When Alexander Yang moved to Humboldt County amid the pandemic lockdown in 2020, he hoped to build his relationship with his mother More Yang, who goes by Wendy and had moved north from Fresno 15 years earlier. For the past couple of years, their plans for Kogiri, a Korean barbecue spot in Arcata, have stalled […]
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Causing Ferment in the Kitchen
While the cold spring weather this year delayed growth of the vegetable plants in my garden, I am finally getting enough cabbage, garlic and radish to start making kimchi. Like yogurt and kombucha, kimchi, a fermented vegetable dish and staple of the Korean diet, has been enthusiastically adopted in the U.S. and is commonly carried […]
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The Grand Jury Reports
Wielding the power of the subpoena and carrying a mandate enshrined in the state Constitution to serve as overseers of local government, a group of volunteers comes together each year to constitute the Humboldt County Civil Grand Jury. During their service, the 19 members spend months conducting interviews, making on-site visits and reviewing documents as […]
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Judge Re-affirms St. Joseph Hospital’s Obligation to Uphold Emergency Services Law
There were no winners in the case of the People vs. Providence St. Joseph Hospital last week, as Judge Timothy Canning decided to move forward with the preliminary injunction hearing rather than side with either legal argument presented on Friday. Giving the hospital’s attorneys another opportunity to present their case related to gynecological emergency health […]
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Workers Over Billionaires Protest in Eureka
Despite the apparent lack of much advance publicity and competing Labor Day events, an estimated 1,000 Workers Over Billionaires protestors gathered peacefully on both sides of the street outside the Humboldt County Courthouse in Eureka on Monday. The local protest in opposition to the Trump administration’s actions, including those affecting workers, was one of hundreds of 50501 […]
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‘Come Back Young Again’
Lightning struck Trinity County on July 30, 2021, and sparked a fire that burned for 88 days. Before it was fully contained, the Monument Fire consumed 223,124 acres, according to Cal Fire. One of the 28 structures destroyed was a lookout on Ironside Mountain (Tse:nding, as it is called by the Tsnungwe people). “This mountain […]
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Gavin Newsom’s Redistricting Plan is on Its Way to Voters. What You Need to Know
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Gov. Gavin Newsom’s plan to counter President Donald Trump’s election gerrymander in Texas with his own redistricting play in California is on its way to voters. The California Legislature on Aug. 21 approved his proposal calling for a special election on a ballot measure that would suspend the state’s current congressional districts, […]
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Summer Abundance
I have a pretty good sense of how much produce I can eat, which usually prevents me from going overboard, but sometimes doesn’t, particularly in the summer. When market stalls and farmstands overflow with an abundance of colorful, flavorful vegetables and fruit, restraint remains parked outside. I often have a surfeit of zucchini or summer […]
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Sushi up on the Rooftop
In Humboldt, we love the rain, the mist and the fog. But when the sun makes its appearance, we bask in its rays all we can. At Rooftop in Old Town Eureka, chef Joe Tan is serving classic and inventive sushi, with a dose of vitamin D. The fourth floor patio affords a panoramic view […]
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‘No Signs of Recovery’
When the California Fish and Game Commission took the unprecedented step of shuttering the North Coast’s red abalone season back in 2017 due to a precipitous decline in the population amid the larger collapse of the region’s kelp forests, there was hope that the temporary moratorium would give the fishery a chance to rebound. But, […]
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Signs of Soulatluk Revival
As you look out over the water along Eureka’s boardwalk at the foot of F Street, a small placard at your elbow might catch your eye, reading “DA’GURR, Known in English as Sea Otter,” above the illustration of a mustachioed specimen drifting on his back and waving a paw. Just a few inches below its […]
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Twenty-nine Pies
Given our collective scientific knowledge and culinary skill — and here I mean the “we” of humanity — should we not have adjusted our flour and fat ratios, balanced our spices, determined the proper slice dimensions and cooking temperature to have already, some 700 years into baking variations of it, arrived at The Apple Pie? […]