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Music Tonight: Friday, March 13

It’s the second of three Fridays the 13th for this year, and with the last one coming up in November, it’s going to be an extended spooky season past Halloween if we are allalive to…

Music Tonight: Thursday, March 12

If you are hankering for some excellent contemporary jazz fusion, tonight’s the night.Over at the Basement at 7:30 p.m., HDMB will be joined by Sheldon Brown, a BayArea composer and woodwind multi-instrumentalist whose career has…

‘Meeting the Moment’

Bill Lutjens, a long-time Fieldbrook resident who mostly keeps to himself in his rural residence, says he felt compelled to act when he learned about the nationwide funding cuts to healthcare enacted by the Trump…

Stitched Together

The Bride! THE BRIDE! Conceptually, this seems very much like something I could get on board with: a mid-1930s Chicago-set, Mafia-tinged feminist update on the Frankenstein story, embellished with punk-rock attitude and curb-stomping? Yes, of…

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Music Tonight: Thursday, March 5

The Back Seat Drivers are bringing the blues to the Logger Bar during a free gig this afternoon at 4 p.m. Expect some of the anchored picking sounds of the pre-war, Piedmont-style guitar blues, along…

Monarch Butterflies

Part 1: Migration Magic It’s not easy being a monarch butterfly these days. Your caterpillar’s essential milkweed food is no longer abundant; illegal logging and beetle infestations threaten your main winter roosts in Mexico, and…

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Dark Suburban Corners

DTF St. Louis DTF ST. LOUIS. Some months ago, in a fallow period likely brought on by the end of a Taylor Sheridan binge, I had resigned myself to listlessly stream-scrolling, nearly paralyzed by the…

Twisted Nerve

I had wanted to write about something else, but once again the gears of my attention span are gummed up quite a bit. I’m all for stopping to smell the flowers, but that behavior can…

‘A Huge Moment’ 

First pair of prey-go-neesh in a century are nesting on the North Coast  Cue the California condor chick watch. The Yurok Tribe announced this week that the two oldest members of the North Coast flock…

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Letters & Opinion

‘Boundless’

Editor: Just read the “survey” article (“Asking for an Administration,” March 5). Jennifer Fumiko Cahill’s…

Correction

In the Best Hair Day category of the 2026 NCJ Pet Photo Contest (Feb. 19),…

‘Unsustainable’

Editor: A full-page ad naming 300 retired public officials, academics, former representatives, businesses and financial…

Correction

In “Cermeño’s Shipwreck” (Feb. 5), the article misidentified the Miwok people who encountered the ship’s…



After The Storm

King Salmon residents face long-term recovery after severe flooding King Salmon’s streets have mostly returned to their former appearance, before the record-breaking flood in the early days of the new year, with residents gradually reentering…

Ward Michael Falor

Ward Michael Falor – known to nearly everyone as Mike or D.H. Falor – lived a life powered by curiosity, creativity, engines, music, animals and caring compassion. From the time he was a little boy,…

Judith McIlveen Nugent

If you have a mom, there is nowhere you are likely to go where a prayer has not already been. ~Robert Brault With broken hearts and deep gratitude for her life, we share the passing…

Music Tonight: Friday, Feb. 27

The Shanty needs to get mentioned more often in this column, and I am happy to oblige tonight. Three rock bands are jamming a free one at 9 p.m. for all comers over 21. We’re…

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The Best of Humboldt

Best of Cannabis

Best Local Cannabis Delivery: Humboldt’s Premium Some days, it seems like opening a window is…

Best of Bonus Round!

Best Local Politician: Rep. Jared Huffman With the backing of Journal readers, North Coast Congressmember…

Best of Arts & Entertainment

Best Local Tattoo Artist: Dre Meza Dre Meza of Nor Cal Tattoo has been tattooing…

Best of Retail & Services

Best Book Store: Booklegger Sitting at the corner of Second and E streets in Eureka…

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