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Flash Fiction 2024
Not a lot of wiggle room in a 99-word story. This year’s crop of flash fiction contest entries kept it short, but not always sweet or simple. Chosen once again by yours truly, poet and novelist David Holper, retired children’s librarian JoAnn Bauer, Booklegger owner Jennifer McFadden and retired Booklegger co-owner Nancy Short, the winning…
Music Tonight: Thursday, Dec. 12
It might not be Monday, but it’s still a metal night over at Savage Henry Comedy Club, where at 9 p.m., you can enjoy a line-up of bands from both here and abroad. The road dogs are represented by blackened thrash band Oxygen Destroyer from a scattering of cities further north in the Pacific Northwest,…
Death of Eureka Resident Found in Humboldt Bay Under Investigation
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of Eureka resident Krystal Shinka, whose body was found in Humboldt Bay on Tuesday morning. According to a news release, the 43 year old was reported missing Dec. 9, with the person making the report telling the Eureka Police Department that Shinka had not been seen since…
Hoopa Tribe Awarded Major Grant for Barred Owl Removal
The Hoopa Valley Tribe was recently awarded a $4.5 million grant for the removal of barred owls from local forests as part of an ongoing effort to stave off the extinction of the native northern spotted owl by killing their invasive cousins. The funding comes from the America the Beautiful Challenge program launched by President…
Ruth Patricia Merrill McKnight: 1947-2024
Pat Merrill died peacefully in the early hours of Sunday, Sept. 22 this year. She had managed to spend time with all of her children and most of her grandchildren in the previous two weeks so she passed surrounded by loving family. Pat had been doing battle with a neuroendocrine tumor on her pancreas since…
Music Tonight: Sunday, Dec. 8
Sundays are always nice for matinee performances and the CPH Department of Dance, Music and Theatre is putting on a nice one at 2 p.m. today at Fulkerson Hall. The Mad River Transit Singers are presenting a jazzy, Afro-Brazilian program with a range of tunes written by the likes of Artie Shaw, Jorge Ben and…
Music Tonight: Saturday, Dec. 7
If you’re in the mood for some Christmas songs from the golden age of crooning by the fireplace, then tonight’s show at 7:30 p.m. at the Old Steeple is just the thing for you. Randy Cordeiro is not only a native Humboldtianite, but a rather well-regarded frontman in his touring Neil Diamond tribute band Super…
NCJ Preview: Flash Fiction, Klamath Dam Removal and Pedestrian Safety
On this week’s episode of the NCJ Preview, Arts & Features Editor Jennifer Fumiko-Cahill discusses the highly anticipated Flash Fiction. News Editor Thadeus Greenson talks breaking news in the Blue Lake City Council race and highlights Digital Editor Kimberly Wear’s story on the Klamath Dam Removal Celebration on Dec. 7 and pedestrian safety in Colin Fiske’s…
Music Tonight: Friday, Dec. 6
Bay Area rap superstar and former collaborator and friend of the late, great Mac Dre, Andre Nickatina is back in town for an evening at the Arcata Theatre Lounge. As he is a man who needs little introduction in these parts, I’ll just add that doors are at 7 p.m., and tickets are going for…
UPDATING: Initial Damage Reports Minimal After 7.0 Quake
THIRD UPDATE: Preliminary reports indicate very little damage throughout Humboldt County despite the severity of the magnitude 7.0 earthquake that struck about 60 miles west of Petrolia at 10:44 a.m. Humboldt County Sheriff William Honsal says the Eel River Valley was impacted worse than other areas of the county, but nothing like the damage caused…
Music Tonight: Thursday, Dec. 5
The Alley Cats have taken the “Opera” out of their name tonight because rather than playing at the Speakeasy, they will be hitting the stage for a free gig at the Basement instead. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. Speaking of opera and 7:30 p.m., up at Fulkerson Hall you can enjoy a recital and Opera…
Top Dems Say They Won’t Just ‘Trump-proof’ CA, They’ll Make it Affordable Again
