Gold Rush Outpost now in Native Hands
After nearly two centuries, the Salmon River Outpost has become a hub for Indigenous community members By Nika Bartoo-Smith and Jarrette Werk/ Indian Country Today and Underscore
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Gold Rush Outpost Now in Native Hands
Founded during the mid-1800s gold rush, the Salmon River Outpost is situated along a winding road in the mountains of Northern California. Once, it was a gathering place where miners and settlers bought supplies while pursuing a dream that had brutal consequences. One of only two grocery stores for miles, the store has served the…
Daniel H. Pedrotti: 1939-2023
Dan passed away peacefully at his home in Ferndale, with his wife Dorene by his side. Dan was born to George and Mary Pedrotti in Ferndale. He was the oldest of five children and grew up on the family dairy on Grizzly Bluff. He attended Grizzly Bluff School and Ferndale High School. He graduated in…
David Senestraro: 1955-2023
On Oct. 11, David Senestraro passed away peacefully at home after fighting an unexpected stage 4 cancer diagnosed only five short months earlier. At his side was his beloved wife Marie (Heald) of 39 years, daughter Aja and son Ian. In his final days he was surrounded by friends and family lovingly supporting and caring…
Charles ‘Charlie’ Robert Myers: 1938-2023
It is with a broken heart that I write this obituary for my dear spouse Charlie who unexpectedly died eight days before our 39th wedding anniversary. Charles (Charlie) Robert Myers died Sept. 14, 2023. He was born Oct. 31, 1938, in Baltimore, Maryland, to Marie Anna Zeller and Charles Robert Myers, Jr. Marie died of…
Music Tonight: Friday, Nov. 10
Not long after their local star-studded and sold-out show at the Minor Theatre, The California Poppies will be featuring another presentation of their new record The Holy Rainbow with the aim of gathering even more footage for an eventual live album and concert film. Tonight’s performance will be at the Arcata Playhouse, with support from…
Music Tonight: Thursday, Nov. 9
I haven’t checked in on Blondie’s in a while, so in deference to that sweet little venue in my old neighborhood, Here’s a two-fer for the evening. Starting at 5 p.m. and running for two hours, the lively open mic will be happening, then after a pause, at 8 p.m., you can enjoy a showcase…
Photos: Dia de los Muertos in Eureka
With heavy rain in the forecast for Thursday, Nov. 2, most participants in the fifth annual Day of the Dead Festival of Altars/Día de los Muertos Festival de Altares came to Old Town prepared. Some brought pop-up tents to shelter their ofrendas, the offering placed in an altar commemorating their ancestors. A few others created their altars under the…
One Killed in Eureka Crash
The Eureka Police Department is investigating a crash at the intersection of Henderson and I streets yesterday afternoon that left one dead. According to a press release, officers were dispatched to the scene of the two-car crash after a report that a vehicle was overturned with occupants trapped inside. Emergency personnel were able to remove…
Movie Tonight: Wednesday, Nov. 8
Gotta hand it to the Arcata Theatre Lounge, which has managed to stump the band this week by doing the unthinkable and putting on a cult horror film from the ’80s that I haven’t seen, nor heard of. Kudos, this is usually a Jeopardy category with which I have the same comfort as a daily…
First of Four Klamath Dams Has Been Removed
And then there were three. The nonprofit Klamath River Renewal Corporation recently announced that work to remove the first of four hydroelectric dams clogging the lower Klamath River is complete, bringing the largest dam removal project in the nation’s history one step closer to fruition. “Seeing the Klamath River flow through this canyon after being…
Music Tonight: Tuesday, Nov. 7
The Jonathan Scales Fourchestra is actually a trio, composed of a bassist, drummer and the titular composer and bandleader’s weapon of choice: the steelpan, an instrument that has always tickled my ears favorably when applied to jazz fusion music, as Mr. Scales and company very skillfully pull off. The music is playful, open and at…
Music Tonight: Monday, Nov. 6
I don’t mind boosting another Metal Monday night at Savage Henry Comedy Club because the lineups are good at balancing local talent with touring acts, I’m happy to support anything resembling a local metal scene and this regular gig is dependable, and Mondays are a tough field to carve out anything lasting on, and I…
David ManvilleTreat: 1940-2023
David ManvilleTreat passed away Oct. 21, 2023 at his home surrounded by his family. Dave was born Nov. 20, 1940 to Walter and Lois Treat in Newman, CA. Dave graduated from Orestimba High school in 1958. After high school he toured Europe then decided to join the Army, due to his love of Europe, where…
Music Tonight: Sunday, Nov. 5
While many aspects we took for granted from the world of just-a-few-years-ago seem permanently gone, some patterns and cycles have reemerged with welcome colors into our drab-yet-distressing world of the present. One such treasure is the welcome return to our land of the Japanese psyche-music collective Acid Mothers Temple & the Melting Paraiso U.F.O., a…
Music Tonight: Saturday, Nov. 4
I love a good album release show and tonight’s offering at the Sanctuary looks very promising. Cyrus Smith might be a familiar name to those of you who have followed the market, dance and special event scene, as he has played bass for two of the more interesting and industrious groups from that circuit, namely…
Stephen Edward Traverse: 1949-2023
Stephen Edward Traverse passed away Oct. 6, 2023, in Scottsdale, AZ where he resided for 24 years. He was born on Oct. 26, 1949, to Edward F. and Elizabeth A.Traverse in Oakland, CA. He was born in the same hospital where his mother graduated from the nursing training program. He grew up in Eureka, CA,…
