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Through Mark Larson’s Lens
As we dip our toes into the shallow end of 2025, photographer Mark Larson offers us a look back at the year from which we’ve only just emerged. If it feels like a blur to you, don’t worry — his collection of images (the entirety of which you can see here) captured the pageantry of…
Carlton Yee: 1941-2024
Carlton Yee, resident of Eagle, Idaho, died on Dec. 13, 2024, at the age of 83. Born on May 25, 1941, in Morenci, Arizona, to Joe and Laura Yee, he was raised in the San Francisco Bay Area and graduated from San Mateo High School in 1959. He continued his collegiate education at Humboldt State…
Byron ‘Mike’ Chamberlain: 1935-2024
The kind and loving Mike Chamberlain passed away unexpectedly due to complications from a fall. His great spirit and kind smile will be missed by those who knew and loved him. He lived a free and adventurous life. Born to Frank and Ruth Chamberlain, he and his brother, Larry, were raised in El Segundo, California.…
Music Tonight: Thursday, Jan. 9
Swing on by The Basement this evening at 8 p.m. if you are in the mood for some swing jazz and pop excellence, courtesy of Swingo Domingo. No cover at the door, but as always, consider bringing some coin for refreshments and to give the players a dram of something.
Music Tonight: Wednesday, Jan. 8
Ellensburg is one of those towns in Eastern Washington on the road from Tacoma to Spokane, where, to the casual traveler, a whole lot of nothing goes on in the far slope of the Cascade Mountains. However, there are gems from nearly every outpost in this vast land we call home, and one such act…
‘Exceptional Work’ Allowed Eligible Humboldt Jail Inmates to Cast Ballots
While a CalMatters report last year found that many of the 73,000 or so California residents held in county jails who are eligible to vote face barriers in casting ballots, local officials say that wasn’t the case in Humboldt County in November. When addressing the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors in advance of its certification…
Music Tonight: Monday, Jan. 6
Savage Henry Comedy Club comes through again with another Metal Monday, thus giving me something to write about during this famously quiet week and giving you something to consider attending. Should you choose to go, you will be treated to the distorted sounds of Frog Mallet, Bonginator, Kult of Indifference, Bloodspire and Echoes of Ruination.…
Heather Mae Lenardo: 1975-2024
Heather Mae Lenardo, a beautiful baby girl with a full head of hair, was born on Christmas Day, Dec. 25, 1975, to Kathy Jorgensen (Bowser) and David Lenardo of Ferndale, California. With profound sadness and heavy hearts, we announce her unexpected passing on Nov. 23, 2024. Heather was born at Redwood Memorial Hospital in Fortuna,…
Nathalie Giacomini: 1930-2024
Nathalie Giacomini was born to Manuel and Julia Viegas in Rio Dell, California on Nov. 20, 1930. On Dec. 17, 2024 she passed peacefully at Redwood Memorial Hospital in Fortuna. She was a life-long resident of Humboldt County. Nathalie was the daughter of Portuguese immigrants. She once told us that when she began elementary school,…
NCJ Preview: Arcata Bike Library and Through Mark Larson’s Lens
On this week’s episode of the NCJ Preview, we peddle into 2025 as news editor Thadeus Greenson talks about California Local News Fellow Anne To’s story on the Arcata Bike Library. Also, arts and features editor Jennifer Fumiko Cahill shows some appreciation to photographer Mark Larson and his collection of photos from 2024. Find all…
Joan Anne Martien: 1943-2024
Joan Anne Martien was born May 6, 1943, to Lucille (Montijo) and Norman Martien, who worked as a wardrobe man at Twentieth-Century Fox Studios. Following her parents’ divorce a couple of years later, she and her mother and brother, Jerry, moved to her grandmother’s home in Redlands, where she attended elementary school. Her mother employed…
Music Tonight: Friday, Jan. 3
If you recall from my New Year’s Eve roundup from last week, the Arcata Theatre Lounge had a very whomp- and bass-heavy party to bring on 2025. There was a subtle clause there, too, for those who wanted the gig to roll over into the weekend, where $30 got you a package deal for New…
Music Tonight: Thursday, Jan. 2
Go on, enjoy yourself with a little jazz tonight with some local experts in the field. I’m talking about the Alley Cats, who are playing the Basement tonight and not the Speakeasy, so “Opera” is therefore removed from the front of their name. No cover, and doors open at 7:30 p.m.
