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A territorial male sea otter in Moss Landing forages for shore crabs in the pickleweed. USFW notes this photo was taken by a trained wildlife biologist using a 400 mm lens from more than 60 feet, the minimum distance recommended to avoid disturbing the animals. Photo by Lilian Carswell/USFWS
California Sues Over Trump’s Changes to Endangered Species Act, Arguing They Threaten Habitat By Rachel Becker/CalMatters newsroom@northcoastjournal.com This story was originally published by CalMatters. alifornia’s beloved condors and sea otters have rebounded from the brink of extinction thanks to the Endangered Species Act. Now the state is going to court to keep the 50-year-old law intact, filing two lawsuits this month to block what Democratic leaders describe as the Trump administration’s rollback of its protections. Attorney General Rob Bonta filed the suits with a coalition of 21 attorneys general, adding to dozens California has already filed to combat the Trump administration’s deregulatory agenda. The complaints target the Trump ad-
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ministration’s revisions to the Endangered Species Act, first enacted under Republican President (and Californian) Richard Nixon. “Caring for our wildlife and our environment is part of caring for our future, yet President Trump seems to care only for himself and his industry friends,” Bonta said in a statement. “The Trump administration has continuously sought to put our ecosystems in danger, which is why we continue to take them to court.” Trump’s changes, finalized in July, rescind a definition of harm that made it illegal to Continued on next page » northcoastjournal.com • Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026 • NORTH COAST JOURNAL 5
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damage the places that endangered species call home — effectively opening up habitat where they shelter, breed and eat to mining, logging and other development. The U.S. Department of the Interior said in a statement that the final rule “will end years of federal overreach” and “brings long overdue financial and regulatory relief to citizens who faced unpredictable delays and unnecessary costs due solely by interpretations that went far beyond the statute.” The coalition’s complaint in federal court calls this “a reversal of staggering proportions.” The Trump administration’s changes also make it easier for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to avoid designating places as critical habitat, which would otherwise limit federal and federally permitted development in these areas. And they end what the administration called a “burdensome” rule that extended automatic protections to threatened species — forcing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to now hand craft rules specific to each species newly designated as threatened. This added work comes amid major staff cuts to the agency, which the Center
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for Biological Diversity reported lost more than a third of its staff under the Trump administration and faces a backlog of 400 species awaiting protection decisions. The administration, thus far, has protected only three, according to Noah Greenwald, endangered species co-director at the nonprofit conservation organization. Greenwald’s organization and others have already filed lawsuits against the changes, but Greenwald said that state attorneys general joining the fight is significant. “It really signals that the chief legal officer of almost half the states don’t agree with these changes,” he said. “To have the states weigh in is really powerful.”
Is California’s Endangered Species Act enough? The stakes are high for California, which is home to more threatened and endangered species than any state besides Hawaii, according to the attorney general’s office. California has its own Endangered Species Act, first enacted in 1970 and then updated and replaced in the 1980s. But California’s law has gaps: For one thing, at least 140 species protected under the
federal endangered species law remain unprotected under the state’s. These “could potentially obtain protections” under California’s endangered species act, a spokesperson for Bonta’s office told CalMatters in an email — but the process can be lengthy. The federal endangered species act also protects migratory species that live in different states at different times. There’s another, even more challenging gap to address: the California Endangered Species Act, “on its face, does not count habitat of listed species as something that’s protected,” according to Eric Biber, a professor at UC Berkeley Law — though, he added, there’s uncertainty and debate about the law’s interpretation. On its own, it’s unclear that California’s version can fill the gaps in habitat protection the Trump administration just opened. For most endangered species, according to a Stanford analysis, “habitat loss is the primary threat.” Combined with the Trump administration’s erosion of protections for wetlands, Biber said, “this is one further step in this administration’s efforts to roll back protections for habitat for endangered species.” l
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e hear a lot about the artists and musicians of Humboldt County, but it turns out the redwoods are teeming with writers, too. This week we’ve compiled reviews and recommendations for local reads across ages and genres that explore imagined realms and familiar North Coast landscapes. Grab a cozy spot and read along with us.
Real Growth in the Realm of Fantasy Zara Marielle’s The Café of Infinite Doors By Erika Wright
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or readers drawn to dark yet cozy fantasy with emotional depth, The Café of Infinite Doors by Zara Marielle offers both. It is an imaginative narrative rooted in the very real work of choosing a different life from the one expected of you. Moving back and forth between contemporary San Francisco and a long-past mythical Scotland, the novel follows dual timelines that gradually converge. The structure is handled well, allowing each thread to deepen and inform the other, with the focus remaining on the internal lives of the characters. At the center of the modern storyline is Marceline, a woman isolated in a controlling marriage. Cut off from work, friends and family, she navigates a daily life shaped by her husband’s volatility. His behavior often shifts quickly from fragile to threatening, and Marielle captures both the instability of the relationship and Marceline’s complicated empathy for
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the wounded child she sees beneath his behavior. A magical café is the central meeting point for the characters. It is a quiet, tucked-away place that offers a sense of community built on kindness and support. The café becomes a refuge where people are accepted as they are, providing a strong contrast to the instability Marceline has come to accept at home. Within this space, she begins to see her life and relationship more clearly and starts to imagine something different for herself. What distinguishes The Café of Infinite Doors from other fantasies is its treatment of relationships. Where the genre sometimes normalizes jealousy or control as markers of intensity, Marielle instead frames those behaviors as harmful and situates Marceline’s journey around the gradual, painful process of recognizing that harm. Grief shapes many of the characters, each responding in distinct, personal ways. Although the prose is adjective-heavy at first, and the stylized dialect in the Scotland sections took some getting used to, both settle as the narrative progresses and contribute to a strong sense of atmosphere and place. The pacing is steady and engaging throughout. Marielle allows the story to sit with discomfort and resists easy romanticization. The result is a narrative that feels grounded and emotionally honest. It ultimately stands as an homage to found family and to the people who help make change possible. l Erika Wright (she/her) holds degrees in literature from Humboldt State University and the University of London and serves on the Humboldt Library Foundation’s board of directors. She reads voraciously across genres, especially books with windows into other cultures, places and lived experiences.
Missing in Familiar Places Neil Tarpey’s Darkness in the Redwoods By David Jervis
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rom unnervingly great scenic beauty and a wealth of winding two-lane roads to lots of notably weird liminal spaces, Humboldt County seems to call for the skilled among us to unspool literary scenarios. As a bonus, the weather changes a lot. As in very rapidly, cycling through all manner of conditions, often in ways that are easy to attach meaning, and you can’t beat that. Among all sorts of jobs and adventures in his decades on the North Coast, Neil Tarpey knocked around in the local news business, overlapping a little with my own work in that trade. I recall his byline as a sportswriter and his experience in that subgenre of the sublime craft of reporting serves him well with his latest novel Darkness in the Redwoods. In sports reporting, you need to write well while also writing fast, and one finds that being sharp at one skill benefits the other. It also calls for conveying what makes someone interesting, and so not surprisingly the characters in Tarpey’s eminently enjoyable book, a police procedural alongside a compelling mystery, are well worth the visit. Set in the small fictional Humboldt County city of North Valley, Kevin Valken and his partner Detective Naomi Marren are tasked with solving the case of a missing person, a college student back home visiting family during a break. However, while Valken and Marren are still doing their due
diligence on that disappearance, in short order her retired judge grandfather turns up fatally shot in his own home. From there, the story takes off in a couple directions. One of the smarter narrative choices Tarpey makes, and one that moves for the most part seamlessly, is for Darkness in the Redwoods to be told in the first person by both lead characters. The first several chapters are from Valken’s point of view, and after that it alternates more or less evenly between his and Marren’s perspective. (This also works out well in the final third of the book, when it shifts halfway through one of their interrogations of a suspect). Valken has the backstory of the loss of his wife and child at the hands of a drunk driver and his viewpoint allows us into the world of various coping mechanisms he’s used in dealing with life after tragedy. Marren’s character is Native, and while she is not dealing with a recent loss like her partner, she faces the usual obstacles of ingrained misogyny, both from members of the public to a sexist coworker (who unfortunately is able to drift along/fail upward based on the need for as many local cops as possible work on a high-profile case). In her background, both personally and professionally, she’s familiar with the grim reality of missing and murdered Indigenous women, a real-world problem that also turns up tangentially as events unfold in the plot. Tarpey also nails some internecine details that transpire in the course of real-life law enforcement work that frequently get short shrift. Namely, that sometimes investigations veer in promising new directions that turn out to be complete dead ends, that leaks happen from agencies to reporters (some real-life county media outlets get name-checked in Darkness in the RedContinued on next page »
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d 23ural SALES FOR SURVIVORS Ann October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month During October, local businesses will donate a portion of your purchase to BGHP in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Check the dates below to shop, dine, and show your support! SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10
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Special Day Events The Pub at the Creamery Thursday, October 1st from 4-9pm Pints for Nonprofits: $1 from every beverage (except bottles/cans) will be donated to BGHP! Coast Central Credit Union Friday, October 2nd Wear Pink Day! Employees and customers are encouraged to wear pink shirts in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Humboldt Cider Company Wednesday, October 7th from 4-8pm Pints for Nonprofits: 20% of sales will be donated to BGHP! Humboldt Bay Burgers food truck will also donate a portion of their sales.
Zumbathon at the Adorni Center Party in Pink - Saturday, October 17th at 2pm - Dance, raffle, and laughs! Exercise in disguise to support BGHP and local cancer patients. Remember to wear pink! Blue Lake Volunteer Fire Department Saturday, October 17th Annual Breast Cancer Awareness Bake Sale All proceeds will benefit BGHP. Linden & COMPANY Salon & Spa Tuesday, October 20th 100% of all services donated to BGHP. Make your appointment now! Six Rivers Brewery Wednesday, October 21st - All Day Pints for Nonprofits: $1 from every draft drink will be donated to BGHP!
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woods), often the result of dissatisfied parties speaking off the record more out of workplace disagreements rather than the egalitarian urge to help someone get an exclusive. Also in the pages of the novel are cops in rural areas relying on tips and info from their cohort out of the area, especially in big cities. Creating the fictional burg of North Valley — which, as best as I can tell, would be located somewhere in a triangle within the points of Clam Beach, Moonstone Beach and Crannell — is wise. It doesn’t get much of a detailed description, but it does allow Tarpey to create a fictional police department as a very liberating device (read: not stepping on any real-life toes). The town existing alongside the rest of real Humboldt County also works well, and less ambitious than creating a fictional setting out of whole cloth. Tarpey’s writing is brisk and concise and the places his characters go and people they meet feel familiar, interesting and real, something other local fiction authors haven’t always been able to pull off as well as they may think. David Jervis (he/him) is an Arcata-based freelance writer and editor.
Murder Comes to SoHum Kelli Stanley’s The Reckoning By Linda Stansberry
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t’s 1985. Renata Drake steps off the Greyhound bus in Garberville, assumes a new identity and straps a combat knife to her hip. Her only goal is to evade the FBI agents she’s sure are just a few steps behind her, but within days she’s fully invested in solving the mystery of a murdered teenage girl. And how could she not be, with her own murdered sister’s ghost silently bearing witness as Renata turns over rock after rock in the small town, revealing big-time graft, intimate malice and a possible serial killer? Drake is the latest hardboiled heroine dreamed up by Kelli Stanley, whose previous works include a historical mystery series set in 1940s San Francisco. That series centers around Miranda Corbie, a former Spanish Civil War nurse turned private investigator. With The Reckoning, Stanley launches a new series in a setting she knows intimately, having grown up in Piercy and attended South Fork High School. (Some key portions of the novel are set on campus, which should be entertaining for fellow alums.)
