North Coast Journal 09-26-2024 Edition

By

Mark Larson and Jennifer Fumiko Cahill

Sunny Brae Porch Fest

ON OCTOBER 12!

Porch Fest, a nationwide event that began in New York in 2007, is all about enjoying diverse music in a walkable community setting. This year’s Humboldt Porch Fest features 50 performers across a variety of genres, including folk, hip-hop (courtesy of Hip Hop Humboldt), jam bands, experimental, and rock.

grab some local goodies before heading out for

Wander from porch to porch, yard to yard, as the Sunny Brae neighborhood comes alive with music. Everything is outdoors—no need to enter any homes— and you’ll know who’s participating by the yard signs. Maps will be available at each location and online at playhousearts.org/porchfest, helping you plan your day and catch your favorite performers.

Neroli, the event organizer and former Murphy’s Markets cashier, says, “Sunny Brae is the perfect neighborhood for this—it’s all about community.” And what better way to enjoy the day than with a stop at the heart of the neighborhood, Murphy’s Markets, where you can grab some local goodies before heading out for more tunes!

This is a walking and biking-friendly event, so park nearby and explore the area at your own pace. Let’s build community through music—see you there!

PUBLISHER

Melissa Sanderson melissa@northcoastjournal.com

NEWS EDITOR

Thadeus Greenson thad@northcoastjournal.com

ARTS & FEATURES EDITOR

Jennifer Fumiko Cahill jennifer@northcoastjournal.com

DIGITAL EDITOR

Kimberly Wear kim@northcoastjournal.com

CALENDAR EDITOR

Kali Cozyris calendar@northcoastjournal.com

CALIFORNIA LOCAL NEWS FELLOW

Kelby McIntosh kelby@northcoastjournal.com

Anne To anne@northcoastjournal.com

CONTRIBUTING WRITERS

John J. Bennett, Simona Carini, Wendy Chan, Barry Evans, Mike Kelly, Collin Yeo

PRODUCTION MANAGER

Holly Harvey holly@northcoastjournal.com

GRAPHIC DESIGN/PRODUCTION

Heidi Bazán Beltrán, Dave Brown, Rory Hubbard ncjads@northcoastjournal.com

SENIOR ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVE

Bryan Walker bryan@northcoastjournal.com

ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVE

Asia Benoit asia@northcoastjournal.com

Rene Kindinger rene@northcoastjournal.com

Heather Luther heather@northcoastjournal.com

CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING

Mark Boyd classified@northcoastjournal.com

BOOKKEEPER

Deborah Henry billing@northcoastjournal.com

OFFICE MANAGER/DISTRIBUTION

Michelle Dickinson michelle@northcoastjournal.com

www.northcoastjournal.com

Press Releases newsroom@northcoastjournal.com

Letters to the Editor letters@northcoastjournal.com

Events/A&E calendar@northcoastjournal.com

Music music@northcoastjournal.com

Classified/Workshops classified@northcoastjournal.com

341 West Harris St., Eureka 707 445-3138 poletskis.com

Soon…

Autumn’s sneak preview

In cloudy skies And chill showers. In layers of browning foliage

Trimming redwood branches.

Hints of yellow

Peeking out on maple leaves.

A mob of wild turkeys

Blocking the road

By golden meadows.

In the long evening shadows

When late sun breaks through.

The aroma of rain

And dried grasses.

Fall is in the air.

City Schools’ vacant Jacobs site into a ordable housing, I asked, “Who could possibly be opposed to the measure?” She said that the California Highway Patrol wanted to put its new Humboldt headquarters there instead. No mention of the involvement of Rob Arkley’s Security National as the main instigator and founder of this misleading campaign. No mention that the measure would torpedo an Old Town a ordable housing/transit hub plan already in the works and put Eureka at odds with state law mandating a ordable housing.

I am one of the “nearly 3,000 voters” that Security National’s minions fooled into helping put this measure on the ballot. Sorry about that. Don’t be fooled. Vote no on Measure F.

Mitch Kerman, Eureka

‘No on O’

Editor:

Measure O proposes to raise the sales tax by 1 percent countywide. Eureka has a 9.25-percent sales tax, and Arcata is poised to follow. If approved, our sales tax would be 10.25 percent, on par with the highest in the U.S.

Measure Z (the 2014 half-cent increase) was promised as a solution to budget shortfalls and to increase funding for “roads and public safety.” Z-funding for roads is a small percentage of the total and has dropped every year. The county chooses to fund hotel rooms for the homeless instead.

Measure O adds $24 million annually to the county budget, with no limits on how the money will be spent. If approved, there is no incentive to cut costs and use current funds e ciently.

• Servicing Humboldt County for over 40 years

• Largest in stock new & used inventory

• Competitive price guarantee

• Delivery and Service after the sale

‘A Tyrant’

Just Flip It

Editor:

— Dottie Simmons

Editor:

Free speech is an inalienable human right that is essential for human dignity, and is protected by the First Amendment because our rights disintegrate without free speech.

I read that Security National Properties Holding Company, LLC (SNPH), has donated over $1 million into the “Yes on F” campaign and Eureka residents have now received two fliers from SNPH addressing the issue of alleged cheaters.

Although these fliers overtly address the cheaters, their purpose is clearly also to encourage more individuals to vote yes on Measure F.

Likely, the “No on F” campaign has far fewer dollars to support its cause, so I have a suggestion on how you can show your support for the “No” cause at no cost to you or them.

Censorship is a government tool used to silence critics and to control and manipulate its population. It is a form of political violence. Tyrants use censorship.

Increasing taxes on the hard-working, tax-paying residents of an economically depressed county is not the solution to current mismanagement and reckless spending. Vote no on O!

Deborah Lynne, Eureka

Correction

A story headlined “‘Bringing Balance Back’” in the Sept. 19, 2024, edition of the North Coast Journal inaccurately stated the reason California Coastal Commissioner and Third District Humboldt County Supervisor Mike Wilson recused himself from a discussion and vote on an application for modifications to a permit for the Wiyot Tribe’s work to restore ceremonial structures on Tuluwat Island. Wilson recused himself because he formerly worked as a manager for the project’s environmental review phase. The Journal regrets the error.

Write a Letter!

“LARGEST BRAND SELECTION IN THE COUNTY”

Take the second yellow mailer and place it in your front window upside down with the “cheaters” side facing out. This can serve as a signal to passersby that you support a “No” vote while avoiding the risk of sign defacement or theft.

I should add, I am not associated with the no campaign.

Sherman Schapiro, Eureka

‘Fooled’

Editor:

Who doesn’t believe in the need for more a ordable housing? So, when a young, personable woman knocked on my door many months ago asking me to sign a petition to convert Eureka

The Biden-Harris White House began pressuring media outlets to censor speech they didn’t like, starting in their first week in o ce. They targeted critics of government policy, experts with important information, and ordinary citizens sharing their personal experiences and observations. This censorship harmed countless individuals and society as a whole. Neither Biden nor Harris has apologized or renounced this egregious violation. Trump has been lambasted for his “dictator for a day” quip, but Harris has demonstrated that if elected, she would be a tyrant every day.

Amy Gustin, Ettersburg

‘Inexplicable’

Editor:

The teamsters’ failure to endorse the Democratic presidential candidate for the first time in memory seems inexplicable given the audio of the Republican candidate and Elon Musk laughing about Musk saying he’ll fire any striking workers and the Republican candidate giggling and agreeing. I will give the same consideration to teamsters if they are striking. I would not cross any other unions picket lines, though.

John Dillon, Eureka

Please make your letter no more than 300 words and include your full name, place of residence and phone number (we won’t print your number). Send it to letters@northcoastjournal.com. The weekly deadline to be considered for the upcoming edition is 10 a.m. Monday.

Write an Election Letter!

The Journal will accept letters endorsing specific candidates or measures in the Nov. 5 election until 10 a.m. Oct. 11. Election letters must be no longer than 150 words and must otherwise follow the guidelines outlined above. ●

Fire in the

in which the 6-year-old

HumCo Fair Sees Two Horse Racing Fatalities, Sparking Concerns

By Thadeus Greenson thad@northcoastjournal.com

Two racehorses were euthanized after being injured in races at the Humboldt County Fair this year, making it one of the deadliest on record in the race meet’s 128-year history.

The California Horse Racing Board (CHRB) has described the horses’ deaths as “preventable,” raising concerns both about the safety of a sport that has caused 60 horse fatalities statewide so far this year and the track at the Humboldt County Fairgrounds, which has reportedly seen more than its fair share. For context, the fair’s meets have recorded 24 horse deaths since 1994 and the track’s fatality rate is 5.5 percent higher than the national average, according to CHRB.

Arctic Fire, a 6-year-old mare owned by Sue Gilmour, trained by Jim Gilmour and ridden by Cristobal Herrera, was euthanized after sustaining a musculoskeletal injury in the fourth race on the fair meet’s opening day, Aug. 23. Then the CHRB reported less than two weeks later that Visual Display, a 12-year-old quarter horse owned and trained by Juan Hernandez, and ridden by Vladimir Jensen, had been euthanized after su ering the same injury during a race Sept. 1. According to reports, both animals were put down in accordance with veterinarians’ recommendations.

The fatalities were first reported by Humboldtsports.com.

Visual Display’s death has drawn criticism from animal rights activists and regulators

due to the horse’s age, and the fact it was racing for the second time in eight days amid a comeback after seven years away from the sport.

The California Horse Racing Board spokesperson Mike Marten told Lauren Schmitt at KMUD News that the board learns by experience and works to problems it identifies.

“It’s clear that older horses like Visual Display shouldn’t be racing,” Marten said, adding that the CHRB is now considering implementing an age limit for horses eligible to race at county fairs, which will likely be set between 8 and 10 years old.

Marten was a bit more measured in comments emailed to the Journal, saying the age limit is a “suggestion” by the board’s equine medical director, Je Blea, but it will ultimately be up to the board commissioners to “determine the best course of action.”

Marten said CHRB investigates all equine fatalities that occur within its jurisdiction, typically sending investigators and veterinary personnel to “meet with those involved with the horse, such as the trainer, owner, practicing veterinarian.”

“Our goal is for everyone to understand exactly what occurred and for those caring for the horse to be aware of the factors that can lead to tragedy,” Marten said. “There is no timetable for the conclusion of such investigations.”

Arctic Fire’s death has also raised some

Continued on next page »

Arctic

race

mare su ered an injury at the Humboldt County Fair that led to her being euthanized. Screenshot of video by Kill Racing Not Horses

Our local news podcast with the most interesting stories surrounding us... Fast.

questions about whether track conditions were safe on the fair meet’s opening day, which would record a record 1.19 inches of rainfall, according to the National Weather Service, though most of it came after the day’s races were finished. Because data has shown wet tracks can be unsafe for horses to race on, the CHRB has an inclement weather policy that requires track superintendents to collect precipitation data regularly and ensure safe racing conditions. It’s not clear exactly what the weather was at the time Arctic Fire took the starting gates for the day’s fourth race, though it’s apparent from video of the event some precipitation had already fallen and the weather tracking website Weatherunderground.com indicates rain began falling that day around 3 p.m., about 15 minutes before the fair’s first scheduled post time of the day.

Marten said CHRB believes the Humboldt County Fair “fully complied” with the board’s inclement weather policy.

Rio Dell Launches Neuter and Spay Voucher Program

By Anne To anne@northcoastjournal.com

Getting pets spayed and neutered just got a lot cheaper for Rio Dell residents, with the city partnering with a new local clinic to start a new program.

it fixed.’ We do have a couple other nonprofits that offer vouchers, but I think it’s very, very important and more accessible to the community, if it’s run by the city.”

humalt.com humboldtlastweek.com

Email Us Here:

press releases & news tips: newsroom@ northcoastjournal.com letters to the editor: letters@ northcoastjournal.com events/a&e: calendar@ northcoastjournal.com music: music@northcoastjournal.com advertising: display@ northcoastjournal.com classified/workshops: classified@ northcoastjournal.com distribution: distribution@ northcoastjournal.com

Humboldt County Fair CEO Moira Kenny told the Journal via email that the fair was sad to report the two fatalities, and said both deaths are pending further investigation by the CHRB.

In a social media post about Arctic Fire’s death, the advocacy group Kill Racing Not Horses posted to social media that the mare was the 52nd horse reported to have died in California races to date this year, noting the horse had raced 14 times in two years in three states, calling the death “another tragic example of the trafficking and deaths of horses for mere gambling.”

“No legitimate sport would tolerate the deaths of 52 of its athletes in 32 weeks of competition in one state,” the post says.

Marten said CHRB Chair Gregory Ferraro “has expressed grave concern over the unusually high rate of equine fatalities at Northern California Fairs.”

“The suggestion by Dr. Blea is one example of a way to address the problem,” Marten continued. “Other possible solutions could be forthcoming.”

The Humboldt County Fair Association’s next scheduled meeting is Sept. 30.

Editor’s note: In the interest of full disclosure, it should be noted The Enterprise’s parent company, North Coast Journal Inc., has a marketing contract with the Humboldt County Fair Association, though The Enterprise’s editorial team works independently and neither the association nor North Coast Journal Inc.’s marketing team have any input into editorial content.

l

Thadeus Greenson (he/him) is the Journal’s news editor. Reach him at (707) 442-1400, extension 321, or thad@ northcoastjournal.com.

Residents of Rio Dell can now go to the city’s resource center to receive vouchers based on their income and pet’s needs.

Humboldt Humane and Critters without Litters is a new clinic that opened in June, making it the only neuter and spay clinic in the county besides Humboldt Spay/Neuter Network (HSNN) in Myrtletown. Located on Fernbridge Drive in Fortuna, Humboldt Humane and Critters Without Litters offers Eel River Valley residents a closer option.

“The transportation from Rio Dell to Myrtletown twice a day is very, very prohibitive for some people,” Rio Dell City Councilmember Amanda Carter says. “So having a clinic that’s a little bit closer means that people can get there easier without spending all the time and the money on the gas.”

Spaying or neutering dogs and cats can be expensive. Jennifer Raymond, founder of Humboldt Humane and Critters Without Litters, says it costs around $350 at most local vet clinics to spay a female cat. In comparison, at Critters without Litters, it costs $120.

Still, not everyone can afford to pay for the procedure.

“I live in a very economically impoverished area, and cost and transportation are both pretty prohibitive when it comes to spaying and neutering your pets,” Carter says. “I run into a lot of people who say, ‘Oh, I’ve got this cat that needs to get fixed, but he keeps getting out, and I can’t afford to get

The city is now joining an effort to reduce the growing stray animal population occurring nationwide. An estimated 6.8 million cats and dogs entered rescues and shelters across the states in 2023, according to Shelters Animal Count.

Raymond says there is a growing problem with strays in Humboldt County.

“It has skyrocketed in the last two to three years,” she says. “The number of calls that we’re getting, the number of kittens. In fact, if you call any of the rescues in Humboldt County and ask about kittens, all of them are full right now.”

Trudy Terres, executive director of HSNN, says she has also seen an increase in strays locally.

“There is definitely a huge issue with stray and feral pets in Humboldt County,” Terres says. “Many factors have contributed to this ongoing issue that we have experienced first-hand at HSNN, including access to services in rural areas, lack of education on responsible pet ownership and financial barriers, to name a few.”

While the number of animals entering the Humboldt County Animal Shelter has not increased much over the past three years, rates of owners reclaiming their pets have dropped significantly. From 2021 to 2023, dogs reclaimed by their owners at the Humboldt Animal Shelter have dropped from 56 percent to 43 percent, according to Shelter Manager Andre Hale.

For cats, the number of reclamations

has always been low, consistently falling below 10 percent, Hale says.

However, while the number of reclaimed pets at the shelter has dropped, adoption numbers at Humboldt County Animal Shelter have increased about 15 percent for cats and 17 percent for dogs over the past year.

Raymond says some local farms that used to have guard dogs and cats for pest control have left them behind with the recent economic turmoil.

“Mostly it’s for cats, but there are a number of dogs that do turn up with the cats,” Raymond says. “We generally don’t hear about it until they’ve been breeding for a while, and neighbors notice them coming to their property looking for food. By the time we go in there will be 20 to 40 cats.”

Rio Dell is one of the first cities in the county to launch a program to help residents pay for spaying and neutering their pets.

“I’m hoping other cities and the county follow suit and start their own voucher programs instead of continuing to overcrowd animal shelters,” Carter says. “Access to low-cost spay and neuter services is really the only way to help with overcrowded animal shelters in the long term. My hope, and the hope of the rest of the city council and sta , is that Rio Dell becomes an example of how to achieve a long-term solution.”

The program currently has a budget of $3,500, funded through a portion of animal licensing fees in the city, though Carter says the city is looking to increase funding through grants and donations, as well.

21st Annual

SALES FOR SURVIVORS

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Local businesses donate to BGHP during October in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Month Long Supporters

SALT Fish House – Arcata

Primal Décor Tattoo & Body Piercing Studio

Will donate $5 for every nipple piercing and merchandise purchase.

Pure Water Spas

% of sales benefits BGHP the entire month of October!

Ray’s Food Place & ShopSmart

All locations will be doing Register Roundup to benefit BGHP during the entire month of October.

Starseed Originals

% of sales benefits BGHP the entire month of October! www.starseedoriginals.com

S.T.I.L.

Will donate 100% of their sales of the Booby Bath Bombs.

All Under Heaven

% of sales benefits BGHP for the entire month of October!

Suzy Smith Realtor®, Broker 707-834-5383

Will donate % of sales made when signing a contract to purchase or sell your home in the month of October.

Special Day Events

Blue Lake Fire Department

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26TH

Will hold a breast cancer awareness month bake sale! Proceeds will benefit BGHP!

Scrapper’s Edge

FRIDAY & SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19-20

We will donate 10% of product sales online!

Six Rivers Brewery

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2ND

Pint Night! $1 per pint benefits BGHP! Any pint, all day!

Linden & Company Salon & Spa

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16TH

Make your appointments now! 100% of all services will be donated to BGHP!

Zumbathon at the Adorni Center (Eureka) PARTY IN PINK! SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26TH AT 2PM Exercise in pink to support BGHP and local cancer patients!

ABOUT BGHP

Editor’s note: This story first appeared in The Ferndale Enterprise.

Anne To (she/her) is a California Local News Fellow placed with North Coast Journal, Inc. Reach her at (707) 442-1400, extension 312, or anne@northcoastjournal.com. The California Local News Fellowship is a state-funded initiative to support and strengthen local news reporting. Learn more about it at fellowships.journalism. berkeley.edu/cafellows.

The Breast and GYN Health Project (BGHP), is a local, non-profit support organization for people facing breast or gynecologic cancer concerns. BGHP was founded 28 years ago by local breast cancer survivors who wanted to help others. BGHP provides information, assistance, peer support, and a place for healing and hope. We offer patient navigation, support groups, a lending library, wigs, and more, FREE to all clients. We also educate the public about early detection and cancer resources. Open M-F 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Call to set up an in person appointment. 987 8th Street, Arcata, CA 95521 707-825-8345 www.bghp.org

10% or more of your purchase supports BGHP services when you shop & dine at these businesses on the following days:

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1

The Rocking Horse – Arcata

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2

Six Rivers Brewery – McKinleyville

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4

Arcata Scoop – Arcata

Happy Donuts – Eureka Plaza: Be Inspired – Arcata

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5

Arcata Artisan Gallery – Arcata

Art Center – Arcata

Belle Starr – Eureka

Booklegger – Eureka

Bubbles – Arcata

Caravan of Dreams – Arcata

Claudia’s Organic Herbs

– Arcata Farmer’s Market

Good Relations – Eureka

Heart Bead – Arcata

Holly Yashi – Arcata

Humboldt Herbals–- Eureka

Land of Lovely – Eureka

Northtown Books – Arcata

Peaches & Pearls – Arcata

Sisters Clothing Collective – Eureka

Spring Hill Farmstead Goat Cheese

– Arcata Farmer’s Market

The Greene Lily – Eureka

The Humboldt Mercantile – Eureka

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 6

K.Co Interiors – Eureka

MONDAY, OCTOBER 7

Skin By What’s Her Face Day Spa – Arcata

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8

Adventure’s Edge – Arcata & Eureka

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9

Carriage House – Arcata

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10

Signature Coffee Co – Redway

The Big Blue Cafe – Arcata

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11

Headies Pizza & Pour – Trinidad

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12

Miller Farms Nursery – McKinleyvile Rosebud Home Goods – Eureka Yarn– Eureka

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15

Aroma’s Cafe – Eureka

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16

Linden & Company Salon & Spa – Eureka

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18

Lighthouse Grill – Trinidad

Scrapper’s Edge – Eureka

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19

Myrtle Avenue Pet Cente – Eureka Scrapper’s Edge, Website – Online www.scrappersedge.net

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20

Scrapper’s Edge, Website – Online www.scrappersedge.net

MONDAY, OCTOBER 21 Garden of Beadin’– Garberville

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22 Stars Hamburgers – Eureka Fin-N-Feather – Eureka

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23 Slice of Humboldt Pie – Arcata

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24 Ramone’s Cafe & Bakery – All Locations

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26 Zumbathon at the Adorni Center – Eureka at 2PM Blue Lake Fire Department – Bake Sale (Blue Lake)

After a Years-long Spike, Humboldt’s Overdose Deaths Seeing Sharp Drop

Following a nationwide trend, overdose deaths appear to have declined sharply in Humboldt County in the first months of 2024 after increasing sharply in recent years since fentanyl became pervasive.

Surveys compiled by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show a 10.6-percent decline in fatal overdoses nationwide, with some experts predicting the decline will be even larger once data is finalized.

“In the states that have the most rapid data collection systems, we’re seeing declines of 20 percent, 30 percent,” Nabarun Dasgupta, an expert on street drugs at the University of North Carolina, told NPR.

In Humboldt County, which didn’t record its first fentanyl related overdose death until 2016, several years after the highly potent synthetic drug came to define what officials warned was the third wave of a national opioid epidemic in 2013, fentanyl overdose fatalities were down as much as 30 percent through April based on preliminary data, according to Humboldt County Health Officer Candy Stockton.

The county also appears to be seeing fewer opioid overdose-related hospitalizations, as St. Joseph Hospital spokesperson Christian Hill said the emergency room has seen 62 visits so far this year compared to 118 over the same period in 2023.

Stockton said the decrease may seem like a “sudden change” but is actually the product of a decades-long effort on multiple fronts to reduce overdose fatalities. Nonetheless, it represents some rare good news in the effort to prevent drug overdose deaths locally, where rates have historically been some of the highest in the state.

