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‘As Good As It Gets’
Editor:
Collin, you are the Dante of our time. “Rosebuds” (Setlist, April 30) is a crushing descent through the dark neural pathways of a harried mind, relieved by the refreshing touch of literary context.
Buddy, this is as good as it gets.
Anna Hamilton, Eureka
‘Never Mayo’
Editor:
As a happy-to-be-here-but-miss-thefood Philly native, the “Greghini’s Bring Philly to the Wild Hare” (On the Table, April 30) headline ignited a little hope in my soul.
Bub’s Secret Trail
Just off the road
Behind some brush
And nearly within hail
Of Sue-Meg Park
Yet close to home
Hides Bub’s Secret Trail
The footpath’s worn
The roots exposed
And dotted with toadstools
The fallen trees
We clamber o’er
To play by diff’rent rules
For in this space
Upon reading they use mayo in the hoagie and may offer Cheez Whiz for the cheesesteak, hope died.
The fundamentals that make a hoagie, as prepared by Italian immigrant wives for their husbands working at the shipyard on Pig Island, means never mayo. True Philly folks skeeve mayo. Only a dirtbag would touch the roll with mayo.
The cheesesteak has white American or Provolone. No Cheez Whiz unless you are a smarmy politician in a photo op trying too hard.
Props to the Greghini’s for the Amorosos and the hot and sweets. I can’t wait to try everything, and expect to visit frequently. I thank them and will spread the word to my local converts, as long as we agree to observing the purity, upholding tradition and preserving the sacredness of these iconic foods.
Sheila Evans, Eureka
Another Race to Space
Editor:
The teacher, who was reported in the caption beneath one of the photographs as being out the day CalMatters went up for the interview and remained unnamed throughout the article, is Shannon Devine and he deserves some — well, like most teachers — a lot of credit for the job he’s doing.
Shannon brings expertise in outdoor and science education, including a vast knowledge of local plant and animal life of the river, forest and ocean ecosystems. He is an avid gardener, and was a chef in a starred restaurant, along with years spent as a behaviorist. There’s more, but as you can surmise, Mr. Devine is a driving force behind the marvelous programs Principal Wallace recounted in the article.
The hope is Orick will flourish, perhaps with the influx of the Yurok Tribe and their uncanny way of promoting successful programs, bringing more families to the school. Small rural schools are unique, offering meaningful relationships and experiences for the kids and town community. The last time I was there, children on the playground were taking turns with Shannon’s binoculars, as he pointed up to three condors flying just above the treeline. Whoosh … Stephanie Silvia, Eureka
Supporting Evan Schwartz
Editor:
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Within the trail
The Green Arena dwells
The stage is set
The curtains drawn
Anticipation swells
The beetles are Our audience
And so are slugs and jays
The stump conks are Our instruments
And we can play for days
Ravens, Flickers
Chip Squirrels, Thrush
Our backup vocals be Eared Seals hear us
I have to disagree with Mr. Donaldson’s gushing and naive view of NASA’s “wokeness” and the recent ridiculous Artemis II mission (“Woke NASA Is Neat,” April 23). Don’t get me wrong, I think space is cool too. Amazing! But been there and done that ... . I can hardly cheer another moonshot when we still cannot even answer even the most basic questions: Why is there “space?” What “function” does it serve? Sure it is great that folks coalesced around this farce, brotherhood and all that. But when people … children … around the world are starving and dying from preventable diseases? When they are being bombed indiscriminately? When our tax dollars go for more bombs and military hardware instead of education and health care? I think we had better get our priorities straight here on Earth before we cruise around the solar system and galaxy, leaving our trash wherever we go.
Ryan Lee, Glendale
‘Small Rural Schools Are Unique’
Editor:
I’m happy to support Evan Schwartz to be the next Fifth District county supervisor. Evan is thoughtful and honest, a good listener and community oriented. He has no personal or political agenda in holding a public position. For 10 years, he and his wife ran a natural food grocery on Central Avenue in McKinleyville, as well as a regional beverage distribution company. A graduate of HSU in 2008 with a business degree, Evan knows how to manage money and knows the role and challenges of government regulation. He’s not a partisan, and supports laws and rules that are fairly applied. With children in public school, he understands family life in our district.
And we hear them
Though they be out to sea
Two days have passed
And though we’re home
We cannot really tell
For in our hearts
And in our minds
Winds Bubby’s Secret Trail
— Dad Commander
For Bub’s 5th Birthday
Orick was the first school I worked at when I moved from Brooklyn to Trinidad (“One School, Nine Students,” April 23). Working in a school with a student population in the low twenties, where a mama bear with cubs could be seen across the meadow out of the office window, was in striking contrast to teaching in a school of over 1,100 kids minutes away from the Williamsburg Bridge and Manhattan. It’s been over 20 years and I’m back at Orick School. Last spring, a teacher I had worked with at Hoopa Elementary School, Shannon Devine, called and asked me if I’d teach a series of art classes there, which is the point of this letter.
The board of supervisors has become somewhat isolated from the public and quite quarrelsome, leaving the public the real losers. Electing Evan Schwartz will be a breath of fresh air.
You can inquire about him further at www.facebook.evanforsupervisor and Evanforsupervisor@gmail.com
Greg Movsesyan, Fieldbrook
Supporting Mary Burke
Editor:
I’ve worked with Mary Burke on local issues for a decade. In that time, I’ve seen her capacity to convene community members and organizations to reach common ground.
She builds consensus then takes action to create the durable solutions we need in the Fifth District.
Mary’s work has created jobs, brought millions into our economy, and improved our environment. Her work — from managing complex restoration projects in Orick and McKinleyville to securing resources for infrastructure — speaks volumes to her effectiveness. Mary doesn’t talk in hypotheticals about what she would do, she’s already shown us what she can do. It’s no surprise she’s garnered a wide array of endorsements across the Fifth District and among legislators. She is a bridge-builder who listens, acts and delivers.
Mary’s established record and relationships prove she’s the leader who will get the right things done. Join me in voting for Mary Burke for Fifth District supervisor.
Lisa Dugan, McKinleyville
Shine a Light
Editor:
Thank you to everyone for attending Foragers at the Minor Theatre in March. We had a sell-out crowd. Shine a Light on Palestine has brought more than a dozen films and documentaries to our community since 2024 to provide a much-needed reality
about the genocide and the history behind it. A special term is used by Israeli police to hold Palestinians in prison without evidence or a trial, called “administrative detention.” Foragers highlighted this where Palestinians are arrested by the Israeli police legally forbidding them from collecting artichoke-like ’akkoub which they have done for centuries. Watching Foragers reminded me of author and attorney Amy Bowers Cordinalis’ book The Water Remembers . The state police would wait to “catch” her uncle Ray Mattz fishing in the Klamath where his ancestors had fished since time immemorial. Ray was caught and arrested over and over again like the old Palestinian man in Foragers who refused to stop. Anyone reading this story would feel this tension and injustice. Thanks to Cordalis’ legal work and that of other local tribal members, this law is no longer on the books. Palestinians are Indigenous to the land, too, and are being prevented from doing what they have done for thousands of years. It’s the same playbook, same strategies to dismantle a culture and people. It didn’t work here and it won’t work in Palestine. People are determined to stay on a land they are intimately tied to. Like the salmon here, Palestinians’ lives are physically and spiritually tied to their olive grows,
herbal fields, to the smells, light and breeze of their homeland.
Join us for Palestine 36 , the final film this spring at the Minor Theatre on May 27 which provides a history of the resistance by Palestinians to end colonization.
Pamela Brown, Arcata
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‘We
Haven’t Given Up Hope’
Yurok Tribe hosts annual Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples Awareness Day
Story and photos by Mia Costales newsroom@northcoastjournal.com
In between the moments of prayer and heart-wrenching stories of missing loved ones, Laura White-Woods, a Yurok Tribal Court community outreach manager, found the space to insert a beacon of hope into the otherwise somber room. She shared her dream of a day when there would be no more missing and murdered Indigenous people. A day when she would no longer need to bear the mark of fellow tribal people who’ve been lost in the shape of a blood red handprint across her mouth.
“This morning, in my quiet time, my prayer time, I was thinking about the party we can all have when we no longer have to have these conferences,” White-Woods said. “The day will come when we no longer have the missing and murdered Indigenous people. That’ll be a day of celebration.”
She spoke about her wish for the future during the Yurok Tribe’s fourth annual Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples (MMIP) Awareness Day & Walk at the Adorni Center in Eureka on May 5, an event focused on community healing and providing space to speak openly about the systemic issues at the root of the crisis.
While long known in tribal communities, a larger awareness of the MMIP epidemic has been growing since 2020, when the Yurok Tribe and Sovereign Bodies Institute released a groundbreaking report showing Native women and girls were far more likely to go missing or become victims of violence than the general population, including a cluster of cases centered on the North Coast.
In addition, the report found that murders of Native women in the state are seven times less likely to be solved. The following year, the Yurok Tribe declared a state of emergency after a spate of attempted abductions and reports of missing persons.
Alanna Wright, a Yurok Tribe MMIP drone pilot, explained that when communities are dealing with issues like poverty, substance
abuse, housing shortages and food insecurity, tribal people feel the brunt of it.
“Tribal people are like the canary in the coal mine,” Wright said. “When something goes wrong, when something is wrong with society, the tribal people feel it first. So when you have such a huge percentage of tribal people going missing in an area, it speaks to the larger issues [that] are going on in the area.”
Wright was one of several people tabling at the event, her display set up with the drones she uses to search for missing people. Alongside her were volunteers handing out T-shirts, representatives of California Indian Legal Services and a group providing attendees with paint to cover their mouth in a red handprint, a symbol that has become synonymous with the MMIP movement, representing the missing and murdered Indigenous people who have been silenced.
Two dresses adorned in earrings made with materials native to the local area such as abalone, bone, grasses and beads were propped up at the front of the room. The exhibition was part of the One Earring Project, an initiative aimed at bringing awareness to MMIP, with the tribe inviting community members to add to the display.
The event also included a walk to the Humboldt County Courthouse, where more than 100 participants held signs, chanted and demanded justice for their missing and murdered family members and friends.
Jessica Carter, the Yurok Tribal Court director, said that organizing awareness walks like this one are important because they make the issue of MMIP hard to ignore.
“I think it’s important to put it at the forefront because this issue affects all of us in the community and a lot of families, so we want to make sure that our family members are recognized and they’re not forgotten,” Carter said. “It’s definitely an important event not only for us but for the community and the families.”
The organizers of the event acknowledged that MMIP can be a heavy topic and very emotionally taxing on attendees. To provide some emotional support, Crescent City Police Department K-9 volunteers Cathy Schneider and Gloria Crow-Bobertz attended with three of their therapy dogs.
Carter also noted that the Yurok Tribal Court provides support for families through its To’ Kee Skuy’ Soo Ney-Wo -Chek’ Project, which means “I will see you again in a good way.”
The project focuses on justice, healing and prevention by offering the families of those murdered or missing assistance with private searches, coordinating awareness events, accompaniment to court hearings and more.
Following the awareness walk, attendees made origami hearts and flowers to pin to a large poster board in solidarity with MMIP. The event organizers also handed out backpacks filled with snacks and supplies like reusable utensils and a portable battery.
Before the dinner and film screening, several community speakers shared their
stories with the room. Among them was Gary Risling, a Yurok tribal member whose daughter Emmilee Renea Risling was last seen on Oct. 14, 2021.
The disappearance of the 32-year-old mother of two, a University of Oregon political science graduate and ceremonial singer and dancer, was one of the first to bring national attention to the MMIP crisis in Northern California.
“We haven’t given up hope, we’re still looking. We’ll always keep looking until we find her,” he said. “So very sad that the journey is tough, especially when you have small children and kids that are growing up because they always want to know, ‘Where’s my mother? What’s gonna happen if we don’t find her?’ Well, we just keep looking.” l
Mia Costales is a senior journalism major at Cal Poly Humboldt. She is the news editor at El Leñador, the studentrun bilingual newspaper. Reach her at costalesmia@gmail.com.
Laura White-Woods, Yurok Tribal Court community outreach manager, marching outside the Humboldt County Courthouse on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples Awareness Day.
Your Local Coven
Two witch gatherings offer more than magic
Story and photos by Jennifer Fumiko Cahill jennifer@northcoastjournal.com
The circular meeting room in the Humboldt Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in Bayside is a bright, airy space. Seated in a ring of chairs are a dozen people, mostly members of the Grove of Hekate coven, who’ve come for the monthly full moon ritual. A few people are dressed office casual, while one woman wears a hooded cape and beaded headpiece. Another caped woman enters with a walker and a man in a wide-brimmed hat sits with a tall drum between his knees. Another woman in a feathered, black fedora sips from a Solo cup.
Tonight’s ceremony is led by Artemesia (her coven name), who’s in training to become a high priestess. She wears a flowy, sage green vest and silver flats, her pale blonde hair hanging loose down her back. Checking the presentation notes on her phone, she says, “If you see us on our phones, we’re not shopping, I promise.”
Depending on weather and the season, attendance varies from half a dozen to 30 witches. Evenings start at 6 p.m. with calling forth spirits, goddesses and elements, introducing the month’s ritual, sharing gratitude and chanting, followed by snacks, socializing and clean up. Attendees generally bring food to share, and the table is spread with brownies, pasta and hummus. “When you invite people to your home,” says High Priestess Jennifer Teixeira, who also goes by Bird, “you wanna give them food and drink.”
In a pair of covens here in Humboldt County, one private and one open to the public, member witches have found faith, community and connection to nature in traditions with roots predating history. They’re also finding joy, feminism, political resistance and inclusiveness at a time when women and marginalized people are under attack.
Sarah Pike, professor emeritus of comparative religion at California State University, Chico, says she’s seen the mainstream perception of witchcraft, the modern reli-
gion of Wicca and paganism shift in the decades since she began her research. “Things have changed a lot in the last 20 years … I think the internet has a lot to do with it. There’s a lot of misinformation out there, but pagans and Wiccans are very proactive about explaining what they’re up to.” In the early 1990s, “there was a lot more suspicion” surrounding covens around the country, and for members “there was more secrecy, there was a lot more fear about losing a child in a custody battle.” What one Grove of Hekate member calls “coming out of the broom closet” is less scary (though a number of people interviewed for this story asked to have their surnames withheld).
“Traditional religion being less dominant has made many more practices if not accepted, certainly tolerated,” she says.
“I felt like I was born a witch,” says Teixeira, who adds her green eyes, at least in Portuguese culture, make her more likely, though not automatically, a witch. She recalls making stone circles in the yard as a child, talking to animals and insects. “I felt religious,” but bored by church conducted in her Azorean family’s native Portuguese. As a teenager, she read about witchcraft and wore her copy of The Victorian Grimoire ragged. The collection of everyday enchantments and crafts, she says, had a cover “pink and girly” enough not to alarm her religious mother.
After practicing alone in her 20s, Teixeira joined a coven and entered priestess training in 2009. In her search for a Dianic, or goddess-focused, matriarchal coven in Humboldt, she realized, “The only way
that I’m gonna find the coven that I need is if I create it.” The Grove of Hekate, she explains, is “a feminist coven, so we only work with goddesses in that circle.” Worship of the coven’s namesake goddess goes back to early Greek mythology, wherein she embodies aspects of the moon, the night and magic.
A pan-Dianic coven that accepts all genders as the trans- and non-binary-inclusive Grove of Hekate does, has an attraction that churches organized and run by men don’t, says Teixeira, especially now. In our current cultural/political climate, “Women are kind of being attacked by the government and men in general … and we can’t stay locked in our room. The only way we can come up is to come together.”
Katie, who belongs to a private coven that formed a little over a year ago, agrees. The eight or nine women and two men are mostly white and range in age from their 50s to youths who attends with their mothers, and include LGBTQ+ and neurodivergent members. It is egalitarian and invested in cycles; women “don’t’ have to be shamed for the cycles their bodies hold,” she says, “and I love that there are men that are open to that.” The coven “grew out of a conversation between two people” and grew by word of mouth. She notes there is “nary a Trump supporter in our group.”
