Ben Hurd, who along with his namesake Christmas tree farm was an integral part of cherished holiday memories for generations of local families, has died. He was 93. According to an announcement on the farm’s Facebook page, Hurd passed away peacefully on the morning of June 12. “He was determined to stay in his home […]
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The Elf on the Shelf is Begging You Not to Put Him Out This Year
That time of year already? Ha, seems like only yesterday you stuffed me in here with the Christmas stockings. Not that I mind! In fact, if I’m totally honest, by the end of the first week on display, I’m praying for the oblivion of the bottom of the decoration tub, buried under layers of suffocating […]
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New Starbucks Holiday Drinks
With our iconic Pumpkin Spice Latte and Peppermint Mocha, Starbucks owns the holiday beverage, but you can’t rest on your laurels in this business. That means our team is constantly brainstorming new specialty beverages and cup designs. Ha! Didn’t see cup design being so controversial during the holidays, but here we are! We’ve strip-mined the […]
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Another COVID Holiday: Is California in a Better Place this Year? Not in Humboldt.
The holidays are here and people are ready to gather, hug and feast. But is California in a better place this year when it comes to COVID-19? Last year, as Thanksgiving approached, infections were creeping up, culminating in a brutal winter surge, and the governor implemented an emergency curfew to slow the spread of the […]
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Commercial Crab Season Set to Open Dec. 23
Get that butter ready. The commercial Dungeness crab season is slated to start statewide on Dec. 23 after being delayed due to meat quality in the Humboldt region and whale entanglement concerns farther south. “Our recommendation was to open this Wednesday (Dec. 16),” said California Department of Fish and Wildlife Director Charlton H. Bonham in […]
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Start a New Year with an Enormous Challah
If you’re like me, you want two things right now: bread and for this year to just be over. Well, Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year begins on Friday, Sept. 18 at sundown, when people all over the world will celebrate the end of the Hebrew year 5780 and the start of 5781. Among the […]
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Arcata House to Provide Hot Meals, Needs Some Help to Do So
The Arcata House Partnership will be hosting meal events during Christmas week to help folks in need of a hot meal during the holiday season. Meals will be available from noon to 3 p.m. at the nonprofit’s Ninth Street annex Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. In addition to lending a helping hand, the partnership is […]
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Black History and Liberation Month
This month-long holiday is meant to remember, honor and celebrate the work that has been done and continues to be done by black people across the globe — creative, political and otherwise. At a time when the nation still questions whether the lives of black Americans matter and when their safety (not to mention social […]
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Homeless for Christmas
The daily trudging around town, trying to scrounge up the money to get what I need for the day, generally begins when I leave the Mission around 7 a.m., no matter the weather. Around here it can change in an instant and you’re suddenly and completely soaked to the skin, the wind whipping cruelly through […]
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Truck Parade was Lit
The skies were clear, the lights were bright and the happy crowds huddled and waved from the sidewalks as the annual KEKA Christmas Truckers Parade rolled past, honking out “Jingle Bells” in monotone. Photographer Mark McKenna was there with the bundled-up masses, capturing the color and the craziness as dozens and dozens of festooned rigs […]
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Crab.
Decadence does not have to be complicated. Christmas dinner in our family consists of three simple ingredients: homemade mayonnaise, sourdough bread and crab. That crab sandwiches have usurped ham and turkey at our table for close to a century is no surprise: The rosy-limbed crustaceans hold a special place in the heart of Humboldt County […]
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Jingle Toes
Winter comforts lean toward familiarity: eggnog, dreidels and twinkling lights. Likewise, dance companies try to find that one show that will bring audiences back to the theater year after year. The Nutcracker is perhaps America’s most famous ballet for just this reason — Tchaikovsky’s stirring themes lend equally to theatrical plot and artistic grandeur. Through […]