Built nearly flush against the sidewalk at 1531 J St., the Eureka Woman’s Club sits on what Second Vice President Murline Georgeson describes as “a postage stamp-sized lot.” The ladies who paid her late father-in-law architect Franklin Georgeson to design and build the Craftsman-style hall from old growth redwood in 1916 were not interested in […]
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‘Fire Teaches Us Many Lessons’
Bill Tripp, Karuk, has been a cultural fire practitioner nearly his entire life. He remembers being 4 years old, cracking acorns as he waited for his great-grandmother to wake up so they could talk in the mornings. Eventually he turned his attention toward the woodstove and tried to build a fire. His great-grandmother heard him […]
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Judge Allows St. Joseph Abortion Case to Proceed
Humboldt County Superior Court Judge Timothy Canning has rejected Providence St. Joseph Hospital’s request to dismiss a landmark lawsuit brought by the California Attorney General’s Office alleging it violated state law when it refused to provide a medically necessary abortion in February 2024, putting the mother’s life at risk. Attorneys representing the hospital filed for a […]
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Urinetown is Absurdly Fun
Urinetown is a silly, overacted, melodramatic, musical political satire that is pure excessive hilarity. The talented cast of North Coast Repertory Theatre’s incarnation of the show understands the assignment and creates an entirely entertaining evening of must-see theater. The surface of this production is stupid, stereotypical theater complete with puns, gags, terrible writing and an onslaught of […]
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When We Walk Right By
Editor’s note: This is the first of a three-part series exploring ableism and the rhetoric that sustains it. I’m standing in the basement of Cal Poly Humboldt’s Founders Hall looking out the window at the rain while I wait for my ride home from work. Next to me is a student who is using crutches […]
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Summer of Fun 2025
General & Multi Activities “Weaving The Web” A Textile Youth Camp Experience with Bellamy Devine. Mon., July 7, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Tue., July 8, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Wed., July 9, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Thu., July 10, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. and Fri., July 11, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Humboldt Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 24 Fellowship Way, Bayside. These […]
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‘Too High a Risk’
Eight years after the North Coast’s recreational abalone fishery was shut down due to an unprecedented decline in the population amid a greater collapse of the delicate ecosystem on which the prized mollusks depend, the state Fish and Game Commission is beginning the process to extend the closure another decade. The three commissioners present at […]
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Witness Coffee Roasters is Where it’s Supposed to Be
On Saturday, May 3, the line at Witness Coffee Roasters (734 Fifth St., Eureka) went back to the door emblazoned with the words, “You’re exactly where you’re supposed to be.” It was also mostly comprised of people with homemade signs in hand. “No Kings,” one reads. Located across from the Humboldt County Courthouse, the staff […]
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Options for My New Email Auto Reply Message
Thanks for messaging me. I will endeavor to respond to you in a timely manner but, due to the sheer volume of emails arriving in my inbox with each passing moment, I will fail. Sweet Jesus, there’s another dozen. Cheers. Thank you for contacting me. And kudos in advance for your heroic patience in awaiting […]
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CSU Cuts Come with Human Cost to Our Community
The California State University (CSU) system, including Cal Poly Humboldt, is the state’s greatest driver of social mobility. It is a partnership among students, faculty, staff, alumni, donors, local communities and the state, and it serves a critical role in inspiring more than 460,000 students from all backgrounds to pursue a college degree and socio-economic […]
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From Garden to Table in the Hall
From lettuce to berries to garlic and parsley, vegetables color the blacktop at the Humboldt County Juvenile Detention Center as part of a garden project that started with a single chef. Beth Bailey, who has been cooking at the juvenile hall for more than 10 years, started the garden as the capstone project for her […]
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Damaged Goods
This column begins on May 1, International Worker’s Day in most of the world. But we don’t celebrate that here because it simply isn’t allowed in the curdling nexus of industry and finance we call home. This isn’t by accident but rather design, as our nation’s relationship with labor oscillates between revulsion and fantasy. We […]