Their focus is “having community together,” says Katie. “A lot of it has been about celebration of the seasons because we gotta find joy … and about our own healing.” Forming the coven was partly about seeking safety together. “As human beings, we have a responsibility to take care of each other.”
Given the attacks on the human and civil rights of marginalized people and naked misogyny in the news and popular culture, Pike says, “It makes sense to me that there would be an increase in these groups in this time period.” In the 1970s, she explains, pagans in the Bay Area were involved in anti-nuclear movements and protests, and others over the years have fought for reproductive rights. She’s observed groups using magic and ritual with political goals, and she has attended rituals where political figures were named — usually, but not exclusively, Republicans. Pike’s quick to point out these weren’t hexes, which she’s found are “not common in many of the more traditional forms of Wicca.” Rituals were “more about raising energy in the group and sending out energy for change, not to hurt any person.” Paganism and witchcraft are also generally body and sexuality positive, Pike says, reciting the common refrain from the Wiccan “Charge of the Goddess”: “All acts of love and pleasure are my rituals.” It was, she says, one of the reasons women were drawn to
Artemisia, Devora and High Priestess Jennifer Teixeira at the Grove of Hekate coven’s altar after a full moon ritual.
the movement in the 1960s. She adds, “I do think over the years the men I’ve met that are in covens, they wanted to explore their feminine side.”
Shell, the woman in the hooded green cape, passes a silver bowl for donations before striking a gong three times with three breaths. She’s answered by a soft, collective, “Blessed be.” She gestures with a driftwood branch bound with herbs and flowers to “cast the circle.”
“We meet and gather in a circle,” Teixeira explains later. “We cast a circle that offers a little boundary, a little bit of protection but … it becomes the place where we work. … The circle affects everything in the world if you want it to.”
Members take turns calling in elements and High Priestess Yemaya Kimmel calls in the ancestors, including Margy Emerson, a locally beloved tai chi teacher who recently died, and speaks about Emerson’s connection to the coven members and the community, singing to the altar.
An herbalist, Kimmel was ordained as a high priestess in 2023 and has been a practicing pagan, on and off, for 25 years. She works with the Redwood Coast Chapter of the national organization Covenant of Unitarian Universalist Pagans (CUUPs), which “exists to educate people about different kinds of pagan practices.” The group hosts potlucks, movie nights and “wheel of the year ceremonies.” It’s a separate group from the coven but with some overlapping membership.
Once Kimmel finishes, Teixeira calls to Hecate with an invocation punctuated with three sharp yells that leave everyone smiling a little. “Come to us, she-wolf,” she says, reciting a litany of names for the goddess: “mother of all,” “torch bearer,” “fire breather,” “harbor goddess,” “queen of the crossroads.”
The incantation and the ceremony that follows draws heavily from Greek and Celtic traditions, but, Teixeira says, “There’s not a book or rules” governing the coven’s practice. “We’re not trying to recreate ritual from Greece. We’re trying to do what we can now.”
Pike explains there are plenty with looser, more improvisational styles and “there are those that are focused on exact ritual and learning traditions.” The spectrum is broad, she says, with “no founder, no
body, no central text that tells you what to do,” outside of specific traditions like Gardnerian and Alexandrian Wicca that were formalized in the early part of the 20th century.
A poet, Katie sees poetry in spells and finds it cathartic to write them, share them and have them shared with you. She creates her own rituals, drawing from books, practitioners online, even Tik Tok, Patreon, Discord groups and YouTube. Recently she wrote a spell for binding self-sabotaging beliefs. She did what she calls “a lot about digging through the trash, old stories” that she believed about herself, recognizing how limiting they are and how they’ve halted her progress. Performing it with her coven gave her the kinship of shared common experiences as well as accountability in terms of not falling back on old patterns going forward.
Adherence to strict tradition wouldn’t work for her, Katie says. “I’m rigid enough just by myself without all these other things coming at me. It gives me a little freedom.”
In her coven, Katie says, “All of us kind of give a fat middle finger to Wicca,” for a number of reasons, its male authorship, for one, and its Rule of Three for another. The tenet stating “everything you put out comes back to you threefold … it is stupid and victim shaming.” For a coven concerned
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Jennifer Teixeira’s woven belt, heavy with charms and personal talismans collected over the years.
with social justice, “when all of us there that are women that have been dominated by men at some point in their lives,” the Rule of Three feels like more suppression of female anger. “That keeps women from seeking justice.”
While her coven doesn’t do any rituals near hexing, Katie says she is frustrated by the dark/light binary and how some magic work is automatically labeled bad or evil. She can see how “sometimes doing those practices is a kind of catharsis.”
In her coven, Katie says, “We’re not afraid of the dark. ... We turn to community. We aren’t scared of it — we look into the
dark. That’s way more useful than turning to some savior,” she says, adding there’s value in being a bit scared now and then. “I think it’s worthwhile to spend time in the shadows.”
Cara Joy, another member of the private coven, says, “I’m a Gray Witch and I don’t personally use dark magic but … darkness lives in light, light exists in dark.” She’s not comfortable with “manipulative magic,” or trying to shift the universe to, say, coerce an ex to come back.
For Cara Joy, the coven is “an epicenter when we gather … coming together in one place with intention.” Typically, the members begin with a core intention and a chosen person to lead for the evening. They have, for example, planned a bowl spell where people write their intention —
what they want to release or attract — on a bay leaf and burn it. For any spell, she says, everyone adds their energy to the ritual. “It feels like a pillar of magic. And it’s also a safe space for people to come who’ve maybe had to hide part of themselves for a long time,” because of taboos, she says. “We are very protective of keeping that circle close and protected.”
While solo practice has its value, a coven is special, Cara Joy says. “It’s more potent. It’s the same as when you hold hands and sing. When you come together and protest … it’s intensified. You have all these powerful beings in one space.”
Back at the Grove of Hekate, once the goddesses have been invoked, the gathering turns more personal. Artemisia offers small drums and rattles from a basket as the incense swirls from the altar. Shell walks the circle, striking a gong and asking, “What are you grateful for in the past moon cycle? What are you manifesting in the coming moon cycle?”
One by one, the witches speak about gratitude for strength, family aid, health and tax refunds. Their hopes for the coming weeks are for a safer vehicle, health, organizational skills, time in the garden and
fi nancial stability. Each answer is met with nods, hums of sympathy and, fi nally, a soft chorus of “So mote it be” above the rattles and drums.
The gatherings are therapeutic, Kimmel says later, “in as far as any spiritual practice is therapy when you gather in a group. At least for me it is. It’s a reset when I come out of a monthly ritual.” She hopes everyone emerges feeling more connected to the earth, the seasons and each other. “Our lives can get crazy, and you can press the reset button and come out refreshed, refocused and more centered, realigned.”
Once the instruments are put away, Artemisia faces the altar to invoke Airmid, Celtic goddess of healing and garden magic. Her nine-month ordination process includes public, or “open circle,” full-moon rituals like this one, as well as private training and rituals during the dark moon. Some of the initiation is secret, according to Teixeira, involving aspects of life, death and rebirth, among other things related to Hecate.
Artemisia shares stories of Airmid, a healer who studied herbs, and asks, “How can we bring the healing energy of Airmid into our lives and into our community?” She ticks off expected options like yoga and massage but also emphasizes reaching
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out to others with material or emotional support.
A witch who’s been “out of the broom closet forever,” Artemisia lists a calcified brain tumor among her health issues. She says she’s sometimes asked, “Well, you’re a witch, why don’t you heal yourself?” She answers that it’s never that simple or that fast, and having already passed the life expectancy her doctor gave her is already a victory.
“The focus on healing is something that I’ve seen in virtually every meeting I’ve been to,” says Pike, whether it’s meant for the planet, oneself, bodies, minds or loved ones. “I would suggest people who are interested in paganism and witchcraft — or anything, really — have found the other religions wanting.”
For this ritual, Artemisia has made a batch of healing oils and is also offering little bottles for $10 as a fundraiser. She discusses the healing properties of the lemon balm and elderberry on the altar before the other witches approach to anoint pieces of yarn with the healing oil and prepare for
“knot work.” Together they repeat a numbered chant as they tie lengths of green yarn to carry with them however they like. “It doesn’t matter,” says Artemesia. “This is your magic.” Anytime you’re tying a knot, she says, whether on your shoelace or a ribbon, “You can tie your intention into that knot.”
Having grown up Catholic, Katie finds the idea of ritual is comforting. “We see ritual all the time,” she says, “when a fireman or a police officer [dies] and they put out the last call, that’s a ritual.” Same with singing and blowing out candles with a wish on birthdays. But, she says, that’s not something she can talk to her strictly Catholic mother about.
When she was 19, Katie says she was nearly disowned over a deck of tarot cards. It was scary then, “But the older I’ve gotten, the less fucks I have to give.” Other members of her family are more flexible or at least less concerned. “My belief system is not so fragile that it’s shaken by someone else’s beliefs. I think it adds texture to the world that there are all kinds of beliefs.” Faith, she notes, “is very human.”
“The Bible is just a book of witchcraft,
An icon of the goddess Airmid and herbs to be ground for a healing ritual by the witches of the Grove of Hekate.
really. Nobody wants to hear that, but people still use it for witchcraft,” Teixeira says, citing its syncretism to spiritual practices like Hoodoo and Santería. “I still have my St. Mary protecting my house because it protected my grandmother’s house.”
The wine and wafers in the ritual of holy communion aren’t so far from other rituals. “It’s a metaphor in a way but it’s also in a sense creating a thing where I’m imbibing this god,” she says, “a metaphor for how you can be better.”
“We’re trying to connect to that energy,” she continues. “So do some people think it’s real? Probably.” Every coven is different in terms of how literal and/or metaphorical their interpretations are, likewise every individual within a coven. It’s about finding a fit, she says. Some members of the Grove of Hekate believe in a literal goddess, while others see her as something manifested by communal thought and still others consider her an archetype to which they relate.
The variation, says Pike, isn’t unusual.
“Some people see [witchcraft] as psychological and some really believe material change happens.” It’s also a spectrum for some who view it psychologically and believe “how we move through the world makes change.”
For some, the practice is more than the outcome. Katie says she doesn’t think she knows anyone who is convinced spell work is “actually going to happen the way we will it.” For her, “It kind of depends on the day, too,” and she and her coven mostly fall somewhere on the spectrum of belief. When she was apartment hunting, she asked her coven for good energy. “Is their energy going to help me find an apartment? I don’t fucking know. But it gives me a little more confidence knowing there are people out there that will take a little time out to think about that.” She adds, “It’s an act of faith and it gives you something to hold onto. … I’m a sceptic myself. I believe in science but I’m also full of contradictions and I can hold both of those beliefs.”
Like Teixeira, Cara Joy says she grew up in Christian home but felt connected to magic and nature since childhood. “There is a tug inside myself,” she says. “When I was 15, I had my first panic attack and genuinely thought if I went to sleep, I would die.” She recalls deciding to light a candle and staring at it, letting it calm her down. “Lighting candles to this day is one of my biggest grounders.”
At 26, when Cara Joy began accepting magic as a real element in her life, she says she told a friend over the phone, “I’m a witch.” She laughs recalling they responded by saying, “Yeah, I know.”
“For me,” she says, “it’s this deep knowing and connection” to what she calls “source and spirit … it’s what I imagine other people call ‘God.’ … It’s me at the end of the day.”
Cara Joy says she feels herself connected everyone and that “practicing magic is me wielding my own personal power and agency to create the life that I want … the world that I want to see in front of me.”
Teixeira, in a black dress and braided belt laden with small talismans, announces to the Grove of Hekate gathering that the night’s healing chant is in German, a favorite of hers “because it sounds very witchy.” The members stand in a circle to form a “healing cauldron” into which they will pour energy for loved ones. Artemesia adds her friend who’s ill and has a sick dog. When Teixeira invites those who need some extra healing to have a seat in the middle of the ring, a woman named Tanya gives a wry smile and sits in the middle, saying, “I will take it. Sit down and take it like a woman.”
An artist, Tanya says she came to the coven in October “through amazing women” and found it a fit. “I feel very loved and accepted and at home. … I’m searching and I’m trying to heal, and this seems like a good place. It’s safe to learn and explore.”
The political climate and the actions of the Trump administration play into Tanya’s motivation. “I think there’s a shift happening in the world where women are finding their voices and it’s important and potent to be with women in this moment,” she says. She’s found magic can be a kind of protest and there is a special camaraderie in a coven. “Powers were given at birth that we’re talked out of and trained out of.” Joining with these women, she says, feels like an act of reclaiming.
Once Tanya is seated, the chant starts off melodic, with everyone singing, “Come, healing,” and other encouragements. Then it gets faster and more forceful with stamping and voices growing louder until the floor shaking with it.
As everyone catches their breath, Kimmel says, “Let’s take some of that energy and give it back to Mama Earth. She hears us all.” Together, the members bend and crouch to place their hands on the floor.
Artemesia sings a blessing over the food, then returns to the altar to “devoke” Airmid. “Thank you for the healing and healing to come,” she says. “Hail and farewell, Airmid.”
Teixeira likewise bids hail and farewell to Hecate, and Kimmel does the same for ancestors and Margy. The members take their turns calling the directions and elements again with expressions of gratitude and the ceremony is closed with more drumming and the coven singing, “May the circle be open but unbroken.” l
Jennifer Fumiko Cahill (she/her) is the managing editor at the Journal. Reach her at (707) 442-1400 ext. 106, or jennifer@ northcoastjournal.com. Follow her on Bluesky @jfumikocahill.bsky.social.
What’s Good: Shanty Burgers and Snax
Story and photos by Jennifer Fumiko Cahill jennifer@northcoastjournal.com
Like a giant olive that’s somehow rolled out of an upended Martini glass and around the corner from the Shanty (213 Third St., Eureka), the dive bar’s namesake army green food truck appeared in the adjacent lot last Monday. Where once only a Shanty Dog was available to fortify patrons and soak up the evening’s drink, now there is more substantial fare to be ordered without much risk of losing your barstool.
On weekdays from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., James Carter is at the flat-top grill and fryer, turning out burgers and hot dogs (and their vegetarian versions) from a blessedly simple menu. Accompanied by a side of crinkle-cut fries, burgers are $10 and dogs are $8. Add a buck to swap the fries out for tots, rings or hush puppies. It’s math even the most hunger/cocktail-addled can do and it’s crazy cheap amid the rising cost of ingredients.
The Hangover Burger with pepper bacon, cheese, mayo and a fried egg (any way but scrambled, due to equipment on hand, says Carter) on a grill-toasted bun is the
yolk-running, wrist-dripping, craving-quelling experience it should be. The flat-top browned patty and crisped bacon fat are satisfying and might be just the preemptive move promised by the name. The hush puppies are on the dense side but depending on how long you’ll be at the Shanty, you may come to appreciate their powers of absorption.
The Shanty Dogs — gussied up with condiments, kraut, bacon and cheese options — also get toasty buns from which the snappy sausages overhang, and will scratch that bar and ballpark itch. The tots are deep fried as the heavens intended, and yes, the reason they are never as good at home is because no oven or air fryer can match the magic of plunging them into a riot of bubbling hot fat. These are a particular treat for those among us
(me) who hunt for the crispiest fries at the bottom of the basket, as they deliver a thunderous crunch. (Some will wish for a more steamy-soft interior but these are the concerns of the weak. Crunch on to drown them out.)
On weekends, the same minimalist shell houses Amy Cloninger, who brings casual takes on Japanese and pan-Asian dishes, a boon for those who’ve made it to (or missed) her pop-up nights at Alchemy. From 2 to 8 p.m., rice bowls are on one side of the Snax menu (another mercifully brief list).
The katsu rockfish and chips come with a refreshingly light slaw with the slightest heat and a pair of sauces — a smooth, lemon-dilly tartar and the bright, herby green Ganso sauce ($20). Either or both suit the crunchy panko-crusted filets and the steamy fish within, as well as the crispy-coated shoestring fries.
