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Cermeño’s Shipwreck
The European settlement of what we now know as the city of Trinidad began when two Spanish Navy captains, Bruno de Hecata (commanding Santiago) and Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra (commanding Sonora), landed…
Building Alliances
Editor: My heart is heavy with grief as I read a list of 35 names of people who died while in ICE detention during 2025. These individuals leave behind families and friends who will never…
Survival Instincts
Send Help SEND HELP. In a rare moment of self-preservation, I chose not to see and review Melania, fun though it might have been to dunk on it as every critic not employed by or…
A Full Friendship
The Half Life of Marie Curie at Redwood Curtain The Half Life of Marie Curie by Lauren Gunderson is a glimpse into the lives of two historical women of science, Marie Curie and Hertha Ayrton.…
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Winter Revelation
Redwood bark oozes the morning downpour through spongy fibers, scattered drops free fall from high in the forest canopy, sagging cowls of moss drip from thick maple trunks the forest is leaden and still, but…
First Saturday Night Arts Alive
Feb. 7, 6 to 9 p.m. Enjoy a lively evening in Downtown and Old Town Eureka as galleries, museums, theaters, bars and restaurants stay open late. 4TH STREET MERCANTILE 215 Fourth St. Various artists. ART…
Second North Coast Condor Dies
The North Coast has lost another condor. B8 was found dead last month, according to the Yurok Tribe, which is leading the Northern California Condor Restoration Program effort to return the bird they know as…
Music Tonight: Friday/Saturday, Jan. 30-31
I’m going to make a rare move here and lump the weekend nights together under thebanner of the Arcata Rising Fundraiser shows at Humbrews from Friday throughSunday. We all know about the dreadful fire on…
ICE Protests Set for Friday, Saturday in Eureka
A protest is set to take place Friday from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Humboldt County Courthouse as part of a nationwide strike to remonstrate against ICE and the heavy-handed tactics of the Trump…
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Radall Galen Sheesley Sr.
August 12,1960 – December 29, 2025 Randall Galen Sheesley Sr., 65, passed away at his home in Arcata, Ca on December 29th, 2025. A celebration of life will be held on 2/22/26, 1pm at the…
‘Bigger Than All of Us’: A Fire Relief Weekend Across Arcata
Plans for the Arcata Rising fundraising shows this weekend began coming together the night of the Jan. 2 fire. Sitting at Dead Reckoning Tavern, just a few blocks away from the devastation, and reeling from…
After the Fire
Dante DiGenova says he assumed the Jan. 2 evacuation of the storied Northtown Books, which he’s owned for 19 years and worked at for 35, was for caution’s sake. “Dog and keys,” were his only…
Moon Snail Pie
I was walking along Humboldt Bay when I heard, “Psst. Hey!” A Lewis’s moon snail (Neverita lewisii) was calling me from a shallow pool in the tidal mudflat. The snail said, “I want to enter…
The Oscars and Sentimental Value
Sure as death and taxes, the Academy Award nominations are once again upon us. The big news: Sinners has obliterated the previous record for previous nominations. Time now being what it is — some previously…
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Measles is Making A Comeback
Editor: Sadly, the United States is on track to lose its measles elimination status this…
‘Defund ICE’
Editor: We must defund, not increase, funding for the cruel and illegal ICE. Their intrusion…
The Public Deserves Answers
Editor: The killing of another innocent Minnesotan by ICE agents in Minneapolis is not just…
Flooding in King Salmon
Editor: There is a solution to the problem of flooding in King Salmon during high…
‘We’re All Different’
Editor: My heart goes out to Sarah Blackstone-Fredericks (“How to Meditate When the World is…
Ya Gotta Admit …
Editor: Rex Bohn has been remarkably consistent over the years — in proving beyond a…
Every Day Feels Like Low-Fired Clay
Annakatrin Burnham’s Flowstate At first glance, Annakatrin Burnham’s idiosyncratic sculptures are abstract and otherworldly — almost alien. Titling these quirky ceramics Trophies creates an immediate inroad for viewers to recognize their trophy-esque formal qualities: three-dimensional…
Arcata, Eureka Protests Call Out ICE and Trump
More than 100 students and community members showed up near the Cal Poly Humboldt campus at the David Josiah Lawson mural at the D Street Community Center for a student-led walkout protest on Jan. 23…
Darlene “Weedie” Nunes
November 19, 1952-January 2, 2026 Darlene “Weedie” Nunes of Roseville, CA, passed away in her sleep on January 2nd, 2026, at the age of 73. Weedie was born on November 19th, 1952, in Eureka, CA.…
Thomas Henry Peters
August 23, 1945 – January 9, 2026 Thomas Henry Peters passed away at Timber Ridge Assisted Living in Eureka, California, on Friday evening, January 9th, 2026. Tom penned his own obituary, as follows. Well, I’m…
Velma Ruth Childs
October 16, 1923 – January 6, 2026 Velma Ruth Childs, age 102, passed away peacefully on January 6, 2026, in her home in Redcrest, California. Velma was born on October 16, 1923, in Mattole, California,…
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