Eureka’s popular Friday Night Markets kicks off for the season this Friday, June 30, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. in Old Town (free admission). The bustling nighttime farmers market runs every Friday, from June 30 through Oct. 27, filling the streets of Old Town with rows and rows of vendors, crafters, food trucks, a bar […]
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Protesters Say ‘Enough is Enough’ at Families Belong Together Rally
A diverse crowd of protesters stretching some three city blocks made their way through the streets of Old Town Eureka this morning, peacefully decrying the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” policy at the border and demanding the reunification of separated families. As they wound along the route, marchers held aloft handmade signs, some reading “In our […]
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Families Belong Together Rally in Eureka on Saturday
A local Families Belong Together rally will join hundreds of others taking place across the country Saturday to protest the separation of families at the U.S.-Mexico border as part of a “zero tolerance” approach by the Trump administration that has left thousand of children in detention centers away from their parents. The march is scheduled […]
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Out of the Past
Eureka’s historic Old Town is known for its beautiful Victorian architecture, independent bookshops and quirky locals. In recent years, several of Eureka’s lumbering old hotels and redwood office buildings have been restored, breathing fresh life into the city. Amid this makeover, the northern end of Eureka has quietly carved out space for high-end furniture and […]
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Mystery and History
It was a perfectly pleasant party (we were told we were in New Orleans). Sure, the ballerina Ykatarina Chislova and burlesque dancer Lydia Thompson seemed out of sorts with each other — Ykat (pining for her dead duke, and not the paranoid live Grand Duke Alexei) calling Lyd (was she in fact a British spy?!) […]
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Sweet!
Oh, we still cry for the loss of that Old Town institution, Bon Boniere. And what do we do when we’re this sniffly sad? Stuff our faces with sweets, wherever we can get them (sniff!). So it is with mixed joy and, well, joy, that we share news of this new development down there in […]
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Human intervention
That’s right, another human puts things right with the world. That’s Alex Fogg, fairly new to town, prettying and friendly-fying the temporary, dreary walls of plywood flanking the Carson Block Building while it undergoes major rehab. “The Ink People put me up to it,” says Fogg, referring to the artsy outfit which also put him […]
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Old Town Sunbather John Tutuska Has Died
A memorial sprang up in front of the Clarke Musuem soon after Eureka resident John Tutuska died on Sunday. The endearing, highly visible Old Town character could often be seen shirtless and deep in meditation in front of the museum. He was 67. Update, Oct. 16: For those who might have missed this in the […]