North Coast Journal 07-03-2025 Edition by North Coast Journal

A Place to Stop and Rest

By Thadeus Greenson

NORTH COAST aOURNAL OF POLITIC

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The land is purchased—now it’s time to name the community!

Life Plan Humboldt is building a nonprofit community for Humboldt folks over 62, and it’s officially becoming a reality! Land has been secured in a walkable, accessible location in the heart of McKinleyville’s Town Center—just minutes from Clam Beach and steps from a year-round farmers market. With organic gardens, a friendly neighborhood atmosphere, and easy access to trails and natural beauty, this will be a place to grow, give back, and continue to learn.

But first, a name is needed that reflects the spirit of this unique community, created by Humboldt, for Humboldt.

Help name it! Submit ideas at NameLPH.org. Submissions will be accepted online until July 15, 2025.

Whether you’re an artist, gardener, beachcomber, or lifelong learner, you belong here. Learn more and help shape the future at NameLPH.org.

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Editorial Changes and a Fond Farewell

By Melissa Sanderson melissa@northcoastjournal.com

Change is never easy, but sometimes it’s exactly what a newsroom needs to grow, evolve and step into its next chapter. That time is now for the North Coast Journal

We’re both proud and a little heartbroken to announce that our esteemed news editor Thadeus Greenson is leaving his post to join the nonprofit First Amendment Coalition, where he’ll continue working with journalists throughout the state, providing support and education to further government transparency. His commitment to truth and accountability has been a guiding force at the Journal, and while we’ll miss his daily presence, we’re thrilled that his voice will now echo even further. Thankfully, this isn’t goodbye. Thad will remain in Humboldt County and, hopefully, contribute his reporting to the Journal on a freelance

basis moving forward.

With change comes opportunity, and we’re thrilled to announce Jennifer Fumiko-Cahill as our new managing editor. Jenn brings heart, wit, strong editorial instincts and a sharp eye for storytelling that resonates across Humboldt County. She’s more than ready to steer the ship into our next era.

Kim Wear returns in her new role as assistant editor. Formerly the Journal’s digital editor, Kim brings her keen editing skills, steady presence and decades of experience in Humboldt County newsrooms to our pages once again.

Please join us in congratulating Thad, Jenn and Kim on their new roles.

— Melissa Sanderson Publisher, North Coast Journal

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In Gratitude

By Thadeus Greenson thad@northcoastjournal.com

This is the 600th edition of the North Coast Journal that I’ve had some hand in publishing as the newspaper’s news editor. It will also be the last.

For more than a decade, just about every Tuesday of my life has been consumed with finishing up the week’s paper. It’s been a regular ritual, the culmination of a week’s work, that includes getting its stories finished and edited, its captions proofread and its page numbers double checked, helping put together an edition that honors readers’ trust and gives them the information they need to live their best North Coast lives. I lovingly call it “putting the paper to bed,” which conjures the image of tucking it in for a night’s sleep before seeing it rise on newsstands a couple days later. But after 11 and a half years on the job, I’m ready for a change, and next week will begin work as a press education specialist for the nonprofit First Amendment Coalition, helping provide support and training to journalists across the state.

As I prepare to step away from some 20 years of local reporting, I’m feeling many things. I’m honestly tired; the daily and weekly deadlines, the post-deadline doubts that interrupt sleep at 3 a.m., and the fatigue that comes with regularly hearing of people’s worst moments and exploring society’s faults without power to do much more than tell people about them all having taken a toll. I’m frustrated, too, that I’ve watched investment in Humboldt County journalism wither, recalling that when I started at the Times-Standard, it had nine full-time news reporters (and another daily down the street had nearly as many), while today there may not be that many paid full-time journalists in the entire county. Frustrated that I took a pay cut 20 years ago when I left the dog kennel I was working at to write for the Times-Standard, and that reporters today still start at minimum wage with few going on to make much more. And I’m angry to see journalists vilified and dismissed, not just nationally, but locally, our email inboxes evidencing a decaying trust in the people who overwhelmingly work long hours under high stress for little pay with the simple goal of being accurate and fair,

and keeping a community informed.

But the thing I undoubtedly feel most acutely as I prepare to leave the North Coast Journal is gratitude. Profound gratitude. It has been the honor of my professional life to help guide the news side of this paper for the time it has been entrusted to me, and I’ll forever be grateful to have had this experience.

I’m grateful to my family, who have consistently sacrificed in ways big and small to enable and support me to do this work. I’m grateful to everyone I’ve worked with at the North Coast Journal over the last 11 and a half years, each of whom has contributed to our ability to serve the local community and to my ability to do this thing I’ve loved. I’m grateful to our publisher and owner, Melissa Sanderson, who has purchased two iconic print newspapers in recent years, not with illusions of riches, but simply recognizing that the community needed them to continue.

I’m grateful to you, our readers, who have supported this work, have found value in what we do, have picked up the paper and frequented its advertisers. I’m grateful to those of you who have written in, either to contribute your thoughts to our opinion pages or just to let me know what you felt. I’m especially grateful for those who wrote to say I got it wrong or missed something (most especially those who did it respectfully and kindly), for those are the notes that pushed us to be better, to rise to the challenge of reflecting and chronicling a community as complex and special as Humboldt.

I’m grateful to my sources, the people who trusted me to tell their stories with care and respect, and to get them right. Over 20 years, it’s never ceased to amaze me the ways people have opened their lives, homes, camps, offices and hearts to me without promise of anything in return other than my best effort to accurately portray their views and experiences. You’ve told me of your triumphs and tragedies, your hopes and fears, opened up about your ideas and passions, shared your wisdom and knowledge, often with profound patience as I struggled to keep up and make sure I was understanding correctly.

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I’m grateful to the elected ofﬁcials and appointed government employees who have been giving and generous with their time and expertise, and who have been kind and gracious amid unﬂattering stories and coverage of things they did not want to talk about. I appreciate that you took my calls simply because it was right to do what you could to help maintain an informed electorate.

Last but certainly not least, I’m eternally grateful for the talented, inspired, driven, caring and deeply passionate journalists I’ve had the privilege to work with over the years. There are too many to list individually here, but I believe you know who you are, and know that your contributions have made me a better editor and person, the North Coast Journal a better newspaper and Humboldt County a better community. Thank you.

Among those, I need to single out our current editorial staff, who together comprise the heart, mind and soul of our newsroom. Calendar editor Kali Cozyris is the heart, her passion for this community and dedication to the paper apparent to everyone who crosses her path, her kindness and compassion providing much of the glue that’s held us together. Former digital editor and soon-to-be assistant

editor Kimberly Wear is the mind, her institutional knowledge of all things Humboldt County having provided invaluable context and saved us from countless errors, her stalwart attention to detail elevating the quality of every single edition she’s been a part of. Former arts and features editor and soon-to-be managing editor Jennifer Fumiko Cahill is the ﬁery soul, her moral compass having ensured we’ve been on the right side of every ethical issue and stance since I’ve been here, and her unmatched skill, wit and insight having allowed us to showcase the best of Humboldt, even in the hardest of times.

With Jennifer Fumiko Cahill at its helm, and Kali and Kim by her side, the Journal will continue to grow in its mission to be a more vibrant and invaluable newspaper, and one that reﬂects the entirety of the North Coast, with an editorial leader who will not ﬂinch or falter. And for that, there are no words to express my gratitude. ●

Outgoing news editor Thadeus Greenson’s (he/him) last ofﬁcial day with the Journal will be July 3 but you’ll continue to see his byline in the coming weeks as the paper publishes several inprogress stories, and perhaps some of his freelance work in the future beyond that.

Let them Eat Nothing

Editor:

Political commentator Katie Phang got it right when she characterized Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill as the “Bless the Billionaires Bill” (Mailbox, June 19). It takes necessary support away from the less fortunate to free up dollars for the rich who don’t need them.

Sherman Schapiro, Eureka

‘For-proﬁt Siloing of Information’

Editor:

Sheila Evans’ letter (Mailbox, June 26) mentions outcryai.com, which she describes as a “positive” use of AI. The site is an abusive exploitation of people’s tendency to think that if AI says it, it must be the truth. It presents the point of view of its developers, rather than an “old-fashioned” attempt to get at the truth. Democratic society has been corroded by the internet’s for-proﬁt siloing of information. Everyone is handed material conﬁrming their own perspective on complex issues. Controversies where many shades of gray exist are presented as black and white. Outcryai.com has brought this siloing to AI chatbots.

I’d expected such abuse to be created by totalitarian governments, not “activists.” I should have known better.

Mitch Trachtenberg, Trinidad

Dear Nana

I am not feeling Like I was when You were alive 30 years ago, And we talked About times On your farm In Anthon, Iowa. Now, I feel like you Must have then, Filled with gratitude For all the memories

Pricelessly ﬂoating Between heartbeats, Settling down As all is said And done.

— Kirk Gothier

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‘This Tax Could Kill This Industry’

Struggling California cannabis operators brace for increase

By Alexei Koseff, CalMatters

Asubstantial tax hike for California’s faltering legal cannabis market took effect July 1, despite an aggressive industry campaign to suspend the increase that won the support of Gov. Gavin Newsom and other political leaders.

The excise tax for weed is 19 percent as of July 1, up from 15 percent — the result of a political deal three years ago that was intended to buy more time for the legal market to stabilize but which cannabis business operators now warn could chase away customers and push them over the edge.

“I’ve never experienced collective malaise like this,” said Genine Coleman, founder of the Origins Council, which represents small farmers in the historic Northern California growing region known as the Emerald Triangle. “People are so concerned with their survival and so deﬂated. It’s a dangerous space.”

An excise tax is a levy imposed on a good by the state before sales taxes are applied. While a push to freeze the cannabis excise tax through the state budget failed last month, a bill that would lower the rate back to 15 percent for the next six years is still moving through the Legislature. Newsom has pledged to sign a proposal halting the tax increase if it reaches his desk.

“I’m intimately familiar with the conversations around that and have great conﬁdence that we’ll achieve our stated goals,” Newsom said during a June 30 press conference.

Cannabis growers, dispensary owners and consumer advocates rallied for months at the state Capitol to avert the tax increase, which they argue could deal a fatal blow to businesses already operating with slim margins.

The price of weed has plummeted since

voters legalized recreational cannabis through Proposition 64 in 2016, the result of a rush to overproduction even as most cities and counties in the state remain closed off to retail sales. Meanwhile, California is struggling to bring its market out of the shadows; the state Department of Cannabis Control estimates that legal sales still comprise less than 40 percent of weed consumption in California, which the industry attributes to state and local excise and sales taxes that can increase prices for consumers by a third.

Taxable cannabis sales in California dropped to $1.09 billion for the ﬁrst quarter of 2025, down 30 percent from their peak in early 2021 and the lowest quarterly sales in ﬁve years.

Tax Was Intended to Offset Cannabis Harms

It’s a crisis for the industry — communities that traditionally relied on cannabis production have collapsed economically — but also a problem for the state’s ﬁnances. Tax revenues from weed sales provide guaranteed funding for child care slots, environmental cleanup, substance abuse education and impaired driving prevention efforts as California faces a growing budget deﬁcit.

“This was a poor time to say, ‘let’s starve the state even more,’” said Tom Wheeler, the executive director of the Humboldt County-based Environmental Protection Information Center, which joined a coalition of child care, environmental and tribal advocacy groups to lobby against a tax freeze.

He said it was important to uphold the promise of Proposition 64, which includes using cannabis tax revenue for programs that offset the harms caused by the cannabis industry, and expressed skepticism

that the tax increase would hurt sales.

“I think the average consumer would not notice that,” Wheeler said. “At what point do we stop cutting taxes to benefit the industry?”

The 2022 agreement offered relief to growers by eliminating a cultivation tax, but it allowed state regulators, after a three-year pause, to raise the excise tax to make up for the lost revenue.

During budget negotiations last month, Newsom — who also wants to begin using cannabis tax revenue for enforcement against illegal cultivation — and Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas, a Democrat from Salinas, supported extending the pause on the excise tax. But they could not reach a compromise with Senate President Pro Tem Mike McGuire, a Healdsburg Democrat who notably represents the Emerald Triangle.

In a statement, McGuire said, “Taxes on California’s overregulated cannabis industry have been a train wreck for years,” but he raised concerns about the fiscal implications of freezing the tax. State analysts estimate that increasing it to 19 percent could yield about $180 million per year for the state.

“It’s important to acknowledge that any freeze will create a budget shortfall which would impact critical community programs funded by cannabis tax dollars,” he said.

California Could ‘Forfeit a Huge Opportunity’

Industry representatives warn that

further raising taxes will push price-sensitive customers back into the illicit market, hurting businesses teetering on the edge and actually lowering cannabis tax revenue in the long run.

“The math isn’t there,” said Amy O’Gorman Jenkins, executive director and lobbyist for the California Cannabis Operators Association. “We have no objections to how cannabis tax revenues are being spent. All we’re maintaining is that you can’t squeeze blood from a stone.”

They haven’t given up, though repealing the tax increase now that it’s taken effect will be even more challenging.

Assembly Bill 564, which would set the cannabis excise tax at 15 percent through the end of June 2031, passed the Assembly unanimously in May and now awaits consideration in the Senate.

Assemblymember Matt Haney, the San Francisco Democrat who introduced the measure, said he will keep fighting to get it to the governor. But he was furious that the Senate allowed the tax hike to take effect, which he said sent a message to legal cannabis operators that there is no incentive to follow the rules.

“This tax could kill this industry and there’s still not enough being done,” he said. “California is going to forfeit what should have been a huge opportunity for our state.” l

A grower waters cannabis plants at the Pure Beauty growing site in Sacramento in January.

Photo by Miguel Gutierrez Jr., CalMatters

Huffman: Senate Budget Bill a ‘Betrayal’

By Thadeus Greenson thad@northcoastjournal.com

North Coast Congressmember Jared Huffman issued a blistering statement calling the budget bill narrowly passed by Senate Republicans shortly before the Journal went to press July 1 a “betrayal,” warning it will have devastating economic, environmental and health impacts.

“The Senate just jammed through a scorched-earth reconciliation bill so toxic that it is worse than the House version, if you can believe it,” Huffman said in a statement issued shortly after Vice President J.D. Vance voted to break a 50-50 tie to send the revised domestic policy bill back to the House for consideration.

“It takes away healthcare from millions of Americans, rips food assistance from kids and seniors, and guts the very safeguards that protect our clean air and water — all to reward the same fossil fuel CEOs Trump asked for a billion-dollar campaign check. It props up the dirt energy of the past, suffocates clean energy and sticks American families with higher costs, dirtier air and water, and growing floods, fires and climate disasters.”

The bill seeks to make permanent tax cuts passed during the first Trump administration in 2017 that experts say disproportionately benefit the wealthy and large corporations. Budget analysts project the bill would add $3.3 trillion to the federal budget deficit over the next decade — the equivalent of what it would cost to gift every U.S. household $25,000 — with provisions eliminating inheritance taxes on estates valued up to $15 million per person and maintaining a 2.6 percent tax break for the nation’s highest earners, individuals making at least $639,000 annually. (The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, meanwhile, estimates the wealthiest 10 percent of Americans now control 60 percent of the nation’s wealth, while the poorest 50 percent of the country combines to control just 6 percent.)

To mitigate the fiscal impact of the tax cuts, the bill has provisions that would change Medicaid requirements, making them more onerous, which nonpartisan analysts project would lead to nearly 12 million Americans losing health insurance

over the next decade. Additionally, the bill would cut the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which provides food stamps to low-income Americans, by 20 percent, and roll back tax credits for solar and wind energy project and impose new taxes on them. The bill also includes increased appropriations to fund Trump’s mass deportation efforts and increased military spending, while creating tax advantaged savings accounts for newborns with an $1,000 government contribution.

The bill now heads back to the House for consideration and possible passage.

While Journal efforts to reach a host of local officials following the Senate’s July 1 vote were unsuccessful, they have previously expressed grave concerns about the proposed Medicaid cuts. Nearly 25 percent of Humboldt County residents are covered by Medicaid, according to a Georgetown University report, and officials have warned that significant cuts would have dramatic impacts on healthcare delivery on the North Coast.

Open Door Community Health Centers

CEO Tory Starr warned the proposed cuts would result in thousands of people in Humboldt and Del Norte counties losing coverage, while a spokesperson for Providence Health said the cuts included in the bill would have “devastating impacts on healthcare” on the North Coast. The Area 1 Agency on Aging warned that the proposed 30-percent cut in nutrition assistance funding would hurt seniors and children.

The revised bill now heads back to the House, which narrowly passed a previous version along mostly partisan lines in May, as polls show roughly 60 percent of the nation disapproves of it.