It was a treat to read a novel set in the Southern Humboldt of my childhood and occasionally be reminded of former landmarks and businesses. (The Waterwheel baron and then was found dead Restaurant and its Shirley Temples behind a Euphrates restaurant. stand out in my memory in parI’ve called Humboldt County ticular.) As one would expect, the my home for 36 straight years underground economy and concurnow. In Wake Turbulence, you rent challenges of the cannabis indon’t have to squint hard to dustry provide a colorful backdrop see the fictionalized events of a to what could have otherwise been recent era, the so-called Timber a boilerplate potboiler. I thought Wars that lasted from roughly it was particularly clever to have the mid-1980s to the end of the the protagonist run into the irony century. The book’s malevolent of trying to escape the scrutiny timber baron is Bruce Hoffstader of federal agents by fleeing to the On Friday, Oct. 18, nine and half months after Northtown Books was destroyed in the downtown H Street fire in Arcata that burned of one Mountain Lumber, and most rural place she could think of, down half a city block, store owner Dante DiGenova welcomed hundreds of patrons into its new location at 737 G St., a half block south Hoffstader’s status as an out-ofonly to find out that due to Reaof the plaza during a grand opening. After an hour greeting arrivals at the door, DiGenova climbed onto a chair in the center of the new the-area tycoon makes him a clear gan-era drug policy, the woods are but familiarly designed space and, in an emotional recounting, thanked everyone who "helped bring the store back together." DiGenova stand-in for Charles Hurwitz of crawling with ... federal agents. singled out his staff members, including Monica Zerzan, Jay Aubrey-Herzog and others, and recounted the huge impact of Jada Brotman’s Pacific Lumber Co., right down his The Reckoning includes a posimmediate action on the day of the Jan. 2 fire, creating an online fundraiser that ultimately raised $136,324 from 1,362 donors. The reclusiveness and the small army itively Agatha Christie-esque cast moment ended with the crowd chanting "Welcome back!" Northtown Books and Dandar's Boardgames and Books (also destroyed in the of local shills. of potential suspects and several fire and owned by Dan Gilkey and Doranna Benker Gilkey) reopened side-by-side in their leased divided-space location. The story even has the feeling subplots that wrap with satisfying Photo by Mark Larson of taking place 25 years ago or so takedowns of various evildoers. at times — cell phones are nearly As a reader, I often find it hard absent and McNab does a lot of investigaGrif McNab, has returned back to his native to immerse myself in novels that have so tion with microfilm at the Euphrates Library home in the land of tall conifers, mists and much going on at once. But as a writer, I rather than online, but that doesn’t work (naturally) secrets after many years away can respect Stanley’s obvious love of story against the story all. Snow is great with all out in the world at large. The setting can be and character. I especially appreciate the kinds of other small details and a subplot a little distracting if you get hung up on that dialogue she gives to the various teenagers involving a trio of monks who have come to sort of thing: The city of Euphrates is a hywho help propel Renata’s investigation forStilson Snow’s Wake Turbulence the region from western China in search of a brid of Eureka and Arcata, taking a bit from ward, dialogue that does more than serve massive tree trunk begins to mesh with the By David Jervis each. For instance, it has a plaza with plenty the story’s purpose but takes its time and story via an odd kind of logic. And among of unhoused folks off their meds, but it is stays true to the vagaries and vulnerabilities umboldt County has turned up the many characters in McNab’s orbit is also the county seat and situated right on of adolescence. Equally touching are her on the silver screen plenty of Jacque, one of Mountain Lumber’s public the bay, with a wharf, old canneries and all. descriptions of South Fork teachers who times but very rarely as itself (the relations flacks, who ends up being one McNab, a middle-aged former aspiring are obviously trying hard to support their eponymous 2008 film being an of those people whose every statement astronaut and career Air Force vet, makes students, a detail that no doubt mirrors obvious exception). While it of comes with a question mark after it, which his living as a charter pilot and owner out Stanley’s own experience. course has always looked great even when passes for comic relief in a world of clear of a small general aviation airport near the Southern Humboldt, and the Emerplaying somewhere similar, it’s often been cutting, local mysteries and so many of cups town of Euphrates, and from very early on ald Triangle writ large, are fertile ground portrayed as a mysterious, even menacing of coffee. in the book, that plane is a borrowed Cessfor future noir novelists. Thanks to the place hiding secrets. Where the plot of Wake Turbulence na 185 Skywagon, offered up for his use by occasionally gawping perspective of true Going off the screen to the page, it’s ultimately leads is a confluence of intrigue a friend. Throughout Wake Turbulence (the crime enthusiasts, the wider world has been possible to have even more reign with and mysteries from McNab’s murky past title itself is an aerodynamic term) there is exposed to some iconography that we’re fictionalizing a place, a town or a county (the latter part the reader begins to suspect occasional talk of altimeters, stabilizers, fuel probably going to see appear and reappear you know well to take some literary license. from the second chapter), and it mostly pumps and such, but never does it pass into as storytellers try to sell our story back to Local author Stilson Snow knows this in feels like a natural progression to get there. tedious jargon. us — rugged hills, terse farmers, hoop houshis book Wake Turbulence, just as William Be it Humboldt County or the city of Snow has written a good, briskly paced, es and the ever-present whickety-whack of Faulkner was onto something by creating Euphrates, there’s world music on the local serpentine mystery in which to thrust the helicopters overhead. Some of it’s going to Yoknapatawpha County. Snow may be no public radio station, you know that it’s wise protagonist of McNab, who seems to know be entertaining and some of it’s going to be Faulkner, but few are (plus there’s no need not to ask what your neighbors up the hill people from all walks of life at varying infuriating. The Reckoning is the former and for someone else to try to craft a sentence are up to and you might just be a couple levels in this not-Humboldt County place. a welcome addition to the genre. l that runs longer than a page). degrees away from more than you care to Fairly early in the story, he’s called upon by But what Snow can craft is an observant know about. l his attorney friend Pat (who’s more adept, Linda Stansberry (she/her) is a freelance fictionalized Humboldt County, focused as many women are, at seeing the bigger writer and journalist who lives in Eureka. mostly on the town of Euphrates, done with David Jervis (he/him) is an Arcata-based picture at hand) to investigate the death More of her work can be found at an eye belonging to someone who long ago freelance writer and editor. of Henry, a colorful and outspoken street lindastansberry.com, where you can also made the North Coast their adoptive home. person who recently pulled a spontaneous sign up for her weekly newsletter. 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re there children in your life? Humboldt is rich in beautiful places to explore, and Hiking Humboldt Kids by Rees Hughes is a great resource for families. The book features 25 hikes, clear directions, maps and photos. There’s even a scavenger hunt activity for kids highlighting the various flora, fauna, historical or cultural aspects related to each hike! Little Mouse & the Big Tree, written by Kate Juliana and illustrated by Holly Sweet, is the tale of an adventurous little mouse who leaves her nest and finds a whole world — and a dear friend — in a Douglas fir tree. The story and its sweet illustrations warmly invite young children into the lives of the plants and animals of the forest. The Blacksmith Princess and The Castoff Princesses by Rowan Mallory (a pen
name for local author and Booklegger staff member Martha Longshore) are fairy-tale adjacent historical fantasies that will take you on adventures that are inspired by friendship and forging your place in the world. Exciting, funny and filled with great characters, these first two volumes of “The Twelve Dancing Princesses” series have teen and adult readers anxiously awaiting the next volume. Brook Thompson grew up in the Yurok and Karuk tribes, loving the salmon and lampreys that lived in the Klamath River and nurtured her family. She became a scientist and activist who has honored her ancestors and helped to protect the
environment with her work. I Love Salmon and Lampreys: A Native Story of Resilience by Thompson, illustrated by Anastasia Khmelevska, tells the story of how Native-led movements successfully led to the removal of dams and toxic conditions that were endangering salmon and lampreys. An inspiring story with wonderful, lively illustrations. l Jennifer McFadden (she/her) is the owner of the Booklegger used book shop in Eureka and an annual judge of the NCJ Flash Fiction contest.
Shameless Self-Promotion Books by Journal contributors By Jennifer Fumiko Cahill
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ell, not self-promotion, exactly, since they’re not my books. But we’re taking a moment to share work by some of our favorite writers, whose work you’ve likely enjoyed in these pages over the years. It turns out a number of our columnists and contributors have (gasp) lives outside the Journal, and that includes writing. When Simona Carini isn’t writing about marvelous ways to prepare your farmers market haul or new hiking trails, she writes poems. Her collection Survival Time brings the same reverence to a basilica as the Arcata Marsh or a sick bed. It’s beautiful, poignant work to read and reread. Linda Stansberry’s unflinching reporting and sharp eye for humor are both in play in the personal essays in her newsletter, which you can find at lindastansberry.com. And if you can get your hands on a copy of her poetry chapbook Fiasco, count yourself lucky twice, for the deftly unfolding narratives and the proceeds that go to North Coast Rape Crisis Center. Before my tenure as editor, Jason Marak, who’s also my husband, was the steady Art Beat columnist for the Journal. The Geometry of Departure, his book of poems, 100-word
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stories and artwork is rooted in the landscape of the North Coast, much like its protagonists, a couple at odds, a thicket and a redwood tree. Book reviewer and faithful NCJ Flash Fiction Contest judge David Holper has had his recent poetry book Bord för En reviewed in these pages, but he’s also written a wild, COVID-era political satire meta-fantasy titled The Church of the Very Last Chance, in which a young woman is saddled with a Joan of Arc-like mission with way more questions. Local historian Jerry Rohde has shared his essays, excerpts and stories in the Journal over the years and shows no signs of slowing his research. His new book Northern Humboldt Indians is the latest installment in his History of Humboldt County Peoples and Places series, filled with contemporary descriptions, maps, colored photos and the clear, unflinching writing we’ve come to expect from Rohde. If you can’t get enough of Mike Kelly’s weird takes on the dead critters he finds on the beach in his Washed Up column, there’s more where that came from. His byline mentions Tigerfish, about his time in the Peace Corps in West Africa, but if you dig a little, you’ll find some funky sci-fi humor books un-
Barry Evans and Linda Stansberry at a dual book signing at Booklegger.. Photo by Jennifer Fumiko Cahill
der the name M. Sid Kelly with plots involving aliens and, naturally, bass fishing. Field Notes columnist Barry Evans released his latest installment, The New Hum Book, a compilation of his columns and more with contributions from his wife Louisa Rogers and Jerry Rohde. But he’s also published Amazon to Zodiac: 101 Scientific Curiosities Across Time and Space, the sort of brainy thumbthrough book you enjoyed as a kid on a rainy day. And hey, it looks like rain. 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.
FRONT ROW
Not Cozy Courage and controversy in Redwood Curtain Theatre’s The Minutes By Linda Stansberry frontrow@northcoastjournal.com
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urder mysteries are an inherently weird concept. I say that as someone who reads them, writes them and loves them. I say that as someone whose family history includes homicide. It should feel perverse to get excited by the promise of a “good mystery.” Maybe this is why the genre has not proved to be an adaptable vehicle for social commentary the way other genres, such as horror, have. We need to keep the stakes low to justify being entertained by the loss of human life. The stakes are not low in The Minutes, Tracy Letts’ Pulitzer Prize-nominated play, which is set during a city council meeting in the fictional town Big Cherry and now playing at Redwood Curtain Theatre. Teased as a “dark comedy,” the heart of the play is instead about what seems to scare us most as a nation: hearing our true history told back to us without fear or favor. This is a story about murder, but it’s not the toothless, cozy kind some of us watch in our pajamas. There is a visceral description of racially motivated violence and use of a racial slur in The Minutes’ third act, as well as references to sexual assault and depictions of racist behavior. The company put out a statement shortly before its Sept. 17 opening night, referring to it as “a deliberately challenging play that examines white supremacy, historical erasure and the stories communities tell to protect themselves from uncomfortable truths.” The statement came on the heels of public criticism that Redwood Curtain had not done the work of preparing the community and its audience for this material. (Editor’s note: Some of this public criticism involved current and former contributors to the Journal. On Sept. 21, Redwood Curtain Theatre posted a statement beginning with, “Our production of The Minutes has led to concerns and controversy, and we are sorry for the hurt that has resulted.” Read the rest of that statement on the company’s Facebook page.) I think that criticism is valid. Prior to this announcement, I was under the impression that I’d be viewing something akin to Miss
Marple making a guest appearance on Parks and Rec. That’s not what this is. To be clear, I’m a white lady, and while I am OK with being made uncomfortable in the service of growth, I do not think that growth should come at the expense of other peoples’ trauma. Letts’ play The cast of The Minutes with Evan Needham at center as Mr. Peele. was written in Courtesy of Redwood Curtain Theatre 2016, and while the message remains sadly relevant to our current moment, its dialogue, delivered deftly by Christina Jioras gimmick now feels dated. (the dithery Ms. Matz), Elisa Abelleira (the Understanding the larger context of this blithe Ms. Innes) and standout Jim Buschman production gave me greater appreciation (the crotchety Mr. Oldfield). Having reported for the cast and crew. I’m not a thespian on my fair share of city council meetings, or scholar, just a civics nerd who reads I was utterly convinced and bewitched by whodunits, but I can tell when people care the cronyism and repartee between Gary about what they’re doing and want to do it Sommers (Mr. Breeding), David Hamilton (Mr. right. It was clear to me that the performers Blake) and Todd Hoberecht (Mr. Hanratty) as and producers had worked hard on this prothey duked it out (sometimes literally) over duction of The Minutes, and that they uncompeting civic priorities. And — while his derstood the stakes. The easy chemistry of delivery as the brusque Mr. Assalone (“ass-Athe cast, the seamless transitions between loh-nee”) did not need the follicular assist — past and present, reenactment and reality, I particularly appreciated Michael Murdock’s symbolism and substance, look effortless mustache, a version of which I have seen because they require enormous effort. adorn a fair share of local public officials. The performers in Redwood Curtain TheJeremy Webb, who plays councilmember atre’s production of The Minutes, directed Mr. Carp, is absent by design until the back by Craig Benson, are unequivocally stellar. half of this play. Despite his short amount James Hitchcock, playing Mayor Superba, of stage time, he is the protagonist, our manages a chilling balance of chumminess sin-eater, our uneasy hero in a dapper plaid and menace through his body language and suit speaking truth to power. Webb rose tone, down to the forceful handshake with to the challenge of this particularly tough which he greets newcomer Mr. Peel (Evan role and did justice to both the source Needham). Needham, the audience’s surromaterial and to a larger hunger many of us gate, manages to convey paragraphs’ worth share to have some representation of public of shock and dismay through his facial exservants willing to do the right thing, even pressions alone. Kimberly Haile convincingly if that representation is fictional. While my handles the inconsistencies of the officious reservations about this play’s content stand, public servant Ms. Johnson. The first half or I could find no fault with its execution. so of The Minutes features brilliant comedic Webb delivers on the emotion, the anger,
the sincerity and fear required to shoulder the heft of this story, reminding me of something my mom used to say: “Tell the truth, even if your voice shakes.” Redwood Curtain Theatre’s production of The Minutes continues with Friday and Saturday shows at 8 p.m. and Sunday matinees at 2 p.m. through Oct. 10 at the 5th and D Street Theater. Call (707) 442-6278 or visit redwoodcurtain.com. l Linda Stansberry (she/her) is a freelance writer and journalist who lives in Eureka. More of her work can be found at lindastansberry.com, where you can also sign up for her weekly newsletter.
NOW PLAYING The mystery continues with Clue at Ferndale Repertory Theatre with Friday and Saturday shows at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday matinees at 2 p.m. through Oct. 4. Call (707) 786-5483 or visit ferndalerep.org.
