The Mateel Community Center is bringing the party back this weekend with its 46th annual Summer Arts and Music Festival, happening Saturday, June 24, and Sunday, June 25, at its new location County Line Ranch. The two-day celebration along the South Fork of the beautiful Eel River features huge musical acts like Ozomatli, Mike Love […]
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Stickers Threatening Violence Against Queer People Found in Arcata Marsh
While out on a walk at the Arcata Marsh, a concerned Journal reader found several stickers displaying homophobic slurs, threats of violence and anti-Semitic sentiment. The stickers were placed on at least five traffic signs in the area near the Arcata Marsh parking lot. The reader took the stickers down but shared photos of them […]
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Crabs Opening Weekend
The Humboldt Crabs were back on the field this weekend with a series against the Novato Knicks. Friday’s season opener saw our hometown crustaceans cracked by an 8-6 loss, despite a three-run inning. Saturday the Crabs took another loss with a 2-0 pitchers’ duel, but rallied on Sunday to win 8-3 against the Knicks three-run […]
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Glory Days Are Here Again
It’s art! It’s engineering! It’s glorious! The Kinetic Grand Championship, the three-day, 50-mile-plus+ race that covers sea, sand, mud and land, is happening this long, wonderful Memorial Day Weekend, May 27-29 (free). The event starts in Arcata at the Plaza on Saturday at noon and ends in Ferndale on Monday, with an overnight stop in […]
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Photos: Redwood Coast Kite Festival and Artisan Fair
The winds and weather were a bit fickle at the second annual Redwood Coast Kite Festival and Artisan Fair last Saturday and Sunday at Halvorsen Park in Eureka, but Humboldt Kiter organizer Mark Ahrens called the festival a success in every way. Saturday featured early morning drizzle and swirling winds but a large number of kite-flying […]
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Happy Condorversary! Today Marks the Return of Prey-Go-Neesh to Local Skies
What a difference a year makes. On this date one year ago, A3 and A2 took their first flights into the wild, marking the historic return of California condors to North Coast skies after a more than 130 year absence. Now eight of the birds known to the Yurok Tribe as prey-go-neesh are flying free, […]
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State Parks, Trinidad Rancheria Sign Agreement on Tribal Access to Ancestral Lands
The Trinidad Rancheria and California State Parks signed an agreement this week that allows tribal members to access and gather on their ancestral lands and “recognizes that a collaborative approach will better facilitate managing and preserving cultural and natural resources in the North Coast Redwoods District,” according to a joint announcement. The five-year memorandum of […]
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Godwit Days Kicks Off This Week
It’s April, and in these wildlife friendly parts, that means it’s time to go birdin’. The annual Godwit Days Spring Migration Bird Festival takes flight April 13-16 in spots around the county with many of the festival activities happening at the Arcata Community Center. This year’s in-person festival offers multiple field trips each day, keynote […]
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Hoppin’ Easter Happenings
Time to scramble for eggs, yolks. I mean, folks. Where can the kiddos search for coveted colored and candy eggs and maybe spy the Easter Bunny himself? In Eureka, the City of Eureka Community Services Department presents its annual Easter Adventure, happening Saturday, April 8, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Sequoia Park (free). […]
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Is Spring About to be Sprung? Warmer Temps May Be Around the Corner
Are you beginning to feel like this winter weather will never end? Well, there’s a reason for that, according to the Eureka office of the National Weather Service, which reports that last month was the second coldest March since 1887, “looking at the average high and low temperature for every day of the month.” NWS […]
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Tsunami Warning Test Day Tomorrow
The Tsunami Warning Communications Test takes place tomorrow (Wednesday) between 11 a.m. and noon, an annual opportunity for local emergency officials to tryout local alert systems that would be activated in the case of a distance-source tsunami heading toward Humboldt’s shores, like events in 1964 and 2011. “The test will trigger the Emergency Alert System […]
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UPDATE: 101 in Mendo Reopens
Caltrans reports U.S. Highway 101 has reopened. PREVIOUS: Another winter storm has dumped enough snow to close down U.S. Highway 101 at Rattlesnake Summit in Mendocino County north of Laytonville, according to a Caltrans District 1 social media post. There is currently no estimated time for reopening. 🔴ROAD CLOSURE: U.S. 101 (pm 70-77) is fully […]