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News 5 Tax Measures are on the California Ballot. Here’s How to Make Sense of Them All.

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Editor: It may be too late to respond to the opinion piece “The Good Ones” (Oct. 8, 2026), but sometimes with hot button issues it’s better to think it through thoroughly, so here goes: Men could be more chivalrous. It’s good for men to talk about this among ourselves beforehand, so we’re not just running on instinct. All men will encounter an ambiguous event at some point; a woman trying to distance herself from a man who’s hounding her; some men outside a bar mocking a woman who’s puking; hearing a man brag about being in a gangbang; hearing a woman scream inside a house; a thousand other things. It helps to have a general principle in mind to guide your actions. If you want to get to heaven, make your mama proud, find a seat at Ms. Cahill’s table, or live in a community where everyone looks out for each others’ safety, your principle should be to always stay and intervene as your size and talents allow; to put your body in the way, speak out, or record and report, as Ms. Cahill suggested. It’s also a valid principle to mind your own affairs and let others deal with theirs. Men are hardwired to take care of the women in our families, clans, and tribes, but not the women of tribes we have no commerce with. How big is your tribe? Ms. Cahill would understandably like it to include all four billion females on the planet. Personally, I extend my protection to family and friends. There’s a lot of ground between those two extremes. The main thing is to know your principles clearly so that you can act on them. David Steinhardt, Eureka

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need for care and deserved respect around the world and here in Humboldt. As you may know, Centro del Pueblo has been active since 2016 organizing immigrant rights support for our Humboldt Latinx. Leading in Humboldt’s Sanctuary Law and Know Your Rights movements, CdP has helped local communities create safer spaces for our Latinx neighbors. CdP has contributed to our communities in many ways, such as: cultural events, youth leadership programs, substance use prevention, mental health support, gardening, landbased programs, community media, mutual aid and wellness initiatives connected to local families. Through partnerships with schools, artists, health workers, volunteers and community organizations, CdP continues to build spaces for advocacy, culture, education and community support throughout Humboldt County. To reserve a seat for Traces of Home: Minortheatre.org. To learn more about Centro del Pueblo: cdpueblo.org Thanks for your support. Brenda Perez, Arcata, Executive Director of Centro del Pueblo

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Bohn Investigation Supervisor shares email advising he may have violated county’s Harassment and Discrimination Policy By Kimberly Wear kim@northcoastjournal.com

or the second time in a year, Supervisor Rex Bohn has outed himself as being the subject of a county investigation involving his conduct with employees, following much of the same approach to address the issue. Most recently, the First District representative took to social media Oct. 22, sharing a picture of an email sent by County Administrative Officer Elishia Hayes the day prior to inform him that she had “become aware of workplace incidents you were involved in that may have violated the county’s Harassment and Discrimination Policy.” Hayes continues that the county is required “to investigate reports of this nature” under the policy and state law. She also notes county’s Human Resources Director Zach O’Hanen is included in the communication “because the policy requires me to inform him of these allegations, and he is then required to investigate the report.” What the incidents involve or how the policy may have been violated is unclear, but Hayes goes on to write: “The county also has an obligation to take steps to ensure additional violations of the harassment policy do not occur while the investigation is pending. Accordingly, I expect you to exercise heightened care and professionalism in all interactions with staff.” She ends by advising, “Please understand that, should further concerns arise, the next step to ensure staff are afforded a safe and comfortable work environment may include restricting your access to non-public office spaces while the investigation remains pending.” Bohn opened his comments on the post by writing, “Just to be transparent and to the ones who would leak this to their favorite blog here you go.” “I honestly have no idea what I did,” he continues in a run-on sentence, followed

by “my 72 year old trucker voice I would think but who knows” and “only thing after 15 years of commitment to Humboldt and being in Humboldt 8 decades still ❤ it and appreciate the people I get to serve.” Bohn signs off with, “This [is] me sharing with you, you keyboard warriors who will now attack me and know me so well. Do not expect a response, your input is appreciated. Thanks Rex.” In a response to follow-up email from the Journal asking if he would be willing to comment further or has received any more information on the incidents referenced by Hayes, he replied: “I have not.” Also asserting that he was trying to get ahead of a disclosure, Bohn made a similar admission back on Nov. 4 during a discussion before the board censured Supervisor Michelle Bushnell after an outside investigation found she’d acted in a hostile manner toward staff. “This is not a process. This is a very slow death by a thousand cuts,” he said before adding, “I’m going through this myself right now, before someone leaks it out.” According to documents released by the county at the time, Bohn had been notified the process was underway a month earlier in an email from the HR director, which included a section that requested he “refrain from discussing this investigation, including the specific allegations of misconduct against you, with anyone other than the investigator and/or your legal counsel.” The results of the inquiry into that complaint came before the board in March as part of an item on whether to censure Bohn for his conduct — a symbolic gesture that amounts to a public reprimand by fellow supervisors and one of the few avenues outside of the ballot box for holding elected officials responsible for their conduct, Continued on next page »

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especially when it comes to treatment of staff. According to the executive summary prepared by the outside law firm Kramer Workplace Investigations, the four witnesses interviewed about the incident during a meeting with staff in June of 2025 were “undisputed” that Bohn “acted in a disrespectful and aggressive manner toward county employees, which included the use of profanity.”

The one-page, 300-word document also stated that all four were “undisputed” in the perception “that Bohn scheduled the meeting to influence the staff members to quickly take action to create a waiver or an amendment to the Tobacco Retail License Ordinance to ensure that Bohn’s friend was able to transfer all of his tobacco retail licenses when his friend sold his gas stations.” During the meeting discussion, Bohn apologized, saying “I sincerely regret if

my tone, delivery, caused anyone to feel uncomfortable or disrespected,” but also disputed some of the findings, including his relationship with the owner, while acknowledging that he did not participate in the investigation “because I just didn’t.” In the end, Bohn was not censured, an action that requires a four-fifths approval by the board. Before the matter came before supervisors, Bushnell — who had alleged she was denied due process by a

flawed system during her investigation — had already made clear she would be a no vote. Instead, the investigation report was accepted and filed. Before concluding the item, Supervisor Mike Wilson noted, as elected officials, the process for a complaint brought against a supervisor is different from the human resources course that would be followed for a county employee under the same circumstances. “I really want to emphasize that if it gets this far, and especially if it’s involving employees, we are not the victim,” he said. “I just want to be very clear. We are responsible for our behavior in those situations and that is something I just want to emphasize.” Outside of formal investigations, Bohn is no stranger to drawing criticism for his behavior. That includes misogynistic comments he made in January of 2023 while serving as an auctioneer at the Eureka Chamber of Commerce’s annual dinner and awards gala. When presenting a tour and dinner for eight donated by a local woman-owned restaurant, several attendees recounted to the Journal at the time, Bohn said that if the bids got high enough, the owner might “serve topless.” While not addressing the context of why he was making a statement, Bohn read a brief prepared apology at the following board of supervisors’ meeting. “It has been brought to my attention that this weekend I was an auctioneer at my 742nd auction — volunteer auctioneer — and said something that was inappropriate,” he said. “I want to apologize and for that acknowledge it. Thank you.” That was not the first time his actions at a public function were deemed demeaning.

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At a fundraiser in March of 2019, while being told about a dinner of Mexican food going up for auction, he asked the donor if it was “so authentic that we’re going to want to steal hubcaps after we eat.” Additionally, in October of 2023, Bohn’s decision to ignore the organizers’ stated rules and include a handgun in an basket representing Humboldt County at a Rural County Representatives of California auction was questioned by some of his fellow supervisors as they weighed whether to reappoint him to the lobbying association of more 40 California counties that advocates for rural policies. In the end, he continued in the role. “This isn’t the first time I’ve had a gun in my basket, so the timing of this is,” Bohn said during the discussion, later implying several times that it was only an issue because he was up for re-election the next year. “Hopefully you can find someone to run against me and use this against me,” he said. As for the incidents Hayes refers to in her Oct. 21 email, the county did not immediately respond to requests by the Journal for additional information, including copies of any complaints filed against Bohn and clarification on the next steps in the wake of the board of supervisors’ recent decision to revamp how investigations against sitting members are handled. While Hayes mentions O’Hanen needing to investigate, the board voted in August to make changes to the protocol for handling complaints made against supervisors, including the removal of an initial review by a three-member committee made up of senior staff: the county administrative officer, the human resources director and county counsel.

Under the approved revisions, the decision-making reins on whether an investigation should be initiated were handed over to an outside arbitrator contracted by the county, which would then conduct the probe. Also replaced was the former provision that any ensuing sustained findings of a code violation automatically be placed as an action item before the board to consider whether to censure their colleague on the dais, who was also given an opportunity to speak to the matter. Instead, an investigation summary will appear on the consent agenda for supervisors to simply accept and file the report, if that’s what they decide, and a member of the board would need to ask for a separate censure item to be brought forward for consideration. During the protocol discussion, Bohn said he believed the complaint process was “used more as a weapon than as a tool and I would like to see this be used as a tool rather than a weapon.” “Do I say inappropriate things? Hell yes. Do I say things that shouldn’t be said? But I’ve been saying them for 65 years, since I was 7 years old, so I apologize for that,” he said. “I didn’t change who I was. Am I offensive? Am I vile toward people? I don’t believe so. I think that’s been proven over and over again, but it doesn’t stop anybody from trying to create a situation. I don’t think we should be targets up here because we are servants of the community.” ● Kimberly Wear (she/her) is the assistant editor at the Journal. Reach her at (707) 442-1400 ext. 105 or kim@ northcoastjournal.com.