COMING SOON Minneapolis-based touring ensemble Simple Machines presents the comic tale of a Gilded Age dandy in Say When, Friday, Sept. 25 and Sat., Sept. 26, at 7 p.m. at Dell’Arte’s Carlo Theatre. Call (707) 502-2047, or visit dellarte.com.
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ON THE TABLE
Tony Cogliati advertising $5 loaves of Chewy Beer bread in Blue Lake in one of his signature kilts. Photos by Rick Geist
A Renaissance Baker By Rick Geist
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hen Tony Cogliati says, “Making bread is my prayer, and when you eat my bread, that’s the sacrament,” he is serious. But there’s more than a single kind of serious. One is earnest and heavy; another is equally earnest but with the fun intact. Cogliati, is the latter. Every Saturday and Sunday morning, he arrives on a patch of lawn behind Dell’Arte International in Blue Lake. Up goes the blue canopy, next the folding table to display his baked goods where everything costs the same. Loaves of sourdough bread or a gluten-free loaf? Five dollars. A bag of cookies? Five bucks. Jalapeño cheese bread? Five bones, and so on. Cogliati welcomes his customers as if greeting friends, which many of them have indeed become. He tells the story of a customer who limits her carbohydrate intake. Her carbohydrate budget allows her to drink beer if she avoids most other carbs. But then she discovered Cogliati’s cookies. “I think she’s mad at me,” he jokes. He is a comfortable man with a quick laugh and, clearly, retirement agrees with him. His face shows the years in the map lines of weather and time, clear eyes and a
beard fading toward gray. He moves around his table with the grace you see in good boxers — selecting a bag of pita bread here, avoiding a canopy post there, all while making change, greeting other customers and acknowledging dogs, never hurried. “Getting in a hurry ruins the bread,” he says, with an emphasis on the metaphor for life. Rain or shine, cold or windy, Cogliati always wears a kilt. Some years back, at his daughter’s Scottish-themed wedding, he discovered the sublime comfort in wearing a manly skirt. He was hooked. On a recent morning a customer complemented the purple fabric. The woman’s husband said, “Ah, purple, the color of royalty.” “Yeah,” Cogliati said, “I’m a royal pain in the butt.” Raised in a Catholic family, he had planned on becoming a priest. But then, in his early teens, he “discovered girls.” These days, his cathedral of choice is among the old growth redwoods of Stout Grove. His everyday church is the life around him. “It’s all right here,” he says, gesturing to himself, the sky, the street behind his bread stand. Asked about his price, he has a little fun with the answer. Five is his favorite number, and the $5 bill is printed with a portrait of
Abraham Lincoln, his favorite president. Bedidn’t faze Cogliati. “I’m not afraid,” he says. sides, people can’t count. One price keeps it “I dive right in.” He took a job baking passimple. But one suspects the truth is about tries at the former Youngberg’s restaurant generosity. in Arcata’s Jacoby Storehouse. But the gig Cogliati donates unsold goodies to the was part-time work with low pay. At one Blue Lake Family Resource Center. Once, point, he held down four part-time jobs. after a particularly slow day, he gave away Eventually he and his new family moved to 70 loaves of bread. “I’m naturally inclined the Bay Area. to help,” he says. And a big part of that is In Richmond, he found work at the feeding people. His initial decision to open Columbo Toscana Bread Co. Mario Maggioa bread stand was two-fold. He could both re, the resident bread maestro, mentored feed people and help his wife, Carlene. Her Cogliati and broadened his skills. “I’ve had fine art had been displayed in various local some great teachers,” he says. He loved galleries. But life as an artist is tough. One the work and loved learning, but when the day she could be the artist de jour, and next company changed hands, he moved on to a day gone. Cogliati rented a room in Dell’Arte baking career at Costco. and turned it into her gallery. His breads pay Today, Cogliati bakes at home in his the rent. Humboldt County-certified kitchen. He The most recent thing his bread making only uses olive oil and simple ingredients will fund is what he calls a black box theater that would have been familiar to his grandtroupe, or a “vagabond” troupe called the mother and her grandmother. He is serious Hummingbird Project. “I don’t need the about making quality bread. But his kind bread stand to supplement my income, he of serious hasn’t forgotten the fun. Aside says. The idea is to use the profits to form from the stand in Blue Lake, he also sells his a traveling team of actors, musicians and breads and cookies at Seagoat Farmstand in playwrights who will perform at venues like McKinleyville, and his cookies at the Visitor Dell’Arte and the McKinleyville Community Center of Sue-Meg State Park in Trinidad. Center. The money from his bread stand Recently, a customer at the stand asked, would pay for sets, travel and talent. “How you doin’?” Cogliati answered with a report on his To this venture Cogliati brings a wealth well-being. “When I wake up, I think, ‘Good, of experience, including musical chops from what kind of trouble can I get into today?’” l having been in a band for many years. He writes songs and participated in the recent Rick Geist (he/him) has been writing since Humboldt Folklife Festival songwriters dictating his first short story to his mom at event. And his theatrical sensibilities run age 6. He is currently working on a novel. long and deep, having graduated from then Humboldt State University with a bachelor’s in theater and gone back for a master’s in playwriting. However, back then at age 25, with two degrees under his belt, the gravitational pull of theater was strong, but the pull of marrying his sweetheart Carlene and starting a family was stronger. That meant no starving-artist hustle for him. He needed work that paid a livable wage and became a baker. He’d loved making bread since his mother trusted him with all the makings in her kitchen. Applying for a job with no commerA loaf of Tony Cogliati’s sourdough pesto bread. cial baking experience northcoastjournal.com • Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026 • NORTH COAST JOURNAL 13
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ast Trinidad Art Night for the season. This town-wide walk includes a variety of art exhibits, live music, artist receptions, face painting, skate ramps, pop-up sales and oyster, cider or wine tastings. Call (707) 834-2479 or visit trinidadartnight.com. Forbes & Associates presents Sarah Corliss, produced by Westhaven Center for the Arts. *Event times may vary. THE LIGHTHOUSE GRILL 355 Main St. Antoinette “Toni” Magyar, acrylic paintings. SAUNDERS PLAZA EAST (Bandstand) 355 Main St. Music by SoHum Girls. Face painting by Jade Bamboo. HEADIES PIZZA AND POUR 359 Main St. Jeff Stanley, acrylic paintings. TRINIDAD MUSEUM 400 Janis Court. “Trinidad Looking Back from My Front Porch,” John and Sheryl Meyers, authors, book signing. Music by Secret Club. TRINIDAD SCHOOL 300 Trinity St. Skate ramps. TRINIDAD CIVIC CLUB ROOM 409 Trinity St. Meet the carpenter with a camera, Zack Stanton. TRINIDAD TOWN HALL 409 Trinity St. Reuben Mayes, abstract expressionism
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paintings. 4-8 p.m.; Trinidad Civic Club Halloween Bootique will be open in the Town Hall featuring costumes, wigs, accessories and decor, especially pirate-themed items, including treasure chests; Westhaven Center for the Arts offers a Treasure and Trinkets sale; Music by The Flying Oms. TRINIDAD ART GALLERY 490 Trinity St. Artist Reception: Annie Reid, small oils and Sarah Magnuson, window hangings; snacks and wine pour benefitting Trinidad Coastal Land Trust; live music by Duncan Burgess, Fred Neighbor and Bruce “Junior” Johnson. TRINIDAD BAY EATERY & Gallery 607 Parker St. Meet artist Soliel Goodlife and view her ceramics altars. MOONSTONE CROSSING 529 Trinity St. *Open noon-8 p.m., last call at 7:30 p.m. Lynn Niekrasz, oil paintings; Moonstone Crossing wine tasting with snacks or Dick Taylor chocolates; music by Elderberry Rust 5:30-7:30 p.m., $5 cover at door. SEASCAPE RESTAURANT AND PIER 1 Bay Street. Third annual Ner-er Nerh days Celebration at the harbor from 11-4 p.m. with live music, vendors and cultural demonstrations. l
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Howaie Kaufman brought 40 years of drumming experience to the 40th annual Samba Parade on Sunday.
A wide mix of life forms showed up to join the All Species Parade at the North Country Fair on Saturday.
Artist Joe Murphy, of Fort Bragg, has created 634,971 ceramic and wood pieces that say “peace” in many languages over the past 35 years and invited customers to “create a peace chain for a peace chain reaction” at the North Country Fair on Sunday.
North Country Fair at 52
Maria Vanderhorst, a dancer with Samba do Mar for 21 years and now its director, led the group in its 40th anniversary around the Arcata Plaza at the North Country Fair on Sunday.
Story and photos by Mark Larson getout@northcoastjournal.com
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vercast skies and even a few early in the day sprinkles served as a gentle reminder the change of seasons is underway for the large crowds attending the 52nd annual North Country Fair last weekend in Arcata. Alex Ozaki-McNeill, director of the fair, said this year’s theme of “Stronger Together” was selected because, in these divisive times, our local community is strongest when we support each other and stand with one another to work toward a healthy environment, a robust and vibrant local economy and justice for all life on Earth. That effort to “work toward a healthy environment” was on full display by artists at the fair in a variety of forms, from jewelry made using recycled glass and bike
rubber tubes to doormats woven from used crab pot rope. The North Country Fair itself continues to lead the way as a zero-waste event, with volunteers at stations working to divert as much of the festival waste from the landfill as possible. Attendees were encouraged to help by bringing their own pint cup for beer, a refillable bottle for water and a personal shopping bag while vendors were required to use recyclable containers. Saturday’s All Species Parade led by the Arcata Playhouse kept alive the memory of the parade’s founder, the late Tim McKay, with a large crowd of participants wearing their favorite animal or species costumes. Organizers expanded parade participation by inviting local groups, schools and organizations to join the salute to nature, with several showing up with signs and banners advocating for the
A gang of construction workers specializing in cardboard were busy creating a giant slide in the children’s activity site environment. Playhouse Arts created by Our Space volunteers from Playhouse Arts at the held a free mask-making workNorth Country Fair on Saturday. shop prior to the fair and also offered free masks to borrow expanded selection of local art, crafts and before the parade on Saturday. food vendors and activities for children. Sunday featured a special celebration of Established as a community event in the 40th anniversary of the annual Samba 1974, the North Country Fair remains true Parade including Samba da Alegria, led by to its roots of “celebrating and advocating Neil Bost, and Samba do Mar, led by Maria for a healthy environment, cooperation and Vanderhorst, with both groups boosting community, a vibrant alternative economy their numbers to mark the milestone. and justice for every person and all forms This year’s parade theme was “Deep of life.” l Roots, Wild Spirit.” “This will be my 21st year participating in See more photos online at www. the Samba Parade,” Vanderhorst said at the northcoastjournal.com . event. “I am forever grateful for this annual tradition which brings together our small Mark Larson (he/him) is a retired but mighty community to honor Brazilian Cal Poly Humboldt journalism dance and music.” Also on tap were 46 sets of live music and professor and active freelance dancers on three stages around the plaza, an photographer who likes to walk. northcoastjournal.com • Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026 • NORTH COAST JOURNAL 15
CALENDAR
Nightlife
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.
THURS 9/24 ARCATA PLAYHOUSE 1251 Ninth St. (707) 822-1575 ARCATA THEATRE LOUNGE 1036 G St., Arcata (707) 616-3030 THE BASEMENT 780 Seventh St., Arcata (707) 845-2309
FRI 9/25
Claire Bent Jazz Quintet 8 p.m. $5
Emo Night Brooklyn 9 p.m. $21 Claire Bent & Citizen Funk (funk, soul, R&B) 9 p.m. $5
BEAR RIVER CASINO RESORT 11 Bear Paws Way, Loleta (707) 733-9644 BLUE LAKE CASINO WAVE LOUNGE 777 Casino Way, Blue Lake (707) 668-9770 CAFE MOKKA 495 J St., Arcata (707) 822-2228 CALI PLANET 109 Fifth St., Eureka (707) 798-2019
CENTRAL STATION SPORTS BAR 1631 Central Ave., McKinleyville (707) 839-2013 CULTURE SHROOMS SHOP 774 Ninth St., Arcata (310) 562-3498 DOUBLE D STEAK & SEAFOOD 320 Main St., Fortuna (707) 725-3700 EUREKA THEATER 612 F St., (707) 442-2970
Thirsty Bear: Dr. Squid (rock and roll) 9 p.m. Free Wave: Latin Night w/DJ Pachanguero 9 p.m. Free
Wave: The Undercovers (dance hits) 9 p.m. Free
[M] Treat Yourself Karaoke 9 p.m. Free, [T] Reel Genius Trivia 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free Karaoke 8 p.m. Free
[W] Karaoke 8 p.m. Free
Van Duzer: The Emo Night Tour Fulkerson: The Woods Trio (DJs) 8 p.m. $25, free for CPH (classical) 7:30 p.m. $20, $5 for students children and CPH students w/ID
[M] Kate Buchanan: Laundry Day (rock and roll) 8 p.m. $3, [T] Kate Buchanan: Show Me the Body (post-hardcore) 8 p.m. $3
Treat Yourself Entertainment Karaoke 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Free
[M] Pool Tournament 6 p.m. [W] Treat Yourself Karaoke 8 p.m. Free Karashroomie 7 p.m. Free
Buck Bonne's Krazy Karaoke 6-9 p.m. Free Life, Land, Legacy: An Evening Reflecting on California’s Ranching Heritage 6 p.m. $25
Layla Dias 9-11 p.m.
[T] Travisty Entertainment Karaoke Night 6-9 p.m. Free A Tribute to Dolly Parton: 9 to 5 (1980) (film) 7 p.m. $10, $5 under 12 DJ Sevens Stand Up Comedy 6 p.m.
