‘A Single Purpose’
Local tribes come together for the 20th annual Salmon Run, the last that will pass the Klamath dams
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‘A Single Purpose’
At the mouth of the Klamath where the river jets cool, fresh water into the Pacific Ocean, several carved wooden salmon were dipped into the waters and ceremoniously blessed before beginning their symbolic journey upriver, carried with prayer by runners on foot. Runners passed the carved salmon batons for more than three days and 350…
UPDATE: CHP IDs Pedestrian Killed in Arcata Hit and Run, Releases More Information on Vehicle
UPDATE: The California Highway Patrol has identified the pedestrian killed in an apparent hit and run on U.S. Highway 101 yesterday morning as Reno resident Chad Macias. He was 45. The CHP news release also reports that further analysis of debris found at the scene indicates the vehicle believed to be involved is a silver…
Music Tonight: Thursday, June 8
I haven’t written much about Blondie’s lately, which is a shame: I like this place, it has serene vibes. I also haven’t written about an open mic recently, so let’s converge the two themes and I’ll suggest that you head over here at 6 p.m. if you wish to engage in, or simply watch, the…
Sheriff’s Office Identifies Wayne Adam Ford Victim After 25 Years
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office has identified one of serial killer Wayne Adam Ford’s victims 25 years after her dismembered body was found through advanced forensic DNA testing. Through a partnership with the California Department of Justice and the forensic genealogy laboratory Othram Inc., the sheriff’s office was able to identify the woman as Kerry Ann Cummings,…
Music Tonight: Wednesday, June 7
I have unfortunately broken my homemade John Dee scrying ball in the exertion required to discover the details of Monday’s show (it started sparking almost immediately, whereupon I tossed it into my neighbor’s decorative pond, where it is, as of press time, still smoking and bubbling like a submerged Tesla Model S). So I have…
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…
Photos: Forest Moon Festival Fun
Not long ago in a galaxy not at all far away, Humboldt celebrated the inaugural Forest Moon Festival presented by the Humboldt-Del Norte Film Commission on the anniversary of the locally filmed Return of the Jedi. On June 2 and 3, Ewoks returned to their forest home in the redwoods (Sequoia Park, close enough), Wookiees…
Civil Liberties Groups Accuse Sheriff’s Office of Violating State Law by Sharing License Plate Data
The American Civil Liberties Union and the Electronic Frontier Foundation are demanding that the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office and 70 other California law enforcement agencies immediately stop sharing license plate data with their out-of-state counterparts, particularly those in states that have criminalized abortion. At issue is agencies’ use of automated license plate readers — digital…
Comedy Tonight: Tuesday, June 6
It’s 6/6/23 (and 2 x 3 = 6), so we are dealing with a Luciferian date today. Well, what’s out there in our current mediascape that’s more infuriatingly stupid and demonic than AI? (I’m not counting Elon’s Twitter-curated faceplant of Ron DeSantis’ presidential campaign announcement, because that was pathetic and funny). Anyhoo, Savage Henry is…
Music Tonight: Monday, June 5
Los Angeles garage rock power trio Blurry Stars is making a stop on its tour to play some hi- octane, high quality indie rock for the people of our county. The spot is the Siren’s Song Tavern, which means I have to dust off my John Dee scrying ball (created by a proprietary list of…
A SoHum Otter Gets its Name
Tce yac, a newly created mosaic otter, was celebrated with a party on World Otter Day (Wednesday, May 31st) and installed into the visitor center at Humboldt Redwoods State Park near Weott. The otter, covered with over 40 mosaic images of flora and fauna found in southern Humboldt parks, was created as gift for the…
Music Tonight: Sunday, June 4
Two shows of note today, neither overlapping, which ain’t bad for an offseason Sunday. First up at 3 p.m. at Humbrews, there’s an all-ages matinee show by Naive Melodies, Humco’s premier Talking Heads tribute act. Kids under 13 are free and it’s a mere $10 for everyone else. Four hours later at the Miniplex, you…
Salmon Runners, Kinetic Racers and Anti-Chinese History
This week we’re looking at the athletics and activism that make up the Salmon Run, raising awareness of the ecological and cultural impacts of the Klamath Dams on the cusp of their removal. And in the wake of the Kinetic Grand Championship, we look back at the winners and flippers of this year’s art and…
Music Tonight: Saturday, June 3