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5 Tax Measures are on the California Ballot. Here’s How to Make Sense of Them All. By Ben Christopher/CalMatters newsroom@northcoastjournal.com

This story was originally published by CalMatters.

alifornia voters are being asked whether they want to keep taxing the incomes of the rich. And they’ll be asked whether to start taxing the accumulated wealth of the even richer. Wait, there’s more. They’ll also get to weigh in on whether we should ban wealth taxes altogether, subject the money raised by future taxes to a state spending cap and make it harder for voters to pass certain local taxes. That doesn’t include any of the other propositions on the November ballot that are likely to affect the state budget. Nor does it include the roughly 300 tax and bond measures that will be popping up in local elections across the state. And you thought tax season only came in April. With 14 measures in total, the 2026 California ballot is a busy one. Voters haven’t been presented with this many choices in a decade. It’s an especially active year for tax-related measures — those that hike taxes, cut them, introduce new ones, jettison old ones or change the rules by which taxes are approved and enacted. Five of those are on the ballot this time around, the most since 1990. Altogether they have the potential to reshape the state’s finances, beef up or starve some of our largest public spending programs, change the rules around taxation and — if opponents of the proposed wealth tax are to be believed — trigger a Randian exodus of the state’s wellest-to-do.

The ‘black hole’ on the ballot Though five tax measures are on the ballot, voters are really just seeing three big questions. The first: Should California be the first state in the nation to introduce a wealth tax? That question is “the black hole into which all political energy is going right now,” said Jon Coupal, president of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, a group that advocates for low taxes. Three measures — Propositions 40, 41 and 42 — provide opposing answers. Prop. 40 would slap every Californian with a net worth of at least $1 billion (all approximately 200 of them) with a one-time 5 percent tax on their wealth, excluding real estate and retirement accounts. This isn’t an income tax, which skims off a share of a person’s earnings, but a tax on the assessed, unrealized value of investments. Think of this like the property tax that homeowners pay on their houses, except it applies to stocks, bonds, business shares, Bugattis and the occasional machine gun collection. The Legislative Analyst’s Office estimates that the measure has the potential to raise tens of billions of dollars. Almost all of it would be set aside for the state’s public health insurance programs, which are bracing for dramatic federal cuts. That’s assuming the measure passes and survives the blizzard of inevitable legal challenges. Though a number of countries have introduced wealth taxes at either the national or regional level, California’s would Continued on next page »

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be the first in the United States. No surprise, many of the state’s billionaires are pushing back hard. They’re doing that in the usual way, with literally hundreds of millions of dollars in campaign spending. But they’re also doing it with two additional measures on the ballot itself. Prop. 41 would, among other things, ban the state from collecting taxes that circumvent a 1970s state spending limit, which Prop. 40 is written to do. Prop. 42 would ban new taxes on financial assets, private businesses and most other forms of wealth outright — an explicit reversal of Prop. 40. If both the wealth tax and either of the countermeasures are approved by the voters, the one with the higher vote tally becomes law. That’s why the wealth tax could go down in defeat even if a majority of voters support it. But voters shouldn’t think of Props. 41 and 42 as mere “no” votes on Prop. 40, said Kayla Kitson, a tax policy analyst at the California Budget & Policy Center, a left-leaning think tank. Prop. 41 would also require the

state’s auditor to conduct a “pre-election” analysis of any program set to be funded by a future tax measure and then make recommendations on how to cut costs by 10 percent. Beyond banning future wealth taxes, Prop. 42 would also prevent future taxes from applying retroactively before a tax is approved. That could remove the state’s ability to keep people or businesses from avoiding a tax they know is coming, said Kitson.

Two more tax questions The other two tax measures have nothing to do with the wealth tax. One would make permanent a boosted income tax rate for higher earners. The other would make it harder for local governments to raise certain taxes in the future. The high-earner tax is the third, and possibly final, installment in a decade-long electoral trilogy. First proposed by former Gov. Jerry Brown as a temporary solution to fund education in the fiscal hangover of the Great Recession, the measure sticks a higher tax

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“When voters aren’t sure how to proceed, staying with the status quo and letting someone else decide at a later date is a safe bet.” — Mark Baldassare, survey director at the Public Policy Institute of California

bracket on the state’s top 2 percent of earners. Re-authorized by voters in 2016, the tax has generated between $5 billion and $16 billion annually. Most of that money has gone to schools. The tax expires in 2030, which is why the California Teachers Association, the state’s largest K-12 public school educators’ union, was eager to put its permanent renewal on the ballot this year. If it fails, the union will have two more chances. Hence, Proposition 3, which would make the boosted tax rates for individually earned income above $360,000 per year a perpetual part of the state’s tax code. Proposition 43’s backstory also goes back nearly a decade. The measure would hike the share of votes needed to pass certain local taxes. Specifically, these are taxes that raise money for a specific program or purpose and that are placed on the ballot by citizen signature-gathering efforts, as opposed to local elected officials. If Prop. 43 passes, this very particular type of tax would need the support of at least two-thirds of local voters. Business groups and anti-tax advocates have been wanting to put some version of Prop. 43 on the ballot since 2017 when the state Supreme Court ruled that so-called citizen-initiated special taxes only need a simple majority of the vote to pass. The anti-tax advocates got close two years ago, but were stymied by another court ruling. This year, the measure finally made it, but only after negotiations with the Democrats in the Legislature pared it down, applying the rule to future taxes only.

California tax measures tend to fail This all makes for a tremendously confusing voting experience for most Californians. That’s probably bad news for the supporters of these measures, since uncertain

voters tend to err on the side of “no,” said Mark Baldassare, survey director at the Public Policy Institute of California. “When voters aren’t sure how to proceed, staying with the status quo and letting someone else decide at a later date is a safe bet,” he said. That may partly explain why tax measures, which are inherently complicated and tend to come with unpredictable consequences, fare especially poorly on the ballot. Since 2000, a solid majority (57 percent) of non-tax ballot measures have passed compared to a mere third of tax propositions. The sheer number of open questions surrounding the proposed wealth tax (Is it constitutional? Can the state effectively implement it? Will all the billionaires flee to Florida?) puts it on shakier footing with an electorate that tends to reject uncertainty, said Baldassare. A narrow majority of 52 percent of likely voters said they supported the measure in a recent PPIC poll. The tax on high earners in Prop. 3, may face better odds because it makes permanent an existing tax rather than introducing a new one. In the same poll, 58% of likely voters indicated that they would support the measure. “When people see the words ‘renew’ or ‘extend’ it gives them a sense that this is the status quo, we’re not being asked to make a change here,” he said. But Prop. 3’s backers shouldn’t take too much comfort in that. Support for propositions tend to decline as Election Day approaches. The sheer number of tax measures on offer could also inflict voters with “tax fatigue” leading them to vote “no” across the board, said Baldassare. Then there’s the general political vibe. Earlier this year, PPIC asked a sample of Californians whether they preferred lower taxes and fewer services or higher taxes and more services. Fifty-five percent said they’d prefer the lower tax bill. l

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Statewide Strike Humboldt’s SEIU Local 1000 workers join in response to California’s alleged bad faith bargaining By Griffin Mancuso griffin@northcoastjournal.com

undles of purple tinsel, purple inflatable wands and purple signs rose into the air as cars passed by a large group of Service Employees International Union members gathered on Fifth Street in Eureka last week. Commercial trucks responded with booming horns and smaller cars let out an enthusiastic series of honks, inciting more cheering from the crowd. Most wearing union shirts matching in color with their gear, the group took periodic laps around the block reciting workers’ rights chants. “When state workers are under attack, what do we do?” union member Tamara Boone yelled into a megaphone while leading the crowd of about 100 local workers and union representatives. “Stand up, fight back!” a chorus of voices responded. Similar scenes played out across California on Oct. 21 as SEIU Local 1000, the largest union for state employees, hosted the first strike in its four-decade history. The one-day walkout came in response to what members describe as bad faith bargaining by Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration after the union’s last contract expired at the end of June. Among the union’s calls are pay increases above what’s been offered to date, better benefit contributions and a reversal of remote work restrictions. Newsom has “demanded wage reductions from the union to help shore up a budget crisis” last year, according to the nonprofit newsroom CalMatters, and pay cuts have been accepted by state workers in “three of the eight years” he’s been in the office. On the working from home front, Newsom issued an executive order in March of 2025 requiring state employees to be in the office at least four days a week, “with further telework flexibilities granted on a caseby-case basis in light of individual circumstances, consistent with the executive order and existing family-friendly employment policies and legal obligations,” according to

a release at the time. The two sides — the California Department of Human Resources manages labor negotiations for the administration — are set to return to mediation on Oct. 30. CalMatters quotes the spokesperson Angela Musallam as saying the department “remains focused on achieving a fair and responsible agreement and continues to be available at the bargaining table.” The strike was approved by union workers with a 96.2 percent majority vote, according to James Koeppel, a union steward who attended the Humboldt strike. “We’ve been out of contract since July 1,” Koeppel said. “The state came back basically after not really bargaining at all … on the very last day and said no. One blanket denial to every proposal we had.” He said the California Public Employee Relations Board, which, according to its website, “administers and enforces collective bargaining laws, promotes fair labor practices, and resolves disputes to support stable and harmonious labor-management relations across the public sector,” substantiated the union’s claims of bad faith bargaining. The state is legally required to negotiate with state unions in good faith, according to Koeppel. During discussions, he said, the state has claimed it doesn’t have the funds to preserve annual raises as stipulated in Local 1000’s contract. However, Koeppel noted that the state has a greater budget this year that is being used on other projects and believes the government has chosen not to prioritize state workers. “Our last contract, they decided not to pay us our 3 percent wage [increase]. They kicked it to 2027 and then deducted our pay by 5 percent because they said they didn’t have the money, and we’re gonna pay you in leave,” Koeppel said. “I have a toddler. Leave doesn’t buy diapers.” A DMV employee, Boone said she was participating in solidarity with other state workers just trying to make ends meet. At the Continued on next page » northcoastjournal.com • Thursday, Oct. 29, 2026 • NORTH COAST JOURNAL 9