[T] Karaoke 8 p.m. Free [T] Baywater Blues Fusion 7-9 p.m. $5-$15
Blackwell, Red Hot Shame (indie rock) 8 p.m. Free
Hip Hop Variety Show w/GMG 8 p.m. Free
[W] Open Mic 7 p.m. Free [W] Dogbone (feral jazz) 5-8 p.m.
Jazz Bros 4:30-6:30 p.m., Anni Piper 9-11 p.m.
Turtle Goodwater 9-11 p.m.
[W] Jazz Bros 4:30-6 p.m., Karaoke 8 p.m.
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M-T-W 9/28-9/30
[W] Bobby Alu (Polynesian folk) 8 p.m. $25 The Big Lebowski (1998) (film) [W] Sci-Fi Night: Tremors(1990) (film) 5 p.m. $8, $12 w/poster 6 p.m., $6, $10 w/poster [T] Strange Meeting (jazz) 7-9 p.m. $5 suggested
Thre'penny Bit (UK & EU trad.) 7 p.m. Free
THE HEIGHTS CASINO FIREWATER LOUNGE 27 Scenic Drive, Trinidad (707) 677-3611 Rooted in Place: Stories of the North THE HISTORIC EAGLE HOUSE Coast Food System 6:30 p.m. $30, 139 Second St., Eureka Phatsy Kline's: Out 4 Busines (LGBTQIA+ (707) 444-3344 business mixer) 5-7 p.m. Free KAPTAIN'S QUARTERS Satellite 517 F St., Eureka (707) 798-1273 5:30 p.m. Free LARRUPIN' CAFE 1658 Patricks Point Dr., Trinidad (707) 677-0230 s A Beautiful Thing" Open LIL' RED LION COCKTAIL LOUNGE Jam"It'(bring band or sit in) 9-11:30 1506 Fifth St., Eureka (707) 444-1344 p.m. Free THE LOGGER BAR 510 Railroad Ave., Blue Lake
SUN 9/27
Gimme Gimme Disco 9 p.m. $21 Duchess Burlesque Presents BROADLESQUE 7 p.m. $20 A Harvest Moon Dance w/ Buddy Reed and th’ Rip It Ups 5:30-9 p.m. Free Thirsty Bear: Almost Dangerous (party rock) 9 p.m. Free
BAYSIDE GRANGE 2297 Jacoby Creek Road, Arcata (707) 630-3049
CAL POLY HUMBOLDT 1 Harpst St., Arcata
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Gráinne Hunt with Jules Stewart (nu-folk) 7:30 p.m. $20
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FRI 9/25
An Evening w/Rose City Band 7 p.m., Karaoke 10 p.m.
SAT 9/26
SUN 9/27
M-T-W 9/28-9/30
Eraser, CV9 (punk) 8:30 p.m.
Karaoke 8:30 p.m. two-drink min.
[W] Dean Johnson, Daniel Nickerson (alt-country, indie folk) 7:30 p.m. [W] Young Lovers, Pennies for Pluto, Luna Sophia 7 p.m. $10-$20 sliding
OUTER SPACE ARCATA 837 H. St. PASKENTA MAD RIVER BREWERY 101 Taylor Way, Blue Lake (707) 668-4151
Falcons at Packers 5:15 p.m. Free
Science on Tap 6 p.m. Free
Adam Hurley 6 p.m. Free
[M] Eagles at Bears 5:15 p.m. Free [T] Travisty Entertainment Karaoke 10 p.m.
THE PLAYROOM 1109 Main St.. Fortuna (707) 725-5438 REDWOOD CURTAIN BREWERY MYRTLE AVE. TASTING ROOM, 1595 Myrtle Ave., Eureka, (707) 269-7143
Live Music 6-9 p.m. Free
[T] Live Music Tuesdays 6-9 p.m. Free
SAL'S MYRTLEWOOD LOUNGE 1696 Myrtle Ave., Eureka (707) 443-1881 SAVAGE HENRY COMEDY CLUB 415 Fifth St., Eureka (707) 845-8864
Keith Lowell Jensen (comedy) 8 p.m. $15
THE SHANTY 213 Third St., Eureka (707) 444-2053
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Autumn Falls By Collin Yeo
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H
ahaha well, dang. What is there to say, really? Is anyone else getting tired of these high water marks for various once-in-a-lifetime disasters we’ve been enjoying over the last decade? Not that I usually hold back too much, but I have the sense I can really let it fly these days because, well, who knows how much longer I’ll have this platform? It’s tough to imagine many touring acts sticking to the road with the kind of gas prices we’re all paying for the privilege of committing war crimes on behalf of a bunch of racist, psychopathic perverts who are united by their real estate in the Rolodex of a certain deceased New York financier. I unfortunately remember the weird desolation of COVID and absorbed quite a few of its lessons, much like I did with Hurricane Katrina 21 years ago. Unlike nearly all our local administrators, who had six years to come up with some bulwarks and economic firewalls for the current unfolding horror and are so behind the count they’re playing catch-up in an unlit ballpark. Negotiating how much surveillance and logistical infrastructure to build during an unprecedented fascist takeover is the kind of doomed, stupid and useless bullshit that doomed, stupid and useless pencil pushers engage in during the first act of a blockbuster featuring Will Smith or Sigourney Weaver swearing at, beating up and/or killing a bunch of deadly aliens. This would be a funny notion if the reality weren’t closer to local bureaucratic collaborators debating how much to extend the area’s roads and runways to accommodate invading troop transports and the Luftwaffe. To the extent that my opinion matters to anyone — which is thankfully about nil — I can’t support any bum who has been in any position of political, administrative or legal authority in this county over the past decade. Hell, let’s extend it to the state and then on to the country at large. Consider this my endorsement list for the midterms, and we’ll leave it at that. Like I said, very few people give a shit about my opinions anyway, and certainly no one with the ability to leverage them into policy. I just hope I was correct when I suggested in this space quite some time ago that anyone in power
during these years of crisis has to keep the gas cheap and the dipping sauces flowing or there will be hell to pay with the American public. Our collective rage against inconvenience and the terrible vision of our true loneliness and poverty — reflected in the black mirror of the TV screen when we can no longer afford our preferred distractions — might be what saves us in the coming weeks. Meanwhile, here’s a list of some vibrant entertainment that is only alive this week, but will feed you long afterward with the afterglow of human social engagement and the memories that good stuff brings.
Thursday In an unusual turn of events for a Thursday night, there are two crucial shows going on tonight, which can only mean one thing: The long summer idyll is over. The Miniplex is hosting Portland psychedelic country rockers Rose City Band for an early 7 p.m. show to accommodate the venue’s popular karaoke afterward ($20). Meanwhile, at 8 p.m. at the Siren’s Song Tavern, Bozeman, Montana’s garage rockers The Love Darts are teaming up with local heroes Clean Girl and the Dirty Dishes with a $5-$10 sliding scale door price.
Friday The Shanty is the place for all things hard rock, punk and metal drenched in salty, upper 707 flavor. War Möth, Northern Blight and Generational Trauma are the instigator/alley-gators in the Eurekan asphalt swamp of Old Town by the bay tonight for a 9 p.m. show that is free at the door.
Saturday Eraser is a band from Philadelphia whose sound slaps with a live wire urgency that rippled through and animated more than a few fantastic lurching grotesques from the past, such as DNA and Deerhoof. They’re playing at the Miniplex tonight at 9 p.m. Speaking of lurching from the past, local bladerunners Control Voltage, aka CV, are playing their first live show in quite some time to provide support. This is a must-see for all fans of good and groovy paroxysmal electrocution rock ($15, $12 for advance tickets).
Control Voltage plays the Miniplex at 9 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 26. Courtesy of the artists
Sunday Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka is offering the sounds of its mighty Kegg organ to the public once again, with a performance at 4 p.m. by virtuosic organist Dave Schofield. The event is free, but there is a suggested donation of $20, which I can attest is a fair price to pay for proximity to the power of this divine contraption being piloted by a real ace.
Monday Savage Henry Comedy Club is hosting a loud one tonight at 7:30 p.m. Triangle Fire from Athens, Georgia, joins Grass Valley’s Arüspex and our very own Brain Dead Rejects — who just keep getting better — for an all-ages punk and crust extravaganza presented by the Burnstitch Artist Collective. Tickets are $15 at the door, $10 in advance, so plan accordingly.
Tuesday The Puter House is a private residence and occasional venue at 2434 E St. in Eureka at the corner of Buhne and E streets. Tonight at 7:30 p.m., the owners are hosting a
gig by Bandits on the Run, a trio of busking indie musicians from Brooklyn who all sing and play a grab bag and steamer trunk variety of instruments and gadgets for your listening pleasure. Doors open at 7 p.m., and tickets will run you $30 each, cash or Venmo accepted.
Wednesday Two midweek shows in Arcata to report on then I’m done until the next deadline. First up at 7 p.m. at the Outer Space, you will find Los Angeles shoegaze and pop act Young Lovers sharing the all-ages stage with indie locals Pennies for Pluto and Luna Sophia. Tickets are a negotiable, sliding scale $10-$20 at the door. Meanwhile, an hour later and a few blocks closer to the marsh, the Miniplex presents Saddle Creek Records artist Dean Johnson, whose old-school country and early rock tenor sweeps across the plains of Americana to settle into the harbor lights of his Seattle home ($20, $15 for advance tickets). l Collin Yeo (he/him) uses and endorses noise and silence.
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The bees of summer have been busy doing the hard part, so all that’s left now is to taste the results at the third annual Honey Tasting Festival on Saturday, Sept. 26, from noon to 5 p.m. at the Bear River Tish Non Community Center ($20, free for kids 15 and under). Sample local varieties of honey, enjoy appetizers by Brett Schuler, live music, honey-themed craft vendors and bidding in a silent auction. The festival is a great way to learn about native bees and honeybees, and also how to plant a garden that keeps these precious pollinators fed. Bees have been handling the snacks for everyone else. Time to return the favor.
Humboldt Taiko performs at Madaket Plaza at 10 a.m., Sept. 26. Photo by Madison Acres
Eureka’s Culture Commons Festival, happening Sept. 25-27, is packing so many cool things into one weekend you’ll need to treat the schedule like a choose-your-own-adventure story. Follow the sounds Friday from Red Cedar’s Native percussion to Irie Rockers reggae and the country twang of Lxs Perdidxs at Mendenhall Studios. Saturday moves from Humboldt Taiko and West African dance at Madaket Plaza to hip-hop, poetry and SoulTree at the Gazebo. On Sunday, trade the stage for Wigi storytelling at Da Gou Rou Louwi’ Cultural Center, resistance-and-resilience printmaking at Epitome Gallery, North Coast short films at Eureka Theater and swing-dance lessons at the Eagle House. Admission to all festival events is free. Get details at eurekaculturalartsdistrict.org/culturecommonsfestival.
Thursday 24 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.
DANCE
Line Dancing with Kim O’Quinn. 12-1 p.m. McKinleyville Senior Center, 1620 Pickett Road. Join Kim and the crew for an hour of fun and exercise. Donation. (707) 839-0191.
MOVIES
Life, Land, Legacy: An Evening Reflecting on California’s Ranching Heritage. 6-8:30 p.m. Eureka Theater, 612 F St. Join the California Rangeland Trust, Buckeye Conservancy and Humboldt County CattleWomen for a screening of You Just Can’t See Them From the Road, followed by photographer and author Andy Westfall reading from his book Humboldt Heartland: Life, Land and Legacy. $25. rsvp@rangelandtrust.org. rangelandtrust. org/events/humboldt-county-screening-september-24-2026/. (916) 444-2096.
EVENTS
Native Youth School and Community Wellness Conference. Bear River Recreation Center, 265 Keisner Road, Loleta. Zoom and in-person, focused on culturally relevant and science-based strategies to improve the mental health and wellness of Native American youth, youth of color and their families. Registration required. Full agenda and registration online. Free. twofeathers-nafs.org. Dinner, Dancing, Dahlias and Dessert. 6-8 p.m. Humboldt Grange #501, 5845 Humboldt Hill Road, Eureka. Dahlias and other plants for sale, Cake Wheel, carnival games, music by A Banjo Makes Three and more. Benefit for Humboldt Grange and Humboldt CASA. The Emo Night Tour. 8 p.m. Van Duzer Theatre, Cal Poly Humboldt, Arcata. DJs spinning anthems from My Chemical Romance, Fall Out Boy, Panic! at the Disco, Paramore, Taking Back Sunday and more. $25, free for CPH students. humboldtpresents@ humboldt.edu. tickets.humboldt.edu/event/the-emo-nighttour-bmtx6o. Humboldt Latin Dance and Music Festival. 8:30-11 p.m. Redwood Raks World Dance Studio, 824 L St., Arcata. Three
days of over 20 workshops, dance workshops taught by world-renowned dance professionals with three evenings of late night dance parties, a live salsa band and Latin music DJs. Full schedule online. $25, $195 full festival pass, $175 advance online only. latindancehumboldt@gmail.com. humboldtlatindance. com. (707) 816-2809. Messiah’s Mansion. 1-6:30 p.m. Fortuna Junior Academy, 1200 Ross Hill Road. Fortuna Seventh-Day Adventist Church host’s a full-scale replica of the Hebrew Tabernacle described in the Bible. Free. messiahsmansion.com/fortuna. Rooted in Place: Stories of the North Coast Food System. 6:30-10 p.m. The Historic Eagle House, 139 Second St., Eureka. Join the North Coast Growers’ Association for a film premiere and fundraiser featuring six short documentaries featuring the Harvest Hub, farmers markets, Humboldt County Ag Day, regional agricultural programs, Aquilli Metzli Masa Cooperative and Humboldt Dockside Market. Silent and live auctions, locally made concessions and live music by Cowtown Sound. $30. info@ northcoastgrowers.org. ncga.ticketspice.com/rooted-in-placestories-of-the-north-coast-food-system. (707) 441-9999.
