‘Time is Running Out’
As COP27 approaches, gaps between climate promises and emissions are growing with potentially catastrophic consequences
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‘Time is Running Out’
Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on insideclimatenews.org, a nonprofit, independent news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. It is republished with permission. Sign up for their newsletter at insideclimatenews.org/newsletter. Last year’s annual global climate conference in Glasgow ended with a Hail Mary promise to cut methane emissions fast enough to avoid up to a…
Music Tonight: Wednesday, Nov. 23
One of these days I will participate in the Savage Henry Open Mic and tell some horrifying stories from my chaotic life to a roomful of strangers. Will it be tonight? Will you perhaps be among the elect, trying your hand at live humor? Come through at 9 p.m. to find out. No cover, just…
Get Moving on T-Day
Stuffing ventured, pounds gained! Burn off those extra calories on T-Day by getting outside and moving before the big meal. Bright and early, it’s the annual Turkey Trot, the fun run/walk through Old Town, Eureka, that starts Thursday, Nov. 24, at 9 a.m. at the Old Town Gazebo. If you’re tossing the bird in the…
Music Tonight: Tuesday, Nov. 22
One more free, ongoing weekly institution at the Siren’s Song: TerrapinTuesday is an open-form Grateful Dead jam at 8 p.m., where you can bliss out to the music of the Dead band that just won’t die.
Music Tonight: Monday, Nov. 21
The Siren’s Song Tavern is hosting a paranormal open mic at 7 p.m. While not entirely certain, I suspect that this entails sharing your own anecdotes about strange encounters with like-minded fellow travelers. It’s free, and probably good for a shiver or a laugh.
Music Tonight: Saturday, Nov. 19
The rest of the week is a wee bit barren (as so often happens this time of year), so I’m going to stack today as a means of balance. Here are three shows to brighten your time. First up, as alluded to before, local world-traveling folkster Oryan Peterson-Jones is playing a free matinee birthday gig…
Music Tonight: Friday, Nov. 18
Rural New York state, particularly the Hudson River Valley, has a habit of harboring some top- notch folk talent. There’s an undeniable magic up that way and I have some good memories of snowshoeing around when I was a rootless 20-something Brooklynite trying to get out of the frozen hell of NYC for a spell.…
Craft Fair Season Commences
This holiday season, put your money where your house is. That is, shop local. With an abundance of artists, crafters, makers and producers, we’ve got the goods right here. See what treasures you can find at the Holiday Craft Faire at the River Lodge Conference Center this Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 19 and 20, from…
Music Tonight: Thursday, Nov. 17
The Outer Space is hosting an outré show of psyche-folk wanderings. Local bard Oryan Peterson-Jones, who’ll be hosting a birthday show this Saturday at the Griffin (more on that later) brings his act Die Geister Beschwören to share the stage with Nevada City touring acts Scott Hawkins and Sammy Fields. I caught Sammy at a…
Cheer on the Block
Kick off the holiday season with a trip to friendly Henderson Center for the annual Henderson Center Holiday Open House, happening Thursday, Nov. 17, from 5 to 8 p.m. (free). Take a photo with Santa and Mrs. Claus, look for the live Elf on the Shelf event, take part in drawings, raffles, sales and plenty…
Caution Urged After Second Fox Bite Report
The Department of Health and Human Services is urging people who live, work or are visiting places in the area between Manila and Mad River Beach to use caution and be aware of any animal acting strangely after a second fox bite report in less than a month. According to a news release, a Manila…
HWMA Moving Forward With Organic Waste Facility, Opening Date TBD
The Humboldt Waste Management Authority is moving forward with retrofitting the former Eureka Recycling Center into an organic waste processing facility to meet compliance requirements for Senate Bill 1383, an organic waste recycling mandate, however, the authority doesn’t have an expected opening date, which may impact Humboldt County municipalities with ordinances stating that organic waste…
Arcata Homicide Suspect Arrested by APD, SWAT
An Arcata resident suspected of shooting a man found dead last month in his tent in the Valley West area was arrested today by Arcata Police Department detectives with the assistance of the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office SWAT team. According to an APD news release, Devon Preston Cathey, 30, was taken into custody in connection…
Fair Bookkeeper Arrested on Embezzlement Warrant
Ferndale police arrested the Humboldt County Fair Association’s bookkeeper yesterday morning and booked her into jail on suspicion of having embezzled from the fair and another nonprofit. Ferndale Police Chief Ron Sligh confirmed that he personally took Nina Tafarella, 47, into custody yesterday morning at the Bear River Casino. The case spawned out of Eureka,…
Music Tonight: Wednesday, Nov. 16
Early-ish show over at the Miniplex (8 p.m.), which means if you have work, school, etc., you can still go without guilt and be abed by eight bells. Sgt. Papers is a Mexican rock band whose thrashy, pop-psychedelia will not fail to pick you up. Also appearing is Tuscon’s Anchorbaby, a tropicalia act performing soundtrack…
Remains Identified as Missing Bridgeville Resident
Remains found on a private road off of State Route 36 have been identified as missing Bridgeville resident Patricia Ribeiro, who was last seen in the area Aug. 18. She was 71. In a news release, the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office reported that a deputy and deputy coroner responded to the scene Nov. 11 after…
SCOTUS Probes Constitutionality of Indian Child Welfare Act
In an hours-long Nov. 9 hearing, the U.S. Supreme Court pressed attorneys about whether a 44-year-old law to shield Indigenous children and families from unjust separations goes beyond the power of Congress to regulate federally recognized tribes. The Indian Child Welfare Act, or ICWA, was passed by Congress and became law at a time when as…
Patino’s Quesabirria Slam Dunk
The quesabirria taco has Mexican food enthusiasts happily in its grip, all of us grinning orange oil-slicked smiles now that the Tijuana specialty has made it this far north. But while dunking your way through an order of the crispy, gooey, beef tacos with a side of deep red consommé goes by all too quickly,…
Peggy Molloy: 1951-2022
Margaret “Peggy” Eloise Molloy, 71, of Bayside, passed away peacefully on Oct. 25, 2022, at home with her family. She was born to the late Robert and Sylvia Molloy on March 19, 1951, in Roseburg, Oregon, and is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Swan and Christopher Asbury, and her sister, Susan Molloy. Peggy graduated…
Will This Be the Most Diverse California Legislature Ever?