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end of the day, Boone said, public-facing employees like herself are what keep the state running and their needs should be a priority. “I don’t want just another day off. Give us our rates that we deserve, that you promised us. Like I said, we have to raise our families, and, like I said, we work hard. We’re on the front line every day and we get paid less,” Boone said. “And we deal with all the customers and customer service. We deserve a good contract.” Jessica Henry Gibbs, who works for Caltrans, expressed similar sentiments. “I think a lot of people have a misconception that we’re so well paid and that we have this incredible pension and these benefits, but all of these things come at a cost,” Henry Gibbs said. “So if we were in a private industry, we would make more money. And we pay a lot also into our retirement, and the state has decreased pension and retirement benefits for employees as time has gone on.” Henry Gibbs said she’s seen the real-world impacts of the back to work order, including Caltrans employees from Del Norte County accepting demotions, transferring or quitting posts at the Eureka field office. She said she hopes that the governor will reconsider, describing telecommuting as

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“the wave of the future.” “I think that the governor is really disrespecting workers by saying that they’re not working when they’re working remotely, and that’s just not true. I work, so I worked even harder because I was worried that someone might perceive that I wasn’t working,” Henry Gibbs said. A member of the California Association of Professional Scientists, Monty Larson said he showed up to support fellow union workers. His union, Larson said, had similar difficulties with the Newsom administration and went on strike in 2023 due to the state’s refusal to bargain, which did result in improvements to that year’s contract. However, relations between CAPS and Newsom have degraded since then. The union’s 2024 contract, according to Larson, was good for nine months before the state removed the previously negotiated pay increases. He said the state attempted to cut salaries again this year, then the Legislature stepped in to honor the union’s salary increases. Larson expressed frustration with the administration’s lack of cooperation and having to continuously fight for wages, saying that cost of living hasn’t been accounted for in wage increases for state employees in a long

time, which he finds even more hypocritical with the state’s increased budget for this year. “It’s just slow simmering,” Larson said. “We’re state employees. We’re here to serve the public, and we just keep getting a guy that was born with a silver spoon in his mouth [and] is standing on our neck to do whatever he wants to do with state government while expecting us to do more with less. And it just continues.” Koeppel said that the union’s demands from the state aren’t extreme, and that he is hoping the one-day event was enough to turn the tide of negotiations to prevent interruptions to public service. “This is merely, ‘Come sit at the table and talk to us.’ That’s all they have to do, and we’ll come back to work.” l Griffin Mancuso is a California Local News Fellow placed with North Coast Journal, Inc. Reach him at (707) 442-1400, or griffin@northcoastjournal.com. The California Local News Fellowship is a state-funded initiative to support and strengthen local news reporting. Learn more about it at fellowships.journalism. berkeley.edu/cafellows.

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Crash Course By Liz Valasco and Collin Yeo newsroom@northcoastjournal.com

appy Halloween, Humboldt. Last year we introduced you to the sweetly spooky work of comic artist Liz Valasco on our cover (“The Seeker,” Oct. 30, 2025). After seeing what she and the Journal’s Setlist columnist Collin Yeo cooked up together, how could we resist a second grab from the candy bucket? “Crash Course” also appears in issue No. 2 of the Humboldt Comix Collective,

in which local writers and artists work with the theme of monsters. (Pick up a copy at Omnibus in Old Town or either North Coast Co-Op location, and keep an eye out for more locations coming soon.) The monster theme was an easy fit, says Valasco. “We’re both big horror nerds, so we were very happy about this. Collin came up with the idea one day Continued on next page »

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ON THE COVER Continued from previous page

when we were hanging out in his backyard with his cats. He mostly wrote it; I just had a couple edits. I made some sketches, and it went from there. Once it was complete, I drew it up!” Yeo admits his part was the shorter end of the deal. “I sat under a tree and

fleshed out the basics in about 10 minutes and wrote a spec script later that day, which Liz helped me punch up and edit. We had a quick turnaround — I want to say it was basically done in about 10 days. She did an awesome job coloring it for this issue.”

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“This is our first published collaboration,” says Valasco. “We have a couple other projects in the works, including the next issue of my comic The Adventures of Moon Pie.” Those comics, first started when she lived in Ohio, take place in the redwoods, where the intrepid title

character, a piece of the moon sent to Earth to accomplish a long-forgotten goal, roams with a little robot companion. “We met because of my admiration for her art, which remains,” says Yeo. “I am a big fan of her Moon Pie comics, and I wrote a script for those characters as a

sort of love letter after we had been in a relationship for a while.” The two have more horror-related material on deck and readers who’d like to see more can check out Valasco’s Patreon and Yeo’s Substack @allcatsaregray. The keen-eyed might see some crossover between the drawing and writing in those two platforms as winter comes on and

they move indoors, presumably with those cats. l — Jennifer Fumiko Cahill Jennifer Fumiko Cahill (she/her) is the managing editor at the Journal. Reach her at (707) 442-1400 ext. 106, or jennifer@ northcoastjournal.com. Follow her on Bluesky @jfumikocahill.bsky.social. northcoastjournal.com • Thursday, Oct. 29, 2026 • NORTH COAST JOURNAL 13

ON THE TABLE

An Ugly Turn at Smalls Fusion Comfort Can Scott Boone save his restaurant from himself? By Jennifer Fumiko Cahill jennifer@northcoastjournal.com

Editor’s note: This story includes bigoted and misogynistic quotations.

he story spread quickly online and by word of mouth on Oct. 20, after a member of the Humboldt Foodies Facebook group posted screenshots from Smalls Fusion Comfort restaurant owner Scott Boone’s personal page, one dated March 19, reading, “This is what you fucktards on the left want. Fuck you and fuck Islam.” The other, undated, refers to a protesting woman in an embedded video as an “old liberal cunt” and a “stupid bitch,” and is shared from right wing extremist Christian minister Kaden Pody’s Facebook page, where it first appears a little more than two weeks ago. Humboldt Foodies, its rules explain, “is about celebrating the food scene in Humboldt.” So, following its policy against negative posts, administrators removed the screenshots as they say they have done previously for Smalls and other restaurants. But some members had already seen the posts. Community members online and off have responded with anger, disappointment, concern for restaurant employees, shrugging dismissal and speedy forgiveness. Boone himself has moved between defiance and vowing self-improvement. In an economic climate where restaurants are already operating on slim margins, Boone’s online declarations may have alienated enough customers to leave his business teetering on a knife’s edge. In a response to the negative feedback via the Smalls Facebook page, Boone focuses blame on the anonymous poster of the screenshots, a “coward” out to “discredit” him with photos of his comments, the authenticity of which he doesn’t dispute. He also lambasts the Humboldt Foodies administrators, saying they “should be ashamed.” He insists he is not a bigot, that the posts

“have nothing to do with my restaurant” and that he hates politics. He asks the public not to let “people without evidence” (beyond the screenshots, one assumes) stop them from dining at the restaurant. Humboldt Foodies isn’t a group Boone frequents, he says. “I’m sure I have been in there in the beginning to get the word out [when Smalls opened], but I lose interest really fast,” and he hasn’t looked at it in a long time. When asked about having been banned from the group, he says, “I think I was posting too much and that was the end of it, but no one ever told me I was banned.” However, when the Journal checked in with the group’s administrators, they confirmed they warned Boone about posting too much in July of 2025 and that they banned him this year on Sept. 11 for breaking the group’s no politics rule. In a later post on the Smalls page, Boone takes a softer tone than the first, apologizing for “saying things that were hurtful and disrespectful.” He writes that he knows stress is “not an excuse” and that he’s trying to improve. “I’m genuinely sorry to those I offended, and I hope that, in time, my actions will show that I mean that.” He goes on to say, “one of the things I’ve always loved most about [the restaurant business] is being around different people, experiencing different foods, and learning about life and different cultures.” Answering the phone at Smalls the following day, Boone has shifted his tone. “It’s embarrassing and upsetting, and it’s just a new thing for me as well,” he says. His strident, defensive response, as well as the screenshotted posts, he begins, are due to the stress of running a restaurant. “This place is just on me all the time,” he explains. “We all have stresses in life — it’s not easy running a restaurant these days. … It took a long time for us to get a foothold here …

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Owner and chef Scott Boone in the kitchen at Smalls in Eureka. Photo by Jennifer Fumiko Cahill

my schedule is quite demanding,” he says, lamenting the increase of gas and grocery prices. Asked what the struggles of restaurant ownership have to do with women protesters or Muslims, Boone admits it’s totally unrelated. “It’s not connected to my restaurant. That’s my problem with all this. It’s my personal page,” he insists, and therefore irrelevant and should not be held against his restaurant. Later, he says he’s an un-savvy social media user and only meant to share his misogynistic and anti-Muslim statements with Facebook “friends,” but it was actually public. This is also, he says, “the first time it’s ever affected my business like this,” initially referring to “being trolled,” before having the term clarified by the Journal. He then states, “Somebody took a picture of a post on my personal page and shared it on Humboldt Foodies.” While he is unable to recall the specific incident that led to the post calling a protester the C-word, Boone admits to losing his temper, but not to misogyny. “I was having a bad day, and something ticked me off or whatever,” he says, unable to recall a specific incident, “and I responded in a way

that I should not have.” Similarly, he says, the post clearly attacking the religion of Islam was driven by stress, not Islamophobia, which “doesn’t square at all” with his purported love of other cultures. “It doesn’t make sense because that’s not who I am,” says Boone, and, he adds, not who he’s ever been, though he admits he can see how that might appear disingenuous given his anti-Muslim post. He says, “I’ve never not accepted anyone in my restaurant,” which, if such a refusal of service was based on religion, for example, would be illegal. He points to his cooking as an example of his embrace of other cultures, saying, “My food shows that — I have a fusion restaurant.” But fusion cuisine provides shaky cover, given its reputation for cultural appropriation by white chefs who too often cherry-pick flavors and techniques from non-Western cultures, severing them from their contexts and using them to add superficial “ethnic” novelty to European and American dishes. As personally enriching as appreciating myriad cuisines can be, it’s hardly a safeguard or proof against bigotry. It calls to mind the oft-repeated phrase in

