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‘Unbelievable’
On a day intended to honor her, Sara Bareilles sat in a park in her hometown and sang a love song to the city of Eureka. More specifically, Bareilles held court for more than an hour and 20 minutes, playing 17 songs including the 2007 hit “Love Song” in Halvorsen Park, which had been transformed…
Happy Ending: Missing Woman, Dog Found Safe After 28 Hours
A missing Honeydew woman and her dog were found safe and uninjured last night, nearly 28 hours after being reported missing when they failed to return back from a walk. According to a Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office news release, Kari Nelson and her pet were located by search and rescue crews just before 5 p.m.…
CHP IDs Rio Dell Resident as Bicyclist Killed on 101
The California Highway Patrol has identified the bicyclist killed on the evening of Oct. 23 on U.S. Highway 101 south of Herrick Avenue as Rio Dell resident Donald Ferguson. He was 51. In a news release, the CHP states a preliminary investigation indicates Ferguson was struck around 7:45 p.m. within the No. 1 lane by…
Photos: Witch-raft on the Bay
Despite a windy, rainy forecast again for this year’s third annual Witches Paddle on Humboldt Bay, an energetic coven of witches showed up with stand-up boards and paddles in hand to enjoy what turned out to be a breezy, sunny day. In addition, a quartet of witches showed up at the put-in boat ramp to…
Arcata Police Investigating Homicide
The Arcata Police Department is investigating the shooting death of a man found in a tent around 11 p.m. Oct. 18 near the Mad River. Lt. Todd Dokweiler said officers arrived at the scene after receiving a report of a possibly deceased man in a tent north of the Carlson Park area of Valley West…
Annie’s Cambodian Cuisine Starts Fresh in Henderson
Renovation has been afoot in Henderson Center at 2850 F St., where Annie’s Cambodian Cuisine has transplanted and transformed. The new spot, formerly Le Monde and then Manzanilla, boasts an airier, more upscale dining room than its former home in a run-down building on Fifth Street, now slated for demolition to make way for a…
Arcata Investigating Fatal Hit and Run
The Arcata Police Department is looking for anyone who may have witnessed a fatal hit and run crash before dawn this morning on Valley West Boulevard. According to a press release, APD received a 911 call at 5:53 a.m. advising a pedestrian was down in the roadway in the 500 block of Valley West Boulevard.…
Four Justices Vie to Keep Spots on ‘Collegial’ California Supreme Court
It’s one of the most diverse, consequential — and unrecognizable — branches of California government. Name one member of the California Supreme Court. Thought so. Yet the names of four justices on California’s highest court are appearing on the November ballot, mixed in with more glossy, high-profile candidates. In the past three decades, the court…
What You Need to Know About the California Governor Debate
After months of an extraordinarily quiet race, in which Gov. Gavin Newsom has barely even acknowledged his own campaign for re-election, the Democrat came out blazing Sunday in the only gubernatorial debate, relentlessly attacking his Republican challenger as a stooge of oil companies who has obstructed his every effort to solve the biggest problems facing…
One Arrested After Fatal Willow Creek Shooting
A suspect is in custody after a shooting death in Willow Creek before dawn this morning. According to the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office, deputies were dispatched to at report of a gunshot victim in the 500 block of State Route 96, and arrived to find a dead man with what appeared to be a gunshot…
UPDATED: 4.1 Quake Shakes Fortuna
A magnitude-4.1 earthquake struck 3 miles from Fortuna at 11:16 a.m., according to the United States Geological Survey. There were no immediate reports of damage. The USGS initial report states the temblor struck at a depth of nearly 15 miles. There is no danger of a tsunami being generated, the National Tsunami Warning Center said…
NCJ Preview: Sara Bareilles, Local Theater and Music Shows
This week we’re looking back at Sara Bareilles’ huge outdoor concert in Eureka, as well as the artist’s other gifts to her hometown, including a music space and books for the Humboldt Literacy Project. We’ve also got a review of a local Beckett-inspired play and musical highlights for the week from our Setlist columnist Collin…
Leila F Schnyder: 1940-2022
Born to Fletcher and Gladys Franklin in San Francisco, California. She was preceded in death by her parents, sister Lynn, and great grandson Jacoby. She is survived by her husband Ralph, son Kenneth, grandchildren Kathryn (Shawn), Stephanie (Jose), and Benjamin. Great grandchildren Alexa, Raymond, Otis, Ava, Amanda, Zuri, and King. She worked for Eureka City…
Condor A7 Recovering After Minor Surgery
The California condor currently known as A7 is recovering after undergoing minor surgery by Oakland Zoo vets this week to remove what appeared to be an embedded bone fragment that caused an infection in her jaw. The young female is part of a second cohort of the endangered birds that arrived on the North Coast…
UPDATE: Police Arrest Teen Suspect in Fortuna High Shooting Threat
UPDATE: An investigative team, including Fortuna and Eureka detectives, arrested a 16-year-old girl in connection with a threat made via social media that a shooting would take place at Fortuna High School Thursday afternoon and another threat made against Eel River Community School. According to the Fortuna Police Department, the team “developed information” that identified…