FOOD
Henderson Center Farmers Markets. 10 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Henderson Center, Henderson near F Street, Eureka. Fresh fruits and vegetables, meat, baked goods, eggs, plants and more. Enjoy music and hot food vendors. No pets, but trained, ADA-certified service animals welcome. CalFresh EBT customers can receive market match at every farmers market. info@northcoastgrowersassociation.org. northcoastgrowersassociation. org/hendersoncenter.html. (707) 441-9999.
MEETINGS
Toastmasters International Public Speaking Club. Fourth Thursday of every month, 12-1 p.m. Adorni Recreation Center, 1011 Waterfront Drive, Eureka. Boost your public speaking skills at the Lunch Bunch Toastmasters Club. Each meeting features prepared speeches, impromptu speaking and constructive feedback. Free. toastmasters@humboldt.io. ci.eureka.ca.gov/ depts/recreation/adorni_center.asp.
SPORTS
Lost Coast Cornhole League Night. Fourth and Last 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.
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Simple Machines examines cultural obsessions with status, wealth and excess. $10-$25. boxoffice@dellarte.com. dellarte. com/calendar/simplemachines-say-when. (707) 502-2047.
EVENTS
9 to 5
Dolly Parton gave the world “Jolene,” Dollywood, singular wit and love for all of God’s children. That’s range. Celebrate her songs, heart and comic timing at A Tribute to Dolly Parton: 9 to 5 on Saturday, Sept. 26 at 7 p.m. at the Eureka Theater ($10, $5 ages 12 and under). Sing Dolly classics at 7:30 p.m., then watch Dolly, Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin take down their sexist boss around 7:45 p.m. Costumes are encouraged, so build that hair high enough to need its own ticket. Co-sponsored by North Coast Journal Inc., proceeds benefit the Bridgeville Community Center, which runs Dolly’s Imagination Library in Humboldt County.
Drinks available at the Canteen. Outside food OK. $15. mike@ buffaloboards.com.
ETC
Game Night. 4-7 p.m. Trinidad Library, 380 Janis Court. Drop-in and choose a game to play from the library’s collection or bring your own to share. Open to all ages. Free. blkhuml@co.humboldt. ca.us. humlib.org. (707) 677-0227.
Friday 25 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.
MUSIC
Michelle Lambert. 8-10 p.m. The Historic Eagle House, 139 Second St., Eureka. Enjoy live music by Michelle Lambert in the ballroom. All ages are welcome. $25. eventlead.eaglehouse@ gmail.com. historiceaglehouse.com/live-music-events. (707) 407-0634. The Woods Trio. 7:30 p.m. Fulkerson Recital Hall, Cal Poly Humboldt, Arcata. Local cellist and Cal Poly Humboldt professor, Garrick Woods, is joined by his father Rex (piano), and brother Alex (violin) to preºsent Haydn’s Hungarian-folk inspired Trio no. 29 in G Major and Johannes Brahms’ dramatic Piano Trio no. 2 in C Major, Op. 87. $20, $5 for children and CPH students w/ID.
THEATER
Clue. 7:30-9:15 p.m. Ferndale Repertory Theatre, 447 Main St. Fast-paced, twisty murder mystery-comedy inspired by the board game and beloved film set on a dark and stormy night at Boddy Manor. (Recommended for ages 10 and up.) $25. jessie@ ferndalerep.org. facebook.com/events/2161428554749878/. (707) 786-5483. The Minutes. 8 p.m. 5th and D Street Theater, 300 Fifth St., Eureka. Redwood Curtain Theatre presents a dark, satirical comedy set during a small-town city council meeting, where newcomer Mr. Peel inquires into missing minutes and a missing member, yielding revelations about the town’s grisly history of Native genocide. Through Oct. 10. $10-$25. ncrt.net. Say When. 7-8:15 p.m. Dell’Arte’s Carlo Theatre, 131 H St., Blue Lake. The mostly true comedy about Gilded Age heir Evander Berry Wall, known as the “King of Dudes.” Featuring clowning, projections and extravagant costumes from Minneapolis-based
Culture Commons Festival. 5-10 p.m. Old Town Gazebo, Second and F streets, Eureka. Three days of free music, art, film, dance, storytelling and food at venues across Eureka. Schedule online. Free. events@eurekaculturalarts.org. eurekaculturalartsdistrict.org/culturecommonsfestival. Humboldt Latin Dance and Music Festival. 2 p.m.-1 a.m. Redwood Raks World Dance Studio, 824 L St., Arcata. See Sep. 24 listing. Mabon: A Fall Equinox Ritual. 6 p.m. Humboldt Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 24 Fellowship Way, Bayside. Join Redwood Coast CUUPS to usher in Autumn and give thanks for the harvest. Please bring a dish for the potluck following the ritual. Free. CUUPS@HUUF.org. huuf.org. Messiah’s Mansion. 1-6:30 p.m. Fortuna Junior Academy, 1200 Ross Hill Road. See Sep. 24 listing.
FOR KIDS
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.
MEETINGS
DSA Town Hall: “Our Trans Kids Lost Their Doctor”. 7-9 p.m. Eureka Labor Temple, 840 E St. Hear how you can help restore access to gender affirming health care for transgender people under 19 years old. Free. HumboldtDSA@proton.me. humboldtdsa.org/trans-solidarity/. Lost Coast Steamers Mixer. Fourth Friday of every month, 5-7 p.m. Phatsy Kline’s Parlor Lounge, 139 Second St., Eureka. Monthly mixer for steampunk enthusiasts to gather. Every fourth Friday of the month brought to you by the Lost Coast Steamers Steampunk Consortium. Free. events@historiceaglehouse.com. historiceaglehouse.com. (707) 444-3344.
ETC
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. September Skate Nights. 6:30-9 p.m. Eureka Municipal Auditorium, 1120 F St. Spend a groovy Friday night on skates, first-come, first-served, no pre-registration needed. Maximum 75 skaters. $6, $5 youth 17 and under. eurekaca.gov/248/Roller-Skating. (707) 441-4248.
Saturday 26 ART
Local Artists Benefit Art Show. 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Mad River Grange, 110 Hatchery Road, Blue Lake. Work by artists Lois Andersen, Willa Owings, Mary Anderson, Susan Beecher, Colleen Hole and Yvonne Reynolds for sale with 50 percent going to support the Mad River Grange and the Blue Lake Museum. marlenesmith331@gmail.com. (707) 834-8133. Trinidad Art Night. Last Saturday of every month, 5-8 p.m. Trinidad, Downtown. A town-wide art walk that includes a variety of venues and live music, artist receptions, classes, crafts, face-painting, pop-up sales and silks or fire performances by Circus of Elements. Free. trinidadartnight.com.
DANCE
A Harvest Moon Dance. 5:30-9 p.m. Bayside Grange, 2297 Jacoby Creek Road. Live music from Buddy Reed and th’ Rip It Ups, food, drinks and fun for all. Plus, a pie contest where bakers are encouraged to enter their best recipes. Proceeds help maintain the historic hall and support the grange’s programs. Free. hi@ baysidegrange.com. baysidegrange.com. (707) 630-3049.
MOVIES
A Tribute to Dolly Parton: 9 to 5. 7 p.m. Eureka Theater, 612 F St. Showing of the film 9 to 5, starting with a sing along of classic Dolly songs. Dolly costumes are encouraged for everyone. Fundraiser for the Bridgeville Community Center, the local organization that runs Dolly’s Imagination Library in Humboldt County. $10, $5 under 12. theeurekatheater.org.
MUSIC
Gráinne Hunt with Jules Stewart. 7:30 p.m. Arcata Playhouse, 1251 Ninth St. Queer, nu-folk singer-songwriter from Ireland Hunt performs with San Diego’s Stewart on drums and vocals, for harmonies and heartfelt stories. $20. info@playhousearts. org. playhousearts.org/. (707) 822-1575.
THEATER
Clue. 7:30-9:15 p.m. Ferndale Repertory Theatre, 447 Main St. See Sep. 25 listing. The Minutes. 8 p.m. 5th and D Street Theater, 300 Fifth St., Eureka. See Sep. 25 listing. Say When. 7-8:15 p.m. Dell’Arte’s Carlo Theatre, 131 H St., Blue Lake. See Sep. 25 listing.
EVENTS
Culture Commons Festival. 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Old Town Gazebo, Second and F streets, Eureka. See Sep. 25 listing. Fieldbrook Art & Wine Festival. 11 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Fieldbrook Winery, 4241 Fieldbrook Road. Wine, local artisans, barbecued albacore, oysters, live music, local beer and cider and a silent auction presented by the Fieldbrook Education Foundation and Fieldbrook Winery. Benefits educational projects at Fieldbrook Elementary School. Family friendly. No pets, please. Free entry. office@fbk8.org. facebook.com/events/s/ fieldbrook-art-wine-festival/3010804132604151/?mibextid=Gg3lNB. (707) 839-3201. Fortuna Pumpkin Patch. 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Fortuna Pumpkin Patch, 1815 S. Eel River Drive. Visit piglets and goats while you browse a variety of pumpkins for carving, eating or decorating. Cash preferred, but Venmo, credit cards and Apple Pay are accepted with an added service fee. Free entry to patch. tableblufffarm@gmail. com. tableblufffarm.com/#/pumpkin-patch/. (949) 338-0490. Honey Tasting Festival. 12-5 p.m. Tish Non Community Center, 266 Keisner Road, Loleta. Bringing together everything honey and pollinator-related. Enjoy local honey sampling and sales, appetizers by Brett Schuler, native and honey bee education, pollinator gardening information, honey-themed craft vendors, a silent auction and more. Contact for advance tickets. $20, free for children 15 and under with adult. humboldtbeekeepers@ gmail.com. humboldtbeekeepers.org/honey-harvest-festival/. (510) 385-8858. Humboldt Latin Dance and Music Festival. 9-2 a.m. Redwood Raks World Dance Studio, 824 L St., Arcata. See Sep. 24 listing. Messiah’s Mansion. 1-6:30 p.m. Fortuna Junior Academy, 1200 Ross Hill Road. See Sep. 24 listing. Myers Flat September Bazaar. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Block and Tackle Designs, 12812 Avenue of the Giants, Myers Flat. Shop vintage, salvaged and handmade goods from local vendors, listen to live music and enjoy community fun and a kids’ zone. The Myers Flat Volunteer Fire Department serves barbecue with proceeds going toward much-needed equipment. Free. blockandtackledesigns@ gmail.com. facebook.com/events/1589611442642497/. (520) 732-9359. Volunteer Appreciation BBQ & Party. 12-3 p.m. Sequoia Park, 2145 Madrone Ave, Eureka. Enjoy free food, music by Elderberry Rust and recognizing volunteers who help Eureka. Drawing for the $250 Pierson’s gift card grand prize. (Anyone who attended all four volunteer events in September are eligible.) Free. hatwood@eurekaca.gov. EmpowerEureka.com. (707) 441-4218.
FOR KIDS
Lego Club. 12-4 p.m. Trinidad Library, 380 Janis Court. Drop-in to use the library’s Lego pieces or bring your own to share. Open to all families. Free. trihuml@co.humboldt.ca.us. humlib. org. (707) 677-0227.
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. Bread and Cookie Stand. 10:05 a.m.-3 p.m. Dell’Arte, 131 H St., Blue Lake. Half Dollar Holler bake sale to help to support Dell’Arte International. A dozen kinds of scratch baked bread and cookies. Located at the Center of the Universe behind Dell’Arte International, First and H St. in Blue Lake. Community Breakfast. Fourth Saturday of every month, 8-11 a.m. Humboldt Grange #501, 5845 Humboldt Hill Road, Eureka. Serving scrambled eggs, sausage, pancakes or biscuits and gravy. Coffee, tea, hot chocolate and juice. Donation: $10 large, $7 small, free for kids under 5. Humboldt Dockside Saturday Seafood Market. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Madaket Plaza, Foot of C Street, Eureka. Fresh local fish and seafood every Saturday through Oct. 31 at Madaket Plaza. EBT accepted. On-site fillet services available.
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GARDEN
Fall Native Plant Sale. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Freshwater Farms Reserve, 5851 Myrtle Ave., Eureka. To shop on Saturday, sign up for a time slot online. No signup required Sunday. Starting available species list online. Bring a box for plants. Cash or checks preferred, credit cards accepted with an added bank fee. northcoastcnps@gmail. com. northcoastcnpsnursery.org/sale/.
HOLIDAY EVENTS
Fall/Halloween Costume Clothing Swap. 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Gene Lucas Community Center, 3000 Newburg Road., Fortuna. Costumes can be any size (infant-adult). Please no kids clothing, socks, undergarments, dirty or damaged items. Layla@glccenter. org. glccenter.org. (707) 725-3300.
OUTDOORS
FOAM Marsh Tour. 2 p.m. Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary Interpretive Center, 569 S. G St. Meet leader Ren Bunce in the lobby for a 90-minute, rain-or-shine walk to learn about the history of the marsh and its function as part of the city’s wastewater treatment system. Look at some of the plants and 300+ bird species in the marshes and meadows. Free. (707) 826-2359. Invasive Plant Workday. 10 a.m. Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary Interpretive Center, 569 S. G St. Help remove invasives such as Himalaya berry shrubs and ivy. Tools, gloves, snacks and beverages provided. Wear long sleeves and closed-toe shoes. Meet at the Interpretive Center. Rain or shine. Free. (707) 826-2359. National Public Lands Day in the King Range. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. King Range National Conservation Area, 768 Shelter Cove Road, Whitethorn. BLM King Range, Friends of the Lost Coast and local mountain bike organizations invite all to meet at Tolkan Campground on King Peak Road for maintenance of the Paradise Royale Trail. Lunch at 1:30 p.m., plus free T-shirts and public lands passes for volunteers. Some $10/hr stipends are available to youth, ages 12-17. Email for info or to register for a youth stipend. Free. justin@lostcoast.org. lostcoast.org/event/ national-public-lands-day-5/. Pulling Together Trinidad. 8:30 a.m.-noon. Simmons Gallery/ Trinidad Coastal Land Trust, 380 Janis Court. Help remove invasive plants throughout Trinidad. After, volunteers are encouraged to attend Trinidad Rancheria’s Ner-Er-Nerh celebration at the Trinidad Rancheria Harbor. Free. info@trinidadcoastallandtrust.org. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScfH2TYjJ_9NyHAj_unYR6IfxgRPx6eThbiHey-FYq4cHy72A/ viewform?usp=dialog. (707) 677-2501.