discussions of Black arts and culture in the white American mainstream: “They love everything about us except us.” For Boone, who came to Eureka after closing Café on Main in Weaverville, the stakes are high. “I have nothing else,” he says. “If this restaurant fails, I have nothing else. I’ll probably end up on the street.” The loss of the previous business left him “bitter,” he says, and “I came as close as I’ve ever come to having nothing when we first came here.” Politics, he says, haven’t been an issue for him in the past. “I have no general politics. I detest all politics,” Boone says, “The entire situation is bad.” But when pressed about what one might find if they went back through his Facebook posts, he changes his answer. There won’t be anything misogynist or bigoted, he promises, but, “In my past, I have been a person who has very strong opinions. In my recent past [few months], I have a girlfriend who is very different,” and now, “I don’t hate anybody. … I got caught in the middle of my change.” In fact, further screenshots from 2025 and as far back as 2020 obtained by the Journal reveal more anti-Muslim sentiment and harsh, sometimes vitriolic criticisms of Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton and the Democratic Party. There is also a repost outrageously equating the sexual abuse in the Epstein files to trans women using women’s bathrooms. “I don’t expect people to just believe me and drop everything,” Boone says. “I’ll put in the work.” That work, he explains, “is me controlling myself … convincing people through time that this is a great place and everyone is welcome here.” He says, “If my restaurant fails because I’m an idiot and didn’t control my temper, then I guess that’s how it is. For doing something we all do.” But spouting and posting misogyny and Islamophobia aren’t things “we all do.” And the consequences aren’t limited to a damaged reputation, lost customers or even a lost business. Exposure to online hate has been shown to normalize prejudice and contribute to violence. Transgender people, often maligned as threats to safety, are in fact far more likely to be victims of violence — four times more likely than their cisgender counterparts, according to the University of California at Los Angeles Williams Institute. Anti-Muslim racism and fearmongering have ramped up since the first Trump administration and the war in Gaza, and the Islamophobic attacks on Abdul El-Sayed in the Michigan Senate race and the attempt to deport Minnesota Congressmember Ilhan Omar have heightened fear in communities

around the country. Local signs of hate are a reminder to Muslim people who call Humboldt home of the places they are still not welcome or safe. Likewise, violence against women is hardly new, but it’s been a rough month in the news with a seemingly constant influx of terrifying attacks, and responses from men, media and institutions that are nearly as unsettling. One more denigrating voice only adds to the chorus. Boone says he understands some people can’t forgive, and that he was probably one of them once, but he’s had a lot of support over the past couple days. When asked to consider how much it’s asking a marginalized person, for example — to believe that the posts have nothing to do with the restaurant, where they’ll be spending their money and trusting him to feed them, that the hateful sentiments don’t represent who he is, at least not anymore because he’s changing, and he’s going to make tremendous effort to not be terrible from now on — he says he can understand it. As for refraining from being terrible, he asks, “Isn’t that the goal?” If people could just give others opportunities like that, he says, the world would be “beautiful.” But can he see how extending that opportunity can be a risk for a marginalized person? After a pause, he replies, “I don’t know what you mean by that. It sounds very dark. I have hope. I have hope for all of us. I have hope for myself.” A day later, speaking again at Boone’s request, he says he was unable to get out of bed in the morning and was too worn out to open the restaurant. He says he’s been looking back on a pattern of hostility toward “anyone who I felt was not on my side of the aisle,” an attitude he attributes to his upbringing with a military father. “I’m trying to figure out how it got to that point,” he says, adding he’s working to communicate better and be less combative. “I really do understand how my words affected them,” says Boone. Though minutes later, when asked about the other screenshots that have been hidden by the Humboldt Foodies admins, he still says he doesn’t know why someone would post offensive comments from his personal page. “I don’t know why people do what they do.” l

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GET OUT

Fitness for Birders By Sarah Hobart

getout@northcoastjournal.com

ou might think of birding as a pursuit of pleasurable relaxation, a gentle, spiritual connection with nature that reduces stress and boosts feel-good hormones. It’s not. It’s a physically and emotionally challenging activity that demands strength, endurance, flexibility and mental toughness. Want to get the most out of your birding experience? Practice the following exercises daily and you’ll be in tip-top shape for whatever flies your way. Squats. This basic exercise helps build a strong foundation for spotting low-to-theground birds, supporting massive telephoto lenses and answering urgent calls of nature. Stand with your feet shoulder-length apart. Slowly bend your knees, keeping your weight centered, until you feel the urge to weep, then return to a standing position. To increase the intensity of the repetitions, extend your arms in front of you with a copy of The Sibley Guide to Birds in your hands, gradually building up to the entire Sibley 14-volume collection. Binocular Lifts. A fundamental birding exercise that strengthens the muscles of your arms and shoulders for those long hours in the field. Stand in a relaxed position holding a pair of 8x40 binoculars at waist level (use 10x40s to really feel the burn). Slowly raise the bins to 90 degrees, then bring them to your eyes until you can focus on the terrain in front of you. Now swivel from your torso to the left, hold for 10 seconds, and return to center. Swivel to the right and hold; return to center. Repeat for four hours. Torso Extensions. From a seated position, raise your right leg straight out in front of you. Bend the knee slightly. Slowly extend your torso forward until you can remove your shoe and empty out the quart of sand you picked up at Clam Beach chasing the Hudsonian Godwit. Return to the starting position and repeat with the left leg. Continue repetitions until all the sand is gone. This exercise also allows you to examine the soles of your shoes for dog, cow or goose poop, and the forward extension builds the flexibility needed to scratch poison oak on parts of your body hitherto unreachable.

Low Hurdles. At some point in your birding experience, you’ll find it necessary to cross a busy, shoulder-less highway and, with tractor trailers bearing down on you, heave yourself over a guard rail to see a mega-rarity (don’t ask me how I know this). Find a suitable location and perform five reps with all your birding gear. There are no style points awarded for this exercise; clearing the guard rail with the grace of a gazelle counts the same as balancing on your butt, throwing your legs over and falling into a heap on the other side. Synchronized Standing. During the migration seasons, birding often becomes an impromptu group activity with multiple birders flocked together looking for the same rarity. The unwritten rules are different from, say, an organized nature walk with its accompanying relaxed vibe and bonhomie. A group chase, also known as a mob of birders or MOB, requires intense concentration, minimal conversation and 360-degree coverage, akin to a herd of wildebeests fending off a lion attack. Proper spacing between birders is essential: Each must have an unobstructed field of view and the ability to scan in several directions without clunking binoculars with the birder next to them. Participants move as a group, shuffling along like a multi-legged caterpillar. Practice synchronized standing whenever you find yourself in a group of five or more birders chasing the same vagrant. For instance, the Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher was recently spotted at the Arcata Marsh. Only when the target bird was spotted was the group permitted to break up. (From this point, pushing, shoving and trampling to achieve the best photograph are all acceptable.) Neck Extension. Some birds, particularly warblers, tend to stay high in the treetops, and trying to observe them up in the canopy can lead to a condition known as “warbler neck.” The best way to avoid having your chiropractor on speed-dial is to be proactive by stretching and strengthening the muscles that support the head. Lace your fingers behind your neck and slowly tip your head back while applying gentle counter-pressure until you’re looking straight up. Any creaking and cracking of cervical verte-

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A Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher. Photo by Nic Abler

brae is completely harmless, probably. Now slowly bring your head back to its upright position. Is it … stuck? Might as well head to the Mad River levee in Blue Lake and check the treetops for a Blackburnian Warbler until your chiro can squeeze you in. Shoulder shrugs. You arrive at the hotspot and find other birders packing up their gear. “It just flew east,” they tell you. Lift your shoulders and allow them to drop, adding a chagrined smile if you can muster one. You can kick empty boxes around and swear off birding forever when you get home. Resistance Training. Birding fitness entails healthy practices for both body and mind. While the name of the exercise may evoke an image of colorful elastic bands, for

birders it refers the ability to refrain from chasing rare birds when it’s not an appropriate time to do so. Evaluate your birding resistance level by taking the following quiz. You should ignore a rare bird alert when you are: a) at work. b) at a funeral. c) serving on a jury. d) at the dentist’s office getting a root canal. e) the dentist performing the root canal. f) in flagrante with your partner. g) none of the above. If you chose (g), well, you’re a birder. l Sarah Hobart (she/her) is a freelance writer based in Humboldt County.

SERIOUSLY?

Tips for Recent Empty-Nesters By Linda Stansberry

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reetings Villagers, I’m sure this missive must come as a surprise. No doubt you have heard the distant wails echoing from my cliffside castle laboratory and wondered if I, Professor Ballantine, was preparing to unleash another ungodly experiment upon the populace. Or perhaps you thought — or hoped — that some misfortune had befallen me and my loyal servant Todd. But nothing could be further from the truth. I am merely going through what I am told is a normal phase of life, one that many of you — or at least those of you still able to procreate since the ... enhancement ... of your water supply — have also experienced. You see, I am, as of this month, an empty nester. Ah, how humbling that I, a scientific professional of such infamy, should have been brought low by the emotional vicissitudes of parenthood! You see, like many of us, I could not have imagined how my perspective on life might change once I became responsible for the care and wellbeing of my helpless young. Even as the larvae bubbled and multiplied exponentially in the artificial womb beneath my lair’s incubator lights, I felt no threat of mawkish sentiment, only that familiar satisfaction of a scheme coming to fruition. But as soon as my progeny began to hatch, I was overtaken by a new, not entirely unwelcome emotion. For who could gaze upon a clutch of freshly born creatures, their eyes still glazed shut, toothy beaks opening and closing with silent need, blue veins throbbing beneath their translucent pink skin, and not feel their own heart burst with tenderness? (An irony we can all appreciate, as you no doubt know by now the hatchlings do prefer to nest in human chest cavities.) Their pupation passed in what seemed like a blink of an eye, and with time their individual personalities began to assert them-

selves. A parent should have no favorites, but it was impossible not to take pride when observing one of my young take their first tentative flight across the nursery or experimentally snap their claws at Todd’s nose. Within a few months it became necessary to separate them into smaller pods, as their natural competitiveness led to several unfortunate incidents of sibling cannibalism. I know what some of you might say: “Kids fight! Let them figure it out! Only the strongest survive!” But there are no parenting groups for geniuses who have decided to spit in the face of God and Nature. And with his missing fingers, Todd was next to no help for much of their metamorphosis. I alone bore the burden of nurturing, feeding, educating and securing the walls of my bedroom lest one of them mistake their own father for a potential host. Many were the nights I lay awake in my fortified chamber, listening to them skitter up and down castle’s stone steps, and hope that I had equipped them with everything they needed to make good choices. And then, one late autumn day, it was time. My restless young were ready to be released into the world. A few had already begun laying clutches of sticky red eggs in the castle’s various nooks and crannies. And so, with a sigh of sadness mixed with relief, I pulled the lever to open the castle’s ceiling and watched them rise into the air,

