This from North Coast Journal intern Scottie Lee Meyers: Newly appointed County Supervisor Rex Bohn said Thursday that his only child’s arrest on kidnapping, assault and other charges shouldn’t interfere with his political duties, and he stressed that he has faith in the system. “I have full faith in the legal system and law enforcement,” […]
Carrie Peyton Dahlberg
Carrie Peyton Dahlberg was editor of the North Coast Journal from June 2011 to November 2013.
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Best Pizza
Crispy crust, so thin it sags under wisps of spinach and crumples under pepperoni and jalapeño, taunting you, daring you — the fork? Or the greasy lap? That’s Paul’s Live from New York pizza, at least as dished up in Eureka, and it is among the most beloved pizza in Humboldt. Perhaps it’s the […]
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Best River
Warm sun, and a tumbling, splashing, frothing, eddying river, with muddy-toe beaches perfect for dawdling and green-white rapids perfect for rafting or kayaking. By a big, big margin, Humboldt’s very favorite river is the Trinity. Not that it’s the only river in our hearts. “The Mad has great swimming and it provides us with drinking […]
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Best Dueling Signs
There it is, partway up the pretty walk from the eastern end of Trinidad’s Indian Beach: a green sign, warning that one branch of the trail is for pedestrians and daylight use only; no dogs or wheel-borne travelers allowed. Head along that grassy bluff trail, owned by the city of Trinidad, and you’ll hear […]
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The Best of Humboldt 2012
Gray and green and glorious, Humboldt unfurls itself like a heron spreading its wings, like a 3-year-old twirling in the sunshine, like a seductive smile. Humboldt is what we make it, and we make it marvelous. We people the hills, but not too densely; we find the secret, quiet places and create the raucous ones. […]
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Best Breakfast
We heard from the breakfast mavericks — “Ice cream.” The puritans — “Egg white on toast.” And the conditionals — “Alibi if you’re hung over, Renata’s if you’re a girl, Luke’s if you need a place to take last night’s successful date.” But mostly, resoundingly, we heard from people who think the best place to […]
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Best Store Window
It’s the gas mask. A golden gas mask just cries out for a second look. Even if it’s really just a spray-painted respirator that Jane Williams, the artist owner of Bang! Bang! Vintage Consignment in Arcata, had acquired for some long-ago art project. The gas mask, plus Bigfoot and other past concoctions, helped Bang! Bang! […]
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Best Lunch
Sometimes it pays to specialize. When you’re only open from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., when your very name conjures up the midday meal — you’re clearly made a commitment to lunch and nothing but the lunch. So help you nom. That commitment, plus great food, locally sourced, helped send Café Nooner into first […]
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Best New Business
Here in Humboldt, we rejoice in our animal selves. Not the nasty, brutish and short part, but the eating, drinking and cavorting part. How else can you explain it, when a category open to every kind of commerce zeros in so markedly on food and drink? Barbecue and bakeries, pho and food trucks, brewers […]
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Moby-Duck
Some books tell a complicated story so engagingly that every few pages bring another grin of discovery, a mental “Wow, how cool is that.” Moby-Duck is one of those books. Before you’ve finished it, you’ll know about container ships and sea ice, childhood and toys, the six degrees of freedom and the ache of […]
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Guest Post: Illuminating the Dark; Pretty Lights comes to Blue Lake
Occasional Journal correspondent Travis Turner offers this heads up in a guest post about a show coming to the Blue Lake Casino: For most of us there is that one artist that easily slides out of the iTunes quiver, loads itself into the Bose and fires you straight into the night. Reaching for it is […]
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More Hazing Penalties
The other shoe has dropped for women’s soccer players at Humboldt State University. Their team is being suspended for three games because of hazing, the university said in a press release. The full release is here: A Humboldt State University investigation has found evidence of hazing at a women’s soccer team party earlier this month […]