Editor: I worked for nearly 60 years and depend on Social Security. This isn’t a handout — it’s a promise that millions of us older Americans have paid into with every paycheck and have earned. This administration is dismantling an essential program, closing offices, cutting hotlines and spreading misinformation to justify these attacks. As an elder […]
North Coast Journal Staff
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Virginia Mae McDonald
Virginia Mae McDonald, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and friend, passed away peacefully on May 24, 2025, in Ferndale, California, at the age of 89. Born on November 18, 1935, in Lansing, Michigan, Virginia lived a life marked by deep devotion to her family, her faith, and her community. She enjoyed a long and respected career […]
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Cathy Linda Paul
Cathy Linda Paul passed away peacefully with her husband John by her side, on her 77th birthday on Monday, May 12, 2025, in Eureka, California. She was born in Merced, California, on May 12, 1948. She was a guiding light in our lives, a caring and fun-loving wife as well as her husband’s best friend, […]
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Kathleen “Kady” Frances Dunleavy, RN
With deep sorrow, we share the passing of Kathleen Frances Dunleavy, RN — known affectionately as Kady — on June 6, 2025, in Orange County, California. Kady was a beloved mother, friend, nurse, educator, and devoted member of her community. Born on May 18, 1948, at Lennox Hill Hospital on Park Avenue in New York […]
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James T. Carr “Brother James”
It is with heavy hearts that we say goodbye to our dear friend and beloved musician, James Carr. We are bereft, but can take some comfort in knowing that he is free of the pain and illness that plagued him in his later years. James was born in New York, but his musical travels took […]
Posted inLetters + Opinion
‘What Democracy Looks Like’
Editor: Several thousand people attended the “No Kings” demonstration in Eureka, on Saturday. It was truly awesome! Over a thousand also attended the rally at Madaket Square. At 12:30 p.m., the crowd began marching to the courthouse, instructed to stay on the sidewalks and observe signals. My granddaughter and I were near the front of […]
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Kill the Bill
Editor: On June 14, we, along with the rest of the nation and many parts of the world got together and demonstrated our disgust for Trump and his Nazis. We did very good, but there is much more to be done and right now urgent attention must be given to the “big, beautiful bill” that […]
Posted inArts + Scene
stray pianos that live near the freeway lean on one leg
alongside frontage road between freeway and row after row of row house a piano straddles the broken train track the only thing unparalleled in the room it leans against the leg that ends with foot pumping peddle as a man plays his cheerful dirge and a lost dog poster sends a telegram to the breeze […]
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‘What Has Happened to Us?’
Editor: Dear community members, I have been a pediatrician in this community for over 30 years but no matter which political party was in charge, I have never seen the federal government actively trying to destroy our medical system (“Feds Impact in Humboldt,” May 29). The actions taken by this administration are unconscionable. Our ability […]
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‘The Manchurian Candidate’
Editor: The discredited Steele Dossier, implicating Putin’s manipulation of Trump, was brought forward by the Clinton campaign in 2016. Christopher Steele, a former British intelligence officer, would not disclose his sources (to protect them?), questioning the authenticity of its content. Nine years later, it appears that it could be very credible. A 1962 film, The […]
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‘So Much for Democracy’
Editor: Kristi Noem said something outrageous at a press conference, so Sen. Alex Padilla tried to ask her a question and got pushed out of the room, onto the ground, and handcuffed by federal agents. The treatment of Padilla got the press coverage, but Noem’s statement deserves more attention. She said: “The Department of Homeland […]
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‘Let’s Not Whisper’
Editor: We’re living through a slow-burning constitutional collapse, and too many Americans are watching as though it were a television drama instead of a national emergency. Donald Trump has made his intentions clear — he admires dictators, threatens the press, promises revenge, and incites violence without shame. Why are we pretending this is normal political […]