News Blog
/ By Kimberly Wear
(December 2, 2022)
The Humboldt County Elections Office released its fourth post-election report today, which changes some numbers but leaves the results where we left off last week. That includes Measure M's...
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/ By Jennifer Fumiko Cahill
(December 2, 2022)
Bring your sunglasses to Arts Alive Saturday, Dec. 3, as local artist and Burning Man regular Duane Flatmo will be firing up El Pulpo Magnifico, recently touring heir to the...
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/ By Collin Yeo
(December 2, 2022)
For the last three decades and over the course of nine records, the Young Dubliners have been committed to producing a sound that marries traditional Irish folk tunes with...
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/ By Kali Cozyris
(December 2, 2022)
The uber-festive Humboldt Artisans Crafts & Music Festival returns for its 41st annual event this weekend, transforming Redwood Acres Fairgrounds into a holiday marketplace filled with all the comfort...
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Community voting through Dec. 18, 2022
(December 1, 2022)
2022 marks the fifth year for the Humboldt County Correctional Facility’s (HCCF) Inmate Holiday Art Contest. Inmates in HCCF dorms are given art materials and are asked to work...
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News Blog
/ By Thadeus Greenson
(December 1, 2022)
Following a trend seen across the state, region and country, local hospitals are nearly at capacity amid a surge in respiratory illnesses that's being dubbed a "tridemic" or "tripledemic"...
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What's Good
/ By Jennifer Fumiko Cahill
(December 1, 2022)
Nicholas Kohl, owner of Old Town's Oberon Grill, has announced the restaurant will close its doors for good after December. The business will be open through at least Dec. 31,...
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News Blog
/ By Julie Cart, CalMatters
(December 1, 2022)
As California emerges from its “peak” wildfire season, the state has managed to avoid its recent plague of catastrophic wildfires. So far in 2022, the fewest acres have burned since...
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/ By Kali Cozyris
(December 1, 2022)
O little towns of Humboldt … It’s December and cities and towns across the county are hosting hospitality or open house events this month with many starting this week. Here’s...
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/ By Collin Yeo
(December 1, 2022)
New venue alert, for this column, anyway. Here’s a cozy restaurant gig to ease you into the last month of the year. The Boardroom in Ferndale is hosting Deckhands,...
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/ By Collin Yeo
(November 30, 2022)
Multi-instrumentalist Grahame Lesh, son of Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh, has become a dependable figure in the Dead-adjacent jam scene. Tonight at Humbrews, you can catch Midnight North, the...
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NCJ Preview
/ By Jennifer Fumiko Cahill
(November 29, 2022)
This week we peek at the annual Gift Guide, from Sasquatch stuffies to Guy Fieri merch. We're also sharing a dispatch from the Mushroom Fair, including a warning about a...
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News Blog
/ By Elizabeth Aguilera, CALmatters
(November 29, 2022)
In 2020 the state launched the adverse childhood experiences initiative, with the goal of cutting the number of those experiences in half within one generation. Today the number of...
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/ By Collin Yeo
(November 29, 2022)
Indie rock star Doug Martsch is bringing his influential band Built to Spill to Arcata tonight, for an 8 p.m. gig at the Arcata Theatre Lounge ($34). Having remained...
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News Blog
/ By Kimberly Wear
(November 28, 2022)
Interior areas of Humboldt County above 2,000 feet will be under a winter storm watch beginning Wednesday afternoon, according to the Eureka office of the National Weather Service. "Heavy...
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Obituaries
/ By North Coast Journal Staff
(November 28, 2022)
Alvina “Lee” Perkins died peacefully on Oct. 20, 2022, at the age of 90 in her home in Los Angeles with her daughter holding her hand. Lee was born...
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/ By Collin Yeo
(November 28, 2022)
Tucson, Arizona’s Lenguas Largas is an experimental, art-rock garage band with a custom sound that mixes electronic flourishes with DIY, lo-fi production, jangly guitars and sing-song vocal harmonies. Kind...
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/ By Collin Yeo
(November 27, 2022)
It’s your last chance to head off to see the Wizard. Which wizard? Why the wonderful Wizard of Oz. I once read that L. Frank Baum’s masterpiece is unique among...
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/ By Kali Cozyris
(November 26, 2022)
Turn on your heart light and let it lead you to the Eureka Theater for a special showing of the 1980s classic Steven Spielberg film (with iconic scenes filmed...
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/ By Collin Yeo
(November 26, 2022)
Jamaica’s legendary albino emcee and toaster King Yellowman will be posting up at the Arcata Theatre Lounge tonight at 7 p.m. His appearance altered by jaw cancer surgery, Yellowman...
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