Since it started showing up in the early 2010s, fentanyl quickly began accounting for a majority of the nation’s overdose deaths, because it’s highly potent and cheap, a dangerous combination that saw dealers and manufacturers quickly begin adding it to everything from counterfeit prescriptions to other street drugs. Because it’s 100 times stronger than heroin,

even a tiny amount can cause a deadly reaction. That’s particularly true of users who haven’t built up an opioid tolerance, making it an especially dangerous addition to counterfeit non-opiate prescription pills like benzodiazepines (like Valium and Xanax) and stimulants (like Adderall and Ritalin).

In Humboldt County, none of the 43 overdose deaths reported by the coroner’s office in 2015 tested positive for even a trace of fentanyl. That changed in 2016, when the county found the drug in toxicology results from a single overdose case. The following two years also each saw a single fentanyl-related overdose death in Humboldt. Seemingly overnight, in 2017, that number exploded to 46, quickly making fentanyl the deadliest drug in the county.

Officials warned it was cutting across all demographics — cocaine using partygoers, teens ingesting prescription pills, heroin users and folks who’d developed dependencies on prescription pain pills were all starting to die of overdoses with toxicology reports later coming back positive for fentanyl.

According to the Humboldt County Coroner’s Office, fentanyl accounted for 65 of the county’s 76 overdose deaths in 2022 and 60 of 69 in 2023. But those numbers seemed to fall off sharply at the start of this year, the office reported, with nine fentanyl overdose deaths confirmed through the first three months of 2024. If that trend holds, it would represent a 40-percent decrease over last year, and a 45-percent decrease from 2022.

Stockton cautioned it’s impossible to predict whether the current decline may change over the remainder of the year, also noting that toxicology tests can take up to 10 weeks to confirm, creating an inherent lag between a death and when it is recorded.

“Our data is always at least three months old,” she said.

But there’s reason to believe this is not a fluke, she said.

“From our review of deaths in 2022

and 2023, we know that most deaths are occurring in people who have a history of substance use, and that very few people are dying while they are being prescribed medications to treat substance use disorder,” she said, adding that access to effective medication treatment for substance use disorder has increased. “We also know that naloxone is widely distributed in Humboldt County, and we know of hundreds of reported overdose reversals.”

Naloxone — also commonly referred to by the brand name Narcan — is indeed now much more widely distributed locally than even a year ago, now commonly carried by not only police officers, firefighters and EMTs but also librarians, school staff, some residents and, perhaps most importantly, substance users and their cohorts. Additionally, Stockton pointed out, fentanyl test strips have become much more common, allowing users to know whether the drug is present in whatever they are ingesting.

Ethan Makulec, the executive director of the Humboldt Area Center for Harm Reduction (HACHR), a nonprofit dedicated to improving the health and wellness of people who use drugs, said the numbers also tell a different story.

According to Makulec, HACHR’s internal data indicates an average of 64 overdoses were reversed monthly in 2023 with naloxone among people reached by HACHR’s services, compared with 82 per month in 2024. This would seem to indicate that overdoses are not becoming less frequent, just less deadly with the increased distribution of naloxone. (Makulec said the organization went from distributing about 1,300 doses of naloxone a month in 2023 to more than 1,600 monthly this year.)

“An increase in reported reversals, while demonstrating an increased number of lives saved from overdose, does also indicate an increased risk and frequency of overdose, likely due to the increased risk of overdose from substances like fentanyl occurring in the drug supply, and also caused by the severity of hardships and barriers to care faced by people who use

drugs,” Makulec said.

Makulec also pointed out that it’s harm reduction organizations statewide that have carried the bulk of efforts to distribute naloxone, noting that they are responsible for 59 percent of overdose reversals. In Humboldt County, Makulec said HACHR has distributed 37 percent of the naloxone units, according to the California Department of Public Health, more than any other organization, resulting in 43 percent of the county’s reported overdose reversals.

Makulec says HACHR accepts donations and has volunteer opportunities for folks looking to help out. But he says the organization also appreciates public advocacy on its behalf, noting its harm reduction work in Eureka currently faces “severe restrictions” that limit it service sites and times, preventing it “from providing sufficient resources for the number of people in Eureka who are in need.” (For more information, he invites the public to comment HACHR at admin@hachr707.org.)

Stockton, for her part, also said educational programs on practices that can reduce risk — like using those fentanyl test strips and never using alone — have also made an impact.

“A lot of people are saying this is a ‘sudden change,’ and it is true that seeing this change in outcomes is a sudden change in the numbers,” she said. “The work behind that change has been an ongoing commitment to over a decade of work by medical providers, treatment programs and harm reeducation groups, law enforcement and the criminal justice system, hospitals, schools and community groups that have all worked incredibly hard to implement the changes necessary to save lives in Humboldt County.

“We should be proud of the progress we’ve made,” Stockton continued, “and it’s important that we stay committed to that work, because too many of our friends, family and community members are still dying from overdose.”

—Thadeus Greenson

POSTED 09.24.24

North Country Fair Turns 50

By Mark Larson and Jennifer Fumiko Cahill newsroom@northcoastjournal.com

Under bright, sunny skies, the North Country Fair, an Arcata tradition created by the Same Old People organizers in 1974, featured the All Species Parade on Saturday and the Samba Parade with Samba da Alegria and Samba do Mar on Sunday. This year’s party featured 175 art and craft vendors, interactive toys and playgrounds for children and adults, local food booths and three stages of music and entertainment running continuously both days.

Jerry Martien, director emeritus of the Same Old People, walked around the crowded plaza. He shared the message on the original poster: “We believe the basis of our life and economy is cooperation and mutual aid.” Today’s fair poster by the Same Old People, includes an expanded message that includes social and environmental justice: “We celebrate and advocate for a healthy environment, cooperation and community, a vibrant alternative economy, and justice for every person and all forms of life.” The most visible manifestation of that environmental message today were the fair’s reusable 50th anniversary Klean Canteen cups available for pur-

chase and Zero-Waste volunteers sorting the waste into recycling, composting and trash bins.

“It’s always been very political. It’s about cooperation as opposed to competition,” says Martien. “Even though its original base was a group of community businesses, the idea of having a storefront was one of community service.” The Same Old People — named for the core group of organizers, business owners and activists who kept showing up to plan events and actions — came to the idea for the festival at an unlikely moment, on the heels of losing the fight against splitting Arcata with U.S. Highway 101. Martien says as they gathered in defeat and wondered what to do next, “Probably the looniest person among us said, ‘We should give the town a party!’”

The All Species Parade, now shepherded by the Arcata Playhouse, was originally the province of the Northcoast Environmental Center. Executive Director Caroline Griffith says the parade and the All Species Day Proclamation serve “to remind us that we share this planet, we don’t own it … as a reminder of our space in the scheme of things, that we’re one of many species.”

The organization maintains its presence in the event, participating in last year’s street performance of tearing down the Klamath dams. This year, NEC cleanups provided materials for the giant turtle sculpture built by homeless and housing insecure people at Our Space Arts, run by Playhouse Arts.

Executive/Artistic Director of the Arcata Playhouse Jackie Dandeneau says the All Species Parade is a natural fit for the theater and its programs. “We do outdoor spectacle,” she says, adding the theaters is brimming with giant puppets, fish hats and the like, “and artists on staff that are like, ‘Yeah, let’s go!’”

This year’s Samba Parade was the 38th to rumble and shake its way around the plaza. It grew out of the All Species Parade, in which Sam Camp and other musicians used to play samba music. In 1986, David Peñalosa, Humboldt’s godfather of samba percussion, led a standalone Samba Parade and two years later, Ann Youmans brought a troupe of samba dancers.

Maria Vanderhorst, artistic director of Samba do Mar Humboldt, which co-produced the parade with Samba da Alegria,

says, “The parade has just really grown.” This year, some 68 adult and 25 youth dancers performed to the music of Samba da Alegria’s 44 drummers, singers and musicians. The tribute to Brazilian culture takes enormous planning and preparation. On the dance side alone, planning and costume design began in late May, and weekly classes started in July, ramping up to twice weekly classes as the fair drew closer. Vanderhorst, who danced alongside her 9-year-old daughter this year, says it’s worth the time and effort. In practice as well as the big performance, she says, “We really get to connect to our community.”

“It is still a chance for the community to see itself,” says Martien, who sees mostly discord and danger in the news of late, and people being told to fear their neighbors. The North Country Fair, he says, is for coming together. “It’s a healthy dose of community that we all need.”

See a full slideshow of photos from this year’s 50th North Country Fair at northcoastjournal.com. l

A new generation of young dancers followed in the Samba Parade with Samba da Alegria and Samba do Mar on Sunday.

T A S T E O F M A I N S T R E E T o f f e r s a n e v e n i n g o f f u n a n d f e a t u r e s

t a s t y f o o d a n d d r i n k s f r o m l o c a l r e s t a u r a n t s .

A live percussive beat from Samba da Alegria moved the participants and the crowds at Sunday’s

u a t e M a y a n Y u m Y u m s ,

T a c o T o w n F r u t e r i a , K a p t a i n ’ s Q u a r t e r s , L o s B a g e l s ,

T h e M a d r o n e B r i c k F i r e P i z z a & T a p h o u s e ,

L i v i n g t h e D r e a m I c e C r e a m , T h e G r e e n e L i l y C a f e ,

S w e e t G r e e n s J u i c e B a r , S u r f s i d e B u r g e r S h a c k

G e t y o u r t i c k e t s t o d a y ! C o s t : $ 3 5

P u r c h a s e o n l i n e a t N o r t h C o a s t T i c k e t s . c o m

N o t e : A l l t i c k e t s m u s t b e p i c k e d u p a t t h e E u r e k a W e l c o m e C e n t e r O c t o b e r 1 - 3 S c a n o r T i c k e s

o r i n p e r s o n a t t h e

E u r e k a W e l c o m e C e n t e r ( 1 0 8 F S t r e e t , E u r e k a )

The egg-laying turtle created by homeless and housing insecure participants in the Our Space Arts project of Playhouse Arts starred in the annual All Species Parade.

Samba Parade.

Aerial dancer Roslyn Bullock (age 12), of Eureka, wrapped herself up to perform high in the air with Emerald Aerials during the North Country Fair.

Saturday morning at the North Country Fair got underway with a lively performance by the Redwood Interfaith Gospel Choir co-directed by Jenni Simpson and Jim Hubbard.

The SoHum Girls Band got the crowd up and dancing at the Plaza Stage on Saturday morning at the North Country Fair.

This giraffe was one of several stilt-walkers in the All Species Parade.

Among the many vendors around the plaza at the North Country Fair was local potter Mark Cortright, who has been selling his pottery in the same fair location for the past 50 years.

Following the All Species Parade, the Humboldt Taiko drummers, led by Gary Ronne (far left), filled the Arcata Plaza with their rhythms on the Lawn Stage.

The Zeta Fusion bellydancers, including Tani Serene, performed on the grass at the Lawn Stage on Saturday.

TRINIDAD

Murphy’s Markets

Trinidad Bay Eatery & Gallery

MCKINLEYVILLE

Beau Pre Golf Course

Joe’s Green Barn • Papa Wheelies

Six Rivers Brewery

GLENDALE

Murphy’s Markets

BLUE LAKE

Alice’s Restaurant at Blue Lake Casino

The Dog House

ARCATA

Arcata Pizza & Deli • Burger Joint Arcata Humboldt Brews • Mainely Lobster

Murphy’s Markets • Pepper’s

The Pub at the Creamery • Roman’s Kitchen

Wild Platter Cafe at Wildberries Marketplace

EUREKA

AA Bar and Grill • Adel’s Cafe Marina & Woodley’s Bar

Cap’s Food Shack • Falafellove

Fresh Freeze Drive In Gallagher’s Restaurant and Pub

Humboldt Bay Burgers

The Jetty at Humboldt Bay Social Club

Murphy’s Markets • Ramone’s Bakery

Surfside Burger Shack

Vaqueros Mexican & American Food

Vista Del Mar

FERNBRIDGE

Fernbridge Cafe & Coffee Barn

FERNDALE

No Brand Burger Stand

FORTUNA

Bob’s Footlongs

Eel River Brewing Co. Pepper’s

SHELTER COVE

Gyppo Ale Mill

Show us what you’ve got!

Literally, show us! Snap a photo of yourself with your burgers (preferably before you ingest them!) and post them to your social media using #ncjburgerweek2024 or you can upload your photos directly to our online gallery at ncjburgerweek.com.

You are allowed to enter one selfie from each participating Burger Week location during NCJ Burger Week, Sept. 20-29. Winners will be chosen at random from submitted photos. The more burgers you eat, the more chances you have to win!

Visit ncjburgerweek.com to see all the participating restaurants and burgers.

The contest ends at noon, on Monday, Sept. 30. The winning photo will be printed in the Oct. 3 issue of the North Coast Journal.

A Trio of Arcata Soft Openings

By Jennifer Fumiko Cahill jennifer@northcoastjournal.com

Chef Gori Igarashi wears a tall ballcap with a cannabis leaf embroidered on it and a thin towel tied around his neck as he hunches over a burner, tossing fried rice in a wok. A pair of men pinball between stations in Susukino Ramen Bar’s (1504 G St., Arcata) open kitchen, ladling out broth, checking the fryer and reading orders from a wall-mounted touchscreen. To the side, a server runs her finger along paper tickets, hunting for an order that hasn’t gone out yet and double checking the rest. It’s the second night of Susukino’s soft opening but it’s not particularly soft — the house is packed, and more customers are milling by the door. At the counter, a diner raves over his bowl of noodles and offers encouragement: “You guys are getting slammed but you’re doing a great job.”

Three new Arcata restaurants have had soft openings this month: Susukino Ramen Bar, Venecia and Havana. Among them are first timers in the restaurant business and old hands taking up legacy locations. The three are entering the dining scene at varying speeds as they test out recipes and workflow in the kitchens and front of house.

Ronuk Patel and his cousin Roshan Patel had been partners in Devi Cannabis, but wanted to move out of the struggling industry. Once settled on the idea of a ramen restaurant, they reached out to friends they’d made on visits to Sapporo, including Igarashi, who’d been cooking in ramen shops for a decade, though they’d not yet tried his noodles. Up for the venture and move overseas, Igarashi took them on a whirlwind tour of ramen shops to learn what they’d need to set up in Arcata.

Igarashi, whose signature noodles include spicy sesame tan-tan ramen and a vinegar spiked soup, is adjusting to cooking in the U.S., where ramen restaurants are expected to offer a wider variety, including a vegetarian option, rather than one house specialty And unlike his own shop in Hokkaido, where he worked solo, he’s communicating with a staff of people in the kitchen and on the floor. He says, “It’s more fun,” and despite the language barrier, they’ve been able to communicate well enough, and he’s confident they’ll work out the kinks of opening week.

Gaurav Mehta, the third partner in the business, has experience in the local restaurant industry but the Patels are learning as they go, so the week-long soft opening has involved a steep learning curve, particularly managing the flow and communication from the back of house to servers. Hiring experienced servers has been a big help, says Ronuk Patel, as has the patience of those staffers. He says he’s told them, “Hey we really don’t know what we’re doing … just bear with us and we can figure all this out.”

Feedback, says Ronuk Patel, has been mostly positive and the critiques generally fair. There’s been some frustration over the reservation system and while most people say they love the noodles, trouble with a boiler the first night gives credence to an online complaint about undercooking. The pork belly “wasn’t up to what I wanted to be” that night either, he says, but “we fixed that for sure.” The happy humming from a couple at the counter seems testament to the improvement.

Now fully open, this weekend Susukino will test out late-nights hours and DJ music. It’s a gamble this far from the nightlife hub of the plaza and he says the team is going to watch the traffic and adjust accordingly.

“I think people will show up, but you don’t really know.”

Over in the former home of Mazzotti’s, chef Woody Cabello-Penn is helming the kitchen at Venecia (773 Eighth St., Arcata) with familiar faces, as a number of kitchen staff and servers came along with him from the recently shuttered Tavern 1888. “That’s the only way I could have gotten it open, because half the team had been together beforehand,” he says.

None of the former restaurants’ recipes are on the comparatively brief menu of Venecia, which is owned by Jack Wu, of Jack’s Seafood and Ginger. “I just tried to keep it simple and keep all of my local purveyors,” says Cabello-Penn. “It’s classic Italian American-style food but I try to keep a little taste of Humboldt in there as well,” as exemplified by the Ferndale lamb in the Bolognese sauce. “I feel like it’s a lot better to have a small, well-executed menu than to have a ton of items and not be able to do it too well.”

Northern

Community Blood Bank

“I don’t know how long we can call it a soft opening; I think it’s open now,” says Cabello-Penn of the weeks since the first service on Sept. 9. The gradual approach has its advantages, though. “We want to fix any issues with the food or the service before we have a line out the door,” he says, “let people trickle in.” He’s already made adjustments to the menu, like letting the lasagna go after finding the pizza oven unsatisfactory for the task. Customer feedback has been helpful, too. “The first couple weeks, I didn’t have gluten-free pasta and now I do. It’s actually been more popular than expected.”

Experimental breakfast hours have been abandoned for a couple brunchy items and opening at 11 a.m. The lunch and dinner o erings are fairly solidified now, but Cabello-Penn says, “I’m always trying new stu , and the menu will eventually change.”

“The number of details … that need to be attended to in order to do a good job and getting feedback from the community is super important,” says Baum. Some of the Plaza Grill sta is staying on, which should make the changeover a bit smoother, and the “Cuba contingent” from the original restaurant in Havana is getting acclimated in Arcata. Plaza Grill’s split kitchen — a larger space in back and a smaller one with a pass-through to the dining room — requires adjustments in workflow, too, to get dishes out faster.

The transition from the Plaza Grill to its replacement Havana (780 Seventh St., Arcata), a Cuban-Californian fusion restaurant, follows a less conventional path. Along with Havana’s dishes showing up as specials on the Plaza Grill menu during the 35-year-old restaurant’s final month, on Sept. 19, Havana held a pop-up night that was packed with nostalgic Plaza regulars and patrons eager to sample what’s coming ahead of the o cial Oct. 16 opening.

Co-owner Shona Baum is pleased with the turnout. “We basically sold out of almost all our food but … at the end of the night,” and she was happy to see so many empty plates with little evidence of their plantains and ropa vieja stew left. That members of salsa groups showed up to dance was pleasing, too, she says. “We really want it to be a community space.”

The slow rollout of the food, Baum says, is helping the sta familiarize themselves with the new menu, as well as gauge local response to the dishes. Burgers and steaks may remain options since, she says, “It’s a fusion restaurant.” She says she appreciated Plaza Grill owner Bill Chino’s advice to ask patrons what could be improved, rather than asking how they liked everything, as most people will rave aloud and keep critiques to themselves. They’ve already gotten some useful feedback from people who felt it was too loud, now that the carpet has been removed in favor of the redwood floor. Baum is on the hunt for solutions to make the room a little quieter.

“I feel like fundamentally, people will be voting with their feet and on social media,” says Baum, who’ll be paying attention for both. ●

Jennifer Fumiko Cahill (she/her) is the arts and features editor at the Journal Reach her at (707) 442-1400, extension 320, or jennifer@northcoastjournal.com. Follow her on Instagram @JFumikoCahill.

A Cuban sandwich ready for pickup at Havana’s Sept. 19 pop-up.

Photo by Jennifer Fumiko Cahill

NCRT’s Sweeney Todd Stays Sharp

By Tiggerbouncer Custodio frontrow@northcoastjournal.com

Sometimes the uncanny ability that live theater has to evoke jouissance is more a product of the audience than the production. On the night I attended North Coast Repertory Theatre’s Sweeney Todd at the 5th and D Street Theatre, people clutching flowers waiting to reward months of their friend’s commitment to the show, new-to-theater locals amazed at their coworker’s talent, and a proud mother who drove from Santa Barbara to see her son’s work all reconciled my longing for support that theater remedies. The experience, directed by Nannette Voss and Isabel Semlar, feels like Christmas; everyone involved in this production labored to find the perfect gift and presents it with love. It is visually stunning, musically brilliant, expertly acted and sinisterly murderous.

After 15 years of imprisonment, Sweeny Todd (Alex Benn) returns to London for vengeance from Beadle (Rigel Schmidt) and Judge Turpin (Joe Cherry), who took Sweeny’s daughter Johanna (Marina Benson) as his ward with plans to wed her. Todd lures people into his barber chair, where he slices their throats and donates their bodies to Mrs. Lovett (Aundrea Zvaleko), who grinds them up to serve in her meat pies. The morbidity of the plot juxtaposes with composer Steven Sondheim’s hauntingly beautiful melodies creates joyful dissonance and soothing tension.

I cannot praise Spike Foster’s lighting design enough. The production is stunningly gorgeous from preshow to curtain-call with texture, motion and perfect balance. It allows the details of the set design (by Calder Johnson) to reveal its details. Though I would love to see the interior design, like the oven and chute, finished, and a better masking of specials

on the platform, the impressive lighting forgives all shortcomings. Taylor Depew’s costume design is equally impressive with its attention to detail; intentional rips and patches, as well as Johanna’s stunning dress, add character throughout. With a nearly three hour run time, the cast and musicians must maintain drive. While the music does have the dynamics needed to sustain interest, it is not enough. Urgency and the actors’ constant fight for their characters’ objectives must be prioritized to bring this production to the next level. Still, it is a rare treat to see every single person in this cast rise to Sondheim’s challenging work and perform at such a high level. Justin Ross, Avery Alexander, Jeremy Cotton, Amber Grimes, Luke Hernandez and Gina Piazza also deserve huge praise for giving the music its own life. Musical and stage director Voss could focus on the pace of the few non-musical scenes and tempo of songs (particularly in the second-act ensembles), speed up transitions and continue the exceptional movement work of Shawn Wagner past a song’s end and into the following scenes to shave time. Even still, her eye for cohesion and maintaining the writer’s intent proves that she is one of the best directors in the county.

Standouts are Holly Portman’s Beggar Woman and Filip Ambroski’s Pirelli, who both incorporate full bawdy movement, exceptional character work, and stunning vocal dynamics to steal the show. Benson is a true triple-threat, Broadway-level performer. River Keller’s Anthony is simple and sweet in the best ways. Schmitt’s physicality and commitment to

character add much needed levity to the piece, though it rides the line of caricature. Zvaleko is exceptional, though her dialect inconsistencies can rob her lines of clarity. Benn is powerful and I would love to see choices in physicality reflect that. Megan Sharrard comes alive in the second act with terrific acting and a stunning song. Cherry’s consistent punching of words in his line readings become a bit distracting but is outweighed by his command of space.