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BENEFIT FOR LOCAL SCHOOLS
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
Adult Skate Night. Last Saturday of every month, 6:30-9:30 p.m. Fortuna Skating Rink, Rohner Park. Ages 18 and older only. IDs checked at door. Alcohol and drug-free event. $5.50 includes skate rental. The Bike Library. 12-4 p.m. The Bike Library, 1286 L St., Arcata. Hands-on repair lessons and general maintanence, used bicy-
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CALENDAR Continued from previous page cles and parts for sale. Donations of parts and bicycles gladly accepted. arcatabikelibrary@riseup.net. Local Artists and Makers at Los Bagels. 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Los Bagels, Arcata, 1061 I St. Enjoy a rotating lineup of local artists and vendors outside the shop on summer Saturdays. losbagels.com. Public Skate. 6:30-9:30 p.m. Fortuna Skating Rink, Rohner Park. See Sep. 25 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.
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Organ Recital with David Schofield. 4-5 p.m. Christ Episcopal Church, 1428 H St., Eureka. Works by Bach, Mendelssohn, Britten, Glass and Schofield on the Kegg organ. Reception following performance. Free, donations welcome. christchurcheureka@ gmail.com. christchurcheureka.org. (707) 442-1797. 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. umc-joyfulhealer.org. (707) 845-1959.
THEATER
Clue. 2-3:45 p.m. Ferndale Repertory Theatre, 447 Main St. See Sep. 25 listing. The Minutes. 2 p.m. 5th and D Street Theater, 300 Fifth St., Eureka. See Sep. 25 listing. Sunday! Matinee! Open Mic! Cabaret!. 2-4 p.m. Redwood Playhouse, 286 Sprowel Creek Road, Garberville. A community-created variety show featuring short performances by seasoned artists and newcomers in any medium. Free. samantha@ boneyardtheatre.com. boneyardtheatre.com.
EVENTS
Culture Commons Festival. p.m. Old Town Gazebo, Second and F streets, Eureka. See Sep. 25 listing. Fortuna Pumpkin Patch. 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Fortuna Pumpkin Patch, 1815 S. Eel River Drive. See Sep. 26 listing. Humboldt Latin Dance and Music Festival. 9 a.m.-10 p.m. Redwood Raks World Dance Studio, 824 L St., Arcata. See Sep. 24 listing.
FOOD
Bread and Cookie Stand. 10:05 a.m.-3 p.m. Dell’Arte, 131 H St., Blue Lake. See Sep. 26 listing. Community Breakfast. Fourth Sunday of every month, 8-11:30 a.m. Ferndale Veterans Memorial Building, 1100 Main St. Pancakes, biscuits and gravy, ham, sausage, eggs to order, coffee and juice. $12, $7 kids under 12. Food Not Bombs. 4 p.m. Arcata Plaza, Ninth and G streets. Hot food for everyone. Mostly vegan and organic and always delicious. Free. Veterans Pancake Breakfast. Fourth Sunday of every month, 8-11:30 a.m. Fortuna Veterans Hall/Memorial Building, 1426 Main St. Pancakes, biscuits and gravy, ham, sausage, eggs to order, coffee and juice. $12, $7 kids under 12. vfwpost2207@gmail. com. (707) 725-4480.
GARDEN
Fall Native Plant Sale. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Freshwater Farms Reserve, 5851 Myrtle Ave., Eureka. See Sep. 26 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
McKinleyville Botanical Garden Volunteer Workday. Fourth Sunday of every month, 2-4 p.m. Hiller Park, 795 Hiller Road, McKinleyville. Help maintain a small community-driven botanical garden which features pollinator- and bird-friendly plants. No experience needed. Rain cancels. Go west on Hiller Road to parking lot for Hammond Trail/soccer/dog park. Garden is adjacent to children’s playground. Nature Journaling at the Arcata Marsh. Last Sunday of every month, 10 a.m. Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary
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Interpretive Center, 569 S. G St. No pre-registration required but sessions are limited to the first 10 people. All ages welcome, if they can concentrate quietly for an extended period. Heavy rain cancels. Clipboards and colored pencils provided; bring notebook, journal or other paper and a writing implement. Wear weather-appropriate clothing. info@arcatamarshfriends. org. (707) 826-2359.
ETC
Bay Trail Bikes and Brews. Last Sunday of every month, 3-8 p.m. Bay Trail Eureka-Arcata, Eureka, California. The monthly event starts at Dick Taylor’s in Eureka and departs at 3:45 p.m. and bike the Bay Trail to Redwood Curtain Brewing Co. and South G Kitchen for some bites and beverages before riding back to Eureka around 6:30 p.m. (or when we feel like it). Bring your helmet. Always bike sober. Free (food and drink not included). humbikesandbrews@gmail.com. (707) 702-3614. Public Skate. 1:30-4:30 p.m. Fortuna Skating Rink, Rohner Park. See Sep. 25 listing.
Monday 28 ART
Life Drawing Sessions. 6-8 p.m. Redwood Art Association Gallery, 603 F St., Eureka. See Sep. 25 listing.
MUSIC
Laundry Day: The Larger than LIFE Tour. 8 p.m. Kate Buchanan Room, Cal Poly Humboldt, Arcata. Rock and roll band from New York. $3. sac@humboldt.edu. pmc.humboldt.edu/portal/ laundry-day-larger-life-tour. (707) 826-3928.
EVENTS
Fortuna Pumpkin Patch. 2-6 p.m. Fortuna Pumpkin Patch, 1815 S. Eel River Drive. See Sep. 26 listing.
FOOD
Harvest Box Deliveries. Multi-farm-style CSA boxes with a variety of seasonal fruits and veggies, all GMO-free 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. info@northcoastgrowersassociation.org. northcoastgrowersassociation.org/miranda.html. (707) 441-9999.
MEETINGS
Shut Up & Write. 7-9 p.m. Dead Reckoning Tavern, 815 J St., Arcata. Join fellow writers each week to show up, sit down and get words on the page. No critiques. No sharing. No pressure. Just focused writing time alongside others doing the same. RSVP online. Free. d.i.y.art@inkpeople.org. shutupwrite.com/series/ id2uK2PJwf00. (707) 969-7490.
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.
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Story Time. Last Tuesday of every month, noon. Trinidad Library, 380 Janis Court. Stop by Trinidad Library for story time with Kim. A special time just for young children with their caregivers and families.
DANCE
Baywater Blues Fusion. 7-9 p.m. The Historic Eagle House, 139 Second St., Eureka. Learn how to dance to a variety of music. Every Tuesday in the ballroom. All ages welcome. $5-$15. eventlead.eaglehouse@gmail.com. historiceaglehouse.com/ live-music-events. (707) 407-0634.
MUSIC
Redwood Interfaith Gospel Choir Practice. 6-8 p.m. Arcata Playhouse, 1251 Ninth St. The RIGC sings gospel music and practices from mid-August to mid-December and from mid-January through May. No auditions. Join this wonderful group of welcoming singers. Free. redwoodinterfaithgospelchoir. com. (415) 418-4434.
Show Me the Body. 8 p.m. Kate Buchanan Room, Cal Poly Humboldt, Arcata. Post-hardcore band from New York. $3. sac@humboldt.edu. tickets.humboldt.edu/event/show-methe-body-5urwww. (707) 826-3928.
EVENTS
Fortuna Pumpkin Patch. 2-6 p.m. Fortuna Pumpkin Patch, 1815 S. Eel River Drive. See Sep. 26 listing.
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 Sep. 28 listing. Old Town Certified Farmers Market. 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Old Town, F Street between First and Third streets, Eureka. Fresh fruits and vegetables, baked goods, jam, crafts and more, plus live music. No pets, but trained, ADA-certified, service animals are welcome. CalFresh EBT customers are able to receive a market match at every farmers market. Free. info@northcoastgrowersassociation.org. northcoastgrowersassociation.org. (707) 441-9999. Shelter Cove Farmers Market. 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Shelter Cove Farmers Market, Gyppo Ale Mill Parking Lot, 1661 Upper Pacific Drive, 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.
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.
Wednesday 30 BOOKS
Author Nancy Resnick Book Reading and Q&A. 6-7:30 p.m. McKinleyville Library, 1606 Pickett Road. Meet local author Nancy Resnick and hear an excerpt of her debut women’s fiction novel, Redwood Curtain Rising, set in Humboldt County. Free. (707) 839-4459.
MUSIC
Bobby Alu. 8 p.m. Arcata Playhouse, 1251 Ninth St. Australia’s Alu plays songs from Polynesian folk, through roots, soul to tropical pop. $25. info@playhousearts.org. playhousearts.org/. (707) 822-1575. 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.
ELECTIONS
Arcata City Council Candidates Forum. 6:30-8 p.m. Humboldt Association of Realtors, 220 1st Street, Eureka. Candidates discuss housing, economic development, support for unhoused residents and other local issues. Also live-streamed on Facebook. Advance registration recommended. Free. info@harealtors.com. facebook.com/HARealtors707/. (707) 442-2978.
EVENTS
Fortuna Pumpkin Patch. 2-6 p.m. Fortuna Pumpkin Patch, 1815 S. Eel River Drive. See Sep. 26 listing. McKinleyville Death Cafe. 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. McKinleyville Senior Center, 1620 Pickett Road. Open conversations about mortality over tea and refreshments, with the aim to break the silence surrounding death to help participants embrace life more fully. Facilitated by Dr. Gina Belton. sbinder@mcksenior. org. (707) 599-5623.
GARDEN
Avenue, Eureka. Pick flowers at the farm. Park in the large gravel parking lot and follow the signs to the u-pick area. Donations support u-pick and community compost programs. $5-$30. mdrummond@rcaa.org. ncrlt.org/what-we-do/conserved-properties/. (707) 269-2071.
ETC
NorCAN Nonprofit Mixer. 12-1:30 p.m. StartUp Humboldt, 876 Seventh St., Arcata. StartUp Humboldt invites nonprofit leaders, staff, board members, volunteers and partners to the mixer co-hosted by the Cal Poly Humboldt Center for Community Based Learning. Connect with peers, learn about partnership opportunities, share organizational announcements and more. Lunch is provided, first come, first served. Free. info@norcal-nonprofits.org. norcal-nonprofits.org/event/ norcan-fall-mixer-2026/. (707) 798-7513.
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Fiber Crafting Circle. First Thursday of every month, 2-4 p.m. Trinidad Library, 380 Janis Court. Bring your own knitting, crocheting or weaving to work on or add to the community weaving project in the Trinidad Room. All ages. Free. trihuml@ co.humboldt.ca.us. humlib.org. (707) 677-0227. Figure Drawing at Synapsis. 7-9 p.m. Synapsis Collective, 1675 Union St., Eureka. See Sep. 24 listing.
BOOKS
Storytellers and Writers Book Club for Tweens and Teens. First Thursday of every month, 4-5 p.m. Trinidad Library, 380 Janis Court. Tweens and teens share ideas on world building and books they’ve read or would like to write. In the Trinidad Room.
DANCE
Line Dancing with Kim O’Quinn. 12-1 p.m. McKinleyville Senior Center, 1620 Pickett Road. See Sep. 24 listing.
Mabon
A Fall Equinox Ritual ALL ARE INVITED TO JOIN REDWOOD COAST CUUPS AS WE USHER IN AUTUMN & GIVE THANKS FOR THE HARVEST. PLEASE BRING A DISH FOR THE POTLUCK FEAST FOLLOWING THE RITUAL. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT YEMAYA AT CUUPS@HUUF.ORG. BLESSED BE!
LECTURE
Eureka Mayoral and City Council Candidate Forum. 5:30-8 p.m. Humboldt Association of Realtors, 220 1st Street, Eureka. Candidates discuss housing, economic development, support for unhoused residents and other local issues. Also live-streamed on Facebook. Advance registration recommended. Free. info@ harealtors.com. facebook.com/HARealtors707/. (707) 442-2978.
HUMBOLDT UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP
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Harry S. Kieval Lecture. 7-8 p.m. Cal Poly Humboldt, 1 Harpst St., Arcata. UC Merced Professor Suzanne Fernandes-Sindi presents “Learning from Data in Biology: Why AI Alone Isn’t the Answer,” explaining combining data-driven methods with mechanistic models to reveal complex biological systems. math@humboldt.edu. math.humboldt.edu/get-involved/ kieval-lecture. (707) 826-3143.
ELECTIONS
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Fortuna Pumpkin Patch. 2-6 p.m. Fortuna Pumpkin Patch, 1815 S. Eel River Drive. See Sep. 26 listing. Redwood Coast Music Festival. . City of Eureka, Humboldt County. Four days with more than 100 sets of live music in seven venues in Eureka. Blues, roots, New Orleans jazz, swing, Zydeco, country, western swing, rockabilly and more. Plus, food, beverages and more. varies, see website. rcmfest.org/.
