This week California Local Journalism Fellow Anne To breaks down the impacts of Prop 36. We’ve also got a rundown of entertainment and community love over the weekend, as well as a satirical look at dating in classic literature vs. the real world. Hit subscribe for weekly updates on Humboldt stories.
Valentine’s Day
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Snow Reported Across Humboldt, 299 Closed Between Blue Lake and Willow Creek
Caltrans reported just after 9 a.m. that State Route 299 between Blue Lake and Willow Creek is closed due to snow. “We will provide updates as they become available,” Caltrans said in a social media post. Residents in areas across the county, including Kneeland, Hoopa, Blue Lake, parts of Arcata and McKinleyville, Carlotta, Orleans, Freshwater […]
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Stormy (Maybe Snowy?) Start to Valentine’s Day
Don’t be fooled by today’s sunny skies and calm demeanor — some wild weather is on its way. A dry cold front headed this way is forecast to bring gusty winds and a wind advisory is in effect from 1 p.m. Monday to 4 a.m. Tuesday, with 20 to 25 mph winds expected and gusts […]
Posted inEat + Drink
From the NCJ Archives: Say it with Heart this Valentine’s Day, Literally
Editor’s note: Say it with heart this Valentine’s Day, like literally, with this recipe shared by Journal Arts & Feature’s editor Jennifer Fumiko Cahill called Love in Disguise. For years I’ve flipped through an old Irish cookbook in my kitchen and smiled at a recipe for beef heart called Love in Disguise: You cut the […]
Posted inArts + Scene
Love it or Hate it: Valentine’s Day Suggestions
Valentine’s Day is a celebration of love and romance that dates back hundreds of years. Once associated with the martyrdom of various Christian saints, as we well know, it is now one of the biggest grossing holidays of the year, propelled by sneaky, sneaky marketing. For most of us, Valentine’s Day is complicated. It can […]
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Erica Botkin’s Mail Art Valentines
Erica Botkin’s long-running mail art valentine project involves the artist posing for pin-up photographs to be sent through the mail as valentines. The photos feature Botkin posing seductively in attitudes ranging from corny to kittenish to risqué. The dose of zany running through it all testifies subtly to Eureka native Botkin’s affinity for deep Humboldt […]
Posted inMusic
For Love
And here we find ourselves in a week anchored by Valentine’s Day. Dismissing the holiday as a mawkish, cheesy, Hallmark-exploited ode to cliched ideas about romance is easy — foil-wrapped chocolate hearts abounding in grocery store aisles suggest quantifying passion is both simple and convenient. If you’re not in a relationship, the assault of pink […]
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Valentine Boozing
Valentine’s Day is underrated as a drinking holiday, particularly if you’re single. It’s no New Year’s or St. Patrick’s, but everybody is either toasting or drowning their sorrows. Sometimes both. If you’re going out to celebrate/brood, Arcata’s Plaza Grill has a pretty enough bar for a date (you don’t want to do hipster-dive-slumming on Valentine’s), […]