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Caring for Trans Youth
Standing before dozens of community members at the Labor Temple in Eureka, Alexis Villegas said he tries not to remember last summer because of how painful it was. He couldn’t decide if he was angrier at himself for not being more proactive despite the circumstances, or more furious with the system that left him to…
Seeking a Solution
Finding that elevating and shoring up the road accessing Centerville Beach is “not a prudent use of public funds,” Humboldt County is instead aiming to move it inland. Centerville Road’s erosion and flooding issues are at a critical point and at the Oct. 27 Board of Supervisors meeting, a staff-recommended strategy for addressing it was…
Into the Void
It’s Election Day where I’m writing from, so I’ll make this brief and go back into hiding. All I keep thinking of is that while nature might abhor a vacuum, the feeling is mutual. This is the salient point that keeps cresting the waves when I see the president and his toadies dismantling much of…
Drama and Danger Make Omakase at Tanuki’s Den Sizzle
On an October evening, service at Arcata’s Tanuki’s Den (1021 I St.) starts with a gong. The metallic resonance hushed the cozy, 15-seat dining room and prefaced an announcement from the meal’s maestro, chef Jacob Talbert: The Hawaiian snapper listed under the prix fixe menu’s nigiri section — the sixth course of eight — should…
First Saturday Arts Alive
Enjoy a lively evening in Downtown and Old Town Eureka as galleries, museums, theaters, bars and restaurants stay open late. Explore art, catch live performances and soak in the vibrant energy of our creative community. 4TH STREET MERCANTILE 215 Fourth St. Various artists. 40° NORTH GALLERY 320 Second St., Suite 102. “Dissect and Mend,” Sarah…
“Wicker” Weaves its Magic
WICKER. It should come as no surprise that I am not easily charmed by fables, magical realism, period dramas, romance — charming things, really. I could defend my proclivities with the notion that there is already such a great bulk of the stuff, and so much of it tepidly imagined and ineptly rendered, that the…