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my babies, my dozens of eight-chambered hearts living outside my body, unleashed upon the world to bring forth a new era of human suffering. But now, even as I swell with pride hearing of their multifold accomplishments through the evening news and emergency alerts, I feel a bittersweet kind of longing. I had grown used to hearing the whisper of little wings in the corridors, the clack and snap of their claws, even to dodging the acidic venom they shot from their thoraxes when provoked. Yes, my nest, the chitinous honeycomb lining the castle dungeons, dotted with the corpses of unwitting villagers, was indeed empty. In desperation, I turned to advice articles about this phase of life. Some of it was useful, such as focusing on the positive. I must admit, it feels good not to worry about tripping over an errant exoskeleton one of my molting young has discarded on the floor. And the advice about embracing the extra space and redecorating was spot on. I’ve reassembled what I could find of Todd’s bones into what I consider to be a cheeky

Halloween decoration. But I’m still not quite sure what to do with myself now that the kids are gone. It’s just me, rattling around this drafty old castle by myself. And so, I invite your counsel and your company. Perhaps we can all get together for dinner one of these nights and commiserate? I suspect it would be heartening to share our experiences. And, as though you needed the reminder, the castle is one of the only structures left that’s sufficiently fortified against my young and their own progeny. (Grand-progeny, at my age! It boggles the mind!) I’d welcome your thoughts as I mull this next chapter of my life. Maybe I’ll take a watercolor class! Or even ... start over? There are still a few egg sacs in the cryogenic deep-freeze. Let me know if you can make it on Friday. BYOB. l Linda Stansberry (she/her) is a freelance writer and journalist who lives in Eureka. More of her work can be found at lindastansberry.com, where you can also sign up for her weekly newsletter.

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SETLIST

The Candyman Can By Collin Yeo

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s is often the case during this time of year, I was watching a horror film recently — nothing special, a French rip-off of Francis Ford Coppola’s 1992 Dracula movie — when I found myself so bored by the stupidity of the whole thing that I slipped into a sort of dream state. I think this type of cheap mesmerism is why I, and I imagine other people, too, keep coming back to this type of crap. The low vibrations of dumb action and Grade-D meat that comes with impractical effects and a ZZZ-Grade script allows for a waking slumber that used to be a major selling point for the cultural and political mavens who filled the reading rooms and hot tubs of CIA-friendly outposts up and down the California coast in the summer years of the Me Generation. From Big Sur to Berkeley, people used to get very serious about the low-grade electric fevers they could catch in the company of fellow expanded consciousness/tightened turtleneck devotees. Anyway, I got my thrills for free — or cheap enough to register as such — without involving spiritual mediums like Jane Roberts’ Seth or Sasha Shulgin’s Erowid vaults. And I really dug into one salient concept, which is the authenticity of counterfeit beliefs. Picture the most powerful and diabolical character in the 1971 film Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. On the face of things, it’s the titular character of Wonka himself, but he settles for retirement and youthful replacement at the end of the story, so his avatar is masklike at best. The serious work belongs to his cat’s paw, Mr. Wilkinson, whose spycraft while disguised as Wonka’s nemesis Arthur Slugworth tees up the loyalty test that ultimately wins Charlie the big seat in the glass elevator. But while Wilkinson operates in the shadows, it is the candy shop proprietor Bill who operates as the true herald of Wonka consciousness, the St. John the Baptist of the coming age of candy. He sings the song about the magical abilities of the Candyman who, we are told, can synthesize all the visions of the world into bespoke personal flavors for every lucky boy and girl out there. He is the eternal shopkeeper, the priest who sits at the dispensation station between pure imagination and capitalism. He is the humble locus controlling the distribution

and denial of confectionary wonder. Something to think about on the eve of an election in which, for some perfectly sensible reason, I am sure, neither major party candidate for governor supports a tax on billionaires. Have a tasty week.

Thursday Here’s something for the whole family: The Theatre Arts Program at Cal Poly Humboldt’s Curious Company presents A Silly Spooky Halloween at the Arcata branch of the Humboldt Library at 5:50 p.m. This is a free event for all folks. For those of you of drinking age, the Logger Bar is hosting another honkytonk Thursday, with two-step lessons with Anna D starting at 8:30 p.m. and music by the Cowtown Sound rolling out a half an hour later. No cover, viva.

Friday The Shanty is putting on a free All-Hallows Eve-eve show tonight at 8 p.m., with local combat thrash band Psyop Victim providing local support for Los Lonely Stars, a Los Saicos cover band from Los Angeles. Meanwhile a half hour later at Humbrews, Poor Man’s Whiskey will be taking over with Dark Side of the Moonshine, a bluegrass and country-inspired rendition of Pink Floyd’s 1973 magnum opus. Or so context clues would have me believe and pass on to you, dear reader ($25).

Saturday, Halloween Folks, the big spooky is finally here and I’m not talking about the midterms on Tuesday. There are plenty of doings transpiring under the waning gibbous moon tonight, so I have focused on a few musical treats before pulling my disappearing trick for the week: Find a goodie and enjoy. The Miniplex is hosting an early show with a globetrotting master of modern Tuareg music. Left-handed Nigerien guitarist Mdou Moctar returns to Arcata for a triumphant gig featuring him and his band only, no openers. The bar starts humming at 6 p.m., the music starts at 7 p.m., and this gig will very likely sell out, so snag a ticket online asap for $25 plus any processing fees. Stick around after the show if you are so inclined for Dark Discoteca with Hispanic! At the Disco and Ratgirl, who will be spinning

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Mdou Moctar plays the Miniplex on Saturday, Oct. 31, at 7 p.m. Submitted

the dark vinyl arts beginning at 9 p.m. for a mere $5. If you are in the mood to dance to a different beat, there’s an all-ages gig across town at the D Street Community Center at 6 p.m. Local masa growers Aquili Metzli are throwing a harvest celebration fundraiser for families affected by ICE featuring music by local cumbia masters Makenu and DJ Amaru Shia. There is a suggested donation of $20, but kids 13 and under are welcome to attend free of charge Also kicking off at the much-earlier-than-witching hour of 6 p.m., Moss Oaks Commons is putting on one of those super fun shows where local bands interpret the music of famous bands. Tonight’s line-up includes Gingko with members of Stridor and Amanaka as Black Sabbath, some of the fellas from Fek and the Future Friends of Sound and Western Extra coming in hot as Neil Young and Crazy Horse, a set of Alice in

Chains songs by — who else? — the mighty Sturgeons, along with many more local musicians cosplaying as The Germs, Hole, Type O Negative, AFI and more. The very flexible suggested door price is $5-$20. Gazing eastwards at 9 p.m., you will find Heavens Taint and Clean Girl and the Dirty Dishes holding court for a free-for-all at the Logger Bar. I don’t need to tell you this show encourages costume-wearing. And speaking of free, back over to the Shanty for some Eureka representation with the second annual Shantyween featuring DJs Nitey and Wooly Bully Bill at 10 p.m. Once again, not only are costumes encouraged, but there is a contest of sorts afoot as well. OK, I’m out. See you after the Dead Days. l Collin Yeo (he/him) prefers the ghost to the machine and it’s not even close. He lives in Arcata.

Calendar Oct. 29 – Nov. 5, 2026 File

Halloween for the Kids

Halloween weekend is here, with magic in the air and kids already buzzing with excitement — and that’s before the candy. Treat your little monsters to costume parades, carnival games, downtown candy stops and a few spooky surprises along the way. Start on Friday, Oct. 30 at Main Street Trick-or-Treat, from 3 to 6 p.m., along Fortuna Main Street and Downtown, where costumed children 12 and under can collect candy with an accompanying adult (free). In SoHum, the Halloween Festival, from 3:30 to 6 p.m., at Garberville Town Square, features the Irie Rockerz, trunk-or-treating and prizes for costumes (free). Faith Center Foursquare Church is offering a Kids Carnival, from 5 to 7:30 p.m., with games, a cupcake walk, toddler bounce house and free hot dogs and kettle corn (free entry). On Saturday, Oct. 31 (Halloween proper), kids can show off their costumes at the 42nd annual Halloween Costume Parade at 11 a.m., at McKinleyville Shopping Center, and enjoy merchant treats, dancing witches and face painting (free). Over at the Eureka Muni, it’s the City of Eureka’s Scary Skele-Bration, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., with games, food and fun (free). Slytherins can meet reptiles and wizards can investigate glowing minerals at Cool and Creepy Discovery Day, from noon to 4 p.m., at Natural History Museum of Cal Poly Humboldt ($8). Prefer furry creatures? Take the ghosties to visit adoptable pets and check out decorated candy trunks at Bark or Treat – Trunk or Treat, from noon to 2 p.m. at Sequoia Humane Society (free). Keep those bags handy for Downtown & Old Town Trick or Treat, from 2 to 4 p.m., in Old Town Eureka (free). Catch The Dead Drops, Dancing Witches and Emerald Aerialists at Halloween on the Plaza, from 4 to 7 p.m., at Arcata Plaza (free), and finish with crafts, a scavenger hunt and dancing at Halloween Family Fun Carnival, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., at Dow’s Prairie Grange Hall (free). Kali Cozyris

Thursday 29 ART

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

DANCE

Line Dancing with Kim O’Quinn. 12-1 p.m. McKinleyville Senior Center, 1620 Pickett Road. Join Kim and the crew for an hour of fun and exercise. Donation. (707) 839-0191.