Leading up to Election Day, advocacy groups were predicting — or at least hoping — that California voters would elect record numbers of women and LGBTQ people to the Legislature. Based on the results so far, it appears that history will be made — and that the state Assembly and Senate will look more like…
Sample a Taste of the Holidays
Herald in the season of snacking with A Taste of the Holidays, happening Thursday, Nov. 17, from 5 to 8 p.m. at Arcata Community Center ($35). The good folks at Rotary Club of Arcata Sunrise invite you and yours to enjoy samples of specialty foods and beverages from local producers. Bring your glass from a previous…
Music Tonight: Monday, Nov. 14
Metal Mondays continue over at Savage Henry Comedy Club at 7 p.m. Tonight’s bill is a full roster, featuring Greybush, Psyop Victim, War Möth and a band whose name was told to me once, quickly forgotten (my bad) and then utterly impossible to decipher from the flier due to that occasional metalhead habit of borrowing…
Music Tonight: Sunday, Nov. 13
Here’s a quirky show over at Blondies. Portland’s Foot Ox recently got some footing when one of its tracks “Angel Eyes and Basketball” went semi-viral on TikTok, that open-user platform whose hyper-quick videos are annihilating the membrane-thin attention spans of at least one generation like a purifying supernova. But don’t hold that against Foot Ox,…
Music Tonight: Saturday, Nov. 12
The Arcata Theatre Lounge is hosting a Harvester’s Ball with EDM DJ acts, so I guess there must still be whisps and vapors left in the tank of our county’s flailing cannabis industry. At 9 p.m. and for $20 ($15 if you pay in advance), you will find David Starfire, Savaj, Akritza and Dissolv making…
NCJ Preview: Climate Change, Elections, Bears and Facts
This week we’re breaking down the dire news from the COP27 climate conference, as well as how county and city elections shook out — and in some cases are still shaking out. We’ll also give keeping bears out of the trash a shot and look into a new play at Redwood Curtain Theatre, “The Lifespan…
44th Annual Mushroom Fair this Sunday
Fungi fans, cap off your week with a trip to the 44th annual Mushroom Fair, Sunday, Nov. 13, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Arcata Community Center ($5, $1 kids 12-16, free for kids under 12). Find out who’s shroomin’ who with presentations and exhibits on 350 species, mushroom identification. You’ll learn which ones are…
Another Shot at Freedom for Condor A6 Set for Saturday
The Northern California Condor Restoration Program will try again Saturday to release the bird currently known as A6 after two previous attempts this week. According to the NCCRP team, Thursday’s eight-hour effort was called off after A6 (and mentor bird No. 746) seemed hesitant to enter the trap area on the side of the main…
Music Tonight: Friday, Nov. 11
Multi-instrumentalist, visionary, concept artist and all-around sonic magician Arrington de Dionyso returns to the Miniplex tonight for an 8 p.m. show. He will be joined by the rhythm section of White Manna, and members of Die Geister Beschwören and Medicine Baul, performing under the moniker The Uncredible Phin Band, named after the electric Thai lute…
California Commission Overhauls Rooftop Solar Proposal
The California Public Utilities Commission Thursday released a long-awaited overhaul of its proposal to regulate rooftop solar installations, removing an unpopular new fee but reducing how much utilities would pay homeowners for supplying power to the grid. The revised proposal comes after the CPUC earlier this year abandoned a controversial plan that solar advocates warned…
Fig Twig Market at Redwood Acres this Year
Get a jump start on holiday browsing at the Fig Twig Holiday Market taking place Friday, Nov. 11, from 4 to 9 p.m. and Saturday, Nov. 12, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Redwood Acres Fairgrounds ($8 Friday, $3 Saturday). Lovers of vintage, shabby chic, handmade and up-cycled finds will be in season-of-giving heaven…
Veterans Day Observances Tomorrow
The Rotary Club of Southwest Eureka, in partnership with the City of Eureka, presents the Veterans Day Observance and Program on Friday, Nov. 11, from 11 a.m. to noon at the Adorni Recreation Center (free). There will be music, posting of the colors and refreshments. Coast Guard Commander George R. Suchanek is the featured speaker.…
Humboldt County Updates Election Results, Adding 10K Ballots to
The Humboldt County Elections Office released its first post-election report this afternoon, adding more than 10,000 ballots to the ongoing tally. No races shifted with the additional tally, though some leads grew and others shrank. Most notably, Juan Pablo Cervantes, who ended Election Night with a slim lead over Tiffany Hunt Nielsen in the race…
Restoration in the Redwoods