A special thanks to Miss Maija, the friendly stranger who sat next to me and has never missed her son’s opening nights. The pride in her eyes reminded me that transformative theater magic manifests through community, begets excellence and ensures the cyclical exchange of energy between cast and house. I recommend solidifying your place in that dynamic and getting your tickets early.

NCRT’s Sweeney Todd continues Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., and Sundays at 2 p.m., with a masked matinee Sept. 28, through Oct. 20. Visit ncrt.net. l

Tiggerbouncer Custodio (he/she/ they) is an empowered queer Indigenous Filipino artist whose works have been seen on Humboldt stages and elsewhere.

NOW PLAYING

Ferndale Repertory Theatre’s production of Blithe Spirit continues to haunt Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. through Oct. 6. Call (707)786-5483 or visit ferndalerep.org.

Andrea Zvaleko and Alex Benn in Sweeney Todd.

Photo by Calder Johnson, submitted

Trinidad Art Night

Sept. 28, 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. (times vary)

This town-wide walk includes music, artist receptions, face painting, skate ramps, pop-up sales, oyster, cider or wine tastings. Trinidad Art Night coincides this month with the annual Fisherman’s Feast and Trinidad Civic Club Dessert Cafe, happening noon to 5 p.m., with the Arts and Craft Faire vendors in Town Hall from 11 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. and the first annual Ne-er-nerh Days, from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Trinidad Harbor. Presented by Forbes & Associates: Sarah Corliss, produced by Westhaven Center for the Arts. For more info, call (707) 834-2479 or visit trinidadartnight.com.

THE LIGHTHOUSE GRILL 355 Main St. Jimmy Callian, photography; Susan Mayclin Stephenson, notecards and books; Jeff Stanley, notecards and prints.

SAUNDERS PLAZA EAST (Bandstand)

355 Main St. Music by Claire Bent and Citizen Funk. Face painting by Lela Annotto Arts.

HEADIES PIZZA AND POUR 359 Main St. Jonathan Townes, artwork.

TRINIDAD MUSEUM 400 Janis Court. Exhibit and music TBA.

TRINIDAD SCHOOL 300 Trinity St.

Skate ramps.

TRINIDAD CIVIC CLUB ROOM 409 Trinity St. Two fundraisers: The Dessert Café in the Town Hall Clubroom from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m.; The Arts & Crafts Faire with vendors in the Town Hall from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m. and during Trinidad Art Night.

TRINIDAD TOWN HALL 409 Trinity St. Music by Seaburry Gould and Evan Morden.

TRINIDAD ART GALLERY 490 Trinity St. Mara Friedman, paintings; Drew Forsell, jewelry; artist reception; music by Howdy Emerson; snacks; wine pour benefitting Trinidad Coastal Land Trust.

TRINIDAD BAY EATERY & Gallery 607 Parker St. “Watercolor & Sketch of the Natural World,” Julia Neuman, artwork; Nancy Pippen, miniature clay art, live demo; music by Mihael Kavanaugh. Oyster bar tastings; Regeneration Brewing Co. beer tasting with beermaker Jacob Pressey; vendors: Bobbi Yarborough, Dragonfly Pottery; Jennifer, Sacred Mushrooms; *cacao tasting from 2 to 5 p.m.

MOONSTONE CROSSING 529 Trinity St. Exhibit TBA. Moonstone Crossing wine tasting with snacks or Dick Taylor chocolates. l

Paintings by Mara Friedman at Trinidad Art Gallery. Submitted

Wardance

By Collin Yeo music@northcoastjournal.com

This week’s title song comes from the debut album of one of my favorite bands as a kiddo, Killing Joke, so don’t come to me about the spelling. Welcome to autumn, and also football season, our national performative war dance ritual, other than our too-long election cycles. I’m not going to spiral about the actual wars we are at this very moment helping expand, but I do want to share a sorta famous bit from Thomas Pynchon’s Gravity’s Rainbow, a novel written from inside the skin of the deep machine running the death cult of our state:

“Don’t forget the real business of war is buying and selling. The murdering and violence are self-policing, and can be entrusted to non-professionals. The mass nature of wartime death is useful in many ways. It serves as spectacle, as diversion from the real movements of the war. It provides raw material to be recorded into History, so that children may be taught History as sequences of violence, battle after battle, and be more prepared for the adult world. Best of all, mass death’s a stimulus to just ordinary folks, little fellows, to try ‘n;’ grab a piece of that Pie while they’re still here to gobble it up. The true war is a celebration of markets.”

That last line really says it all, screaming through the decades since the novel’s 1973 publication, a piece of prophecy expanding outward from its main setting around World War II back to our origins and forward to our extinction like a V-2 rocket hitting our central humanity, loaded with THE nuclear A-bomb.

Changes are coming. Let’s hope they’re mostly seasonal around here, and massively redemptive elsewhere. Enjoy the colors.

Thursday

A cool, early-hour experimental music night is happening at the Miniplex at 6 p.m. Australian/Los Angeles duo Stevie Richards and Mike Meanstreetz bring the traveling sound to the stage, where they will be supported by two local acts, synth-popping maestros Elegant Humanoid and sound-blaster, tone bender IDYL. $5-$10 sliding scale, and if you stick around after, there will be karaoke.

An hour later, the Arcata Playhouse is the place to be if you are in the mood for a different sort of sound from Australia. Bobby Alu is a multi-instrumentalist who has devised his own style of island soul music, drawing heavily from roots reggae and laid-back folk traditions. ($23, $21 Playhouse members).

Friday

The mighty Zepparella is back in town, hosted, once again, at Humbrews, a good venue for this act. What is this act exactly? It’s pretty simple, really. An all-female Led Zeppelin tribute band, focusing on a lot of the power of the erstwhile band’s bombastic sound which has more or less ruled the world of rock since its heyday in the 1970s. If you are one of the band’s many fans, come see what sorcery this quartet can cook up in its honor. 8 p.m. ($30, $25 advance).

Saturday

Two ensemble shows, each at roughly the same time, and within walking distance of each other. First up at 7:30 p.m. at the Outer Space, talented rock duo Silver and Nails will be joined by “adult contemporary soft metal” act Throw me the Whip, which I can only assume is a reference to the Raiders of the Lost Ark, as well as one man star cowboy act Mister Moonbeam doing T. Rex covers. ($5-$20 sliding scale).

Over at the Basement at 8 p.m., Greensboro, South Carolina’s spoken wordster Moody Black will be performing, along with a coterie of fantastic local talent in the rap and hip hop scene, including Emani Eternal (on a return swing after

moving away last year), Kemistree, ruffIAN & Beige Radio, Zera Starchild and more, along with grooves by DJ Pressure and live painting by Jullia Finkelstein. Quite a night of rhymin’ in time for only $10.

Sunday

It’s the 21st anniversary of the formation of Portland’s premier marching band MarchFourth and over years of high energy shows and steady touring, this now 15-person line-up has forever minted its legacy as the dance show to go to as though the circus is in town. They’ll be spiking up the tent, so to speak, at Humbrews tonight at 8 p.m., and if you haven’t seen the show yet, you’re in for the treat. If you already know, I’ll stop jabbering. ($30, $25 advance).

Monday

Though many things have changed since the height of COVID, some things have come trickling back, often with a new paint job to complement rather than cover up the old familiar faces and feelings. One such joint is the Ocean Grove just north of Trinidad, where I am happy to say, not only have the doors been re-opened for a while but Dancehall Mondays are back in swing, with DJ Chuck on the ones and twos. Expect roots reggae, hip hop, afrobeat and everything in between. The wax starts spinning at 10 p.m. and $10 gets you inside the joint.

Tuesday

Four-plus decades since its formation and one name change that is the antithesis of the original, San Francisco’s Lazy Giants

has a sound that hits a lot of the right spots for me. Martial drums over moody, melodic bass lines and space-punk guitar sounds with a great vocal mix up in front of the fray, this group has found the melting point for a lot of different genres and made a beautiful thing in the process. The Disheveled opens. Doors at 8 p.m., tickets go for $15 ($12 advance), and it’s also Taco Tuesday at the bar, which is a definite win. At the Miniplex.

Wednesday

I’ll make this short and sweet. A film that created a confusion of feelings inside me when I first saw it as a kid is kicking off the horror season and playing at the Arcata Theatre Lounge tonight. I’m talking about Brian De Palma’s 1976 Stephen King adaptation Carrie, a movie that ignited in me a youthful desire to seek revenge via telekinesis, as well as an unnatural attraction to a young Sissy Spacek, even — or perhaps especially — when covered in her bully-poured veil of blood. Everything goes wrong for our poor heroine but there are no flaws in the flick itself, just a perfect tension knot of wounded teenager outsiderness. Tickets are $6, $10 with a poster, there’s a pre-show raffle, and the show usually starts around 7 p.m. Remember to get there early enough to find good seats or they’re all gonna laugh at you.l

Collin Yeo (he/him) is in awe of a species capable of engineering its own extinction through optimism and motivated thinking. He is a member of that species, and unable to break the Fourth Wall. Yet.

Bobby Alu plays the Arcata Playhouse at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 26. Submitted

Nightlife

ARCATA PLAYHOUSE 1251 Ninth St. (707) 822-1575

ARCATA THEATRE LOUNGE 1036 G St., Arcata (707) 822-1220

Bobby Alu (Polynesian) 7 p.m. $23

Final Fridays: '80s-'00s Hip Hop (DJs) 5:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m. $5

THE BASEMENT 780 Seventh St., Arcata (707) 845-2309 Latin Night w/Tropiqueño and DJ Amaru Shia 8 p.m. $10 Claire Bent & Citizen Funk (funk, soul, R&B) 9 p.m. $5

BEAR RIVER CASINO RESORT

11 Bear Paws Way, Loleta (707) 733-9644

Hayden (rap) 9 p.m. $25, $20 advance

and Rhymes (spoken word, R&B music) 9 p.m. $10

Thirsty Bear: MVM Night (music video mashup) 9 p.m. Free Thirsty Bear: DJ Statik 9 p.m. Free

Thirsty

(707) 668-9770

HISTORIC EAGLE HOUSE

139 Second St., Eureka (707) 444-3344 Humboldt Creative Alliance Mixer 5:30-6:30 p.m.

HUMBOLDT BREWS 856 10th St., Arcata (707) 826-2739 The Sweet Lillies

LARRUPIN' CAFE 1658 Patricks Point Dr., Trinidad (707) 677-0230

THE LOGGER BAR 510 Railroad Ave., Blue Lake (707) 668-5000

THE MADRONE TAPHOUSE 421 Third St., Eureka (707) 273-5129

MAD RIVER BREWING CO. & TAP ROOM 101 Taylor Way, Blue Lake (707) 668-4151

(blues,

$18-$15

Cookers 6-8

MINIPLEX 401 I St., Arcata (707) 630-5000 Richards & Meanstreetz, Elegant Humanoid, IDYL

sliding, GOAT

MOUNTAIN MIKE'S PIZZAFORTUNA 1095 S Fortuna Blvd., Suite 48, (707) 777-7550

MOUNTAIN MIKE'S PIZZA - McKINLEYVILLE 1500 Anna Sparks Way, (707) 203-8500

OCEAN GROVE COCKTAIL

LOUNGE 480 Patrick's Point Dr., Trinidad (707) 677-3543

OUTER SPACE ARCATA

837 H St. Silver and Nails, Throw Me the Whip, Mr Moonbeam

PAPA WHEELIES PUB 1584 Reasor Rd., McKinleyville, (707) 630-5084

REDWOOD CURTAIN BREWERY & TASTING ROOM 550 South G St., #4, (707) 826-7222

REDWOOD CURTAIN BREWERY

MYRTLE AVE. TASTING ROOM, 1595 Myrtle Ave., Eureka, (707) 269-7143

SAVAGE HENRY COMEDY

415 Fifth St., Eureka (707) 845-8864

SANCTUARY 1301 J St., Arcata (707) 822-0898

SONG TAVERN 325 Second St., Eureka (707) 442-8778

(707) 839-7580

Eureka

[M] Dancehall Mondays w/DJ Chuck (reggae, dancehall) 10 p.m. $10

Calendar Sept. 26 – Oct. 3, 2024

Hey, seafood lovers, time to scale up your weekend fun. The third annual Fisherman’s Feast makes its splash this Saturday, Sept. 28, from noon to 5 p.m. at Trinidad Elementary School ($25, $20 advance). Score a plate of fresh, local fish and sides and help support local fishermen while also contributing to the annual Trinidad Blessing of the Fleet event. Not into fish? No worries — they’ve got veggie options, too. Wash it all down with some cool drinks ($3-$9) while Noir and Rooster McClintock keep the tunes flowing all day. Grab your tickets at https://bit.ly/ fishfeast2024.

26 Thursday

ART

Art Reception and Talk. 4:30-6:30 p.m. Reese Bullen Gallery, Cal Poly Humboldt, Arcata. For the exhibit “Double Vision” by Millian Giang Pham art.humboldt.edu/galleries. 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.

BOOKS

A Novel Idea Book Group: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow. 6-7 p.m. Arcata Library, 500 Seventh St. Attend in person or via Zoom to discuss the novel about the relationship between video game design partners. Free. (707) 822-5954.

MUSIC

Bobby Alu. 7 p.m. Arcata Playhouse, 1251 Ninth St. Polynesian rhythms, soulful melodies and a positive, uplifting vibe. $23. info@arcataplayhouse.org. playhousearts.org. (707) 822-1575.

EVENTS

Dine and Donate: Walk to End Alzheimer’s Fundraiser. 5-9 p.m. Plaza Grill, 780 Seventh St., Jacoby’s Storehouse Third Floor, Arcata. Includes a silent auction and an opportunity drawing. plazagrillarcata.com.

Humboldt Creative Alliance Mixer. 5:30-6:30 p.m. Phatsy Kline’s Parlor Lounge, 139 Second St., Eureka. A convivial happy hour of friendship and sharing for artists, creatives and lovers of art. humcocreativealliance@gmail.com. facebook.com/events/1741310936407727. (210) 364-7024. McKinleyville Chamber of Commerce Mixer. 5:30-7 p.m. Boys & Girls of the Redwoods Mckinleyville, 1685 Gwin Road. Join the chamber and co-hosts Boys & Girls Club of the Redwoods for networking, refreshments, a ra e and more. mckinleyvillechamber@gmail.com. (707) 839-2449.

ETC

OUT 4 Business. Last Thursday of every month, 5-7 p.m. Phatsy Kline’s Parlor Lounge, 139 Second St., Eureka. An LGBTQ+ professionals networking mixer providing an open and welcoming environment for all people of the LGBTQ+ community as well as friends, allies and business professionals who value diversity and inclusivity. events@historiceaglehouse.com. fb.me/e/3XK7QZyuk. (707) 444-3344.

27 Friday

ART

Life Drawing Sessions. 10 a.m.-noon. Redwood Art Association Gallery, 603 F St., Eureka. Hosted by Joyce Jonté. $10, cash or Venmo.

Gather your friends, gear up your buds and put on your stretchy pants — A Taste of Main Street is back. Thursday, Oct. 3 from 5 to 8 p.m. , sample food and drink from 15 local eateries in the heart of Downtown and Old Town Eureka ($35). Get your tickets at the Eureka Welcome Center (108 F St.) from Oct. 1-3 and make your way from stop to stop. There’s samples from Familia Cafe, Wok In Wok Out Asian Eatery, the Hood Eureka, Dick Taylor Craft Chocolate, GuateMayan Yum Yums, Taco Town Fruteria, Kaptain’s Quarters, the Madrone Brick Fire Pizza & Taphouse, Living the Dream Ice Cream, Los Bagels, the Greene Lily Café, Surfside Burger Shack and Sweet Greens Juice Bar. Pace yourselves!

North Coast Stand Down. Humboldt County Fairgrounds, 1250 Fifth St., Ferndale. Veterans and their families are invited to join for services, food, clothing and community. Overnight stays are welcome, bring your pets. Saturday Veterans Day barbecue and live music.

Treasure Sale. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Fortuna Senior Center, 3811 Rohnerville Road. Hosted by the Fortuna Senior Center in its new location. admin@fortunasenior.org. fortunasenior. org. (707) 726-9203.

FOR KIDS

Teen Court New Volunteer Training. 4:15-6:30 p.m. Boys & Girls Club of the Redwoods, 939 Harris St., Eureka. Teen Court is a real court run by teens for teens based on restorative justice, community building, peer-led support and healing. Volunteers earn community service hours, help make a di erence in another teen’s life. hcteencourt@ bgcredwoods.org. (707) 444-0153.

FOOD

HBF Spaghetti Feed and Silent Auction. 5-8 p.m. Wharfinger Building, 1 Marina Way, Eureka. Fundraiser for Inspector Kemonte Cook. Please purchase tickets at the HBF Station 1 at 533 C St., Eureka.

Henderson Center Certified Farmers Market. 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Henderson Center, Henderson near F Street, Eureka. Fruits and vegetables, baked goods, jams, nursery plants, music and hot food vendors. No pets allowed, but trained, ADA certified, service animals are welcome. CalFresh EBT customers receive a market match at every farmers m arket. Free. info@northcoastgrowersassociation.org. northcoastgrowersassociation.org/hendersoncenter. html. (707) 441-9999.

McKinleyville Certified Farmers Market. Eureka Natural Foods, McKinleyville, 2165 Central Ave. Fruits and vegetables, music and hot food vendors. No pets, but trained, ADA certified, service animals are welcome. CalFresh EBT customers are able to receive a market match. Free. info@ northcoastgrowersassociation.org. northcoastgrowersas-

22 NORTH COAST JOURNAL • Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024 • northcoastjournal.com

Get ready to move at the fi fth annual Humboldt Latin Dance and Music Festival , happening Sept. 26-29 at Redwood Raks World Dance Center ($20 individual class/workshop, $120-$175 advance online for weekend pass, $195 door for weekend pass). Hosted by Humboldt Latin Dance Collective, this four-day event celebrates the music and dances from across the Caribbean, Brazil, Cuba, Colombia and more. Enjoy over 30 workshops taught by world-renowned instructors at Redwood Raks in Arcata, and dance the nights away with live bands and DJs. Don’t miss the welcome party on Thursday, Sept. 26, at The Basement and the free outdoor Latin Lunch on Saturday, Sept. 28. For details and tickets, visit HumboldtLatinDance.com.

sociation.org/mckinleyville.html. (707) 441-9999.

GARDEN

Eureka Rhododendron Society: Guest Speaker Molly Barker. 7-9 p.m. Eureka Woman’s Club, 1531 J St. Barker, of the Mendocino Botanical Garden, shares stories from her 40-year career in horticulture. Free. eurekarhody.org. Organic Matters Ranch Pumpkin Patch. 12-6 p.m. Organic Matter Ranch, 6821 Myrtle Ave, Eureka. U-pick pumpkin patch with more than 50 varieties of squash on 11 acres. Enjoy the hay pyramids, hay maze. Pumpkins sold by the weight. Please no dogs. Free admission. info@organicmattersranch.com. (707) 798-3276.

MEETINGS

Creative Community Mixer. Fourth Thursday of every month, 5:30-7 p.m. Phatsy Kline’s Parlor Lounge, 139 Second St., Eureka. Join for drinks and yummies, socialize and share with fellow creatives and artists to build community and mutual reliance. Free. events@historiceaglehouse.com. facebook.com/even ts/1015029866537194/1015032219870292. (707) 444-3344.

OUTDOORS

Nature Quest. 3-6 p.m. Headwaters Forest Reserve, End of Elk River Road, 6 miles o U.S. Highway 101, Eureka. Explore trails and share mindfulness practices, group conversation and other eco-therapeutic activities. Transportation available for Eureka residents. Call to pre-register. Free. chaskell@eurekaca.gov. eurekaheroes.org. (707) 382-5338.

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. Di erent format each week. Bags are available to borrow if you do not own a set. Drinks available at the Canteen. Outside food OK. $15. mike@ bu aloboards.com.

BOOKS

Quack N’ Wabbit Family Literacy Tour. 4-5 p.m. Azalea Hall, 1620 Pickett Road, McKinleyville. Puppets teach children positive messages and life skills with humorous, musical and tender-hearted stories, like “Froggie and the Ribbits Speak Out.” Free. literacyhelpers@gmail.com. www. humlib.org. (707) 445-3655.

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.

DANCE

Humboldt Latin Dance and Music Festival. 4 p.m.-1 a.m. Redwood Raks World Dance Studio, 824 L St., Arcata. Award-winning instructors teach 20+ workshops in salsa, Bachata, Cuban dances and more. Three late-night dance parties on Thursday, Friday and Saturday night with a bar and DJs. Wristbands available presale online or at the door. $25. latindancehumboldt@gmail.com. humboldtlatindance.com. (707) 816-2809.

Jammin Friday. Fourth Friday of every month, 7:30-10:30 p.m. Arcata Veterans Hall, 1425 J St. Monthly swing dance with included lesson at 7:30 p.m., music and dancing at 8:30 p.m. $15 (w/band), $10 (no band), free for U.S. military veterans. loverlipe@gmail.com. fb.me/e/1mtainmOf. (707) 616-8484.

MUSIC

Final Fridays: ‘80s-’00s Hip Hop. 5:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Arcata Theatre Lounge, 1036 G St. Celebrate hip-hop with Leo Burnside, Skinny Pepperwood, Gmniite. $5. info@ arcatatheatre.com. tickets.vemos.io/-LvvzSYm6udEnGfKIRLa/arcata-theatre-lounge/-O4Spg6ysbh8QMUrd1gI/ final-friday-80s-00s-hip-hop. (707) 613-3030.

THEATER

Blithe Spirit. 7:30 p.m. Ferndale Repertory Theatre, 447 Main St. Noel Coward’s witty and haunting comedy about a novelist whose séance brings back the ghost of his first wife. Through Oct. 6. $18, $16 students/seniors, a $2 Historical Building Preservation fee will be added to each ticket. ferndalerep.org.

Sweeney Todd. 8 p.m. 5th and D Street Theater, 300 Fifth St., Eureka. North Coast Repertory Theatre presents the twisted story of a man wrongly accused of a crime, who returns to London hell-bent on revenge. Through Oct. 20. $20, $18 seniors/students, $75 for VIP tables for two w/ beverages and pie. ncrt.net.

EVENTS

Food Truck Fridays at Carlson Park. Every other Friday, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Carlson Park, 5201 Carlson Park Drive, Arcata. The park reopens with local vendors and family activities. New play structure and pickleball courts. Enjoy music, games and food. Free.

North Coast Stand Down. Humboldt County Fairgrounds,

Rooster McClintock and Noir. Submitted

1250 Fifth St., Ferndale. See Sept 26 listing. Treasure Sale. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Fortuna Senior Center, 3811 Rohnerville Road. See Sept 26 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.