THEATER

Everything is Going Great at the Falcon’s Teat: A Spooky Speakeasy Variety Show. 8 p.m. Dell’Arte’s Carlo Theatre, 131 H St., Blue Lake. Two nights of spooky mayhem, themed drinks and variety acts featuring ridiculous character favorites by Sarah McKinney, Evan Grande, Lily Linz, Alessandra Russo, Noah Bremer, Julie Douglas, with Sean Lang, Maria Sotiropoulou, Damla Gungor, Komboujia (10/29) and more. Live music by The Stage Left Fields: Marla Joy, Tim Randles, Mike Labolle and Jeff Kelley. $10-$80. boxoffice@dellarte.com. dellarte.com. (707) 502-2047.

EVENTS

Test Your Household Items for Lead. 10 a.m.-1:30 p.m.

Halloween for the Adults

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For the adults in the room, this is your invitation to make a little Halloween mischief. From The Undercovers at the Sapphire Palace to the Time Warp on two stages and a Haunted Wild West party, there’s plenty to keep you out past your bedtime. Get the party rolling at Halloween Adult Skate Night w/DJ Goldylocks, Thursday, Oct. 29, from 7 to 10 p.m., at Blue Lake Roller Rink, with a costume contest, limbo, arcade games and the Happy Sloth food truck for ages 18 and up ($15, includes skates). Then don your fishnets and pearls for Essential Cinema: Rocky Horror Picture Show with Live Shadow Cast on Friday, Oct. 30, at 7 p.m., at Eureka Theater as part of its Tim Curry October ($15). Or catch Rocky Horror, Friday and Saturday, Oct. 30-31, from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., at Ferndale Repertory Theatre, with a live shadow cast for audiences 18 and up ($25). Saddle up for How the West Was Haunted, Friday and Saturday, Oct. 30-31, from 9 p.m. to 3 a.m., at the Historic Eagle House, with two stages, four bars, Marmalade Sky visuals, Tea Hehe’s tea lounge and a Forget Me Not photobooth ($50+). How about some trick-or-treating for the grownups? The Heights Casino has you, Boo, at its Halloween Celebration, Saturday, Oct. 31, starting at 4 p.m., with candy collecting until 6 p.m. and an 8:30 p.m. costume contest offering $250 Casino Cash awards (free). Set sail for Monster Mashup: Haunting on the High Seas on Saturday, Oct. 31, from 6:30 to 11 p.m., at Mateel Community Center, with music by Retrofit, Feral Selector and Jonni Happ, and food from Carib Sol, the Cacao and I lounge, plus a pirate saloon, silent auction and costume contest ($10, free for kids under 12 with adult). Get down with The Undercovers, the Penner Sisters and special guests at The Dead Dance on Saturday, Oct. 31, at 8 p.m., at Sapphire Palace, for live music across two stages and four acts ($25). Keep dancing at Humboldt Howl-O-Ween Bash on Saturday, Oct. 31, at 9 p.m., at Bear River Casino Resort, with DJ Statik, DJ D’Vinity and a costume contest with BIG cash prizes ($5). Kali Cozyris

Henderson Center Farmers Market, Henderson and F streets, Eureka. Bring up to three household items to test for lead. Booth is near Redwood Capital Bank during the Thursday farmers market. Free. mpostman@ co.humboldt.ca.us. (707) 298-5393.

CalFresh EBT customers receive a market match at every farmers market. Visit the market info booth for more information. Free. info@northcoastgrowersassociation. org. northcoastgrowersassociation.org. (707) 441-9999.

FOR KIDS

Ferndale Cemetery Guided Walking Tours. 5:30 p.m. The Old Steeple, 246 Berding St., Ferndale. A local guide shares secrets of generations past, history and culture. One-hour tours start and end at the Old Steeple. Arrive 5-10 minutes before departure time, prepared for a hill and uneven ground with comfortable walking clothes and shoes. Registration required, tickets online only. $30, $15 ages 5-12, free for under 5. Fortuna Pumpkin Patch. 2-6 p.m. Fortuna Pumpkin Patch, 1815 S. Eel River Drive. Visit piglets and goats while you browse pumpkins for carving, eating or decorating. Cash preferred, but Venmo, credit cards and Apple Pay are accepted with an added service fee. Free entry to patch. tableblufffarm@gmail.com. tableblufffarm. com/#/pumpkin-patch/. (949) 338-0490. Frightfully Fun. City of Ferndale, Ferndale. A month of special events, from historic cemetery tours to a Monster Mash Block Party, haunted Scaregrounds, family-friendly Spooktacular, live music and more. visitferndale.com/ upcoming-events.

Curious Company Presents: A Silly Spooky Halloween!. 5:30 p.m. Arcata Library, 500 Seventh St. The Theatre Arts Program at Cal Poly Humboldt presents spooky storytelling and comedy with audience participation. Free. theatre@humboldt.edu.

FOOD

Henderson Center Farmers Markets. 10 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Henderson Center, Henderson near F Street, Eureka. Fresh fruits and vegetables, meat, baked goods, eggs, plants and more. Enjoy music and hot food vendors. No pets, but trained, ADA-certified service animals welcome. CalFresh EBT customers can receive market match at every farmers market. info@northcoastgrowersassociation.org. northcoastgrowersassociation.org/ hendersoncenter.html. (707) 441-9999. McKinleyville Certified Farmers Market. 3-6 p.m. 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 welcome.

HOLIDAY EVENTS

Griffin Loch’s Scaregrounds. 6:30-10:30 p.m. Humboldt County Fairgrounds, 1250 Fifth St., Ferndale. Three haunted mazes, two bars, interactive ride, live shows, pumpkin patch, roaming haunters, food trucks, decorations, lights and more. Box office opens at 6 p.m. $22-$50. screamatoriumhaunt@gmail.com. screamatoriumhaunt. com/home. Halloween Adult Skate Night w/DJ Goldylocks. 7-10 p.m. Blue Lake Roller Rink, 312 S. Railroad St. Roller skating, costume contest, limbo, Happy Sloth food truck, concession/novelty specials, arcade games. Ages 18 and up. $15, includes skates. Kinetic Lab of Horrors. 7-midnight. Kinetic Sculpture Lab, 1680 Samoa Blvd., Arcata. Prepare for creepy chaos, twisted mazes, clowns, scares, surprises and gruesome fun in the new location. Every night features live music, a food truck and more. $15. KineticSculptureLabArcata@gmail.com. facebook.com/even ts/3300468983466307/3300470836799455. U-Pick Pumpkin Patch Organic Matters Ranch. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Organic Matter Ranch, 6821 Myrtle Ave, Eureka. Over 50 varieties of squash to choose from. Plus, sunflower maze, hay playground and visit the farm animals. Falloween Fair Oct. 17-18 with more than 30 local vendors, petting zoo, face painters and more. info@ organicmattersranch.com. (707) 798-3276.

MEETINGS

Cooper Gulch Park Public Input Meeting. 5:30 p.m. Join the city of Eureka by virtual meeting on Zoom to discuss improvements to the park as the city seeks state grant funding. https://us02web.zoom.us/my/cityofeureka?pwd=z6YldhKPYDdTafGbeEDn94fYcegQ33.1 Meeting ID: 707 441 4243. Passcode: 95501. rpraszker@eurekaca.gov. coopergulchparkimprovements.com. (707) 441-4206.

SPORTS

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

ETC

Game Night. 4-7 p.m. Trinidad Library, 380 Janis Court. Drop-in and choose a game to play from the library’s collection or bring your own to share. Open to all ages. Free. blkhuml@co.humboldt.ca.us. humlib.org. (707) 677-0227.

Friday 30 ART

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

BOOKS

Nancy Resnick Book Reading and Q&A. 4-5 p.m. Ferndale Library, 807 Main St. Meet the local author for a reading and discussion about her novel, Redwood Curtain Rising, set in Humboldt County, followed by questions, light refreshments and an opportunity to talk with her. Free. (707) 786-9559.

MOVIES

The Clarke Historical Museum Humboldt Paranormal Episode, Part One. 7 p.m. Clarke Historical Museum, Third and E streets, Eureka. World premiere of film documenting a paranormal investigation at the museum by Ruben W. Botello of Humboldt Paranormal in January of 2025, in which a spirit medium conducts a walkthrough, shares her readings and explains paranormal activity interpretation. Followed by a Q&A. clarkemuseum.org. Continued on next page »

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Redwood Coast CUUPS presents

DARK NIGHT

OF THE

SOUL

Join Grove of Hekate and Druids of the Tuatha de Danann as we journey into the serpentine path of life, death, and rebirth.

Hail and Welcome!

S AT U R DAY November 7th 2026, 6PM 24 FELLOWSHIP WAY, BAYSIDE There will be a potluck following the ritual

CALENDAR Continued from previous page

Essential Cinema: Rocky Horror Picture Show w/Live Shadow Cast. 7 p.m. Eureka Theater, 612 F St. A special screening of the ultimate cult classic, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, featuring a live shadow cast performing every iconic moment on stage. Part of Tim Curry October at the Eureka Theater. $15. theeurekatheater.org.

THEATER

Arcata’s Got Talent 6: Murder Mystery. 7-8:30 p.m. Arcata High School, 1720 M St. Students and faculty display their talents. $10, $8 students and seniors. Everything is Going Great at the Falcon’s Teat: A Spooky Speakeasy Variety Show. 8 p.m. Dell’Arte’s Carlo Theatre, 131 H St., Blue Lake. See Oct. 29 listing. Rocky Horror. 7:30-9:30 p.m. Ferndale Repertory Theatre, 447 Main St. A live shadow cast performs alongside The Rocky Horror Picture Show on the big screen. Ages 18 and up. $25. ferndalerep.org.

EVENTS

Grace Marton Memorial Park Grand Opening. 4 p.m. Adorni Recreation Center, 1011 Waterfront Drive, Eureka. Check out the new space featuring a children’s playground, picnic areas, gardens and game area featuring a permanent cornhole court and chess/checkers table. Enjoy complimentary food, beverages and activities. Free. eurekaca.gov/820/Grace-Marton-Memorial-Park. (707) 441-4248.

