Huffman Talks Project 2025
With his task force in the thick of the campaign, North Coast rep says policy blueprint raises stakes of presidential race By Thadeus Greenson
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Huffman Talks Project 2025
Over the course of about 25 minutes on July 11, North Coast Congressmember Jared Huffman walked the North Coast Journal through what he sees as an increasingly large and urgent part of his job: efforts to warn voters about Project 2025, a conservative roadmap designed to guide the transition to another Trump presidency. The 900-page…
Gerald ‘Jerry’ Hansen: 1943-2024
Gerald “Jerry” Hansen was born Dec. 19, 1943, and passed away on May 31, 2024, with family by his side. Known to many as “Billy Goat” he was the second of eight children, and the only son of Arnold “Budd” and Beverly (Beauchamp) Hansen. He was born in Fortuna, then lived in Freshwater during his…
Calvin Michael Benton: 1953-2024
Mike was born at St. Joseph Hospital in Eureka, California, on June 4, 1953. Mike suffered a hemorrhagic stroke and shortly after passed away on May 29, 2024, surrounded by his loved ones, in the place he loved most, at the Ironwood Cabin in Capetown, California. Mike grew up in Fortuna and attended Fortuna Union…
Music Tonight: Friday, July 26
Speaking of the Logger Bar, there’s a show going down tonight that is tailor-made for the venue. I’m talking about the return of Gunsafe, the formerly Humboldt-based dark street-country and jumped-up death blues vehicle helmed all these years by Stella Martinez. The roots run deep with this one, and longtime locals and new converts alike…
Music Tonight: Thursday, July 25
The Logger Bar is the spot for some country-tinged, folky rock music as Portland’s Cruise Control coasts into town for an evening of free music starting at 9 p.m. I listened to some of the group’s tunes online, and found them to be some sweet, light-hearted stuff. Also on the bill is a brand new…
Sheriff’s Office: Two Killed in Kneeland Plane Crash
Two people were killed when a small plane crashed near the Kneeland airstrip yesterday morning, the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office reports. According to a press release, emergency services were dispatched to the airport at 11:15 a.m. to a report of a fire and possible crash, and arrived to find wreckage in a steep ravine north…
Music Tonight: Wednesday, July 24
Speaking of the Miniplex, it’s a good time to remind everyone of Big Mood, the weekly queer dance party curated by DJ Pandemonium Jones. The fun starts at 8 p.m., it’s free to get in and this boy knows his stuff when it comes to grooving on wax tracks made to melt your candle and…
Huge Games Await the Crabs, with Playoff Hopes in the Balance
In baseball, and in life, sometimes you have to focus on the things you can control. The Humboldt Crabs enter the last two-game set of their conference schedule against the last place West Coast Kings tonight at a deadlock with the Lincoln Potters for the final playoff spot in the PEL, and a chance to…
Humboldt Folklife Draws a Crowd
The Humboldt Folklife Festival delivered its usual week-long supply of Humboldt County musicians and bands to Blue Lake this past Sunday through Saturday, July 14 through July 20. The only problem? How to pick and choose what to attend, given the festival program was competing with what seemed like an unusually packed social calendar countywide.…
Music Tonight: Tuesday, July 23
Matchess is the nom de stage of Whitney Johnson, and also the name of a trio she leads to play her compositions, which are fairly abstract soundwaves of musical glossolalia and deep-brain somnambulant exploration. I listened to the Drag City artist’s latest offering and found myself wondering if I had somehow slid a cold fusion…
Pedestrian Killed on State Route 96
A 25-year-old man was killed on State Route 96 when he reported stepped into traffic and was struck by a car Friday night, according to the California Highway Patrol. According to a press release, the CHP responded to a report of a vehicle-versus-pedestrian crash at about 11:40 a.m. on State Route 96 west of Shoemaker…
Music Tonight: Monday, July 22
It’s 7 p.m. on Monday night at Savage Henry Comedy Club, which means another installment of — thunderclap, sword slash, scream and evisceration sounds — Metal Monday. Tonight’s road band is a grindcore act from Michigan called Cloud Rat, with local support from Malicious Algorithm, The Groomers, Kolonizer and Pruritus Ani. If you don’t understand…
Music Today: Sunday, July 21
It’s a fine afternoon to go check out the music scene at the Fieldbrook Winery. Today’s players are Celtic, world, and folk guitarist and multi-instrumentalist Seabury Gould, who will be joined by fiddler Evan Morden. The tunes start at noon and are free, with an understanding that refreshments are available for purchase, and a note…
Music Tonight: Saturday, July 20
Two interesting but disparate shows are happening tonight, one in Arcata at 7 p.m., the other in Blue Lake two hours later, and so with a nod to chronology, let’s go. At Outer Space it’s a three-pronged affair, with Sacramento alt-rock band Quinine representing the road dogs, with local color provided by ambient act Blub…
