Congressman Jared Huffman will hold a virtual town hall on the Presidential transition on Thursday, Dec. 3 at 4 p.m. Rep. Huffman and guests will discuss the “peaceful transfer of presidential power, the status of President Trump’s many challenges to the election results, and the challenges and importance of holding President Trump and his executive […]
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NCJ Preview: Election Night, a Run on Guns and to Bar or Not to Bar
Tuesday’s election is a waiting game for Humboldt, too. We’ll talk about why and how the national election, as well as COVID and recent protests have fueled a boom in local gun sales. And now that bars are open, we’ll look at what they have to change to comply with safety restrictions and what your […]
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About that Mountain Lion Video …
Chances are most people have seen — or at least heard about — the now viral video of a Utah man who went for a run in a Provo canyon and ended up finding himself face to face with a very angry mama mountain lion. For six tense and profanity-laced minutes, Kyle Burgess kept filming […]
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Black Voices Humboldt Wins Radio Mercury Award
You may recall the Journal‘s coverage of the Black Voices Humboldt PSAs Sabina Gallier created for KSLG, amplifying Black residents’ experiences with racism in our county. (Spots she gathered input from the community for and produced in the makeshift working-from-home studio in her closet.) Well, the spots got some national recognition from the Radio Mercury […]
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NCJ Editor Nabs National Food Writing Award
We are elated to announce today that North Coast Journal arts and features editor Jennifer Fumiko Cahill won the Association of Alternative Newsmedia’s 2020 award for best food writing, while the paper’s Media Literacy Issue took second place for best special section. The nonprofit association includes nearly 100 member papers throughout the country, including many […]
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Local Theaters Go Red Tonight in Support of the Live Events Sector
Humboldt County entertainment organizations, including local theaters, will turn on the red light tonight in support of the live events sector, which has taken a heavy hit due to COVID-19. The idea is to draw attention to a vital industry that has been shuttered since early March, 2020, and most likely will not reopen until […]
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Billboard Gets Unsanctioned Anti-racist, Anti-KKK Facelift
The Les Schwab Tire Center billboard between Eureka and Arcata got a provocative, anti-racist facelift overnight. The three figures have been altered to look like members of the KKK and the words now state, “Fuck the KKK!!! Hiding under Sheets for over 155 years.” The Ku Klux Klan is a well known white supremacist group […]
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SoHum E-Bike Entrepreneur Featured in NYT
The New York Times has a feature on Southern Humboldt local Mike Radenbaugh, who turned a teenage penchant for tinkering into the multi-million dollar business Rad Power Bikes, which has sold more than 100,000 electrical bikes. Radenbaugh and his co-founders Tyler Collins and Marimar White-Espin — all Humboldt State University graduates — were selected for […]
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Alder Bay Administrator Did Not Know Possible Source of Facility’s COVID Cases Before Bloomberg Column, T-S reports
The administrator of Alder Bay Assisted Living did not know how the COVID-19 virus might have been brought into the facility, leading to the deaths of four residents, before reading about a Bloomberg column on a local news site, according to a Times-Standard story. The column “Confessions of a California COVID Nurse” by well-known author […]
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Column Quotes HumCo Nurse Tying Fatal COVID-19 Cases to Meth Dealer who Refused to Isolate
The strain of COVID-19 infection that ultimately killed four residents at Alder Bay Assisted Living reportedly started with a methamphetamine dealer who dismissed public health’s advice and refused to isolate himself, Humboldt County Public Health Nurse Erica Dykehouse reportedly told famed author Michael Lewis, who was penning a column for Bloomberg. Lewis’ column, “Confessions of […]
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Sinclair TV Stations Peddle Debunked COVID Conspiracy Theories
UPDATE: While the controversial America This Week segment had been slated to run on KAEF’s 11 p.m. broadcast today, Sinclair has decided to hold it for further review, according to North Coast News’ Nazy Javid. “Our parent company further reviewed this week’s planned episode of ATW and has decided to delay its airing for one […]
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Film Crews Coming to Humboldt with COVID-19 Protocols
At the end of June, the Humboldt-Del Norte Film Commission announced Humboldt was back open for the movie business. And while screens at movie theaters have once again gone dark in California, a pair of small production crews are set to film for a week each on the North Coast this month, with more scheduled […]