Storytime in Spanish/Tiempo de Cuentos en Español. 3:30-4 p.m. Fortuna Library, 753 14th St. Vamos a celebrar la alfabetización temprana con cuentos y canciones en español. El programa es diseñado para niños de edades 2-6 y sus padres, pero también nos pueden acompañar otros miembros de la familia. Celebrating early literacy with stories and songs in Spanish. For children ages 2-6 and their parents or caregivers, but other family members are welcome. Free. (707) 725-3460.

Weekly Preschool Storytime. 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 and other family members. Free. manthony@co.humboldt. ca.us. humboldtgov.org/Calendar.aspx?EID=8274. (707) 269-1910.

FOOD

Garberville Farmers Market. 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Garberville Town Square, Church Street. Meat, eggs, produce, oysters, plants, mushrooms, jam, hot food and art. No pets are allowed, but trained, ADA certified, service animals are welcome. CalFresh EBT customers are able to receive a market match at every farmers market. (707) 441-9999.

GARDEN

Organic Matters Ranch Pumpkin Patch. 12-6 p.m. Organic Matter Ranch, 6821 Myrtle Ave, Eureka. See Sept 26 listing.

28 Saturday

ART

Trinidad Art Night. 5:30-8:30 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.

BOOKS

Storytime with Ms. Sue and Sunshine the Chicken. 11-11:30 a.m. Arcata Library, 500 Seventh St. Join us for pre-school story time, plus shaker eggs, songs, and real-life fune. Sponsored by First Five Humboldt and Cal Poly Humboldt. Fre. (707) 822-5954.

DANCE

Humboldt Latin Dance and Music Festival. 9-1 a.m. Redwood Raks World Dance Studio, 824 L St., Arcata. See Sept 27 listing.

MUSIC

Bankroll Hayden. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Arcata Theatre Lounge, 1036 G St. Rapper. $25, $20 advance. info@arcatatheatre.com. tickets.vemos.io/-LvvzSYm6udEnGfKIRLa/ arcata-theatre-lounge/-O18GgZhsq_gAY_lkL8c/bankrol-hayden. (707) 613-3030. Busk and Bloom. 12-2 p.m. Eureka Florist & Fine Gifts, 524 Henderson St. Talented musicians from Humboldt County. Free. eurekafloristanddesign@gmail.com. eurekaflorist. net. (707) 443-4811.

Who Could Ask for Anything More: The Music of George Gershwin. 7:30-9:30 p.m. The Sanctuary, 1301 J St., Arcata. Trombonist-vocalist host James Zeller presents a

varied show of Gershwin’s work, spanning classical, jazz and show tunes. The band includes: Danny Gaon, bass; Ramsey Isaacs, drums; Matthew Seno, piano; vocalist Katie Belknap and special guests. $15-$30. together@ Sanctuaryarcata.org. sanctuaryarcata.org/event-details/ jazz-greats-2024-george-ira-gershwin. (707) 822-0898.

THEATER

Blithe Spirit. 7:30 p.m. Ferndale Repertory Theatre, 447 Main St. See Sept 27 listing.

Sweeney Todd. 8 p.m. and 2 p.m. 5th and D Street Theater, 300 Fifth St., Eureka. See Sept 27 listing.

EVENTS

Fishermans Feast. 12-5 p.m. Trinidad Elementary School, 300 Trinity St. Enjoy a meal of fresh local fish and sides along with live music and refreshing beverages. Live music by Noir and Rooster McClintock. $25, $20. greatertrinidadchamber@gmail.com. exploretrinidadca.com/ event-details/fishermans-feast-2024. (707) 677-8645.

Fieldbrook Art and Wine Festival. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Fieldbrook Winery, 4241 Fieldbrook Road. Food, music, local artisans and craftspeople, art, wine and beer. Benefits Fieldbrook Education Foundation and Fieldbrook School. Free entry. fieldbrookwinery.com/. (707) 839-3201.

Clothing and Collectible Sale. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Phillips House Museum, Seventh and Union streets, Arcata. Discover treasures. Many items priced $5 or less. Free.

Harvest Honkeytonk. 2-7 p.m. Wild Souls Ranch, 2870 Nelson Lane, Fortuna. This family-friendly event includes kid games, a pumpkin patch, line dancing, live music, a Dutch raffle and great food and drinks from local vendors. $15, $5 ages 12 and under, free for ages 5 and under. wildsoulsranch.org.

KEET- Leonardo da Vinci Day. 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Eureka Library, 1313 Third St. A fun, hands-on event celebrating the genius of da Vinci. This special day supports the upcoming PBS documentary Leonardo Da Vinci a two-part, four-hour film directed by Ken Burns, Sarah Burns and David McMahon, airing on Nov. 18 and 19 from 8 to 10 p.m. humlib.org.

Last Call Bazaar. 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Block and Tackle Designs, 12812 Avenue of the Giants, Myers Flat. Browse handpicked items from vintage and handmade vendors. Local food vendors on site. Live music. Free. blockandtackledesigns@ gmail.com. facebook.com/events/1164048031322059/. (520) 732-9359.

Mattole Grange Fall Square Dance. 6-10 p.m. Mattole Grange Hall, 36512 Mattole Road, Petrolia. Food, and calling and music by Lindsey Battle and the Cidermill String Band. $10 entry, food extra, free for members. www.facebook.com/events/429871786772396/?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A[%7B%22surface%22%3A%22home%22%7D%2C%7B%22mechanism%22%3A%22your_upcoming_events_unit%22%2C%22surface%22%3A%22bookmark%22%7D]%2C%22ref_notif_type%22%3Anull%7D.

North Coast Stand Down. Humboldt County Fairgrounds, 1250 Fifth St., Ferndale. See Sept 26 listing. Rays on the Roof Celebration Concert. 6-10 p.m. Freshwater Grange, 48 Grange Road. Dinner, drinks and dancing to Dr. Squid. Silent auction. Beer and wine available. Proceeds help the Grange complete crucial upgrades to become an Emergency Services Hub. $25, includes dinner and concert. freshwaterhall@gmail.com. freshwatergrange.com/events. (707) 498-9447.

Treasure Sale. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Fortuna Senior Center, 3811 Rohnerville Road. See Sept 26 listing.

Volunteer Appreciation BBQ & Party. 4-6:30 p.m. Sequoia Park, 3414 W St., Eureka. Free food, activities and music from Young & Lovely. All are welcome. hatwood@eurekaca.gov. facebook.com/events/1201913821231029/. (707) 441-4218.

October 4th, 5:00-8:00PM JOIN US FOR A NIGHT OF FAMILY FUN!

WEAR YOUR HALLOWEEN COSTUMES! SILENT AUCTION! FUN AND GAMES FOR ALL AGES! GAME TICKETS CAN BE PURCHASED AT THE CARNIVAL!

FOR KIDS

Playdates in the Park. 2-4 p.m. Carlson Park, 5201 Carlson Park Drive, Arcata. Drop in for a safe and comfortable place for families to meet and share parenting and play experiences with children birth to 5 years. Weather permitting. Fechas Para Jugar tiene una facilitadora que habla español. Free. rec@cityofarcata.org.

FOOD

Arcata Plaza Farmers Market. 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Arcata Plaza, Ninth and G streets. Humboldt-grown and GMO-free produce along with plants, meats and other products. Live music.

Pancake Breakfast. Fourth Saturday of every month, 8-11

a.m. Humboldt Grange #501, 5845 Humboldt Hill Road, Eureka. Serving pancakes or biscuits and gravy, scrambled eggs, sausage (patties or links), co ee, tea, hot chocolate and juice. $10, $5 seniors and kids ages 5-12, free for kids under 5. 501.humboldt.grange@gmail.com. facebook.com/ events/6920540234689920. (707) 442-4890.

Tasty Hub Community Opening. 2-7 p.m. Tasty Hub, 1935 Fifth St., Eureka. A bar hosted by Black Humboldt, a kids’ zone, vendors and more. Free.

GARDEN

Fall Native Plant Sale. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Freshwater Farms Reserve, 5851 Myrtle Ave., Eureka. Visit Saturday, Sept. 28 by appointment and on Sunday, Sept. 29 open without a reservation. Appointments are made via northcoastcn-

psnursery.org. The website also gives a list of plants to be sold. Free. northcoastcnpsnursery.org/sale/.

Organic Matters Ranch Pumpkin Patch. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Organic Matter Ranch, 6821 Myrtle Ave, Eureka. See Sept 26 listing.

OUTDOORS

Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary Bird Walk. 8:30-11 a.m. Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary, South I Street. Bring your binoculars and meet trip leader Mark Colwell at the end of South I Street (Klopp Lake) for incredible views of Humboldt Bay, easy-to-walk trails, and a great diversity of birdlife. Free. rras.org.

FOAM Marsh Tour. 2 p.m. Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary Interpretive Center, 569 S. G St. Meet leader Sharon Levy at 2 p.m. in the lobby of the Interpretive Center on South G Street for a 90-minute, rain-or-shine walk focusing on Marsh history, ecology, and how wetlands clean polluted water. Free. (707) 826-2359.

by American bandleaders and composers, as well as selections from West Side Story Disney at the Movies, and a couple of “screamers” (circus marches). The drawing for the quilt ra e will be held at the end of the concert. Free; donations welcome. christchurcheureka@gmail. com. christchurcheureka.org/concerts/. (707) 442-1797. Eureka Symphony Season Prelude Gala. 2-5 p.m. Fortuna River Lodge, 1800 Riverwalk Drive. Featuring Claire Bent and her ukulele, hors d’oeuvres, fine wines, beer, cider and special symphony cocktails. Mike McGuire hosts a live auction and concert ticket giveaway. Temporary Resonance Trio performs. $50. eurekasymphony@gmail. com. eurekasymphony.org/celebrate-with-us-concertsevents/. (707) 845-3655.

Zlatomir Fung. 7 p.m. Fulkerson Recital Hall, Cal Poly Humboldt, Arcata. The youngest cellist to win the International Tchaikovsky Competition and artist-in-residence with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra performs.

THEATER

Wigi Wetlands Volunteer Workday. 9-11 a.m. Wigi Wetlands, Behind the Bayshore Mall, Eureka. Help create bird-friendly native habitats and restore a section of the trail by removing invasive plants and trash. Meet in the parking lot directly behind Walmart. Tools, gloves and packaged snacks provided. Please bring drinking water. Free. susanpenn60@gmail.com. rras.org.

SPORTS

Redwood Outlaw Karts. 2 p.m. Redwood Acres Raceway, 3750 Harris St., Eureka. Points race. Gates open at 10 a.m. (driver registration) and racing begins around 2 p.m. and goes till around 5:30 p.m. depending on kart count and cautions. Facebook.com/redwoodoutlawkarts.

ETC

Adult Skate Night. Last Saturday of every month, 6:309:30 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 bicycles and parts for sale. Donations of parts and bicycles gladly accepted. nothingtoseehere@riseup.net.

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.

29 Sunday

DANCE

Humboldt Latin Dance and Music Festival. 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Redwood Raks World Dance Studio, 824 L St., Arcata. See Sept 27 listing.

Afro-Fusion Feel and Flow. 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. The Sanctuary, 1301 J St., Arcata. Explore and enjoy a fusion of West African movements from Guinea, Senegal, Liberia, Congo and Mali with the genre of Afro beats and traditional West African drumming. $10-$15. together@ sanctuaryarcata.org. sanctuaryarcata.org. (707) 822-0898.

MOVIES

Scooby-Doo (2002). 5-8 p.m. Arcata Theatre Lounge, 1036 G St. Pre-Show 5 p.m. Movie at 6 p.m. After an acrimonious break up, the Mystery Inc. gang investigate strange goings on at an island resort. $8, $12 admission and poster. info@arcatatheatre.com. facebook.com/ events/3638166313100515/. (707) 613-3030.

MUSIC

Scotia Band. 4-5 p.m. Christ Episcopal Church, 1428 H St., Eureka. The Scotia Band will play a number of selections

Blithe Spirit. 2 p.m. Ferndale Repertory Theatre, 447 Main St. See Sept 27 listing.

ELECTIONS

Moulton Campaign ReElection Block Party. 1 p.m. Highland Park, 100 Highland Ave., Eureka. Music by DJ Goldilocks, family yard games. The candidate will be at the “Issues Board” and invites Ward Two voters to bring their concerns as well as their hopes for Eureka’s future.

EVENTS

Blue Lake Sunday Social. 12-4 p.m. The Logger Bar, 510 Railroad Ave., Blue Lake. The Blue Lake Block Parties team presents food and artisan vendors, music, sunshine, farm stands and more every Sunday in September. bluelakeblockparties@gmail.com. facebook.com/LoggerBar. Tacos and Your First Home/Tacos Y Tu Primera Casa. 3-5 p.m. Corcoran Icon Properties, 527 Third St., Eureka. Spanish-only first-time homebuyer event with tacos from Esmeralda’s. Real estate experts, lenders, tax professionals, insurance agents, title company representatives, credit score specialists and Centro del Pueblo.

FOOD

Food Not Bombs. 4 p.m. Arcata Plaza, Ninth and G streets. Free, hot food for everyone. Mostly vegan and organic and always delicious. Free.

GARDEN

Fall Native Plant Sale. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Freshwater Farms Reserve, 5851 Myrtle Ave., Eureka. See Sept 28 listing. Organic Matters Ranch Pumpkin Patch. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Organic Matter Ranch, 6821 Myrtle Ave, Eureka. See Sept 26 listing.

OUTDOORS

Birding, Geological and Botanical Coastal Lagoon Tour. 9 a.m. Big Lagoon, 510 Big Lagoon Park Road, Trinidad. Join Tom Lisle, Clare Golec and Gary Friedrichsen near the southern launch ramp o Big Lagoon Park Road, then caravan to Dry, Stone and Freshwater lagoons to see waterbirds. Pack warm clothes, a lunch and water. Limited to 20 participants. Email RSVP. Free. gary@ jacobycreek.net. rras.org.

30 Monday

ART

Life Drawing Sessions. 6-8 p.m. Redwood Art Association Gallery, 603 F St., Eureka. See Sept 27 listing.

FOOD

Miranda Farmers Market. 2-6 p.m. Miranda Market, 6685 Avenue of the Giants. Fresh produce, mushrooms,

beef and pork, eggs, honey, crafts, body products, jams and plants. (707) 441-9999.

GARDEN

Organic Matters Ranch Pumpkin Patch. 12-6 p.m. Organic Matter Ranch, 6821 Myrtle Ave, Eureka. See Sept 26 listing.

SPORTS

Valley West Community Hoop Nights. 5:30-7:30 p.m. Valley West Park, Hallen Drive, Arcata. A month-long basketball program for all levels. Drills, skills challenges and fun basketball games to help improve your game and make new friends. Free.

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 di erent types of homeshare partnerships. Email for the link. Free. homeshare@a1aa.org. a1aa.org/ homesharing. (707) 442-3763.

1 Tuesday

MUSIC

First Tuesday of the Month Sing-Along. First Tuesday of every month, 7-9 p.m. Arcata Community Center, 321 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway. Join Joel Sonenshein as he leads a sing-along of your favorite folk, rock and pop songs of the ‘60s and ‘70s. Songbooks provided. $3. (707) 407-6496.

EVENTS

Cool and Creepy Discovery Day. Natural History Museum of Cal Poly Humboldt, 1242 G St., Arcata. Happening near the end of October. For more info, visit natmus. humboldt.edu.

FOR KIDS

Look Closer and Make Connections. First Tuesday of every month, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Natural History Museum of Cal Poly Humboldt, 1242 G St., Arcata. Explore new exhibits and activities, including marine science, a bear, discovery boxes, microscopes, puzzles, scavenger hunts and more. Tuesday through Friday. $3 youth, $6 adult, $15 family, free for members. natmus@humboldt.edu. humboldt.edu/ natmus. (707) 826-4480.

FOOD

Fortuna Certified Farmers Market. 3-6 p.m. 10th and Main streets, 10th and Main streets, Fortuna. Fruits and vegetables, crafts, music and hot food vendors. No pets allowed, but trained, ADA certified, service animals welcome. CalFresh EBT customers receive a market match at every farmers market. Free. info@northcoastgrowersassociation.org. northcoastgrowersassociation.org/fortuna. html. (707) 441-9999.

Old Town Certified Farmers Market. 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Old Town Gazebo, Second and F streets, Eureka. Fruits and vegetables, bread, donuts, jam, crafts and 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/oldtown. html. (707) 441-9999.

Shelter Cove Farmers Market. 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Gyppo Ale Mill, 1661 Upper Pacific Drive, Shelter Cove. In-season produce, veggie starts, plants, grass-fed beef, pastured poultry and eggs, flowers, soap, herbal products and arts and crafts. gyppo.com. (707) 441-9999.

GARDEN

Organic Matters Ranch Pumpkin Patch. 12-6 p.m. Organic Matter Ranch, 6821 Myrtle Ave, Eureka. See Sept 26 listing.

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.

Monthly Meeting VFW Post 1872. First Tuesday of every month, 6-7 p.m. Redwood Empire VFW Post 1872, 1018 H St., Eureka. Calling all combat veterans and all veterans eligible for membership in Veterans of Foreign Wars to meet comrades and learn about events in the renovated Memorial Building. Free. PearceHansen999@outlook.com. (707) 443-5331.

Parent Project. 6-8 p.m. Gene Lucas Community Center, 3300 Newburg Ave., Fortuna. A 10-week series on improving relationships, e ective discipline to improve school attendance and performance, reduce substance use and negative peer influences, and address destructive behavior. Meet other parents in similar situations in a judgement-free zone and develop a new support system. Free. fortunatc@bgcredwoods.org. glccenter.org. (707) 617-8160.

Writers Group. First Tuesday of every month, 12:30-2 p.m. Christ Episcopal Church, 1428 H St., Eureka. Writers share all types of writing and get assistance from one another. Drop-ins welcome. Not faith based. Free.

ETC

English Express: An English Language Class for Adults. Virtual World, 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.

2

ART

Wednesday

Art Club. First Wednesday of every month, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Redwood Retro, 211 G St., Eureka. Come for the conversation and bring your own project or get materials and instruction for an additional fee. Sign-up and this month’s project online. $22. stainedghost.com.

BOOKS

Quack N’ Wabbit Family Literacy Tour. 3:30 p.m. Blue Lake Library, 111 Greenwood Ave. Puppets teach children positive messages and life skills with humorous, musical and tender-hearted stories, like “Froggie and the Ribbits Speak Out.” Free. literacyhelpers@gmail.com. humlib. org. (707) 445-3655.

LECTURE

Dolores Huerta Civic Engagement Speaker Series. 12-1 p.m. College of the Redwoods, 7351 Tompkins Hill Road, Eureka. College of the Redwoods presents: The Power of Civic Engagement and Why Your Vote Matters, a series designed to inspire civic participation among students and the larger community and emphasize the importance of voting. redwoods.edu/speakerseries.html.

Sharon Levy on Discovering Native Bees. 7-8:30 p.m. Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary Interpretive Center, 569 S. G St. Science writer Levy reviews basic ecology of local native bees, pollinators and bee conservation. Simulcast via Zoom: https://humboldtstate.zoom. us/j/82483014443?pwd=EeHxZNtMhzSE1RwuEaYbd2tUxKYCiO.1 Free. info@arcatamarshfriends.org. (707) 826-2359.

MOVIES

Sci-Fi Night: Carrie (1976). 6-9 p.m. Arcata Theatre Lounge, 1036 G St. Pre-show 6 p.m. Ra e 7 p.m. Main feature 7:15 p.m. A shy, friendless teenage girl with a domineering Continued on next page »

religious mother unleashes her telekinetic powers a humiliating prom. $6, $10 admission and poster. info@ arcatatheatre.com. facebook.com/arcatatheatrelounge/ events. (707) 613-3030.

GARDEN

Organic Matters Ranch Pumpkin Patch. 12-6 p.m. Organic Matter Ranch, 6821 Myrtle Ave, Eureka. See Sept 26 listing.

MEETINGS

350 Humboldt Monthly General Meeting. First Wednesday of every month, 6-7:30 p.m. Learn about and engage in climate change activism with a community of like-minded people. Zoom link at world.350.org/humboldt. Free. 350Humboldt@gmail.com. world.350.org/humboldt/. (707) 677-3359.

Mother’s Support Circle. First Wednesday of every month, 10 a.m.-noon. The Ink People Center for the Arts, 627 Third St., Eureka. Mother’s Village circle for mothers with a meal and childcare. $15 to attend, $10 childcare, sliding scale spots available. (707) 633-3143.

3 Thursday

ART

Figure Drawing at Synapsis. 7-9 p.m. Synapsis Collective, 1675 Union St., Eureka. See Sept 26 listing.

LECTURE

Kieval Lecture. 7-8 p.m. Cal Poly Humboldt, 1 Harpst St., Arcata. Michael Dorff presents How Mathematics is Making Hollywood Movies Better, on how Hollywood studios use mathematics to create better and more realistic films. Free. math@humboldt.edu. math.humboldt. edu/get-involved/kieval-lecture. (707) 826-3143.

Dolores Huerta Civic Engagement Speaker Series. 12-1 p.m. College of the Redwoods, 7351 Tompkins Hill Road, Eureka. See Oct. 2 listing.

EVENTS

Redwood Coast Music Festival. . City of Eureka, Humboldt County. The 32nd annual American roots music festival. Four days with dozens of bands performing blues, roots, New Orleans jazz, swing, zydeco, country, western swing, rockabilly and more at seven venues. Tickets online. rcmfest.org.

Taste of Main Street. 5-8 p.m. Historic Old Town Eureka, Second Street. Sample food and drink from 14 local eateries in the heart of Downtown and Old Town Eureka. $35. akruschke@eurekaca.gov. eurekamainstreet. org. (707) 441-4187.

FOOD

Henderson Center Certified Farmers Market. 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Henderson Center, Henderson near F Street, Eureka. See Sept 26 listing.

McKinleyville Certified Farmers Market. Eureka Natural Foods, McKinleyville, 2165 Central Ave. See Sept 26 listing.

GARDEN

Organic Matters Ranch Pumpkin Patch. 12-6 p.m. Organic Matter Ranch, 6821 Myrtle Ave, Eureka. See Sept 26 listing.

