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A History of Humboldt County Baseball
Editor’s Note: A version of this story first appeared in the Humboldt Historical society’s Humboldt Historian in spring of 2014, on the 70th anniversary of the Humboldt Crabs Baseball team. In 2023, after a decade playing as an independent team, the Crabs joined the Pacific Empire League. The oldest continuously operating semi-pro collegiate summer baseball…
Movies Tonight: Monday, June 16
Savage Henry Comedy Club presents Movie Party Tonight, with doors at 6 p.m., movie at 7 p.m., and a free raffle that comes with the $10 ticket. Tonight’s offering is 1994’s direct-to-video flick Moonchild, where writer/director Todd Sheets creates a dark future where a man fuses his DNA with a wolf to become a super…
Joanna Miranda Walstrom: 1972-2025
Joanna Miranda Walstrom, our beloved daughter, sister, mother, Gammy, fiancé, friend to all and radiant light, left us too soon on May 27, 2025, wrapped in the love of her family. Born on Dec. 10, 1972, in Humboldt County to Steve and Lynn Walstrom, Joanna grew up with her older brother Jeff and cousins like…
Liese Morgaine Rocha Knight
Our beautiful Liese returned to the stars, leaving her pain behind. We will always remember her contagious laugh and biting sense of humor. She was a passionate vegan and fierce believer in animal rights. She enjoyed spending her time listening to music, camping or cooking. Not a day goes by that she isn’t missed as…
Music Today: Sunday, June 15
Mike Bynum, Aleister Paige and Darren Weiss are three talented local musicians who lend their instrumental prowess to several local old jazz, folk and country acts, but today join forces to play some acoustic jams as The Deck Hands. The hour is high noon and while there’s no cover for the music, the venue is…
Craig William Lemster: 1959-2025
On May 8, 2025, Craig William Lemster went home to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, surrounded by the love of his family. He passed peacefully, held close by those who cherished him, and welcomed into eternal life by the One in whom he placed his trust. Born in Los Angeles on Aug.…
Music Tonight: Saturday, June 14
Sonoma-based power trio The Beer Scouts returns to its former headwaters of Humboldt County to play a couple of shows at — appropriately — two of our local breweries. If you missed yesterday’s 6 p.m. gig at the Paskenta Mad River Brewing tasting room, you can still catch the bluesy rock setlist of covers and…
Music Tonight: Friday, June 13
Lucky, ominous or otherwise, the only agreed-upon spooky day before Halloween this year is here. Superstitions aside, I am going to act as though this is any other Friday as far as my beat is concerned. Here are two gigs to kickstart your weekend. The Outer Space opens its doors at 5:30 p.m. for snacks…
Music Tonight: Thursday, June 12
Denver, Colorado’s The Motet has been slinging its own brand of funk and soul musical hash since 1998, and is known for its artist-themed Halloween shows, featuring full sets covering the works of musicians like The Talking Heads or Madonna, as well as growing its sound into a larger world music and jam influenced machine.…
Music Tonight: Wednesday, June 11
Pierre Bensusan is a French-Algerian acoustic guitarist who has managed over a 50-year career to not only carve out his own sound from the brilliant force of his unique playing, but to become the master of one of the more versatile guitar tunings, DADGAD, which forms a bridge from Ireland to North Africa with its…
More Information Emerges in Fatal Police Shooting in Bear River
As information continues to trickle out regarding the June 5 fatal shooting of a 29-year-old Simi Valley man by a Humboldt County sheriff’s deputy, a picture is emerging of the man who allegedly rushed a deputy with a knife having been in prolonged medical distress. According to the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to…
Enyart Leads the Way for Undefeated Crabs
After sweeping the Novato Knicks last week to open the summer, the Humboldt Crabs entered week two with a head of steam and would continue to roll. The pitching staff opened the week with back-to-back shutouts and the offense exploded, outscoring their opponents 23-0 over those two games. Above all else, this week will be…
AG Seeks to Force St. Joseph Hospital to Comply with Agreement in Abortion Case
California Attorney General Rob Bonta’s office filed a motion June 9 in Humboldt County Superior Court seeking a judge’s order enforcing a stipulation reached in a lawsuit brought against Providence St. Joseph Hospital last year requiring it to comply with state’s Emergency Service Law and provide emergency abortive procedures when they are deemed medically necessary.…
The Humboldt Crabs and Blue Lake’s Council Drama
This week we’re delving into the history, founders, newly renovated ballpark and even the snack shack of the Humboldt Crabs. We’ve also got an update on the shake-up in Blue Lake where a recall of city councilmembers has begun. Hit subscribe for weekly updates on Humboldt stories.
