We are skidding through the water of Humboldt Bay, the dock of Coast Seafoods receding behind us as we head toward the oyster fields. It’s a crisp morning, with the gray-blue water and navy sky colluding to form a rim of bright silver at the horizon. “Everyone should know what a good oyster looks and […]
Linda Stansberry
Linda Stansberry was a staff writer of the North Coast Journal from 2015 to 2018. She is a frequent contributor the the Journal and our other publications.
Posted inNews (NCJ)
Preparados
La organizadora Renee Saucedo es pequeña de estatura pero se siente su presencia con su pelo grueso y rizado y sus cejas marcadas y expresivas. Frecuentemente se levanta en puntillas para mirar alrededor de la sala con su mano en la cadera. “¿Por qué tenemos licencia de conducir? ¿Es porque el gobernador ama a la […]
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Ready
The Organizer Renee Saucedo is small in stature but commanding in presence, with thick, curly hair and bold, expressive eyebrows. She often raises on to her tiptoes to survey the room, one hand on her hip. “Why do we have licenses? Is it because the governor loves la raza?” The crowd laughs. Almost 30 people, […]
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The Justice Bus is Coming
The Justice Bus Project (2013) from OneJustice on Vimeo. Free legal support will soon be available for those affected by the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), a program for undocumented youth who entered the United States before the age of 16. On March 27 and 28 representatives from OneJustice will be holding clinics to […]
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Homey, No!
A grisly scene on Arcata’s West End Road, where everyone’s favorite yellow four-fingered buffoon bobs in the moss and weeds of a nearby ditch. Was it a cartoon mafia hit? A lover’s tryst gone wrong? Or simply a teenager’s dramatic goodbye to childhood? We may never know, but one thing is for sure: Homey deserves […]
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UPDATED: Skull Found on Eel River
UPDATED: The Humboldt County Coroner’s Office sent out a press release Tuesday afternoon regarding the skull and noting that no other human remains were found during a search of the area. You can find it below our original post. PREVIOUSLY: Blue Slide Road resident Chris Ghidinelli was cutting a new ATV path through the brush, […]
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Coffee with the Captains
A crowd of about 30 citizens, public officials and police officers squeezed into Vellutini’s Bakery in Henderson Center this morning for the Eureka Police Department’s first “Coffee With the Captains” — an informal sit down with local law enforcement. Suzie Owsley, with the city’s Problem Oriented Policing team (POP), said that this gathering was one of […]
Posted inArts + Scene
The Extended Gaze
Andrew Daniel likes to stare. “I love looking at people,” he says. “I like studying their gazes and faces and fashion. You can’t stop and do that, usually. It makes people uncomfortable. But when you’re doing portrait work you can stare for a long time. I don’t think of it as voyeuristic. It’s humanistic.” Daniel […]
Posted inEat + Drink
Fritter Nation
Deep-fried dough and fruit glazed with sugar sounds like a recipe impossible to flub. But Humboldt County has an abundance of goodies, and we can afford to be discerning. This was the philosophy, anyway, when my research partner-in-crime proposed finding our region’s premiere pastry via a Fritter Bracket. Loosely modeled after statistician Nate Silver’s national […]
Posted inLetters + Opinion
‘Are You OK?’
Two weeks ago the Journal published an op-ed I wrote about the rape and exploitation of women in our local weed industry. It got a very interesting response. A friend from my hometown emailed to ask if I was writing about a community member accused of rape. Another friend who works in the industry texted […]
Posted inLife + Outdoors
Rash Decisions
Exactly why I was thrashing around in the brush behind a trailer park south of Alton is a story for another day. But suffice to say my adventure did not come without a price. On Wednesday I was itchy. On Thursday I was scratchy. On Friday I was blotchy. By Saturday I looked like the […]
Posted inStories
Life of Crab
In Humboldt County, crab is tradition. A tradition for families gathering around the holiday table, and a tradition for the families whose lives revolve around the harvest season, when the crustaceans are hauled from the cold sea. It’s the morning of opening day and a line has already formed on Dock B at Woodley Island […]