FOR KIDS

Curious Company Presents: A Silly Spooky Halloween!. 7 p.m. Gist Hall Theatre, Cal Poly Humboldt, Arcata. The Theatre Arts Program at Cal Poly Humboldt presents spooky storytelling and comedy with audience participation. Wear your spookiest, goofiest, scariest and funniest costumes (it’s a children’s show so, please, costume accordingly). Free. theatre@humboldt.edu. Enchanted Fall Story Walk. 5-6 p.m. Mistwood Educational Center, 1928 Old Arcata Road, Bayside. Follow Toad down the path as he looks for his lost button, meeting characters and collecting treasures. This candy-free and scare-free fall adventure is suitable for all ages. $10, free for babies not yet walking. info@mistwoodvillage.org. sites.google.com/view/mistwood/for-families-and-students/traditions-and-celebrations/fall-story-walk. (707) 826-1150. 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. Kids Carnival. 5-7:30 p.m. Faith Center Foursquare Church, 1032 Bay St., Eureka. Family-friendly costume celebration featuring carnival games, candy, a cupcake walk, toddler bounce area, complimentary hot dogs and kettle corn. Food trucks on site. Free admission. info@ eurekafaithcenter.org. eurekafaithcenter.org/events/ kids-carnival-3/. (707) 442-1784. Weekly Preschool Story Time. Eureka Library, 1313 Third St. Talk, sing, read, write and play together in the children’s room. For children 2 to 6 years old with their caregivers. Other family members are welcome to join in the fun. Free. manthony@co.humboldt.ca.us. humlib. org. (707) 269-1910.

FOOD

Garberville Farmers Market. 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Garberville Farmers Market, Garberville Town Square. Fresh fruits

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and vegetables, meat, fish, cheese, eggs, bread, flowers, crafts and more. Enjoy music and hot food vendors. No pets, but trained, ADA-certified, service animals welcome. CalFresh EBT customers can receive a market match at every farmers market. info@northcoastgrowersassociation.org. northcoastgrowersassociation.org/ garberville.html. (707) 441-9999.

HOLIDAY EVENTS

Candlelight Tours and Ghost Stories. 6-9 p.m. Ferndale Museum, 515 Shaw Ave. A family-friendly, self-guided tour by flickering candlelight with visits by ghosts that are particularly “Ferndale.” Tickets only at the door. $20, $15 children, free under 5. ferndalemuseum@gmail.com. (707) 786-4467. Ferndale Cemetery Guided Walking Tours. 5:30 p.m. The Old Steeple, 246 Berding St., Ferndale. See Oct. 29 listing. Fortuna Pumpkin Patch. 2-6 p.m. Fortuna Pumpkin Patch, 1815 S. Eel River Drive. See Oct. 29 listing. Frightfully Fun. City of Ferndale, Ferndale. See Oct. 29 listing. Griffin Loch’s Scaregrounds. 6:30-10:30 p.m. Humboldt County Fairgrounds, 1250 Fifth St., Ferndale. See Oct. 29 listing. Halloween Festival. 3:30-6 p.m. Garberville Town Square, Church Street. Wear your costumes, this fun event features music from the Irie Rockerz, a trunk-ortreat, cash prizes for costume contests for all ages and a dance contest. Haunted Corn Maze. 5-10:30 p.m. Green Spiral Farm, 819 Mad River Road, Arcata. Five nights of haunted farm fun, carnival energy, pumpkins, photo ops and a full-scale haunted corn maze. $18. humboldtlove@gmail.com. cornmaze.greenspiralfarm.com/. (706) 637-7277. The Historic Eagle House Halloween Party. 9 p.m.-3 a.m. The Historic Eagle House, 139 Second St., Eureka. Fraktal and Burningleaf Productions presents: The ninth annual Haunted Halloween: “How the West Was Haunted,” two nights at the Weird Wild West Saloon. Tickets online. $50+. eventlead.eaglehouse@gmail.com. historiceaglehouse.com/live-music-events. (707) 407-0634. Kinetic Lab of Horrors. 7-midnight. Kinetic Sculpture Lab, 1680 Samoa Blvd., Arcata. See Oct. 29 listing. Main Street Trick-or-Treat. 3-6 p.m. Fortuna Main Street and Downtown, Main Street. Children 12 and under, in costume and accompanied by a parent or adult may participate. U-Pick Pumpkin Patch Organic Matters Ranch. 10 a.m.6 p.m. Organic Matter Ranch, 6821 Myrtle Ave, Eureka. See Oct. 29 listing.

ETC

October Skate Nights. 6:30-9 p.m. Eureka Municipal Auditorium, 1120 F St. First-come, first-served. Maximum 75 skaters. $6, $5 ages 17 and under. eurekaca.gov/248/ Roller-Skating. (707) 441-4248. Public Skate. 6:30-9:30 p.m. Fortuna Skating Rink, Rohner Park. Roll over to the Fireman’s Pavilion in Rohner Park. Public Skate sessions may close early if there is no one in attendance. $5.50 ages 6 and older, $3.50 ages 5 and younger, bring skates for a $0.50 off (rules online), $2 non-skater minor. friendlyfortuna.com/departments/ parks_recreation.

Saturday 31 ART

Trinidad Art Night. Last Saturday of every month, 5-8 p.m. Trinidad, Downtown. A town-wide art walk

that includes a variety of venues and live music, artist receptions, classes, crafts, face-painting, pop-up sales and silks or fire performances by Circus of Elements. Free. trinidadartnight.com.

MUSIC

An Evening with Rosewater and Friends: A Dead Man’s Party. 8 p.m. Eureka Theater, 612 F St. Humboldt’s favorite Dead tribute returns for Halloween. theeurekatheater.org.

THEATER

A Halloween Holiday Cabaret!. 7:30 p.m. Redwood Playhouse, 286 Sprowel Creek Road, Garberville. The holiday edition of Sunday! Matinee! Open Mic! Cabaret!, where performers come armed with their Halloween and fall-themed material in any performance medium. Beer, wine and snacks will be for sale in the lobby (bring ID). $10 (includes raffle ticket). samantha@boneyardtheatre. com. boneyardtheatre.com. (707) 362-9004. Rocky Horror. 7:30-9:30 p.m. Ferndale Repertory Theatre, 447 Main St. See Oct. 30 listing.

EVENTS

Taste & Stroll Architectural Tour. 2-5 p.m. Ferndale Museum, 515 Shaw Ave. Three-hour guided walking tour of Main Street, including stops for food and drink at select local eateries. 21 and up. $50.

FOR KIDS

Halloween Costume Parade. 11 a.m. McKinleyville Shopping Center, 1505 City Center Road. Family-friendly event with a walking trick-or-treat parade, treats from participating merchants, music by DJ Kyle Stasse, the Dancing Magical Witches of Humboldt and face painting by Penny Byrd (“Popo the Clown”). Gather near the shopping center kiosk before 11 a.m. Free. mscevents707@gmail.com. Cool and Creepy Discovery Day. 12-4 p.m. Natural History Museum of Cal Poly Humboldt, 1242 G St., Arcata. Interactive stations and fun educational activities including hands-on experience with reptiles, amphibians and stick bugs. Learn about owls and other creatures of the dark. See glow in the dark minerals. Try the “box for the brave” if you dare. Touch a real python skin and view the Cool and Creepy collection. $8. natmus@humboldt. edu. (707) 826-4480. Curious Company Presents: A Silly Spooky Halloween!. 2 p.m. Gist Hall Theatre, Cal Poly Humboldt, Arcata. See Oct. 30 listing. The Great Pumpkin Hunt. Every 7 days, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Historic Old Town Eureka, First, Second and Third Streets, between B Street and M Street. Local businesses transform their storefronts into a festive pumpkin gallery. Pick up a free Great Pumpkin Hunt entry form and map at the Eureka Welcome Center (108 F St.), then explore the district to find and ID pumpkins. Return the form to the welcome center for a fun prize. eurekamainstreet@eurekaca.gov. eurekamainstreet.org/events. (707) 441-4187. Halloween Family Fun Carnival. 6:30-8:30 p.m. Dow’s Prairie Grange Hall, 3995 Dow’s Prairie Road, McKinleyville. Dance party, Halloween games, scavenger hunt, candy, Halloween crafts, tattoos and a costume party at 8 p.m. Free. dowsgrange@gmail.com. facebook. com/p/Dows-Prairie-Grange-505-61594582345888/. (707) 840-0100. Lego Club. 12-4 p.m. Trinidad Library, 380 Janis Court. Drop-in to use the library’s Lego pieces or bring your own to share. Open to all families. Free. trihuml@ co.humboldt.ca.us. humlib.org. (707) 677-0227.

FOOD

Arcata Farmers Market. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Arcata Plaza, Ninth and G streets. Year round, offering fresh produce,

meat, fish, cheese, eggs, bread, flowers and more. Live music and hot food vendors. No pets, but trained, ADA-certified, service animals welcome. CalFresh EBT customers receive a market match at every farmers market. info@northcoastgrowersassociation.org. northcoastgrowersassociation.org. (707) 441-9999. Bread and Cookie Stand. 10:05 a.m.-3 p.m. Dell’Arte, 131 H St., Blue Lake. Half Dollar Holler bake sale to help to support Dell’Arte International. A dozen kinds of scratch baked bread and cookies. Located at the Center of the Universe behind Dell’Arte International, First and H St. in Blue Lake. Humboldt Dockside Saturday Seafood Market. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Madaket Plaza, Foot of C Street, Eureka. Fresh local fish and seafood every Saturday through Oct. 31 at Madaket Plaza. EBT accepted. On-site fillet services available.

