the Desire to LEARN Something Significant... and two days Later I Met a Teacher and We've been friends ever since... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2r0I8VoxJY

Another TrumpNik® Pleads Guilty for the Failed Overthrow of the USA on 1/6 - Robert "Fudge" Packer #LockEmUP #Runaway #GOPEVIL #QuackAnonFreak #LoserDJTrump

Man seen wearing 'Camp Auschwitz' sweatshirt on Jan. 6 pleads guilty to trespassing. 

Robert "Fudge" Packer, 57, was arrested days after the attack on the Capitol and charged with entering and remaining in a restricted building as well as violent entry and disorderly conduct and parading, demonstrating or picketing in a Capitol building.

Robert "Fudge" Packer, 57



Over 730 #QuackAnonFreaks have been Arrested SO FAR... 

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Igor Fruman, one of Rudy Giuliani's former associates, was sentenced to one year and one day in prison on Friday for his role in a scheme to funnel Russian money into US elections.

Fruman and fellow Giuliani associate Lev Parnas were arrested in 2019 on multiple campaign finances charges as they were boarding a flight to Europe on a one-way ticket. They were working with Giuliani, then-President Donald Trump's personal attorney, on his efforts to dig up dirt on Democratic rival Joe Biden and his son Hunter in Ukraine.

Ezekiel's Wheel and a Painted Art Car in Arcata, California - and Stories of the Mountains of NorCal... Crater Lake, Oregon, Arcata, Chico #Psychedelic #Visions #Freedom #Liberty #Magic #Mushroom #Arcata #NorCal

 

Ezekiel's Wheel gvan42

I Experienced True Enlightenment hiking in the mountains near Castle Crags, California... and Drinking the Water from the Rushing Stream... Pure melted snow... When I went home and told my wife she said... Yes, That's the Nether Lands Effect... and she put this song on the record player... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALMVPqtVZPY Dan Fogelberg...

Drive up Highway #3 starting at Highway #5 near Oregon... It's Wild Up There!

When I Drink Large amounts of Excellent water I feel optimistic... For Example: Swimming in the Trinity River after being stuck in a Construction Traffic Jam on Highway #299 from Redding to Eureka... on a Really Hot Summer day... and drinking the river water... Happy!

Painted Car in Arcata, CA Psychedelic Art - gvan42

Painted Car in Arcata, CA Psychedelic Art - gvan42

Painted Car in Arcata, CA Psychedelic Art - gvan42

Painted Car in Arcata, CA Psychedelic Art - gvan42

Painted Car in Arcata, CA Psychedelic Art - gvan42

Did you ever want to make Crazy Movie Soundtrack 1950s Sci-Fi Music? Try This... Electric Guitar run thru Two Morley Phasers in Series and a Digital Echo Box set to repeat the sound almost forever... Move the foot pedal controls while soloing with a slide... It sounds like an analog synthesizer... with the resonance turned way up... Outer Space Whoosh Whoosh Music!


Crater Lake Oregon Ranger Station
Crater Lake Oregon Ranger Station

Crater Lake Oregon Ranger Station
Why the Flag was at Half Mast

Crater Lake Oregon Road Up The Mountain
Crater Lake Oregon Road Up The Mountain

Crater Lake Oregon Historic Lodge
Crater Lake Oregon Historic Lodge

Crater Lake Lodge welcomes you with the warmth and hospitality of a bygone era. The lodge overlooks the lake at Rim Village, offering majestic views of the lake’s pristine blue waters and sheer cliff walls. After a day of hiking , swimming, fishing , or touring the lake , enjoy an unforgettable meal at the Crater Lake Lodge Dining Room before you unwind in your cozy guest room. 

Crater Lake Oregon Souvineer Coffee Cups and My Farmville Cow
Souvineer Coffee Cups and
My Farmville Cow Traveling Companion

Crater Lake Oregon fireplace in the Lodge
Fireplace in the Historic Lodge

Cattle near Ft Klamath, Oregon
Cattle near Ft. Klamath, Oregon

Sign On the Road from Ashland to Crater Lake
Sign On the Road from Ashland to Crater Lake

Crater Lake & Snow in the Summer.
Crater Lake & Snow in the Summer.