“Republicans better be ready to explain why they’re ripping up healthcare and food assistance, selling out public lands, gutting clean air and water safeguards, and driving up energy bills, all so big billionaires and big oil CEOs can get richer,” Huffman said. l

The reconciliation bill approved by the Senate on July 1 includes a 20-percent reduction in funding for programs providing nutritional assistance to the poor, including seniors and children. Submitted

A Place to Stop and Rest

Wiyot youth housing project breaks ground aiming to provide a safety net

By Thadeus Greenson

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When the Wiyot Tribe decided to leverage its resources to tackle Humboldt County’s housing crisis, it didn’t just start buying land to develop. Instead, tribal officials spent two years listening.

“We spent two years studying housing,” says Dishgamu Community Land Trust Director Michelle Vassel. “We went to big events, farmers markets and just asked people about housing. We found two ends of the spectrum really suffering: young people, because their wages tend to be lower, and older people because they’re on fixed incomes. So we’ve tried to prioritize these two groups.”

The tribe — which is already moving forward with plans to build a 41-unit multi-family complex and a 42-unit senior

Wiyot Councilmember Leo James examines demolition work in one of the buildings that will be transformed into the Jaroujiji Youth Housing Project.

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living facility in Eureka — recently broke ground on a project aimed solely at serving local youth. With a $14 million California Department of Housing and Community Development grant, the tribe and its partners have begun work to convert two Victorian homes and an old commercial building into a 39-unit complex serving young adults ages 16 to 24 at risk of becoming unhoused.

Dubbed the Jaroujiji Youth Housing Project — with Jaroujiji meaning a place to stop and rest in the Wiyot language — Vassel said the vision is to create a layered supportive housing program that somewhat resembles a dorm or boarding house. She said each resident will have their own private space, including a bathroom and mini kitchen, within a facility that features a multitude of shared spaces,

on-site management and a commercial kitchen that will provide residents daily meals.

And Vassel says there will be plenty of wrap-around services included, everything from outside groups being invited in to the facility’s shared spaces to provide mental health and social services, to tribal led social services and internal paid apprenticeship programs, like working in the kitchen to get culinary industry work experience.

While not generally envisioned as transitional housing — Vassel says 31 of the project’s units will be classified as permanent housing — it will include eight units reserved for interim housing for 16 to 18 year olds needing rapid rehousing.

Vassel says the tribe’s initial work listening to the community, and particularly

young people in the community, helped shape every aspect of the project. While tabling at events, Vassel says the tribe heard directly from young people about their struggles to find housing, particularly from those who said they didn’t have a natural support system or were just leaving foster care.

“They are just released into this really tough housing market where prices are really high,” Vassel says, adding that the problem is acute for foster youth who end up receiving mental health care outside the local area and then return to Humboldt when aging out of the system.

“There’s just no safety net for them.”

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torian homes — one the famed Sarah Carson House, a 160-year-old Victorian where William and Sarah Carson made their first home in Eureka before building the Carson Mansion that was more recently used as a convalescent home — and a sprawling old office building into a cohesive complex complete with landscaped green spaces.

Ashton Hamm and Alice Armstrong, both worker/owners at UXO Architects, a worker-owned cooperative, say they’ve been involved with Jaroujiji almost since its inception, having worked with the Wiyot Tribe since 2020 “on various projects and speculations.”

Armstrong says the tribe came to UXO having identified the Eureka properties and with an idea of what it wanted to accomplish, and the architectural firm then helped scope the project for an initial grant application.

“They really came to us with such a clear vision of what they want to bring the community as far as deep sustainability,

really involving the community and potential residents in the design process, and reaching out to specific communities that weren’t being served,” Hamm says on a video conferencing call with the Journal before Amstrong jumps in.

“I think from the beginning of this project, we identified a desire to do a lot of outreach directly to the communities that might be served by this housing, as well as local organizations that will be working with this population,” Armstrong says.

“They really came to us with such a clear vision of what they want to bring the community as far as deep sustainability, really involving the community and potential residents in the design process...”

Thus, they say, began a listening tour of UXO’s own, which included Zoom sessions and roundtable discussions to ask young people and service providers about specific design features they’d like to see.

“They got really granular,” Hamm says with a laugh. “We get some really excellent feedback, everything from how you feel safe in a space to the level of light and noise in a space that residents would feel comfortable with.”

And while some firms may have been turned off by the dynamic nature of bringing so many voices into the planning process, Hamm and Armstrong say they have relished it. One theme they say arose early and continued throughout all their discussions is a perceived need for community spaces — places residents can feel safe and gather together. So they say the designs worked to maximize that inside and out

From left: Wiyot Tribal Chair Brian Mead, Curb Appeal Construction owner Blaine O’Shaughnessy and UXO Architecture Co-Owner Ashton Hamm look over plans at the construction site.

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Vassel says the tribe has put an emphasis on keeping jobs local with its projects, so it turned to Blaine O’Shaughnessy of Arcata’s Curb Appeal Construction to bring the vision crafted with UXO Architects’ help to fruition.

O’Shaughnessy says, from his perspective, the job is just one “really big remodel” that will include a lot of improvements to bring the properties into compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. He says there are unique challenges in converting a commercial space to residential and remodeling century-old homes, so there are “a lot of facets” to the project, which he hopes to have fully complete in the spring.

While addressing Humboldt County’s housing crisis, Vassel notes that Jaroujiji is also supporting the local workforce, bringing money from outside the county to sustain living-wage jobs. And she notes there’s an apprentice aspect there, too.

“One of the things we’re asking of the people we’re working with is to allow us

to provide people who are interested in doing construction work so they can just get that on-the-job experience,” she says, adding the hope is that may lead to some ﬁlling long-term positions.

Vassel says she also likes that Jaroujiji is an inﬁll project, noting that it fulﬁlls one of the Dishgamu land trust’s priorities: “Buy things that are unloved and put love back into them.”

This latest housing project puts the Wiyot Tribe squarely at the forefront of efforts to build affordable housing in Eureka, as it now has plans in process to open a total of more than 130 units by 2028.

Those include a 41-apartment project at the parking lot on Fifth and D streets, which will feature sustainable construction, units for various household sizes, exterior garden space, on-site daycare and is known as Gou’Wik Hou Daqh, or Where the Families Are. Laquilh Hou Daqh (Where the Elders Are), meanwhile, is a 52unit project at Sixth and L streets that will feature mostly studio and one-bedroom

apartments for seniors.

Each of the tribe’s housing projects has targeted a speciﬁc need, and Jaroujiji is no different. Humboldt County Department of Health and Human Services Child Welfare Services Program Manager Alison Phongsavath says the “highly competitive rental market in California, and Humboldt especially, can be a signiﬁcant barrier for young people exiting foster care.”

A 2024 report from the California Housing Partnership found more than 6,000 renting households in Humboldt County do not have access to a home that qualiﬁes as affordable, while 93 percent of households classiﬁed as “extremely low income” are spending more than half their monthly income on housing costs. The report found renters in Humboldt County would need to earn at least $23.25 per hour — one-and-a-half times the state minimum wage — to afford the monthly asking rent of $1,209.

Humboldt County has historically had a disproportionately high number of youth

Wiyot Tribal Council, the Dishgamu Humboldt Community Land Trust, Curb Appeal Construction and UXO Architecture staff pose for a photo.

in foster care compared to the state average, its foster care population peaking in 2019 in 432, before declining in recent years. Native youth have also historically been disproportionately represented in the foster system. According to the National Foster Care Institute, about 25 percent of youth in foster care experience homelessness within four years of aging out of care.

— Michelle Vassel

Phongsavath says the county has ongoing partnerships with various local agencies, including Redwood Community Action Agency’s Transitional Housing Plus program, for former foster youth, but “there remains an unmet need for foster youth exiting care.”

The county, she says, is working to apply for housing vouchers from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for foster youth exiting care who meet the deﬁnition of being at risk of homelessness.

“The more housing resources there are to help support positive outcomes for former foster youth, where the county and the community were not able to help them achieve permanency, the better,” Phongsavath says. “We know that connection to cultural identities and supports are an important part of a young person’s

healing and thriving, and we are excited to see the Wiyot Tribe’s new Youth Housing Project become available.”

Vassel says she is excited about the project because it will address a clearly identiﬁed need, providing local youth that much needed safety net. Dishgamu, the Soulatluk word for love, guides the tribe’s building philosophy, she says.

“We’re trying to invest care and concern,” she says. “When I think of love, I think when you care about someone you’re investing care and concern in them.”

O’Shaughnessy, who stepped into the fold after the vision for Jaroujiji was solidiﬁed, said the excitement around the project is infectious.

“Even the guys that work on it — our laborers and framers — feel it because they know the intention of it,” he says. “It does make a different feel when you’re working on it — it’s not just for someone’s proﬁt. It’s going to help people.” ●

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Kokoro Ramen Opens with Comfort

By Jennifer Fumiko Cahill jennifer@northcoastjournal.com

Afeathery betta fish painted by muralist Kyle Sanders drifts above the red door to Kokoro Ramen in Eureka’s Old Town (409 Opera Alley). Owner Joe Tan, who can look down at it from nearby Rooftop, where he’s behind the sushi counter most days, has been looking for a place to open a traditional Japanese ramen shop for the better part of a decade. Traditional, in this case, meaning focused on one specialty, rather than the array of Japanese offerings from ramen to sushi that has become standard in the U.S.

The Malaysian-born Tan fell in love with ramen in Japan, where he worked making sushi and met his wife, Nami. “We love ramen, my kids love ramen. We love noodles, so it’s kind of my dream,” says Tan. Kokoro translates literally as “heart” in Japanese, but touches on connection to body and mind, perhaps closer to soul — fitting for a casual spot for warm bowls of comfort food.

The Opera Alley spot, formerly home to Opera Alley Bistro and Café Nooner before that, was always cozy, bordering on cramped. But a brief, specialized menu suits a smaller kitchen, and widening the

pass-through windows onto the space has opened it up. The room now seats 30 without bumping bowls. It’s a bit late in the season, but Tan says he’s received clearance for patio dining from the city, so look for outdoor tables next summer.

“In town, I don’t see … any tonkotsu, so I wanted to have something different,” says Tan, who adds he likes the other types of ramen he’s sampled around the county. Kokoro’s tonkotsu is a paler, milkier broth made from boiling pork and chicken bones, as well as vegetables and aromatics, for six to eight hours until the liquid becomes opaque. The result is a silky, rich and satisfying soup, though not particularly fatty, paired with straight, thin egg noodles that Kokoro tops with bamboo, seasoned soft-boiled egg, spirals of grilled chashu pork belly, slivered green onion, wood ear mushroom, nori and tart pickled ginger ($18).

Paitan broth, made with chicken bones, ginger, vegetables and a whole young chicken, takes a shorter four hours but has almost as much body as tonkotsu with a lighter flavor. It’s a good fit with the tan tan ramen, spiked to orange with red chile and topped with spicy ground beef,

Artist Kyle Sanders’ mural on Kokoro Ramen’s façade.

By Jennifer Fumiko Cahill

wilted bok choy, fresh mung bean sprouts and green onion ($18). It’s more salty and warming than truly hot or sesame-heavy like versions that hew closer to the dish’s Szechuan roots. (The bold can toss out an extra dollar for more fire.)

Fans of simpler soy sauce base and miso broth — the former made with chicken, the latter with chicken and pork — will find them on the menu, too. Vegetarian ramen gets its due with a broth enriched with cashew butter and soy milk, served with spinach noodles and grilled tofu, cherry tomatoes, peppers, sprouts and corn ($18).

There are familiar, homey appetizers like Spam musubi, a pair of rice balls topped with grilled, salty slices in classic Hawaiian style and an additional hit of Kewpie brand mayonnaise ($6). Those compelled to snack on the crunchy bits in the package when making instant ramen will find themselves at home with the

cheeky social snack Hot Noods, fried seasoned ramen noodles with furikake seasoning, avocado and aioli to dip into for ($10).

But the karaage is not to be missed ($12). Hunks of chicken thigh marinated overnight with soy sauce are tossed in potato starch and fried, yielding a thinly pebbled, crunchy surface and flavorful, marvelously juicy meat within. The citrussy yuzu Kewpie mayo dotted with pickle both adds and balances the fat. One might be tempted to order a bowl of rice and call it a meal, if the contented slurping and sighs from other tables didn’t hint at other soul-warming things to come. l

Jennifer Fumiko Cahill (she/her) is the managing editor at the Journal Reach her at (707) 442-1400, or jennifer@ northcoastjournal.com. Follow her on Bluesky @jfumikocahill.bsky.social.

Hearty tonkotsu ramen (back) and spicy tan tan ramen at Kokoro Ramen.

Photo by Holly Harvey

Pride on Parade in Ferndale

On Sunday, June 29, more than 100 people in colorful clothes and good spirits showed up to stroll the streets of Ferndale during the town’s fifth annual Pride Walk. After starting off from the Old Steeple and making their way up Main Street, rainbow Pride flags aloft, participants gathered at Fireman’s Park for a festival with vendors.

Photographer Alexander Anderson was on hand to capture highlights of the walk. See more of his photos at northcoastjournal.com.

a message of acceptance.

Paul Beatie (left) and Cheri March (right) sharing

More than 100 people joined the Lost Coast Pride parade in Ferndale. Photos by Alexander Anderson

Tess Weathers and dog Buster are all smiles marching down Main Street Ferndale.

Thomas Nicholson Stratton of Humboldt’s Foggy Bottom Boys farm delivering a speech focused on community and acceptance before Sunday’s Pride march.

Above: Sister Fawn D’Amen spreading the joy down Ferndale’s Main Street.

Participants marching down Main Street Ferndale with “Love wins!” sign.

First Saturday Night Arts Alive

July 5, from 6 to 9 p.m.

Experience the vibrant atmosphere as galleries, museums, theaters, bars and restaurants extend their hours for your enjoyment.

C STREET ARTS ALIVE FEST C Street (Second and Third streets). Guest artists, musicians, performance groups, food trucks and more.

4TH STREET MERCANTILE 215 Fourth St. Various artists.

ART CENTER FRAME SHOP 616 Second St. Sandra Henry, Sara Starr, Lynne Bryan and Judy Lachowsky, watercolors.

ART CENTER SPACE 620 Second St. Various local artists.

BELLE STARR 405 Second St. Christina Swingdler, jewelry.

BLUE OX BOUTIQUE 515 Second St. Music by Firesign. Salty B. Baking, cookies. C STREET STUDIOS 208 C St. Various artists.

CANVAS + CLAY STUDIO 325 Second St. Pop-up Exhibition: “Imaginary Realms,” David Caylor, acrylic painting, sculpture.

DA GOU ROU LOUWI’ CULTURAL CENTER 417 Second St., Suite 101. Rebeca Raquel Cuevas Rosas, oil painting, acrylic painting and mixed media. Current exhibit: Kaghuqawi’ (Necklaces), curated by youth docents Alicia Davis, Janie Jones, Thomas Smith, Brian Mead Jr., featuring locally made necklaces, shells, beads and other youth creations.

THE EPITOME GALLERY 420 Second St. “Ninth Annual Skateboard Art Fundraiser,” group show with dozens of local artists creating art on skateboards. Proceeds purchase skateboards and helmets for Big Brothers Big Sisters, CASA, Teen Center and local schools. Music by DJ Goldylocks. FRIENDS OF SOUND 412 Second St. Elizabeth Gohr, live music photography, vintage music poster art.

GOOD RELATIONS 329 Second St. “Modern Erotica,” Zach Macias, paintings in a variety of media.

HCAR/CANVAS + CLAY STUDIO 272 C

St. Various artists.

HISTORIC EAGLE HOUSE 139 Second

St. Music by DJ Marjo Lak and DJ Gabe Pressure, 7 to 10 p.m. in the Clubhouse ($5).

THE HOOD 621 Fifth St. “Historic Fighter Jets,” Howard Rutherford, oil painting.

MORRIS GRAVES MUSEUM OF ART

636 F St. William Thonson, Floyd Bettiga & Knight Galleries: “Beyond Photography,” Suk Choo Kim, photography. Anderson Gallery: “Requisitioning Freedom,”

Indigenous California artists, drawing, painting and ceremonial objects.

MGMA Performance Rotunda: Mister Moonbeam, music. Museum Store/ Permanent Collection Gallery: Merchandise inspired by the artwork by Morris Graves, Glenn Berry, Melvin Schuler and Romano Gabriel. Homer Balabanis Gallery/Humboldt Artist Gallery: Local artwork by Vicki Barry, Julia Bednar, Jody Bryan, Allison Busch-Lovejoy, Jim Lowry, Paul Rickard, Patricia Sundgren-Smith, Sara Starr, Kim Reid and Claudia Lima.

HUMBOLDT ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS 220 First St. “Primordial Expression,” Loren Wheeler of Black Trail Art, oil painting, charcoal.

HUMBOLDT BAY COFFEE CO. 526 Opera Alley. Christopher Dmise, acrylic painting, mixed media, spray paint. Music by The Deckhands, folk/country. Serving free, freshly brewed coffee.

HUMBOLDT BAY PROVISIONS 205 G St. Fresh oysters harvested fresh in the morning.

HUMBOLDT CRAFT SPIRITS Corner of Sixth and C streets. “Art Expresses,” Sherry Sharp, photography and watercolors.