None too far from this lot and Old Town’s small shops and restaurants, a burger chain has opened to much anticipation. The food will, due to tremendous effort, taste the same as it does in branches everywhere. In a couple weeks, the curious will have satisfied their curiosity, and the novelty will
vanish with the traffic and the lines. But for many of those passing through on U.S. Highway 101, it will be their only stop in Eureka. Like other franchises and chains along Broadway, Fourth and Fifth streets, the bulk of the money locals and visitors alike spend there will go to far-flung franchise owners or the far-flung corporations to whom franchise owners are beholden. For many of us, meals out are less frequent these days. It’s worth considering what and whom our limited dining dollars are feeding besides our bellies, and what and whom we’re keeping in business. (If we wanted to, we could even call a moratorium on chain restaurants in Eureka, similar to Arcata’s ban.) I’m not mad at anybody who wants to line up for the chain burger. But I’m going to get a burger by the dive bar with the old-school neon sign and the funky mural. I want to feed and be fed by my neighbors in the years to come. l
Jennifer Fumiko Cahill (she/her) is the managing editor at the Journal. Reach her at (707) 442-1400 ext. 106 or jennifer@ northcoastjournal.com. Follow her on Bluesky and Instagram @JFumikoCahill.
The Hangover burger and hush puppies from the Shanty Truck.
Katsu rockfish and chips from Amy Cloninger’s Snax in the Shanty Truck.
Wildwood Flower
By Collin Yeo setlist@northcoastjournal.com
There’s an anecdote about how the decline of the Roman Empire was experienced by the majority of people living through it. While movies and novels depict epic battles with cities falling to hordes of frontier warriors, most citizens who were ruled under the Aquila had a much less dramatic — but perhaps more meaningful — metric to mark the end of their relationship with sovereignty. It went something like this: Every decade or so, some guys would show up in the town to fix the big bridge and add some stones to the rampart walls until eventually they didn’t show up ever again. And that was that. Historical epics are like football games in that sense. The narrative relies on the focus of the camera. Anyone who has ever been to a football game notices immediately that when you can see the entire field, the drama dissipates quite a bit, which is why you almost never see all the players at once on TV, but instead get to engage with the dramaturgy created by limiting the aperture to key players in the play. Kitchen sink dramas
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do that, too, creating devastating narratives by focusing previously anonymous moments in the loose and quiet desperation of domestic disintegration. The older I get, the more I see how much of nearly all human interaction involves putting an interesting spin on various events in the continuum to make shapes out of the fog. The tide of life is slow but relentless, and we try to channel its immensity into focused spurts to etch some words in the sand, or spray dazzling rainbows into an empire of sunlight that previously only acknowledged our existence with a monotonous litany of shadows. Preservation, whether it’s a fossil or a still life painting, is ultimately an imitation of life. Butterflies are one of the most beautiful creatures on the planet, and their apex of beauty is basically a just final flight on the eve of their extinction. Wings pinned to a board don’t capture anything of that casual fluttering gorgeousness.
Following this spirit, eulogies have been feeling imitative and forced to me this year, so I’ve
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been avoiding writing them, despite having done so many times in the past in this space. I think I’ll take a shot at some soon though, maybe next week. Until then, I just want to share that Carolyn and Brooks Otis were two of the sweetest people I ever had the pleasure of knowing, and I was lucky to have done so since I was a boy. “Rest in peace” seems like a silly tagline for two people who in life defined a rare peacefulness and ecstatic kindness. For those of you who might need more of a backstory as to why this relates to the Humboldt music scene, I’ll fill that in soon, I promise, but in the meantime you can always swing by Wildwood Music in Arcata. Have a beautiful week.
Thursday
and on the stage. I’m happy to report that she is back in town, and although I will not be manning the knobs and wires, I am excited to be in the audience. You can count yourself in that number too by showing up to the Outer Space around 7 p.m. and tossing down something between $10-$20 bucks. There are some great local birds in the bush too, with Bleater and octobercountry — the lovely lovechild of superheroes Gabe and March — providing a lesson in the world of possibility in your own backyard.
Monday
It is my pleasure to once again inform you that the Backseat Drivers will be holding it down at the Logger Bar this afternoon and into the early evening, starting at 4 p.m. This is a free gig, so come one and all to enjoy some finger pickin’ and harp blowin’ with a nice bass back end.
Friday
I was lucky enough to score a seat at Savage Henry last week for the Doug Stanhope show, and while in the joint, I was reminded why it’s such a neat venue, and versatile for comedy and music alike. In that spirit, allow me to suggest another metal night at 7 p.m. Blood Monolith is a D.C. death and grind band with members from bands like Nails and Ulthar. They’re sitting atop a bill with a bunch of local-ish talent, including Ukiah’s Thrichomoniasis,area volume freaks Locust Furnace and IGNiT. This all-ages show is $10. Bring an I.D. if you want to drink.
Apparently there is a Ukulele Fight Club at the Arcata Community Center every third Monday from 6 to 8 p.m. There’s a $3 drop-in fee, with a progressive punch card pay scheme for repeat participants, and an open call for players of all levels. The more I learn about this, the less it sounds like a fight club at all, which is all for the better, I suppose. By the way, if any uke players out there are looking for a quality vintage instrument made in Honolulu in a bygone age, I am selling a fine Kamaka model from the midcentury which I inherited and would love to see go to a worthy home. It’s a sin to collect instruments without playing them, and I do not wish to continue the nightmares associated with such blasphemous hoarding.
Tuesday
Saturday
Here are two shows tonight to cast a net across a broad terrain of experiences. First up on the hip hop tip at 6:30 p.m. at the Epitome Gallery, you will find an all-ages album release party hosted by local creative kingpins — and my good buddies — DJ Goldylocks and Flo J. Simpson — for Branches , a nine- song odyssey by Cali Los Mikyo, Thatfool AL and RA MHTP. Expect local art and food vendors to accompany this live performance of the new jewel in the Humboldt hip hop discography. A half hour later at the Humboldt Unitarian Fellowship, you can enjoy all that jazz courtesy of the highly talented duo of James Zeller and Katie Belknap, aka the Ponies of Harmony. Regular readers know these two are the real deal, and $25 is a fair price for such sweet sounds from these masters of song.
Sunday
Good Morning. Saint Romance is an ambient folk supergroup made up of players from four different New York City bands — Good Morning Shepard, The Romance, and saint rémy — whose names form the Voltron entity at the beginning of this sentence. The group will be playing at the Siren’s Song Tavern at some point this evening, I would guess around 7 p.m., for some amount of money. Consider this a polite suggestion to the venue owners to update their calendar and promote their shows — especially the midweek ones — a little more vigorously.
Wednesday
To the casual observer, the Rudresh Mahanthappa Hero Trio seems like a bit of a mouthful, especially for the inelegant side of the American cud chewing and jug hooting crowd. As a guy with an often-mispronounced last name and an interest in music that gets a similar flattened treatment, that’s all just fine. Excellent things are usually uncommon, and in the land of beige and burgers, a little bit of multi-tonal stampeding hits like LSD sunshine on the black and white Kansas of Dorothy Gale and Truman Capote’s coldblooded killers. If you are in the mood for a night of proper jazz pick-me-ups played by some ascended monks usually found in bigger sonic temples, come through the Arcata Playhouse tonight 8 p.m. I guarantee you will find some sounds in the sax, bass and drums that were lifted from the Gospel of Hard Bop and woven into the rainbow exhaust of an anti-stupid supernova ($20, $15 students and seniors). l
In my capacity as a musical gadfly around these parts, I have been able to work a few different positions around the scene, and few more interesting than behind the soundboard. A lot can be learned from behind the control board about the sublime alchemy of live performance. British Columbia’s Ora Cogan is not just a fine songwriter, but a crack and snap bandleader, with excellent taste in her collaborators and the ability to walk the line between expectation and trust that is so vital outside of the studio
Collin Yeo (he/him) is listening to bluegrass this week.
Freezing Time
Seongmin Yoo at the Morris Graves Museum of Art
By L.L. Kessner artbeat@northcoastjournal.com
Have you been to Morris Graves yet?” That’s what a former student asked me, wide-eyed, when I ran into them on the evening of Arts Alive at nearby gallery. “There’s a great sculptural installation show.” They nodded to emphasize the word “great.”
Another gallery goer chimed in and agreed, “Really cool and weird.”
Then in class this week, someone said, “Did you go to Arts Alive? There’s a really interesting sculpture show with these figures that are strange and creepy and covered with fascinating textures.”
And over the phone a friend told me, “I liked the sculptures at Morris Graves. I actually really liked the painting show upstairs, too.”
I told her they were the same artist, and she said, “No way!”
My friend didn’t say, “No way!” because the figurative sculptures in Seongmin Yoo’s Pulses of Experiences and the surreal paintings in her Artemis: Vision of the Universe don’t relate to one another — they certainly do. Both the two- and three-dimensional works include figures that bulge into ambiguous globular forms, a conflicted sense of playfulness and sharp disease, and moon-jumping acrobatic motion.
My friend’s surprise was because it feels special when an artist shows work in profoundly different media and the work in one medium doesn’t profoundly outshine the other. It’s like on cooking competition shows when a chef presents an ingredient prepared two ways. The judges suck their teeth and shake their heads because it’s nearly impossible to not compare the one thing with the other, which inevitably highlights the defects in the weaker dish. Here though, the pairing enhances both shows. One informs the other and draws out their shared details, brings up questions about what is left out and what is included in each body of works. Significantly, color is the marked difference between the two sets.
The mid-sized, narrative Artemis scenes are curious and oblique. In each picture, we know there’s a story, but can’t quite tell what it is. They are bold and saturated, as if the pictorial spaces are lit by an intense and nearby other sun. Many have a leaping movement that shares qualities with, but is not quite the same as, the dramatic movement in the life-sized Pulses of Experience sculptures. The sculptures are suspended from the architecture of the gallery in contorted, flipping, dramatic falling postures. They are muted, white-gray ash and have pocked and mottled textures embedded with feathers and plant matter and objects Yoo acquires as she “move[s] through the landscape, collecting materials others might reject.”
Especially when compared with the paintings, the sculptural figures seem drained of color, aptly representing the shocked internal experience of “immobility, a reaction that premeditates a fight or flight,” which is the artist’s aim. The arrested, distressed body forms made me remember a long-ago friend telling me how she had experienced the first instant after discovering a catastrophic personal tragedy. “Everything slowed down,” she said, “I felt like time might even be able to move backward.”
One contracted figure with outstretched hands and fingers has a dark, roundish concave void filling the front of the head area. I see it as a gaping mouth screaming and in the same instant a scooped out, redacted face.
Yoo’s press release states: “The artist addresses the violence of consistent tensions between movement and the absolute stillness that is emblematic of [the attentive immobility] psychological state.” I resonate personally with her descriptions
and artistic themes. In my thesis years ago, I wrote about “the tension between stillness and frenzy,” and probably still have that line in my most recent artist statement. So I started to wonder if Yoo’s absolute stillness is the same stillness I like to explore. What different stillnesses might there be?
I went on a looping thought journey from T.S. Eliot’s line, “And do not call it fixity, where past and future are gathered,” past the Big Bang, through the sensation of being paralyzed with fear, and landed at meditative absorption, before I remembered that I was supposed to be writing about the artwork in front of me. This thought diversion, to me, is a high achievement for works of art. It’s what good art can do: illuminate connections between things and open a path for consideration.
Yoo describes a stillness that is “a natural state of being that is deeply connected to the environment, [but which] we rarely slow down enough to truly experience.” She asserts, “We live in a time shaped by constant motion, chaos and urgency, especially in urban life. At the same time, there is a deep human need for quiet, immobility and the space to experience nature.” For many of us who are prodded by ideas of stillness
— Yoo, me and other artists, and wellness devotees, and meditation app downloaders and developers — her statement that we have “a need for quiet, immobility” rings true. There is a cultural sense that stopping is something important and also something we don’t get to do. Stopping what though, might be open for some debate.
I came away from the exhibition with a sense that the vivid Artemis paintings are of the mind: moving and generative, full of potentiation, but ultimately imaginary. The Pulses of Experience sculptures, on the other hand, are of the body: three-dimensional, visceral, vulnerable and stopped, frozen in motion. In the world that is this exhibition, the mind seems free to dream while the material body is halted.
Pulses of Experience in the Thonson Gallery and Artemis: Vision of the Universe in the Knight Gallery are on view now through June 21 at the Morris Graves Museum of Art at 636 F St. in Eureka, open to the public noon to 5 p.m. Wednesdays through Sundays. l
L.L. Kessner is an Arcata-based artist and writer.
“Pulses of Experience, Detail 7,” by Seongmin Yoo.
Photo by L.L. Kessner
REDWOOD ACRES FAIRGROUND
Nightlife
ARCATA PLAYHOUSE 1251 Ninth St. (707) 822-1575
ARCATA THEATRE LOUNGE 1036 G St., Arcata (707) 822-1220
Arcata (707) 845-2309
Paws Way, Loleta (707) 733-9644
CAFE MOKKA
495 J St., Arcata (707) 822-2228
CENTRAL STATION SPORTS BAR 1631 Central Ave., McK (707) 839-2013
Got a gig or an event? Submit it to calendar@northcoastjournal.com by 5pm Thursday the week before publication. Tickets for shows highlighted in yellow are available at NorthCoastTickets.com. More details at northcoastjournal.com. Shows, times and pricing subject to change by the venue.
Ballroom: Reel Genius Trivia 6-10 p.m. Free
Karashroomie hosted by Alien Tacos 7-10 p.m. Free
Album Rlease Party w/DJ Goldylocks, Flo J. Simpson, Cali Los Mikyo, Thatfool AL, RA MHTP (hip hop) 6:30 p.m.
SAVAGE HENRY COMEDY CLUB 415 Fifth St., Eureka (707) 845-8864
THE SHANTY 213 Third St., Eureka (707) 444-2053
SIX RIVERS BREWERY 1300 Central Ave., McKinelyville (707) 839-7580
Calendar May 14–21, 2026
by Mark Larson
The fifth annual Redwood Coast Kite Festival and Artisan Fair soars into Halvorsen Park this weekend, adding color and motion to the skies over Humboldt Bay on Saturday and Sunday, May 16-17 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (free). Watch giant display kites ripple overhead, stunt kites carve the sky and colorful windsocks and spinners dance in the breeze. Bring your own kite to the community flying field or let the kids snag a free one to try their hand. A demonstration field, local artisan fair, food vendors and a DJ keep the good vibes aloft.
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ART Figure Drawing at Synapsis. 7-9 p.m. Synapsis Collective, 1675 Union St., Eureka. With a live model. Bring your own art supplies. Call to contact Clint. $5. synapsisperformance.com. (707) 362-9392.
LECTURE
Humboldt ERFSA: Jose Marin Jarrin Lecture. noon-1 a.m. Baywood Golf & Country Club, 3600 Buttermilk Lane, Arcata. Jose Marin Jarrin, professor in the Department of Fisheries Biology, speaks on his project “Using genetic barcoding and otolith analysis to train a diverse workforce in Fisheries Ecology.” Free. kw1@humboldt. edu. humboldt.edu/emeritus-and-retired-faculty. (530) 601-1032.
MEETINGS
Humboldt Handweavers and Spinners Guild Program. 6:45 p.m. Wharfinger Building Bay Room, 1 Marina Way, Eureka. Meet The Foggy Bottoms Boys and hear about how they sustainably produce wool fiber, meats, eggs and dairy products including ice cream. Free.
SPORTS
Lost Coast Cornhole League Night. Second Thursday of every month, 6-10 p.m. Fortuna Veterans Hall/Memorial Building, 1426 Main St. Monthly league nights are open to all ages and skill levels. Registration opens at 5 p.m. Games at 6 p.m. Different format each week. Bags are available to borrow. Drinks available at the Canteen. Outside food OK. $15. mike@buffaloboards.com.
ETC
Public Speaking Club: Eureka Lunch Bunch. Second Thursday of every month, 12-1 p.m. Adorni Recreation Center, 1011 Waterfront Drive, Eureka. Practice public speaking with prepared talks, on-the-spot speaking and get feedback. Swing by as a guest and see if Toastmasters is for you. toastmasters@humboldt.io. ci.eureka.ca.gov/ depts/recreation/adorni_center.asp.