FOR KIDS
Story Time & Pottery Painting. First Thursday of every month, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. The Makers’ Space, 1450 Hiller Road, McKinleyville. Designed for preschool through first grade children and their caregivers, each session begins with a beloved children’s story followed by a pottery painting project inspired by the day’s book. $15. seagoatmakerspace@gmail.com. the-makers-space. info/. (707) 497-9212.
FOOD
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HOLIDAY EVENTS
Frightfully Fun. . City of Ferndale, Ferndale. A whole month of special events, from historic cemetery tours to a Monster Mash Block Party, haunted Scaregrounds, family-friendly Spooktacular, live music and more.
ETC
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I WANT YOUR SEX. The milieu of contemporary “fine” art, pinioned as it is to its own ironic self-importance, has always been ripe for satire, with cinema as appropriate a vehicle for it as any. Going back to the olden days of the mid-20th century, when movies were splintering into factions and movements, the outsider arms were as much a part of the art movement as they were critical of it. Uniquely able to both vivify and critique the expansive silliness of post-modernism, with the moving image making the audience accomplice and observer of the diaphanous moment when inspiration becomes commerce, film defines and defies the contradiction inherent in the transactional. To me, the medium is best served when it employs comedy in its dissection, playfully using capital-A Art as its palette and its bullseye, thereby illuminating the inescapable conflict: Art is vitally important, but to treat it as such cannot but render it silly and crass. Enter Greg Araki and I Want Your Sex, in a near-perfect union of the absurd and the authentic. Araki, who became, over 30 years ago, something of a torch-bearer for independent American queer cinema with The Living End (1992), Totally Fucked Up (1993) and The Doom Generation (1995) in astonishingly quick succession, has been absent from scripted features for more than a decade (he’s been busy in television, so presumably he’s doing all right), but the energy and vibrance of his latest belie that period of absence. Equal parts scathing caricature and loving mediation, I Want Your Sex uses the impossibly self-aggrandizing setting of the contemporary Los Angeles art scene as backdrop and analog for an examination of modern erotic mores and hang-ups, to exceedingly comedic, trenchant effect. Eliot Bell (Cooper Hoffman), fresh out of UCLA with a clearly useless BFA and no prospects, shares an apartment with his best friend Apple (Chase Sui Wonders) —where he consistently fails to pay rent — and a relationship with the obviously disinterested Minerva (Charli XCX). On something of a whim, he applies for a job as an assistant in the studio of acclaimed artist Erika Tracy (Olivia Wilde), a self-styled
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NOW PLAYING AVENGERS ENDGAME (2019). The Marvel mega-cast assembles with a few minutes of extra footage for the strong of bladder. 181M. PG13. BROADWAY. BUDDY. Kids are trapped with a cuddly orange unicorn in a TV show in this dark and gory horror comedy. R. 95M. BROADWAY. COYOTE VS. ACME. Animated and liveaction shenanigans as the coyote gets his day in court. PG. 101M. BROADWAY. DANIEL AND THE FIERY FURNACE. Drama about the Biblical story of Daniel (Mena Massoud) in Babylon. PG13. 108M. BROADWAY.
FORGOTTEN ISLAND. Animated adventure about besties stranded in a magical world. PG. 109M. BROADWAY. HEART OF THE BEAST. Brad Pitt fights for survival in the Alaskan wilderness with only his combat dog because Lord knows his kids aren’t talking to him. PG13. 101M. BROADWAY. NO LIMBS NO LIMITS. Docu-drama about an Australian man and his family who fought to change disability integration. NR. 94M. BROADWAY. PRACTICAL MAGIC 2. Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman return as witchy sisters trying to break the family curse but like, could they also, you know? PG13. 110M. BROADWAY, MINOR. PRIMETIME. Drama about the To Catch a Predator guy (Robert Pattinson), who seems to have missed a few in and around the White House. R. 110M. BROADWAY, MINOR. PRINCESS MONONOKE (1997). Hayao Miyazaki’s wolf-riding eco-warrior princess makes some arguments, honestly. PG13. 140M. BROADWAY, MINOR. RESIDENT EVIL. Director Zach Cregger takes a shot at the zombie action franchise with a medical courier (Austin Abrams) headed for Raccoon City. R. 93M. BROADWAY, MINOR. SHAUN THE SHEEP: THE BEAST OF THE MOSSY BOTTOM. Experiments gone wrong lead to a Halloween adventure in claymation down on the farm. PG. 80M. BROADWAY. SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY. Peter Parker (Tom Holland) faces his own evolution in a city where nobody remembers him. With Zendaya. PG13. 145M. BROADWAY. THE WEIGHT. Ethan Hawke and Russell Crowe star in a Depression-era thriller about gold smuggling through wilderness. R. 115M. BROADWAY. For showtimes, visit catheaters. com and minortheatre.com.
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he “obstetrical dilemma” was born, so to speak, in 1960, not in a medical journal, but in the pages of Scientific American magazine. There, anthropologist Sherwood Washburn proposed that the ease with which most non-human primates give birth when compared to humans comes down to bipedalism. While a mother-to-be great ape will seek seclusion to give birth easily and quickly in solitude, human birth is typically complicated and painful, takes hours and generally needs assistance. Washburn’s hypothesis claims that: • The adoption of bipedalism by our hominid ancestors some 4 or 5 million years ago resulted in a trade-off for females: the narrower the pelvis, the more efficiently a female could walk, but also the more difficult her birthing process through her bony pelvic opening. • As hominid brains (and therefore craniums) grew larger, females evolved wider hips to give birth, putting them at a disadvantage when it came to walking and running ... • … thus making them more dependent on males for food, fundamentally shaping “how humans organize socially, with a firmly patriarchal slant,” according to Washburn. It’s certainly true that the process of giving birth to a human baby is far, far more complicated and riskier than for most other primates, mostly due to the tight fit between the baby’s head and the pelvic opening. (A human baby at birth is about twice as large in relation to the weight of its mother as would be expected for a similarly sized non-human primate.) Whereas birth in other primates is a straight shot, a human baby must go through a series of overlapping biomechanical contortions, the “seven cardinal movements” (including descending, rotating and aligning) to get itself born, even with its very malleable head. In earlier times, obstructed labor — when the baby’s head was simply too large for the mother’s pelvis — typically resulted in the death of both mother and baby. This occurred in about one percent of births,
so that a woman having 10 pregnancies — not unusual back then — had a one in 10 lifetime chance of dying in childbirth. Today, obstructed labor can be avoided with Caesarean section births, which avoid the pelvis altogether. However, C-section rates — about one in three in the US — are far in excess of what would be expected for clinical reasons alone, and are often influenced by convenience, economics, racism and over-medicalization. Washburn’s obstetrical dilemma hypothesis was generally accepted until about 20 years ago, but his purported link between fetal head size, width of the pelvic opening and a woman’s lesser ability to walk and run is now treated more skeptically. For instance: A 2007 study showed that contemporary Stone Age society female foragers living in Southern Africa who had “high levels of terrestrial mobility” (they walked a lot!) typically had large pelvic openings. Maybe bipedalism wasn’t the culprit? More recently, a Harvard University lab study on men and women concluded that “pelvic width does not predict … locomotor cost in either women or men [who] are equally efficient at both walking and running.” While the obstetrical dilemma hypothesis argues that birth occurs early in humans (compared to other primates) so that large-headed babies can squeeze through female pelvises, a competing “energetics of gestation and growth” hypothesis maintains that babies are born at the optimum gestation length (266 days from conception). This is when it’s more efficient for a mother to nurture the baby with breast milk than with nutrients via the placenta. Bottom line: The fact that there are more than 8 billion of us says that a woman’s clunky birth process works on a population level, if not always on an individual level. l Barry Evans (he/him, barryevans9@ yahoo.com) learned, while researching this topic, that the most common way anthropologists identify biological sex in ancient human skeletons is by the size of the pelvic opening.
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LEGAL NOTICES FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME The business is conducted by an STATEMENT 26-00501 individual. The following person is doing Busi- The date registrant commenced to ness as transact business under the fictitious Rowan Oak Training Haus business name or name listed above Humboldt on 8/27/2026. 239 G St I declare that all information in this Eureka, CA 95501 statement is true and correct. Kyle Strickland A registrant who declares as true any 239 G St material matter pursuant to Section Eureka, 95501of the document 17913 of the Business and Professions Build to CA edge Margins are just a safe area PUBLIC NOTICE CITY OF FORTUNA NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Fortuna will hold a public hearing on October 5, 2026, at 6:00 p.m. at Fortuna City Hall, Council Chambers, 621 11th Street, Fortuna, California, for the purpose of receiving public comment and testimony regarding UNMET TRANSIT NEEDS in the City of Fortuna. The purpose of this public hearing is to solicit input regarding unmet transit needs in the City of Fortuna. The Humboldt County Association of Governments’ Social Services Transportation Advisory Council (SSTAC) then evaluates the public comments and other input received. If the SSTAC determines that an identified need meets the applicable criteria, HCAOG must allocate funding to address that unmet transit need before allocating eligible funds to other local non-transit projects, such as street and road projects. If no unmet transit needs meet the criteria, agencies may use excess funds for allowable non-transit purposes. All interested persons are invited to appear at this time and place specified above to give oral or written testimony in regard to this matter. Written comments may be forwarded to the City Clerk at 621 11th Street, Fortuna, California, 95540. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at (707) 725-7600. Notification 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to this meeting (28 CFR 35.102 - 35.104 ADA Title II). Buffy Gray, Deputy City Clerk September 15, 2026 Build to edge of the document Margins are just a safe area
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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 Kyle Strickland, Owner This August 27, 2026 by SC, Deputy Clerk 9/3, 9/10, 9/17, 9/24 (26-353)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 26-00490 The following person is doing Business as The Garden of Beadin’ Humboldt 788 Redwood Dr Garberville, CA 95542 PO Box 1535 Redway, CA 95560 Angela N Zane 788 Redwood Dr Garberville, CA 95542 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 Build to edge of the document Margins are just a safe area
punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000). /s Angelia Zane, Owner This August 20, 2026 by JR, Deputy Clerk 9/3, 9/10, 9/17, 9/24 (26-354)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 26-00438 The following person is doing Business as Analog Pursuit Humboldt 3311 Glen Street Eureka, CA 95503 Analog Pursuit, LLC CA 20260324681 3311 Glen Street 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 Brian Carter, Owner/Member
This July 24, 2026 by JR, Deputy Clerk 9/3, 9/10, 9/17, 9/24 (26-355)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 26-00506 The following person is doing Business as Alysia Hays, LCSW Humboldt 801 Crescent Way Suite 3 Arcata, CA 95521 Alysia M Hays 801 Crescent Way Suite 3 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 9/3/2021. 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 Alysia Hays, Owner This September 2, 2026 by JR, Deputy Clerk 9/10, 9/17, 9/24, 10/1 (26-369)
UNMET TRANSIT NEEDS PUBLIC HEARING AND MEETINGS The Humboldt County Association of Governments (HCAOG) will conduct a public hearing to satisfy requirements for Transportation Development Act funding and solicit transit needs input for Humboldt County. HCAOG member agencies will also hold public meetings for the same purpose. Meetings may be attended in-person at City Halls / Board Rooms or by teleconference. Please see web sites for meeting details. City of Blue Lake
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HUMBOLDT COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
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EMPLOYEE MEDICAL, DENTAL AND VISION INSURANCE BENEFITS RFP NO.: 2027-001
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City of Rio Dell
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City of Arcata
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Hearing Location: Council Chambers, Eureka City Hall, 531 K Street Eureka, CA 95501 hcaog.net
Issue Date: September 24, 2026 Proposal Due Date and Time: October 16, 2026, at 4 pm Proposed Effective Date: July 1, 2027 I. NOTICE INVITING PROPOSALS The Humboldt County Office of Education (“HCOE” or “County Office”) is soliciting proposals from qualified insurance carriers, benefit providers, brokers, consultants, administrators, and other qualified entities to provide competitive proposals for employee medical, dental, and vision insurance benefits. HCOE is seeking proposals that provide high-quality health and welfare benefits for eligible employees and their covered dependents at competitive and sustainable rates. HCOE may consider proposals for the replacement, continuation, redesign, or modification of its existing benefit programs, attached hereto, including proposals that provide comparable or improved benefits, expanded provider access, cost savings, administrative efficiencies, and other advantages to HCOE and its eligible employees. HCOE reserves the right to accept or reject any or all proposals, waive immaterial irregularities, request additional information or clarification from any proposer, negotiate with one or more proposers, and award all or any portion of the services described in this RFP in the manner HCOE determines to be in its best interests. Bidders can download the bid forms here: hcoe.org/bids/ Sincerely, Michael Davies-Hughes Superintendent of Schools
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 26-00367 The following person is doing Business as Jobu Shin Kan Humboldt 521 4th Street Eureka, CA 95501 2248 Emerald Ct Eureka, CA 95501 Jon W Sylvia 521 4th St 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 Oct 2003. 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 Jon W Sylvia, Owner This August 7, 2026 by JR, Deputy Clerk 9/10, 9/17, 9/24, 10/1 (26-361)
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 26-00499 The following person is doing Business as Radiance Living, LLC Humboldt 325 2nd Street Eureka, CA 95501 Suite 302 Radiance Living LLC CA B20260297747 325 2nd Street Eureka, CA 95501 Natasha Samuelsen The business is conducted by a limited liabilty 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 Natasha Samuelsen, Executive Director This August 26, 2026 by JR, Deputy Clerk
PUBLISHED NOTICE OF SEIZURE AND JUDICIAL FORFEITURE On July 20th, 2026, the Humboldt County Drug Task Force seized property for forfeiture from Red Rock Road in Benbow, 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: $176,362.79 in U.S. Currency and gold, silver, jewelry and luxury handbags. Control Number 26- F-14 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. 9/10, 9/17, 9/24 (26-358)
PUBLISHED NOTICE OF SEIZURE AND NON-JUDICIAL FORFEITURE On July 20th, 2026, the Humboldt County Drug Task Force seized property for forfeiture from Red Rock Road in Benbow, 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: $176,362.79 in U.S. Currency and gold, silver, jewelry and luxury handbags. Control Number 26- F-14 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. 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. 9/10, 9/17, 9/24 (26-359)
PUBLISHED NOTICE OF SEIZURE AND NON-JUDICIAL FORFEITURE On June 8th, 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 Melville Road in Garberville, California. The seized property is described as: $2,899.00 in US currency. Control Number 26-F-08 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. 9/10, 9/17, 9/24 (26-360)
PUBLISHED NOTICE OF SEIZURE AND NON-JUDICIAL FORFEITURE On June 9th, 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 Simmons Road in Eureka, California. The seized property is described as: $11,035.55 in US currency. Control Number 26-F-11 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. 9/10, 9/17, 9/24 (26-361)
PUBLISHED NOTICE OF SEIZURE AND NON-JUDICIAL FORFEITURE On July 14th, 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 3rd Street in Eureka, California. The seized property is described as: $3,509 in US currency and four silver coins. Control Number 26-F-12 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. 9/10, 9/17, 9/24 (26-362)
PUBLISHED NOTICE OF SEIZURE AND NON-JUDICIAL FORFEITURE On April 20th, 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 Allard Avenue in Eureka, California. The seized property is described as: $2,303 in US currency. Control Number 26-F-13 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. 9/10, 9/17, 9/24 (26-363)
PUBLISHED NOTICE OF SEIZURE AND NON-JUDICIAL FORFEITURE On July 15th, 2026, Agents from the Humboldt County Drug Task Force seized property for forfeiture in connection with controlled substance violations, to wit, Section 11359 of the Health and Safety Code of California from Wallan Drive in Garberville, California. The seized property is described as: $14,528.10 in US currency. Control Number 26-F-17 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. 9/10, 9/17, 9/24 (26-364)
PUBLISHED NOTICE OF SEIZURE AND NON-JUDICIAL FORFEITURE On July 29th, 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 Locust Street in Garberville, California. The seized property is described as: $35,299.00 in US currency and gold and silver coins. Control Number 26-F-15 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. 9/10, 9/17, 9/24 (26-365)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 26-00450 The following person is doing Business as Mainmail LLC Humboldt 781 Riverside Park Rd Carlotta, CA 95528 PO Box 251 Carlotta, CA 95528 Mainmail LLC DE 5628047 8th Green Ste B Dover, DE 19901 aan individual. 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 7/30/26. 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 Michael Perrone, Managing Member This July 30, 2026 by JC, Deputy Clerk 9/10, 9/17, 9/24, 10/1 (26-370)
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 26-00474 The following person is doing Business as Professional Cleaning Humboldt 3525 Kilgore St Eureka, CA 95503 SLP Assets LLC CA 201520810141 3525 Kilgore St Eureka, CA 95503 The business is conducted by a limited liabilty company. The date registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name listed above on 5/1/2016. 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 Sandra Price, Managing Member This August 10, 2026 by JC, Deputy Clerk 9/17, 9/24, 10/1, 10/8 (26-372)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 26-00481 The following person is doing Business as Costa Distributors Humboldt 2905 Hubbard Lane, Suite A Eureka, CA 95501 R.L. Roberts Inc CA 2478235 2905 Hubbard Lane, Suite A Eureka, CA 95501 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 Lisabeth Kristin Roberts, Chief Financial Officer This August 11, 2026 by JR, Deputy Clerk 9/17, 9/24, 10/1, 10/8 (26-373)
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Nona Lyubenova Mineva-Demireva CASE NO. CV2601905 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF HUMBOLDT 825 FIFTH ST.