Community Support Keeps Arcata Bike Library Pedaling
Right next to the upcoming Humboldt Bay Trail sits a blue graffitied shipping container on L Street, home to Arcata’s Bicycle Library. Volunteers open shop every Saturday from noon to 4 p.m., unless there’s rain or a storm. The service is run on a pay-what-you-can system, where customers can choose to pay based on their…
Silent Nights
I’ve been on this beat long enough to know, as my regular readers do, that the early weeks of January are a dead zone for live music in these parts. And as much as things change, they continue to stay the same, so this week is a sparse one. I’ve culled out casino gigs and…
What’s Good: Pubs and Pots
Gallagher’s Headed Back to the Eagle House Amid the rise and fall and relocation of Old Town restaurants, one spot is returning to how it used to be. Gallagher’s Irish Restaurant and Pub is headed back to its digs in the Eagle House (139 Second St., Eureka) in early 2025. As Jessica Silva reported…
First Saturday Night Arts Alive
Join us for the First Saturday Night Arts Alive event presented by Eureka Main Street. 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. ART CENTER FRAME SHOP 616 Second St. Various artists. ART CENTER FRAME SHOP 616 Second…
Nosferatu‘s Rebirth
NOSFERATU. Steeped as we are in vampire lore, it can be challenging to sort the origins from the iterations, source from echo. It’s possible this is because the definitive, canonical material is exceedingly limited, vivid enough in its construction — close enough to the truth? Who am I to say? — and so arrestingly simple…
‘A Very Special Human’
Editor: Thank you for the article in praise of the life of Mark Campbell (‘A Big Heart,’ Dec. 19). His family, friends and the community lost a very special human. Surely, after a life full of purpose and good deeds, he earned angel wings upon his ascension to the other side. Teresa MacClelland, Humboldt Hill…
‘Violated Every Commandment’
Editor: I read the article concerning St. Mark’s pastor, Tyrel Bramwell and his blatant disregard of the tax code in the Daily section of the Dec. 19 edition of the NCJ with bewilderment. How is it possible that Pastor Bramwell and his congregation completely overlook Trump’s obvious character and personality defects? Allow me to enumerate:…
No Majority, Not Much Mandate
Editor: Donald Trump will be inaugurated president in January, because he won the majority of votes in the Electoral College where each state gets its own number of votes under specific rules including population. I have seen writers claiming that Trump won the majority of the popular vote as well (Mailbox, Dec. 19), with Trump…
‘Makes You Bad, Too’
Editor: Lauri Rose thinks I sounded a little fascistic in writing that the lesson of Trump’s victory is the voters are “too dumb” to see through the Republicans’ obvious lies and appeals to racism (Mailbox, Dec. 26). She thinks the voters are just deprived, not depraved, because they didn’t get proper schooling or whatever, and that…
Laughing Stock
Editor: I have struggled since the election to find some way to express my disgust and frustration that a clown who is a convicted felon could be elected to the presidency of this country … for a second time!!! It is almost beyond comprehension, and yet, there it is. I have been musing as to…
‘The Need is Greater Than Ever’
Editor: Happy 2025. Let’s take a moment and look at some of the events of 2024 and of 2020 (Top 10 Stories of 2024, Dec. 26). In 2024, Sen. McGuire was in town for the annual food drive over the Christmas Holidays. The need is greater than ever, as the food bank is now serving…
From the Occult to Modern Science
Today, science is so well established as the path to knowledge via observation, experimentation and the weighing of evidence that it’s hard to credit its roots in the occult alchemy and astrology of times past. But just a few hundred years ago, many of the pioneers of modern science — figures such as Isaac Newton,…
Obituaries
Reading them daily now As friends pass through Twisted, bumpy roads, Towards horizons And endless stars Carrying on Together, Where hearts beat Each moment Into something more Than just another day. Kirk Gothier