OUTDOORS

Nature Quest. 3-6 p.m. Headwaters Forest Reserve, End of Elk River Road, 6 miles off U.S. Highway 101, Eureka. See Sept 26 listing. l

Never Let Go’s Tenuous Bonds

By Jennifer Fumiko Cahill jennifer@northcoastjournal.com

NEVER LET GO. Let me begin by opening myself up to scorn and ridicule: We need to give Halle Berry another crack at the role of Catwoman. Her action work in John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (2019) and Bruised (2020), in which her fighting chops (in her damn 50s) were equaled by her portrayal of a ferociously broken woman, are enough evidence she can redeem one of the most widely scorned comic book adaptations of all time. DC can keep cranking out grim antihero movie after movie, but maybe we let Joaquin Phoenix eat something while the rest of us enjoy an older, more complex Catwoman pouncing around Gotham and pulling off heists in a far better costume than they gave her in 2004? Think it over and come back to me when you realize I’m right.

A more readily available example of Berry’s range and talents is the Spooky Season opener Never Let Go. An immersive, tense and deceptively straightforward horror movie, it establishes the clearest of roles and rules, then allows us to see how tenuous the stability and security of those things are.

dark forces, the seeds of doubt begin to grow for Samuel. Little else is growing, though, and the threat of starvation looms inside their refuge as the children grapple with doubt. Momma struggles to keep them alive and following the rules, while haunted by terrors disguised as loved ones.

Screens

There is precious little rest to be had in Never Let Go, which sends us ghastly apparitions almost as soon as we set foot in the lush, dark woods a mother and her young boys, Samuel (Anthony B. Jenkins) and Nolan (Percy Daggs IV), hunt and forage, each with a rope tied around their waist, tethering them to the old house they share. The ropes, Momma has taught them, keep them connected to the house’s protective powers, guarding them from the touch of the Evil outside. They follow rituals of prayer to the house for protection, purifying themselves in a locked crawlspace at its heart and chanting promises to keep hold of their ropes each time they dare step off the porch. Theirs is the last refuge from the Evil, which has destroyed the rest of the world from which they are isolated, turning people against one another and making them kill each other. Fair enough. But when one of the boys accidentally slips his rope in a fall and isn’t immediately possessed by

in for the last five weeks until the election.

Directed by horror veteran Alexandre Aja (2003 rural slasher High Tension and 2019’s swampy gator horror Crawl), the scares are real, even if we’re unsure what else is. The forked black tongue twisting from a pale, bloated face is at once otherworldly and of a piece with a rundown greenhouse or a rotting log. The camera scans slowly around the wood, every shadow and leaf suspect to imagination, sudden nightmare images popping up in the calm and odd, domestic artifacts cropping up among the roots and bark. That’s the visual part, anyway. The script leaves the characters and the audience — everyone but Momma — room enough for doubt that we don’t know what to hope for. Escape to find other people? Stay on the porch? Stop pulling the rope so damn hard?

That Berry moves so beautifully between panic, rage and beatific love should not surprise us, but it’s a rare and wonderful thing to see such range in a horror movie, where too often effects and buildup take up all the space. In giving Momma room to feel everything from violent fear of her own child to dreamily swaying along to a record with her boys, Berry and Aja give her dimension. Even when there’s nary a monster in sight, it’s Berry’s expressions that turn the world around them into something to fear.

Likewise, Daggs and Jenkins (from whose eyes I kept seeing the ghost of Michael K. Williams) are remarkable, embodying fully formed characters, the likes of which sel-

dom show up on screen. As they vacillate between doubt and faith, resentment and love, their turmoil is as gripping as any grown character’s and their ability to carry the film’s last act is astonishing. There’s much to be mined in the themes of family, the terror of letting go of each other, as we all must do eventually, and love (rather than good) as the true enemy of evil. None of it is easily delineated — we must work our way through it like these characters, hoping more than knowing. R. 101M. BROADWAY, MILL CREEK. l

Jennifer Fumiko Cahill (she/her) is the arts and features editor at the Journal Reach her at (707) 442-1400, extension 320, or jennifer@northcoastjournal.com. Follow her on Instagram @JFumikoCahill.

NOW PLAYING

ALIEN: ROMULUS. Do you want chest-bursting, face-hugging, acid-bleeding Xenomorphs? Because colonizing space is how we get chest-bursting, face-hugging, acid-bleeding Xenomorphs. R.119M. BROADWAY.

AM I RACIST? Well, it’s Matt Walsh in a bad wig as a DEI consultant, so probably. PG13. 101M. BROADWAY.

BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE. Jenna Ortega joins Winona Ryder, Catherine O’Hara and Michael Keaton in the resurrection of the creepy comedy classic. PG13. 104M. BROADWAY, MILL CREEK, MINOR. DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE. Our old friends reluctantly team up to defeat a common enemy, with Ryan Reynolds and Hugh

Strapping

Never Let Go

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

List your class – just $5 per line per issue! Deadline: Friday, 5pm.

Place your online ad at classified.northcoastjournal.com or e-mail: classified@northcoastjournal.com

Listings must be paid in advance by check, cash or Visa/MasterCard. Many classes require pre-registration.

AWALKINGTOUROFARCATAWITHBOB

Dance/Music/Theater/Film

STRING&WINDMUSICINSTRUCTIONWITH ROBDIGGINS Privatelessons,coaching,etc.,for kids&adults.Alllevels.Moststyles.Violin,Fiddle, Viola,ElectricViolectra,SynthViolectra,Trumpet, Cornet,Guitar(acoustic&electric).In−personand/ or,online.NearArcata/Eurekaairport.$80/hr, $60/45min,$40/30min.(707)845−1788 forestviolinyogi108@gmail.com

Fitness

SUNYI’SACADEMYOFTAEKWONDO. Classes forkids&adults,childcare,fitnessgym&more. TaeKwonDoMon−Fri5−6p.m.,6−7p.m.,Sat10−11 a.m.Comewatchorjoinaclass,1215GiuntoliLane orvisitwww.sunyisarcata.com,(707)825−0182.

DORAN JointhiswalkingtourofArcata,basedin partonatouroriginallycreatedbythelatelocal historian,SusieVanKirk,withupdatesandfurther information.ThetourbeginsattheCalPoly Humboldtgateway,andconcludesattheArcata Plaza,withstopsalongtheway,touchingonarchi− tectureandlocalpolitics.RegisterbyOctober2. Sat.,Oct.5−10a.m.−1p.m.OLLImembers$40.Sign uptoday!707−826−5880orhumboldt.edu/olli.

TAKEACLASSWITHOLLI New!Registrationfor OLLIclassesclose3businessdaysbeforetheclass startdate.AnyonecantakeanOLLIclass.JoinOLLI todayandgetthememberdiscountonclasses. Non−membersad$25totheclassfeelisted. humboldt.edu/olli/classes

Spiritual

Jackman. R. 132M. BROADWAY, MILL CREEK. FAITH OF ANGELS. Christian inspirational drama about a man compelled to search for a lost boy. PG. 98M. BROADWAY.

LEE. Biopic of World War II war correspondent Lee Miller (Kate Winslet). With Alexander Skarsgård. R. 106M. BROADWAY. MEGALOPOLIS. Francis Ford Coppola’s sweeping neo-neo-classical sci-fi drama set in New Rome, starring Adam Driver and Giancarlo Esposito. R. 138M. BROADWAY.

MY OLD ASS. Psychedelics introduce a young woman (Maisy Stella) to her 38-year-old self who is played by Aubrey Plaza and, honestly, I would have been so psyched. R. 148M. BROADWAY.

SPEAK NO EVIL. James McAvoy as a scary dad reminds us why we don’t vacation with families we don’t know very well. R.110M. BROADWAY, MILL CREEK. THE SUBSTANCE. An aging celebrity (Demi Moore) tries a shady age reversal treatment with serious side effects. With Margaret Qualley and Dennis Quaid. R. 140M. BROADWAY, MILL CREEK. TRANSFORMERS ONE. Bros-to-enemies origin story for the robo-cars. PG. 104M. BROADWAY (3D), MILL CREEK (3D), MINOR.

THE WILD ROBOT. A robot makes friends in the forest in this animated adventure. PG. 102M. BROADWAY, MILL CREEK, MINOR.

For showtimes call: Broadway Cinema (707)443-3456; Mill Creek Cinema 8393456; Minor Theatre (707) 822-3456.

50 and Better

BOTANYFORGARDENERSWITHELLIOTT

PARIVAR,PH.D. Thisclassoffersadetailedanal− ysisofhowgardenplantsthrive.We’llcover organicvs.inorganicgardeningandfertilizers,soils andcomposting,commondiseasesandpests, adaptationsandprotection,specialstructures,and seedandfruitproduction.Delveintoplant anatomy,physiology,chemistry,andnutrition,in aneasy−to−understandlanguage.Aftertakingthis class,youwillneverlookatyoursaladorfruitsthe sameway!RegisterbySeptember26.Tues.,Oct.1− 22−10:30a.m.−12p.m.Online.OLLImembers$60. Signuptoday!707−826−5880orhumboldt.edu/ olli.

SEEKINGBALANCEWITHSARAHLANDIS& JUSTUSORTEGA Doyoufeellikeyoumightbe losingyourabilitytobalance?Wouldyouliketo haveyourbalanceassessed?JoinDr.Ortegaand histeamfromtheCalPolyHumboldtBiome− chanicsLabforadayofbalanceandfallrisk assessment.Duringthefirstmeeting,theBiome− chanicsLabteamwilluseaforce−sensingplatform andaseriesofstationaryanddynamicbalance teststohelpdetermineyourposturalstability. OLLImemberswillbeindividuallyassessedand givenpersonalresults.Thefollowingweek,Dr. OrtegaandDr.Landis,PT,willmeetwiththefull classtodiscusstheimplicationsofreduced balance,andprovidestrategiesforimproving stabilityandreducingtheriskoffalls.Registerby September26.Tues.,Oct.1&8−1p.m.−3p.m.OLLI members$45.Signuptoday!707−826−5880or humboldt.edu/olli.

AWALKINGTOUROFARCATAWITHBOB

DORAN JointhiswalkingtourofArcata,basedin partonatouroriginallycreatedbythelatelocal historian,SusieVanKirk,withupdatesandfurther information.ThetourbeginsattheCalPoly Humboldtgateway,andconcludesattheArcata Plaza,withstopsalongtheway,touchingonarchi− tectureandlocalpolitics.RegisterbyOctober2. Sat.,Oct.5−10a.m.−1p.m.OLLImembers$40.Sign uptoday!707−826−5880orhumboldt.edu/olli.

EVOLUTIONARYTAROT OngoingZoomclasses, privatementorshipsandreadings.CarolynAyres. 442−4240www.tarotofbecoming.com carolyn@tarotofbecoming.com

Therapy & Support

ALCOHOLICSANONYMOUS. Wecanhelp24/7, calltollfree1−844−442−0711.

SEX/PORNDAMAGINGYOURLIFE&RELATION− SHIPS? Confidentialhelpisavailable.707−499− 6928,saahumboldt@yahoo.com

Vocational

ADDITIONALONLINECLASSES Collegeofthe RedwoodsCommunityEducationandEd2GOhave partneredtoofferavarietyofshorttermand careercoursesinanonlineformat.Visit https://www.redwoods.edu/communityed/Detail /ArtMID/17724/ArticleID/4916/Additional−Online −Classes

DELNORTEPHLEBOTOMYPROGRAMINFORMA− TIONALMEETING October16,2024CallCollegeof theRedwoodsCommunityEducationat(707)476− 4500.

EMTREFRESHER October29,2024−November5, 2024CallCollegeoftheRedwoodsCommunity Educationat(707)476−4500.

FREECOMPUTERSKILLSCLASS visit https://www.redwoods.edu/adultedorcall CollegeoftheRedwoodsat707−476−4500for moreinformation.

FREEENGLISHASASECONDLANGUAGECLASS visithttps://www.redwoods.edu/adultedorcall CollegeoftheRedwoodsat707−476−4500for moreinformation.

FREEHIGHSCHOOLDIPLOMAHISETPREPARA− TION visithttps://www.redwoods.edu/adultedor callCollegeoftheRedwoodsat707−476−4500for moreinformation.

HOMEINSPECTORTRAININGPROGRAM COMINGSOON! CallCollegeoftheRedwoods CommunityEducationat(707)476−4500.

INSTRUCTORSNEEDED: Bookkeeping(Quick− Books),MicrosoftExcel&ServSafeCertification. CallCollegeofRedwoodsCommunityEducation at(707)476−4500.

MEDICALBILLING&CODINGSPECIALISTONLINE October1,2024−March6,2025CallCollegeofthe RedwoodsCommunityEducationat(707)476− 4500.

NOTARY October25,2024CallCollegeofthe RedwoodsCommunityEducationat(707)476− 4500.

PHARMACYTECHNICIANONLINE October12, 2024−March22,2025CallCollegeofthe RedwoodsCommunityEducationat(707)476− 4500.

Loneliness personified: Edward Hopper’s “Nighthawks,” painted in 1942.

The Cost of Loneliness

By Barry Evans fieldnotes@northcoastjournal.com

“Our [Stone Age] brains evolved to prioritize togetherness, and conversely to generate an anxiety response when we failed to find it.” — Matthew Shaer, The New York Times Magazine, Sept. 1, 2024

Two years ago, the Journal of the American Heart Association published a study 40 years in the making that quantified the mental and physical costs of loneliness. Among its findings, those who experience chronic loneliness have about a 30 percent increased risk of heart attack or stroke, equivalent to smoking 15 cigarettes a day. Makes sense. We’re gregarious animals. Way back when, community meant safety; loners got eaten, while those living in tribal communities ate. (A solitary hunter was no match for a saber-tooth tiger, while a group could take down a mammoth.) Right up to the Industrial Revolution, our forebears lived, for the most part, where they were born, hung out with the same family and friends from birth to death and, according to historians who study old journals and letters, welcomed the rare opportunity for solitude “as good as a spa day,” as one writer put it.

Around 1800, our ancestors began moving away from the family home into anonymous cities, often across oceans, far from their roots. Communities disintegrated and loneliness — which up until then was barely known or acknowledged — became a fact of life. Not for everyone, and not necessarily debilitating, since most found innovative ways of creating communities, natural gregariousness adapting to the new realities. But newly forged bonds kept being interrupted by pandemics, wars, the Depression and, more recently, telecommuting, smartphones and extreme polarization (political, economic, racial, religious). All have taken their toll on previously tightknit communities, neighborhoods and even churches. Consider for instance:

•Between 1950 and today, one-person households have tripled, now accounting for 29 percent of the total;

•Most people today meet their future spouses on the internet;

•Church membership (a prime way of building community, irrespective of religious belief) is way down, from over 70 percent 50 years ago to less than 50 percent now;

•Working from home, which preCOVID-19 accounted for 5 percent of all workdays, has tripled.

The net result is that loneliness is on the rise. Not just the odd twinge when we’re not invited to a friend’s wedding, but chronic, debilitating, paralyzing capital-L, Loneliness. It’s morphed in the last few years, from an uncomfortable emotional state to a full-blown epidemic. Surveys show that over 60 percent of us report feeling lonely on a regular basis, and not just older people living on their own, either. The loneliest age group consists of young adults between the ages of 18 and 25 — one in three of them, according to a recent Harvard and Making Caring Common survey.

How bad are the consequences? The American Medical Association reported that chronic loneliness results in a 29 percent increased risk of heart disease and a 32 percent risk of stroke. Other health problems include Type 2 diabetes, depression and anxiety, suicidality and self-harm, dementia — the works. If you’re lonely, chances are you’ll die sooner and sicker. Two countries, the UK and Japan, consider the problem so severe that they’ve created ministers of loneliness.

Chances are, our species will adapt to the new conditions and challenges, as it’s had to do so often and so well in the past. Hopefully, online communities, Zoom calls, get-together opportunities like weekly farmers markets, meaningful “warm ties” (regular connections we have with baristas, grocery check-out clerks, neighbors and such), all these and more will compensate for the current realities of loosening bonds. They’d better or we can kiss our communal asses goodbye.

l

Barry Evans (he/him, barryevans9@ yahoo.com) considers coming to welcoming Eureka the best move of his life.

ACROSS

1. President Franklin

7. Immediately

11. Leatherworker’s poker

14. Of a part of the heart

15. LBJ son-in-law Charles

16. By way of

17. *Big, round housecats (answers to starred clues are new words added to Collins Official, for international non-US play as of 1/1/25)

18. *Most materialistic and high-class (using four different vowels)

20. In ___ (basically)

21. Golf stroke

22. Algonquian-speaking Canadian group

23. Four-hour movies, maybe

25. Feathered scarf

26. *Flattens out like a hot resting dog (just a fun word to say)

29. *Whatchamacallit (previously in the list, but with a Y)

33. Infants’ sicknesses

34. Four-handed piano song

35. Psychologist/writer/ PBS host LeShan

36. Little help

37. Mario’s brother

39. Video games playable by large groups simultaneously

40. Happy tail movement

41. Bit of a cloud

42. American tennis star Stephens

44. *”Isn’t that true?” (not a type of mineral)

46. *Became a huge fan of (all tenses are now fair game)

47. “Oh yeah? ___ who?”

48. “The ___ Kid” (1950s Western)

49. Liquidation event

51. Oktoberfest ___

(website with an “O’Fest Essentials” category)

53. Nevada neighbor

56. *Cranial attack in a fight (surprisingly, new to the list as one word)

58. *Subject-changing segue word (either spelling is new)

60. Java brewer

61. Multigenerational baseball surname

62. Sweetsop relatives

63. “Yup,” without the out-loud part

64. Forrest played by Tom Hanks

65. Malaria-carrying fly

DOWN

1. Lobby gp.

2. “Am ___ only one?”

3. Greek god of love

4. Wash, as containers for leftovers

5. Sweet spheroid on a stick

6. Golfer Ernie

7. Photographer Diane 8. Chimney remnants

9. Be adjacent to 10. Simple sandwich, for short

11. Statistician’s unnamed guy

12. Sagacious

13. “The ___ Show with Stephen Colbert” 19. Desktop image 21. Computer lab inventory

24. “This party rocks!”

25. Commit to the ___

26. Uh, it’s a vowel sound

27. King of Troy in “The Iliad”

28. Place for “iced tea”?

29. Harbor hauler

30. Bank jobs

31. “What Have ___ to Deserve This?” (Pet Shop Boys song)

32. Became less difficult

34. Tzatziki, for example

38. Fair ___ laws

39. Any one species constituting a genus

41. “The ___” (Diana Ross musical)

43. Gaps

45. Oregon college near Portland

46. Maya Harris, to Kamala Harris

48. Jokester

49. Avoid

50. Bubbly British chocolate bar

51. “Life & Beth” streamer

52. Molecular component

54. At the drop of ___

55. “___ the weather up there?”

57. Checkout purchase (if you forgot to bring one)

58. Fitting

59. Sugar suffix

© Puzzles by Pappocom

97

865 573 8 1 961 24 3 7 938 659 76

NOTICEOFPETITIONTO ADMINISTERESTATEOF

DANIELJ.HODGE

akaDANIELJOHNHODGE

CASENO.PR2400259

Toallheirs,beneficiaries,creditors, contingentcreditorsandpersons whomayotherwisebeinterestedin thewillorestate,orboth,of

DANIELJ.HODGEakaDANIELJOHN HODGE

APETITIONFORPROBATEhasbeen filedbyPetitionerLINDAC. CONLEY

IntheSuperiorCourtofCalifornia, CountyofHumboldt.

Thepetitionforprobaterequests thatLINDAC.CONLEY beappointedaspersonalrepresen− tativetoadministertheestateof thedecedent.

THEPETITIONrequeststhedece− dent’swillandcodicils,ifany,be admittedtoprobate.Thewilland anycodicilsareavailableforexam− inationinthefilekeptbycourt.

THEPETITIONrequestsauthorityto administertheestateunderthe IndependentAdministrationof EstatesAct.(Thisauthoritywill allowthepersonalrepresentative totakemanyactionswithout obtainingcourtapproval.Before takingcertainveryimportant actions,however,thepersonal representativewillberequiredto givenoticetointerestedpersons unlesstheyhavewaivednoticeor consentedtotheproposedaction.)

Theindependentadministration authoritywillbegrantedunlessan interestedpersonfilesanobjection tothepetitionandshowsgood causewhythecourtshouldnot granttheauthority.

AHEARINGonthepetitionwillbe heldonOctober24,2024at9:30 a.m.attheSuperiorCourtofCali− fornia,CountyofHumboldt,825 FifthStreet,Eureka,inDept.:4, Room:4

Forinformationonhowtoappear remotelyforyourhearing,please visithttps://www.humboldt.courts. ca.gov/

IFYOUOBJECTtothegrantingof thepetition,youshouldappearat thehearingandstateyourobjec− tionsorfilewrittenobjectionswith thecourtbeforethehearing.Your appearancemaybeinpersonorby yourattorney.

IFYOUAREACREDITORora contingentcreditorofthedece− dent,youmustfileyourclaimwith thecourtandmailacopytothe personalrepresentativeappointed bythecourtwithinthelaterof either(1)fourmonthsfromthe dateoffirstissuanceofletterstoa generalpersonalrepresentative,as definedinsection58(b)oftheCali− forniaProbateCode,or(2)60days fromthedateofmailingor personaldeliverytoyouofanotice undersection9052oftheCalifornia ProbateCode.OtherCalifornia statutesandlegalauthoritymay affectyourrightsasacreditor.You maywanttoconsultwithan attorneyknowledgeableinCali− fornialaw.

YOUMAYEXAMINEthefilekept bythecourt.Ifyouareaperson interestedintheestate,youmay filewiththecourtaRequestfor SpecialNotice(formDE−154)ofthe

undersection9052oftheCalifornia ProbateCode.OtherCalifornia statutesandlegalauthoritymay affectyourrightsasacreditor.You maywanttoconsultwithan attorneyknowledgeableinCali− fornialaw.

YOUMAYEXAMINEthefilekept bythecourt.Ifyouareaperson interestedintheestate,youmay filewiththecourtaRequestfor SpecialNotice(formDE−154)ofthe filingofaninventoryandappraisal ofestateassetsorofanypetition oraccountasprovidedinProbate Codesection1250.ARequestfor SpecialNoticeformisavailable fromthecourtclerk.

AttorneyforPetitioner: DanielE.Cooper 710IStreet Eureka,CA95501 (707)443−8011

Filed:September17,2024

SUPERIORCOURTOFCALIFORNIA COUNTYOFHUMBOLDT

9/26,10/3,10/10/2024(24−361)

NOTICEOFPETITIONTO ADMINISTERESTATEOF PATRICIAANNMILLER STAMMERaka PATRICIAA.STAMMER CASENO.PR2400264

Toallheirs,beneficiaries,creditors, contingentcreditorsandpersons whomayotherwisebeinterestedin thewillorestate,orboth,of PATRICIAANNMILLERSTAMMER akaPATRICIAA.STAMMER APETITIONFORPROBATEhasbeen filedbyPetitionerSONJAA.SUND− BERG

IntheSuperiorCourtofCalifornia, CountyofHumboldt.

