The end of the year always feels like a mad scramble here at the Journal. It’s one reason we’re grateful to have Mark Larson’s annual archive to share with readers and to fathom the timeline of the past 365 days for ourselves. As a photographer (and a human), his eye is drawn to boisterous community […]
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NCJ Preview: Arcata Bike Library and Through Mark Larson’s Lens
On this week’s episode of the NCJ Preview, we peddle into 2025 as news editor Thadeus Greenson talks about California Local News Fellow Anne To’s story on the Arcata Bike Library. Also, arts and features editor Jennifer Fumiko Cahill shows some appreciation to photographer Mark Larson and his collection of photos from 2024. Find all […]
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Klamath Salmon Festival Turns 60, Celebrates Elders
Driving north in the rain from Arcata early Saturday morning, the prospects for the 60th annual Klamath Salmon Festival didn’t look good. But by the 9:30 a.m. start of the parade, the rain had stopped, the sun came out from behind the clouds and this year’s festival celebrating tribal elders (because the event was turning […]
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Scenes from the Junior Rodeo
Nearly 200 boys and girls signed up for a chance to compete in seven age divisions for saddles, lots of buckles and cash awards at the Fortuna Junior Rodeo at the rodeo grounds in Rohner Park earlier this month. When I asked rodeo participants “What event or events are you participating in?” the most common […]
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Fourth Fun in Old Town
Under unusually warm sunshine, Eureka Main Street’s Fourth of July Festival in historic Old Town attracted its usual large crowd of attendees enjoying a wide variety of foods, crafts, commercial items and fine art, while community groups tabled to get word out about their organizations. Two stages featured performances by North Coast Dance and live […]
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NCJ Preview: 2022 Photos, Domestic Violence and Relief in Rio Dell
This week we’re perusing Mark Larson’s photo’s of Humboldt in 2022. We’re also looking at a tragic killing in Eureka and how it appears to fit a tragically familiar pattern of domestic violence. In the wake of the Jan. 1 aftershock, which hit Rio Dell even harder than the Dec. 20 quake in some respects, […]
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2019: The Year in Photos
As we enter 2020, it seems fitting to look back on 2019 on the North Coast. Together, we marched and protested, laughed and cried, fought and danced. We even zombied. And local photographer Mark Larson was there to capture much of it, camera in hand and a smile on his face. Below we share a […]
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2018: HumCo’s Year in Photos
It’s been quite a year. We’ve gathered, celebrated, protested, marched, mourned, reveled, danced, politicked and raced. And for much of it, local photographer Mark Larson has been there to document our community as it came together. Here’s a look back on the year, with some of Larson’s favorite photographs from 2018.
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Independence Day, Plaza Style
As is the annual tradition, scores of revelers descended on the Arcata Plaza yesterday to celebrate the July Fourth holiday. True to Arcata form, there were aerial dancers, wax hands, face painting and even a bubble parade. If you missed the fun — or enjoyed every last bubble and want to reminisce — local photographer […]
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The Year in Photos, by Mark Larson
As we count down the last hours before 2017 is relegated to the dustbins of history, take a few minutes to look back. Local photographer Mark Larson put together the following slideshow of pictures he took throughout the year. Together, they paint a picture of a community that celebrated, protested, grieved, laughed and triumphed its […]