If you had asked me a few years ago what kind of new store I would love to see open in Arcata, my answer would not have been a sports memorabilia and collector’s store. But then my son found baseball and my worldview changed. I was as giddy as he was when we walked into […]
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Thriving with Your Furry Friends in Humboldt County
What does being a successful parent or co-parent to a four-legged (or sometimes three-legged) companion along the North Coast entail? Knowing the unique challenges and specific hazards to avoid, as well as where and how to provide the best preventative and medical intervention. Hopefully, this will help you navigate your questions and develop a strategy […]
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Humboldt by the Books
IF YOU WANT TO GET TO KNOW A PLACE, visit its independent bookstores. A microcosm of the surrounding community, nowhere has its finger on the pulse of its residents quite like a bookstore. Booklegger is no exception. A cornerstone (its door opens literally on the corner of Second and E streets) of Old Town Eureka, […]
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Paul Reiser is Back at the Mic
Paul Rieser started with stand-up, prior to his roles as the jaded Modell in the cult classic Diner, the era-appropriately smarmy villain Burke in Aliens, dotingly awkward husband Paul Buchanon in the series Mad About You and, most recently, Dr. Owens, the better of two evil scientists in Stranger Things. He’s also contributed to the […]
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Poundstone on Pandemic, Politics and Priorities
There’s something calming and familiar about her voice. Perhaps it’s from having heard her regularly on NPR’s Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me, or from having listened to her stand-up albums on repeat so many times over the years. More likely, though, it’s just the ease and tone of how she speaks. The nervousness I feel when […]
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Amy Stewart, Portland Bound
Amy Stewart is all packed up but not quite ready to go. The author of eight published books, four New York Times bestsellers among them, sips her coffee a stone’s throw from the Old Town Airbnb rental where she and husband Scott Brown, who runs Eureka Books, are staying until they decamp for Portland, Oregon, […]
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#Eureka24hr
Keep checking back, as we’ll be adding new images from Léon’s #Eureka24hr photo project over the next 24 hours (on 6/25/16). You an also follow Léon on Instagram (@leonvillagomez) and Twitter (@leonfelipevc) as he posts. [View the story “#Eureka24Hr” on Storify] Related Stories
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#Arcata24hr
Follow local photographer Leon Villagomez as he documents Arcata, CA during a 24 hour period.
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Lessons from the Hunks Show
On Friday, Oct. 17, the Hunks Show and its platoon of ripped dancers descended on the Bear River Casino ballroom for “America’s hottest ladies night out.” The Journal was there. Here is what we learned. There are rules. But not many. On the same night at the Tip Top Club, a man checked our IDs, […]