Thepetitionforprobaterequests thatSONJASUNDBERG beappointedaspersonalrepresen− tativetoadministertheestateof thedecedent.

THEPETITIONrequestsauthorityto administertheestateunderthe IndependentAdministrationof EstatesAct.(Thisauthoritywill allowthepersonalrepresentative totakemanyactionswithout obtainingcourtapproval.Before takingcertainveryimportant actions,however,thepersonal representativewillberequiredto givenoticetointerestedpersons unlesstheyhavewaivednoticeor consentedtotheproposedaction.) Theindependentadministration authoritywillbegrantedunlessan interestedpersonfilesanobjection tothepetitionandshowsgood causewhythecourtshouldnot granttheauthority.

AHEARINGonthepetitionwillbe heldonOctober24,2024at10:30 a.m.attheSuperiorCourtofCali− fornia,CountyofHumboldt,825 FifthStreet,Eureka,inDept.:4

Forinformationonhowtoappear remotelyforyourhearing,please visithttps://www.humboldt.courts. ca.gov/

IFYOUOBJECTtothegrantingof thepetition,youshouldappearat thehearingandstateyourobjec− tionsorfilewrittenobjectionswith thecourtbeforethehearing.Your appearancemaybeinpersonorby yourattorney.

IFYOUAREACREDITORora contingentcreditorofthedece− dent,youmustfileyourclaimwith thecourtandmailacopytothe personalrepresentativeappointed bythecourtwithinthelaterof either(1)fourmonthsfromthe dateoffirstissuanceofletterstoa

tionsorfilewrittenobjectionswith thecourtbeforethehearing.Your appearancemaybeinpersonorby yourattorney.

IFYOUAREACREDITORora contingentcreditorofthedece− dent,youmustfileyourclaimwith thecourtandmailacopytothe personalrepresentativeappointed bythecourtwithinthelaterof either(1)fourmonthsfromthe dateoffirstissuanceofletterstoa generalpersonalrepresentative,as definedinsection58(b)oftheCali− forniaProbateCode,or(2)60days fromthedateofmailingor personaldeliverytoyouofanotice undersection9052oftheCalifornia ProbateCode.OtherCalifornia statutesandlegalauthoritymay affectyourrightsasacreditor.You maywanttoconsultwithan attorneyknowledgeableinCali− fornialaw.

YOUMAYEXAMINEthefilekept bythecourt.Ifyouareaperson interestedintheestate,youmay filewiththecourtaRequestfor SpecialNotice(formDE−154)ofthe filingofaninventoryandappraisal ofestateassetsorofanypetition oraccountasprovidedinProbate Codesection1250.ARequestfor SpecialNoticeformisavailable fromthecourtclerk.

AttorneyforPetitioner: CarltonD.Floyd FloydLawFirm 819SeventhStreet Eureka,CA95501 (707)445−9754

Filed:September18,2024

SUPERIORCOURTOFCALIFORNIA COUNTYOFHUMBOLDT

9/26,10/3,10/10/2024(24−365)

NOTICEOFPETITIONTO ADMINISTERESTATEOF RICHARDNYLANDERaka RICKNYLANDER CASENO.PR2400261

Toallheirs,beneficiaries,creditors, contingentcreditorsandpersons whomayotherwisebeinterestedin thewillorestate,orboth,of RICHARDNYLANDERakaRICK NYLANDER

APETITIONFORPROBATEhasbeen filedbyPetitionerCINDY

NYLANDER

IntheSuperiorCourtofCalifornia, CountyofHumboldt. Thepetitionforprobaterequests thatCINDYNYLANDER

beappointedaspersonalrepresen− tativetoadministertheestateof thedecedent.

THEPETITIONrequestsauthorityto administertheestateunderthe IndependentAdministrationof EstatesAct.(Thisauthoritywill allowthepersonalrepresentative totakemanyactionswithout obtainingcourtapproval.Before takingcertainveryimportant actions,however,thepersonal representativewillberequiredto givenoticetointerestedpersons unlesstheyhavewaivednoticeor consentedtotheproposedaction.) Theindependentadministration authoritywillbegrantedunlessan interestedpersonfilesanobjection tothepetitionandshowsgood causewhythecourtshouldnot granttheauthority.

AHEARINGonthepetitionwillbe heldonOctober10,2024at9:30 a.m.attheSuperiorCourtofCali− fornia,CountyofHumboldt,825 FifthStreet,Eureka,inDept.:4, Room:4

Forinformationonhowtoappear remotelyforyourhearing,please

causewhythecourtshouldnot granttheauthority.

AHEARINGonthepetitionwillbe heldonOctober10,2024at9:30 a.m.attheSuperiorCourtofCali− fornia,CountyofHumboldt,825 FifthStreet,Eureka,inDept.:4, Room:4

Forinformationonhowtoappear remotelyforyourhearing,please visithttps://www.humboldt.courts. ca.gov/

IFYOUOBJECTtothegrantingof thepetition,youshouldappearat thehearingandstateyourobjec− tionsorfilewrittenobjectionswith thecourtbeforethehearing.Your appearancemaybeinpersonorby yourattorney.

thepetition,youshouldappearat thehearingandstateyourobjec− tionsorfilewrittenobjectionswith thecourtbeforethehearing.Your appearancemaybeinpersonorby yourattorney.

Build to edge of the document Margins are just a safe area

IFYOUAREACREDITORora contingentcreditorofthedece− dent,youmustfileyourclaimwith thecourtandmailacopytothe personalrepresentativeappointed bythecourtwithinthelaterof either(1)fourmonthsfromthe dateoffirstissuanceofletterstoa generalpersonalrepresentative,as definedinsection58(b)oftheCali− forniaProbateCode,or(2)60days fromthedateofmailingor personaldeliverytoyouofanotice undersection9052oftheCalifornia ProbateCode.OtherCalifornia statutesandlegalauthoritymay affectyourrightsasacreditor.You maywanttoconsultwithan attorneyknowledgeableinCali− fornialaw.

YOUMAYEXAMINEthefilekept bythecourt.Ifyouareaperson interestedintheestate,youmay filewiththecourtaRequestfor SpecialNotice(formDE−154)ofthe filingofaninventoryandappraisal ofestateassetsorofanypetition oraccountasprovidedinProbate Codesection1250.ARequestfor SpecialNoticeformisavailable fromthecourtclerk.

AttorneyforPetitioner: JocelynM.Godinho,Esq. 3173rdStreet,Suite15 Eureka,CA95501 (707)242−7439

Filed:August22,2024

SUPERIORCOURTOFCALIFORNIA COUNTYOFHUMBOLDT

9/19,9/26,10/3/2024(24−359)

IFYOUAREACREDITORora contingentcreditorofthedece− dent,youmustfileyourclaimwith thecourtandmailacopytothe personalrepresentativeappointed bythecourtwithinthelaterof either(1)fourmonthsfromthe dateoffirstissuanceofletterstoa generalpersonalrepresentative,as definedinsection58(b)oftheCali− forniaProbateCode,or(2)60days fromthedateofmailingor personaldeliverytoyouofanotice undersection9052oftheCalifornia ProbateCode.OtherCalifornia statutesandlegalauthoritymay affectyourrightsasacreditor.You maywanttoconsultwithan attorneyknowledgeableinCali− fornialaw.

definedinsection58(b)oftheCali− forniaProbateCode,or(2)60days fromthedateofmailingor personaldeliverytoyouofanotice undersection9052oftheCalifornia ProbateCode.OtherCalifornia statutesandlegalauthoritymay affectyourrightsasacreditor.You maywanttoconsultwithan attorneyknowledgeableinCali− fornialaw.

YOUMAYEXAMINEthefilekept bythecourt.Ifyouareaperson interestedintheestate,youmay filewiththecourtaRequestfor SpecialNotice(formDE−154)ofthe filingofaninventoryandappraisal ofestateassetsorofanypetition oraccountasprovidedinProbate Codesection1250.ARequestfor SpecialNoticeformisavailable fromthecourtclerk.

APN: 522-431-008-000 TS NO: CA09000139-24-1 TO NO: DEF-634834

YOUMAYEXAMINEthefilekept bythecourt.Ifyouareaperson interestedintheestate,youmay filewiththecourtaRequestfor SpecialNotice(formDE−154)ofthe filingofaninventoryandappraisal ofestateassetsorofanypetition oraccountasprovidedinProbate Codesection1250.ARequestfor SpecialNoticeformisavailable fromthecourtclerk.

AttorneyforPetitioner: JocelynM.Godinho,Esq. 3173rdStreet,Suite15 Eureka,CA95501 (707)242−7439

Filed:August22,2024

SUPERIORCOURTOFCALIFORNIA COUNTYOFHUMBOLDT 9/19,9/26,10/3/2024(24−359)

AttorneyforPetitioner: JocelynM.Godinho,Esq. 3173rdStreet,Suite15 Eureka,CA95501 (707)242−7439

Filed:August22,2024

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE (The above statement is made pursuant to CA Civil Code Section 2923.3(d)(1). The Summary will be provided to Trustor(s) and/or vested owner(s) only, pursuant to CA Civil Code Section 2923.3(d)(2).) YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED July 12, 2021. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On October 21, 2024 at 10:00 AM, Front Entrance, Humboldt County Courthouse, 825 5th Street, Eureka, CA 95501, MTC Financial Inc. dba Trustee Corps, as the duly Appointed Trustee, under and pursuant to the power of sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust Recorded on July 14, 2021 as Instrument No. 2021-016074, and that said Deed of Trust was modified by Modification Agreement and recorded February 28, 2023 as Instrument Number 2023-002578, of official records in the Office of the Recorder of Humboldt County, California, executed by BAO SYPHANTHONG, A MARRIED WOMAN, AS HER SOLE AND SEPARATE PROPERTY, as Trustor(s), in favor of MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., as Beneficiary, as nominee for CALIBER HOME LOANS, INC. as Beneficiary, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER, in lawful money of the United States, all payable at the time of sale, that certain property situated in said County, California describing the land therein as: AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN SAID DEED OF TRUST The property heretofore described is being sold “as is”. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 92 HILLCREST WAY, WILLOW CREEK, CA 95573 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the Note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said Note(s), advances if any, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligations secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of this Notice of Trustee’s Sale is estimated to be $193,750.31 (Estimated). However, prepayment premiums, accrued interest and advances will increase this figure prior to sale. Beneficiary’s bid at said sale may include all or part of said amount. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept a cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the California Financial Code and authorized to do business in California, or other such funds as may be acceptable to the Trustee. In the event tender other than cash is accepted, the Trustee may withhold the issuance of the Trustee’s Deed Upon Sale until funds become available to the payee or endorsee as a matter of right. The property offered for sale excludes all funds held on account by the property receiver, if applicable. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. Notice to Potential Bidders If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a Trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a Trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same Lender may hold more than one mortgage or Deed of Trust on the property. Notice to Property Owner The sale date shown on this Notice of Sale may be postponed one or more times by the Mortgagee, Beneficiary, Trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about Trustee Sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call Auction.com at 800.280.2832 for information regarding the Trustee’s Sale or visit the Internet Website address www.Auction.com for information regarding the sale of this property, using the file number assigned to this case, CA09000139-24-1. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Website. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. Notice to Tenant NOTICE TO TENANT FOR FORECLOSURES AFTER JANUARY 1, 2021 You may have a right to purchase this property after the trustee auction pursuant to Section 2924m of the California Civil Code. If you are an “eligible tenant buyer,” you can purchase the property if you match the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. If you are an “eligible bidder,” you may be able to purchase the property if you exceed the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. There are three steps to exercising this right of purchase. First, 48 hours after the date of the trustee sale, you can call 800.280.2832, or visit this internet website www.Auction.com, using the file number assigned to this case CA09000139-24-1 to find the date on which the trustee’s sale was held, the amount of the last and highest bid, and the address of the trustee. Second, you must send a written notice of intent to place a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 15 days after the trustee’s sale. Third, you must submit a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 45 days after the trustee’s sale. If you think you may qualify as an “eligible tenant buyer” or “eligible bidder,” you should consider contacting an attorney or appropriate real estate professional immediately for advice regarding this potential right to purchase. Date: August 30, 2024 MTC Financial Inc. dba Trustee Corps TS No. CA09000139-24-1 17100 Gillette Ave Irvine, CA 92614 Phone: 949-252-8300 TDD: 711 949.252.8300 By: Bobbie La Flower, Authorized Signatory SALE INFORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED ONLINE AT www.Auction.com FOR AUTOMATED SALES INFORMATION PLEASE CALL: Auction.com at 800.280.2832 NPP0465060 To: NORTH COAST JOURNAL 09/26/2024, 10/03/2024, 10/10/2024

SUPERIORCOURTOFCALIFORNIA COUNTYOFHUMBOLDT

9/19,9/26,10/3/2024(24−359)

SpecialNotice(formDE−154)ofthe filingofaninventoryandappraisal ofestateassetsorofanypetition oraccountasprovidedinProbate Codesection1250.ARequestfor SpecialNoticeformisavailable fromthecourtclerk.

AttorneyforPetitioner:

JocelynM.Godinho,Esq. 3173rdStreet,Suite15

Eureka,CA95501

(707)242−7439

Filed:August22,2024

SUPERIORCOURTOFCALIFORNIA

COUNTYOFHUMBOLDT

9/19,9/26,10/3/2024(24−359)

LEGALS?

NOTICEOFPETITIONTO ADMINISTERESTATEOF

GARYCOONROD

CASENO.PR2400256

Toallheirs,beneficiaries,creditors, contingentcreditorsandpersons whomayotherwisebeinterestedin thewillorestate,orboth,of GARYCOONROD

APETITIONFORPROBATEhasbeen filedbyPetitionerGARRETT COONROD

IntheSuperiorCourtofCalifornia, CountyofHumboldt.

PUBLIC NOTICE

HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE COUNTY OF HUMBOLDT

Thepetitionforprobaterequests thatGARRETTCOONROD beappointedaspersonalrepresen− tativetoadministertheestateof thedecedent.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Housing Authority of the County of Humboldt has completed a draft of the updated Administrative Plan. A copy of the draft is available for review at the Housing Authority website www.eurekahumboldtha.org or by request. A public meeting for the purpose of receiving comments on the updated Administrative Plan draft will be held via conference call on Wednesday, October 02, 2024 at 9:00am – 10:00am. The Housing Authority will receive comments regarding the proposed changes starting August 22, 2024 through the close of business on October 07, 2024. To request the draft and obtain conference call phone in instructions, please call (707) 443-4583 ext 219. The Housing Authority hours of operation are 9:00am – 4:30pm, Monday through Friday, alternating every other Friday an off day.

THEPETITIONrequestsauthorityto administertheestateunderthe IndependentAdministrationof EstatesAct.(Thisauthoritywill allowthepersonalrepresentative totakemanyactionswithout obtainingcourtapproval.Before takingcertainveryimportant actions,however,thepersonal representativewillberequiredto givenoticetointerestedpersons unlesstheyhavewaivednoticeor consentedtotheproposedaction.)

Theindependentadministration authoritywillbegrantedunlessan interestedpersonfilesanobjection tothepetitionandshowsgood causewhythecourtshouldnot granttheauthority.

CITY OF FORTUNA NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

AHEARINGonthepetitionwillbe heldonOctober24,2024at10:30 a.m.attheSuperiorCourtofCali− fornia,CountyofHumboldt,825 FifthStreet,Eureka,inDept.:4

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Fortuna Planning Commission will review and provide comments on the draft Mill District Specific Plan (MDSP) and Mill District Specific Plan Supplemental Environmental Impact Report (SEIR) on Tuesday, September 24, 2024, at 3:00 p.m. or as soon as possible thereafter. The meeting will be held at 621 11th Street, Fortuna, California, in the City Hall Council Chamber.

Forinformationonhowtoappear remotelyforyourhearing,please visithttps://www.humboldt.courts. ca.gov/

The MDSP governs approximately 150 City acres, including the former PALCO mill site, off-site improvement areas, and other General Plan land use change areas. The MDSP envisions the project area as an essential and diverse center for local and regional economic, employment, tourism, and residential growth and development. Proposed allowable MDSP land uses will include residential, mixed-use, flex space, transportation, distribution, commercial, restaurant, civic, lodging, manufacturing, warehousing, office, and industrial activities. The SEIR is a California Environmental Quality Act requirement that evaluates whether the proposed MDSP and General Plan amendments will result in new significant impacts or increased severity of the significant impacts previously identified during the City’s General Plan adoption.

IFYOUOBJECTtothegrantingof thepetition,youshouldappearat thehearingandstateyourobjec− tionsorfilewrittenobjectionswith thecourtbeforethehearing.Your appearancemaybeinpersonorby yourattorney.

GARYCOONROD APETITIONFORPROBATEhasbeen filedbyPetitionerGARRETT COONROD

IntheSuperiorCourtofCalifornia, CountyofHumboldt.

Thepetitionforprobaterequests thatGARRETTCOONROD beappointedaspersonalrepresen− tativetoadministertheestateof thedecedent.

THEPETITIONrequestsauthorityto administertheestateunderthe IndependentAdministrationof EstatesAct.(Thisauthoritywill allowthepersonalrepresentative totakemanyactionswithout obtainingcourtapproval.Before takingcertainveryimportant actions,however,thepersonal representativewillberequiredto givenoticetointerestedpersons unlesstheyhavewaivednoticeor consentedtotheproposedaction.)

Theindependentadministration authoritywillbegrantedunlessan interestedpersonfilesanobjection tothepetitionandshowsgood causewhythecourtshouldnot granttheauthority.

AHEARINGonthepetitionwillbe heldonOctober24,2024at10:30 a.m.attheSuperiorCourtofCali− fornia,CountyofHumboldt,825 FifthStreet,Eureka,inDept.:4

Forinformationonhowtoappear remotelyforyourhearing,please visithttps://www.humboldt.courts. ca.gov/

IFYOUOBJECTtothegrantingof thepetition,youshouldappearat thehearingandstateyourobjec− tionsorfilewrittenobjectionswith thecourtbeforethehearing.Your appearancemaybeinpersonorby yourattorney.

LEGALNOTICE

NOTICEISHEREBYGIVENTHAT THEUNDERSIGNEDINTENDSTO SELLTHEPERSONALPROPERTY DESCRIBEDBELOWTOENFORCEA LIENIMPOSEDONSAIDPROPERTY UNDERTHECaliforniaSelfService storagefacilityActBus&ProfCode sb21700−21716. Theundersignedwillbesoldat publicsalebycompetitivebidding onTuesday,October8,2024at11 AMonthepremiseswheresaid propertyhasbeenstoredand whichislocatedatEvergreen Storage,1100EvergreenRd,Redway, CA95560,CountyofHumboldt, StateofCalifornia.Thefollowing unitswillbesoldforcashunless paidforbytenantpriortoauction.

Burke,Barbara116 Lavine,Cheyanna588 Riester,Jessica351 Thurston,Kurt123

9/26,10/3/2024(24−364)

LEGALNOTICE

NOTICEISHEREBYGIVENTHAT THEUNDERSIGNEDINTENDSTO SELLTHEPERSONALPROPERTY DESCRIBEDBELOWTOENFORCEA LIENIMPOSEDONSAIDPROPERTY UNDERTHECaliforniaSelfService storagefacilityActBus&ProfCode sb21700−21716.

POBox1015

BlueLake,CA95525

VictoriaLTimoteo MysticalA/VClubLLC CA202462013164 410RailroadAvenue BlueLake,CA95525

Thebusinessisconductedbya LimitedLiabilityCompany

Thedateregistrantcommencedto transactbusinessundertheficti− tiousbusinessnameornamelisted aboveonJuly30,2024

Ideclarethatallinformationinthis statementistrueandcorrect. Aregistrantwhodeclaresastrue anymaterialmatterpursuantto Section17913oftheBusinessand ProfessionsCodethattheregis− trantknowstobefalseisguiltyofa misdemeanorpunishablebyafine nottoexceedonethousanddollars ($1,000).

/sVictoriaTimoteo,CEO

ThisAugust19,2024

JUANP.CERVANTES byJR,HumboldtCountyClerk 9/12,9/19,9/26,10/3/2024(24−339)

FICTITIOUSBUSINESSNAME STATEMENT24-00465

FICTITIOUSBUSINESSNAME STATEMENT24−00465

ThefollowingpersonisdoingBusi− nessas

LOGAN'SGENERALCONSTRUCTION

242HigginsSt Eureka,CA95503

Thebusinessisconductedbya LimitedLiabilityCompany

Thedateregistrantcommencedto transactbusinessundertheficti− tiousbusinessnameornamelisted aboveonNotApplicable Ideclarethatallinformationinthis statementistrueandcorrect. Aregistrantwhodeclaresastrue anymaterialmatterpursuantto Section17913oftheBusinessand ProfessionsCodethattheregis− trantknowstobefalseisguiltyofa misdemeanorpunishablebyafine nottoexceedonethousanddollars ($1,000).

/sIrisaCristino,President ThisAugust23,2024

JUANP.CERVANTES byJR,HumboldtCountyClerk 9/5,9/12,9/19,9/26/2024(24−333)

FICTITIOUSBUSINESSNAME STATEMENT24−00471

ThefollowingpersonisdoingBusi− nessas

TANDOORIBITESPIZZA

Humboldt 215W7thSt Eureka,CA95501

TandooriPizzaHouseInc CA6353907 1010FernDr Eureka,CA95503

The draft MDSP and SEIR are available on the City’s website at www. friendlyfortuna.com, and a physical copy is available for review at City Hall.

Interested parties may provide oral or written testimony at or before the meeting. Written comments should be sent to Planning Commission Secretary Katey Schmidt at kschmidt@ci.fortuna.ca.us or 621 11th Street, Fortuna, California, 95540 by Monday, September 23, 2024 to be presented at the meeting. Late comments will be attached to the meeting minutes but will not be part of the public meeting packet.

IFYOUAREACREDITORora contingentcreditorofthedece− dent,youmustfileyourclaimwith thecourtandmailacopytothe personalrepresentativeappointed bythecourtwithinthelaterof either(1)fourmonthsfromthe dateoffirstissuanceofletterstoa generalpersonalrepresentative,as definedinsection58(b)oftheCali− forniaProbateCode,or(2)60days fromthedateofmailingor personaldeliverytoyouofanotice undersection9052oftheCalifornia ProbateCode.OtherCalifornia statutesandlegalauthoritymay affectyourrightsasacreditor.You maywanttoconsultwithan attorneyknowledgeableinCali− fornialaw.