Music Today, Sunday June 8
Another Sunday, another afternoon matinee of choral music at the Arcata Playhouse. This week it’s the McKinleyville Community Choir presenting its Spring concert at 3 p.m. Admission is donation only. Enjoy.
Humboldt Botanical Garden’s Summer Music Series
This summer, Sundays are made for music in the garden. From June 1 through Oct. 26, the Events Lawn at Humboldt Botanical Garden becomes a stage for local and regional talent, offering everything from salsa to soul and jazz to bluegrass during the garden’s popular Summer Music Series. Concerts run Sundays from 1 to 3…
Redwood Pride Festival Weekend
The Redwood Pride Festival returns for its eighth year with a colorful weekend of community, creativity and celebration. The festivities kicked off today with an 11 a.m. parade and march from the Adorni Center, continuing with a family-friendly gathering at the Jefferson Community Center from noon to 4 p.m. On Sunday, June 8, the fun continues…
Music Tonight: Saturday, June 7
It’s a big show night tonight, which will hopefully make up for two quiet nights in the beginning of next week. Here’s what’s on the marquee for the evening. At 5 p.m., the Eureka Vets Hall is the venue for a benefit show for missing native man Ray Tsatoke, featuring Oakland grindcore band Bob Plant,…
Bigfoot Brewfest Fundraiser on Tap this Saturday
Bigfoot’s trading forest trails for beer taps at the Bigfoot Brewfest, happening Saturday, June 7, from 3 to 8 p.m. at Humboldt Bay Social Club ($50, $40 advance). Enjoy local craft beer from 10 breweries, tasty bites from three food trucks and live music from The Oyster Baes and DJ LBoogie. A benefit for Big…
Deputy Fatally Shoots Man in Bear River After Medical Aid Call
A Humboldt County Sheriff’s deputy fatally shot a 29-year-old man yesterday afternoon at the Bear River Recreation Center who was allegedly armed and combative. According to a press release, deputies responded to the center at 2:16 p.m. to a report of a man with a bloody, bandaged arm “actively dripping blood throughout the facility.” Responding…
Music Tonight: Friday, June 6
If you’d like to catch the Crab Grass Band in action between innings — and watch some baseball, too, I suppose — come out to the Arcata Ball Park tonight at 7 p.m. for the first game in a hometown series against the Fresno A’s. Yes, I call it the Ball Park and not Crabs…
Music Tonight: Thursday, June 5
The Arcata Theatre Lounge is hosting Thursdaze, the dancehall and reggae dance fest curated by DJs Sarge One, Rundat, Tanasa Ras and featuring the Fox Den Dancers. The fun starts at 9 p.m., and it’s only $10 to get in the door.
