Mark Larson
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Once More into the Bay for the Perilous Plunge
A sunny and very timely break in Saturday morning’s rainy weather arrived just before wildly costumed Perilous Plunge participants gathered in Old Town for their parade to the foot of F Street in Eureka. From there, they would leap into the chilly water of Humboldt Bay. Their watery splashes in the 23rd annual fundraiser for the […]
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Photos: Humboldt Marble Weekend
Eureka’s Humboldt Marble Weekend re-emerged post-COVID restrictions as the center of the marble universe last Saturday and Sunday as 28 marble makers and glass artists from around the U.S. showed off their wares to marble-art fans at vendor tables in the Wharfinger Building. Event-organizer Topher Reynolds, a Eureka marble maker at Copious Glass and the […]
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Photos: Inked Hearts 2024
It was great fun to once again attend the Inked hearts Tattoo Expo, its 14th annual event, in the Sapphire Palace at the Blue Lake Casino and Hotel Feb. 2-4, and see amazing tattoo artwork being created by many familiar tattoo artists. Ted and Amy Marks, owners of the local Nor Cal Tattoo shop, brought in […]
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A Dry(er) Trinidad to Clam Beach Run
After days of rain, Mother Nature cooperated, providing beautiful, warm sunshine for the 58th annual Trinidad to Clam Beach Run Saturday, Feb. 3. A total of 584 runners and walkers showed up at the starting line in Trinidad for the 5.75-mile run/walk. Given the ongoing rainfall this winter, race organizers were debating pre-race until Friday afternoon as […]
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Through Mark Larson’s Lens
Everyone’s journey in 2023 through our local events, sports, politics, protests, entertainment and the arts was different than mine, but my goal this past year was to again photograph special moments that were particularly memorable. The mission of photojournalism, as Ted Anthony of the Associated Press recently described it, is “to capture moments that represent […]
