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Warm breezes are just around the corner and with the change in weather comes hot fun in the summertime and a collection of annual outdoor music events, some of the local ones decades old. When last year’s festival guide came out, we were reporting on a battle over Humboldt County’s biggest music fest, Reggae on […]

A friend once asked me, mockingly, “Do you consider nature benign?” I instantly pictured what he pictured: me floating barefoot through wildflowers, head in the clouds and a benevolent smile on my face, hugging rabbits and kissing beetles, oblivious that a few paces behind me in the flowers bobbed the fuzzy tipped ears of a […]

When it comes time to head to the river, most people in the Humboldt Bay Area — Eureka, Arcata, McKinleyville — automatically think Willow Creek. The Trinity River is one of the mightiest in the region (especially since the powers-that-be decreased diversions to the Central Valley a few years back) and when you get that […]

Online story updated from published version. Summer may not arrive officially until June 21, but here in Humboldt the season begins Memorial Day weekend, when the noon whistle on the Arcata Plaza marks the launch of the Kinetic Race. It’s the first in a series of big events where thousands gather for communion and fun […]

Everybody seems to have a favorite holiday or special event these days. Young children can’t wait until Christmas arrives. Patriots cherish the Fourth of July to celebrate our great nation. Young adults often find Halloween a great occasion to dress up and act outrageous. These are all fine, but for me, the best weekend of […]