The 125-acre Orick Mill Site is under new management. Located on Yurok ancestral lands north of Orick on Bald Hills Road, not far from U.S. Highway 101, the site’s logging decks used to hold massive old-growth redwood logs. On Saturday, during a timely stoppage of rain showers, the Redwood National and State Parks Gateway and…
Fate of Indian Child Welfare Before the Supreme Court
Most child welfare cases wrestle over issues of best interest and well-being. But when the U.S. Supreme Court hears an upcoming legal challenge to the Indian Child Welfare Act this week, three central constitutional questions will be in play. The questions challenge core aspects of Congressional power and the relationship between tribes and the U.S. government: Do…
Cervantes Holds Slim Lead, Bongio and Watson Voted Out
With city council seats open in Ferndale and Trinidad and everywhere between, Humboldt County voters hit the polls Tuesday, seemingly in relatively modest numbers, and much like the national results, there didn’t seem to be any decisive waves to speak of. When the Humboldt County Elections Office released its final Election Night report, it included…
The Curtain Hits the Cast
I woke up on Sunday thinking about writing about the upcoming election, maybe some piece where I ramp up the direness of the results to see if I am actually a modern-day Cassandra or just another crank (probably). Instead, I was greeted by the news that Mimi Parker, one half of my favorite band, had…
Apples Center Stage
Cycling around the lush Slovenian countryside in late September and early October, I saw well-tended gardens everywhere. In them, the last tomatoes of the season were ripening, while cabbages and leeks appeared ready to be harvested. Fall flowers around the edges provided a colorful note. The branches of apple trees were laden with different varieties.…
Arts! Arcata
Celebrate the visual and performing arts in Downtown Arcata during Second Friday Arts! Arcata. Enjoy a lively night market of local art displayed in downtown stores. This month, local art vendors will be set up in the center of the plaza, which will also be a beer garden featuring live music from White Deer. Thank…
Lifespan of a Fact Hashes it Out
Does a fact have a beginning, middle and end, or is it static and unliving? Perhaps its existence is immutable, but what of its pertinence or purpose? Do facts serve truth, or is it the other way around? And where does story fit in this philosophical quagmire? Do the answers impact our daily lives? These…
Yelp Reviews of Voting
Trevor P. ★ ★ ★ Pretty disappointed by the lack of grim music, furtive shuffling and tense voice overs I was expecting after watching that voter fraud documentary my uncle sent me. It’s not that I necessarily believe the last election was rigged but, like, could it have been? If Ancient Aliens marathons have taught…
Bears in the Bins
One of the great things about Humboldt County is living close to nature. It’s always a thrill to see raccoons, deer, foxes, even an occasional bobcat around the neighborhood. In fact, I just looked out my window and a saw a black bear — jumping up and down on my trash can. Bear with me…
Storms Kick Off Coastal King Season
The season’s first big storms hit the North Coast over the weekend and the Smith and Chetco both kicked out good numbers of kings. Both rivers have been loaded with kings in their lower sections for quite some time, and when the rivers finally rose, they were on the move. On Saturday, the Smith turned…
Making it Weird
WEIRD: THE AL YANKOVIC STORY. For many of us, there has always been Weird Al. Before we could formulate anything like a valid critical opinion, much less decide what, by our flaccid cultural barometer, could be called “good,” we could still appreciate (or at least enjoy) the overlaying of silly lyrics upon songs we could…
Rivers and Funerals
The world tilts far enough now Where summer is almost a secret, And lifetimes can easily pass in the still air. During our walks, then, Over brilliant orange, gold and new sky, Her sadness came to be: Neatly placed Into the yielding grasp Of a freshly fallen maple leaf. Then, sealed into a shiny blue…
‘Cannot Be Trusted’
Editor: The powers that be, including federal, state, and local authorities, cannot be trusted to do the right thing with the high-level radioactive waste stored on Buhne Point! (“44 Feet,” Sept. 15.) With the geology of Buhne Point, its location from the jaws of Humboldt Bay, sea level rise, erosion from storm surge, the fault…
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): When you Aries people are at your best, you are driven by impeccable integrity as you translate high ideals into practical action. You push on with tireless force to get what you want, and what you want is often good for others, too. You have a strong sense of what it…