IFYOUAREACREDITORora contingentcreditorofthedece− dent,youmustfileyourclaimwith thecourtandmailacopytothe personalrepresentativeappointed bythecourtwithinthelaterof either(1)fourmonthsfromthe dateoffirstissuanceofletterstoa generalpersonalrepresentative,as definedinsection58(b)oftheCali− forniaProbateCode,or(2)60days fromthedateofmailingor personaldeliverytoyouofanotice undersection9052oftheCalifornia ProbateCode.OtherCalifornia statutesandlegalauthoritymay affectyourrightsasacreditor.You maywanttoconsultwithan attorneyknowledgeableinCali− fornialaw.

YOUMAYEXAMINEthefilekept bythecourt.Ifyouareaperson interestedintheestate,youmay filewiththecourtaRequestfor SpecialNotice(formDE−154)ofthe filingofaninventoryandappraisal ofestateassetsorofanypetition oraccountasprovidedinProbate Codesection1250.ARequestfor SpecialNoticeformisavailable fromthecourtclerk.

Theundersignedwillbesoldat publicsalebycompetitivebidding onthe4thdayofOctoberat11am, onthepremiseswheresaidprop− ertyhasbeenstoredandwhichis locatedat804S.FortunaBlvd, Fortuna,CountyofHumboldt,State ofCalifornia.Thefollowingunits willbesoldforcashunlesspaidfor bytenantpriortoauction.

E240−MIKAYLABATES D117−ANDREAPOLLOCK E230−BELINDALUNA F236−KRISTENMELL F226−AMBERDOMINGUEZ C213−DEBRAWHITE C231/C236−BRENDAFULLER G104−DEBORAHGATES C107−LACEYJOHNSON E221−DAISYMENDEZ−HERRERA B103−DEANNAANDERSON D116−CYNTHIABRISSETTE C103−STEVENSMITH A212−DESERIEBRACKETT A213−SARABARRY C246−DOMINICSANTINO 9/19,9/26/2024(24−351)

FICTITIOUSBUSINESSNAME STATEMENT24−00457

ThefollowingpersonisdoingBusi− nessas

GOOSEBERRYGALLERY/ MAGENTAMOUNTAINMAJESTY

Humboldt 1699CamptonLn Fortuna,CA95540

LoganMFloyd 1699CamptonLn Fortuna,CA95540

Thebusinessisconductedbyan Individual

Thedateregistrantcommencedto transactbusinessundertheficti− tiousbusinessnameornamelisted aboveonNotApplicable Ideclarethatallinformationinthis statementistrueandcorrect. Aregistrantwhodeclaresastrue anymaterialmatterpursuantto Section17913oftheBusinessand ProfessionsCodethattheregis− trantknowstobefalseisguiltyofa misdemeanorpunishablebyafine nottoexceedonethousanddollars ($1,000).

/sLoganMFloyd,Owner

ThisAugust23,2024

JUANP.CERVANTES byJR,HumboldtCountyClerk 9/19,9/26,10/3,10/10/2024(24−354)

FICTITIOUSBUSINESSNAME STATEMENT24−00467

ThefollowingpersonisdoingBusi− nessas PITTERPATTERDAYCARE

Thebusinessisconductedbya Corporation

Thedateregistrantcommencedto transactbusinessundertheficti− tiousbusinessnameornamelisted aboveonNotApplicable Ideclarethatallinformationinthis statementistrueandcorrect. Aregistrantwhodeclaresastrue anymaterialmatterpursuantto Section17913oftheBusinessand ProfessionsCodethattheregis− trantknowstobefalseisguiltyofa misdemeanorpunishablebyafine nottoexceedonethousanddollars ($1,000).

/sGurpreetSohal,ChiefExecutive Officer

ThisAugust26,2024

JUANP.CERVANTES

bysg,HumboldtCountyClerk 9/12,9/19,9/26,10/3/2024(24−338)

FICTITIOUSBUSINESSNAME STATEMENT24-00474

ThefollowingpersonisdoingBusi− nessas

JOYMASSAGE

Humboldt 2192CentralAveSuiteA McKinleyville,CA95519

JoyMassageWellnessLLC CA202463412619

2192CentralAveSuiteA McKinleyville,CA95519

Humboldt 2900HarrisSt Eureka,CA95501

Humboldt

410RailroadAvenue BlueLake,CA95525

YOUMAYEXAMINEthefilekept bythecourt.Ifyouareaperson interestedintheestate,youmay filewiththecourtaRequestfor SpecialNotice(formDE−154)ofthe filingofaninventoryandappraisal ofestateassetsorofanypetition oraccountasprovidedinProbate Codesection1250.ARequestfor SpecialNoticeformisavailable fromthecourtclerk. AttorneyforPetitioner: CarltonD.Floyd

If you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at (707) 725-7600 at least 48 hours before the meeting. This will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to ensure meeting accessibility (28 CFR 35.102 - 35.104 ADA Title II).

AttorneyforPetitioner: CarltonD.Floyd FloydLawFirm 819SeventhStreet Eureka,CA95501 (707)445−9754

Filed:September12,2024

SUPERIORCOURTOFCALIFORNIA COUNTYOFHUMBOLDT

9/26,10/3,10/10/2024(24−366)

POBox1015 BlueLake,CA95525

VictoriaLTimoteo MysticalA/VClubLLC CA202462013164 410RailroadAvenue BlueLake,CA95525

Thebusinessisconductedbya LimitedLiabilityCompany

Thedateregistrantcommencedto

CristinoLLC CA202462614517 242HigginsSt Eureka,CA95503

Thebusinessisconductedbya LimitedLiabilityCompany

Thedateregistrantcommencedto transactbusinessundertheficti− tiousbusinessnameornamelisted aboveonNotApplicable Ideclarethatallinformationinthis statementistrueandcorrect. Aregistrantwhodeclaresastrue anymaterialmatterpursuantto

Thebusinessisconductedbya LimitedLiabilityCompany

Thedateregistrantcommencedto transactbusinessundertheficti− tiousbusinessnameornamelisted aboveonNotApplicable Ideclarethatallinformationinthis statementistrueandcorrect. Aregistrantwhodeclaresastrue anymaterialmatterpursuantto Section17913oftheBusinessand ProfessionsCodethattheregis− trantknowstobefalseisguiltyofa misdemeanorpunishablebyafine nottoexceedonethousanddollars ($1,000).

/sLiYunZheng,CEO

ThisAugust27,2024

aboveonNotApplicable Ideclarethatallinformationinthis statementistrueandcorrect.

Aregistrantwhodeclaresastrue anymaterialmatterpursuantto Section17913oftheBusinessand ProfessionsCodethattheregis− trantknowstobefalseisguiltyofa misdemeanorpunishablebyafine nottoexceedonethousanddollars ($1,000).

/sLiYunZheng,CEO

ThisAugust27,2024

JUANP.CERVANTES

byJR,HumboldtCountyClerk

9/5,9/12,9/19,9/26/2024(24−332)

FICTITIOUSBUSINESSNAME

STATEMENT24−00476

ThefollowingpersonisdoingBusi− nessas ISLANDSTATECONSTRUCTION

Humboldt

3489TrinitySt Eureka,CA95501

EwanHMcLean

3489TrinitySt Eureka,CA95501

Thebusinessisconductedbyan

Individual

Thedateregistrantcommencedto transactbusinessundertheficti− tiousbusinessnameornamelisted aboveonNotApplicable Ideclarethatallinformationinthis statementistrueandcorrect. Aregistrantwhodeclaresastrue anymaterialmatterpursuantto Section17913oftheBusinessand ProfessionsCodethattheregis− trantknowstobefalseisguiltyofa misdemeanorpunishablebyafine nottoexceedonethousanddollars ($1,000).

/sEwanMcLean,Owner

ThisAugust27,2024

JUANP.CERVANTES

byJR,HumboldtCountyClerk

9/5,9/12,9/19,9/26/2024(24−331)

FICTITIOUSBUSINESSNAME STATEMENT24−00479

ThefollowingpersonisdoingBusi− nessas

MAYLIVINGDESIGNS

Humboldt 1814HarrisonAve Eureka,CA95501

KathrynLPBiesanz 1814HarrisonAve Eureka,CA95501

Thebusinessisconductedbyan

Individual

Thedateregistrantcommencedto transactbusinessundertheficti− tiousbusinessnameornamelisted aboveonNotApplicable Ideclarethatallinformationinthis statementistrueandcorrect. Aregistrantwhodeclaresastrue anymaterialmatterpursuantto Section17913oftheBusinessand ProfessionsCodethattheregis− trantknowstobefalseisguiltyofa misdemeanorpunishablebyafine nottoexceedonethousanddollars ($1,000).

/sKathrynLPBiesanz,Owner

ThisAugust28,2024

JUANP.CERVANTES

byJR,HumboldtCountyClerk

9/12,9/19,9/26,10/3/2024(24−337)

FICTITIOUSBUSINESSNAME STATEMENT24-00481

ThefollowingpersonisdoingBusi− nessas COSMICCOMPLEXION

Humboldt 3880GStreet Eureka,CA95503

VeronicaBBarnard 3880GStreet Eureka,CA95503

Thebusinessisconductedbyan Individual

Thedateregistrantcommencedto transactbusinessundertheficti− tiousbusinessnameornamelisted aboveonNotApplicable Ideclarethatallinformationinthis statementistrueandcorrect.

Aregistrantwhodeclaresastrue anymaterialmatterpursuantto Section17913oftheBusinessand ProfessionsCodethattheregis− trantknowstobefalseisguiltyofa misdemeanorpunishablebyafine nottoexceedonethousanddollars ($1,000).

/sVeronicaBarnard,Owner

ThisAugust29,2024

JUANP.CERVANTES bysc,HumboldtCountyClerk 9/19,9/26,10/3,10/10/2024(24−350)

FICTITIOUSBUSINESSNAME STATEMENT24-00483

ThefollowingpersonisdoingBusi− nessas NAKAI'SAUTOMOTIVE

Humboldt

220WiyotDr Loleta,CA95551

NakaiARios

220WiyotDr Loleta,CA95551

Thebusinessisconductedbyan

Individual

Thedateregistrantcommencedto transactbusinessundertheficti− tiousbusinessnameornamelisted aboveonAugust26,2024 Ideclarethatallinformationinthis statementistrueandcorrect.

Aregistrantwhodeclaresastrue anymaterialmatterpursuantto Section17913oftheBusinessand ProfessionsCodethattheregis− trantknowstobefalseisguiltyofa misdemeanorpunishablebyafine nottoexceedonethousanddollars ($1,000).

/sNakaiRios,Owner

ThisAugust30,2024

JUANP.CERVANTES byJR,HumboldtCountyClerk 9/19,9/26,10/3,10/10/2024(24−355)

FICTITIOUSBUSINESSNAME STATEMENT24−00484

ThefollowingpersonisdoingBusi− nessas HOMELESSHELPERS

Humboldt 2085QuakerSt.,AptB Eureka,CA95501

RandelJMcHone 2082QuakerSt.,AptB Eureka,CA95501

Thebusinessisconductedbyan

Individual

Thedateregistrantcommencedto transactbusinessundertheficti− tiousbusinessnameornamelisted

Eureka,CA95501

RandelJMcHone 2082QuakerSt.,AptB Eureka,CA95501

Thebusinessisconductedbyan

Individual

Thedateregistrantcommencedto transactbusinessundertheficti− tiousbusinessnameornamelisted aboveonAugust14,2024

Ideclarethatallinformationinthis statementistrueandcorrect.

Aregistrantwhodeclaresastrue anymaterialmatterpursuantto Section17913oftheBusinessand ProfessionsCodethattheregis− trantknowstobefalseisguiltyofa misdemeanorpunishablebyafine nottoexceedonethousanddollars ($1,000).

/sRandelMcHone,Owner

ThisSeptember4,2024

JUANP.CERVANTES

byJR,HumboldtCountyClerk

9/19,9/26,10/3,10/10/2024(24−349)

FICTITIOUSBUSINESSNAME STATEMENT24−00488

ThefollowingpersonisdoingBusi− nessas

HANDEEMARKET

Humboldt 3500FStreet Eureka,CA95503

SameenJLLC CA202462015280 3500FStreet Eureka,CA95503

Thebusinessisconductedbya LimitedLiabilityCompany

Thedateregistrantcommencedto transactbusinessundertheficti− tiousbusinessnameornamelisted aboveonNotApplicable Ideclarethatallinformationinthis statementistrueandcorrect. Aregistrantwhodeclaresastrue anymaterialmatterpursuantto Section17913oftheBusinessand ProfessionsCodethattheregis− trantknowstobefalseisguiltyofa misdemeanorpunishablebyafine nottoexceedonethousanddollars ($1,000).

/sTaranpreetSingh,Managing Member

ThisSeptember6,2024

JUANP.CERVANTES

bysg,HumboldtCountyClerk

9/12,9/19,9/26,10/3/2024(24−346)

FICTITIOUSBUSINESSNAME STATEMENT24-00491

ThefollowingpersonisdoingBusi− nessas

THECALIFORNIAPOTCOMPANY

Humboldt 355118thStreet Eureka,CA95501

TheCaliforniaPotCompanyLLC CA202253719947 355118thStreet Eureka,CA95501

Thebusinessisconductedbya LimitedLiabilityCompany

Thedateregistrantcommencedto transactbusinessundertheficti− tiousbusinessnameornamelisted aboveonJanuary1,2024 Ideclarethatallinformationinthis statementistrueandcorrect. Aregistrantwhodeclaresastrue anymaterialmatterpursuantto Section17913oftheBusinessand ProfessionsCodethattheregis− trantknowstobefalseisguiltyofa misdemeanorpunishablebyafine nottoexceedonethousanddollars

Thedateregistrantcommencedto transactbusinessundertheficti− tiousbusinessnameornamelisted aboveonJanuary1,2024

Ideclarethatallinformationinthis statementistrueandcorrect.

Aregistrantwhodeclaresastrue anymaterialmatterpursuantto Section17913oftheBusinessand ProfessionsCodethattheregis− trantknowstobefalseisguiltyofa misdemeanorpunishablebyafine nottoexceedonethousanddollars ($1,000).

/sDavidZdrazil,CEO ThisSeptember9,2024

JUANP.CERVANTES

byJR,HumboldtCountyClerk 9/12,9/19,9/26,10/3/2024(24−344)

FICTITIOUSBUSINESSNAME STATEMENT24−00494

ThefollowingpersonisdoingBusi− nessas

BETTYBAKESINHUMBOLDT

Humboldt 2036IrvingDr Eureka,CA95503

POBox724 Eureka,CA95502

ElizabethEStephens 2036IrvingDr Eureka,CA95503

Thebusinessisconductedbyan Individual

Thedateregistrantcommencedto transactbusinessundertheficti− tiousbusinessnameornamelisted aboveonSeptember3,2024

Ideclarethatallinformationinthis statementistrueandcorrect. Aregistrantwhodeclaresastrue anymaterialmatterpursuantto Section17913oftheBusinessand ProfessionsCodethattheregis− trantknowstobefalseisguiltyofa misdemeanorpunishablebyafine nottoexceedonethousanddollars ($1,000).

/sElizabethStephens,Owner ThisSeptember10,2024

JUANP.CERVANTES bysc,HumboldtCountyClerk 9/19,9/26,10/3,10/10/2024(24−348)

FICTITIOUSBUSINESSNAME STATEMENT24-00501

ThefollowingpersonisdoingBusi− nessas

LAUNCHCOACHINGLAB

Humboldt 6222HumboldtHillRd Eureka,CA95503

EdventuresInternationalGroup, LLC 6222HumboldtHillRd Eureka,CA95503

Thebusinessisconductedbya LimitedLiabilityCompany Thedateregistrantcommencedto transactbusinessundertheficti− tiousbusinessnameornamelisted aboveonSeptember20,2023 Ideclarethatallinformationinthis statementistrueandcorrect. Aregistrantwhodeclaresastrue anymaterialmatterpursuantto Section17913oftheBusinessand ProfessionsCodethattheregis− trantknowstobefalseisguiltyofa misdemeanorpunishablebyafine nottoexceedonethousanddollars ($1,000).

/sSarahKo−yungLee,President ThisSeptember11,2024

JUANP.CERVANTES byJR,HumboldtCountyClerk 9/19,9/26,10/3,10/10/2024(24−356)

Section17913oftheBusinessand ProfessionsCodethattheregis− trantknowstobefalseisguiltyofa misdemeanorpunishablebyafine nottoexceedonethousanddollars ($1,000).

/sSarahKo−yungLee,President ThisSeptember11,2024

JUANP.CERVANTES byJR,HumboldtCountyClerk 9/19,9/26,10/3,10/10/2024(24−356)

FICTITIOUSBUSINESSNAME STATEMENT24−00502

ThefollowingpersonisdoingBusi− nessas LOSTCOASTLOGISTICS

Humboldt

112W3rdStB−C−D−E−F Eureka,CA95501

112W3rdSt Eureka,CA95501

SisuExtraction,LLC CA201723710547

112W3rdStB−C−D−E−F Eureka,CA95501

Thebusinessisconductedbya LimitedLiabilityCompany

Thedateregistrantcommencedto transactbusinessundertheficti− tiousbusinessnameornamelisted aboveonSeptember12,2024 Ideclarethatallinformationinthis statementistrueandcorrect. Aregistrantwhodeclaresastrue anymaterialmatterpursuantto Section17913oftheBusinessand ProfessionsCodethattheregis− trantknowstobefalseisguiltyofa misdemeanorpunishablebyafine nottoexceedonethousanddollars ($1,000).

/sRyanCox,DirectorofSupply Chain

ThisSeptember12,2024

JUANP.CERVANTES byrp,HumboldtCountyClerk 9/19,9/26,10/3,10/10/2024(24−353)

FICTITIOUSBUSINESSNAME STATEMENT24-00503

ThefollowingpersonisdoingBusi− nessas SALONNOUVEAU

Humboldt 2152ndSt Eureka,CA95501

AliciaMKrueger 2152ndSt Eureka,CA95501

Thebusinessisconductedbyan Individual

Thedateregistrantcommencedto transactbusinessundertheficti− tiousbusinessnameornamelisted aboveonSeptember12,2024 Ideclarethatallinformationinthis statementistrueandcorrect. Aregistrantwhodeclaresastrue anymaterialmatterpursuantto Section17913oftheBusinessand ProfessionsCodethattheregis− trantknowstobefalseisguiltyofa misdemeanorpunishablebyafine nottoexceedonethousanddollars ($1,000).

/sAliciaMKrueger,Owner ThisSeptember12,2024

JUANP.CERVANTES byJR,HumboldtCountyClerk 9/26,10/3,10/10,10/17/2024(24−369)

FICTITIOUSBUSINESSNAME STATEMENT24-00509

ThefollowingpersonisdoingBusi− nessas LIGHTERLOAD

Humboldt 1850ThelmaStreet Fortuna,CA95540

BriannaLWorden 1850ThelmaStreet Fortuna,CA95540

Thebusinessisconductedbyan Individual Thedateregistrantcommencedto transactbusinessundertheficti− tiousbusinessnameornamelisted aboveonNotApplicable Ideclarethatallinformationinthis statementistrueandcorrect. Aregistrantwhodeclaresastrue anymaterialmatterpursuantto Section17913oftheBusinessand ProfessionsCodethattheregis− trantknowstobefalseisguiltyofa misdemeanorpunishablebyafine nottoexceedonethousanddollars ($1,000).

/sBriannaLWorden,Owner ThisSeptember17,2024 JUANP.CERVANTES byjc,HumboldtCountyClerk 9/19,9/26,10/3,10/10/2024(24−357)

FICTITIOUSBUSINESSNAME STATEMENT24−00510

ThefollowingpersonisdoingBusi− nessas

A&BLAWNSERVICE

Humboldt 2453TrinaCt McKinleyville,CA95519

BradSStevens 2453TrinaCt McKinleyville,CA95519

AngelAStevens 2453TrinaCt McKinleyville,CA95519

Thebusinessisconductedbya MarriedCouple Thedateregistrantcommencedto transactbusinessundertheficti− tiousbusinessnameornamelisted aboveonMay1,2015 Ideclarethatallinformationinthis statementistrueandcorrect. Aregistrantwhodeclaresastrue anymaterialmatterpursuantto Section17913oftheBusinessand ProfessionsCodethattheregis− trantknowstobefalseisguiltyofa misdemeanorpunishablebyafine nottoexceedonethousanddollars ($1,000).

/sAngelAStevens,PartOwner ThisSeptember17,2024

JUANP.CERVANTES byjc,HumboldtCountyClerk 9/26,10/3,10/10,10/17/2024(24−358)

FICTITIOUSBUSINESSNAME STATEMENT24-00512

ThefollowingpersonisdoingBusi− nessas

ONEWINGPROVISIONS

Humboldt 2110DainaCt Arcata,CA95521

DimitryMPodolsky 2110DainaCt Arcata,CA95521

Thebusinessisconductedbyan

ONEWINGPROVISIONS

Humboldt

2110DainaCt

Arcata,CA95521

DimitryMPodolsky

2110DainaCt Arcata,CA95521

Thebusinessisconductedbyan

Individual

Thedateregistrantcommencedto transactbusinessundertheficti− tiousbusinessnameornamelisted aboveonNovember3,2023

Ideclarethatallinformationinthis statementistrueandcorrect.

Aregistrantwhodeclaresastrue anymaterialmatterpursuantto Section17913oftheBusinessand ProfessionsCodethattheregis− trantknowstobefalseisguiltyofa misdemeanorpunishablebyafine nottoexceedonethousanddollars ($1,000).

/sDimitryPodolsky,Owner/Oper− ator

ThisSeptember17,2024

JUANP.CERVANTES byrp,HumboldtCountyClerk

9/26,10/3,10/10,10/17/2024(24−360)

FICTITIOUSBUSINESSNAME STATEMENT24-00515

ThefollowingpersonisdoingBusi− nessas BELLINICAFEGARBERVILLE

Humboldt 767RedwoodDrive Garberville,CA95542

JuanPDiaz 767RedwoodDrive Garberville,CA95542

Thebusinessisconductedbyan

Individual

Thedateregistrantcommencedto transactbusinessundertheficti− tiousbusinessnameornamelisted aboveonSeptember19,2024 Ideclarethatallinformationinthis statementistrueandcorrect.

