On Thursday before her three-day pop-up dinner weekend at Alchemy Distillery, Pangnou Vang had plenty to do but only one worry: mustard green pickles. “I’ve been pickling it since Tuesday,” she said, a process that normally takes three or four days, depending on the weather. “I’m just hoping and praying it turns out like I’m […]
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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‘Everybody’s Gotta Bring Their Skills’
Just before noon on March 28, the sidewalk in front of the Humboldt County Courthouse was packed with protesters who covered the curbs along Fifth Street for three blocks. Costumes that have become familiar in the last decade — red-robed handmaids, a camouflaged Uncle Sam, a pair of inflated unicorns — dotted the throng, along […]
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Censure, Disaster Recovery and Safe Dudes
This week we’re looking at how the process for censure for Humboldt County Supervisors and what Supervisor Rex Bohn’s non-censure means for the system going forward. We’ve also got advice on working as a community in times of disaster. Finally, a little humor in amid grim revelations about public figures. Hit subscribe for weekly updates […]
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Just the Way You Pictured It
Sure, some of us dressed up or arranged stuffed animals, action figures and Barbie dolls for elaborate weddings as kids. Others among us never saw this day coming. But if you’re flipping or scrolling through these pages, you’ve got some ideas about what you want. From vows to celebrations, you’ve got some mental images flashing, […]
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Moonstone Images’ Human Touch
Chantele Leatherwood’s earliest memory behind a camera was at 11 years old with a disposable one at a dolphin show, where she filled the whole roll. “I got the film developed and the pictures were horrible,” she recalls. Instead of tossing the photos, she spent time critiquing them, figuring out she needed to get closer […]
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Set for Celebration
The table you lay out for your wedding sets the mood. Whet your appetite and find inspiration in the sweet (and savory) settings local photographers have captured around the county.
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Prominent Male Figures Who are Not Sexual Predators
A tentatively confirmed list in progress CORRECTION: Following information submitted by a reader, the Journal is compelled to remove Garfield the Cat from its list of Prominent Male Public Figures Who are Not Sexual Predators. In the comic strip called to our attention, Garfield, leaning against a lamppost, says to a female cat, “Hey, Arlene, gimme […]
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Mi Rinconcito Pupuseria Salvadoreño Pulls into Tasty Hub
Joaquina Imelda Quintanilla’s granddaughter peers just over the ledge of the red Mi Rinconcito Pupuseria Salvadoreño truck. It’s an echo of how Quintanilla grew up in El Salvador, tagging along after school to the restaurant kitchen where her Aunt Lilian worked. By 12, she was able to help her aunt prep and cook a little, […]
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Granny Rage on Women’s Day
The crowd at the Humboldt County Courthouse was thin at the noon start of the International Women’s Day Women’s March protest on March 8. The line of a dozen people grew to 35 by 12:30 p.m., and topped out around 90 by 1:30 p.m. Some speculated scant publicity or the lag of Daylight Saving led […]
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Black Joy and Culture at the Black Heritage Ball
In a black headwrap, tambourine in hand, Paula Jones addressed the audience of 145 gathered around tables in the Wharfinger Building Saturday night for the Black Heritage Ball. Heritage, she said, “means the inheritance of who we are and the value of our culture,” a culture, she noted, that has permeated American life “since we […]
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Asking for an Administration
Thank you for taking the time to complete this brief survey. The questions that follow are purely hypothetical and part of a study you absolutely don’t need to worry about for a think tank focusing on outside-the-box solutions to our political divide. And by “the box,” we mean accountability. Please read the scenarios below — […]