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‘Queen City of the Ultimate West’
First impressions don’t tell the whole story. If you don’t have a city planner’s acumen or an architect’s eye, you might drive through the most densely populated city on the Redwood Coast and assume she’s a cheap thing, welcomed as you are with Broadway’s peeling paint and strip-mall feel. But if you go past those…
Squireses Put H Street Building Up for Sale
Interested in buying a fixer upper as an income property? This new listing for an apartment building in Eureka might just fit the bill: “Fourteen units that are mostly in poor condition currently, but owner will refurbish with new electrical, plumbing, and paint.” The asking price is $875,000. But there’s just one catch, well, actually,…
The Drag King Project Has Swagger
The Drag King Project, brainchild of performers Spikey Van Dykey, Tucker Noir, Mad Max Morrison and Papi Churro, whose mission is “to help ensure that the definition of drag includes all identities, all races, all ages, all bodies and all artistic expressions,” is Humboldt bound, bringing performances and workshops that are manspreading out over three…
Eureka Passes Syringe Management Ordinance
After nearly two hours of discussion, debate and public comment, the Eureka City Council passed an ordinance Tuesday night codifying best practices around syringe exchange programs within city limits. The unanimous decision was met with some grumbling from a rowdy crowd, which filled the council chambers and delivered many strong opinions during public comment. Loose…
Music Tonight: Wednesday, March 7
New Orleans is known for its musical innovation, as well as the grinding hustle of its musicians’ lives. It’s the yin and the yang to the reality of the lifers: No matter how talented or visionary you are, you gotta hustle and play night after night. One band that epitomizes that ethos is The Nth…
Oscar-worthy
Way north of the Academy Awards ceremonies in Hollywood, Humboldt hosted its own glittery evening as the Humboldt-Del Norte Film Commission and the Eureka Theater rolled out the red carpet for an Oscar viewing party and celebration of local filming. The swells showed up in tuxes and tulle, furs and fedoras, to sip cocktails in…
Update: Offending Plaza Plaque Removed
The Jacoby Building plaque has been removed from its place on the plaza two weeks after the Arcata City Council voted unanimously that a replacement was needed. City Manager Karen Diemer said crews were able to remove the marker that denotes the structure’s status as a California Registered Historic Landmark, which includes the affronting wording…
Music Tonight: Tuesday, March 6
Micah Nelson, Willie’s youngest son, tours under the name Particle Kid and will be playing Stone Junction at 9 p.m. tonight. His music sounds like mild psychedelia with some modern experimental touches thrown in the mix. His song “Everything is Bullshit” is a bit rambling but ultimately enjoyable. Local jam-rock blues favorite Cold Blue Water…
Supes to Consider Law Enforcement Raises, Cannabis Consultant Contracts Tomorrow
UPDATE: In a 3-0 vote, with Supervisors Virginia Bass and Rex Bohn absent, the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors passed both agenda items. PREVIOUSLY The Humboldt County supervisors are set to consider approving raises tomorrow for the county’s sheriff’s deputies, district attorney investigators and probation officers that would bump their pay 5 percent over the…
Early Oyster Fest Lineup
Maybe you can still revel in the moment when it’s this chilly and rainy out, but we’re dreaming of sunshine and looking at the early lineup for the Arcata Bay Oyster Festival on June 16, when we’ll be ambling around in the sunshine with stainless steel beer cups and slurping the fruits of Humboldt’s waters…
Body Found Last Year ID’d as Missing Man
A body found on a South Jetty beach last January has been identified as Mitchell G. Hernandez, who had been reported missing on Nov. 23, 2016. The cause of death is consistent with drowning, according to a release from the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office. According to the Journal’s Feb. 8 story “Still Missing,” his backpack was…
Music Tonight: Monday, March 5
It’s my birthday and if I don’t spend it wallowing in the existential slump that I have traditionally indulged in for about 60 percent of my bee-days since I hit 18, I will very likely want to go out and do something. And I could certainly do a lot worse than heading up to the…
SoCal Man Killed in State Route 36 Crash
The California Highway Patrol is investigating a single car crash on State Route 36 that left a 31-year-old Chula Vista man dead. The CHP believes Trenton Hudson was driving westbound on State Route 36 sometime on March 2 when, for unknown reasons, he allowed his vehicle to drift off the right edge of the roadway…
02F: Zero to Fierce Festival
The 02F: Zero to Fierce Festival, Playhouse Arts’ seven-day festival celebrating creative women in our community is back for round two March 5-11 in the Creamery District. The festival, featuring female artists, activists, entrepreneurs, leaders and educators, is “an opportunity to discover, inspire and create.” With more than 35 empowering events ranging from original theater…
New Location Selected for Trinidad Lighthouse
The Trinidad Memorial Lighthouse may have a new — permanent — home. The Trinidad Rancheria and the Trinidad Civic Club announced today in a joint press release that they are now looking to locate the lighthouse permanently on the Trinidad Rancheria’s harbor property near Trinidad Head. The two groups have been looking for a new…
Bagels and Blintzes and Brunch, Oh My!