K.CO. INTERIORS 612 Second St. Marcelle Olsen, Mosaic. Adore & Joy Permanent Jewelry. Big Island Kine 4 to 9 p.m.

KAPTAIN’S QUARTERS 517 F St. Radio Clash performance. DJs Red, Dirt and Zero One.

LITTLE SHOP OF HERS 416 Second St. Seana Burden, acrylic painting, pen and ink, glitter.

LIVING DOLL VINTAGE BOUTIQUE & GALLERY 239 G St. “Fairy Festival Fashion Show,” fashion show at 7 p.m.

LOST COAST BREWERY & CAFE 617 Fourth St. Randy Spicer, paintings. MAKER’S APRON CREATIVE REUSE 317 E St. Drop-in crafting.

MANY HANDS GALLERY 438 Second St. Featuring more than 40 local artists and handmade treasures from around the globe.

MENDENHALL STUDIOS 215 C St. Mendenhall features a variety of artists using different mediums.

THE MITCHELL GALLERY 425 Snug Alley. Local women artists, photography, oil painting, acrylic painting drawings, mixed media, and ceramics.

OLD TOWN ART GALLERY 417 Second St. Nichole McKinney, clay art; Mike Pixley, fine wood art; various artists, photography, oil painting, acrylic painting, watercolors, pen and ink, charcoal, drawings, sculpture, textile, mixed media, woodworking, jewelry and sculpture.

OLD TOWN COFFEE & CHOCOLATES 211 F St. Various artists. Live music.

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Oil paintings by Loren Wheeler at Humboldt Association of Realtors. Submitted

PHOSPHENE 426 Third St. “Lost and Found,” Kelsey Owens, sculpture, textiles, illustration and jewelry.

PROPER WELLNESS CENTER 517 Fifth St. “Dansky Takeover,” Dansky, textile.

PROUD DRAGON GAMES 219 D St. Yilai-Dielaun Joint Declaration, acrylic painting, sculpture and mixed media.

RAMONE’S BAKERY & CAFE 209 E St. Claudia Lima, oil painting.

REDWOOD ART ASSOCIATION 603 F St. “67th Summer Exhibition - In honor of Julia Bednar,” a judged member exhibition.

REDWOOD DISCOVERY MUSEUM 612 G St. Kids Alive! 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. This is a drop-off program for children aged 3.5-12 years. Kids can enjoy crafts, science activities, pizza, and uninhibited museum fun while you enjoy Arts Alive ($20/child or $17 for members). Must be confidently potty trained.

REDWOOD MUSIC MART 511 F St. Music by Four for Jazz.

RESTAURANT FIVE ELEVEN 511 Second St. Anna Sofia Amezcua and Jamie Pavlich Walker, acrylic painting and collage.

SAILOR’S GRAVE TATTOO 138 Second St. Tattoo art.

SCHLUETER GALLERY 330 Second St. “New Works,” Stock Schlueter, oil painting. Music by Anna Hamilton.

SIDEWALK GALLERY at Ellis Art & Engineering 401 Fifth St. “Mountain and Sea,” Melissa Marrone.

SISTERS CLOTHING COLLECTIVE 328 Second St. Momma Baked, a Humboldt home kitchen bakery specializing in inclusion sourdough loaves and sourdough chocolate chip cookies. Easy Squeezy Lemonade outside.

THE SPEAKEASY 411 Opera Alley Music by Jenni and David and the Sweet Soul Band, indoors from 8 to11 p.m., 21+ only. No cover.

STUDIO 424 424 Third St. “Ain’t No California Without You,” Nicolette Reinsmith, oil painting, drawings.

TIDAL GALLERY 339 Second St. “Sea Collage,” John Gibbons.

ZENO’S CURIOUS GOODS 320 Second St. Suite 1B. “Scary Monsters and Super Creeps,” Stevo Vidnovic, pen and ink, drawings and sculpture.

ZUMBIDO GIFTS 410 Second St “Telephone Wire Bowls from South Africa,” Zulu artisans, mixed media. l

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CAR PORTS - WORKSHOPS - BARNS GARAGES -STORAGE -INDUSTRIAL

Sculpture by Kelsey Owens at Phosphene.

Tips for Celebrating the Fourth of July in 2025

By Jennifer Fumiko Cahill jennifer@northcoastjournal.com

Ambivalence about Independence Day festivities is as old as the holiday itself — bold move declaring all men equal while you’re still running chattel slavery. And genocide. You could say having misgivings amid the parades is traditional. In his 1852 address “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” Frederick Douglass noted, “The blessings in which you, this day, rejoice, are not enjoyed in common.”

But even if your family tree doesn’t bear the scars of disenfranchisement or outright enslavement, lighting up a sparkler right now, as our nation cannonballs into the piss-warm pool of fascism, feels weird, man.

Here are some ideas for participating in America’s birthday despite the last-call-for-democracy vibe.

Think of it as retro. Who needs historical reenactments? We’ve actually re-created the conditions that led to the American Revolution in the first place: a government hellbent on wildly unpopular policies, tax breaks for corporations, government agents busting into homes and searching — even grabbing people off the streets — without warrants or due process. You could almost call them intolerable acts. All we’re missing is tricornered hats! That and the Founding Mothers had largely unfettered access to abortion until the1860s. (Well, only our white foremothers, what with the chattel slavery.) Just think of the suddenly pro-mask ICE agents as Redcoats. Assuming they’re ICE and not randos cosplaying Desert Storm to toss people in vans with zero authority. Host a cookout in the backyard. This is a great opportunity to practice the outdoor cooking you may need if/when society collapses and the rapidly deregulated food system crumbles. Somebody check and see if U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has already posted his roadkill recipes where the COVID-19 protocols used to be.

A great way to remind people that none of this is normal or OK, and that they are being fed lies, is to only serve turkey dogs and refuse to acknowledge it. Instead of the usual red, white and blue

Jell-O, put out a 9-by-13-inch pan of deep red, salty tomato aspic. When Todd spits out his first taste and asks what the hell it is, respond by saying, “It’s tomato aspic because that’s what I wanted to make and we no longer have a system of checks and balances to prevent abuse of power by the executive branch, Todd.”

Themed activities. Once you’ve finished deleting any anti-Trump posts or memes implying America may not be on the path to renewed greatness so you won’t be detained while traveling, put down your phone and have some quality time with the family.

Gather everyone for a speed round of Slaver/Not a Slaver, running down the signatories of the Declaration of Independence. Was Benjamin Franklin an aboli-

tionist or did he buy, sell and trade human beings? (Hint: That’s a tricky one). What about Charles Cotesworth Pinckney? If you’re not sure, you can take a wild guess. It’s roughly a 45/55 chance!

Ask your cousin in the “We the People” T-shirt with the ragged flag on it to list the articles of the Constitution. Any of them. Really, anything beyond the Preamble.

Psst: It’s on the citizenship test.

Make the most of fireworks. It’s the sparks that light up the night sky, but the boom that follows is a good time to let out that deep, soul-emptying rage scream you’ve been suppressing since last November. If your sketchy neighbor drove to Oregon for the genuinely dangerous stuff, you may even purge enough roaring frustration to pass out on your lawn for a

few minutes of blank-minded bliss. Of course, every year those same loud noises send dogs running panicked into the street and scurrying under beds to hyperventilate. Dogs have never been more relatable. Instead of making small talk with humans at a pool party while your stomach roils because the birthright citizenship enshrined in the 14th Amendment is being torched like the fuse on a Roman candle, join the canines. Get yourselves a couple of ThunderShirts, slide under the bed and ride it out together. l

Jennifer Fumiko Cahill (she/her) is the managing editor at the Journal. Reach her at (707) 442-1400, or jennifer@ northcoastjournal.com. Follow her on Bluesky @jfumikocahill.bsky.social.

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

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

THE BASEMENT 780 Seventh St., Arcata (707) 845-2309

BEAR RIVER CASINO RESORT 11 Bear Paws Way, Loleta (707) 733-9644

BLUE LAKE CASINO WAVE

LOUNGE 777 Casino Way, Blue Lake (707) 668-9770

The Alley Cats (jazz) 8 p.m. Free

Thirsty Bear: Music Video Mashup (MVM night) 9 p.m. Free

Wave: 4th of July

The Creative Sanctuary's Jazz is Peace: Louis Armstrong Show 7 p.m. $20-$30 sliding

Popeye (1980) (ﬁlm) 6 p.m. $8, $12 admission and poster

Buddy Reed and The Rip It Ups (blues rock) 9 p.m. $5

Thirsty Bear: Sonido S3 (Latin DJ) 9 p.m. Free

CAFE MOKKA AND FINNISH COUNTRY SAUNA AND TUBS 495 J St., Arcata (707) 822-2228 Flying Oms (string duo plus) 7:30 p.m. Free

CENTRAL STATION SPORTS BAR 1631 Central Ave., McKinleyville (707) 839-2013

CRISP LOUNGE 2029 Broadway, Eureka, (707) 798-1934

DOUBLE D STEAK & SEAFOOD

320 Main St., Fortuna (707) 725-3700 Karaoke 6-9 p.m.

FROTH 420 California Ave., Arcata (707) 630-3269

HEIGHTS CASINO FIREWATER LOUNGE 27 Scenic Drive, Trinidad (707) 677-3611

HISTORIC EAGLE HOUSE

139 Second St., Eureka (707) 444-3344 Phatsy Kline's: Golden Hour Dance Club w/Gabe Pressure and Marjo Lak 7-9 p.m. Free

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

KAPTAIN'S QUARTERS 517 F St., Eureka (7070 798-1273

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

533 Machi Rd., Shelter Cove (707) 986-7600

MOCHIMA 210 Wave Dr., Shelter Cove (707)

Irie Rockerz (reggae rock) 6 p.m. $8

Clash w/DJs Red, Dirt, Zero One 8

VENUE THURS 7/3

OCEAN GROVE COCKTAIL

M-T-W 7/7-7/10

LOUNGE 480 Patrick's Point Dr., Trinidad (707) 677-3543 [M] Rudelion DanceHall Mondayz (reggae,

OUTER SPACE ARCATA

837 H St. Clean Girl & the

PASKENTA MAD RIVER

BREWING 101 Taylor Way, Blue Lake (707) 668-4151 Firesign (classic rock) 6-8 p.m. Free

PIERSON PARK

1608 Pickett Rd., McKinleyville Music in the Park w/The Undercovers (hits) 6-9 p.m. Free

REDWOOD CURTAIN BREWERY

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

SAL'S MYRTLEWOOD LOUNGE 1696 Myrtle Ave., Eureka (707) 443-1881

SAVAGE HENRY COMEDY

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

RIVERS BREWERY 1300 Central Ave., McKinleyville (707) 839-7580

(folk/rock, jazz, blues, soul) 6-8 p.m. Free

dancehall, soca) 8 p.m. $5

Dirty Dishes, Woman Shaped Things, Alexus Roberts, Think Wing aka Half Tank 7:30 p.m. $5-$20 ntaﬂof

Blind

By Collin Yeo setlist@northcoastjournal.com

“Now some of us are weak, and some endure And some people live their lives, with a violence that’s pure and clean

But I saw a man cry once, down on his knees, in the corner of a darkened cell And his pain meant nothing to me.

But I was younger then, and young men never die

When I walked out in the sun, I was strong, clear-minded, and blind.” — Swans, “Blind”

Afriend of mine lent me a book of writings from the Spanish Civil War this weekend, and I’ve been devouring the pieces in it like an old man sucking the marrow from a meal he once enjoyed with the frightening hunger of youth. I had forgotten about the exciting and strangely tailored compound words in the prosaic, modernist reporting of John Dos Passos, reflecting his youthful anarchist politics, in which were embedded the poisonous atoms of his jaded, reactionary later years. I’ve appreciated the different on-theground assessments of the madness of the time, when Falangist groups used the levers of tradition, institutions and the emerging fascist landscape of Europe to tragically defeat a rebellion, which was itself battling between the sometimes harsh collective order of communism and the opportunistic orgy of anarchy. All sides were fueled by ideological strictures tied up like sloppy tourniquets across a butchered landscape of old vendettas and older cultures. As the filmmaker Luis Buñuel put it, “No sooner had the people risen and seized power than they split into factions and began tearing one another to pieces. This insane and indiscriminate settling of accounts made everyone forget the essential reasons for the war.”

Nothing is clean and easy. Snipers and summary executions are the agricultural practices in the terrifying fields of war when the blossoms of discontent and revolution come blooming.

Why am I writing about this? You know as well as I do. This week has another installment of the yearly reaffirmation of our national myth, and nobody seems very pleased with the current trajectory of this nation, no matter which faction they

belong to — or think they belong to. There’s a distinct pall of unease and stochastic violence fogging over every lens looking for the impossible land of “true” history, which, in America, has always been distorted anyway with the red, rosy lies of benevolent exceptionalism. And it has been building like this for quite some time. As a writer, I occasionally write about our world and its explosions as they ripple from history through the present. Hoping for some clarity. That is the extent of my participation in any act of violence, always just observation, never endorsement. But sometimes observing and recording is enough to rile up the chickenhawks running things and their constituents, whose idea of order is finding the tidiest way to turn screaming human fear and misery into dusty, silent bones under a stadium turf of profitable distractions. A nightmare machine running on cheap gas. And plentiful dipping sauces. Lord help the ruling faction caught wearing the golden cap and apron when the cheap gas and dipping sauces dry up. To the victor go the spoils, and as a nation we are nothing if not spoiled to the point of psychosis. Still, to quote the mortician in the opening scene of The Godfather, “I believe in America.” Or at least in the people here, especially those wading through this mess with an eye (or two) toward cleaning up and helping out.

Take care of each other and stay safe.

Thursday

It’s the beginning of the dog days of summer, which, for coastal Humboldt, means more of the schizo-shuffle between sun, wind and fog, while our inland empire gets hot, hot, hot, and the fear of wildfires is never far from anyone’s mind. I suggest celebrating this time with some cool jazz, courtesy the Alley Cats, who will be playing a no-cover show at the Basement tonight, sometime after the doors open at 7:30 p.m.

Friday, July Fourth

Lots of ways to celebrate tonight, but I’m going to suggest something far-out, as in geographically. Dig this: In Shelter Cove, about as south west as you can go in Humco without a boat, is a fun joint called Mario’s Marino Bar, where at 8 p.m. DJ Alan Espinosa will be serving up sonic teasers in anticipation of the night’s main score at 10 p.m., the finest cumbia band in our county or any latitude, the mighty Makenu, doing what they do so damn well. Namely, makin’ it so that you can be shakin’ it, and $20 is a steal for a great band in a lovely outcrop of our homeland.

Saturday

The Creative Sanctuary continues its Jazz is Peace series with an homage to one of my heroes and the father of some of the greatest music this country ever produced, from the Delta womb of all good American sounds, my spiritual home, New Orleans. I’m talking about Satchmo himself, Mr. Louis Armstrong, who would be 124 years young on Aug. 4, had he not passed away 54 years ago tomorrow (or in the interim between).

James Zeller, Katie Belknap, Lee Phillips, Matthew Seno and Ramsey Isaacs provide the musical foundation for our own local trumpet hero Don Hammerstedt. This is going to be a fine program for a lovely summer night. Doors at 7 p.m., with a sliding scale of $15-$30 to get inside the Arcata Playhouse. If you want something a little more cozy, low-key and free, I’m happy to report that Café Mokka is offering evening music again, with tonight’s entertainment provided by

the Flying Ohms, a “string duo plus,” according to the venue. It starts at the same time, so you can see for yourself if you aren’t feeling all that jazz.

Sunday

Speaking of jazz, the excellent jazz manouche group Canary and the Vamp is at it again at Fieldbrook Winery today at 2 p.m. The music is free but you have to call to reserve a table where you will be expected to pony up for some nice refreshments, which sounds like a pastoral midsummer delight.

Monday

The Secret Society of Silly Things is an improv comedy troupe that has been described favorably as a cargo cult formed from the airwave droppings of Whose Line is it Anyway? If that sounds interesting enough for a 10-spot investment at the door of Savage Henry Comedy Club, come on by. It’s all lucky sevens tonight, as in a 7 p.m. on 7/7.

Tuesday

Hush child, listen to the sky tonight. If you are quiet enough, you will hear the antlers of the coming Buck Moon scrape the starlight as it fattens into fullness later this week.

Wednesday

How about a free movie night? Here are two options: At 5:30 p.m. at the Eureka Library, there will be a showing of a certain shark film that changed the game for thrillers 50 years ago this summer and launched the career of a certain brilliant director who would go on to create blockbusters out of charismatic archeologists and extraterrestrials.

Meanwhile, at 7 p.m. at Froth in Arcata, you can catch The Princess Bride, a perfect film written for the screen by its novelist William Goldman and directed by Rob Reiner in the golden era of his career, when he was a fantastic director, before he became an out-of-touch, uber-wealthy, scolding liberal meathead who mistakes giving money to conservative Democratic warmongers for fairytale heroism. l

Collin Yeo (he/him) is politically homeless, which, like actual homelessness, is a constant lesson about the practiced values of all kinds of people.