The leaders of the state Legislature have a message for voters: We know you’re frustrated with how expensive California is — and we’re going to fix it. After a painful election that sparked recriminations and soul-searching among Democrats across the country, state Sen. President Pro Tem Mike McGuire and Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas are returning…
Chariots of Fire
The rains have broken for the moment and we are in the season of low sun, when the horizon can be a blinding thing to behold at the edges of the day, particularly in the hours leading to sunset. That December sun is really something, particularly if you are driving, riding a bike or trying…
First Saturday Night Arts Alive
Experience the vibrant atmosphere as Old Town galleries, museums, theaters, bars and restaurants extend their hours for your enjoyment. This month, the Eureka Children’s Chorus and St. Bernard’s High School Orchestra perform at the Gazebo at Second and F streets, and Redwood Interfaith Gospel Choir will be caroling through Old. 4TH STREET MERCANTILE 215 Fourth…
Mystery and Mirth
The Game’s Afoot If local theater awards existed, North Coast Repertory Theatre’s last production of the season, The Game’s Afoot, would be nominated for several coveted (and imagined) Woody awards. With ugly Christmas sweaters, oversized magnifying glasses and half-in-the-bag smiles smattering the audience, the production is lively, spirited and fun. Despite my having one of…
The Grand Escape of Emilia Peréz
EMILIA PERÉZ. Less is often more when it comes to foreknowledge. Take, for example, the precious little I knew about this film, the latest from revered French auteur Jacques Audiard. Even as far from the epicenter of the nerdosphere as I orbit, it has been difficult not to be at least somewhat aware of the…
A Pedestrian Review of Eureka’s 4th and 5th Streets Corridor
A group of more than 20 people, most of us wearing reflective orange safety vests, had made it most of the way across Fourth Street when the driver of a black pickup apparently decided he had waited long enough. As I approached the far sidewalk, taking up the rear of our group, he revved his…
‘Her Many Contributions’
Editor: Thank you, Thadeus Greenson for your wonderful tribute to Patty Berg (“The Fearless Force,” Nov. 28). You wrote very well about her and shared many wonderful tributes by those who knew her, worked with her and expressed her many contributions to our county and we who live here. Dave Rosso, Eureka Related Stories
‘Weaknesses’
Editor: James Carville, who knows something about elections, says one of the main reasons Kamala Harris didn’t go on the popular podcast by Joe Rogan is “young progressive staffers” didn’t see value in going on his podcast (Mailbox, Nov. 28). It’s not the reason she lost, but shows you one of the main weaknesses of…
‘This Golden Opportunity’
Editor: The incoming president will forget he thought that wind-generated energy causes cancer when Humboldt’s offshore wind supporters dangle this golden opportunity in front of him: free yacht moorings for oligarchs! (Daily, Nov. 7.) Trump loathed electric vehicles until EV-lovin’ oligarch Elon Musk ($315 billion) befriended his presidency. Given that, Trump won’t be able to…
‘You’ve Cast Your Lot With Liars’
Editor: Three observations in reply to Kathryn Corbett’s letter in your Thursday, Nov. 28 issue (Mailbox). A) How Long, Oh Lord?: Corbett enjoins us to “engage in … recognition of each other as fellow human[s] … and Americans.” Just what does she think we’ve been doing for the last 60 years? How long are we supposed to see the…
Will Returning to the Moon Prepare Us for Mars?
“If we can put a man on the moon, why can’t we put a man on the moon?” goes the old joke. Fact is, we probably can put someone on the moon but without the threat of Russia getting there first (as was the case in the 1960s), the motivation just isn’t there anymore. Today,…
This Morning
Sunlight snuck in my well defended window found my face and pried open my eyes but first it lit my tender lids warming them to the day ahead so that I couldn’t resist opening to the powerful light knowing I’d see you soon. Carolyn Lehman