The Man Who Unsolved a Murder
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. On Aug. 28, 1976, sometime between 7:30 and 8 p.m., a 6-year-old boy named Willie Cook disappeared from the bed of his father’s pickup in Happy Camp, a secluded logging community in Northern California’s Klamath National Forest. Willie’s father, Bill Cook, had been…
A Newly Accessible ‘Treasure’
The Arcata Ball Park got a much needed makeover expanding access to Crabs games for those with mobility challenges this spring, and it’s thanks largely to a huge Crabs fan in a high place. North Coast state Sen. and Senate President pro Tempore Mike McGuire announced that he’d secured $1 million in state funding to…
Rancor, Recalls and a Resignation
Things have gotten awfully muddy in Blue Lake. The city council’s decision to part ways with longtime City Manager Amanda Mager early last month has laid bare deep divisions in the small city of about 1,200 residents, prompting an extended series of social media spats between those applauding the newly elected council majority’s move and…
Talkin’ Baseball
Summer comes in pieces, with many unofficial starting points before the solstice. Around here, one of those points is the beginning of the Crabs’ baseball season, which started Friday. Opening night is always a big deal in Arcata, with people of all ages filling the metal bleachers and picnic tables to root for the home…
A Ranking of Snack Shack Eats at the Arcata Ball Park
Trips to the concessions stand are part of the baseball experience — central to it, for some of us. At the Arcata Ball Park, the tab is surprisingly inexpensive, with food items topping out at $9, a pittance compared to big stadiums. This leaves you with a little extra to earn a “Tip, tip, hooray!”…
First Saturday Night Arts Alive
Experience the vibrant atmosphere as galleries, museums, theaters, bars and restaurants extend their hours for your enjoyment. 4TH STREET MERCANTILE 215 Fourth St. Various artists. 40° NORTH GALLERY 320 Second St., Suite #102. “This Mother Earth Can Change the Lights,” Rhianna Gallagher, Caroline Griffith, Forrest Hellum, photography, watercolors, pen and ink, drawings, sculpture, textile, mixed…
9 to 5: The Musical Clocks in at FRT
You don’t have to be a fan of Dolly Parton to appreciate 9 to 5: The Musical, now at Ferndale Repertory Theatre, but if you are, you’ll probably love it even more. . The music and lyrics are written by Parton, the book by Patricia Resnick. It’s of course based on the 1980 movie by…
Crabs Open Season with a Sweep of the Novato Knicks
The last Friday in May was the beginning of the newest chapter for the Humboldt Crabs. The ballpark has gotten a facelift, the team has turned over, but the sounds, smells and ambiance are all the same. The Crab Grass band, photographer Matt Filar and the notorious hecklers were all in attendance, primed and ready.…
Friendship Gets Uncomfortable
FRIENDSHIP. For a certain, ardent segment of the population, the mere image of Tim Robinson and Paul Rudd — the former clad in a sort of schlubbier, tan on tan, Walter White winter ensemble, the latter sporting a handlebar mustache and 1980s elementary schoolboy fashion-goals jacket — is enough to provoke a giggling fit subsiding…
Once Leaders, Newspapers Knuckle Under on DEI
The Gannett Co., America’s largest newspaper chain, recently lost its moral compass, a victim of the miasma of intimidation emanating from the White House. Gannett, once the nation’s loudest voice for racial and ethnic diversity in news operations and content, “will no longer publish demographic and diversity data about its workforce,” Harvard’s Nieman journalism thinktank…
‘The Difference Between News and Opinion’
Editor: I began doing radio community commentaries in June of 2006 and finished No. 93 on March 1, 2010. At the time, I was concerned about where people got their information (Mailbox, May 29). My concern has only increased. Education and the validity of information are crucial in a democracy. People are relying more on…
‘All-encompassing Propaganda’
Editor: Dennis Scales says Trump’s policies will put us on a “solid fiscal path” (Mailbox, May 8). Yeah, sure; but seriously, why would anyone support Trump? He’s not smart, attractive, compassionate, likable or inspiring; he’s maybe amusing, in a dumb, crude way, but not someone you’d loan your car to, let alone vote for. Yes,…
Beyond Apples
Living in a special place like coastal Northern California, with its cool summers and wet winters, the challenge for a dyed-in-the-wool fruit grower is to find every possible fruit tree that might grow successfully here. Cool summers make it especially difficult for many types of fruit to ripen fully, and wet winters make it easy…
Above the Falls
It began as tiny as a dust mote Dancing in the mist Of the swirling waterfall Hundreds of feet deep in the narrow canyon Then circling, circling Upward and outward As if on golden tendrils Increasing in size As it rose Finally soaring White head and tail radiant in the sun Huge wings outstretched to…