Makenu plays Mario’s Marino Bar at 8 p.m. on July 4.

Photo by James Adam Taylor, courtesy of the artists

Calendar July 3 – 10, 2025

Celebrate the Mattole Grange’s Independence Day and 90th Anniversary BBQ in true SoHum style. On Saturday, July 5, dance the night away to rock ‘n’ roll music from The Breakers while enjoying burgers, hot dogs and cold beer, from 6 to 11 p.m. at the Grange ($10). Come back Sunday, July 6, at noon for the legendary beef and bean barbecue, with tender local beef, auctions, craft booths, pie, kids’ games and square dancing ($20 dinner, $10 kids). Bring your own dishes and utensils, and join the fun.

3 Thursday

ART

Figure Drawing at Synapsis. 7-9 p.m. Synapsis Collective, 1675 Union St., Eureka. With a live model. Bring your own art supplies. Call to contact Clint. $5. synapsisperformance.com. (707) 362-9392.

Open Art Night. First Thursday of every month, 5-7 p.m. Gene Lucas Community Center, 3000 Newburg Ave., Fortuna. Bring your own project or work on a project provided. All ages. Free. jessyca@glccenter.org. glccenter. org/events. (707) 725-3330.

MUSIC

Pierson Park Music in the Park. 6-8 p.m. Pierson Park, 1608 Pickett Road, McKinleyville. Live bands every Thursday throughout the summer from 6-8 p.m. Lawn games, food trucks, family fun. Free. Summer Concert Series. 6-8 p.m. Madaket Plaza, Foot of C Street, Eureka. Open-air music each week on Eureka’s waterfront with tribute bands, originals and covers. Presented by Eureka Main Street. July 3: no concert, July 10: Stellar (Incubus tribute) Free. eurekamainstreet.org.

THEATER

One Village, Many Peoples is a free multicultural festival celebrating global traditions through music, dance, food, art and hands-on workshops. Held Saturday, July 5, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Pierson Park, it features performances by Humboldt Taiko, Ballet Folklorico, Hip Hop Humboldt, Makenu, White Lotus Cultural Dancers, Arcata West African Dance and Drum, and many other cultural organizations, artists and performers. Visitors can join workshops in sword dancing, Japanese drumming, acorn soup making, embroidery and more. Explore Black Humboldt’s interactive art installation honoring the African diaspora. The day wraps up with Get Down in Macktown, a karaoke and rollerskating party from 6 to 9 p.m. Get more information at playhousearts.org/communityevents.

EVENTS

Well, in Humboldt there’s no parade with a squeaky tank, but you can still celebrate America with pomp and circumstance! Here’s where you can find fireworks and fun this Fourth of July. First up, it’s the Fortuna Fireworks Festival on Thursday, July 3, at Newburg Park from 5:30 p.m. until dark (free, $10 kids activities wristband, $5 parking). This family event offers live music, barbecue, vendors, food trucks and treats galore. Kids can have fun with bounce houses, mechanical bulls, clowns and a reptile petting zoo until 8:30 p.m. Then, look up! Fireworks begin at dusk. No dogs, no alcohol, no smoking. On Friday, July 4, at noon, it’s time for the Ferndale Fourth of July Parade (free). Find a spot on Main Street, where Victorian buildings and waving flags set the scene for the classic Independence Day parade — a true small-town American experience. Arcata’s Fourth of July Jubilee lights up the plaza from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. with food, artisans, music, kids’ fun and a beer garden. Over in Eureka, the all-day Fourth of July Festival runs 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Old Town, offering two music stages, multiple city blocks blocked off with tasty local eats, craft vendors and more. Fireworks over the bay at 10 p.m. Please remember, no dogs, smoking/vaping, or alcohol allowed at this event.

Baduwa’t Festival. Dell’Arte, 131 H St., Blue Lake. Dell’Arte’s 35th annual summer festival of theater, entertainment, music, performance and community. Through Aug. 3.

FOOD

Free Summer Meals Program. 10 a.m. & noon Arcata Elementary School, 2400 Baldwin St. Everyone age 18 and under is welcome to free meals regardless of where they live. No income eligibility verification. Breakfast is served until 10:30 a.m. and lunch at noon-12:30 p.m. at Arcata Elementary School. No meals on July 4. Free.

Henderson Center Farmers Market. 10 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Henderson Center, Henderson near F Street, Eureka. Fresh fruits and vegetables, bread, muffins, tamales, jam, nursery plants, and more. Enjoy music and hot food vendors. No pets but trained, ADA-certified service animals are welcome. Market Match for CalFresh EBT customers at every farmers market. info@northcoastgrowersassociation.org. northcoastgrowersassociation.org/miranda. html. (707) 441-9999.

McKinleyville Farmers Market. First Thursday of every month, 3-6 p.m. Eureka Natural Foods, McKinleyville, 2165 Central Ave. Fresh fruits and vegetables, hot cacao and more. Enjoy music and hot food vendors. No pets but trained, ADA-certified service animals are welcome. CalFresh EBT customers receive a market match at every farmers market. info@northcoastgrowersassociation.

org. northcoastgrowersassociation.org/miranda.html. (707) 441-9999.

HOLIDAY

EVENTS

Fortuna Fireworks Festival. Newburg Park, 2700 Newburg Road, Fortuna. Arts and craft vendors, music, barbecue. Fireworks at dusk.

OUTDOORS

Eel River Pikeminnow Fishing Derby. Eel River Access, At the end of N Pacific Ave, Rio Dell. Cal Trout and Trib Research invite you to “Grab your fishing rod” for the Eel River Pikeminnow Fishing Derby, taking place this summer from July 1st through August 31st. There is $2,500 in cash prizes, including a drawing for kids that enter a pikeminnow in the contest. Not only is fishing for pike minnow a fun way to get outside, removal of these invasive fish from the Eel River helps our native salmon, steelhead, sucker and lamprey populations. Contestants must follow all CDFW fishing regulations, including no bait, barbless artificial lures only. For more information visit tribresearch.org/pikeminnow Free. tribresearch. org/pikeminnow.

ETC

Toad Talks. First Thursday of every month, 1-3 p.m. Coffee Break Cafe, 700 Bayside Road, Arcata. A free-form, walk-in class and oracle group on ancient astrology, tarot and hermeticism. $10-$20 suggested donation. coffeebreakhumboldt@gmail.com. coffeebreak-arcata. com. (707) 825-6685.

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ART

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

BOOKS

Fourth of July Book Sale. Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, 1034 H St., Arcata. Featuring all genres. Info and crafts from Centro del Pueblo. Supports the Ediith Eckart/Jene McCovey Memorial Peace Scholarship. (707) 822-5711.

THEATER

Love’s the Best Doctor. 8 p.m. Dell’Arte Amphitheatre, 131 H St., Blue Lake. See July 3 listing.

EVENTS

Baduwa’t Festival. Dell’Arte, 131 H St., Blue Lake. See July 3 listing.

Friday Night Market. 5:30-8:30 p.m. Friday Night Market, 317 Third Street, Eureka. Humboldt Made and the North Coast Growers Association host a farmers market, arts and craft vendors, bar featuring Humboldt beverages, food vendors and live local music for dancing. Through Aug. 29. info@northcoastgrowersassociation. org. northcoastgrowersassociation.org/miranda.html. ( 707) 441-9999.

Lost Coast Kennel Club All-Breed Show. . Humboldt County Fairgrounds, 1250 Fifth St., Ferndale. All-breed show (NOHS all three days), obedience, rally, open shows, BPUP, Best Veteran (altered welcome), Fast CATs and Farm Dog Certification Test. Please leave unentered pets at home. Free admission for spectators, $5 parking.

FOR KIDS

Bubbles Promenade. 10:45 a.m. Bubbles, 1031 H St., Arcata. Wear your biggest/craziest/fanciest hat and bring bubbles to blow for a walk around the plaza to the Jubilee stage, kicking off the Fourth of July event. Pustefix bubbles for the first 100 participants. gloria@ arcatachamber.com. arcatachamber.com.

Kid’s Night at the Museum. 5:30-8 p.m. Redwood Discovery Museum, 612 G St., Eureka. Drop off your 3.5-12 year old for interactive exhibits, science experiments, crafts and games, exploring the planetarium, playing in the water table or jumping into the soft blocks. $17-$20. info@discovery-museum.org. discovery-museum.org/ classesprograms.html. (707) 443-9694.

Weekly Preschool Story Time. Eureka Library, 1313 Third St. Talk, sing, read, write and play together in the children’s room. For children 2 to 6 years old with their caregivers. Other family members are welcome to join in the fun. Free. manthony@co.humboldt.ca.us. humlib. org. (707) 269-1910.

FOOD

Free Summer Meals Program. 10 a.m. & noon Arcata Elementary School, 2400 Baldwin St. See July 3 listing. Garberville Farmers Market. 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Garberville Town Square, Church Street. Fresh fruits and vegetables, meat, fish, cheese, eggs, bread, flowers, crafts and more. Enjoy music and hot food vendors. No pets, but trained, ADA certified, service animals are welcome. CalFresh EBT customers receive a market match at every farmers market. info@northcoastgrowersassociation.org. northcoastgrowersassociation.org/miranda.html. (707) 441-9999.

GARDEN

McKinleyville Botanical Garden Workday. First Friday

Love’s the Best Doctor. 8 p.m. Dell’Arte Amphitheatre, 131 H St., Blue Lake. A classic comic satire updated for our times with physical antics, desperate dreams, a crew of Dell’Artians and a house band. Adapted from Molière by Michael Fields. $25. Continued on next page »

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of every month, 1-3 p.m. Hiller Park, 795 Hiller Road, McKinleyville. Help maintain a small community-driven garden, featuring pollinator and bird-friendly plants. No experience necessary. Learn about native plants and take home cuttings/seeds. Garden is adjacent to playground. Free.

HOLIDAY

EVENTS

Fourth of July Jubilee. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Arcata Plaza, Ninth and G streets. Arcata’s oldest festival on the plaza celebrates over 60 years with food vendors, artisans, live music, fun for the kids, a beer booth and more. Free. arcatachamber.com.

Ferndale’s Fourth of July Parade. noon. Ferndale Main Street, Ferndale. Parade route: Starts at Main Street & Ocean Avenue. Continues down Main Street to Arlington Avenue. Free.

Fourth of July Festival. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Historic Old Town Eureka, Second Street. Two music stages, multiple city blocks of food and craft vendors and much more. Fireworks over the bay at 10 p.m. Free. eurekamainstreet.org.

MEETINGS

Community Women’s Circle. First Friday of every month, 6-8 p.m. The Ink People Center for the Arts, 627 Third St., Eureka. Monthly meeting to gather in sisterhood. (707) 633-3143.

Language Exchange Meetup. First Friday of every month, 6-8 p.m. Richards’ Goat Tavern & Tea Room, 401 I St., Arcata. Speak your native language. Teach someone a language. Learn a language. brightandgreenhumboldt@ gmail.com. richardsgoat.com. (925) 214-8099.

OUTDOORS

Eel River Pikeminnow Fishing Derby. Eel River Access, At the end of N Pacific Ave, Rio Dell. See July 3 listing.

SPORTS

Humboldt Crabs Baseball. Arcata Ball Park, Ninth and F streets. The oldest continuously operated summer collegiate baseball program takes the plate. Gates open one hour prior to any posted game time/first pitch. Weeknight games start at 7 p.m. Saturday games start at 6:30 p.m. Sunday games start at 12:30 p.m. Through Aug. 3. $10, $4 kids 12 and under. humboldtcrabs.com.

ETC

First Friday Market Series. First Friday of every month, 4-7 p.m. Herb & Market Humboldt, 427 H St., Arcata. Music, food trucks, artisans and more. Must have a doctor’s recommendation or be over 21 to enter. Free. Herbandmarket@gmail.com. (707) 630-4221.

5 Saturday

ART

Arts Alive. First Saturday of every month, 6-9 p.m. Historic Old Town Eureka, Second Street. Art, and a heap of it, plus live music. All around Old Town and Downtown. Free. eurekamainstreet.org. (707) 442-9054.

MUSIC

Jazz is Peace: Louis Armstrong Show. 7 p.m. Arcata Playhouse, 1251 Ninth St. An encore performance celebrating the life and works of Louis Armstrong with hosts James Zeller and Katie Belknap. $20-$30 sliding. arcataplayhouse.org.

THEATER

Love’s the Best Doctor. 8 p.m. Dell’Arte Amphitheatre, 131 H St., Blue Lake. See July 3 listing.

EVENTS

Baduwa’t Festival. Dell’Arte, 131 H St., Blue Lake. See July 3 listing.

Lost Coast Kennel Club All-Breed Show. Humboldt County Fairgrounds, 1250 Fifth St., Ferndale. See July 4 listing.

Mattole Grange 90th Anniversary Independence Days Dance and Beef and Bean BBQ. 6-11 p.m. Mattole Grange Hall, 36512 Mattole Road, Petrolia. Enjoy the famous local beef and beans, drawings, auctions, pie booth, kids games, craft booths and square dancing. Bring your own bowls, plates, silverware and side dishes. Burgers, hotdogs, beer and wine available. Rock ‘n’ roll by the Breakers. $10 dance, $20 dinner, $10 kids dinner. mattolegrangehall@gmail. com. mattolegrange.org. (707) 629-3421.

One Village, Many Peoples: Humboldt’s Multi-Cultural Festival. 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Pierson Park, 1608 Pickett Road, McKinleyville. Music, dance, food, interactive art exhibits, workshops and traditions from around the world. Followed by Get Down in Macktown, a karaoke and roller skating party, from 6 to 9 p.m. Presented by Playhouse Arts. Free. www.playhousearts.org/communityevents.

FOOD

Arcata Farmers Market. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Arcata Plaza, Ninth and G streets. Year round, offering fresh produce, meat, fish, cheese, eggs, bread, flowers and more. Live music and hot food vendors. No pets, but trained, ADA-certified, service animals welcome. CalFresh EBT customers receive a market match at every farmers market. info@northcoastgrowersassociation.org. northcoastgrowersassociation.org. (707) 441-9999.

Ferndale Farmers Market. 12-4 p.m. Ferndale Family Farms, 150 Dillon Road. Fresh produce, local honey, grassfed meats, pastured poultry, wood-fired pizza, homemade baked goods, artisan coffee, A2/A2 milk, snow cones, you-pick garden, petting zoo and more. Saturdays through October.

Humboldt Dockside Market. Every other Saturday, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Madaket Plaza, Foot of C Street, Eureka. An open-air, direct-to-consumer seafood market with a rotating lineup of Humboldt-based fishers. A fish fillet station on site offers education, processing and preparation tips.

OUTDOORS

Eel River Pikeminnow Fishing Derby. Eel River Access, At the end of N Pacific Ave, Rio Dell. See July 3 listing. FOAM Marsh Tour. 2 p.m. Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary Interpretive Center, 569 S. G St. Meet leader Lynn Jones at 2 p.m. in the lobby of the Interpretive Center on South G Street for a 90-minute, rain-or-shine walk that will focus on the human and natural history of the North Bay. Free. (707) 826-2359.

SPORTS

Fortuna Recreational Volleyball. 10 a.m.-noon. Fortuna High School, 379 12th St. Ages 45 and up. Call Dolly. In the Girls Gym. (707) 725-3709.

Humboldt Crabs Baseball. Arcata Ball Park, Ninth and F streets. See July 4 listing.

ETC

Abbey of the Redwoods Flea Market. First Saturday of every month, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Grace Good Shepherd Church, 1450 Hiller Road, McKinleyville. Local arts, products, goods. Free entry.

The Bike Library. 12-4 p.m. The Bike Library, 1286 L St., Arcata. Hands-on repair lessons and general maintanence, used bicycles and parts for sale. Donations of parts and bicycles gladly accepted. arcatabikelibrary@riseup.net. 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.

VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS

Sequoia Chamber Music Workshop. 10-11:30 a.m. Fulkerson Recital Hall, Cal Poly Humboldt, Arcata. See July 3 listing.

6 Sunday

ART

Art Talk. 2 p.m. Morris Graves Museum of Art, 636 F St., Eureka. Featuring speaker/artist Henry Frank of Yurok/ Pomo ancestry discusses “Requisitioning Freedom: Indigeneous Artists of the Americas,” work by incarcerated and formerly incarcerated Indigeneous/Native American artists. humboldtarts.org.

MOVIES

Popeye (1980). 5-8 p.m. Arcata Theatre Lounge, 1036 G St. Pre-show 5 p.m. Movie at 6 p.m. The super-strong, spinach-scarfing sailor searches for his father. $8, $12 w/poster. info@arcatatheatre.com. facebook.com/ events/746649037707030/. (707) 613-3030.