Death of the Author
Metafiction is hard, it requires an understanding of the source material with an open mind to the stylistic choices of the author, which might seem perverse to a fan of the original text. This problem increases with live theater, where the audience is expected to not only bring an awareness of the thing referenced, but…
Ode to the Wooden Walking Stick
Quadrapeds are better evolved for traveling over the planet than we are. With only one foot to recover from the missteps of the other, we bipeds are continually courting disaster. But with a walking stick we become tripedal, crossing creeks from rock to rock or on logs barely big enough to bear our weight. On…
Additional Changes Coming for Hoop Net Crabbing
Back in April, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) issued a press release restricting the use of crab traps to help minimize risk of entanglement as humpback whales forage in California waters during the spring and summer months. However, the recreational take of Dungeness crab by other methods, including hoop nets and crab…
Congrats
Editor: Please congratulate James floss on the perfectly delightful poem called “Storytelling” (Mailbox, Sept. 29). Perfection in a few words. Thank you. Lucy Quinby, Eureka Related Stories
‘What He Was Appointed to Do’
Editor: I don’t understand the outcry over Alan Bongio running interference for his developer buddy Travis Schneider (“It All Adds Up,” Oct. 13). This is literally what he was appointed to do and the very reason that Rex Bohn’s financial backers put him in office in the first place. Land speculators, developers and folks in…
Beach Goo Blues
Try this experiment: Cut yourself into two equal halves. I recommend a chainsaw for efficiency, but maybe you are good with an ax or have a bread knife handy. Now, if you did it successfully, you’ll realize that there is only one plane that separates your two essentially equal halves. The experiment works just as…
‘Let’s Be Vigilant’
Editor: Thanks to Elaine Weinreb for letting us know that the world’s largest Atlantic Salmon fish farm proposed for Humboldt Bay, on ancestral Wiyot land and in the tsunami zone, I might add, is far from a done deal (“Supes OK Fish Farm Environmental Review,” Oct. 6). I was appalled to learn that the Humboldt…
The Night I Saw the Mountain Lion
The night I saw the mountain lion I saw her eyeshine first And then her head And then her frame Then something that was worse Her stance was over-rigid She was wound and set to spring Her eyes were locked upon me And I was everything My light shone bright upon her I knew to…
Vote!
Editor: Julie Ryan is the progressive choice for those of us who rely on clean tap water and a conscientious flush from the Humboldt Community Services District. There are two seats open, and one of the other candidates is Alan Bongio. The North Coast Journal has detailed all the reasons why Alan Bongio shouldn’t be…
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): “We must be willing to let go of the life we panned so as to have the life that is waiting for us.” Aries mythologist Joseph Campbell said that, and now I’m passing it on to you just in time for the Sacred Surrender Phase of your astrological cycle. Make sage…
Correction
A story headlined “‘The Value of an Indigenous Life'” in the Oct. 13, 2022, edition of the North Coast Journal incorrectly identified Yurok Tribal Police Chief Greg O’Rourke. Additionally, a letter titled “Whose Advantage?” in the same edition omitted contact information for Healthcare for All Humboldt when encouraging people to reach out for more information…
Judge Issues Temporary Restraining Order for Watson
A Humboldt County Superior Court judge has issued a temporary restraining order that severely restricts Councilmember Brett Watson’s access to City Hall and prohibits him from contacting or being within 100 yards of four city officials, their workplaces and vehicles, with the exception of Arcata City Council meetings. A hearing on the order is scheduled…
Court Overturns Zoellner Jury Award
A federal judge has overturned a jury’s verdict that found an Arcata detective violated Kyle Zoellner’s civil rights when he was arrested and charged with David Josiah Lawson’s murder, finding police had probable cause and evidence in the case “establishes a fair probability Mr. Zoellner stabbed Mr. Lawson.” Zoellner, 28, filed a lawsuit in 2018,…
Sweepin’ Up
I want to do a little housecleaning before the month ends and my memories are lost in the unceasing accumulation of days. First up, I have a hearty thank you to Carol Jacobson and company over at the Eureka Symphony, who put on an incredible opening night on Sept. 30. I had never before heard…
A Mother-Daughter Mission
Alby Alawoya’s twist braids swing a little as she pivots from table to table on Northtown Coffee’s patio (1603 G St., Arcata). She and her mother, Monique Sutton, run Mother’s Cooking Experience out of the café’s kitchen and alongside its baristas. They serve breakfasts and lunches six days a week, stock and prep on their…
You Can’t Go to Hell Again
HELLRAISER. Despite the repeated implication — imprecation? — that I am a joyless churl and incapable of sitting in moments of celebration, I am working to embrace the spirit of the spooky season. I probably won’t put on a costume (beyond that of a smiling normie), but I’m making my way through the Criterion Channel’s…