EUREKA, CA. 95501 PETITION OF: Nona Lyubenova Mineva-Demireva for a decree changing names as follows: Present name Nona Lyubenova Mineva-Demireva to Proposed Name-Demireva 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: November 2, 2026 Time: 8:30 am, Dept. 8 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: September 2, 2026 Filed: September 2, 2026 /s/ Timothy A. Canning Judge of the Superior Court 9/17, 9/24, 10/1, 10/8 (26-374)
MENDES MINI STORAGE ADVERTISEMENT OF SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned intends to sell the personal property describe below to enforce a lien imposed on said property pursuant to Sections 21700-21716 of the Business and Professions Code, Section 2328 of the UCC, section 535 of the Penal Code and provisions of the Civil Code. The undersigned will sell at public sale by competitive bidding on the 3rd day of October 2026, at 10:00 am, on the premises where said property has been stored and which are located at Mendes Mini Storage, 1133 Riverwalk Drive, Fortuna, California, County of Humboldt, State of California, the following: Unit 266 Virginia Smith Unit 359 Cheyeenne Moreno Unit 507 Sunny Palacios Purchases must be paid for at the time of purchase in cash only. All purchased items sold as is, where is and must be removed at time of sale. Sale subject to cancellation in the event of settlement between owner and obligated party. Dated. September 17, 2026 September 24, 2026 Mendes Mini Storage 1133 Riverwalk Dr. Fortuna, California 95540 707-725-1300 9/17, 9/24 (26-375)
NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF JOHN ROBERTS DAVIS, JR. CASE NO. PR2600241 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors and persons
who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of JOHN ROBERTS DAVIS, JR. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Petitioner HUMBOLDT COUNTY PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR In the Superior Court of California, County of Humboldt. The petition for probate requests that HUMBOLDT COUNTY PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR 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 October 15, 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: Natalie Duke, Acting Assist. County Counsel, SBN 269315
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 26-00510 The following person is doing Business as This ‘N’ That Upholstery County of Humboldt 1302 Union Street Eureka, CA 95501 Growth Chart Solutions LLC California 202109110566 966 Hayes Rd. 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 08/18/2026 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 Natalie Parchman, Managing Member This September 3, 2026 JUAN P. CERVANTES by JR, Humboldt County Clerk 9/24, 10/1, 10/8, 10/15/2026 (26-382)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 26-00518 The following person is doing Business as Suz’s Sweets County of Humboldt 3680 Dows Prairie McKinleyville, CA 95519 Suzanne L Gonzaga 3680 Dows Prairie 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 9/11/26 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 Suzanne Gonzaga, Owner This September 11, 2026 JUAN P. CERVANTES by jc, Humboldt County Clerk 9/24, 10/1, 10/8, 10/15/2026 (26-378)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 26-00514 The following person is doing Business as Startline Agility Training County of Humboldt 3615 Old Arcata Road Bayside, CA 95524 Marlene E Jurkovich 3615 Old Arcata Road Bayside, CA 95524 The business is conducted by an Individual
The date registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name listed above on 12/09/2011 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 Marlene E Jurkovich, Owner This September 9, 2026 JUAN P. CERVANTES by sc, Humboldt County Clerk 9/24, 10/1, 10/8, 10/15/2026 (26-380)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 26-00486 The following person is doing Business as Sohum Nursery County of Humboldt 3551 Redwood Dr Redway, CA 95560 Sohum Farms LLC CA B20250316758 1575 Sprowel Creek Garberville, CA 95542 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 Not Applicable 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 Jesse Jeffries, Owner/Manager This August 19, 2026 JUAN P. CERVANTES by JR, Humboldt County Clerk 9/24, 10/1, 10/8, 10/15/2026 (26-377)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 26-00495 The following person is doing Business as Live Loud Design & Marketing County of Humboldt 1903 O St Eureka, CA 95501 Casey A Vaughn 1903 O St 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 12/09/2011 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 Casey Vaughn, Owner This August 21, 2026 JUAN P. CERVANTES by JR, Humboldt County Clerk
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Hoopa Valley Public Utilities District (HVPUD) HVPUD runs a multi-faceted operation spanning telecom (fiber and wireless), water infrastructure, and alternative energy. We’re seeking an experienced Construction Manager to oversee construction and related activities across our divisions, a self-starter who understands the technical nuances of construction regulations and can communicate effectively with staff and leadership alike. This is a full-time, permanent position. SALARY: $80,000 - $125,000/year + benefits REQUIREMENTS: • Min. 7 years construction experience, specifically in telecom, with real field construction experience • Min. 5 years construction supervisory experience • Min. 5 years telecommunications industry experience (fiber construction and network infrastructure) • Construction Management training/certification with field experience • Strong understanding of OSHA requirements and construction regulations (GO95, etc.) • Previous experience with traffic control/flaggers in California • Valid driver’s license meeting Tribal Insurable Requirements This position is subject to the Tribe’s Alcohol and Drug Policy, including pre-employment, random, post-accident, reasonable cause, and reentry testing. TO APPLY: For the full position description and application instructions, please contact the HR Director, Natalie Scott, at (530) 625-9200 ext.15 or by email at natalie@hoopainsurance.com.
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Humboldt Herbals is seeking a knowledgeable, friendly, and self-motivated Community Herbalist. Applicants must have completed a formal herbal education program and possess excellent customer service skills. Retail and computer experience preferred. Schedule: Shifts will be Saturdays and Sundays, with additional shifts as needed. To apply, email, mail, or deliver your resume, references, letter of interest, and weekly availability. Email: emailus@humboldtherbals.com. Address: 300 2nd Street, Eureka, CA 95501. Phone: 707-442-3541.
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HUMBOLDT PLAZA APTS. Opening soon available for HUD Sec. 8 Waiting Lists for 2, 3 & 4 bedroom Apts. Annual Income Limits: 1 pers. $32,900, 2 pers. $37,600; 3 pers. $42,300; 4 pers. $46,950; 5 pers. $50,750; 6 pers. $54,500; 7 pers. $58,250; 8 pers. $62,000 Hearing impaired: TDD Ph# 1-800-735-2922 Apply at Office: 2575 Alliance Rd. Bldg. 9 Arcata, 8am-12pm & 1-4pm, M-F (707) 822-4104 GOT AN UNWANTED CAR??? DONATE IT TO PATRIOTIC HEARTS. Fast free pick up. Patriotic Hearts’ programs help veterans find work or start their own business. Call 24/7: 1-877-318-7973 REPAIRING OR REPLACING APPLIANCES AND HOME SYSTEMS LIKE HEATING AND COOLING CAN BE COSTLY. A home warranty plan can help. Start saving and get 30% off any plan today. Workmanship Guarantee included. Terms apply. Call Cinch Home Services 1-844-415-1477
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707.834.7979
Tucked away at the end of a quiet cul-de-sac, this charming 3-bedroom, 2-bath home offers an open floor plan with vaulted ceilings, an updated kitchen featuring stone countertops and stainless steel appliances, and a cozy wood stove. Set on 0.64 private acres bordering majestic redwoods, you’ll enjoy a peaceful woodland setting with an attached two-car garage, ample parking, and room for an RV or boat. A rare combination of comfort, privacy, and convenience.
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Tyla Miller
Enjoy country living on 63+ acres along the Mad River, just minutes from Ruth Lake. This immaculate custom home features an updated kitchen, radiantheated bathroom floors, ample storage, a walk-in closet, wraparound decks, and a patio with fire pit. Additional highlights include a bonus sleeping/office area, woodstove, Starlink, deeded water, and a permitted well. The property also offers a separately metered 24x32 shop/garage, permitted 24x70 ag building, and storage shed. NEW LIS
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$625,000
This unique investment opportunity features 58 storage units strategically located across eight distinct parcels. Renowned for its charming architecture and rich history, the majority of Scotia’s housing does not offer garages making storage units a staple need for community members. While the property presents great income potential, it does require some deferred maintenance. Addressing these maintenance issues could enhance the overall appeal and functionality of the storage units, ultimately increasing profitability and equity. REDUCE
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Prime industrial opportunity in Eureka, just one block from Highway 101 and two blocks from Old Town. Highly visible location near the bay offers excellent access and flexibility for commercial or industrial uses. Two adjoining parcels may be combined, potentially allowing application for multiple cannabis license types, subject to approvals.
Build your dream home on this 0.13acre lot at the end of a quiet deadend street in McKinleyville. Enjoy southern exposure with open southfacing views, plus utilities available at the street. Conveniently located minutes from Highway 101 and just five minutes from the airport, this parcel offers privacy, accessibility, and excellent potential.
$199,000
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707.672.2862
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6827 LINDA ROAD, EUREKA
This 3 bedroom, 2.5 bathroom split-level home set on 2.5 bucolic acres delivers architectural sophistication and is a rhododendron lover’s dream. Enjoy vaulted ceilings, open railings, a central stone hearth with double fireplaces, floor to ceiling windows that lead to the expansive deck, and an oversized garage that is ideal for hobbyists.
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Shannon McKinnon
Enjoy comfort, recreation, and opportunity on this exceptional 2.79acre Trinity River property in Willow Creek with rare private driving access to the river. Built in 2017, the nearly new manufactured home is complemented by a 1,456-squarefoot detached shop. Community water, dual power drops, and four RV hookups offer outstanding flexibility for guests or recreation. Mature grapevines and a producing apple tree enhance the setting, all just minutes from downtown Willow Creek and Kimtu Beach.
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707.362.6504
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$549,000
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Barbara Davenport 707.498.6364
Tucked among the redwoods on a private 2.5-acre lot, this custom twostory home built by Ray Wolf offers four bedrooms and 2.5 bathrooms. Vaulted ceilings enhance the spacious interior, while the main-level primary suite features an oversized closet and private bath. Enjoy an attached three-car garage, expansive concrete patio, and hot tub. With easy access to the Arcata-Mad River trail system, outdoor recreation is nearby, all while remaining just minutes from downtown Arcata and Cal Poly Humboldt.
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