MUSIC

Summer Music Series. 1-3 p.m. Humboldt Botanical Garden, 7351 Tompkins Hill Road, College of the Redwoods campus, north entrance, Eureka. This family-friendly series invites you to bring your lawn chairs and picnic blankets to enjoy music while sipping wine, beer other refreshments and food, available for purchase. Or bring your own. hbgf.org.

Sweet Harmony. 4-5:30 p.m. United Methodist Church of the Joyful Healer, 1944 Central Ave., McKinleyville. Women singing four-part harmony a capella. Now welcoming new members with all levels of experience. (707) 845-1959.

THEATER

Love’s the Best Doctor. 8 p.m. Dell’Arte Amphitheatre, 131 H St., Blue Lake. See July 3 listing.

EVENTS

Summer Classic Car and Bike Show. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Sequoia Springs Senior Living Community, 2401 Redwood Way, Fortuna. Awards for Best in Show, People’s Choice, Best Original Classic. Food, drinks, music and family fun. Free. Reception@sequoiafortuna.com. (707) 726-0111. Baduwa’t Festival. Dell’Arte, 131 H St., Blue Lake. See July 3 listing.

Lost Coast Kennel Club All-Breed Show. Humboldt County Fairgrounds, 1250 Fifth St., Ferndale. See July 4 listing.

Mattole Grange 90th Anniversary Independence Days Dance and Beef and Bean BBQ. 12-5 p.m. Mattole Grange Hall, 36512 Mattole Road, Petrolia. See July 5 listing. Trinidad Artisans Market. 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Murphy’s Market and Deli, Trinidad, 1 Main St. Art, crafts, live music and barbecue every Sunday through Sept. 14. Free. murphysmarkets.net. (707) 834-8720.

FOOD

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

OUTDOORS

Clean the Sidewalk Day. First Sunday of every month, 9-11 a.m. Valley West Park, Hallen Drive, Arcata. Help pick up non-hazardous items left behind. Meet at the park entrance for instructions, supplies and check-in. gmartin@cityofarcata.org. cityofarcata.org. Eel River Pikeminnow Fishing Derby. Eel River Access, At the end of N Pacific Ave, Rio Dell. See July 3 listing.

SPORTS Humboldt Crabs Baseball. Arcata Ball Park, Ninth and F streets. See July 4 listing.

ETC

Humboldt Flea Market. 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Arcata Community Center, 321 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway. New location. Browse antiques, collectibles, tools, records, clothes, crafts, pies, jams and more. $3, free for kids under 13. facebook.com/p/Humboldt-Flea-Market-Arcata-100084870727783/.

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ART

Life Drawing Sessions. 6-8 p.m. Redwood Art Association Gallery, 603 F St., Eureka. See July 4 listing.

MUSIC

Community Ukulele Jam. 6-8 p.m. Rita’s Margaritas & Mexican Grill, Arcata, 855 Eighth St. Come play uke and sing. No experience necessary. Extra ukes available. Casual and fun. Donation. starhumboldt@gmail.com. ukulelefightclubofhumboldt.com. (707) 496-2108.

UFC of Humboldt. First Monday of every month, 6-8 p.m. HLOC’s Space, 92 Sunny Brae Center, Arcata. Bring a ukulele and join the fun. Check the calendar online for cancelations or additional events. All levels welcome. $3 suggested donation. ukulelisarae@gmail.com. ukulelefightclubofhumboldt.com.

EVENTS

Baduwa’t Festival. Dell’Arte, 131 H St., Blue Lake. See July 3 listing.

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FOOD

Free Summer Meals Program. 10 a.m. & noon Arcata Elementary School, 2400 Baldwin St. See July 3 listing. Harvest Box Deliveries. Multi-farm-style CSA boxes with a variety of seasonal fruits and veggies, all GMO-free and grown locally. Serving Eureka, Arcata, McKinleyville, vnorthcoastgrowersassociation.org/harvestbox.html.

Miranda Certified Farmers Market. 2-6 p.m. Miranda Market, 6685 Avenue of the Giants. Fresh fruits and vegetables, flowers and more. No pets are allowed, but trained, ADA certified, service animals are welcome. CalFresh EBT customers receive a market match at every farmers market. info@northcoastgrowersassociation. org. northcoastgrowersassociation.org/miranda.html. (707) 441-9999.

OUTDOORS

Eel River Pikeminnow Fishing Derby. Eel River Access, At the end of N Pacific Ave, Rio Dell. See July 3 listing. ETC

Homesharing Info Session. 9:30-10 a.m. and 1-1:30 p.m. This informational Zoom session will go over the steps and safeguards of Area 1 Agency on Aging’s matching process and the different types of homeshare partnerships. Email for the link. Free. homeshare@a1aa.org. a1aa.org/ homesharing. (707) 442-3763.

8 Tuesday EVENTS

Baduwa’t Festival. Dell’Arte, 131 H St., Blue Lake. See July 3 listing.

FOOD

Fortuna Farmers Market. 3-6 p.m. Fortuna Farmers Market, 10th and Main streets. Fresh fruits and vegetables, crafts and more. Enjoy music and hot food vendors. No pets, but trained, ADA certified, service animals are welcome. CalFresh EBT customers receive a market match at every farmers market. northcoastgrowersassociation.org/miranda.html. (707) 441-9999. Free Summer Meals Program. 10 a.m. & noon Arcata Elementary School, 2400 Baldwin St. See July 3 listing. Old Town Farmers Market. 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Old Town, F Street between First and Third streets, Eureka. Fresh fruits and vegetables, bread, donuts, jam, crafts and more. Enjoy live music. No pets but trained, ADA-certified service animals are welcome. CalFresh EBT customers receive a market match at every farmers market. info@northcoastgrowersassociation.org. northcoastgrowersassociation.org/miranda.html. (707) 441-9999.

Shelter Cove Farmers Market. 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Gyppo Ale Mill, 1661 Upper Pacific Drive, Shelter Cove. Fresh fruits and vegetables, meat, flowers and more. No pets but trained, ADA certified, service animals are welcome. info@northcoastgrowersassociation.org. northcoastgrowersassociation.org/miranda.html. (707) 441-9999.

MEETINGS

Humboldt Cribbage Club Tournament. 6:15-9 p.m. Moose Lodge, 4328 Campton Road, Eureka. Weekly six-game cribbage tournament for experienced players. Inexperienced players may watch, learn and play on

the side. Moose dinner available at 5:30 p.m. $3-$8. 31for14@gmail.com. (707) 599-4605.

Marine Corps League Meeting. Second Tuesday of every month, 6-6:30 p.m. The Cutten Chalet, 3980 Walnut Drive, Eureka. Planning upcoming events. billj967@gmail.com. (530) 863-3737.

OUTDOORS

Eel River Pikeminnow Fishing Derby. Eel River Access, At the end of N Pacific Ave, Rio Dell. See July 3 listing. ETC

Disability Peer Advocate Group. Second Tuesday of every month, 3 p.m. Virtual World, Internet, Online. Peer advocates supporting each other and furthering the disability cause. Email for the Zoom link. alissa@ tilinet.org.

English Express: An English Language Class for Adults. Virtual World, Internet, Online. Build English language confidence in ongoing online and in-person classes. All levels and first languages welcome. Join anytime. Pre-registration not required. Free. englishexpressempowered.com. (707) 443-5021.

9 Wednesday

DANCE

Line Dancing in the Ballroom. Second Wednesday of every month, 6-8 p.m. The Historic Eagle House, 139 Second St., Eureka. Instructor led and all skill levels welcome. Ages 16 and up. $10. events@histroiceaglehouse.com. historiceaglehouse.com/live-musicevents. (707) 444-3344.

MOVIES

Movie Night. 5:30-6:30 p.m. Eureka Library, 1313 Third St. An all-ages movie about the hunt for a great white shark that terrorizes a small coastal town. In the Large Meeting room. Free. flujan@co.humboldt.ca.us. humlib.org. (707) 269-1910.

EVENTS

Baduwa’t Festival. Dell’Arte, 131 H St., Blue Lake. See July 3 listing.

FOOD

Free Summer Meals Program. 10 a.m. & noon Arcata Elementary School, 2400 Baldwin St. See July 3 listing.

MEETINGS

Community Cafe Open Co-Working Space. 12-4 p.m. Humboldt Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 24 Fellowship Way, Bayside. Bring your laptop and your projects. We’ll provide the coffee, wi-fi and access to black-and-white printer. Free, donation. office@huuf. org. huuf.org. (707) 822-3793.

Prostate Cancer Support Group. Second Wednesday of every month, 6-7 p.m. St. Joseph Hospital, 2700 Dolbeer St., Eureka. In Conference Room C3 (south side). (707) 839-2414.

OUTDOORS

Eel River Pikeminnow Fishing Derby. Eel River Access, At the end of N Pacific Ave, Rio Dell. See July 3 listing.

10 Thursday

ART

Figure Drawing at Synapsis. 7-9 p.m. Synapsis Collective, 1675 Union St., Eureka. See July 3 listing.

MUSIC

Metal Thursday. 7-11 p.m. Savage Henry Comedy Club, 415 Fifth St., Eureka. Skin & Bonez (Bay Area Punk) Kolinizer Brain Dead Rejects Spayr 5. savagehenrycomedy.com.

Pierson Park Music in the Park. 6-8 p.m. Pierson Park, 1608 Pickett Road, McKinleyville. See July 3 listing. Summer Concert Series. 6-8 p.m. Madaket Plaza, Foot of C Street, Eureka. See July 3 listing.

EVENTS

Baduwa’t Festival. Dell’Arte, 131 H St., Blue Lake. See July 3 listing.

FOR KIDS

Northcoast Music Together Family Literacy Summer Tour Mckinleyville. 10 a.m. McKinleyville Library, 1606 Pickett Road. Children and the adults who love them are invited to sing, keep a beat and participate with confidence in music. Free. rickerhlp@gmail.com. humlib.org. (707) 445-3655.

FOOD

Drive-Thru Tri-Tip BBQ Dinner. 4:30-6:30 p.m. Church of the Assumption, 546 Berding St., Ferndale. Barbecue tri-tip, pasta salad, beans, roll and cookies. Pre-sale only. Purchase tickets in Ferndale at Rings Pharmacy, the Assumption Catholic Church or by calling Catholic Ladies Guild. Pick-up in the church hall parking lot. $25. (707) 845-3436.

Free Summer Meals Program. 10 a.m. & noon Arcata Elementary School, 2400 Baldwin St. See July 3 listing. Henderson Center Farmers Market. 10 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Henderson Center, Henderson near F Street, Eureka. See July 3 listing.

OUTDOORS

Eel River Pikeminnow Fishing Derby. Eel River Access, At the end of N Pacific Ave, Rio Dell. See July 3 listing.

SPORTS

Lost Coast Cornhole League Night. Second Thursday of every month, 6-10 p.m. Fortuna Veterans Hall/ Memorial Building, 1426 Main St. Monthly league nights are open to all ages and skill levels. Registration opens at 5 p.m. Games at 6 p.m. Different format each week. Bags are available to borrow. Drinks available at the Canteen. Outside food OK. $15. mike@buffaloboards.com.

ETC

Toastmasters: Public Speaking Club. 12-1 p.m. Adorni Recreation Center, 1011 Waterfront Drive, Eureka. All skill levels welcome. Each meeting features prepared speeches, impromptu speaking and constructive feedback. Free. homeshare@a1aa.org. ci.eureka.ca.gov/ depts/recreation/adorni_center.asp. (707) 273-1113.

Heads Up …

National Alliance on Mental Illness Humboldt offers a free, eight-session course in Eureka for family members and others who have loved ones living with a mental illness. For more information or to register, email edith.fritzsche@gmail.com. Or fill out a program request form at nami-humboldt.org.

The Arcata Marsh Interpretive Center seeks weekend volunteers to stay open. Weekend shifts are 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. or 1 to 5 p.m., and include welcoming visitors, bookstore register and answering questions. You must be at least 18, complete paperwork and fingerprinting (free through Arcata Police). One-on-one training. Call (707) 826-2359 or email amic@cityofarcata.org. Become a volunteer at Hospice of Humboldt. For more information about becoming a volunteer or about services provided by Hospice of Humboldt, call (707) 267-9813 or visit hospiceofhumboldt.org.

F1 and the Artful Blockbuster

By John J. Bennett screens@northcoastjournal.com

F1: THE MOVIE. All (well, most) of my constant pearl-clutching, tooth-gnashing lamentation at the state of American cinema comes from a place of love. I’m a generational relic, but surely not alone in experiencing many of my transcendent moments and epiphanic revelations while knelt at the altar.

This abiding affection is tempered by reticence and occasional contempt at the ever-increasing corporate whoring out of what I hold up as the greatest medium we as a species have yet devised to represent our collective urge toward self-expression and undying love of spectacle. Movies are so much larger than any of us, but they are as much the work of hands and hearts and minds as anything we’ve produced. I’m not sure I believe they can change the world anymore, but I know and believe that they have, because I have experiential evidence.

The sense of discovery and possibility borne of seeing movies — some great, most not, all important — has, in my life, been unrivaled. Art is the wellspring, and cinema combines and celebrates art of all media more holistically, more inclusively than any other known form of expression.

I’m repeating myself, but I know it and I’m grateful, because I have had occasion, in these recent dark years that may well signal the end of our tenancy on the planet, to celebrate rediscovered joy in movies that, because of and in spite of their outmoded, outsized Hollywood bona ﬁdes, have inspired more than a little of the exhilaration, uncertainty and joyfulness (innocence?) that deﬁned the early days of our relationship.

I’ve seen almostevery Joseph Kosinski movie, despite IMDb listing his height at 6 feet 4 inches (I distrust the talls, even

though I count a few as intimates). I didn’t watch Tron: Legacy (2010), because I have no connection to the source material and may have been (was) foolish and a little discriminatory at the time. But he arrived in Movieland seemingly fully vested, a maker of blockbusters and handler of stars the likes of which the industry hasn’t really seen in decades. A dinosaur with laser-blood, Kosinski has, in a continuing act of entertainment magicks, allied himself with stars and producers of bygone eras to advance what we all could rightfully have pronounced a dead medium: the artful blockbuster.

We might all think of his output as crass and commercial, which to an extent it obviously is, but he is also one of a select few who can, within the ever-narrowing lane of widespread appreciation and

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approval, render large-scale, spectacular stories as earnest, uncynical celebrations of skill, craft and endurance. And F1, despite every capitalistic, potentially nasty thing about it, raises the bar yet again. While motorsport, with its conspicuous consumption, egoism and courting of death, is perhaps an arcane, even barbaric pursuit, I’ve always been fascinated. I don’t have the gene, the need to compete and excel that breeds exceptional racing drivers. Nor am I ever going to ﬁnd myself in a conﬂict because of my allegiance to a team or driver. But racing, even at its tamest margins, is an electrifying, frustrating, community-building form of human expression that can, like cinema, free us and bring us together and make us feel alive.

Formula One has maybe always been a problematic, entitled, prejudicial branch of motorsport; it is, after all, the fastest, most dangerous, most advanced form of racing (competition?) we have. It’s a waste of money for the billionaire elite and probably emblematic of the hubris that will end our species, but it’s also impossible and fascinating. And now, with the apparent full cooperation of the FIA (the primary sanctioning body of international motorsport), Kosinski has put Brad Pitt in the seat of a racecar and made maybe the best racing movie yet.

Sonny Hayes (Pitt), a ’90s phenom whose career was derailed by a horriﬁc crash, has spent the intervening decades in whatever racing seat he can ﬁnd from Daytona to Baja. His one-time teammate and perennial rival Ruben (Javier Bardem) has enjoyed greater success. Now an F1 team owner, he faces an ouster from his corporate board based on the low performance of his cars. He taps Sonny to reenter the fray and help guide his talented lead driver Joshua Pearce (Damson Idris) to something better than last position on the grid.

This may be the most perfect vehicle of Pitt’s career, with his taciturn, beautiful face and inimitable charm ideally suited to a racing driver who refuses to be counted out. And Kosinski, with director of photography Claudio Miranda, has found unparalleled ways to put us in the racecar. I’m still awaiting the commentary of Charlotte Hamilton, the F1 correspondent with whom I attended this screening, but she has informed me she approves. PG13. 156M. BROADWAY. ●

John J. Bennett (he/him) is a movie nerd who loves a good car chase.

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28 YEARS LATER. The rage virus saga continues with an island holdout of survivors. Nobody let RFK Jr. see this. R. 115M. BROADWAY, MINOR.

ELIO. An imaginative kid ﬁnds himself representing Earth to the rest of the universe. Honestly, far better than who we have representing America to the world. PG. 99M. BROADWAY.

HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON. Live-action remake starring Mason Thames, Gerard Butler and Nico Parker. PG. 125M. BROADWAY (3D), MINOR.

JURASSIC WORLD: REBIRTH. Scarlett Johansson, Jonathan Bailey and Mahershala Ali join the franchise as a team in search of lifesaving dino DNA. PG13. 134M. BROADWAY, MINOR.

