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    The rain stopped just before 5 p.m. and the event’s program began with a dance performance of “Baile de los Machetes” by the Eureka High School Danza Folklorico.
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    Christy Wilson and other members of the Danza Folklorico from Eureka High School danced in a performance of “Baile de los Machetes.”
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    Yesenia Hernandez and other members of the Eureka High School Danza Folklorico danced in a performance of “Baile de los Machetes.”
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    Maria Ramirez, one of the organizers of the event, had prepared a large candle-lit altar displaying photos of her dead grandmother and other persons important to her life and family.
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    The Day of the Dead program began with a dance performance of “Baile de los Machetes” by the Eureka High School Danza Folklorico.
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    A close-up view of a portion of the Day of the Dead altar created by Maria Ramirez, one of the organizers of the event.
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    Event co-organizer Xochi Quetzalli had a big smile once the rain stopped as she greeted attendees of the fifth annual Day of the Dead as they passed through a temporary gate festooned with marigold flowers.
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    These Day of the Dead altars found shelter from the rain under the roof of the Old Town gazebo.
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    One of the many Dia de los Muertos altars honoring loved ones who have died that circled the Old Town gazebo. Creators of the altars filled them with food, photos of their loved ones and items that were linked to their loved ones.
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    Rhiannon Miramontes used her umbrella to shelter herself and her Day of the Dead altar from the rain.
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    Faturing a poem by Pablo Naruda, this Dia de los Muertos altar honoring loved ones who have died was filled with food, photos of loved ones and items that were linked to their loved ones.
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    Musician Octavio Acosta performed two sets during the Day of the Dead program and stayed dry under the shelter of this tent.
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    One of the many Dia de los Muertos altars honoring loved ones who have died that circled the gazebo. Creators of the altars filled them with food, photos of their loved ones and items that were linked to their loved ones.
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    Sandra Alvarez, of Eureka, created a “pathway of light” in the foreground that led to her Day of the Dead altar (light in the scene tinted by translucent tent over the altar).
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    Patricia Lai organized this Day of the Dead altar on behalf of the Eureka Chinatown Project which works to increase awareness of old Chinatown and the history of Eureka’s Chinese community.