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Music Today: Sunday, Feb. 22

It’s the final showtime for this year’s Fiesta Folklórica at the Van Duzer Theatre at 2 p.m. Tickets will run you $10-$15 for a whole lot of music and dancing in celebration ofMexican culture through…

Music Tonight: Saturday, Feb. 21

There are two rock shows happening on either side of the bay tonight, so I’ll spit it outquickly. Jacki & the Jollies are playing a free, all-ages gig with Dragged by Horses atthe Historic Eagle…

Music Tonight: Friday, Feb. 20

Cooper Crain is busy, both as a member of noted Chicago drone band Cave and asone third of Bitchin Bajas, with a more explosive and fancy-free approach to theirexperimental jaunts through the airwaves. I think…

Music Tonight: Thursday, Feb. 19

The Neville Brothers are about as close as it comes to true royalty in New Orleans,containing in their ranks a founding member of funk masters The Meters and, of course, the eponymous band featuring soul…

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Gail Fleming Turner

 June 25, 1947-December 5, 2025 Gail Fleming Turner, was born on June 25, 1947 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the daughter of Julius August Fleming and Pearl Luella Fleming. She passed away in Humboldt County, California on…

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One apple, sliced Bowl of oatmeal, piping hot Brown sugar over the top Sweetened coconut  Strong coffee, cream, slowly drunk Watching morning news In horror. — Lori Cole 

Second North Coast Condor Dies

The North Coast has lost another condor. B8 was discovered 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…

Yurok Advocate Dies in Murder-Suicide 

A Yurok citizen known for her work in suicide prevention and advocacy for expanding mental health services was identified today as one of the two people who died in an apparent murder-suicide in Weitchpec earlier…

Music Tonight: Wednesday, Feb. 11

Mark Hummel’s Blues Harmonica Blowout pretty much says it all, and tonight’s program will see the Humbrews stage peopled with ace blues musicians Curtis Salgado, Steve Freund, Wes Starr, Rodrigo Mantovani, and Anson Funderburgh providing…

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