LILO AND STITCH. Live-action remake of the space alien adventure in Hawaii. PG. 108M. BROADWAY.

M3GAN 2.0. The return of the homicidal robot frenemy. PG13. 119M. BROADWAY.

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

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Ozempic, the Wonder Drug? Part 2

By Barry Evans fieldnotes@northcoastjournal.com

“The medication’s going to be 50 percent of your journey, and the other 50 percent is still what you choose to eat and the exercise you’re going to put in.” — Obesity specialist Dr. Rocio Salas-Whalen

Last week, I discussed the mechanism of GLP-1, a popular semaglutide sold under the brand names Ozempic, Wegovy and others. While semaglutides are mainly prescribed for control of Type 2 diabetes (insulin resistance) and treatment of obesity, they’re starting to look like magic bullets for a host of other health issues, including:

Cardiovascular disease: In 2024, the Food and Drug Administration approved semaglutides to treat heart disease after studies showed they could cut the risk of strokes and other heart-related deaths by 20 percent.

Kidney disease: Also approved by the FDA earlier this year. One study found semaglutides led to a 24 percent drop in the risk of kidney failure in patients with Type 2 diabetes.

Alzheimer’s disease: Alzheimer’s has been linked to insulin resistance in the brain, leading to ongoing trials that indicate semaglutides can reduce the incidence of Alzheimer’s for people with Type 2 diabetes.

Depression: Ongoing trials, with promising indications that semaglutides can alleviate chronic depression.

Alcoholism: In a nine-week long double-blind trial last year, half of 48 alcoholics were given semaglutides, the other half placebos. The semaglutide group reported needing fewer drinks and less craving. Studies are now underway to see if semaglutides can be used to treat other addictions, including nicotine and opiates. However, like all meds, semaglutides have downsides, including those no one knows about, since they’re too new for long-term studies.

Expense. Until recently, you’d be looking at around $1,000 per month for one of the standard semaglutides. That’s just come down to about $500 per month. As patents run out and pharma companies figure out generic workarounds, prices

will surely keep dropping. (Even so, if only people with disposable income can afford these drugs, that could cement the stereotypical association between being fat and being poor.)

Long-term use. Like every diet and exercise plan, once someone comes off using semaglutides, chances are (in at least two-thirds of cases) they’ll regain their original weight. Or worse: The common “yo-yo effect” often leads to patients ending up heavier than when they began the regime. The trick, according to obesity experts, is to treat semaglutides as adjuncts, not replacements, for nutrition and exercise. Ideally, obese patients’ initial weight loss will motivate them to feel more in control of their bodies, leading them to embrace a healthy lifestyle. The goal, then, is to eventually reduce semaglutide injections to microdoses, or even wean off the drugs completely.

Unsuitability for “casual” weight loss. While they’re very effective for obese patients (BMI 30+) who typically lose 15 to 20 percent of their body weight in the first year, they’re not so good for someone slightly overweight who wants to drop 10 pounds for, say, an upcoming wedding. That’s because a reduction in calories leads to losing both fat and lean body mass (i.e. muscle and bone). With obese patients, that’s a worthwhile trade-off, but it’s unhealthy for a slightly overweight person who can’t afford to lose muscle tissue.

Side effects. These vary from uncomfortable to (in rare cases) dangerous. Many patients experience nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, constipation, increased heart rate and heartburn while the body adjusts to the meds.

With obesity levels everywhere rising exponentially, semaglutides offer the promise of controlling what otherwise looks like a pandemic. Still, as I see grocery shelves loaded with junk food and drink, I do wonder: Why are we treating the symptoms, rather than the cause? l

Barry Evans (he/him, barryevans9@ yahoo.com, planethumboldt.substack. com) isn’t a doctor. Nothing here should replace discussions with your physician.

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“Encore!”

Artist’s output

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50. Pole position holder

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59. Getting the rightsized headrest?

61. Pull at 62. Sulky look

63. Game resembling bingo

64. Showy daisy variety

65. Phish leader Anastasio

66. Use the pool DOWN

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32. “Lemon Tree” singer Lopez

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RESORT IMPROVEMENT

DISTRICT NO. 1

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Thursday July 17, 2025 at 09:00

a.m. the Resort Improvement District No.1 (the “District”) will hold a public hearing at 9126 Shelter Cove Rd, Shelter Cove, CA for the following purpose: CONSIDERATION AND ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE No. 69, ADMINISTRATIVE RATE SCHEDULE REGULATING MISCELLANEOUS FEES AND GENERAL RULES, ADDING A PROPOSED IMPOSITION OF A NEW BACKLFOW DEVICE TESTING FEE ON APPLICABLE PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN THE DISTRICT.

All interested parties are invited to appear at this time and place specified above to give oral or written testimony in regards to this matter. Written comments may be forwarded to the District at 9126 Shelter Cove Rd, Whitethorn, CA, 95589.

Christopher Christianson, General Manager Posted 7/3/25 7/3

NOTICE INVITING BIDS

1. Bid Submission. City of Fortuna (“City”) will accept sealed bids for its River Lodge Exterior Staining Project (“Project”), by or before July 23, 2025, at 2:00 p.m., at Fortuna City Hall, located at 621 11th St, Fortuna, California, at which time the bids will be publicly opened and read aloud. 2.Project Information.

2.1 Location and Description.

The Project is located at 1800 Riverwalk Drive, Fortuna, CA 95540 and is described as follows:

• Objective: To clean, prepare, repair, and apply two coats of solid color stain on various exterior redwood surfaces, ensuring structural integrity and aesthetic appeal.

• Preparation and Safety Setup Safety Compliance: Install all necessary safety equipment, including anchor points in critical areas to ensure OSHA compliance on rooftops and surrounding areas.

• Site Preparation: Conduct a site-specific safety meeting, remove any movable obstacles, and cover immovable fixtures to protect them from damage. Set up fuel baffles for boom lifts and place plywood on concrete sidewalks for boom lift access.

• Surface Cleaning and Preparation Cleaning Solution: Mix trisodium phosphate (TSP) and bleach for cleaning all targeted surfaces.

• Scrubbing: Use stiff bristle brushes to thoroughly remove mildew, glazing, or weathering, focusing on north-facing areas with significant growth that may require two cleaning cycles.

• Power Washing: Rinse surfaces using a power washer set between 500 to 800 PSI.

• Moisture Check: Ensure the wood’s moisture content is below 18% with a moisture meter.

Sanding and Priming: Sand bare wood blemishes using 80 to 100 grit sandpaper and apply spot primer to raw wood spots.

• Masking and Protection Masking: Cover all prefinished items and non-targeted areas

to protect them from overspray and drips.

• Staining Application Primary Coat: Apply the first coat of PPG Sikkens premium solid wood mat finish stain using brushes and rollers per PDCA standards.

• Second Coat: Once the first coat has dried, roll and brush the second coat to enhance durability and finish.

• Additional Steps Metal Doors: Prep, prime, and double coat the exterior side of existing metal doors with PPG’s Pittech 4020 and Pittech 4216.

• Wood-Sashed Doors: Sand, clean, and brighten wood-sashed doors for an even finish.

• Areas to be Stained Redwood lattice, horizontal, bevel, lap, and vertical shiplap siding Exterior and continuous soffits Exterior redwood trim, corbels, and trellis.

• Inspection and Repairs Rot Inspection: Inspect the entire building for wood rot.

• Repairs: Use liquid rot repair solutions for minor damage. For extensive damage requiring siding or lattice replacement, notify the owner and provide an estimate for approval before proceeding.

• Compliance and Quality Assurance Wage Compliance: Comply with prevailing wage determination HUM 2024-1.

• Quality Standards: Adhere to PDCA standards for brushing and rolling techniques, ensuring consistent application and finish.

• Project Timeline Start Date: Summer 2025 End Date: Fall 2025.

• Daily Cleanup and Final Touches

Maintain a clean and orderly site daily, with additional services including window and gutter cleaning upon project completion.

• Equipment such as lifts and scaffolding may be stored onsite during the weekends in designated areas only due to rentals of the facility.

2.2 Time for Final Completion

The Project must be fully completed within 35 business days from the start date set forth in the Notice to Proceed. City anticipates that the Work will begin on or about August 11th, but the anticipated start date is provided solely for convenience and is neither certain nor binding.

3. License and Registration Requirements.

3.1 License. This Project requires a valid California contractor’s license for the following classification(s): Class B, Class C-32 and Class C-33

3.2 DIR Registration. City may not accept a Bid Proposal from or enter into the Contract with a bidder, without proof that the bidder is registered with the California Department of Industrial Relations (“DIR”) to perform public work pursuant to Labor Code § 1725.5, subject to limited legal exceptions.

4. Contract Documents. The plans, specifications, bid forms and contract documents for the Project, and any addenda thereto (“Contract Documents”) may be downloaded from City’s website located at: https:// www.friendlyfortuna.com/depart-

ments/public_works/projects.php

A printed copy of the Contract Documents is not available.

5. Bid Security. The Bid Proposal must be accompanied by bid security of ten percent of the maximum bid amount, in the form of a cashier’s or certified check made payable to City, or a bid bond executed by a surety licensed to do business in the State of California on the Bid Bond form included with the Contract Documents. The bid security must guarantee that within ten days after City issues the Notice of Potential Award, the successful bidder will execute the Contract and submit the payment and performance bonds, insurance certificates and endorsements, valid Certificates of Reported Compliance as required under the California Air Resources Board’s In-Use Off-Road Diesel-Fueled Fleets Regulation (13 CCR § 2449 et seq.) (“Off-Road Regulation”), if applicable, and any other submittals required by the Contract Documents and as specified in the Notice of Potential Award.

6. Prevailing Wage Requirements.

6.1 General. Pursuant to California Labor Code § 1720 et seq., this Project is subject to the prevailing wage requirements applicable to the locality in which the Work is to be performed for each craft, classification or type of worker needed to perform the Work, including employer payments for health and welfare, pension, vacation, apprenticeship and similar purposes.

6.2 Rates. The prevailing rates are on file with the City and are available online at http://www. dir.ca.gov/DLSR. Each Contractor and Subcontractor must pay no less than the specified rates to all workers employed to work on the Project. The schedule of per diem wages is based upon a working day of eight hours. The rate for holiday and overtime work must be at least time and one-half.

6.3 Compliance. The Contract will be subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the DIR, under Labor Code § 1771.4.

7. Performance and Payment Bonds. The successful bidder will be required to provide performance and payment bonds, each for 100% of the Contract Price, as further specified in the Contract Documents.

8. Substitution of Securities. Substitution of appropriate securities in lieu of retention amounts from progress payments is permitted under Public Contract Code § 22300.

9. Subcontractor List. Each Subcontractor must be registered with the DIR to perform work on public projects. Each bidder must submit a completed Subcontractor List form with its Bid Proposal, including the name, location of the place of business, California contractor license number, DIR registration number, and percentage of the Work to be performed (based on the base bid price) for each Subcontractor that will perform Work or service or fabricate or install Work for the prime contractor in excess of onehalf of 1% of the bid price, using the Subcontractor List form included with the Contract Documents.

10. Instructions to Bidders. All bidders should carefully review the Instructions to Bidders for more detailed information before submitting a Bid Proposal. The definitions provided in Article 1 of the General Conditions apply to all of the Contract Documents, as defined therein, including this Notice Inviting Bids.

By:

Date: 06/26/2025

Ashley A. Chambers, Deputy City Clerk

Publication Date: July 3, 2025 END OF NOTICE INVITING BIDS

7/3, 7/10 (25-288)

HBMWD AND RLCSD ANNOUNCE UPDATED WATERCRAFT RESTRICTIONS UNDER THE JOINT AQUATIC INVASIVE SPECIES PREVENTION PLAN

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 26, 2025

TRINITY COUNTY, CA – In a continued effort to protect Ruth Lake and the region’s water infrastructure, the Humboldt Bay Municipal Water District (HBMWD) and the Ruth Lake Community Services District (RLCSD) have released an updated set of restrictions and best practices as part of their Joint Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) Prevention Plan. These measures are designed to prevent the introduction and spread of invasive species such as Quagga Mussels, Zebra Mussels, and the recently detected Golden Mussel in California waterways.

Aquatic invasive species pose serious threats to local ecosystems, water quality, and water delivery infrastructure. Once established, these mussels can clog pipes and intakes, damage equipment, disrupt aquatic food chains, and cost millions of dollars in mitigation and maintenance. Watercraft from high-risk areas and/ or tanks which cannot be drained pose the most significant threat to Ruth Lake.

Key Requirements of the AIS Prevention Plan Include:

• Mandatory watercraft inspections: for all vessels (including non-motorized) entering Ruth Lake, regardless of size or motor type.

• Mandatory 30-day quarantine: If a watercraft does not meet the yellow and red sticker exceptions as detailed in the AIS Prevention Plan, permission to launch at Ruth Lake is revoked for a period of thirty (30) days (if boat remains in quarantine during the 30-day period).

• Failed Inspections: Mandatory 30-day Quarantine for all failed inspections. All watercraft with ballast tanks will fail the inspection and be required to have a 30-day quarantine.

• Proof of decontamination: As an alternative to mandatory 30-day quarantine, proof of decontamination from a state approved facility with an intact exit band may be allowed.

• Expanded definitions of prohibited materials: including aquatic vegetation, standing bilge water, and bait water.

• Introduction of a mussel-detecting K9 unit , which will periodically patrol Ruth Lake facilities, launch areas, and boats to assist in the detection of

invasive mussels and support enforcement of AIS protocols

“These updates reflect our continued commitment to proactive prevention,” said Michiko Mares, General Manager of HBMWD. “With the recent detection of Golden Mussels in California, it’s more important than ever that we take collective action to protect Ruth Lake and our drinking water resources.”

Caitlin Canale, General Manager of RLCSD, added: “Recreation is a valued part of our community, and these measures will help ensure Ruth Lake remains safe, clean, and accessible for future generations.”

Residents, visitors, and boaters are encouraged to follow the “Clean, Drain, and Dry” protocol and check with Ruth Lake CSD for updated requirements before visiting Ruth Lake. The full updated AIS Prevention Plan is available online at: https://www.ruthlakecsd.org/sidebar/golden-zebra-quagga-mussel/ For questions or more information, please contact:

• HBMWD: Contessa Dickson: 707-443-5018

• RLCSD: Caitlin Canale: 707-574-6332

7/3, 7/10 (25-285)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 25-00276

The following person is doing Business as Baby’s Best Diaper Service/Field to Forest Humboldt 1768 Mygina McKinleyville, CA 95519

Nina B Transue 1768 Mygina McKinleyville, CA 95519

The business is conducted by an individual

The date registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name listed above on 5/21/2025.

I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.

A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).

/s Nina Transue, Owner

This May 27, 2025 by SC, Deputy Clerk 6/12, 6/19, 6/26, 7/3 (25-246)

STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITOUS BUSINESS NAME FILE NO. 23-00216

The following person has abandoned the use of the fictitious business name Baby’s Best Diaper Service

The fictitious business name was filed in HUMBOLDT County on April 3, 2023

Mother Made Magic LLC CA 3562 Fieldbrook Rd McKinleyville, CA 95519

This business was conducted by: a limited liability company /s/ Nina Transue, CEO

This statement was filed with the HUMBOLDT County Clerk on the date May 27, 2025

I hereby certify that this copy is true and correct copy of the original statement on file in my office SC, Deputy Clerk Humboldt County Clerk 6/12, 6/19, 6/26, 7/3 (25-247)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 25-00283

The following person is doing Business as Maple Springs Farm Humboldt

530 Wilder Rd Unit B Carlotta, CA 95528 PO Box 353 Carlotta, Ca 95528

Mary T Homicz 530 Wilder Rd Unit B Carlotta, CA 95528

The business is conducted by an individual

The date registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name listed above on n/a.

I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.

A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions

Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).

/s Mary Homicz, Owner

This May 28, 2025 by JR, Deputy Clerk 6/12, 6/19, 6/26, 7/3 (25-248)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 25-00306

The following person is doing Business as Foust Lawncare Humboldt

175 Placer Dr Orleans, CA 95556

PO Box 23 Orleans, CA 95556

Nathaniel E Foust

175 Placer Dr Orleans, CA 95556

The business is conducted by an individual

The date registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name listed above on March 27. 2025.

I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.

A registrant who declares as true any

material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).

/s Nathaniel Foust, Owner/ Manager

This June 9, 2025 by SC, Deputy Clerk 6/12, 6/19, 6/26, 7/3 (25-252)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 25-00305

The following person is doing Business as Love and Laughter Farms Humboldt

1006 Villa Way Arcata, CA 95521

Stephen C DiTuro 1006 Villa Way Arcata, CA 95521

The business is conducted by an individual

The date registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name listed above on 6/6/25.

declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.

NOTICE OF RIGHT TO CLAIM EXCESS PROCEEDS FROM THE SALE OF TAX-DEFAULTED PROPERTY

Made pursuant to Section 4676, Revenue and Taxation Code

Excess proceeds have resulted from the sale of tax defaulted property listed on this notice on May 15, 2025. Parties of interest, as defined by California Revenue and Taxation Code section 4675, are entitled to claim the excess proceeds.