Looking out my Hotel room window... I was on the Lake Side of the Fancy Lodge on Crater Lake, Oregon...
Looking out my Hotel room window... I was on the Lake Side of the Fancy Lodge on Crater Lake, Oregon...

Yurt. Housing for College Students at Forestry School near Fort Klamath, Oregon
Yurt. Housing for College Students at Forestry School near Fort Klamath, Oregon

Lumberjack Mascot Float in the Homecoming Game Parade at Humboldt State University
Lumberjack Mascot Float in the Homecoming Game Parade at Humboldt State University 

AX Float in the Homecoming Game Parade at Humboldt State University
AX Float in the Homecoming Game Parade at Humboldt State University 

Bridge over Highway 101 in Arcata, CA
Bridge over Highway 101 in Arcata, CA

Alligator Hole in Upper Bidwell Park, Chico CA... a Place for Old people to wade in the creek without any difficult climbing on rocks to get out of the water like it is at Bear Hole...
Alligator Hole in Upper Bidwell Park, Chico CA... a Place for Old people to wade in the creek without any difficult climbing on rocks to get out of the water like it is at Bear Hole...

Crystal in the store window on Main Street in Chico. Natural Food Store Reflection.
Crystal in the store window on Main Street in Chico.
Natural Food Store Reflection.

Bison Mural painted on a Buffalo Skin at the Humboldt County Library
Bison Mural painted on a Buffalo Skin at the Humboldt County Library

Pastels on the plaza in Arcata, CA - benefit for North Coast Head Start
Pastels on the plaza in Arcata, CA - benefit for North Coast Head Start

Pastels on the plaza in Arcata, CA - benefit for North Coast Head Start

Pastels on the plaza in Arcata, CA - benefit for North Coast Head Start

Pastels on the plaza in Arcata, CA - benefit for North Coast Head Start

Pastels on the plaza in Arcata, CA - benefit for North Coast Head Start

Shasta Hall Dorms at Chico State College... I Lived there in 1973...
Shasta Hall Dorms at Chico State College... I Lived there in 1973...

Carpet at the Win River Casino in Redding, CA
Carpet at the Win River Casino in Redding, CA


Duane Flatmo Mural located behing the Post office in Eureka, CA

Duane Flatmo Mural located behing the Post office in Eureka, CA

Duane Flatmo Mural located behing the Post office in Eureka, CA

Duane Flatmo Mural located behing the Post office in Eureka, CA
Duane Flatmo Mural located 
behind the Post office in Eureka, CA



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Sonya Sophia: How To Forgive: Mini EFT Tapping Session ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxJgWf_J8Xo

EFT Master, Sonya Sophia, guides hundreds of people through a potent workshop to get in touch with their Divine Purpose. Follow along to tap through blocks and fears and connect with the reason you're on Earth! Recorded Live at Red Lightning camp, Burning Man 2015. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-vF6l_qyXs&t=2014s

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Tales I Posted on FaceBorg...

What is truly criminal is a retired friend of mine has to pay space rent that has gone up for no reason for her trailer... and she pays for everything using her social security check... so if the rent goes up $20 that means she has less for food... or gas... or catfood... or electricity... and the Landlord lives in New York City... some huge corporation... that charges "whatever the market will bear" - and all rents for all trailer parks in Fresno went up at the same time... SO, The Market is bearing about $20 More a Month for everyone... 

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My Aunt was really interested in Geneology... She did research on the internet in the 1990s... then my brother collected all the Family photographs and wrote a paragraph about each one... collected some letters and essays and sermons written by our ancestors... published it as a book... and I read that book... of course, they totally ignored my mother's side of the family... because no one was an obsessive researcher as my Aunt... anyway... an Underwood Lived in the Queens Bourough of New Amsterdam... and then the English came in and renamed the City New York...

