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Feeling Lucky?
Granted, choosing — or winning — the Best of Humboldt isn’t a game of chance. But we do feel a little blessed flipping through the list of winners and perusing the bounty of our county.…
Best of – Food and Drink
Best Farmers Market VendorFocaccia by the PietrinisWhen in Rome … make a colorful Roman hand gesture in disappointment, for the Pietrini brothers Fulvio (who does the baking) and Flavio are somehow in Humboldt instead, at…
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Flynn Creek Circus: The Cricket & the Wren
Through Aug. 9
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Best of – Arts, Entertainment & Recreation
Best Night Club and Best Place to Shake Your BootyThe BasementLots of night clubs are cool. But walking into The Basement and taking a seat with a swanky cocktail or mocktail, surrounded by polished wood…
Best of – Services
Best FloristPocket of PosiesThis pocket-sized shop holds big things — you’d be forgiven for zipping past it on Broadway, but you’d miss out. Not only are there the requisite beautiful blooms and fragrant wreaths, but…
Best of – Cannabis
Best Local Cannabis ProductSpace GemWhen you had to fly next to the weird man-spreader who took the armrest and breathed on you from takeoff to landing, who from Humboldt had your back? Space Gems. Maybe…
Best of – Weddings
Best Outdoor Wedding VenueMitchell GroveFormerly Arrington Apples, the orchard amid redwoods is secluded and lovely, and close enough to town not to require long drives or camping. So we get why Mitchell Grove is a…
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‘We Have to Speak the Truth’
On Saturday, more than 70 protesters gathered in front of the Humboldt County Courthouse in support of Gilberto “Rudy” Jimenez Gonzalez, 52-year-old Eureka resident detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers in Wyoming on…
Sunny Side of the Hills
It’s hard not to like The Sound of Music. Rogers and Hammerstein’s instantly recognizable score has inundated popular culture with its catchy melodies and lighthearted joy since its Broadway debut in 1959 and become a…
Best of Crabs Season 2026
The 82nd Humboldt Crabs season is in the book, and as the sun sets on another amazing summer, it is time to give out my annual team awards as part of the Best of Humboldt…
Revisiting the Whorf Hypothesis, Part 1
“The Hopi language is seen to contain no words, grammatical forms, construction or expressions that refer directly to what we call ‘time,’ or to past, present or future.”— Benjamin Lee Whorf Early in this column’s…
In On the Joke
THE DINK. Awash as we are in a new wave of underdog sports comedies, usually centered on has-beens or never-weres, it should come as no surprise that Pickleball should have shuffled into the crosshairs. The…
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Jean M. Caldwell
Jean Mae (Dobbert) Caldwell, Ed.D, 86, of Eureka was born on July 4, 1939, in Chicago, Illinois, and died on July 3, 2026 at St. Joseph’s Hospital, Eureka. Raised primarily in Naperville, Illinois, she graduated…
Best of – Bonus
Best Local Radio StationKMUDLet’s hear it for Redwood Community Radio and the folks who support it. KMUD DJs are spinning every conceivable genre from reggae to gospel and covering topics from literature to ecology. Tune…
Best of – Retail
Retail Antique Store 4th Street Mercantile215 Fourth St., Eureka 4thstreetmercantile.com Appliance Store Poletski’s Appliance Center510 Harris St., Eureka(707) 445-3138 poletskis.com Bicycle Shop Revolution Bicycles2811 F St., Eureka (707) 443-98611593 G St., Arcata (707) 822-2562revolutionbicycle.com Bookstore…
Corrections
A photo caption in last week’s cover story (“Folk in the Fresh Air,” July 30, 2026), misidentified bass player Christopher Lange Brannon. The Journal regrets the error. Due to receiving outdated information from Eureka Main Street, the wrong…
David W. Hulbert IV
David Wayne Hulbert was born in Seattle Washington 1/29/1955 and passed away 7/3/26 in Eureka Ca after a short illness. He was the oldest of three children. Dave moved frequently as a child due to…
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Letters & Opinion
‘Shout-out’
Editor: At a time when all the news about government seems so bleak, this is…
‘Commitment to a Dream’
Editor: Your lead article about the Arcata Playhouse was greatly appreciated (“20 Years at the…
Correction
Humboldt Crabs photos taken by Erik Frazer in the July 9 issue (“Tempers Flare, Benches…
‘Nothing Good to Say’
Thank you for the excellent Views article on Amazon in Humboldt County (“Amazon’s Negative Impact…
Amazon’s Negative Impact by the Numbers
The impact Amazon’s proposed distribution center in McKinleyville would have is being debated in person…
‘Prevent Suffering Before it Begins’
Editor: The gruesome revelations of dogs being shot and buried in mass graves at Miranda’s…
‘Don’t Flock Me’: California, U.S. Lawmakers Debate License Plate Reader Technology
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. In the past year alone, they’ve helped catch suspected murderers, bank robbers and hit-and-run drivers. They’ve located dozens of stolen cars and helped send a wildland…
Barbara Lynn Bareuther
Barbara was born to Ralph and Ruth Bareuther in Santa Clara, California and she grew up with her older sister Nancy and younger brother Rick in Palo Alto. Barbara was a classic “tom boy” growing…
Folk in the Fresh Air
To see all 25 local bands that performed at the Humboldt Folklife Festival this year, it took an eight-day week — fitting, given the two sets of Beatles sing-alongs. Mother Nature cooperated with clear skies…
Crabs Play Spoiler
After a tough loss to end last week, our resilient Crabs entered this week mathematically still in contention to make the Pacific Empire Conference’s Championship series. They needed some help as they welcomed the Medford…
First Saturday Night Arts Alive
**SPECIAL EVENT 600 block of F Street between Sixth and Seventh streets “Block Party on F Street,” live music, art, cultural experiences, food, drinks, local vendors and fun activities from 3-9 p.m. 4th STREET…
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Best Book Store: Booklegger Sitting at the corner of Second and E streets in Eureka…
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Best of Food and Drink
Best New Restaurant: Susukino Ramen Bar Humboldt was a little late to the fresh ramen…
Best of Weddings
Best Outdoor Wedding Venue, Best Indoor Wedding Venue: The Barn by Fernbridge When it comes…
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