I’ve been on this beat long enough to know, as my regular readers do, that the early weeks of January are a dead zone for live music in these parts. And as much as things change, they continue to stay the same, so this week is a sparse one. I’ve culled out casino gigs and […]
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What’s Good: Pubs and Pots
Gallagher’s Headed Back to the Eagle House Amid the rise and fall and relocation of Old Town restaurants, one spot is returning to how it used to be. Gallagher’s Irish Restaurant and Pub is headed back to its digs in the Eagle House (139 Second St., Eureka) in early 2025. As Jessica Silva reported […]
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Top 10 Dick Moves of 2024
The size-obsessed are still squawking about who’s growing the biggest colorful conifer (spoiler: Mendocino County now has the tallest lighted living Christmas tree, see page 28) but here at the Journal, we focus on quality. Humboldt’s forest of dick moves continues to flourish, making it all the more challenging to choose the pettiest, most self-serving, […]
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Group Brings Class Action Suit Against Huffman
A group of Humboldt County residents have joined a class-action federal lawsuit filed against North Coast Congressmember Jared Huffman and Fourth District Rep. Mike Thompson alleging the two men voted to use the residents’ tax dollars to fund a genocide of Palestinian people in the ongoing Hamas-Israel war, violating international and U.S. laws. The suit, […]
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The Top 10 Stories of 2024
What a year. In our sliver of the North Coast, 2024 brought triumph and tragedy, drama and departures, and a host of stories that will reverberate in our communities, hearts and memories for years to come. In no particular order, here’s our list of the most important and impactful stories of the year, and this […]
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What’s Good: Warming up and Heading Home
Rooftop’s Ramen Warm-up All summer, which includes October here, tables at Rooftop (148 E St., Eureka) were packed with those starved for vitamin D and hungry for sushi. But during the damp cold of winter, the indoor tables and counter (at last, comfy bar chairs) offer a view out of the chill and hot, hot […]
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Redwood Sky Walk at Night
An extraordinary journey awaits you at Humboldt County’s Redwood Skywalk. Nestled amidst Humboldt’s many breathtaking natural wonders, lies a human-made marvel that promises a remarkable journey into one of Nature’s most awe-inspiring creations: the Californian coast redwood forest. The Redwood Sky Walk at Sequoia Park Zoo presents an almost quarter-mile tour of the forest, soaring […]
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Checking in with the Best Friend of an Amateur Detective Who Stumbles onto a Murder Everywhere She Goes
I guess I should have acted surprised, but when I saw Macy standing over the body sprawled in the snow, the fifth body in as many weeks, I was justifiably annoyed. Like, wow, that charming young ski instructor was blackmailing the resort’s accountant, and that’s why the ski lift malfunctioned, sending him to his death? […]
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Blue Christmas
I was woken up late last night by the hooting of two owls somewhere outside of my bedroom. Despite my fairly new fascination with birdwatching, this was not the gift I was hoping for, as I was still recovering from the shock of some loved ones being in a car wreck earlier that day (they’re […]
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‘A Big Heart’
In the video, you can only see Mark Campbell’s hands, blunt-fingered and already pale with clay slip, wedding band still visible as he cups a tilted little volcano of clay turning drunkenly on the wheel. He presses it to a symmetrical cake before scraping the bottom edge to clear the excess. Then digging in at […]
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‘A Nightmare on Replay’
A second local woman has filed a lawsuit alleging Providence St. Joseph Hospital caused her undue suffering and put her life at risk when it denied her necessary emergency medical care in the form of an abortion, because the unviable fetus she was carrying still had a detectable heartbeat. The allegations in the suit filed […]
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A Classic Cookie Gets Spicy
Years ago, I made a batch of double ginger cookies with powdered and candied in the dough. Then I immediately remade them as triple ginger, spiking them with a couple teaspoons of freshly grated ginger root. Then came the Mexican hot chocolate cookies barely warmed by a couple pinches of cayenne pepper. Then a couple […]