Here are the numbers Humboldt County residents need to call our representatives: Senator Dianne Feinstein Washington, D.C. Office: (202)224-3841 331 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington D.C. 20510 San Francisco Office: (415)393 0707 One Post Street, Suite 2450, San Francisco, CA 94104 Senator Kamala Harris Washington, D.C. Office: (202)224-3553 112 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. […]
Peri Escarda
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Paddling Forward
With the smell of coffee wafting from a nearby restaurant, we place our paddle boards on the glassy surface of Humboldt Bay. Earlier that morning, my husband had woken me and suggested we take our boards out to the King Salmon canals. Now he waits until I am safely launched before pushing his board out […]
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‘I Remain Unbroken’
On every journey, there is a point of no return: a moment when you are committed to continue. For me, that moment happened just a few days after the presidential election. My daughter called me, completely stunned at the results. “How could a man who brags about sexually assaulting women be elected president?” she asked. […]
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How to Run
I grew up in the home of a marathon runner: My father was always training for a race — or recovering from one. My mother, too, cultivated a steady habit of running. As a result, our family vacations coincided with grueling races. I would hang out at the finish line and watch the runners approach […]
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Adobo for the Soul
My Filipino grandfather immigrated to the United States and started a family in 1927. He died in 1933 — essentially of poverty — in a Filipino section of a Chicago slum, leaving my grandmother to fend for herself and her two children in the middle of the Great Depression. But the Filipino community took care […]