Few words perk our ears around the office like “bagels and blintzes.” It’s a magical combo somehow and we know we’re not alone. Thankfully, it’s time for Temple Beth El’s Bagels and Blintzes Brunch, happening Sunday, March 4 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Bayside Community Hall ($15, $5 kids 6-12, free for kids…
Go, Dog. Go! to the Dog Expo
Go, go, go to the Dog Expo on Sunday, March 4 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Redwood Acres Fairgrounds (free admission/parking). HumDOG’s 31st Dog Expo is the place to be for dog lovers of all ages. Get to know some 20-plus breeds of cute dogs, check out exhibits and demos, visit vendors, breeders…
Music Tonight: Friday, March 2
There are many good shows tonight from just north of Elephant Rock to downtown Eureka so let’s get into it. At 7 p.m. local string jazz trio Belles of the Levee ply their early 20th century wares at the Westhaven Center for the Arts. With cost of admission being a sliding scale from $5 to…
Fortuna Settles Wrongful Death Suit for $900K
The city of Fortuna has agreed to pay $900,000 to settle a federal wrongful death lawsuit brought by the family of a man shot dead by police in 2012 after an appellate ruling brought the credibility of the officers involved into serious question. Jacob Newmaker, 26, was shot and killed by then Fortuna Police officer…
Eureka Symphony Brings It In Like a Lion
Cold and rainy, March is certainly coming in like a lion. To keep us warm and happy, the Eureka Symphony presents its winter concert, In Like a Lion on Friday, March 2 and Saturday, March 3 at 8 p.m. at the Arkley Center for the Performing Arts ($19-$49). Eureka native Paula Thomas flies in from…
Music Tonight: Thursday, March 1
Chris Thomas King is Louisiana blues royalty. The son of Tabby Thomas, an early innovator of a type of music called “swamp blues” from southeastern Louisiana, King is probably best known in America for musical roles in the films Ray and O Brother, Where Art Thou?, in which he plays a bluesman who claims to…
Guns and Violence
Editor: I’ve been reading that some elected officials propose that our mass-shooting problem might be remedied by expanding services for the mentally ill (“Ending Gun Violence Takes a Different Kind of Bravery,” Feb. 22). I’m a mental health professional and I think expanding the sorely threadbare system of mental health services is a great idea,…
In the Sky?
Editor: Offshore wind power is indeed an exciting thought (“In the Wind,” Feb. 22). I wonder if wind kites are on anyone’s radar. I’ve been reading about them for a couple of years. They require 90 percent less materials than conventional turbines and tap into a much higher level of the atmosphere, where the winds…
Why?
Editor: On page 11 of your Feb. 15 issue, you provide instructions in an advertisement on how to use a bong. Why? Most of us probably know how but those not of legal age may not. Are you going to advertise on how to chug a beer? Even though pot is legal, it is a…
Corrections
A story in the Feb. 22, 2018, edition of the North Coast Journal headlined “Learning New Commands” contained inaccurate information. The school that will allow some local veterans and their dogs to continue training is the Bergin University of Canine Studies in Santa Rosa. Additionally, Deborah Reeves is employed by the Eureka Vet’s Center. The…
Protect our Water
Editor: “There may be no bigger issue brought to the Planning Commission this year that deals with public health and welfare.” That quote is from Humboldt Bay Water District General Manager John Friedenbach. He’s referring to the rezoning of Mad and Trinity river-adjacent properties owned by Mercer Fraser, the local company that wants to open…
Guns Don’t Kill People, Toxic Masculinity Does
My 5-year-old daughter was less than six weeks into kindergarten when she experienced a lockdown for the first time. A cop had initiated a traffic stop nearby and the suspect fled toward campus. As my daughter’s teacher huddled the class in the back corner of the room, having drawn the blinds and locked the doors,…
Laura Corsiglia’s Interior Landscapes
Where do pictures come from? Laura Corsiglia’s paintings proceed as directly as possible from the subconscious — the part of the mind that exists outside the grasp of the self and that we only perceive in those infrequent moments when it breaches the surface of waking life via Freudian slips and fragments of remembered dreams.…
Lenten Fog
We enter now a season that was made for fog: dismal and damp, boundaries uncertain. We enter in with tenuous steps. We whisper little promises to ourselves and hope to see at end a bright new clarity, at best, at least, a difference. Unsure of our direction, yet we start – we move…
Arts Alive!