Photo by Patrick Rutherford, submitted
Long live the Queens! The 2026 Rutabaga Ball takes over the Eureka Theater in grand fashion, Saturday, May 16, at 7 p.m. , crowning a new monarch to preside in glory over the Kinetic Grand Championship ($20, free for kids 12 and under). It’s a night of over-the-top everything: performances, pageantry and contestants vying for your vote with whatever it takes. This year’s theme Viva La Glory! honors Queen Foxy Biloxi’s 20th Queenaversary, while DJs Blancatron and Green Beans spin the tunes, and Fusion Bites food truck and a full bar keep the royal court fed.
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ART
Life Drawing Sessions. 10 a.m.-noon. Redwood Art Association Gallery, 603 F St., Eureka. Hosted by Joyce Jonté. $10, cash or Venmo. redwoodart.net.
BOOKS
Jerry Martien Reading and Signing. 7-8:30 p.m. Plaza View Room, Eighth and H streets, Arcata. Jerry Martien will read and sign Bodies of Water, his fourth collection of poems. Books available to purchase. Free. jerrymartien@gmail.com.
MUSIC
Mallet Mastery w/Matt McClimon and RLAD. 7:30 p.m. Trinidad Town Hall, 409 Trinity St. McClimon directs the concert and jazz bands at the Fortuna and Toddy Thomas Middle Schools, and leads the jazz ensemble of the 191st Army Band. Presented by Westhaven Center for the Arts. $10-$20 sliding scale. (707) 834-2479.
EVENTS
Kids Corner Food Festival. 4-8 p.m. Tasty Hub, 1935 Fifth St., Eureka. Live entertainment by Circus by Nature and The Old Druids, balloon artist, face painting, food trucks, vendors. Family friendly. Fundraiser for CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates).
Quarters for Carson Park. 5:45-9 p.m. Adorni Recreation Center, 1011 Waterfront Drive, Eureka. Kiwanis Club of Henderson Center and City of Eureka Community Service host this benefit for the Carson Park Playground Rehabilitation Project. Doors open at 5:45 p.m. for lasagna dinner and prize viewing. Bidding begings at 6:30 p.m. Beer and wine available for purchase. Register at: https://form.jotform.com/260407728204049. $20-$85. hatwood@eurekaca.gov. facebook.com/events/s/quarters-for-carson-park/827417793651553/. (707) 441-4218.
FOR KIDS
Blooming Smiles Playdate. 8 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Jefferson Community Center, 1000 B St., Eureka. Join First 5 Humboldt, Open Door Dental Van and Smile Humboldt
Temple Beth El hosts the seventh annual Humboldt Jewish Music and Culture Festival on Saturday, May 16, and Sunday, May 17 headlined by workshops and a concert by the Gaskin-Boden Duo: accordionist Dmitri Gaskin and Juilliard-trained cellist Raffi Boden. The festival features Yiddish singing workshops with Karen Bergen, a multimedia presentation by Eleanor Shapiro on Jewish sources for social justice and resistance, and a “no-experience-needed” Yiddish dance party Saturday night with live music. Lunch and a Middle Eastern dinner from Falafelove available for purchase with prepayment. Workshops are $15, the Sunday concert is $25 and an all-event pass is $85. All events take place at Temple Beth El in Eureka. Get tickets, full event details and schedule at givebutter.com/7th-annual-jewish-music-and-culture-festival.
for a fun, child-focused dental event for families w/ kids 0-6. Free wellness dental assessments for kids 0-6 and assessments required for TK/kindergarteners. Free dental supplies, dental-themed books and photos with the Tooth Fairy. Services available in English and Spanish. No appointment required, but pre-registration is recommended to reduce wait time. Free. tinyurl.com/ DentalVanRegistration. (707) 683-0034.
Kid’s Night at the Museum. 5:30-8 p.m. Redwood Discovery Museum, 612 G St., Eureka. Drop off your 3.5-12 year old for interactive exhibits, science experiments, crafts and games, exploring the planetarium, playing in the water table or jumping into the soft blocks. $17-$20. info@discovery-museum.org. discovery-museum.org/ classesprograms.html. (707) 443-9694.
Weekly Preschool Story Time. Eureka Library, 1313 Third St. Talk, sing, read, write and play together in the children’s room. For children 2 to 6 years old with their caregivers. Other family members are welcome to join in the fun. Free. manthony@co.humboldt.ca.us. humlib. org. (707) 269-1910.
FOOD
Garberville Farmers Market. 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Garberville Farmers Market, Garberville Town Square. Fresh fruits and vegetables, meat, fish, cheese, eggs, bread, flowers, crafts and more. Enjoy music and hot food vendors. No pets, but trained, ADA-certified, service animals welcome. CalFresh EBT customers can receive a market match at every farmers market. info@northcoastgrowersassociation.org. northcoastgrowersassociation.org/ garberville.html. (707) 441-9999.
ETC
May Skate Nights. 6:30-9 p.m. Eureka Municipal Auditorium, 1120 F St. First-come, first-served. No pre-registration needed. Max. 75 skaters. $6, $5 youth 17 and under. eurekaca.gov/248/Roller-Skating. (707) 441-4248.
Public Skate. 6:30-9:30 p.m. Fortuna Skating Rink, Rohner Park. Roll over to the Fireman’s Pavilion in Rohner Park. Public Skate sessions may close early if there is no
one in attendance. $5.50 ages 6 and older, $3.50 ages 5 and younger, bring skates for a $0.50 off (rules online), $2 non-skater minor. friendlyfortuna.com/departments/ parks_recreation.
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DANCE
North Coast Dance Presents Route 66 . 2 p.m. Arkley Center for the Performing Arts, 412 G St., Eureka. A coming-of-age journey along the historic Route 66 featuring dancers of all ages. $20. reception.ncd@gmail. com. northcoastdance.org/. (707) 442-7779.
MUSIC
An Evening w/The Ponies of Harmony. 7-9 p.m. Humboldt Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 24 Fellowship Way, Bayside. Original music and classics with vocal harmonies, trombone, B flat and bass clarinets and guitars. $25. minister@huuf.org. huuf.org. (707) 822-3793.
SPOKEN WORD
Personas Multilingual Creative Writing Journal Reading and Release. 2-4 p.m. Morris Graves Museum of Art, 636 F St., Eureka. Join the College of the Redwoods’ Multilingual Club to support multilingualism and enjoy food and readings in poetry, fiction and nonfiction. Free copies of the fouth edition of the journal will be available. Free. jonathan-maiullo@redwoods.edu. redwoods.edu/ academics/personas.php. (707) 476-4527.
EVENTS
Redwood Coast Kite Festival and Artisan Fair. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Halvorsen Park, Waterfront Drive, Eureka. See big kites, stunt kites, windsocks and spinners at the fifth annual event. Free kites for kids. Community field for everyone to fly their kites, a demonstration field and one for big display kites. Artisans fair, DJ and food vendors. Free. RedwoodCoastKiteFestival@humboldtkiters.org. HumboldtKiters.org/.
Bike Celebration and Expo. 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Jefferson Community Center, 1000 B St., Eureka. Enjoy pedal-powered music, expo booths, free helmets and fittings for kids ages 7–14, a food truck, free raffle and more. Free. Branches Album Rlease Party. 6:30-9:30 p.m. The Epitome Gallery, 420 Second St., Eureka. “Branches” is a nine-song collaboration between Northern California Hip-Hop Artists Cali Los Mikyo, RA MHTP and Thatfool AL
Disaster Preparation Workshop: Sheltering in Place. 2-4 p.m. Arcata Library, 500 Seventh St. Help your family be safe, resilient and prepared for an emergency with experienced local presenter Judy Sears. All ages. Free. manthony@co.humboldt.ca.us. HumLib.org. (707) 822-5954.
Flow - A Fashion Runway Event. 2-3:30 & 7-8:30 p.m. Arcata High School, 1720 M St. The Arcata Arts Institute’s annual fashion showcase features 13 student designers and more than 50 unique outfits. Tickets available online. $20, $15. jmauro@nohum.k12.ca.us. artsinstitute. net/2026/04/28/flow-2026/. (707) 825-2400.
Good Neighbor Day. 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park, 127011 Newton B Drury, Orick. Volunteers pick up trash in and around the Elk Prairie Campground. Meet at the day use area (just past the kiosk). Free. redw_volunteer@nps.gov. (707) 465-7765. Humboldt Jewish Music and Culture Festival. Temple Beth El, Hodgson and T streets, Eureka. Temple Beth El’s seventh annual celebration of Yiddish and Sephardic
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culture and music featuring the Gaskin-Boden Duo (Dmitri Gaskin, accordionist, and Raffi Boden, cellist), Karen Bergen (singer and dance leader) and presenter Eleanor Shapiro. Plus, workshops and food. Festival and meal tickets available online. Prices vary, $85 all-event pass. givebutter.com/7th-annual-jewish-music-and-culture-festival.
Mental Health Event and Walk. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Fortuna Family Medicine Inc, 2404 Newburg Road. The walk begins at 10 a.m. starting at the clinic, followed by activities for all ages, vendors, community booths and food available for purchase. Free. mfuller@ffmed.org. Mudstock. 12-8 p.m. Redwood Community Radio, 1144 Redway Drive, Redway. A full day of music with live performances by Irie Rockers, Makenu, 3D Man, the Funnicators, Sohum Girls, Face Urchins and more. Plus circus arts, games and hands-on fun for kids, the Hidden Gem Flea Market, food vendors, bar, coffee booth, raffle and silent auction. Free entry. kmud.org.
Rutabaga Ball 2026. 7 p.m. Eureka Theater, 612 F St. A pageant of kinetic proportions to decide who will reign in glory over the Kinetic Grand Championship. Food, music, fun. theeurekatheater.org.
FOOD Arcata Farmers Market. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Arcata Plaza, Ninth and G streets. Year round, offering fresh produce, meat, fish, cheese, eggs, bread, flowers and more. Live music and hot food vendors. No pets, but trained, ADA-certified, service animals welcome. CalFresh EBT customers receive a market match at every farmers market. info@northcoastgrowersassociation.org. northcoastgrowersassociation.org. (707) 441-9999.
GARDEN
Fair Curve Farm Plant Sale. 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Fair Curve Farm Stand, 600 Main St., Ferndale. A two-day event featuring high-quality, certified organic vegetable, herbs and flower nursery starts. All plants are grown from seed at Fair Curve Farm in Ferndale. We accept cash, card, and EBT. no admittance fee, prices vary by pot/container size. faircurvefarm@gmail.com. faircurvefarm.com/ plantsales. (559) 246-2246.
Master Gardener Presentation: Gardening for Birds. 12-1:30 p.m. Eureka Library, 1313 Third St. Jody Greaney shares practical, science-based guidance to help gardeners bring new life into their yards. Free. ucanr.edu/ site/uc-master-gardeners-humboldt-del-norte-counties/ events-and-classes.
OUTDOORS
FOAM Marsh Tour. 2 p.m. Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary Interpretive Center, 569 S. G St. Meet leader Barbara Reisman at 2 p.m. in the lobby of the Interpretive Center on South G Street for a 90-minute, rain-or-shine walk that will focus on plants. Free. (707) 826-2359. Forest Restoration at Rohner Park. Third Saturday of every month, 9-11 a.m. Fortuna Firemen’s Pavilion, 9 Park St. Remove invasive English ivy and French broom. Tools and gloves available but you are encouraged to bring your own. High winds or heavy rain cancels. Light snack provided. Free. unde1942@gmail.com. (707) 601-6753.
Playscape Work Parties at HUUF. Every third Saturday, 10 a.m.-noon. Humboldt Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 24 Fellowship Way, Bayside. Help mainatain the grounds at the Humboldt Unitarian Universalist Fellowship. connect@huuf.org. huuf.org/home-2/ upcoming-events/engagement/.
Volunteer Trail Stewards Workday. Third Saturday of every month, 9-11 a.m. Eureka Waterfront Trail North, Tydd St. to Adorni Center. Meet at the corner of First and X streets every third Saturday for trash cleanup, invasive plant removal and basic trail maintenance, such as cutting back grass and shrubs to keep the trail clear. vtscoordinator@humtrails.org. (707) 601-7809.
SPORTS
Fortuna Recreational Volleyball. 10 a.m.-noon. Fortuna High School, 379 12th St. Ages 45 and up. Call Dolly. In the Girls Gym. (707) 725-3709.
ETC
The Bike Library. 12-4 p.m. The Bike Library, 1286 L St., Arcata. Hands-on repair lessons and general maintanence, used bicycles and parts for sale. Donations of parts and bicycles gladly accepted. arcatabikelibrary@riseup.net. May Skate Nights. 6:30-9 p.m. Eureka Municipal Auditorium, 1120 F St. See May 15 listing. Public Skate. 6:30-9:30 p.m. Fortuna Skating Rink, Rohner Park. See May 15 listing.
Thursday-Friday-Saturday Canteen. 3-9 p.m. Redwood Empire VFW Post 1872, 1018 H St., Eureka. Enjoy a cold beverage in the canteen with comrades. Play pool or darts. If you’re a veteran, this place is for you. Free. PearceHansen999@outlook.com. (707) 443-5331.
17 Sunday DANCE
North Coast Dance Presents Route 66 2 p.m. Arkley Center for the Performing Arts, 412 G St., Eureka. See May 16 listing.
Redwood Tango. 3-6 p.m. The Historic Eagle House, 139 Second St., Eureka. Enjoy learning to tango in the beautiful ballroom. All ages welcome. $10. eventlead. eaglehouse@gmail.com. historiceaglehouse.com/livemusic-events. (707) 407-0634.
MOVIES
The Lord of The Rings: The Two Towers (2002). 5-10 p.m. Arcata Theatre Lounge, 1036 G St. Pre-show 5 p.m. Movie at 6 p.m. Frodo Baggins and the other members of the fellowship continue on their quest to destroy the One Ring. *Extended cut. $8, $12 w/poster. info@arcatatheatre.com. tickets.vemos.io/-LvvzSYm6udEnGfKIRLa/ arcata-theatre-lounge/-OpFioGmt5dpQAMZF1dX/thelord-of-the-rings-the-two-towers-2003. (707) 613-3030.
MUSIC
Chamber Players of the Redwoods Spring Concert. 4-6 p.m. Christ Episcopal Church, 1428 H St., Eureka. Violinist Vanessa Kibbe plays solo selections from “Partita No. 2 in D minor” by Bach. Trio Finito performs “Piano Trio No. 21” by Haydn. North Coast Brass Ensemble plays “How Can I Keep from Singing?” and “Three Criminal Investigations” by Zachary Smith. Wind Energy plays “Zodiac Quintet” and “Fantasy on the Wizard of Oz.” Free, donations accepted. fwtempas@gmail.com. chamberplayersredwoods.org/. (707) 845-9307.
Sweet Harmony. 4-5:30 p.m. United Methodist Church of the Joyful Healer, 1944 Central Ave., McKinleyville. Women singing four-part harmony a capella. Now welcoming new members with all levels of experience. (707) 845-1959.
Wine and Jazz. Third Sunday of every month, 3-5 p.m. Morris Graves Museum of Art, 636 F St., Eureka. Monthly performance series highlighting Humboldt County per-
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formers. Featuring Anna & The Situation playing “Light Latin beats, a smattering of reggae, swinging blues with some Delta tossed in and a hint of indie-rock.” Regular admission. humboldtarts.org.
EVENTS
Redwood Coast Kite Festival and Artisan Fair. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Halvorsen Park, Waterfront Drive, Eureka. See May 16 listing.
Humboldt Jewish Music and Culture Festival. Temple Beth El, Hodgson and T streets, Eureka. See May 16 listing. May Free Eureka Repair Café. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Adorni Recreation Center, 1011 Waterfront Drive, Eureka. Bring items for free repair. Items must be small enough to be carried by yourself, and you must take them home at the end of the event. If you have the materials for the repair, please bring them. Free. hatwood@eurekaca.gov. facebook.com/events/1496962855323409/. (707) 441-4218.