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I'm Still Amazed by the Murder Trial of Harley Hammers and Angel Tully in Humboldt County many years ago... Yes, His Real Name Was Harley Hammers... Him, his wife and a former girfriend and some guy were transporting METH from Lake County to McKinleyville when there was some kind of gun shot that caused two deaths... None of the witnesses could testify because they were inside the trailer at the time... when they heard the gunshot they went outside and "Mister Body" and "Mrs Body" were dead... also none could testify because they were just too stoned on drugs to remember anything accurately... and at trial they listed the drugs... Meth, Heroin, Psychiatric Medicine, Marijuana and Booze... anyway... the man who pulled the trigger put the ladies in his car and they drove way up into the Trinity Alps Mountains and they burned their clothes on a sandbar... then they went swimming in the Trinity river... Removing all gun shot residue... put on clean clothes... then he locked the murder weapon in a gun safe located in the engine compartment... drove back down the mountain and they got stopped by the police on highway 101 heading for Lake County... the police opened the hood of the car, found the gun safe, had the man open the safe... and found the recently fired gun. Everyone was arrested... at trial all were found not guilty because there were no witnesses that could testify what happened that night... TOO FREAKING STONED! The Guy who "supposedly" pulled the Trigger and the Two Dead Bodies were Outside the Trailer... The Witnesses were inside the trailer asleep... The Gunshots woke them up and... NO ONE Really knows wat Happened except Jason Michael Arreaga... the Man Accused of Murder... 


The jury in the Fieldbrook double murder trial deadlocked 9-3 in favor of guilt this afternoon and a new trial date has been set for Dec. 14.

Lake County resident Jason Michael Arreaga, 30, is accused of two counts of murder in the fatal shooting of Harley Wayne Hammers Jr. and Angel Robin Tully, both 37, on Sept. 3, 2014, at a property in Fieldbrook. Arreaga pleaded not guilty.

Arreaga took the stand during the trial, pointing to Harley Hammers’ estranged wife Shavonne Hammers as the shooter.

Shavonne Hammers, who was given immunity by the prosecution, testified earlier in the trial that she asked Arreaga to give her a ride from Lucerne to Humboldt County. After a day of drug-fueled interactions in Fieldbrook, Blue Lake and McKinleyville, Shavonne Hammers testified Arreaga shot her estranged husband and Tully following an altercation between the groups earlier that day.

One juror explained outside the courtroom that they deadlocked due to the bulk of evidence coming from witness testimony.

Check back for updates.

https://www.record-bee.com/2016/02/25/arreaga-acquitted-in-double-homicide/

EUREKA >> A Lake County man was found not guilty Tuesday of murder charges in the shooting deaths of two people in Fieldbrook in September 2014.

A Humboldt County Superior Court jury acquitted Jason Michael Arreaga of fatally shooting Angel Robin Tully and Harley Wayne Hammers, both 37, on Sept. 3, 2014, in front of a residence on Fieldbrook Road.

The trial was the second for Arreaga after a mistrial was declared in October when another jury could not reach a unanimous verdict and deadlocked at 9-3 in favor of convicting him.

Arreaga remained in the Humboldt County jail on suspicion of possessing a controlled substance while in custody.

One of the key witnesses for the prosecution in the case was Hammers’ estranged wife Shavonne Hammers, who was at the scene of the shooting with Arreaga’s 17-year-old girlfriend. Shavonne Hammers has testified that she did not witness the shooting but said Arreaga confessed to her that he had shot the couple as they were driving away from the scene.

Arreaga has testified that Shavonne Hammers pulled the trigger. She was given immunity by the Humboldt County District Attorney’s Office in exchange for her testimony.

The defense was primarily focused on showing that Shavonne Hammers had the motive to kill the couple as her husband was in a relationship with Tully.

Sherrie Barr, Hammers’ sister, said she and her family members are in shock over the verdict and the lack of justice they feel.

“I feel like the DA totally dropped the ball on this,” Barr said. “I really don’t understand why it’s gone this far and she (Shavonne Hammers) hasn’t been charged.”

District Attorney Maggie Fleming said the investigation uncovered no evidence indicating that Shavonne Hammers was legally responsible for the slayings.

“In order to secure her needed testimony for trial, she was given a grant of ‘use’ immunity, which does not preclude prosecution for any crimes related to the homicides in the future,” Fleming said in an email. “It merely prohibits law enforcement from using her testimony, or information gained from that testimony, in any future proceedings.”

Sheriff Mike Downey said he met with the investigators in the case after the verdict was reached, and they were confident with their case against Arreaga.

“The case was very clear-cut during the investigative process,” Downey said.

No other suspects are being investigated in connection with the slayings, Downey said.

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