All claims must be in writing and must contain sufficient information and proof to establish a claimant’s right to all or any part of the excess proceeds. Claims filed with the county more than one year after recordation of the Tax Collector’s deed to the purchaser cannot be considered.

Claim forms and information regarding filing procedures may be obtained at the Humboldt County Tax Collector’s Office, 825 5th Street, Room 125, Eureka, CA 95501, online at www.humboldtgov.org or by calling (707) 476-2450 or toll free (877) 448-6829 between 8:30 am-Noon and 1:00pm-5:00pm, Monday through Thursday.

I certify (or declare), under penalty of perjury, that the foregoing is true and correct.

Amy Christensen, Humboldt County Tax Collector State of California

Executed at Eureka, Humboldt County, California, on June 11, 2025 Published in North Coast Journal on June 19th, 26th & July 3rd, 2025

LEGAL NOTICES

/s Stephen C DiTuro, owner

This June 6, 2025 by JC, Deputy Clerk

6/12, 6/19, 6/26, 7/3 (25-253)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 25-00256

The following person is doing Business as Ameri-Construction Humboldt

501 Fern Ave

Ferndale, CA 95536

PO Box 484

Ferndale, CA 95536

David K Sears

501 Fern Ave

Ferndale, CA 95536

The business is conducted by an individual

The date registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name listed above on 1/1/1980.

I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.

/s David K Sears, Sole Proprietor/ Owner

This May 20, 2025 by SC, Deputy Clerk

6/12, 6/19, 6/26, 7/3 (25-254)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 25-00310

The following person is doing Business as Preserving Histories

1525 I Street Eureka, CA 95501

PO Box 1033

Eureka, CA 95502

Lynette C Mullen

1525 I St

Eureka, CA 95501

The business is conducted by an individual.

The date registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name listed above on n/a.

I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.

/s Lynette Mullen, Owner

This June 9, 2025 by JC, Deputy Clerk

6/19, 6/26, 7/3, 7/10 (25-258)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 25-00317

The following person is doing Business as Em Beauty Humboldt

511 Henderson Street

Eureka, CA 95503

3360 Gross Street Eureka, CA 95503

Em Beauty LLC CA B20250114791

3360 Gross Street

Continued from previous page

Eureka, CA 95503

The business is conducted by a limited liability company

The date registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name listed above on n/a.

I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.

/s Pang Lo, Manager

This June 12, 2025 by SG, Deputy Clerk 6/19, 6/26, 7/3, 7/10 (25-262)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 25-245

The following person is doing Business as Resident Trout Humboldt

640 Second Ave Blue Lake, CA 95525

PO Box 551 Blue Lake, CA 95525

Ren I Brownell

640 Second Ave Blue Lake, CA 95525

The business is conducted by an individual.

The date registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name listed above on 5/1/25.

I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.

/s Ren Brownell, Owner

This May 14, 2025 by JR, Deputy Clerk 6/19, 6/26, 7/3, 7/10 (25-263)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 25-00324

The following person is doing Business as Shakefork Community Farm Humboldt

7914 Hwy 36 Carlotta, CA 95528

Kevin E. Cunningham 7914 Hwy 36 Carlotta, CA 95528

Melanie Cunningham 7914 Hwy 36 Carlotta, CA 95528

The business is conducted by a married couple.

The date registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name listed above on 1/15/2008.

I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.

/s Kevin Cunningham, Owner

This June 17, 2025 by SC, Deputy Clerk 6/26, 7/3, 7/10, 7/17 (25-324)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 25-300

The following person is doing Business as Troop 27 / Scout Troop 1027

Humboldt

3425 Martha Court Arcata, CA 95521

PO Box 615

Eureka, CA 95502

Kiwasnis Club of Henderson Center Public Service Fund CA 3189944

3425 Martha Court Arcata, CA 95521

The business is conducted by a corporation.

The date registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name listed above on 1/1/25. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.

/s John Friedenbach, secretary

This June 5, 2025 by JR, Deputy Clerk 6/19, 6/26, 7/3, 7/10 (25-265)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 25-00318

The following person is doing Business as Wild Hearts Learning Humboldt 4409 Lentell Rd Eureka, CA 95503

Wild Hearts Learning CA B20251278339 4409 Lentell Rd Eureka, CA 95503

The business is conducted by a corporation.

The date registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name listed above on n/a.

I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.

/s Margaret Hague, Chief Executive Officer

This June 13, 2025 by SC, Deputy Clerk 6/26, 7/3, 7/10, 7/17 (25-268)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 25-00321

The following person is doing Business as Hometown Heroes Home Services Humboldt 2350 Central Ave

McKinleyville, CA 95519

Cameron D Cosby 2350 Central Ave McKinleyville, CA 95519

The business is conducted by an individual.

The date registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name listed above on 6/16/2025.

I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.

A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions

Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).

/s Cameron Crosby, Owner

This June 16, 2025 by JR, Deputy Clerk 6/26, 7/3, 7/10, 7/17 (25-269)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 25-00295

The following person is doing Business as La Scarpetta Humboldt 1207 Perini Rd

McKinleyville, CA 95519

PO Box 264 Arcata, CA 95518

Elias Boschetti

1207 Perini Rd

McKinleyville, CA 95519

The business is conducted by an individual.

The date registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name listed above on 6/6/2025.

I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.

/s Elias Boschetti, Owner

This June 5, 2025 by JC, Deputy Clerk 6/26, 7/3, 7/10, 7/17 (25-272)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 25-00327

The following person is doing Business as North Coast Vacation Rentals Humboldt

2235 3rd Street

Eureka, CA 95501

PO Box 2129

McKinleyville, CA 95519

Developed Employment Services, LLC CA 201524710119

2237 3rd Street Eureka, CA 95501

The business is conducted by a limited liability company.

The date registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name listed above on 1/1/2022.

I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.

/s Kyle Visser, Executive Director/ Managing Member

This June 15, 2025 by SG, Deputy Clerk

6/26, 7/3, 7/10, 7/17 (25-273)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 25-00294

The following person is doing Business as 101 Thai Express County of Humboldt

78 Riverview Lane Redway, CA 95560

PO Box 2250 Redway, CA 95560

Asha T Fellion

78 Riverview Lane Redway, CA 95560

Teerawan Meekam

78 Riverview Lane

Redway, CA 95560

The business is conducted by a Copartners

The date registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name listed above on Not Applicable

I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.

/s Asha Fellion, Copartner

This June 3, 2025

JUAN P. CERVANTES by RJ, Humboldt County Clerk

6/26, 7/3, 7/10, 7/17/2025 (25-278)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 25-00333

The following person is doing Business as Big Chunk’s Plumbing County of Humboldt 1736 14th Street

Eureka, CA 95501

PO Box 1423

Eureka, CA 95502

James L.D. Boatsman 1736 14th Street

Eureka, CA 95501

The business is conducted by an Individual

The date registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name listed above on Not Applicable

I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.

/s James Boatsman, Owner

This June 20, 2025

JUAN P. CERVANTES by jc, Humboldt County Clerk 6/26, 7/3, 7/10, 7/17/2025 (25-279)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 25-00345

The following person is doing Business as THE CANNOLI CONNECTION Humboldt

726 Main Street

Fortuna, CA 95540

The Cannoli Connection LLC CA 202464113838

726 Main Street

Fortuna, CA 95540

The business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company.

The date registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name listed above on July 1, 2024, 2024.

I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.

/s Frank Falcone, CEO

This June 23, 2025

KELLY E. SANDERS by JR, Humboldt County Clerk 7/3, 7/10, 7/17, 7/24/2025 (25-283)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 25-00323

The following person is doing Business as North Coast Neuropsychology Humboldt 592 14th Street Arcata, CA 95521

Andrew Levine 592 14th Street Arcata, CA 95521

The business is conducted by an individual.

The date registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name listed above on 7/20/2020.

I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.

/s Andrew Levine, Sole Proprietor

This June 17, 2025 by SG, Deputy Clerk 7/3, 7/10, 7/17, 7/24 (25-291)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 25-00349

The following person is doing Business as Nomadic Notary Humboldt 23 5th St Eureka, CA 95501

236 Long St, Apt C Eureka, CA 95501

Desiree M Janisse 23 5th St Eureka, CA 95501

The business is conducted by an individual.

The date registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name listed above on n/a.

I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.

/s Desiree Janisse, Owner

This June 24, 2025 by JC, Deputy Clerk 7/3, 7/10, 7/17, 7/24 25-292)

FOSTER YOUTH TO INDEPENDENCE (FYI) VOUCHER ANNOUNCEMENT

Notice is hereby given that the Housing Authority of the County of Humboldt (HACH) will open the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program wait list on Thursday, July 17, 2025, 8:00am and it will remain open until further notice, ONLY for Foster Youth to Independence (FYI) pre-applicants. HACH will ONLY accept referrals of pre-applications from the County of Humboldt Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Independent Living Skills (ILS) program. Individuals who believe they are eligible should contact ILS at CWSILS@co.humboldt. ca.us or call 707.382.4520. Foster Youth to Independence (FYI) is a program established to (1) ensure that FYI youth have adequate and stable housing opportunities to support their successful transition to adulthood and (2) empower FYI youth to resolve their own problems,

to effectively utilize assistive services, and to advocate for themselves with public and private agencies and other community institutions.

Eligible youth will receive up to 36 months of rental and case management assistance, with two optional 12-month extensions of assistance for qualifying households. Additional information may be required for certification. Pre-applicants will be notified of your status once initial eligibility is determined. Additional Housing Choice Voucher Program eligibility criteria apply. FYI funding is dependent on an FYI voucher allocation from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

HACH and DHHS fully comply with all Federal, State and local nondiscrimination laws and the rules and regulations governing Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity in housing.

7/3 (25-284)

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

Jovon Tatum Valentine Giovanni Roman Valentine CASE NO. CV2501219

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF HUMBOLDT 825 FIFTH ST. EUREKA, CA. 95501

PETITION OF:

Jovon Tatum Valentine Giovanni Roman Valentine for a decree changing names as follows:

Present name

Jovon Tatum Valentine

Giovanni Roman Valentine to Proposed Name

Jovon Tatum Alvarez

Giovanni Roman Alvarez

THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING

Date: August 1, 2025

Time:8:30 am, Dept. 4 For information on how to appear remotely for your hearing, please visit https://www.humboldt.courts. ca.gov/

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF HUMBOLDT 825 FIFTH STREET EUREKA, CA 95501

Date: June 16, 2025

Filed: June 16, 2025

/s/ Timothy A. Canning

Judge of the Superior Court 6/26, 7/3, 7/10, 7/17 (25-276)

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

Cas-seca Len Alvarez CASE NO. CV2501217

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF HUMBOLDT 825 FIFTH ST. EUREKA, CA. 95501

PETITION OF:

Cas-seca Len Alvarez for a decree changing names as follows: Present name

Cas-seca Len Alvarez to Proposed Name

Casseeca Len Alvarez THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING

Date: August 1, 2025

Time:8:30 am, Dept. 4 For information on how to appear remotely for your hearing, please visit https://www.humboldt.courts. ca.gov/

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF HUMBOLDT 825 FIFTH STREET

EUREKA, CA 95501

Date: June 16, 2025

Filed: June 16, 2025

/s/ Timothy A. Canning Judge of the Superior Court 6/26, 7/3, 7/10, 7/17 (25-277)

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE OR CHANGE OF NAME

Onica Ahnalia Jones CASE NO. CV2501218

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF HUMBOLDT 825 FIFTH ST. EUREKA, CA. 95501 PETITION OF:

Onica Ahnalia Jones for a decree changing names as follows:

Present name

Onica Ahnalia Jones to Proposed Name

Onica Ahnalia Alvarez THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING

Date: August 1, 2025

Time:8:30 am, Dept. 4

For information on how to appear remotely for your hearing, please visit https://www.humboldt.courts. ca.gov/ SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF HUMBOLDT 825 FIFTH STREET EUREKA, CA 95501

Date: June 16, 2025

Filed: June 16, 2025

/s/ Timothy A. Canning

Judge of the Superior Court

6/26, 7/3, 7/10, 7/17 (25-275)

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

CASE NO. CV2501262

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF HUMBOLDT 825 FIFTH ST. EUREKA, CA. 95501

PETITION OF:

MAJUSTA MARIE TSOUKIS for a decree changing names as follows: Present name

MAJUSTA MARIE TSOUKIS to Proposed Name

MOLLY MARIE TSOUKIS

NOTICE OF HEARING

Date: August 22, 2025

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

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF HUMBOLDT 825 FIFTH STREET EUREKA, CA 95501

To appear remotely, check in advance of the hearing for information about how to do so on the court’s website.

To find your court’s website, go to www.courts.ca.gov/find-mycourt.htm.

Date: June 23, 2025

Filed: June 23, 2025

/s/ Timothy A. Canning

Judge of the Superior Court

6/26, 7/3, 7/10, 7/17/2025 (25-270)

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

JENNA BURNS CASE NO. CV2501214

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF HUMBOLDT 825 FIFTH ST. EUREKA, CA. 95501

PETITION OF:

Jenna Burns for a decree changing names as follows: Present name

Chaney Marie Ritter

Michael Thomas Ritter to Proposed Name

Chaney Marie Burns

Michael Thomas Burns

written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING

Date: August 15, 2025

Time:8:30 am, Dept. 4

For information on how to appear remotely for your hearing, please visit https://www.humboldt.courts. ca.gov/

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF HUMBOLDT

825 FIFTH STREET

EUREKA, CA 95501

Date: June 12, 2025

Filed: June 12, 2025

/s/ Timothy A. Canning Judge of the Superior Court 6/19, 6/26, 7/3, 7/10 (25-267)

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

Michelle Rene Gravelle

CASE NO. CV2501117

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF HUMBOLDT 825 FIFTH ST. EUREKA, CA. 95501

PETITION OF:

Michelle Rene Gravelle for a decree changing names as follows:

Present name

Michelle Rene Gravelle to Proposed Name

Michelle Rene Lewis-Lusso

THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted.

Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING

Date: August 4, 2025

Time:8:30 am, Dept. 4

For information on how to appear remotely for your hearing, please visit https://www.humboldt.courts. ca.gov/ SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF HUMBOLDT 825 FIFTH STREET

EUREKA, CA 95501

Date: June 2, 2025

Filed: June 3, 2025

/s/ Timothy A. Canning

Judge of the Superior Court

6/5, 6/12, 6/19, 6/26 (25-264)

AAA SELF STORAGE AUCTION

Notice is hereby given that the undersigned intends to sell the personal property described below to enforce a lien in said property pursuant to section 21700-21716 of the Business and Professions Code, section 2328 of the UCC section 535 of the Penal Code and provisions of the Civil Code.

The undersigned will sell at public sale by competitive bidding on the 1st day of August, 2025 at 9:00 a.m., on the premises where the said property has been stored and which is located at AAA Self-Storage, 2350 Central Avenue, McKinleyville, CA. County of Humboldt, the following:

# 49 Celene Cagle

#215 Joshua Anderson #316 Thomas Blaquelorde

Purchases must be paid for at the time of the sale in cash only. Anyone interested in attending the auction must sign in prior to 9:00 a.m., on the day of the auction, no exceptions.

All purchase items sold as-is, where is and must be removed at the time of sale. Sale is subject to cancellation in event of settlement between the owner and the obligated party.

Auctioneer: Kristin Cosby, employee of AAA Self-Storage 7/3, 7/10 (25-286)

ORDINANCE 2025-2026-01

REDWAY COMMUNITY SERVICES DISTRICT

SUMMARY OF PROPOSED ORDINANCE NO. 2025-2026-01, REVISING ORDINANCE NO. 7 ESTABLISHING RATES, RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR WATER SERVICE

By action adopted by the Board of Directors of the Redway Community Services District (hereinafter “the District)” pursuant to the provisions of Government Code section 25124 (b) (1), the following Summary of Proposed Ordinance 2025-2026-01 , an Ordinance revising the District’s Ordinance No. 7 Establishing Rates, Rules and Regulations for Water Service is hereby authorized to be published in a newspaper of general circulation throughout the jurisdiction of the District in order to notify citizens of a public hearing before the Board of Directors of the District to determine whether to adopt Ordinance 2025-2026-01. This public hearing is scheduled to occur on June 19th 2025, at 6 p.m. at 3168 Redwood Drive, Redway, CA 95560. This Summary of Ordinance 20252026-01 proposes revisions to the District’s existing Ordinance No. 7 establishing rates, rules and regulations for water service as follows:

1. Adds new section 0.1 specifying the purposes of the Water Ordinance, which are to set uniform requirements for providing public water supplies to District Customers for maximum possible beneficial use in compliance with all drinking water supply requirements of state and federal law.