FOR KIDS
Blue Lake Bike Clinic and Rodeo. 12-4 p.m. Paskenta Mad River Brewery, 101 Taylor Way, Blue Lake. Safety inspections, tune-ups and bike games. Free. info@madriverbrewing.com. madriverbrewing.com/. (707) 668-4151. Mini Masters Program. Third Sunday of every month, noon. Morris Graves Museum of Art, 636 F St., Eureka. Families participate together in this art-making workshop linked to the Storytime book. Projects that inspire literacy, creativity and community geared toward children 2-5 years, but all children are welcome. All kids receive a free book. This month’s book is The Curious Why by Angela DiTerlizzi and Lorena Alvarez Gómez. humboldtarts.org.
FOOD
Food Not Bombs. 4 p.m. Arcata Plaza, Ninth and G streets. Hot food for everyone. Mostly vegan and organic and always delicious. Free.
GARDEN
Fair Curve Farm Plant Sale. 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Fair Curve Farm Stand, 600 Main St., Ferndale. See May 16 listing. Volunteer Workday. 10 a.m.-noon. Trinidad Museum, 400 Janis Court. Help maintain the native plant garden located behind the museum and library. Serious rain cancels.
OUTDOORS
Dune Restoration Volunteer Days. Third Sunday of every month, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Ma-le’l Dunes North, Young Lane, Arcata. Help restore the biodiversity of the coastal dunes. No experience necessary. Snacks and tools provided. Meet at the parking lot a few minutes before 10 a.m. dante@friendsofthedunes.org. friendsofthedunes. org/dert-days. (707) 444-1397.
Eureka Waterfront Guided Birding Trip. Third Sunday of every month, 9-11 a.m. Eureka Waterfront, Foot of Del Norte Street. Wth leader Ralph Bucher. This relatively urban trail offers the potential to observe species abundance and diversity. Email to sign up. Free. thebook@ reninet.com. rras.org.
ETC
Public Skate. 1:30-4:30 p.m. Fortuna Skating Rink, Rohner Park. See May 15 listing.
18 Monday ART
Life Drawing Sessions. 6-8 p.m. Redwood Art Association Gallery, 603 F St., Eureka. See May 15 listing.
MUSIC
Ukulele Fight Club of Humboldt. Third Monday of every month, 6-8 p.m. Arcata Community Center, 321 Dr. Martin
Luther King Jr. Parkway. Bring a ukulele and join the fun. All levels welcome. $3 drop-in fee. ukulelisarae@gmail. com. ukulelefightclubofhumboldt.com.
EVENTS
You Found It! Festival. Eureka Cultural Arts District, 627 3rd St. Eleven free events connecting artists, arts organizations and community members across Eureka. events@eurekaculturalarts.org. eurekaculturalartsdistrict.org/youfoundit.
FOOD
Dinner and Bingo. Third Monday of every month, 5-8 p.m. Van Duzen River Grange, 5250 State Route 36, Carlotta. Enjoy a family-friendly dinner (menu changes monthly), then test your luck with bingo. All ages. $10 dinner, $10 for 10 bingo cards. vanduzengrange@gmail. com. instagram.com/vanduzengrange. (707) 296-4161.
Harvest Box Deliveries. Multi-farm-style CSA boxes with a variety of seasonal fruits and veggies, all GMOfree and grown locally. Monday: serving Blue Lake, Arcata, McKinleyville and Trinidad. Tuesday: serving Eureka and Fortuna. $30/box, $15 for EBT customers. harvesthub@northcoastgrowersassociation.org. humboldtharvestbox.org/.
Miranda Farmers Market. 2-6 p.m. Miranda Market, 6685 Avenue of the Giants. Fresh fruits and vegetables, flowers and more. No pets, but trained, ADA-certified, service animals welcome. CalFresh EBT customers can receive a market match at every farmers market. info@ northcoastgrowersassociation.org. northcoastgrowersassociation.org/miranda.html. (707) 441-9999.
MEETINGS
Humboldt County Assessor Candidates Forum. 6-8 p.m. Humboldt Association of Realtors, 220 1st Street, Eureka. Join the Humboldt Association of Realtors for a candidates forum featuring candidates Ben Larson and Audrey Hanks. Registration is required to guarantee a seat in-person. Register at: https://humboldtassociationofrealtorshar.growthzoneapp.com/ap/Events/ Register/R1FNZxDFRC0CX. Also livestreaming on Facebook. Free. theresa@harealtors.com. facebook.com/ HARealtors707/. (707) 442-2978.
SPORTS
Ping Pong for Seniors. 3-4 p.m. Humboldt Senior Resource Center, 1910 California St., Eureka. Join the fun. All levels are welcome. Free, donations accepted. (707) 443-9747.
ETC
Homesharing Info Session. 9:30-10 a.m. and 1-1:30 p.m. This informational Zoom session will go over the steps and safeguards of Area 1 Agency on Aging’s matching process and the different types of homeshare partnerships. Email for the link. Free. homeshare@a1aa.org. a1aa. org/homesharing. (707) 442-3763.
19 Tuesday
DANCE
Baywater Blues Fusion. 7-9 p.m. The Historic Eagle House, 139 Second St., Eureka. Dance to blues and more. No partner required. Open to all levels. $5-$15. eventlead.eaglehouse@gmail.com. historiceaglehouse. com/live-music-events. (707) 444-3344.
MUSIC
Redwood Interfaith Gospel Choir Practice. 6-8 p.m. Arcata Playhouse, 1251 Ninth St. Family atmosphere and loving people who like to sing gospel music. All invited to join. Free. redwoodinterfaithgospelchoir.com. (707) 441-9098.
FOOD
Fortuna Farmers Market. 3-6 p.m. Fortuna Farmers Market, 10th and Main streets. Offering fresh fruits and vegetables, crafts and more. Enjoy music and hot food vendors. No pets, but trained, ADA-certified, service animals welcome. CalFresh EBT customers can receive a market match at every farmers market. info@ northcoastgrowersassociation.org. northcoastgrowersassociation.org/fortuna.html. (707) 441-9999. Harvest Box Deliveries. See May 18 listing. Shelter Cove Farmers Market. 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Shelter Cove Farmers Market, Gyppo Ale Mill Parking Lot 1661 Upper Pacific Dr, Whitethorn, CA 95589, Whitethorn. Fresh fruits and vegetables, meat, flowers and more. No pets, but trained, ADA-certified, service animals welcome. info@northcoastgrowersassociation.org. northcoastgrowersassociation.org/sheltercove.html. (707) 441-9999.
MEETINGS
Humboldt Cribbage Club Tournament. 6:15-9 p.m. Moose Lodge, 4328 Campton Road, Eureka. Weekly six-game cribbage tournament for experienced players. Inexperienced players may watch, learn and play on the side. Moose dinner available at 5:30 p.m. $3-$8. 31for14@ gmail.com. (707) 599-4605.
Writers Group. Third Tuesday of every month, 12:30-2 p.m. Christ Episcopal Church, 1428 H St., Eureka. Writers share all types of writing and get assistance from one another. Drop-ins welcome. Not faith based. Free.
SPORTS
Ping Pong for Seniors. 3-4 p.m. Humboldt Senior Resource Center, 1910 California St., Eureka. See May 18 listing.
ETC
English Express: An English Language Class for Adults. Virtual World, Internet, Online. Build English language confidence in ongoing online and in-person classes. All levels and first languages welcome. Join anytime. Pre-registration not required. Free. englishexpressempowered. com. (707) 443-5021.
20 Wednesday
DANCE
Country Swing. 6-8 p.m. The Historic Eagle House, 139 Second St., Eureka. Learn country swing in the Eagle House Ballroom. All ages. $5. eventlead.eaglehouse@ gmail.com. historiceaglehouse.com/live-music-events. (707) 407-0634.
MOVIES
Sci-Fi Night: Battle Beyond The Stars (1980). 6-9 p.m. Arcata Theatre Lounge, 1036 G St. Pre-show 6 p.m. Raffle 6:45 p.m. Main feature 7 p.m. A young farmer assembles a band of diverse mercenaries to defend his peaceful planet from an evil tyrant. $6, $10 w/poster. info@ arcatatheatre.com. tickets.vemos.io/-LvvzSYm6udEnGfKIRLa/arcata-theatre-lounge/-OpFj4kJ3LvFNmC25kuW/ sci-fi-night-battle-beyond-the-stars-1980. (707) 613-3030.
MUSIC
The Joy of Singing Choir. 5:30-7 p.m. Jefferson Community Center, 1000 B St., Eureka. Singing circle that focuses on singing in harmony through improvisation as well as repertoire, including resistance songs. All level drop-ins welcome. $10-$20, no one turned away for lack of funds. hello@bynieves.com.
Song Circle with Seabury Gould. Every third Wednesday, 3-5 p.m. Trinidad Heart Center, 426 Trinity St. Bring
your voices and songs to this monthly sing-along. All ages welcome. Folk songs and others conducive to group singing. $10-$20 sliding scale. seaburygould.com. trinidadheartcenter.com/. (707) 845-6231.
FOR KIDS
Story Time at the Park - Sequoia Park Gazebo. 10-11 a.m. Sequoia Park, 3414 W St., Eureka. Talk, sing, read, write and play together at the park. For children 2-6 years old with their caregivers and other family members are welcome. Seating is outdoors on the grass. Bring a folding chair or picnic blanket. Some blankets available to borrow. Free. (707) 441-4248.
MEETINGS
Mother’s Support Circle. Third Wednesday of every month, 10 a.m.-noon. The Ink People Center for the Arts, 627 Third St., Eureka. Mother’s Village circle for mothers with a meal and childcare. $15 to attend, $10 childcare, sliding scale spots available. (707) 633-3143.
ETC
Grief Support Services in Spanish. Third Wednesday of every month, 5-6:30 p.m. Gene Lucas Community Center, 3000 Newburg Ave., Fortuna. A safe and welcoming space for Spanish-speaking individuals to process loss, connect with others, and receive compassionate support. Este grupo está abierto para todas las personas en la comunidad que habla español, que estén pasando por la pérdida de un ser querido. glccenter.org.
21 Thursday
ART
Figure Drawing at Synapsis. 7-9 p.m. Synapsis Collective, 1675 Union St., Eureka. See May 14 listing.
LECTURE
Tracking the Wild in Flight. 7-9 p.m. Six Rivers Masonic Lodge, 251 Bayside Road, Arcata. Dr. Frank Fogary talks about the Motus network, a collaborative, worldwide effort to understand wildlife movement better. Drinks and goodies served at 7 p.m., program begins at 7:30 at the lodge or on Zoom at www.rras.org. Free. www.rras.org.
SPOKEN WORD
Reworded Open Mic Night. Third Thursday of every month, 5-8 p.m. Phatsy Kline’s Parlor Lounge, 139 Second St., Eureka. Poetry workshop at 5 p.m. Open mic from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Free. events@histroiceaglehouse.com. historiceaglehouse.com. (707) 444-3344.
THEATER
Imaginary Invalid . 8 p.m. 5th and D Street Theater, 300 Fifth St., Eureka. North Coast Repertory Theater presents Molière’s farce about a wealthy hypochondriac who schemes to marry off his daughter to a doctor so he can have free medical care. Directed by Merrick Yra and Abigail Camerino. $25. NCRTboxoffice@gmail.com. ncrt.net/.
SPORTS
Lost Coast Cornhole League Night. Third Thursday of every month, 6-10 p.m. Fortuna Veterans Hall/Memorial Building, 1426 Main St. See May 14 listing.
ETC
Spanish/English Language Exchange. Third Thursday of every month, 4:30-5:15 p.m. College of the Redwoods (Eureka Downtown site), 527 D St. Practice Spanish with first-language speakers through College of the Redwoods’ Multilingual Club. Oportunidad gratuita para practicar inglés con el Club Multilingüe de College of the Redwoods. Merienda incluida. Free. jonathan-maiullo@ redwoods.edu. instagram.com/crmultilingual. (707) 476-4527. l
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22. Occupy a tent
23. Name of multiple British earls (one of which changed his name slightly and wrote the first Gothic novel)
28. Question’s opposite (abbr.)
29. “___ gratia artis” (MGM motto)
30. Sat ___ (GPS system)
31. Part of G&T
32. Threesome
34. Game before a final
35. Soundproofing square
39. Shouts of inspiration
40. Deli loaves
41. Grind
42. Oscar-winning Telugu-language film
43. 2006 World Series winners, on scoreboards
44. “Mad Men” protagonist Draper
45. Electronic identifier embedded in sound files to protect copyright
51. ___ wat (national dish of Ethiopia)
52. Fashion designer Cassini
53. Shortest English sentence with a subject and verb
55. Between 0 and 90 degrees
57. Series of Nintendo microgames featuring a squigglymustached villain
59. Breads for gyros
60. That thing, in Spanish
61. Consumed
62. Meeting on the sly
63. Pig pen
64. Actresses Meg and Jeri
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1. Rajasthan wrap
2. Refuse
3. Event involving big bucks?
4. Corn opener?
5. Actor Ribisi of
“Avatar: Fire and Ash”
6. Ancient counters
7. “Hawaii ___” (CBS police drama)
8. Boot end
9. Conspiratorial groups
10. Put your foot down
11. Person arguing in favor
12. Goal
13. No vote
18. They may be about you
22. Christmas song
24. Fridge invasions
25. Banshee’s sounds
26. Gold fabric
27. Immorality
31. Sentry’s job
32. Choreographer Tharp
33. “Call Me Maybe” singer Carly ___ Jepsen
34. Hot spot?
35. Singer Bareilles
36. “No ___ Tra c” (street sign)
37. “In a day ___” (the really high lyric of “Take On Me”)
38. End-of-year school event attendee
43. Most peeved
44. Three, in Trier
46. Minuscule amounts
47. Pop-up restaurant o ering?
48. “The Jetsons” son
49. Cattle rustler’s tool
50. ___ Blixen (Isak Dinesen’s real name)
54. Store department that sells ties
55. Fitting
56. Fig. with a diameter
57. “Fantastic Mr. Fox” director Anderson
58. Method
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT 26-00241
The following person is doing Business as Precision Equine
Humboldt
2540 Myrtle Avenue
Eureka, CA 95501
ciera H Henry
2540 Myrtle Avenue
Eureka, CA 95501
The business is conducted by an Individual.
The date registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name listed above on 4/20/26.
I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.
A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).
/s Ciera Henry, Owner
This April 20, 2026 by sb, Deputy Clerk
4/23, 4/30, 5/7, 5/14 (26-164)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT 26-00240
The following person is doing Business as Deep Dive Noodles
Humboldt
2626 Elizabeth Road
McKinleyville, CA 95519
Dirt and Sea Privisions LLC CA B20260138390
2626 Elizabeth Road
McKinleyville, CA 95519
The business is conducted by a limited liability company.
The date registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name listed above on 4/16/26.
I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.
A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).
/s Douglas Monsauld, Managing Member
This April 16, 2026 by sg, Deputy Clerk
4/23, 4/30, 5/7, 5/14 (26-161)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 26-00231
The following person is doing Business as Coastline Services Humboldt 3830 F Street
Eureka, CA 95503
1632 Broadway #213 Eureka, CA 95501
Mark R Giessel 1632 Broadway #213 Eureka, CA 95501
Vivian M Giessel
1632 Broadway #213 Eureka, CA 95501
The business is conducted by a married couple.
The date registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name listed above on 1/1/2000.
I declare that all information in this
statement is true and correct.
A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).
/s Vivian M Giessel, Co-Owner
This April 13, 2026 by jr, Deputy Clerk 4/23, 4/30, 5/7, 5/14 (26-162)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 20260037
The following person is doing Business as Cosmic Thread Software
Del Norte 16330 Gilbert Way Smith River, CA 95567
Chad Rempp 16330 Gilbert Way Smith River, CA 95567
The business is conducted by an individual.
The date registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name listed above on n/a.
I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.
A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).
/s Chad Rempp
This April 13, 2026 by Hannah Gill, Deputy Clerk 4/23, 4/30, 5/7, 5/14 (26-160
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 26-00236
The following person is doing Business as Shred Waves LLC
Humboldt
2975 Spears Road
Eureka, CA 95503 PO Box 6873
Eureka, CA 9550
Shred Waves LLC CA B20260152431
2975 Spears Road
Eureka, CA 95503
The business is conducted by a limited liability company.
The date registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name listed above on n/a.
I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.
