The Trinidad Art Gallery will reopen its doors to the public on Monday, having received certification from local health officials. A newsletter sent out on Friday states that in addition to receiving certification, the gallery has enacted safety measures to ensure all who visit feel comfortable. Those measures include a new hand sanitizing station, contactless payment, […]
Kali Cozyris
Kali Cozyris is the calendar editor of the North Coast Journal.
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Cooped up Kids? Camp Cooper and Camp Muni Are Back
The city of Eureka announced Friday that its summer camps are returning. According to a post on the city’s community services blog and events page, the summer day camps — Camp Cooper and Camp Muni — will return July 6 and run through Aug. 7. The post notes that while the camps are back on, […]
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Kinetic Sculpture in Place Streaming Right Along
It’s Memorial Day Weekend and the Kinetic Sculpture in Place is streaming right along. This holiday weekend, Humboldt’s beloved Kinetic Grand Championship is still going for the glory, but carrying it out in a creative way. Naturally! (For more on this year’s Kinetic Sculpture in Place go here.) Instead of racers making their merry way […]
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Dell’Arte-Wiyot Rural Residency in Place
Dell’Arte International’s rural residency program has adapted itself for the times. The 10-day program normally sees Dell’Arte students living and camping in a rural community, engaging in a cultural and artistic exchange with residents. However, in light of COVID-19 and the need for physical distancing, this year’s program will take to social media to carry out its […]
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Klamath River Rural Broadband Initiative Scores Major Funding
According to a press release from Access Humboldt, the Klamath River Rural Broadband Initiative was awarded more than $10 million of supplemental funding from the California Advanced Services Fund for completion of a fiber optic telecommunications project in Humboldt County. The KRRBI project was initially granted CASF support in 2013. Read the full release below: On […]
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Taste of Main Street Takeout Edition
A Taste of Main Street, Eureka Main Street’s annual social gathering of sampling, snacking and supporting local restaurants/producers, had to be shelved this year due to COVID-19. But we still love to eat, we love to socialize and we love to share what we eat on social media. In that spirit of vicarious living and community […]
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Farmers Markets Return with New Rules
Rest easy, romaine lovers, even in these confusing and confining COVID times, you can still get farm fresh greens at some of the county’s farmers markets — now open for the season. Farmers markets, like grocery stores, are deemed essential businesses. And with the opportunity to support local farmers who need it now more than ever, […]
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Phone Calls, Online Payment Encouraged as Government Offices Adjust to COVID-19
Local cities, school districts, the county and state agencies are changing the way they do businesses due to the coronavirus, including closing to the public and/or curtailing direct interaction with staff. With the COVID-19 situation constantly shifting, here is a roundup of basic information on operations across the region as they stand on March 18. […]
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We Got You, Get Us at Home
We know staying connected to your community and getting vital information about what’s happening with Covid-19 is important. We also know you’re taking the self-isolation/shelter in place guidelines seriously and that means getting your triple-washed hands on a physical copy of the North Coast Journal is not in the picture right now. And good on you! […]
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Christmas Yet to Come
Forget the eager retail beavers of early October, the holiday season is now officially here. You’ve got Thanksgiving leftovers to fuel you as you strongarm shopping crowds or bake up batches of snowflake-shaped cookies to take to the office. Not feeling it? Could be impeachment hearing glut or that second round of the Humboldt crud. […]
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Where to Find Gas in the Blackout
The moment Pacific Gas & Electric announced its sudden plans for a blackout throughout Humboldt and 33 other counties, folks have been trying to fill their tanks and gas cans. Some stations have run dry and others simply can’t operate without electricity. But there are still some stations with working pumps and registers. Here is […]
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Wookiee Here
Magic Mirror, on the wall, what’s the best Star Wars of all? Answer: Episode IV or V. (That’s Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back to us first-run ticket holders) That’s it. The only two contenders in this debate. Sabers down. Discuss amongst yourselves. And if you need a refresher, both sequel-spawning space fantasies are […]