When I stepped into Tulip, a small yet luxurious feeling shop in Eureka’s Old Town, I immediately felt calmer. The aroma was pleasant and floral. Warm lights bounced off little glass fragrance bottles. I took a moment to admire the golden rain-style chandelier fixed above me in the center of the ceiling. Owner Victoria England […]
Carly Wipf
Carly Wipf (she/her) is a freelance reporter and photographer living in Eureka. Before making her way to the Lost Coast, she graduated from San Francisco State University with a BA in Journalism and reported on communities across Northern California. When she is not writing, she can be found exploring Humboldt County’s beautiful trails and devouring croissant sandwiches.
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Bell & Hook’s Taste for Adventure
A more recent addition to the Arcata Plaza in 2023, the lifestyle gift shop Bell & Hook, is the sister store — or what the staff playfully calls the “brother store” — to Plaza, a long-standing Arcata business. Both are led by Natalie Walston, who made a “sharp left turn” into retail after a 12-year […]
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Eco Friendliness and Little Luxuries at Rosebud
Becoming an environmentally conscious shopper can be daunting in a world filled with plastic packaging and single-use products. But at Rosebud in Eureka, owner Tamara Cervenka does the legwork to make eco-friendly products from near and far accessible, so you can shop mindfully, without the hassle. The previous owner, Rosie Slentz, opened the store in […]
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Local Love at Humboldt Outfitters
At the cute and cozy Humboldt Outfitters, you can quite literally outfit yourself in Humboldt-themed merch from head to toe. You’ll find Humboldt-labeled sweatshirts, Humboldt-embroidered hats, Humboldt totes, and many other items to let people know that you have been to — or are from — our beautiful Redwood Coast Region. Bonus: All the apparel […]
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Orick Looks to Hail a Food Truck
If you live in Orick or are planning to pass through the area to visit Redwood National Park this summer, chances are you will have a hard time finding a fresh, hot meal. This is something the Orick Chamber of Commerce is trying to remedy, as the town has long suffered from a food scarcity […]
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The Humboldt County Collective’s Family Business
For retired banker JoAnn Hammans, taking over a business felt natural. She was used to handling books, finances and investments. So why not handle cannabis sales? Before cannabis was legalized recreationally, she and her husband gambled on a small dispensary in Eureka that would later become the Humboldt County Collective, one of the county’s first […]
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Secondhand Style
Whether you’re looking to sport that perfect ’90s-grunge look or ’60s-inspired hippie vibe, Redwood Retro has you covered. Nestled in the heart of Old Town Eureka, Redwood Retro specializes in vintage clothing from the year 2000 back to the 1950s. Upon entering, you’ll find not just clothes, but retro home decor, jewelry and accessories. If […]
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Protecting the Titans: New Trail Provides Safe Access to Ancient Grove
A once hidden trail blazed off the beaten path is now a formal North Coast attraction. Today, if you walk along the Mill Creek Trail in Del Norte County’s Grove of the Titans, you’ll tread on raised metal walkways that allow water to flow and ferns to grow beneath your feet. You’ll cross a wooden […]
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‘Long Overdue’
In an effort to reshape the way schools teach about Indigenous issues, two local student activists are pushing to get a new Native American-focused curriculum in schools throughout the region. In 2020, local Indigenous leaders and educators from Cal Poly Humboldt and local nonprofit Save California Salmon released a curriculum called the Advocacy and Water […]
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Getting (Back) Into Running with Six Rivers Running Club
I’ve been out of the running game for a while. I let my old jogging habits fizzle out during the pandemic, but once I got vaxxed and moved to Humboldt in 2021, it hardly seemed right to let all the scenic jogging spots go to waste. I kicked my feet off the couch and found […]
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‘Good People’
Local business owners and community members gathered in Eureka on a recent Friday to give an old truck new life and an Army veteran a hand up while celebrating the legacy of an Arcata-born veteran. In an effort called “Project Jumpstart,” Quality Body Works partnered with other Humboldt County businesses to restore a donated vehicle […]