A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).
/s Matt Hess, Owner/Sole Managing Member
This April 15, 2026 by jr, Deputy Clerk 4/23, 4/30, 5/7, 5/14 (26-165)
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME - AMENDED SHANNON CRUZ
CASE NO. CV2600797
CASE NO. CV2600797
SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF HUMBOLDT
825 FIFTH ST.
EUREKA, CA. 95501
PETITION OF:
Mikayla Grinsell for a decree changing names as follows: Present name
Mikayla Jolene Grinsell to Proposed Name
Mikayla Jane Cruz
THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.
NOTICE OF HEARING
Date: June 29, 2026
Time:8:30 am, Dept. 4
For information on how to appear remotely for your hearing, please visit https://www.humboldt.courts. ca.gov/
SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF HUMBOLDT
825 FIFTH STREET
EUREKA, CA 95501
Date: April 17, 2026
Filed: April 20, 2026
/s/ Timothy A. Canning Judge of the Superior Court 4/23, 4/30, 5/7, 5/14 (26-158)
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME
SUNDAYRA RAYJEAN CAMPION
CASE NO. CV2600494
SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF HUMBOLDT
825 FIFTH ST.
EUREKA, CA. 95501
PETITION OF:
SundayRa Rayjean Campion for a decree changing names as follows: Present name
SundayRa Rayjean Campion to Proposed Name
Envy Rayjean Campion
THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.
NOTICE OF HEARING
Date: July 10, 2026
Time: 8:30 am, Dept. 4
For information on how to appear remotely for your hearing, please visit https://www.humboldt.courts. ca.gov/
SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA,
COUNTY OF HUMBOLDT
825 FIFTH STREET
EUREKA, CA 95501
Date: March 11, 2026
Filed: March 12, 2026
/s/ Timothy A. Canning Judge of the Superior Court 4/30, 5/7, 5/14, 5/21 (26-159)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 20260039
The following person is doing Business as McPherrens Tax Service
Del Norte 1672 Northcrest Dr Crescenty City, CA 95531
Constance Brooks 1672 Northcrest Dr Crescenty City, CA 95531
The business is conducted by an individual.
The date registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name listed above on n/a.
declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.
A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).
/s Constance Brooks
This April 23, 2026 by Hannah Gill, Deputy Clerk 4/30, 5/7, 5/14, 5/21 (26-169)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 26-00216
The following person is doing Business as BLT Designs Humboldt
140 Hatchery rd Blue Lake, CA 95525
PO Box 952 Blue Lake, CA 95525
Rebecca L Thornton
140 Hatchery rd Blue Lake, CA 95525
The business is conducted by an individual.
The date registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name listed above on 03/16/2021.
declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.
A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).
/s Shane Dante, Managing Member
This April 6, 2026 by JR, Deputy Clerk 4/30, 5/7, 5/14, 5/21 (26-167
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 26-00234
The following person is doing Business as
Trinity Fork Outfitters
Humboldt
3220 Ishi Pishi Rd Orleans, CA 95556
PO Box 358 Orleans, CA 95556
Trinity Fork Outfitters LLC CA 202204110325
3220 Ishi Pishi Rd Orleans, CA 95556
The business is conducted by a limited liability company.
The date registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name listed above on 03/25/2022.
I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.
A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).
/s Shane Dante, Managing Member
This April 15, 2026 by JR, Deputy Clerk 4/30, 5/7, 5/14, 5/21 (26-166)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 26-00229
The following person is doing Business as Bougie Bulldogs & Co. Humboldt
2895 Kenwood Dr Fortuna, CA 95540
Kimberly A. Murphy
2895 Kenwood Dr Fortuna, CA 95540
Jesse R. Murphy
2895 Kenwood Dr Fortuna, CA 95540
The business is conducted by a married couple.
The date registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name listed above on n/a.
I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.
A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).
/s Kimberly A. Murphy, Owner
This April 13, 2026
by SB, Deputy Clerk 4/30, 5/7, 5/14, 5/21 (26-177)
AMENDED NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF CHRISTINE COLEMAN WHITE CASE NO. PR00105
To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of Christine Coleman White
A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Petitioner, Doreen Hargus
In the Superior Court of California, County of Humboldt. The petition for probate requests that A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Petitioner, Doreen Hargus be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.
THE PETITION requests the decedent’ will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. This will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court.
THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required
to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.)
The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.
A HEARING on the petition will be held on May 14, 2026 at 9:30 a.m. at the Superior Court of California, County of Humboldt, 825 Fifth Street, Eureka, in Dept.: 4
For information on how to appear remotely for your hearing, please visit https://www.humboldt.courts. ca.gov/
IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.
IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.
ATTORNEY FOR PETITIONER: Daniel E Cooper 710 Street Eureka, CA 95501
707-443-8011
Filed April 7, 2025
SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF HUMBOLDT 4/30, 5/7, 5/14 (26-170)
AMENDED NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF WILLIAM WADE IRISH CASE NO. PR2600114
To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of William Wade Irish aka Bill Irish A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Petitioner, Torrey W Irish
In the Superior Court of California, County of Humboldt. The petition for probate requests that A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Petitioner, Torrey W Irish be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.
THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court
approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.)
The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.
A HEARING on the petition will be held on May 21, 2026 at 9:30 a.m. at the Superior Court of California, County of Humboldt, 825 Fifth Street, Eureka, in Dept.: 4
For information on how to appear remotely for your hearing, please visit https://www.humboldt.courts.ca.gov/
IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.
IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.
YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.
ATTORNEY FOR PETITIONER: Judd M Patton Hjerpe Law, Inc 350 E Street, 1st Floor Eureka, CA 95501
707-442-7262
Filed April 7, 2025
SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF HUMBOLDT
4/30, 5/7, 5/14 (26-168)
NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF ILEEN GARCIA CASE NO. PR2500328
To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of Ileen Garcia
A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Petitioner, Alejo Ramirez
In the Superior Court of California, County of Humboldt. The petition for probate requests that A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Petitioner, Alejo Ramirez be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.
The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.
A HEARING on the petition will be held on May 28, 2026 at 9:30 a.m. at the Superior Court of California, County of Humboldt, 825 Fifth Street, Eureka, in Dept.: 4 For information on how to appear remotely for your hearing, please visit https://www.humboldt.courts. ca.gov/
IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.
IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. ATTORNEY FOR PETITIONER: Daniel Reilly 28620 Cherry Hills Blvd, Suite 1 Sun City, CA 92586 951-672-3882
Filed April 13, 2026
SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF HUMBOLDT 4/30, 5/7, 5/14 (26-174) NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF STEVEN HENRY GARCIA CASE NO. PR2500327
To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of Steven Henry Garcia A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Petitioner, Alejo Ramirez In the Superior Court of California, County of Humboldt. The petition for probate requests that A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Petitioner, Alejo Ramirez be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.
THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.)
THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.)
The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.
A HEARING on the petition will be held on May 28, 2026 at 9:30 a.m. at the Superior Court of California, County of Humboldt, 825 Fifth Street, Eureka, in Dept.: 4
For information on how to appear remotely for your hearing, please visit https://www.humboldt.courts. ca.gov/
IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.
IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.
YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.
ATTORNEY FOR PETITIONER:
Daniel Reilly
28620 Cherry Hills Blvd, Suite 1 Sun City, CA 92586
951-672-3882
Filed April 13, 2026
SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF HUMBOLDT
4/30, 5/7, 5/14 (26-175)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 26-00217
The following person is doing Business as Skin So Clear Esthetics
Humboldt 2341 Fern St. Suite A
Eureka, CA 95503
Mercedes D Frey
2341 Fern St. Suite A Eureka, Ca 95503
The business is conducted by an individual.
The date registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious
business name or name listed above on 3/28/26.
I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.
A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).
/s Mercedes Frey, Owner
This April 27, 2026 by SG, Deputy Clerk 5/7, 5/14, 5/21, 5/28 (26-179)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 26-00219
The following person is doing Business as New Mountain Humboldt
1120 Griffith Road
McKinleyville, CA 95519
Alan M Storey 1120 Griffith Road
McKinleyville, CA 95519
The business is conducted by an individual.
The date registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name listed above on 4/13/98.
I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.
A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).
/s Alan Storey, Proprietor
This April 8, 2026 by JC, Deputy Clerk 5/7, 5/14, 5/21, 5/28 (26-178)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 26-00261
The following person is doing Business as Grocery Outlet Fortuna Humboldt 1085 S Fortuna Blvd Fortuna, CA 95540
Shelby’s Family Market CA 48630416
3643 Elk Horn Blvd North Highlands, CA 95660
The business is conducted by a corporation.
The date registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name listed above on n/a.
I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.
A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).
/s Dennis Talley, CEO
This April 26, 2026 by SG, Deputy Clerk 5/7, 5/14, 5/21, 5/28 (26-185)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 26-00245
The following person is doing Business as Ramada by Wyndham Arcata Humboldt 3535 Janes Rd
Arcata, CA 95521
C&B Hospitality, Inc CA 3916921
8388 Stevenson Ave Sacramento, CA 95828
The business is conducted by a corporation.
The date registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name listed above on 4/15/26.
I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.
A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).
/s Darshan Gidha, Owner
This April 21, 2026
by JR, Deputy Clerk 5/7, 5/14, 5/21, 5/28 (26-182)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 26-00263
The following person is doing Business as Ariel Landscaping & Lawncare Humboldt 3151 Smith Ln Fortuna, CA 95540
Juan Rojas 3151 Smith Ln Fortuna, CA 95540
The business is conducted by an individual.
The date registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name listed above on 4/27/26.
I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.
A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).
/s Juan Rojas, Owner
This April 27, 2026 by JC, Deputy Clerk 5/7, 5/14, 5/21, 5/28 (26-180)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 26-00263
The following person is doing Business as M and G Risling Family Partnership Humboldt
1870 James Ct
McKinleyville, CA 95519 PO Box 566 Hoopa, Ca 95546
Michael C Fraga 1870 James Ct McKinleyville, CA 95519
Gary B Risling 1870 James Ct McKinleyville, CA 95519
The business is conducted by an individual.
The date registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name listed above on 11/1/25.
I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.
A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor
punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).
/s Michael C Fraga, Partner
This April 29, 2026
by SC, Deputy Clerk 5/7, 5/14, 5/21, 5/28 (26-181)
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME
PATRICIA SMITH
CASE NO. CV2600782
SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF HUMBOLDT
825 FIFTH ST.
EUREKA, CA. 95501
PETITION OF:
Patricia Smith for a decree changing names as follows:
Present name
Patricia Sundgren Smith to Proposed Name
Patricia Joynce Smith
THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.
NOTICE OF HEARING
Date: June 26, 2026
Time: 8:30 am, Dept. 4
For information on how to appear remotely for your hearing, please visit https://www.humboldt.courts. ca.gov/
SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF HUMBOLDT
825 FIFTH STREET
EUREKA, CA 95501
Date: April 13, 2026
Filed: April 13, 2026 /s/ Timothy A. Canning Judge of the Superior Court 5/7, 5/14, 5/21, 5/28 (26-184)
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME
SAVANNA RENEE’ ONSTAD CASE NO. CV2600901
SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF HUMBOLDT
825 FIFTH ST. EUREKA, CA. 95501
PETITION OF:
Savanna Renee’ Onstad for a decree changing names as follows: Present name
Savanna Renee’ Onstad to Proposed Name
Savanna Renee’ Doll THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show
cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.
NOTICE OF HEARING
Date: July 10, 2026
Time: 8:30 am, Dept. 4
For information on how to appear remotely for your hearing, please visit https://www.humboldt.courts. ca.gov/
SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF HUMBOLDT 825 FIFTH STREET
EUREKA, CA 95501
Date: April 28, 2026
Filed: April 29, 2026
/s/ Timothy A. Canning Judge of the Superior Court 5/7, 5/14, 5/21, 5/28 (26-183)
PUBLISHED NOTICE OF SEIZURE AND JUDICIAL FORFEITURE
On February 26th, 2026, the Humboldt County Drug Task Force seized property for forfeiture from Elk Creek Road in Myers Flat, California in connection with controlled substance violations, to wit, Section 11359 of the Health and Safety Code of California. The seized property is described as: $275,488.16 in U.S. Currency and various jewelry, watches, and purses. Control Number 26-F-04 has been assigned to this case. Use this number to identify the property in any correspondence with the Office of the Humboldt County District Attorney.
If your claim is not timely filed, the Humboldt County District Attorney will declare the property described in this notice to be forfeited to the State and it will be disposed of as provided in Health and Safety Code Section 11489.
5/14, 5/21, 5/28 (26-189)
PUBLISHED NOTICE OF SEIZURE AND NON-JUDICIAL FORFEITURE
On December 31st, 2025, Agents from the Humboldt County Drug Task Force seized property for forfeiture in connection with controlled substance violations, to wit, Section 11351 of the Health and Safety Code of California from 1690 Bird Avenue, Mckinleyville, California. The seized property is described as: $2,100.00 in US currency, an electric motorcycle, coins, and other precious metals. Control Number 25-F-22 has been assigned to this case. Use this number to identify the property in any correspondence with the Office of the Humboldt County District Attorney.
If your claim is not timely filed, the Humboldt County District Attorney will declare the property described in this notice to be forfeited to the State and it will be disposed of as provided in Health and Safety Code Section 11489.
5/14, 5/21, 5/28 (26-190)
PUBLISHED NOTICE OF SEIZURE AND NON-JUDICIAL FORFEITURE
On January 22nd, 2026, Agents from the Humboldt County Drug Task Force seized property for forfeiture in connection with controlled substance violations, to wit, Section 11351 of the Health and Safety Code of California from Shoemaker Road in Hoopa, California. The seized property is described as: $14,392.00 in US currency, and precious metals. Control Number
26-F-01 has been assigned to this case. Use this number to identify the property in any correspondence with the Office of the Humboldt County District Attorney. 5/14, 5/21, 5/28 (26-191)
PUBLISHED NOTICE OF SEIZURE AND NON-JUDICIAL FORFEITURE
On December 22nd, 2025, Agents from the Humboldt County Drug Task Force seized property for forfeiture in connection with controlled substance violations, to wit, Section 11351 of the Health and Safety Code of California from Crest Drive in Fortuna, California. The seized property is described as: $2,092.00 in US currency, and precious metals. Control Number 26-F-02 has been assigned to this case. Use this number to identify the property in any correspondence with the Office of the Humboldt County District Attorney. 5/14, 5/21, 5/28 (26-192)
PUBLISHED NOTICE OF SEIZURE AND NON-JUDICIAL FORFEITURE
On February 10th, 2026, Agents from the Humboldt County Drug Task Force seized property for forfeiture in connection with controlled substance violations, to wit, Section 11378 of the Health and Safety Code of California from Cottage Street in Eureka, California. The seized property is described as: $9,520.00 in US currency. Control Number 26-F-03 has been assigned to this case. Use this number to identify the property in any correspondence with the Office of the Humboldt County District Attorney.
5/14, 5/21, 5/28 (26-193)
PUBLISHED NOTICE OF SEIZURE AND NON-JUDICIAL FORFEITURE
On February 17th, 2026, Agents from the Humboldt County Drug Task Force seized property for forfeiture in connection with controlled substance violations, to wit, Section 11351 of the Health and Safety Code of California from Sea Ave in Eureka, California. The seized property is described as: $13,065.00 in US currency. Control Number 26-F-05 has been assigned to this case. Use this number to identify the property in any correspondence with the Office of the Humboldt County District Attorney.
