The pineapple juice, Pama liqueur, rum and lime No Raids Just Rum cocktail at the Speakeasy comes with a pinch of nutmeg in a hurricane glass; the non-alcoholic version has muddled raspberries. The spot has also featured the ginger and prosecco Sanctuary Spritz, as well as the gin and violet liqueur-tinted Burn the ICE drinks […]
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Centro del Pueblo Announces Immigration Hotline
Centro del Pueblo has launched an “ICE-Watch/Migra-Watch” hotline for local community members to report immigration enforcement activity. The Arcata-based nonprofit sent out an email this morning announcing it had started the hotline — (707) 200-8091 — as a part of its Rapid Response Network, which seeks to empower community members to “observe and provide vital […]
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The Pots Smell Good
In Christiana, the rural town in Jamaica’s Manchester Parish where his grandmother lived, Dell Bryan learned to cook from her. His wife of 35 years, Joanne Kerr, explains they were both born in the capital city of Kingston, but “he would live with his mom in Kingston for six months, then she would send him […]
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‘People Over Profits’ Caravan in Eureka this Afternoon
A caravan of cars will circle through Eureka this evening, calling for society to put “people over profits.” “The coronavirus pandemic has clearly shown the flaws in our institutions,” reads a press release announcing the caravan. “It’s also showing how much we need each other and how powerful we can be when we stand together.” […]
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Gone After Dinner
Cork-down wine bottle chandeliers light Marcelli’s Italian Restaurant from the chipped green linoleum counter on one side to the corner that was once walled off during the spot’s time as an Italian deli but is now decorated with framed news articles. Outside the front windows, cars flash by on Fifth Street’s three lanes as a […]
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Together, We Are Strong
Scout’s Honor: The Whichever Scouts vs. The Energy Monster This year’s holiday show at the Arcata Playhouse, Scout’s Honor: The Whichever Scouts vs. the Energy Monster, combines traditional English pantomime with topical humor and a wealth of local talent for an unbeatably fun time. The Whichever Scouts are the most mismatched troop you are ever […]
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Photos from the Thanksgiving Vigil
This morning, while many were preparing for holiday feasts with friends and family, some 50 people gathered on the steps of the Humboldt County Courthouse to hold a vigil for those immigrant families and individuals who are spending Thanksgiving in detention centers. As attendees held protest signs, speakers from Centro del Pueblo the Seventh Generation […]
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True North Organizes Fundraiser for Committee Leader to Apply for Residency
If you had walked into Dora Portillo’s house Oct. 17, you would have been welcomed by the smell of fried pork, beans and salsa. She was preparing chicharron (fried pork ground with spices and vegetables) and bean stuffing that would fill hundreds of her homemade pupusas (a Salvadoran food made of corn meal that’s stuffed […]
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Taiko Swings up to Humboldt
Imagine a 1940s dance hall full of swing dancers sporting pin curls and pompadours moving to the big band sound of saxophones, trumpets and trombones. Now imagine the precision of traditional Japanese taiko drumming leading the beat and the dance taking place in the mess hall of a World War II Japanese American internment camp. […]
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The Heartland Laid Bare
We cut from mariachi dancers to the softball diamond. Flat limitless fields, nondescript buildings, canals and barges flicker past. A hopper belches out a river of golden corn. High above the threshing blades, sealed inside an air-conditioned cab, a farmer pilots a mammoth harvesting machine across fields that stretch as far as the eye can […]
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HSU to Offer Immigration Legal Services to Staff, Employees
Humboldt State University announced today that it is included in a California State University systemwide plan that will provide immigration legal services to its employees and the estimated 100 undocumented students currently enrolled at HSU. “I am delighted that we will be able to increase the availability of immigration legal services to the California State […]
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Butter and Belonging at Red Lobster
My immigrant Japanese family came to America and fell in love with cheap steaks, sausage, corned beef and cabbage, lasagna and rye bread. But they drew a deep line at American seafood. In New York State in the ’70s and ’80s, this meant shrimp doused in opaque sauces, dry fillets armored in cracker crumbs, frozen […]