Huffman Joins Colleagues in Calling for Biden to ‘Pass the Torch’
North Coast Rep. Jared Huffman joined a growing chorus of Democratic officials calling for President Joe Biden to step out of the race today, issuing a joint message with three of his congressional colleagues directly to the embattled candidate, stating it was time for him to “pass the torch to a new generation.” Huffman has…
Huffman on Thursday Night Talk: Harris is Dems’ Best Chance at Presidency
In a pre-recorded conversation set to air tonight on Thursday Night Talk on KZZH, North Coast Congressmember Jared Huffman said he believes Vice President Kamala Harris would be Democrats’ best presidential candidate in November. While Huffman stops short of saying President Joe Biden should bow out of the race, he makes clear his belief that Democrats…
NCJ Preview: Humboldt Lines Up for Free Care and Huffman Talks Project 2025
On this week’s episode of the NCJ Preview, we’re joined by news editor Thadeus Greenson to talk about his cover story interview with North Coast Congressmember Jared Huffam on Project 2025, as well as the massive volunteer effort led by local dentist Ted Lewis to put on a free two-day medical, vision, and dental clinic.…
Summer Survival in the Garden
Well, we survived the first major heat wave of the year, or at least my garden did — barely. And I’m on the coast. Inland, it was a whole different story. I hope all your crops and ornamental plants survived. Because this likely isn’t a “one and done” event, here are some tips to keep…
The Nightmarish Enchantment of Longlegs
LONGLEGS. Uncharacteristically, I experienced little-to-no creeping cynicism before, during or after my time with Longlegs. As I walked into the theater, one of the staff suggested that I should approach the movie without expectations, mostly because its marketing campaign threatens to overshadow the very thing it is intended to promote. Not too much to worry…
The Crises of Our Time
Parallel crises that are tightening their grips on the United States year by year, and day by day, collided on July 13 in Butler, Pennsylvania, when a would-be assassin opened fire on former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally. Fortunately, Trump escaped the shooting largely unscathed, save for a wound to his right ear,…
‘Biden’s Hubris’
Editor: I find myself disgusted by Biden’s hubris that he is insisting on staying in the race, and that we “should move on because I’m not getting out” (Mailbox, July 11) Their camp is blaming what they call “the chattering class” for “keeping it alive.” Wrong! You have exposed yourself as a liar who is…
‘The Highest, Purest Form’
Editor: A heart felt “thank you” Mary Thibodeaux Lentz for writing the magnificent, poignant poem entitled “Dear Mr. Biden” that appeared in the July 11 edition. And, thank you NCJ for printing it. The poem represents the highest, purest form of political expression, in my opinion. It was doubly powerful for me because the Hope Creek/Ten…
‘The Pile Facing Us’
Editor: There is no burden the democrat regime in Sacramento isn’t willing to dump on suffering California citizens as is the pile facing us this November (“2024 Ballot Measures: What You Need to Know,” July 11). Here is the easy voting card, vote no on all except Proposition 36. Proposition 2 borrows another $10 billion…
Washed Up Love
I’ve noticed less love on Humboldt County’s beaches than on beaches elsewhere. And I think I have some ideas about why. But our beaches do become home to some of the love people make. Some of this love is toxic. And some love entangles, chokes and smothers. But some love is fun! Fun love is…
The Finest Cats in the Nation
The finest cats In the nation Patrol Eureka. Hard, barrel-bodies with Broad, Chicago shoulders, Slice through the Blackberry brambles With New York efficiency. They prepare a meal of mouse, Plated fetchingly, and placed On your doorstep, Not to be outdone by Southern hospitality. Big voice, big action: Their doings dominate Every conversation, And they glory…
Humboldt Lines Up for Free Care
It’s 6:30 a.m. on July 12 and more than 100 people are lined up below the Carson Mansion on Eureka’s First Street, waiting for the Adorni Center to open at 7. Some are bundled in jackets, while others are draped in blankets. Many sit in lawn chairs they’d brought from home, prepared to wait, while…
Ain’t Misbehavin’
Despite last week’s wild news cycle, you will not be getting any political talk from me now. I stand by my words from a few weeks ago, before the debate, that because we are all locally removed from national electoral culpability, we are free to chase our own winds, fair or foul. I’ll even go…
More than a Farmstand
The first time I drove along Hiller Road looking for the Sea Goat Farmstand (1450 Hiller Road), finally parking near its sign, what I saw reminded me of a fireworks booth, one of the plywood structures that seem to materialize overnight in the days leading up to the Fourth of July. Upon approaching it, I saw fresh produce neatly arranged…