2. Adds new section 0.2 which specifies the Scope of the Water Ordinance, which includes the setting of user rates, charges and fees for the equitable distribution of water supply costs among all District customers. The Water Ordinance also provides for an Application for Water Service procedure for new customers which procedure allocates the District’s limited water supplies to new customers depending upon the then current capacity of the District to supply water to customers in the amount applied for.

discontinuance of water supply for non-payment of water service rates, charges and/or fees in Section 10.1 by extending the delinquency period to 60 days after a water bill becomes delinquent before a Notice of Discontinuation of Water Supply may be sent to the delinquent customer and water disconnection procedures can be commenced.

5. Adds an updated description of the District’s Backflow Protection and Cross-Control Protection Program at Section 2.8, which program has been approved by the State Water Resources Control Board.

6. Adds a new Section 6.6 regarding Accessory Dwelling Units which describes the circumstances under which water will be supplied to accessory dwelling units, and defines those situations in which a separate water meter connection and connection fee will be imposed for supplying water to an accessory dwelling unit, and those circumstances in which no new water meter connection or connection fee will be required.

7. Adds a new Section 4.1.0 (4) regarding Applications for Water Service which adds a new service application classification entitled “Commercial Agriculture Producer Classification”. This section sets forth the minimum criteria defining a commercial agriculture producer and imposes the following requirements on such customers: (1) the filing of an Operations Plan which details the amounts of water required and water delivery and storage details; (2) imposes a water use forbearance period from May 15 to October 1 each year during which time the District lacks sufficient water supply capacity to serve such customers; and (3) establishes a water usage annual cap on the amount of water to be provided by the District to each such user.

A printed copy of the proposed Water Ordinance is available for inspection by any person during regular office hours in the administrative offices of the District at 3168 Redwood Drive, Redway, CA 95560.

A copy of the Water Ordinance and this Summary is also posted at the District Office and on the District’s website. This Summary has also been published pursuant to the requirements of California Government Code Sections 25120 through 25132.

AYES: DIRECTORS: Dian Griffith, Marie Etherton, Michael McKaskle, Tammy Willison, Arthur McClure

NOES: None

ABSENT: None

ABSTAIN None

3. Clarifies certain definitions of terms within the Ordinance in Section 1, and adds new definitions of terms for new classes of water service customers including Commercial Agricultural Water Service at Section 1.23 and Accessory Dwelling Unit Water Service at Section 1.32.

4. Revises the procedure for

In the Superior Court of California, County of Humboldt. The petition for probate requests that Sarah Malcomb be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held on July 31, 2025 at 9:30 a.m. at the Superior Court of California, County of Humboldt, 825 Fifth Street, Eureka, in Dept.: 4 For information on how to appear remotely for your hearing, please visit https://www.humboldt.courts. ca.gov/

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

ATTORNEY FOR PETITIONER:

Rory A. Hanson 305 K Street

Eureka, CA 95501

707-445-2011

Filed June 25, 2025

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA

COUNTY OF HUMBOLDT

7/3, 7/10, 7/17 (25-289)

7/3 (25-287)

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF Barbara Jean Wilson

CASE NO. PR2500176

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of Barbara Jean Wilson

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Petitioner, Sarah Malcomb

filed by Petitioner, Maxwell Elliott In the Superior Court of California, County of Humboldt. The petition for probate requests that Maxwell Elliott be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held on July 24, 2025 at 9:30 a.m. at the Superior Court of California, County of Humboldt, 825 Fifth Street, Eureka, in Dept.: 4 For information on how to appear remotely for your hearing, please visit https://www.humboldt.courts. ca.gov/

ATTORNEY FOR PETITIONER: Law Office of Jocelyn M. Godinho\ 317 3rd Street, Suite 15 Eureka, CA 95501 707-242-7439

Filed June 24, 2025

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF HUMBOLDT

7/3, 7/10, 7/17 (25-290)

OF A PUBLIC MEETING AND A PUBLIC HEARING THEREON AND GIVING NOTICE THEREOF

WHEREAS, in 2023, the Board of Directors (“Board”) for the Peninsula Community Services District established the Parks and Recreation Assessment District (“PRAD”) under the Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972 (California Streets and Highways Code§§ 22500 et seq.);

WHEREAS, the PRAD continues to confer a special benefit on those properties subject to the annual assessment;

WHEREAS, the Board has reviewed the Parks and Recreation Assessment Engineers Report dated December 19, 2022, and finds that there are no proposed new improvements or any substantial changes in existing improvements that requires a further engineer’s report for the 2025-2026 fiscal year;

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 22624 of the California Streets and Highways Code, the Board, by this Resolution, provides notice of its intent to levy the annual assessment for the 2025-2026 fiscal year, as more particularly set forth below, and of the time and place for a public hearing on the levy of the proposed assessment.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL THAT:

1. The recitals set forth above are true and correct.

2. The Board hereby declares its intention to levy and collect assessments within the assessment district for the 20252026 fiscal year.

3. The PRAD provides funding for operations and maintenance costs parks and recreation land use areas, including Samoa Park, and other existing and planned parks. Reference is made to that certain Parks and Recreation Assessment Engineers Report dated December 19, 2022, which is on file with the District, for a full and detailed description of the improvements, the boundaries of the assessment district, and the proposed assessments upon assessable lots and parcels of land within the District.

4. The Board does not propose a change to the boundaries of PRAD, or any benefit zone within the PRAD. The boundaries of thePRAD shall remain as previously set by resolution.

protest may be withdrawn in writing at any time before the conclusion of the public hearing. Each written protest shall contain description adescription sufficient to identify the property owned and shall be signed by the property owner. A written protest which does not comply with this section shall not be counted in determining a majority protest.

8. If written protests are received from the owners of property subject to the assessment which will pay 50 percent or more of the assessments proposed to be levied and protests are not withdrawn so as to reduce the protests to less than that 50 percent, no further proceedings to levy the proposed assessment for the 2025-2026 fiscal year shall be taken by the Board.

9. This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon adoption by the Board.

PASSED and ADOPTED at a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Peninsula Community Services District, California, on this 19th day of June, 2025, by the following vote:

AYES:

NAYS: ABSENT:

ABSTAIN:

President of the Board ATTEST:

Board Secretary

7/3, (29-293)

RESOLUTION NO. 2025 6.2

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF Helen Marguerite Elliott aka Helen Elliot

CASE NO. PR2500174

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of Helen Marguerite Elliott aka Helen Elliot A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been

RESOLUTION NO. 2025 6.1

A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE PENINSULA COMMUNITY SERVICES DISTRICT DECLARING ITS INTENTION TO LEVY AN ANNUAL ASSESSMENT FOR 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR FOR THE PARKS AND RECREATION ASSESSMENT DISTRICT AND FIXING THE TIME AND PLACE

5. The time and place for a public hearing to be held by the Board on the levy of the proposed assessment for the 2025-2026 fiscal year is set for July 17, 2025, at 7:00 PM, at the Samoa Woman’s Club, Sunset Street, Samoa, CA 95564. The clerk shall give notice of the public hearing by causing the resolution of intention to be published once in a newspaper of general circulation in the District not less than ten (10) days before the public hearing.

6. At the time of the public hearing, written and oral protests may be made in the manner required by section 22628 of the California Streets and Highways Code.

7. Every written protest shall be filed with the Board Secretary at or before the time fixed for the public hearing. A written

A RESOLUTION OF THE BOA,RD OF DIRECTORS OF THE PENINSULA COMMUNITY SERVICES DISTRICT DECLARING ITS INTENTION TO LEVY AN ANNUAL ASSESSMENT FOR 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR FOR THE STREETS AND LIGHTING ASSESSMENT DISTRICT AND FIXING THE TIME AND PLACE OF PUBLIC MEETING AND A PUBLIC HEARING THEREON AND GIVING NOTICE THEREOF WHEREAS, in 2023, the Board of Directors (“Board”) for the Peninsula Community Services District established the Streets and Lighting Assessment District (“SLAD”) under the Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972 (California Streets and Highways Code§§ 22500 et seq.); WHEREAS, the SLAD continues to confer a special benefit on those properties subject to the annual assessment; WHEREAS, the Board has reviewed the Samoa Town Streets and Lighting Assessment Engineers Report dated December 19, 2022, and finds that there are no proposed new improvements or any substantial changes in existing improvements that requires a further engineer’s report for the 2025-2026 fiscal year; WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 22624 of the California Streets and Highways Code, the Board, by this Resolution, provides notice of its intent to levy the annual assessment for the 2025-2026 fiscal year, as more particularly set forth below, and of the time and place for a public

hearing on the levy of the proposed assessment.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL THAT:

1. The recitals set forth above are true and correct.

2. The Board hereby declares its intention to levy and collect assessments within the assessment district for the 2025-2026 fiscal year.

3. The SLAD provides funding for operations and maintenance costs for sidewalks, pedestrian walkways, curbs, medians, and bicycle travel lanes. Reference is made to that certain Samoa Town Streets and Lighting Assessment Engineers Report dated December 19, 2022, which is on file with the District, for a full and detailed description of the improvements, the boundaries of the assessment district, and the proposed assessments upon assessable lots and parcels of land within the District.

4. The Board does not propose a change to the boundaries of SLAD, or any benefit zone within the SLAD. The boundaries of the SLAD shall remain as previously set by resolution.

5. The time and place for a public hearing to be held by the Board on the levy of the proposed assessment for the 2025-2026 fiscal year is set for July 17th, 2025, at 7:00 PM, at the Samoa Woman’s Club; Sunset St. Samoa, CA 95564. The clerk shall give notice of the public hearing by causing the resolution of intention to be published once in a newspaper of general circulation in the District not less than ten (10) days before the public hearing.

6. At the time of the public hearing, written and oral protests may be made in the manner required by section 22628 of the California Streets and Highways Code.

7. Every written protest shall be filed with the Board Secretary at or before the time fixed for the public hearing. A written protest may be withdrawn in writing at any time before the conclusion of the public hearing. Each written protest shall contain a description sufficient to identify the property owned and shall be signed by the property owner. A written protest which does not comply with this section shall not be counted in determining a majority protest.

9. This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon adoption by the Board.

PASSED and ADOPTED at a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Peninsula Community Services District, California, on this 19th day of June, 2025, by the following vote:

AYES:

NAYS: ABSENT:

ABSTAIN:

President of the Board

ATTEST:

Board Secretary 7/3, (29-295)

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS

Humboldt County Fish & Game Advisory Commission is granting $5000 of the State Fish & Wildlife code violation funds for RFPs offering education about, or protection, conservation, propagation, preservation of fish and wildlife in Humboldt County. Prefer email requests: nkaytis4@gmail.com or call 1-707-786-4902 w/address for RFP form. Due July 31, 2025 6/26, 7/3 (25-274

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF DAVID EUGENE OLSON SR, AKA DAVID OLSON CASE NO. PR2500170

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of DAVID EUGENE OLSON SR, aka DAVID OLSON

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Petitioner DAVID OLSON JR.

In the Superior Court of California, County of Humboldt.

The petition for probate requests that DAVID OLSON JR. be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

A HEARING on the petition will be held on jULY 24, 2025 at 9:30 a.m. at the Superior Court of California, County of Humboldt, 825 Fifth Street, Eureka, in Dept.: 4, Room: 4 For information on how to appear remotely for your hearing, please visit https://www.humboldt.courts. ca.gov/

Attorney for Petitioner: Jocelyn M. Godinho, Esq. 317 3rd Street, Suite 15 Eureka, CA 95501 (707) 242-7439

Filed: June 20, 2025

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF HUMBOLDT

6/26, 7/3, 7/10/2025 (25-280)

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF JOSHUA NATHAN RAPP

CASE NO. PR2500166

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of Joshua Nathan Rapp

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Petitioner, Ronald Ray Rapp In the Superior Court of California, County of Humboldt. The petition for probate requests that Ronald Ray Rapp be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

A HEARING on the petition will be held on July 17, 2025 at 9:30 a.m. at the Superior Court of California, County of Humboldt, 825 Fifth Street, Eureka, in Dept.: 4 For information on how to appear remotely for your hearing, please visit https://www.humboldt.courts. ca.gov/

Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

ATTORNEY FOR PETITIONER: James D. Poovey 937 6th Street Eureka, CA 95501 (707) 443-6744

Filed June 12, 2025

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF HUMBOLDT 6/19, 6/26, 7/3 (25-260)

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Gregory Lee Rael 1950-2025

Gregory Lee Rael, 75, passed away at his Bayside home on June 14, 2025. Greg lived a life of incredible depth in the outdoors, overseas, and in the courtroom. He was a friend and mentor to many, a husband, a brother, an uncle, a grandfather, a counselor to those who ran afoul of the law, an amateur architect, a painter, a trader of wood and lumber, and a hunter. He was a collector of artifacts – some valuable, most not, but all with a story behind them. Moreso, he was a collector of interesting people from all walks of life and from all over the world. Greg’s seemingly inﬁnite stories were slow and circuitous talks that inevitably led to unexpected and often hilarious conclusions. An alum of and counselor at Camp Unalayee in the Trinity Alps, he met and mentored many young people over the course of his life and became deeply familiar with the lakes, trails, and mountains in the wilderness areas of Northern California. He was impressed by people of character and deeply admired people with rare skills – whether they were privileged and educated, but especially if they struggled in life.

Born on April 17, 1950, in Compton, California to Isador “Izzy” Rael and Paula Jocelyn Rael (Goren), he was named after his grandfather Greg Rael. The family moved to Whittier, California where Greg attended elementary school and La Serna High School. During a YMCA trip to Peru, he met his lifelong friend Becky Evans. Greg attended Stanford University and spent his junior year studying in Italy, where he became ﬂuent in Italian. He then earned his law degree from Stanford Law School. Stanford was an institution he loved, and its medical facilities later cared for him as he wrestled with complicated health issues. He married Rhonda Parker in 2002. The two loved to travel, have friends and family over for elaborate dinners, garden, and spend time at their cabin near Somes Bar on the Klamath River. They were married nearly 23 years.

Greg first came to Humboldt County when he completed a law school internship, working for both the district attorney and the public defender. He decided to stay on as a public defender for much longer than is common, insisting it was critical to understanding the law and the legal profession. He met John Young in the public defender’s office, and they opened a private practice. After they closed that office, Greg opened his own criminal defense practice and had a long and storied career before retiring at the age of 74. His reputation as an ethical and fair attorney brought him many cases and clients, both high profile and otherwise. Greg’s longtime assistant Marlene Birnie was his companion through his legal adventures and became his close friend and confidante through many ups and downs. Greg was not above providing legal services in exchange for, say, a load of manzanita firewood, or a few days’ worth of work building a new structure at his beloved cabin. He considered the property among his greatest works of art and the fulfillment of his parents’ dream to own a cabin. Greg also loved hunting in the Trinity Alps with his brother Dennis and friends and came to know the area around Scott Mountain well. Always maintaining a connection to his roots, Greg made a number of pilgrimages to New Mexico where his family was from. He visited the Santuario in Chimayo each time he went to New Mexico and made sure to bring back exquisite carved santos (saints) that he purchased from the Lopez family for decades. Greg and Rhonda made one last trip to the Santuario in May. Many will miss Greg’s wit, advice, tremendous generosity, counsel, humor, and warmth. His was a life well-lived, and those who were a part of it have lived life better because of him.

Greg is survived by his wife Rhonda (Parker); his granddaughters Dayna, Shelby, and Macie; his brother Dennis and his wife Carol Falkenthal; nieces, Trula and Coco Rael; stepchildren Darren and Chad Brittain and Angela Pialorsi; and his Aunt Rosie Orona; his brothers-inlaw David (Carol) and Kent (Sheila Parker) and his mother-in-law Arlene Parker. He is preceded in death by his parents Isador and Paula; his grandfathers, Greg Rael and Morris Goren; his grandmothers Lucy Rael and Clara Fischer (Perlmutter) and his stepson Gino Pialorsi.

A celebration of Greg Rael’s life will be held on July 12, at 1 p.m. at the Bayside Grange.

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Under the direct supervision of the Lead Park Maintenance Worker, to perform semi-skilled work assignments in the maintenance and upkeep of City parks, landscaped areas, public buildings and associated equipment and structures; to perform janitorial and landscaping work at a variety of operations, and perform related work, maintenance and customer service functions within assigned Department as required. Must be at least 18 years of age and have a valid California Driver License. Job description and application available at friendlyfortuna.com or City of Fortuna, 621 11th Street, 725-7600. Applications must be received by 11:59 pm on Sunday, July 13, 2025.

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MEDICAL BILLING SPECIALIST, BILLING DEPARTMENT – Regular, F/T, ($17.90 – $24.25/hr.)

HOUSEKEEPER, HOUSEKEEPING DEPARTMENT – Regular, F/T, Salary: ($17.90 - $24.25)

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TRIAGE RN-NURSING DEPARTMENT –FT/Regular ($60.39-$66.68 DOE)

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

DENTIST – FT/Regular ($ 190 K-$240 K)

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