5/14, 5/21, 5/28 (26-194)
PUBLISHED NOTICE OF SEIZURE AND NON-JUDICIAL FORFEITURE
On March 5th, 2026, Agents from the Humboldt County Drug Task Force seized property for forfeiture in connection with controlled substance violations, to wit, Section 11378 of the Health and Safety Code of California from Eureka, California. The seized property is described as: $9,742.63 in US currency. Control Number 26-F-06 has been assigned to this case. Use this number to identify the property in any correspondence with the Office of the Humboldt County District Attorney. 5/14, 5/21, 5/28 (26-195)
PUBLISHED NOTICE OF SEIZURE AND NON-JUDICIAL FORFEITURE
On March 17th, 2026, Agents from the Humboldt County Drug Task Force seized property for forfeiture in connection with controlled substance violations, to wit, Section 11351 of the Health and Safety Code of California from Turner Rd in Mckinleyville, California. The seized property is
described as: $8,624.00 in US currency. Control Number 26-F-07 has been assigned to this case. Use this number to identify the property in any correspondence with the Office of the Humboldt County District Attorney. 5/14, 5/21, 5/28 (26-196)
PUBLIC SALE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned intends to sell the personal property described below to enforce a lien imposed on said property pursuant to Sections 21700-21716 of the Business & Professions Code, Section 2328 of the UCC, Section 535 of the Penal Code and provisions of the civil Code.
The undersigned will sell at auction by competitive bidding on the 27th of May, 2026, at 9:00 AM, on the premises where said property has been stored and which are located at Rainbow Self Storage. Arcata and McKinleyville auctions are online at www.StorageAuctions.com. The online auction begins 05/14/26 at 8AM and will end 05/27/26 at 8AM.
The following spaces are located at 4055 Broadway Eureka, CA, County of Humboldt.
Laura Gray, Space #5401
The following spaces are located at 639 W. Clark Street Eureka, CA, County of Humboldt and will be sold immediately following the sale of the above units.
None
The following spaces are located at 3618 Jacobs Avenue Eureka, CA, County of Humboldt and will be sold immediately following the sale of the above units.
Nicholas Pegg, Space #1186 Mark Davis, Space #1371
The following spaces are located at 105 Indianola Avenue Eureka, CA, County of Humboldt and will be sold immediately following the sale of the above units.
Jennifer Kobernik, Space #176 Gilbert Garcia, Space #231 Michael Godecki, Space #275 Sabrina Zink, Space #459 Lindsey Day, Space #489
The following spaces are located at 1641 Holly Drive McKinleyville, CA, County of Humboldt and will be sold online at www.StorageAuctions.com.
Bidding begins May 14th, 2026 and ends May 27th, 2026 at 8AM.
None
The following spaces are located at 2394 Central Avenue McKinleyville CA, County of Humboldt and will be sold online at www.StorageAuctions.com.
Bidding begins May 14th, 2026 and ends May 27th, 2026 at 8AM.
None
The following spaces are located at 180 F Street Arcata CA, County of Humboldt and will be sold online at www.StorageAuctions.com Bidding begins May 14th, 2026 and ends May 27th, 2026 at 8AM.
Franz Von Rabenau, Space #4220
Darlene Richards, Space #4391 Shantesha Young, Space #4503 Sara Walker, Space #7069
The following spaces are located at 940 G Street Arcata CA, County of Humboldt and will be sold online at www.StorageAuctions.com. Bidding begins May 14th, 2026 and ends May 27th, 2026 at 8AM.
Anyone interested in attending Rainbow Self Storage auctions must pre-qualify. For details call 707-4431451. Purchases must be paid for at the time of the sale in cash only. Online Bidders will pay 10% with a card online, and 90% in cash in the office, plus a $100 deposit. Storageauction. com requires a 15% buyers fee on their website. All pre-qualified live Bidders must sign in at 4055 Broadway Eureka CA. prior to 9:00 A.M. on the day of the auction, no exceptions. All purchased items are sold as is, where is and must be removed at time of sale. Sale is subject to cancellation for any reason whatsoever.
Auctioneer: Nicole Pettit, Employee for Rainbow Self-Storage, 707-4431451, Bond # 40083246. Dated this 14th day of May, 2026 and 21st day of March, 2026 5/14, 5/21 (26-187)
NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF THOMAS FRANKLIN BROWNFIELD CASE NO. PR2600134 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of Thomas Franklin Brownfield A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Petitioner, Daniel H. Brownfield In the Superior Court of California, County of Humboldt. The petition for probate requests that A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Petitioner, Daniel H. Brownfield be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection
LEGAL NOTICES
NOTICE OF PUBLIC AUCTION ON MAY 15TH 2025
TAX-DEFAULTED PROPERTY FOR DELINQUENT TAXES MADE PURSUANT TO REVENUE AND TAXATION CODE SECTION 3702
On, February 3rd, 2026, I, Amy Christensen, Humboldt County Tax Collector, was directed to conduct a public auction sale by the Board of Supervisors of Humboldt County, California. The tax-defaulted properties listed on this notice are subject to the Tax Collector’s power of sale and have been approved for sale by a resolution dated February 3rd, 2026 by the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors. The sale will be conducted at www.govease.com, on May 29th, 2026, as a public auction to the highest bidder for not less than the minimum bid as shown on this notice at a minimum price appropriate to stimulate competitive bidding. Due diligence research is incumbent on the bidder as all properties are sold as is. The winning bidder is legally obligated to purchase the item.
Only bids submitted via the Internet will be accepted. Pre-registration is required. Register on-line at www.govease.com by May 28, 2026 Bidders must submit a refundable deposit of $2,500.00 electronically, or by certified check at www.govease. com. The deposit will be applied to the successful bidder’s purchase price. Full payment and deed information indicating how title should be vested is required within 24 hours after the end of the sale. Terms of payment are limited to wire transfers or Certified Checks. A California transfer tax will be added to and collected with the purchase price and is calculated at $.55 per each $500 or fraction thereof. Due diligence research is incumbent on the bidder as all properties are sold as is. The county and its employees are not liable for the failure of any electronic equipment that may prevent a person from participating in the sale.
The right of redemption will cease on Thursday May 28thth 2026 at 5 p.m. and properties not redeemed will be offered for sale. If the parcel is not sold, the right of redemption will revive and continue up to the close of business on the last business day prior to the next scheduled sale.
If the properties are sold, parties of interest, as defined in California Revenue and Taxation Code Section 4675, have a right to file a claim with the county for any excess proceeds from the sale. Excess proceeds are the amount of the highest bid in excess of the liens and costs of the sale that are paid from the sale proceeds. Notice will be given to parties of interest, pursuant to California Revenue Taxation Code section 3692(e), if excess proceeds result from the sale.
More information may be obtained by contacting the Tax Collector at www. humboldtgov.org or by calling (707) 476-2450 or toll free at 877-448-6829.
PARCEL NUMBERING SYSTEM EXPLANATION
The Assessor’s Assessment Number (Parcel No.), when used to describe property in this list, refers to the assessor’s map book, the map page, the block on the map (if applicable), and the individual parcel on the map page or in the block. The assessor’s maps and an explanation of the parcel numbering system are available in the Assessor’s Office.
The properties subject to this notice are situated in Humboldt County, California, and are described as follows: ASSESSOR’S ASSESSMENT NO ASSESSEE’S NAME MINIMUM BID
210-051-042-000Rusev, Zhecho K & Ruseva, Tina$34,100.00
210-131-016-000Szekeres, Michael & Meyer, David$31,200.00
210-250-024-000Hull, Tom M/ Hull Tom M Liv Trust
$341,600.00
212-192-021-000Bendle, Salvatore A $13,500.00
215-171-016-000Magic Life LLC
215-171-017-000Magic Life LLC
109-202-009-000Franklin, Marshayne & Scott, Kelly H & Mark S
109-241-013-000Martin, Ralph G & Betty R
109-241-028-000Heinemann, Alfred
109-251-024-000Perkins, Memi C
109-281-027-000Margineanu, Danila
$8,800.00
$3,700.00
077-291-022-000Moore, Eric S & Shawni D $8,900.00
077-291-023-000Moore, Eric S & Shawni D $24,300.00
077-301-003-000Rodriguez, Juan M R $32,600.00
216-392-021-000Abdelmegid, Saad $39,400.00 217-111-003-000Johnson, Clifford M $1,900.00 217-121-016-000Ramirez, Consuelo & Ramirez, Francisco$1,900.00 217-351-003-000Qabazard, Summer $3,800.00 217-371-011-000Qabazard, Summer $2,600.00 218-021-008-000Maher, Thomas J $25,300.00 219-081-002-000Stewart, Damon & Carl, Hank R$139,800.00 220-092-011-000Zaykov, Dimitar $48,200.00 221-101-013-000Shamel, Michael L Jr & Dowling, Christina $12,000.00
221-111-025-000Luallin, Sherri $20,000.00
221-111-028-000Rea, Thomas C $18,800.00
221-121-002-000Blower, Shannon $17,800.00
223-014-003-000Irving Family LLC $26,400.00
300-221-007-000Finney, Sherrie $32,600.00
301-071-047-000Quella, Dwayne E $16,300.00
305-073-053-000Casey, B A $5,400.00
305-073-054-000Casey, B A $4,600.00
305-073-055-000Casey, B A $3,800.00
309-103-008-000Reese, Scott $25,700.00
315-106-008-000Ko-De Canyon Ranch LLC $10,600.00
316-012-010-000Lippman, Thomas N $36,400.00
316-086-024-000Bareilles, Kenneth M & Melinda R/ Bareilles, Kenneth M & Melinda R Rev Trust $30,100.00
317-053-007-000Thurston Peaks LLC $3,600.00
401-262-008-000Chance, Viola $2,100.00
401-262-011-000Chance, Viola M $6,100.00
402-101-032-000Collenberg, David $29,200.00
402-291-010-000Collenberg, David A $41,900.00
403-011-032-000Brunner, Michael A & Ramirez, Dina M$2,600.00 511-042-025-000Weather Mountain Construction$9,300.00
524-052-011-000Etzkorn, James A/ Evers, Marilyn J 2006 Living Trust/ Estate of Evers, Marilyn J
524-062-027-000Hit List LLC
$18,400.00
$39,200.00
$6,700.00
$5,900.00
$5,000.00
$6,300.00
$6,900.00
109-291-001-000Ostrom, Clifford E & Champions Rev Trust
109-311-017-000McMillan, Robert N & Constance R 1998 Rev Trust/ Estate of Constance R McMillan/ McMillan, Mary H & Katherine M
215-271-003-000Wilson, Patrick J $13,500.00 215-271-004-000Wilson, Patrick J $22,400.00 215-271-007-000Wilson, Patrick J $28,900.00 215-281-013-000Magic Life LLC $20,400.00
531-072-019-000Hamilton, James $11,100.00 533-063-012-000Trent, Christopher W Trent, Christopher W Living Trust $2,100.00
I certify or (declare), under penalty of perjury, that the foregoing is true and correct.
Amy Christensen Humboldt County Tax Collector
Executed at Eureka, Humboldt County, California, on April 23rd, 2026. Published in the North Coast Journal on April 30th, May 7th & 14th 2026 4/30, 5/7, 5/14 (26-172)
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to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.
A HEARING on the petition will be held on June 11, 2026 at 9:30 a.m. at the Superior Court of California, County of Humboldt, 825 Fifth Street, Eureka, in Dept.: 4 For information on how to appear remotely for your hearing, please visit https://www.humboldt.courts. ca.gov/
IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.
IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.
YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.
ATTORNEY FOR PETITIONER:
Julia L. Hjerpe Hjerpe Law, Inc 350 E Street, 1st Floor Eureka, CA 95501 (707) 442-7262
Filed May 8, 2026
SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF HUMBOLDT
5/14, 5/21, 5/28 (26-198)
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME
KATIE BURKE TERHAAR CASE NO. CV2600957
SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF HUMBOLDT
825 FIFTH ST. EUREKA, CA. 95501
PETITION OF:
Katie Burke Terhaar for a decree changing names as follows: Present name
Katie Burke Terhaar to Proposed Name
Katie Elyse Frederick THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show
cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.
NOTICE OF HEARING
Date: July 13, 2026
Time: 8:30 am, Dept. 4
For information on how to appear remotely for your hearing, please visit https://www.humboldt.courts. ca.gov/
SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF HUMBOLDT
825 FIFTH STREET
EUREKA, CA 95501
Date: May 4, 2026
Filed: May 4, 2026
/s/ Timothy A. Canning Judge of the Superior Court
5/14, 5/21, 5/28, 6/4 (26-199)
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME
RICHARD WAYNE GLADDEN CASE NO. CV2600975
SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF HUMBOLDT
825 FIFTH ST. EUREKA, CA. 95501
PETITION OF:
Richard Wayne Gladden for a decree changing names as follows:
Present name
Richard Wayne Gladden to Proposed Name
Richard Wayne Fields
THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.
NOTICE OF HEARING
Date: July 17, 2026
Time: 8:30 am, Dept. 4
For information on how to appear remotely for your hearing, please visit https://www.humboldt.courts. ca.gov/ SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF HUMBOLDT
825 FIFTH STREET EUREKA, CA 95501
Date: May 7, 2026
Filed: May 8, 2026
/s/ Timothy A. Canning
Judge of the Superior Court
5/14, 5/21, 5/28, 6/4 (26-203)
SUMMONS (Parentage –Custody and Support)
CASE NUMBER: FL150019
Request for Change in Visitation (Parenting Time)
Father to relocate to PA w children/Svc via public
Petitioner: Jamie Mendez (prev. Galeone)
Respondent: Alexander Galeone
Brooks Otis
May 3, 1938 – May 9, 2026
Brooks Otis, a beloved husband, father, musician, and pillar of the Humboldt County community, passed away peacefully at his Arcata home on May 9, 2026. Born on May 3, 1938, in Geneva, New York, to Brooks and Christine Otis, he was the eldest of five children, joined by Molly, Cheney, Irene, and Paul. From his earliest years, Brooks moved through the world with curiosity, warmth, and an abiding love of music.
Brooks spent his high school years in Geneva and abroad, living with his family in Rome and Beirut in the 1950s. After studying history at Columbia University, Brooks was drafted into the Army, serving from 1961 to 1963 as a medic in Germany, and, true to form, keeping himself sane by playing music. During those years he formed friendships and musical connections that would last a lifetime.
Returning from the Army to Palo Alto, CA, Brooks worked at the Stanford Press and studied part-time at Stanford University. His interest in Latin America drew him to the Peace Corps in 1966. At the initial training in Seattle, he met the love of his life, Carolyn Chaffee, and the two were posted to a rural Aymara Indian village in Bolivia, where they helped establish a food cooperative, build a new school, and taught literacy and English classes.
Brooks and Carolyn returned to the United States and married. At 30, he went to work for California Indian Legal Services in Escondido, California. That work brought them north to Eureka, where Brooks served as a Project Director for United Indian Health Services. They
put down roots in Humboldt County in 1970, and their son Dan was born in 1971. In September 1974, Brooks and his partner Mike Manetas opened the doors of Wildwood Music in Arcata. For thirty years, Wildwood was a hub of musical life in the region, offering lessons, instrument sales and repairs, and a gathering place for the community. Brooks was also a longtime radio host and Music Director at KHSU, edited the Humboldt Folklife Society newsletter for many years, and was an avid gardener and photographer. Throughout his time in Humboldt County, Brooks remained an active musician. He was a member of the seminal bluegrass band Fickle Hill, the dance band Swing Shift, and played in many other bands, including the Country Pretenders, Kenny Ray and the Mighty Rovers, the Horn Band, the Continental Drifters, Loafer’s Glory, Rosanne and Kentones, Bayside Quartet, the Timber Ridge Boys, just to name a few. He played flute, clarinet, saxophone, banjo, guitar, fiddle, and pedal steel guitar.
Brooks gave generously to everyone around him. He was always ready to fix an instrument, share a melody, or mentor a young musician. His vast, curated music collection brought joy to all who encountered it. He touched lives quietly and without fanfare, which was entirely his preference.
Brooks is survived by his son, Dan Otis, his two sisters, Molly Barnes and Irene Otis, his brother, Paul Otis, and by the many musicians, students, friends, and neighbors whose lives he touched. A memorial for both Brooks and Carolyn is being planned for some time in August.
It is with profound sadness that we announce the sudden passing of Neal Dean Ewald, age 70, on April 30, 2026, in Trinidad, California.
Born on May 20, 1955, in Santa Cruz, California, Neal lived each day with a spirit that was both gentle and vibrant, leaving a lasting mark on everyone fortunate enough to know him.
