Mike Craghead says he has a condition — one that makes him obsessively enjoy pumpkin carving. Like many, he would carve pumpkins with his family for Halloween as a child. However, as the years passed, so did the level of complexity in Craghead’s carving. “It probably really started going off the rails when I was […]
North Coast Journal Staff
Posted inLetters + Opinion
‘Characters of Integrity’
Editor: I am voting Republican, since within Trump’s team will be characters of integrity. Tulsi Gabbard is one, and R.F.K., Jr. another. Kennedy said he worries that Kamala Harris would not be able to stand up to the military industrial complex, nor answer unscripted questions from the press. Linda Koenig, Eureka
Posted inNews (NCJ)
NCJ Preview: Fentanyl Fatalities, Restaurant Openings and Festival History
On this week’s episode of the NCJ Preview, Arts and Features Editor Jennifer Fumiko Cahill talks about the three new restaurants coming to Arcata. And California Journalism Fellow Kelby McIntosh covers News Editor Thadeus Greenson’s story on the decrease in fentanyl deaths in Humboldt County. Read all this and more in the latest issue of […]
Posted inLetters + Opinion
Just Flip It
Editor: I read that Security National Properties Holding Company, LLC (SNPH), has donated over $1 million into the “Yes on F” campaign and Eureka residents have now received two fliers from SNPH addressing the issue of alleged cheaters. Although these fliers overtly address the cheaters, their purpose is clearly also to encourage more individuals to […]
Posted inLetters + Opinion
‘Fooled’
Editor: Who doesn’t believe in the need for more affordable housing? So, when a young, personable woman knocked on my door many months ago asking me to sign a petition to convert Eureka City Schools’ vacant Jacobs site into affordable housing, I asked, “Who could possibly be opposed to the measure?” She said that the […]
Posted inLetters + Opinion
‘A Tyrant’
Editor: Free speech is an inalienable human right that is essential for human dignity, and is protected by the First Amendment because our rights disintegrate without free speech. Censorship is a government tool used to silence critics and to control and manipulate its population. It is a form of political violence. Tyrants use censorship. The […]
Posted inLetters + Opinion
‘Inexplicable’
Editor: The teamsters’ failure to endorse the Democratic presidential candidate for the first time in memory seems inexplicable given the audio of the Republican candidate and Elon Musk laughing about Musk saying he’ll fire any striking workers and the Republican candidate giggling and agreeing. I will give the same consideration to teamsters if they are […]
Posted inLetters + Opinion
‘No on O’
Editor: Measure O proposes to raise the sales tax by 1 percent countywide. Eureka has a 9.25-percent sales tax, and Arcata is poised to follow. If approved, our sales tax would be 10.25 percent, on par with the highest in the U.S. Measure Z (the 2014 half-cent increase) was promised as a solution to budget […]
Posted inNews (NCJ)
Correction
A story headlined “‘Bringing Balance Back’” in the Sept. 19, 2024, edition of the North Coast Journal inaccurately stated the reason California Coastal Commissioner and Third District Humboldt County Supervisor Mike Wilson recused himself from a discussion and vote on an application for modifications to a permit for the Wiyot Tribe’s work to restore ceremonial […]
Posted inArts + Scene
Soon…
Autumn’s sneak preview In cloudy skies And chill showers. In layers of browning foliage Trimming redwood branches. Hints of yellow Peeking out on maple leaves. A mob of wild turkeys Blocking the road By golden meadows. In the long evening shadows When late sun breaks through. The aroma of rain And dried grasses. Fall is […]
Posted inArt Walks + Festivals
Trinidad Art Night
This town-wide walk includes music, artist receptions, face painting, skate ramps, pop-up sales, oyster, cider or wine tastings. Trinidad Art Night coincides this month with the annual Fisherman’s Feast and Trinidad Civic Club Dessert Cafe, happening noon to 5 p.m., with the Arts and Craft Faire vendors in Town Hall from 11 a.m. to 8:30 […]
