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    Kaelan “Papa K” Rivera, founder of Lost Coast Price, takes his Wrangler around the Arcata Plaza leading a small but spirited Pride Ride to Rohner Park in Fortuna for lunch.
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    The Pride Parade went through the Arcata Plaza Farmers Market before heading off to Fortuna, horns honking on the way.
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    Becca Gomez flashes a peace sign riding her bike to join Pride celebrants in Fortuna for a picnic.
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    Aepryo Nikolei attaches a flag to the back hood in the Safeway parking lot Saturday morning before joining almost a dozen Pride Ride participants to Rohner Park in Fortuna.
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    Lisa Hoffman (aka Sister Aspirant Brisket Verklempt) pauses from lunch under the barbecue roof at Rohner Park to listen to friends describe the following day’s Pride Parade in Ferndale.
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    Janine Lauritzen and wife Cindy Lauritzen share a laugh as they take a walk after enjoying a picnic lunch with more than a dozen Pride Ride participants at Rohner Park in Fortuna.
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    The Pride Ride from Arcata to Fortuna was a precursor to the Pride Parade held in Ferndale the following day.
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    Janine Lauritzen lets out a whoop and a holler as vehicles begin to arrive for the Pride Ride take off from the Safeway Arcata parking lot Saturday morning.
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    Saturday’s Pride Ride from Arcata to Fortuna, where paraders shared a picnic lunch, was a colorful pro-equality display.
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    The 2023 edition of the Pride Parade wound through the streets of Ferndale, starting at the Old Steeple and ending at Firemen’s Park.
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    Young and old came together with hundreds marching through the town of Ferndale Sunday afternoon.
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    Brass and percussion set the rhythm for the Pride parade in Ferndale on Sunday.
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    Lisa Hamrick smiles proudly as she marches with hundreds of folks celebrating Pride Month with a parade in Ferndale last Sunday.
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    Sister Roman Holiday Hookup and Sister Juana Little of the Abbey of the Big Red Wood mix in with other Pride parade marchers at Firemen’s Park.
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    The Raging Grannies made an appearance at Firemen’s Park in Ferndale with witty lyrics supporting the LGBTQ+ local community set to old-timey melodies.
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    Sister Juana Little from the Abbey of the Big Red Wood chats with Eric Fidjeland and Sarah Ireland at Firemen’s Park at the conclusion of the Pride parade last Sunday.
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    Sister Juana Little from the Abbey of the Big Red Wood chats with Eric Fidjeland and Sarah Ireland at Firemen’s Park at the conclusion of the Pride parade last Sunday.
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    Brandon Ryan lets loose on his trombone minutes after arriving to Firemen’s Park, helping lead a Pride parade of hundreds through the streets of Ferndale.
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    Vivienne Vidette waves a Pride flag proudly, bringing up the rear of the parade held Sunday in Ferndale.
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    Raven Coit walks with her dog Zephyr and another pooch and her friend Suzy Bibona on Berding Street in Ferndale for the Pride parade.
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    Parents, siblings, grandparents, aunts and uncles came out in force, marching in Ferndale for the annual Pride parade.
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    Horns, trumpets, a tuba, saxophones and more played with marching and tom-tom drums, leading a crowd of hundreds of Pride celebrants through the streets of Ferndale.