Presented by Eureka Main Street. Opening receptions for artists, exhibits and performances are held the first Saturday of each month. For more information, call 442-9054 or go to www.eurekamainstreet.org. ADORNI CENTER 1011 Waterfront St. Paul Rickard, water colors; Barbara Saul, pastels; Mark Lazzarotto, oil paintings. AMERICAN INDIAN ART AND GIFT SHOP 245 F St. Navajo…
Change of Venue
Arcata Councilmember Paul Pitino didn’t waste any time after listening to nearly three hours of public comment on whether the statue of President William McKinley and an offensive plaque should be pulled from the Arcata Plaza. “I’d like to get right into it and say I’d like to make a motion to remove the statue…
Like the Saying Goes
Inspired by the use of the first half of the old adage “In like a lion, out like a lamb” employed by the Eureka Symphony for its concert series this Friday and Saturday, I started digging around online to find the origin of this March proverb. I didn’t get very far, as I am an…
Down for Bottles at Dead Reckoning Cellar
Arcata’s beer world just got a little deeper. Dead Reckoning Cellar, an offshoot of owner Theo Brown’s Dead Reckoning Tavern, is open for business. Located at 815 J St. in Arcata, between the Dead Reckoning Tavern and the newly opened Burger Joint, the Cellar’s hole-in-the-wall entrance makes stepping inside feel like stumbling across a secret.…
Homeless with a Severe Disability
Eureka, Humboldt’s county seat, draws a lot of homeless to the city, which seems natural, for here are the services offered to those in need of them (stating this does not ignore the need in other communities of the county). As a disabled individual who depends on a mobility device, looking for housing has been…
Will Your Dispensary Keep it on the DL?
Imagine you like to smoke weed, or maybe you’re just curious, and you venture into one of Humboldt County’s handful of recreational cannabis dispensaries to make your first purchase. On the way in, an attendant checks your driver’s license to make sure you’re of age. You peruse the offerings, pick up a bag, some pre-rolled…
Strange Expectations
Reviews GAME NIGHT. We live in a time of lowered expectations, especially when it comes to the movies. And yet, somehow I often find just enough optimism, somewhere, within this long thought dry well, to fall for the marketing or the pedigree or the fleeting hopeful mood of an afternoon and give a movie the…
Adequate Shelter
Editor: I sure wish the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors would declare a housing crisis (“Not Another Winter to Wonder,” Feb. 15). In October of 1989, my husband wrote a “guest opinion” in the Life and Times pleading for help with homelessness in Southern Humboldt. Now, 28 years later, Peg Anderson has very astutely written…
A Monumental Suggestion
Editor: With all the new talk of what should go in place of the McKinley statue, may I suggest a modern day living hero (“McKinley Statue is Coming Down, But Not Quite Yet,” posted online Feb. 22)? Jene McCovey is a Yurok elder and spiritual leader. If you’ve been to any social action rallies, you’ve…
Music Tonight: Sunday, March 4
Young and fresh talent is on display tonight at Fulkerson Hall as the Humboldt State University piano students play a free recital to showcase the pieces they are currently plunking away on. I have been to a couple of these over the years and am never not impressed by what the kids can do with…
Music Tonight: Saturday, March 3
The early days of dancehall were truly sparked by a 1973 record called Screaming Target by a young Jamaican dee jay and “toaster” Big Youth. Well, the man himself might not be so young anymore but that record is no less timeless and incendiary and Big Youth’s career has included many more gems since. Come…
Eureka Theater’s Oscar Night Party: It’s Full of Stars
How will The Shape of Water shape up? Will the wrong envelope land in the hands of the Best Picture presenter again? Will the acceptance speeches be resoundingly more political than personal? With Hollywood stars burning out faster than you can say #Timesup, you can bet there will be drama at the 90th annual Academy…