Neal had a remarkable way of making ordinary moments extraordinary — whether through a shared laugh, a thoughtful gesture, or the quiet strength he offered in times of need. He was a graduate of Soquel High School, Class of 1973, earned a Bachelor of Science in Forest Management from the University of California, Berkeley in 1978, and later received his Master of Business Administration from Humboldt State University in 1990.
Originally from Santa Cruz County, Neal moved to Arcata in 1978 to begin his distinguished career in forestry before settling in Trinidad, California, where he met his wife and started a family. His 45-year career in forestry encompassed every aspect of timber harvesting and management, culminating in his retirement in 2022 as Chief Operating Officer of Green Diamond Resource Company.
reflections of his adventurous spirit, generosity, and profound appreciation for life.
Family was at the heart of everything Neal did. He cherished being a father and, most recently, a grandfather. He was deeply loved and will be profoundly missed by his son and daughter-in-law, Zachary and Emily (Tomchak) Ewald, and grandson Liam Ewald of Shoreline, Washington; his daughter and son-in-law, Annie (Ewald) Cappon and Kevin Cappon, and granddaughter Quinn Cappon of Santa Barbara, California; his sister and brother-in-law, Jo Ann (Ewald) and Jon Allen of Santa Cruz, California; and his long-time companion Polly Endert of Trinidad, California; along with numerous nieces, nephews, greatnephews, and countless friends who became family. Each carries treasured memories of shared adventures, quiet moments, and unconditional love.
Neal dedicated much of his life to his profession, where his integrity, leadership, and dedication inspired those around him. Beyond his deep love for the forest and his many professional accomplishments, he found great joy in the ocean, becoming a certified diver and traveling the world with his family to premier diving destinations. These passions were more than hobbies; they were
Neal was preceded in death by his beloved wife, Wendy Steinkamp Ewald, with whom he is now reunited in peace. A memorial gathering will be held on June 20, 2026, at 2:00 in the afternoon at the Trinidad Town Hall, where stories will be shared, tears and laughter will mingle, and the beauty of Neal’s life will be celebrated.
In lieu of flowers, the family encourages donations to Hospice of Humboldt County, honoring the compassion and generosity that defined his life.
Though his time here feels far too brief, Neal’s light will continue to shine in the hearts of all who loved him, and the depth of his impact will be felt for generations to come.
Neal Dean Ewald May 20, 1955 – April 30, 2026
NOTICE OF HEARING
To: Jamie Mendez, Petitioner
A court hearing will be held as follows:
Date: 6/30/26
Time: 8:30 am Dept: 6
The name and address of the court is:
Humboldt County Superior Court
825 Fifth Street
Eureka, CA 95501
The name, address, and telephone number of respondent’s attorney is:
Joan M Gallego #153061
Gallegos Law Firm
931 Third Street Eureka, CA 95501 (707) 441-8477
Date: April 9, 2026
April A. Van Dyke, Judicial Officer 5/14, 5/21, 5/28, 7/4
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 26-00258
The following person is doing Business as Sleep Cycle Reset Humboldt
1660 Allard Ave
Eureka, CA 95503 PO Box 3115 Eureka, CA 95502
Basis Publishing, LLC CA B20250377466
1660 Allard Ave
Eureka, CA 95503
The business is conducted by a limited liability company.
The date registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name listed above on n/a.
I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.
A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).
/s Megan Gehrke, General Partner-Member
This April 24, 2026 by jc, Deputy Clerk 5/14, 5/21, 5/28, 6/4 (26-200)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 26-00264
The following person is doing Business as Door to Door Humboldt 2771 Strating Ct McKinleyville, CA 95519
Trevor V Buchholz 2771 Strating Ct McKinleyville, CA 95519
The business is conducted by an individual.
The date registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name listed above on n/a.
I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.
A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).
/s Trevor V Buccholz, Owner
This April 29, 2026
by jr, Deputy Clerk 5/14, 5/21, 5/28, 6/4 (26-201)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 26-00269
The following person is doing Business as The Wooden Deer Humboldt 1494 Chester Avenue Arcata, CA 95521
Sharon M Ruchte 1494 Chester Avenue Arcata, CA 95521
The business is conducted by an individual.
The date registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name listed above on 4/16/26.
I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.
A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).
/s Sharon Ruchte, Owner
This May 1, 2026 by sc, Deputy Clerk 5/14, 5/21, 5/28, 6/4 (26-202)
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME
MARGARET ANN LEWIS CASE NO. CV2600993
SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF HUMBOLDT
825 FIFTH ST. EUREKA, CA. 95501
PETITION OF:
Margaret Ann Lewis for a decree changing names as follows:
Present name
Margaret Ann Lewis to Proposed Name
Margaret Ann Diemer
THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.
NOTICE OF HEARING
Date: July 17, 2026
Time: 8:30 am, Dept. 4 For information on how to appear remotely for your hearing, please visit https://www.humboldt.courts. ca.gov/ SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF HUMBOLDT
825 FIFTH STREET
EUREKA, CA 95501
Date: May 7, 2026
Filed: May 8, 2026
/s/ Timothy A. Canning
Judge of the Superior Court 5/14, 5/21, 5/28, 6/4 (26-204)
NOTICE INVITING BIDS
1. Bid Submission. City of Fortuna
(“City”) will accept sealed bids for its 2026 Annual Water Valve Replacement Project (“Project”), by or before May 20, 2026, at 2:00 p.m., at its City Hall office, located at 621 11th St, Fortuna, California, at which time the bids will be publicly opened and read aloud.
2. Project Information.
2.1 Location and Description.
The Project is located at various sites throughout the City and is described as follows: Excavate & remove valves at 10 sites and install a total of 27 gate valves in the city’s domestic water system. Replace pipe and fittings as shown on the plans and install reducers/ adapters as necessary. Install thrust and/or anchor blocks as necessary according to the City of Fortuna Construction Standards (COFCS). Install valve boxes per COFCS W-309. Backfill all excavations per COFCS M-501. Restore pavement section per COFCS R-102
2.2 Time for Final Completion The Project must be fully completed within 54 calendar days from the start date set forth in the Notice to Proceed. City anticipates that the Work will begin on or about June 1, but the anticipated start date is provided solely for convenience and is neither certain nor binding.
3. License and Registration Requirements.
3.1 License. This Project requires a valid California contractor’s license for the following classification(s): A or C-34.
3.2 DIR Registration. City may not accept a Bid Proposal from or enter into the Contract with a bidder, without proof that the bidder is registered with the California Department of Industrial Relations (“DIR”) to perform public work pursuant to Labor Code § 1725.5, subject to limited legal exceptions.
4. Contract Documents The plans, specifications, bid forms and contract documents for the Project, and any
addenda thereto (“Contract Documents”) may be downloaded from City’s website located at: http:// www.friendlyfortuna.com. A printed copy of the Contract Documents is not available.
5. Bid Security The Bid Proposal must be accompanied by bid security of ten percent of the maximum bid amount, in the form of a cashier’s or certified check made payable to City, or a bid bond executed by a surety licensed to do business in the State of California on the Bid Bond form included with the Contract Documents. The bid security must guarantee that within ten days after City issues the Notice of Potential Award, the successful bidder will execute the Contract and submit the payment and performance bonds, insurance certificates and endorsements, valid Certificates of Reported Compliance as required under the California Air Resources Board’s In-Use Off-Road Diesel-Fueled Fleets Regulation (13 CCR § 2449 et seq.) (“Off-Road Regulation”), if applicable, and any other submittals required by the Contract Documents and as specified in the Notice of Potential Award.
6. Prevailing Wage Requirements.
6.1 General Pursuant to California Labor Code § 1720 et seq., this Project is subject to the prevailing wage requirements applicable to the locality in which the Work is to be performed for each craft, classification or type of worker needed to perform the Work, including employer payments for health and welfare, pension, vacation, apprenticeship and similar purposes.
6.2 Rates. The prevailing rates are on file with the City and are available online at http://www. dir.ca.gov/DLSR. Each Contractor and Subcontractor must pay no less than the specified rates to all workers employed to work on the Project. The schedule of per diem wages is based upon a working day
of eight hours. The rate for holiday and overtime work must be at least time and one-half.
6.3 Compliance The Contract will be subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the DIR, under Labor Code § 1771.4.
7. Performance and Payment Bonds
The successful bidder will be required to provide performance and payment bonds, each for 100% of the Contract Price, as further specified in the Contract Documents.
8. Substitution of Securities. Substitution of appropriate securities in lieu of retention amounts from progress payments is permitted under Public Contract Code § 22300.
9. Subcontractor List Each Subcontractor must be registered with the DIR to perform work on public projects. Each bidder must submit a completed Subcontractor List form with its Bid Proposal, including the name, location of the place of business, California contractor license number, DIR registration number, and portion of the Work to be performed for each Subcontractor that will perform Work or service, or fabricate and install Work, for the prime contractor in excess of one-half of 1% of the total bid price, using the Subcontractor List form included with the Contract Documents.
10. Instructions to Bidders All bidders should carefully review the Instructions to Bidders for more detailed information before submitting a Bid Proposal. The definitions provided in Article 1 of the General Conditions apply to all of the Contract Documents, as defined therein, including this Notice Inviting Bids.
By:
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The Humboldt Bay Harbor, Recreation and Conservation District is seeking qualified applicants for a
NATURAL RESOURCES COORDINATOR
Full-Time, permanent, unclassified mid-management position Natural Resources Coordinator manages the professional and technical activities of the Harbor District’s conservation and recreation initiatives. Such activities are generally closely associated with District sponsored or other development projects around the bay that require mitigation, environmental enhancement, and recreational amenities as part of the approval process.
More information can be found on the District’s website www.humboldtbay.org/jobs or may be picked up outside the Humboldt Bay Harbor District’s office at 601 Startare Drive, Eureka.
To apply, please send resume and cover letter to mhiley@humboldtbay.org
Open Until Filled.
The Hoopa Valley Tribe is accepting applications to ll the following vacant positions
Title: Senior Tribal Attorney
Department: Of ce of Tribal Attorney
Classi cation: Regular, Full-time
Salary: $140,000/Annually
Deadline: Open Until Filled
Title: Associate Tribal Attorney
Department: Of ce of Tribal Attorney
Classi cation: Regular, Full-time
Salary: $85,000/ Annually, DOE Deadline: Open Until Filled
Title: General Manager
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Salary: $62,000-$68,640/ Annually Deadline: May 27,2026
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1) A complete HVT Employment Application (a resume is optional but alone does not meet this requirement).
2) Of cial or unof cial transcripts from an accredited college or university verifying required education, if applicable.
3) Tribal veri cation must be attached if requesting Indian Preference. Incomplete applications will not be considered. For more information, job descriptions, or applications, please contact HVT Human Resource Department at (530) 625-9200 or by email at hrrecuitment@hoopa-nsn.gov or hrassistant@ hoopa-nsn.gov. The Hoopa Valley Tribe Drug & Alcohol Policy and TERO Ordinance apply to all employment hires.
CITY OF ARCATA
SCADA SYSTEMS MANAGER
$75,934.95 – $96,914.34/yr. (3% salary increase in July 2026)
Apply today! Position Open Until Filled.
Manages, coordinates, performs, and supervises work activities related to the installation, programming, testing, maintenance, repair, and calibration of the City’s SCADA, water/wastewater control, industrial communication, water/wastewater instrumentation, telemetry, motor control centers and other equipment that support the City’s real-time systems used for monitoring and controlling water/wastewater operations. Apply or review the full job duties at: https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/arcataca or contact Arcata City Manager’s Office, 736 F Street, Arcata, (707) 822-5953. EOE.
WORK OPPORTUNITY: MAINTENANCE FOREMAN
One (1) Position Humboldt Community Services District is seeking an experienced and motivated individual to coordinate and direct the district’s maintenance eld crew in maintaining the District’s water distribution and wastewater collection system, pumping, and storage facilities. The Foreman also assists with long-range planning of system operation and maintenance functions and regulatory compliance. This position provides supervision, training and guidance to a sta of utility workers, and works closely with management to provide quality service to the community.
The ideal candidate will be a strong leader with extensive hands-on experience in water and sewer systems, the ability to manage multiple projects, and a commitment to safety and public service.
The Foreman performs the full range of water and sewer system construction, maintenance, vehicle/equipment maintenance, installation, and repair assignments with minimal supervision. The Foreman coordinates and directs eld crews, provides training and guidance for less experienced sta , and performs related work as required. Ideal candidates will demonstrate strong problem-solving and communication skills, supevisory skills, attention to detail, and the ability to work e ectively in the eld and the o ce.
Current 5-step salary ranges: $39.44 – $47.93 per hour (Placement dependent on quali cations.)
The District provides an excellent bene ts package, including vacation and sick leave, annual sick leave buy-back, 14 Paid Holidays, 100% employer-paid Health/Dental/Vision Insurance for employees ($20.00 monthly premium for dependents), an employee assistance program, gym membership reimbursement, CalPERS retirement, and an optional 457 employee-funded retirement account.
For more information, including full job descriptions and application instructions, visit: https://humboldtcsd.org/human-resources-careeropportunities or contact: Human Resources: asm@humboldtcsd.org, (707) 443-4558 ext. 210
First Review of Applicants: May 22nd, 2026 - Open Until Filled
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1655 & 1659 FISCHER AVENUE, McKINLEYVILLE
$695,500
Discover this exceptional duplex on a half-acre lot with the Hammond Trail running through the property, offering coastal living with recreation at your doorstep. The property features a 3BD/2BA primary unit and a 2BD/1BA secondary unit, each with private laundry and garage—ideal for multigenerational living or rental income. Extensively updated within the past six years, including roof, siding, windows, kitchens, baths, and more, with modern finishes throughout. Currently operating as a successful vacation rental, the sale includes all furniture and personal property for a turnkey opportunity.
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612 10TH STREET,
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$219,000
Set on an 85’ x 110’ lot, the
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657 KAY AVENUE, TRINIDAD
$427,000
Mini-farm on a sunny, .61 acre parcel. Partial ocean view. Flexible floor plan cottage awaits interior kitchen, bath, painting, and flooring remodel completion. Greenhouse, chicken coop, multi-use garden sheds, mature blueberries, fruit trees, and perennial beds add tons of character and charm. OMC with $150,000 minimum down payment.
1616 4TH STREET, EUREKA
$399,500
Income opportunity on a conveniently located 4th Street property featuring two separate units. The main unit offers 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, and approximately 1,050 sq ft of living space, while the second unit includes 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, and approximately 750 sq ft. Each unit has its own dedicated parking spaces, providing added convenience for tenants or owners. Ideal for investors or those seeking multi-generational living with rental income potential in a central, accessible location.
2616 VISSER COURT, McKINLEYVILLE
$469,000
Discover exceptional versatility and income potential on this ±1.07-acre property located in an exclusive gated community. The main residence features 2 bedrooms and 1 bathroom, complemented by an outbuilding and a privacy fence for added comfort and functionality. A separate, fully finished 1-bedroom, 1-bath secondary home offers the perfect opportunity for rental income, multigenerational living, or guest accommodations. With ample space for future improvements, this oversized parcel provides both immediate livability and long-term potential in a peaceful, lightly traveled setting.
258 LITTLE FOOT COURT, WILLOW CREEK
$399,000
Create lasting summer memories at this beautiful Willow Creek property featuring a refreshing in-ground pool and a flat, fully fenced 1.63-acre parcel with raised garden beds and 14 varieties of fruit trees. The cozy 2-bedroom, 2-bath manufactured home includes most furnishings. A separate garage/shop offers excellent potential for an ADU, complete with upstairs living space and a full downstairs bathroom. Plenty of room for guests, recreational toys, gardening, and enjoying the sunny outdoors year-round.
±80 ACRES CONKLIN CREEK ROAD, PETROLIA
$125,000
Beautiful ±80 acre mountain escape tucked into the hills of Petrolia, California. Accessed by a solid, well-maintained road just 30 minutes off Mattole Road, this south-facing gem offers endless possibilities for development, retreat, or long-term investment. Once on-site, you’ll find multiple flats, perfect for building your dream home, off-grid cabins, or agricultural projects. A yearround creek meanders through the property, providing not only a tranquil atmosphere but also a valuable water source for potential development.