Walk with Centro del Pueblo
Saturday, Nov. 4, is Centro del Pueblo’s Annual Walk: Celebrating Ancestors and Championing Our Future. The walk, which goes from Fortuna to Eureka, starts at 5 a.m. at Saint Joseph Roman Catholic Church in Fortuna. The procession will make its way to Old Town, Eureka, where it will be welcomed at a Dia de Los…
Humboldt Gem and Mineral Show Sparkles at Redwood Acres
The Humboldt Gem, Mineral and Fossil Show is back and ready to delight fancy rock enthusiasts of all ages Friday, Nov. 3, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 4, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 5, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Redwood Acres Fairgrounds ($4, $1 kids 6-12,…
Music Tonight: Friday, Nov. 3
The Basement opened its doors again recently after a long layoff due to … well, the circumstances we all got keelhauled by over the last few years. I didn’t get a chance to mark the occasion at the time, so I am instead suggesting that those of you who, like myself, missed the joint should…
1919 Version of The Valley of the Giants Showing at Eureka Theater
Here’s a treat for movie buffs and fans of local history. The original 1919 version of the film The Valley of the Giants, which was filmed on location in Humboldt County and lost for 90 years, is showing now in Eureka for the first time since 1919 at the Eureka Theater, Friday, Nov. 3, and Saturday,…
Trading Post Trade-up, Chinese Bao and Humboldt Film History
This week we’re sharing an Indian Country Today story about an old trading post in Siskyou County that once exploited Native people now in the hands of a Karuk and Yurok family. We’ve also got an update on a local man who was granted early release from prison before having that release revoked after more…
Stop Blaming The Victims of Bad Road Design and Unsafe Driving
Humboldt County has a serious pedestrian safety problem. In 2022 alone, drivers in the county hit and killed eight people who were walking or rolling — and hit and injured 40 more. Of the 58 counties in California, the state Office of Traffic Safety currently ranks Humboldt as the second worst for pedestrian injuries and…
‘A Slippery Slope to Theocracy’
The good news is that after an unprecedented 22 days without a Speaker of the House, Congress is open again. House Republicans finally resolved their internal chaos and dysfunction and selected Representative Mike Johnson of Louisiana to be the new speaker Oct. 25. It is shameful and inexcusable that more than three weeks of Congress’…
Return of The Valley of the Giants
For nearly all of that century, the 1919 made-in-Humboldt movie The Valley of the Giants was thought lost. In 2010, one surviving print surfaced in an archive in Russia. Film historian Edward Lorusso of Maine started a crowd-funding campaign to translate the silent movie’s Russian inter-titles (dialogue and narrative in a silent film) into English…
‘Welfare to the Wealthy’
Editor: I agree with Devon Gray’s well written piece (“False Narratives Fuel California’s Failure to Address Poverty,” Oct. 26) and add that there is an imbalance in our political/economic system that sends much more money to the wealthy elites than the government spends on poverty programs. For instance, the RAND Corporation put out a study…
Correction
A story in the Oct. 26, 2023, edition of the North Coast Journal headlined “Sharing Their Stories” contained an error in the name of the nonprofit End Poverty in California, which is conducting a statewide listening tour on poverty. The Journal regrets the error.
Redway Beach, a Little Yosemite at Home
I grew up in Southern Humboldt but somehow had only been to Redway Beach once or twice, and never in the last 30 years. It’s accessible to the public from Beach Road, but I was guided here this time by my sister-in-law Samantha Wilson and my nephew Henry. Sam has a spa and bed and…
Heaven
Lounging in our beach chair The sun is slowly setting, As I recall all we’ve done Together… Somewhere, Someone Remembers our past And Carries it all outwards, Holding us so tightly. We are sure to implode! Kirk Gothier
Judge Denies Dinsmore’s Bid for Release
Humboldt County Superior Court Judge John Feeney has decided he doesn’t have the authority to release Steven Dinsmore from custody pending a resentencing hearing in January, leaving the 48 year old to remain in jail until then. Dinsmore, who was ordered released from custody in 2022 after serving more than 17 years in prison only…
Old Songs, Young Blood
The other day I was thinking about the Pied Piper of Hamelin, that odd musical character from fairy tales who agreed to remove all the rats from a besieged village for a fee. Upon completion of his task, the village leaders decided to renege on payment, so the piper returned and merrily led their children…
Grandpa’s Gifts
As the autumn wind quietly flies by and the leaves slowly drift down, the ground looks like a fall blanket. Fall is the season of nostalgia. It brings me back to my childhood in China. I can still see the endless golden rice fields and the sweat of hardworking villagers, and hear the laughter of…
First Saturday Night Arts Alive
Eureka Main Street presents First Saturday Night Arts Alive on Nov. 4 from 6 to 9 p.m. Galleries, museums, theaters, bars and restaurants are open late for your enjoyment. BELLE STARR CLOTHING 405 Second St. “Permanent Jewelry Pop-Up,” Adore and Joy, LLC, jewelry. CANVAS + CLAY 233 F St. “Nightmares and Visions,” Holly Sepulveda, multimedia.…
Slow Build
THE ROYAL HOTEL. I was momentarily at a loss, Killers of the Flower Moon having left a rightful vacuum, both in terms of theatrical releases (who wants to follow that?) and my desire to go see them. This was compounded by a sense of having missed out on scary movie season. And so I cast…
