The gears ground, the flames shot and teams of Kinetic Grand Championship racers tumbled down the dunes of Dead Man’s Drop and into Humboldt Bay for the water crossing. When the clever contraptions finally passed the finish line on Ferndale’s Main Street after their 50-mile journeys, there were winners and ACE-ers, but all were Glorious. […]
Jennifer Fumiko Cahill
Jennifer Fumiko Cahill is the managing editor of the North Coast Journal. She won the Association of Alternative Newsmedia’s 2020 Best Food Writing Award and the 2019 California News Publisher's Association award for Best Writing.
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What’s Good: Stirring the Pot
Soup’s on at St. Vincent de Paul Veteran restaurant cook and ceramicist Mark Campbell has found his niche in the annual Empty Bowls fundraiser for St. Vincent de Paul’s free dining facility (“Filling Empty Bowls,” May 25, 2023). His ceramics training at Humboldt State University and his years working, then volunteering for the nonprofit kitchen […]
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Music, Law Enforcement and Linguiça
This week we’ve got a feel-good story about how a groundbreaking Fortuna woman’s life was changed by music and the legacy she left to Fortuna High School. We’re also looking at what civilian oversight for the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Department would mean. Finally, all the salty, spicy details from the Portuguese linguiça cook-off. Hit subscribe […]
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Last Call for Soup at Japhy’s
Tera Mar and Kate Manley showed up at 10 a.m. to stake out the first spot in line for a last meal from Japhy’s Soup and Noodles today. The restaurant announced its closure this week after a quarter century in business and the line for its final lunch service stretches up the block to Northtown […]
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How the Linguiça is Made
Earlier in the day, there was some dispute as to how much Pabst Blue Ribbon to add to the cast iron pan of linguiça chunks Ariel Peugh is stirring. Given the cooling effects of the breeze outside the Ferndale Community Center, where five teams are grilling, boiling and simmering for the Linguiça Cook-off, some of […]
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CPH’s Johnson Speaks, SoHum Eats and Card Sharks
This week, the Journal sat down with Cal Poly Humboldt’s Chief of Staff Mark Johnson to talk protests and closing campus. We’ve also got the rundown of what to eat between Rio Dell and Shelter Cove, as well as a peek at the Rain Delay card shop in Arcata. Hit subscribe for weekly updates on […]
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Summer Camps, CPH Protest Fallout, Eureka Eats
It’s the Summer of Fun issue this week with a rundown of summer camps and classes for the kids all over Humboldt. We’ve also got updates on the Cal Poly Humboldt campus closure and the community response, including at a public university senate hearing. Finally, we’ll take a look at what to eat around Eureka. […]
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What’s Good: Thai, Doughnuts and a Rooftop View
Willow Creek Thai in Eureka Willow Creek has long drawn campers, hikers, rafters and Bigfoot hunters. And if, when you pull off the cartoonishly winding, cliff-hugging State Route 299, you can unlock your hand from the grab bar, you can enjoy a view of majestic trees and the sunlight bouncing from a glossy chicken wing […]
Posted inArts + Scene
The Fall Guy Takes it on the Chin
THE FALL GUY. At the risk of speaking more reboots into existence, the storeroom of old media is not always the refuge of the unimaginative. For it to work, some part of its original DNA that still resonates must be preserved, while others are tweaked to make it new. Listen, Shakespeare’s Troilus and Cressida was […]
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CPH Protests and Doing Good on Cinco de Mayo
We’re taking a look at how the protests and the clearing of Siemens Hall at Cal Poly Humboldt unfolded, as well as the administration’s choices and responses. We’ve also got a story about how local Mexican restaurants are raising funds on Cinco de Mayo for a nonprofit offering free ESL classes. Hit subscribe for weekly […]
Posted inLetters + Opinion
Failed Leadership
In the week leading up to the moment when hundreds of police officers from throughout the state descended on the Cal Poly Humboldt campus before dawn on April 30 to forcibly remove about two dozen protesters, we heard lots of voices. We heard from the protesters themselves, who said they felt compelled to take a […]
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Mexican Restaurants Support English Express for Cinco de Mayo
Before Mary Ann Hytken found space to hold classes and establish the local nonprofit English Express, she says, she made do in Mexican markets. “I had a little folding chair and table, and I would give one-on-one English lessons.” She also taught ESL in the more conventional classrooms of College of the Redwoods. Then, she […]