Editor’s Note: The North Coast Journal’s editorial staff would like to thank haunted house enthusiast Amber Saba for touring and scoring the local scare scene so we could cower in the safety of our newsroom. Below are her findings. Griffin Loch’s Scream-a-torium at the Scaregrounds Humboldt County Fairgrounds Thursday, Oct. 30, andFriday, Oct. 31, from […]
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Redwood Coast Music Festival
Last weekend marked the 33rd year of the Redwood Coast Music Festival in Eureka. The event evolved a long way from its original Dixieland jazz era into what organizer Mark Jansen describes as “a musician’s festival where players collaborate with each other and one that they all want to come to.” “The musical focus of […]
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North Country Fair Rising
“Rise Up!” was the theme for the free and family-friendly 51st annual North Country Fair on Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 20 and 21, at the Arcata Plaza. The fair’s organizers said the theme was a reminder “that as a community we can work together to celebrate and advocate for a healthy environment, a vibrant alternative […]
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Riding All the Way
Three years ago, when I wrote about cycling from the Crannell Road exit of U.S. Highway 101 to the end of the Humboldt Bay Trail (“Cycling Along the Water,” March 10, 2022), I was not optimistic about being able to ride past the “End of Trail” sign in the foreseeable future. It wasn’t because I […]
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Birds of the Sea(sick)
A few weeks ago, I learned two very import things. First, the vast Pacific Ocean is home to numerous unusual and wonderful bird species. Second, they belong out there. I almost certainly do not. But when you’re on a quest to see at least 300 bird species in Humboldt County in a single year, at […]
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Bittersweet Championships and Players of the Year
It was an amazing run to end the summer for the Crabs. The Crabs hosted game one of the Pacific Empire League Championship Series, and the crowd of 1,400 fans was electric. “In all my years here, I don’t think I’ve ever seen this park like that. It was amazing,” said Crabs coach and three-time […]
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Usual Suspects Lead Crabs to Championship Series
After an amazing stretch of winning baseball, the Crabs were clotheslined and stopped in their tracks the weekend before last. After getting swept by the first-place Packers, they entered the week tied for the final spot in the Pacific Empire League championship series with the Lincoln Potters, from whom the Crabs had taken four out […]
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Crabs’ Backs Against the Wall After a Tough Series
Last week’s big story was the San Francisco Giants drafting the Humboldt Crabs’ Elijah McNeal, the 18-year-old, 6-feet-3-inch, 180-pound infield prospect out of Dublin, California. Having graduated high school in May, McNeal joined the Humboldt Crabs for the summer. Now, McNeal has signed with the Giants organization and went from batting practice in Arcata to […]
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Dog Days of Summer
This last week was the most grueling week of the summer for our Humboldt Crabs. With the exception of a travel day on Monday, the boys have played a game every single day since the Fourth of July, including two on Saturday. This Crabs team has impressed all year, but they took things to another […]
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Crabs Fireworks for Fourth of July
After a tough loss to end their series with the Lincoln Potters, the Crabs were back in action Tuesday, welcoming the Marysville Giants. Lefty Miles Oliver got that start and would cruise through the first four frames. The two teams traded zeros until the fifth inning, when the Giants would jump out in front 2-0. […]
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Pride on Parade in Ferndale
On Sunday, June 29, more than 100 people in colorful clothes and good spirits showed up to stroll the streets of Ferndale during the town’s fifth annual Pride Walk. After starting off from the Old Steeple and making their way up Main Street, rainbow Pride flags aloft, participants gathered at Fireman’s Park for a festival […]
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Crabs Roll and We Ain’t Talking Sushi
A sign of a good baseball team is the ability to win in a bunch of different ways, a quality the Humboldt Crabs have shown this summer. They’ve had two walk-off wins, one in extra innings. They’ve had two wins by at least 14 runs. They have been down 5-0 before even coming to the […]