Last night and tonight are the final performances of the Eureka Symphony’s ‘’22-’23 season, and it is going out with a real powerful number. Mozart’s Requiem is widely recognized as one of the most moving pieces of music in world history, commissioned by a grieving Austrian Count as a memorial for his young bride, who…
Sheriff Says Deputies Fired 32 Times in April Shooting, Releases Video
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office has released more information — and video — from the April 18 critical incident that saw deputies shoot two suspects, leaving them in critical condition. As required under a new state law, the sheriff’s office today released video from the investigation — including footage pulled from a nearby surveillance camera…
First tastes of Humboldt
Were the endless reigns Of chainsaws lumbering, While bobbing along Crystal clear waters In the Trinity River, Away from home. I was warned of The pending rains And endless clouds, But could only smell Essence of conifers In the healing waters. The tastes of freedom Dwarfed my senses Need for pleasure, Where beauty determined What…
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): History tells us that Albert Einstein was a brilliant genius. After his death, the brain of the pioneer physicist was saved and studied for years in the hope of analyzing the secrets of why it produced so many great ideas. Science writer Stephen Jay Gould provided a different perspective. He said,…
CSU Title IX Investigation Finds Distrust in Leadership, Lack of Accountability
The law firm Cozen O’Connor released a preliminary oral report on the findings of its investigation of the CSU System’s Title IX program at a recent CSU Board of Trustees meeting. The firm visited Cal Poly Humboldt in December, with its attorneys hosting open forums for students and staff. In addition to campus visits, Cozen…
Follies, Diversions and Crowds
It’s interesting how associative memory works. I can think of someone I know or have known, and that thought will pass through like a windy cloud, shapeless and fleeting. However, if I am in a crowd of people (say, for instance, the Arcata Plaza on Kinetic Saturday) and a familiar face pops up, all of…
First Saturday Night Arts Alive
Our galleries, museums, theaters, bars and restaurants are open late. Presented by Eureka Main Street. ART CENTER SPACE 620 Second St. Featuring more than 75 local artists. BELLE STARR CLOTHING 405 Second St. Music by Jeffrey Smoller. BLUE OX BOUTIQUE 515 Second St. Beer and cider in the Blue Ox Lounge. THE BODEGA 426 Third…
The Road to Glory
For the 55th time, the wild and wooly wheels of the Kinetic Grand Championship rolled through the Arcata Plaza, down the sandy dunes at Dead Man’s Drop, into Humboldt Bay (and hopefully back to shore) and southward on the long trek to Ferndale. After three days of escalating challenges, roadside repairs and grueling pedaling, Trashlantis…
Hot Action Continues for Pacific Halibut Anglers
With no salmon season, Pacific halibut continues to be the focal point out of Eureka, Trinidad and Crescent City after another week of sizzling action. Eureka charter and sport boats fishing a few miles on each side of the entrance in 290 to 300 feet of water are reporting quick limits. The small Trinidad fleet…
Heroine Withdrawal
HIGH DESERT. Maybe we don’t need another detective series. Maybe every red herring has been fileted by now and it’s time to call it a day. I have watched a lot of TV. It has all been done. Around the time a psychic detective solved a murder by seeing through the eyes of a haunted…
Chinese Again in Humboldt, Part Four
Editor’s note: The following article contains racist language in quotations from historical newspaper articles. It originally appeared in the Ferndale Enterprise. At the beginning of October of 1906, anti-Chinese labor activists across Humboldt were in uproar over an Oregon-based company’s attempt to bring a mixed-race workforce to the new salmon cannery at Port Kenyon, near…
‘X-mas in May’
Editor: As always, when I pick up the NCJ I go straight to the letters, and this week the letters were X-mas in May for me (Mailbox, May 25). The three letters were from three of my favorite letter writers. The first was from the marvelous Ellen Taylor, who always tells it like it is…
‘The Full Message’
Editor: Drag as stated in the article (May 18) has been around a long time. What goes on at drag shows today is reported in the media. Reporter Jennifer Fumiko Cahill states Bugs Bunny was her first exposure. The all-ages show at CR had cartoon characters Monsters, Inc., Pumba, Timon. These anthropomorphism characters as cartoons,…
‘Raising the Floor for All’
Editor: Reading the “Chinese Again in Humboldt, Part Three” column by Alex Service in the May 25 NCJ, it saddened me to hear again an example of organized labor’s racist past. As president of the Humboldt and Del Norte Counties Central Labor Council and a union representative for 20 years, I know things are very…