Aregistrantwhodeclaresastrue anymaterialmatterpursuantto Section17913oftheBusinessand ProfessionsCodethattheregis− trantknowstobefalseisguiltyofa misdemeanorpunishablebyafine nottoexceedonethousanddollars ($1,000).

/sJuanDiaz,Owner

ThisSeptember19,2024

JUANP.CERVANTES bysg,HumboldtCountyClerk

9/26,10/3,10/10,10/17/2024(24−362)

FICTITIOUSBUSINESSNAME STATEMENT24−00516

ThefollowingpersonisdoingBusi− nessas ESPRESSNO’S

Humboldt 1836CentralAve#B McKinleyville,CA95519

FitzPatrick 1836CetnralAve#B McKinleyville,CA95519

Thebusinessisconductedbyan Individual

Thedateregistrantcommencedto transactbusinessundertheficti− tiousbusinessnameornamelisted aboveonNotApplicable Ideclarethatallinformationinthis statementistrueandcorrect.

Aregistrantwhodeclaresastrue anymaterialmatterpursuantto Section17913oftheBusinessand ProfessionsCodethattheregis− trantknowstobefalseisguiltyofa misdemeanorpunishablebyafine nottoexceedonethousanddollars ($1,000).

/sFitzPatrick,Owner

ThisSeptember19,2024

JUANP.CERVANTES bysg,HumboldtCountyClerk 9/26,10/3,10/10,10/17/2024(24−368)

STATEMENTOFABANDONMENTOFUSEOFFICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME FILENO.23-00667

Thefollowingpersonhasaban− donedtheuseofthefictitious businessnameLOSTCOASTLOGIS− TICS,LLC

Humboldt 112W3rdSt

Eureka,CA95501

Thefictitiousbusinessnamewas filedinHUMBOLDTCountyon October27,2023 SisuExtraction,LLC CA201723710547 112W3rdSt

Eureka,CA95501

Thisbusinesswasconductedby:A LimitedLiabilityCompany

/s/RyanCox,DirectorofSupply Chain

Thisstatementwasfiledwiththe HUMBOLDTCountyClerkonthe dateSeptember12,2024

Iherebycertifythatthiscopyisa trueandcorrectcopyoftheorig− inalstatementonfileinmyoffice JuanP.Cervantes byrp,HumboldtCountyClerk 9/19,9/26,10/3,10/10/2024(24−352)

ORDERTOSHOWCAUSEFOR CHANGEOFNAME CASENO.CV2401673

SUPERIORCOURTOFCALIFORNIA,COUNTYOF HUMBOLDT825FIFTHST. EUREKA,CA.95501

PETITIONOF:

ROSEMARYMORGANSTROUP KOSSOW

foradecreechangingnamesas follows: Presentname ROSEMARYMORGANSTROUP KOSSOW

toProposedName

ROSEMARYMORGANCARSWELL

THECOURTORDERSthatall personsinterestedinthismatter appearbeforethiscourtatthe hearingindicatedbelowtoshow cause,ifany,whythepetitionfor changeofnameshouldnotbe granted.Anypersonobjectingto thenamechangesdescribedabove mustfileawrittenobjectionthat includesthereasonsfortheobjec− tionatleasttwocourtdaysbefore thematterisscheduledtobeheard andmustappearatthehearingto showcausewhythepetitionshould notbegranted.Ifnowrittenobjec− tionistimelyfiled,thecourtmay grantthepetitionwithouta hearing.

NOTICEOFHEARING

Date:October18,2024

Time:8:30a.m.,Courtroom:4, Room:4

SUPERIORCOURTOFCALIFORNIA, COUNTYOFHUMBOLDT825FIFTH STREETEUREKA,CA95501

Toappearremotely,checkin advanceofthehearingforinforma− tionabouthowtodosoonthe court’swebsite.Tofindyourcourt’s website,gotowww.courts.ca.gov/ find−my−court.htm.

Date:September5,2024

Filed:September6,2024

/s/TimothyA.Canning JudgeoftheSuperiorCourt

9/26,10/3,10/10,10/17/2024(24−362)

LEGALS?

County Public Notices Fictitious Business Petition to Administer Estate Trustee Sale Other Public Notices 442-1400 ×314

November 25, 1947 – August 3, 2024

Lee Earnest Astorino peacefully passed away on August 3, 2024, surrounded by dear friends whom he cherished as family, following a brief illness. His departure has left an irreplaceable void in the hearts of those who were fortunate enough to know him.

Born on November 25, 1947, in Manhattan Beach, California, Lee was the younger of two children. From his earliest days, he had a natural charisma that drew people to him, and he cherished every friendship he formed. Lee had an incredible gift of remembering those who crossed his path, always greeting them with warmth and kindness. A man of profound moral integrity, his heart was as clear and generous as it was steadfast.

Lee spent his early years in the sunshine of Manhattan Beach, raised in a loving home by parents who were both educators. During his high school years at Mira Costa High School, Lee immersed himself in drama and choir, two passions that remained central to his life. After graduation, Lee proudly served his country in the Marine Corps, completing a tour of duty in the Vietnam War.

After Bill’s passing, Lee purchased the frame shop and continued to nurture its legacy until his last days.

A man of deep commitment to his loved ones, Lee experienced one of his happiest moments on October 13, 2013, when he and Robert exchanged vows in front of their closest friends—a day that will forever remain etched in their hearts.

His love for the theater never wavered, and it was while volunteering at a local playhouse that Lee’s life changed forever. At a pre-show cocktail party, he met Robert, the man who would become the love of his life. Together, they shared a love story filled with devotion, joy, and laughter that spanned decades.

In 1986, Lee, Robert, and their two beloved dogs, Killer and Princess, moved to their “temporary” home in Eureka while planning to build their dream house. Although that house never came to be, they created something far greater—a home filled with love, friendship, and lasting memories.

Beyond his personal passions, Lee was devoted to his community. He was actively involved in the Masonic fraternity and proudly served as Master of Ferndale Lodge #193 F&AM. He held many offices in the Order of the Eastern Star, serving as Worthy Patron in both Ferndale Chapter #23 and Camellia-Star #63. Lee also belonged to the Northern Valley of Scottish Rite Masons, was a dedicated leader in the Order of the DeMolay, and served as Rainbow Dad in Humboldt Assembly #216 International Order of Rainbow for Girls.

Through these organizations, Lee was honored with many accolades, including the prestigious Hiram Award (Freemasons), the Service Award (Order of the Eastern Star), Knight Commander of the Court of Honor (Scottish Rite Masons), and the Degree of Chevalier (Order of the DeMolay). Lee’s life exemplified service to others—he was known for his honesty, fairness, kindness, and commitment to his community.

Lee was also active in the town of Ferndale, his church, and with hospice care. A dedicated volunteer, he cherished his role as a docent at the Ferndale Museum, sharing his love for the town’s rich history.

Preceded in death by his father Lawrence Astorino, his mother Patricia (Jellison) Astorino, his brother Michael Astorino, and his husband Robert Schorer, Lee is survived by a few cousins, beloved in-laws, nieces and nephews, and countless friends who were, in every sense, his family.

Submit information via email to classified@ northcoastjournal.com, or by mail or in person. Please submit photos in JPG or PDF format, or original photos can be scanned at our office. North Coast Journal 52 times a year. Deadline for at 5 p.m. on the Sunday prior to publication date.

Lee’s diverse talents and interests were reflected in his life. He loved cars, co-owned an appliance store with his brother, and ran his own gardening service. Anyone lucky enough to attend one of his tea parties could witness his passion for gardening firsthand. He loved taking long walks, working out in his home gym, and playing Pinochle. Lee and Robert’s annual Christmas Open House was a hallmark of their life together, with elaborate decorations and joyful celebrations for over a decade.

Around 1993, Lee began working at Etter’s Victorian Glass, specializing in picture framing. For approximately 22 years, he worked alongside Bill Etter, enjoying every moment of crafting art for his community.

A celebration of Lee’s extraordinary life will be held Sunday, September 29 at 2 p.m. at the Ferndale Veterans Memorial Building in Ferndale, CA. Please join us in celebrating this extraordinary man. In lieu of flowers, please consider donating to the Ferndale Museum in remembrance of Lee.

Lee Earnest Astorino will be truly missed by all who had the honor of knowing him, but his spirit of kindness, love, and unwavering dedication to others will live on forever in our hearts.

Lee Earnest Astorino

Area 1 - Agency on Aging is HIRING

Social Services Coordinator

Del Norte County

Full time, non-exempt position (35 hours/week).

Starting range is $21 - $22/hour. The Social Services Coordinator provides information & assistance, outreach, CalFresh application assistance, and education related to digital literacy, nutrition and fall prevention programs. The Coordinator provides primary support for and supervision of volunteers. This position is based in Del Norte County at the Senior Center in Crescent City. Travel within the county is required. May be required to work weekends to support outreach events.

https://a1aa.org/about-us/job-opportunities/

OF FORTUNA UTILITY WORKER

II

$41,371 – $50,334 per year & III: $45,604 - $55,485 per year

Under general direction of the Utility Shift Supervisor, to inspect, clean, maintain, replace and repair the City’s water distribution and sewer collection systems; to read meters; to clean, test, and rebuild meters; to operate, to perform underground construction work; and to do related work as required. Complete job description and applications are available at governmentjobs.com.

Application Deadline: 4:00 p.m. on Friday, October 4, 2024.

K’ima:w Medical Center an entity of the Hoopa Valley Tribe, is seeking applicants for the following positions:

HOUSEKEEPER – FT Regular ($17.90-$24.25)

PCMH SOCIAL WORKER – FT Regular ($28.43 - $37.30)

SENIOR NUTRITION VAN DRIVER – FT Regular ($16.25)

CERTIFIED MEDICAL ASSISTANT/MEDICAL ASSISTANT – FT Regular MA ($22.05-$25.25), CMA – ($25.67-$29.04)

DENTAL OFFICE RECEPTIONIST/DATA CLERK – FT Regular ($18.62 - $25.09)

ACCOUNTING TECHNICIAN (REVISED JD) – FT Regular ($19.54 - $26.33 DOE)

HOUSING COORDINATOR (REVISED) – FT/ Regular ($24.18 - $35.90 per hour)

NURSING CARE MANAGER – FT/ Regular ($60.39 - $66.68 per hour)

LICENSED VOCATIONAL NURSE – FT/ Regular ($46.46 - $51.98 per hour)

SECURITY GUARD – FT/Regular ($17.90-$20.55 per hour)

MEDICAL BILLING SPECIALIST – FT/ Regular ($17.90-$24.25 per hour)

CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER – FT/ Regular ($146-$181k DOE)

HOUSEKEEPING SUPERVISOR (FACILITIES) – FT/Regular ($20.44-26.81)

COMMUNITY HEALTH REPRESENTATIVE (CHR) – FT/Regular ($19.54-26.33)

OUTREACH MANAGER/PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE – FT/Regular ($125K - $138K) RN/PHN

FAMILY NURSE PRACTITIONER – FT/ Regular ($133K-$175K)

ACCOUNTING TECHNICIAN – FT/ Regular ($19.54 - $26.33 DOE)

HEALTH INFORMATION MANAGEMENT, MANAGER – FT/Regular ($30.60 – $35.49 DOE)

MEDICAL BILLING SPECIALIST – FT/ Regular ($17.90-$24.25 per hour DOE).

EMT-1 – Temporary and FT/Regular ($16.00 - $18.00 DOE)

SENIOR RADIOLOGIC TECHNOLOGIST – FT/ Regular ($35.59 - $48.60 DOE)

COALITION COORDINATOR (BEHAVIORAL HEALTH) – FT/Regular ($17.14 - $20.01 per hour)

MEDICAL ASSISTANT – FT/Regular ($22.05 - $25.25 per hour DOE)

DENTAL HYGIENIST – FT/Regular ($39.00-43.00 DOE)

PHYSICIAN – FT/Regular ($290K-$330K)

MENTAL HEALTH CLINICIAN – FT/Regular (DOE licensure and experience) LMFT, LCSW, Psychologist, or Psychiatrist

DENTIST – FT/Regular ($190K-$240K)

All positions above are Open Until Filled, unless otherwise stated.

For an application, job description, and additional information, contact: K’ima:w Medical Center, Human Resources, PO Box 1288, Hoopa, CA, 95546 OR call 530-625-4261 OR apply on our website: https://www.kimaw.org/ for a copy of the job description and to complete an electronic application. Resume/CV are not accepted without a signed application.

×

Electronics

Macintosh Computer Consulting for Business and Individuals

Troubleshooting Hardware/Memory Upgrades Setup Assistance/Training Purchase Advice 707-826-1806 macsmist@gmail.com

WRITINGCONSULTANT/ EDITOR. Fiction,nonfiction, poetry.DanLevinson,MA, MFA. (707)223−3760 www.zevlev.com

IN HOME SERVICES

Wanna join our team?

• Environmental Planner

• Child Care Teacher

• Cultural Youth Development Supervisor

• Eel River Valley high school site lead

• Eel River Valley Elementary site lead

• Eel River Valley Tutor

• Cultural Youth Docent

• Climate Specialist

For application, job description and additional information contact Wiyot Tribe Human Resources at online at: h�ps://www.wiyot.us/jobs.aspx or email human resources@wiyot.us

Resume’s and CV’s are not accepted without a signed application Positions are open until filled

Miscellaneous

2GUYS&ATRUCK. Carpentry,Landscaping, JunkRemoval,CleanUp, Moving.Althoughwehave beeninbusinessfor25 years,wedonotcarrya contractor’slicense.Call845 −3087

ALLCHILDREN’S CLOTHING&SHOES50¢ Sept.17−21attheDream QuestThriftStoreStretch yourbudget&helplocal youthrealizetheirdreams! BesideWillowCreekPost Office.SeniorDiscount Tuesdays!

We are here for you

Registered nurse support Personal Care

Light Housekeeping

Assistance with daily activities

Respite care & much more

Insured & Bonded

Serving Northern California for over 20 years!

Toll free 1-877-964-2001

CIRCUSNATUREPRESENTS A.O’KAYCLOWN& NANINATURE JugglingJesters&Wizards ofPlayPerformancesforall ages.MagicalAdventures withcircusgamesandtoys. Festivals,Events&Parties. (707)499−5628 www.circusnature.com

HIGHEREDUCATIONFORSPIR− ITUALUNFOLDMENT. Bache− lors,Masters,D.D./Ph.D., distancelearning,Universityof MetaphysicalSciences.Bringing professionalismtometaphysics. (707)822−2111

645 7TH STREET

4774

OPEN HOUSE! SAT. 9/28 11 -1 PM

Nestled on a serene, almost one acre lot, this charming 3 bedroom, 2.5 bathroom home beautifully balances modern updates with classic country appeal. The flat, usable ground surrounding the home provides plenty of opportunities for outdoor activities, animals and gardening. Step inside to discover a tastefully updated interior, where contemporary design elements seamlessly blend with rural charm. The open concept living area is perfect for gatherings, while the well appointed kitchen boasts modern appliances and stylish finishes. Enjoy the privacy of being at the end of the road, surrounded by nature, with Six Rivers National Forest bordering the property on one side.

2947 CHERYL LANE, FORTUNA

$457,500

Beautifully updated 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom home nestled at the end of a serene road in Fortuna. This charming residence boasts a spacious layout, and inviting living area that flows seamlessly into the dining room and modern kitchen, which features updated appliances and ample storage. Located at the end of the road, this home offers a perfect blend of tranquility and accessibility, making it an ideal anyone looking to enjoy the beauty of Fortuna living.

926 HOLMES FLAT ROAD, REDCREST

$899,000

This beautiful Holmes Flat homestead farm is just minutes from the Avenue of the Giants and offers several uses: a permitted cannabis farm, a large produce farm utilizing the rich soil & sunny climate, the flat fully fenced AG-zoned portion for an equestrian property and ride your horses to the river or in your own grove of mature Redwoods that could also be harvested and borders the 52,000 acre Humboldt Redwoods State Park.

3200 BUTTERMILK LANE, ARCATA

$1,950,000

Nestled on a sprawling ±3 acre lot across from the picturesque Baywood Golf Course, this property offers two permitted homes totaling 5 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms, and 3,680 sq. ft.. The stunning French contemporary-style main home features 3 bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms, and a versatile loft space. The exterior features a charming patio, raised planter beds and a variety of fruit trees. Complementing the main house is a delightful 2 bed, 1.5 bath guest house, ideal for accommodating visitors.

436 MAD RIVER ROAD, ARCATA

$175,000

Welcome to this charming fixer house located on the outskirts of Arcata, just a stone’s throw away from the beautiful Mad River Beach, the tranquil Mad River, and the scenic Hammond trail. The 3 bed, 1 bath house is the perfect opportunity for those looking to put their personal touch on a property and create their dream coastal retreat!

REDUCED PRICE!

645 ZENIA BLUFF ROAD, ZENIA

$499,000

Nestled on ±106 acres of picturesque landscape, this quintessential Northern California ranch offers endless possibilities and the charm of country living. With 2 separate houses in need of some repairs, there is plenty of room for multiple families, guests or caretakers. The main 2 story house features 4 beds, and 2 baths, additionally, there’s an unfinished 1 bedroom house. Large barn, multiple outbuildings, plentiful water, and PG&E power add to the allure and convenience of this versatile property!

707 SULTAN CREEK ROAD, CRESCENT CITY

$200,000

Above the fog with potential for ocean views about 10 minutes up a very well maintained gravel road sits this ±10 acre parcel. Close proximity to natural splendors like Jedediah Smith State Park and Smith River adds allure to this highly usable property with freshly grated flats ready for your dream home.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5th

FORTUNA’S 3 9TH ANNUAL

SATURDAY

OCTOBER 5th

FORTUNA’S ANNUAL APPLE HARVEST FESTIVAL

has grown from its roots as a harvest festival to an event that brings the community together, a city-wide combination farm event, historical celebration, and family fun day.

Free transportation on Fortuna Transit or the People Mover will shuttle guests from one venue to the next while enjoying the wonderful October weather in Fortuna.

Stops will include Main Street (at 12th & Main) and Clendenen’s (at 12th & Newburg)

•Parker Hoses & Fittings

•Filtration

•Hydraulics

•Pneumatics

•Seals

•Instrumentation

•AW 496 & Tractor Oil

• Cylinder Repair.

Downtown Street Fair

Artisans, Crafts, Food, Live DJ

FORTUNA’ S 3 9 TH ANNUAL APPLE HARV E ST FESTIVAL

Clendenen’s Cider Works 96 12th Street 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Main Street (9th-13th) 9:00 am - 5:00 pm RohneR PaRk FiRemen’s Pavilion Themed Skate Night 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm

Orchard Hayrides, Fat Anne’s Foodtruck, Scotia Band 12-1 , Michael Norton 1:30-4, Apple Tasting, Caramel Apples, Apple Dumplings Free shuttle stop locations

FUN

and FOOD 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Ernest Clifton Clendenen

–F ounder o F

C lendenen C ider W orks

Ernest Clifton Clendenen, father of Andrew, grandfather of Clif, and great-grandfather of Drew, was born in Eureka, CA in 1867 shortly after his parents, Andrew and Emeline, arrived from New Brunswick, Canada. It was a long and arduous journey that took them around the stormy Cape Horn. E.C. Clendenen used to say, “I came around the Horn, and I was born in Eureka.”

Ernest, and his wife, May, bought the land that is the orchard today, in 1908 from E.F. Johnston of Oregon. Among the varieties of apple trees on the property dating back to 1869 were Minkler, Smith’s Cider and Stark – that are still producing apples today. “We use all three in the cider at different times,” Clif said. “The old varieties are blended with other varieties for great flavor.”

When E. C. bought the producing apple orchard, he first packed and shipped apples in wooden boxes that were sold on the San Francisco wholesale market. In 1909 this was an overnight horse-and-cart trip to the docks in Eureka from Fortuna! From the Eureka docks the apple boxes were loaded onto a steamship for the voyage to San Francisco. Word was sent back from San Francisco that one of his shipments had spoiled, and that he wouldn’t be paid for his apples. Wanting to see for himself, E.C. boarded the next steamship, and upon his arrival in S.F., found his apples in perfect condition in the unscrupulous dealer’s warehouse. The old dairy barn across the street from the orchard soon had a small cider press, and the Clendenen’s started pressing and selling

fresh apple cider.

After struggling with a manual basket-type press for a few years, Ernest purchased the Mount Gilead No. 4-C Hydraulic Cider and Fruit Press in 1916, a room-sized machine that was shipped from Mt. Gilead, Ohio. Powered by an electric motor, it was capable of producing 100 gallons per hour, allowing uninterrupted pressing while the next batch was prepared.

Cider Fact

During Prohibition, the cider press ran nearly every day during the apple season. Apples from numerous local orchards were harvested and brought to Clendenen Cider Works for processing to supply the demand for a fermentable juice.

Andrew Clendenen

Less than a year after E. C. and May purchased the land, in January of 1909, May gave birth to their son Andrew in the house that is still being used by the family today.

Andy Clendenen rejoined his father in the family business in 1948, after delivering fuel for Shell Oil Company, and serving in the South Pacific during WW II.  In 1960 he moved the business across the street and into a new 1,800 square foot building. It was constructed by the Fortuna firm of T & H Construction and cost $3,829, not including plumbing, electrical or painting. The quality of construction and choice of materials has allowed the building to withstand several major earthquakes over the past forty years.

Clif and Drew Clendenen

Like his father, Andy, Clif took to the business at a young age. Today, Clif and his son Drew are picking apples, pressing, which happens roughly every five days, and welcoming visitors to sample a drink that varies in taste as different varieties become ripe. Clif and Drew blend varieties and each pressing has its own unique taste and texture.

Andy Clendenen pressing apples with the Mount Gilead Cider and Fruit Press.

Young Clif Clendenen with father Andy after harvesting apples.

Clendenen’s Cider Works

10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

•Narrated orchard hayrides, apple t asting, music and food

• Samples

•Samples of Apple Varieties and Ciders

•Apple Dumplings, Caramel Apples

•Fat Anne’s Foodtruck,

• Live

-Michael Norton 1:30 to 4 pm

•Live Music - Scotia Band 12 to 1 pm

Rohner Park

10

•Pumpkin Patch offering free pumpkins, sponsored by Fortuna ACE Hardware

•Cotton Candy & other treats for sale

•Native Sons of the Golden West famous Oysters for sale

•Clowns & balloon animals by Shriner’s

•All kinds of kids activities –offered by the Garden Club, Kiwanis

•Informational booths such as RCEA, CCCU, HCOE, Humb.

NeuroHealth, College of the Redwoods and more!

•Various vendors selling local products: Gearhart Co., and more!

•Live music by the Harmonist and Luke Powell