HOLIDAY EVENTS

Bark or Treat - Trunk or treat. 12-2 p.m. Sequoia Humane Society, 6073 Loma Ave., Eureka. Trick or treat from decorated trunks, adoptable pets, games, barbecue, costumes encouraged, fun for the whole family. Boo at the Zoo. 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Sequoia Park Zoo, 3414 W St., Eureka. Family-friendly festivities, including Trickor-Treat stations, the Spooky Science Center, animal pumpkin Stomp & Chomp and expert carver Mike Craghead. Presented by Organic Matters Ranch. Regular zoo admission. redwoodzoo.org. Candlelight Tours and Ghost Stories. 6-9 p.m. Ferndale Museum, 515 Shaw Ave. See Oct. 30 listing. City of Eureka’s Scary Skele-Bration. 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Eureka Municipal Auditorium, 1120 F St. Halloween party for all ages with games, food and more. Costumes welcome. Free. eurekaca.gov/625/Special-Events-by-Community-Services. (707) 441-4248. The Dead Dance. 8 p.m. Sapphire Palace, Blue Lake Casino, 777 Casino Way. The Undercovers, joined by the Penner Sisters and special guests, take over the Sapphire Palace for an immersive live music experience unfolding across two stages and four acts. $25. bluelakecasino.com. (707) 668-9770. Downtown & Old Town Trick or Treat. 2-4 p.m. Old Town, Eureka, 317 Third St. Trick-or-treaters visit businesses throughout the district and fill their treat bags along the way. Participating business will have a poster on display in their window. eurekamainstreet@eurekaca. gov. eurekamainstreet.org/events. (707) 441-4187. Fortuna Pumpkin Patch. 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Fortuna Pumpkin Patch, 1815 S. Eel River Drive. See Oct. 29 listing. Frightfully Fun. City of Ferndale, Ferndale. See Oct. 29 listing. Griffin Loch’s Scaregrounds. 6:30-10:30 p.m. Humboldt County Fairgrounds, 1250 Fifth St., Ferndale. See Oct. 29 listing. Halloween Celebration. 4 p.m. The Heights Casino, 27 Scenic Drive, Trinidad. Trick or treating for adults from 4 to 6 p.m. Costume contest at 8:30 p.m. $250 Casino Cash for Most Creative, Best Overall and Scariest. cheraeheightscasino.com. Halloween on the Plaza. 4-7 p.m. Arcata Plaza, Ninth and G streets. Enjoy live music by The Dead Drops and hair-raising performances by The Dancing Witches and Emerald Aerialists. gloria@arcatachamber.com. (707) 897-6004. The Historic Eagle House Halloween Party. 9 p.m.-3 a.m. The Historic Eagle House, 139 Second St., Eureka. See Oct. 30 listing. Humboldt Howl-O-Ween Bash. 9 p.m. Bear River Casi-

no Resort, 11 Bear Paws Way, Loleta. Costume contest with cash prizes, music by DJ Statik and DJ D’Vinity. $5. bearrivercasino.com. Kinetic Lab of Horrors. 7-midnight. Kinetic Sculpture Lab, 1680 Samoa Blvd., Arcata. See Oct. 29 listing. Monster Mashup: Haunting on the High Seas. 6:30-11 p.m. Mateel Community Center, 59 Rusk Lane, Redway. Family-friendly event with live music from Retrofit, Feral Selector and Jonni Happ, food by Carib Sol, Cacao and I lounge, a pirate saloon, candy, a tattoo parlor, live mermaids, craft zone, a silent auction, costume contest and more. $10, kids under 12 free with adult. udw@kmud. org. kmud.org. (707) 923-2513. Spooktacular Halloween Family Festival. 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Humboldt County Fairgrounds, 1250 Fifth St., Ferndale. Family-friendly, no-scare haunted house, tours, maze, pumpkin patch, theater show, food trucks, Slime Shack, art and more. $10, $6 kids. U-Pick Pumpkin Patch Organic Matters Ranch. 10 a.m.6 p.m. Organic Matter Ranch, 6821 Myrtle Ave, Eureka. See Oct. 29 listing.

OUTDOORS

FOAM Marsh Tour. 2 p.m. Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary Interpretive Center, 569 S. G St. Meet leader Ken Burton at 2 p.m. in the lobby of the Interpretive Center on South G Street for a 90-minute, rain-or-shine walk. Free. (707) 826-2359. Playscape Work Parties at HUUF. Every third Saturday, 10 a.m.-noon. Humboldt Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 24 Fellowship Way, Bayside. Help mainatain the grounds at the Humboldt Unitarian Universalist Fellowship. connect@huuf.org. huuf.org/home-2/ upcoming-events/engagement/.

SPORTS

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

ETC

Adult Skate Night. Last Saturday of every month, 6:309:30 p.m. Fortuna Skating Rink, Rohner Park. Ages 18 and older only. IDs checked at door. Alcohol and drug-free event. $5.50 includes skate rental. The Bike Library. 12-4 p.m. The Bike Library, 1286 L St., Arcata. Hands-on repair lessons and general maintanence, used bicycles and parts for sale. Donations of parts and bicycles gladly accepted. arcatabikelibrary@riseup.net. Public Skate. 6:30-9:30 p.m. Fortuna Skating Rink, Rohner Park. See Oct. 30 listing. Thursday-Friday-Saturday Canteen. 3-9 p.m. Redwood Empire VFW Post 1872, 1018 H St., Eureka. Enjoy a cold beverage in the canteen with comrades. Play pool or darts. If you’re a veteran, this place is for you. Free. PearceHansen999@outlook.com. (707) 443-5331.

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DANCE

Día de Muertos Festival of Altars. 4-8 p.m. Old Town Gazebo, Second and F streets, Eureka. Day of the Dead Festival of Altar’s is a cultural celebration and community ceremony honoring the ancestors. Free night of culture, art, dance, music, & food. Free. humboldtbrujas@gmail. com.

MUSIC

Chamber Players of the Redwoods. 4-6 p.m. Christ Episcopal Church, 1428 H St., Eureka. The Marobi Trio performs Rebecca Clarke’s “Dumka Duo Concertante for Violin, Viola, and Piano,” Posaunenstadt performs

“Etude for Low Brass in the Style of Bruckner” by Enrique Crespo, vocalist Paula Jones and pianist Bob Ebenstein perform songs as diverse as “Jesus on the Main Line” and “My Funny Valentine,” and the Cascadia Winds perform “Quintet, Opus 43” by Danish composer Carl Nielsen. Free, donations accepted at the door. ftempas@suddenlink.net. chamberplayersredwoods.org/. (707) 822-7917. Sweet Harmony. 4-5:30 p.m. United Methodist Church of the Joyful Healer, 1944 Central Ave., McKinleyville. Women singing four-part harmony a capella. Now welcoming new members with all levels of experience. umc-joyfulhealer.org. (707) 845-1959.

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. Pancake Breakfast. 8-11 a.m. Freshwater Grange, 48 Grange Road. Enjoy buttermilk or whole-grain pancakes, ham, sausages, scrambled eggs, apple compote, orange juice, tea and French roast coffee. This month, we are proud to showcase the incredible work of our guest quilter, Debbie Jansen. $10, $7 children. freshwaterhall@ gmail.com. (707) 498-9447.

GARDEN

Volunteer Workday. 10 a.m.-noon. Trinidad Museum, 400 Janis Court. Help maintain the native plant garden located behind the museum and library. Serious rain cancels.

OUTDOORS

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.

ETC

Public Skate. 1:30-4:30 p.m. Fortuna Skating Rink, Rohner Park. See Oct. 30 listing.

2 Monday

ART

Life Drawing Sessions. 6-8 p.m. Redwood Art Association Gallery, 603 F St., Eureka. See Oct. 30 listing.

MUSIC

Ukulele Fight Club of Humboldt. First Monday of every month, 6-8 p.m. Arcata Community Center, 321 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway. Bring a ukulele and join the fun. All levels welcome. $3 drop-in fee. ukulelisarae@gmail. com. ukulelefightclubofhumboldt.com.

EVENTS

Pathway to Payday. 9 a.m.-noon. Betty Kwan Chinn Day Center, corner of Seventh and C streets, Eureka. Employment workshop series that focuses on enhancement of application, resume and interview skills, and offers participants the opportunity to interview with real employers for real jobs. Free. swood2@eurekaca.gov. uplifteureka.com/pathway. (707) 672-2253.

FOOD

Harvest Box Deliveries. Multi-farm-style CSA boxes with a variety of seasonal fruits and veggies, all GMOfree and grown locally. Monday: serving Blue Lake, Arcata, McKinleyville and Trinidad. Tuesday: serving Eureka and Fortuna. $30/box, $15 for EBT customers. harvesthub@northcoastgrowersassociation.org. humboldtharvestbox.org/.

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sit down and get words on the page. No critiques. No sharing. No pressure. Just focused writing time alongside others doing the same. RSVP online. Free. d.i.y.art@ inkpeople.org. shutupwrite.com/series/id2uK2PJwf00. (707) 969-7490.

ETC

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

3 Tuesday DANCE

Argentine Tango. 7:30-8:30 p.m. Redwood Raks World Dance Studio, 824 L St., Arcata. Class with Rick and Wendy followed by practice from 8:30 to 9:15 p.m. No partner necessary. Sliding scale up to $10, first class free. tangoredwoods@gmail.com. redwoodraks.com. (707) 834-3274.

MUSIC

First Tuesday of the Month Sing-Along. First Tuesday of every month, 7-9 p.m. Arcata Community Center, 321 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway. Join Joel Sonenshein as he leads a sing-along of your favorite folk, rock and pop songs of the ‘60s and ‘70s. Songbooks provided. $3. (707) 407-6496. Redwood Interfaith Gospel Choir Practice. 6-8 p.m.

Arcata Playhouse, 1251 Ninth St. The RIGC sings gospel music and practices from mid-August to mid-December and from mid-January through May. No auditions. Join this wonderful group of welcoming singers. Free. redwoodinterfaithgospelchoir.com. (415) 418-4434.

THEATER

Logger Ladies Who Lunch or 7 Karens Have a Highball. 6-7 p.m. The Logger Bar, 510 Railroad Ave., Blue Lake. A jukebox musical about initiating a new person in the Medusas of the Mad, a long-standing club of “Karens” who meet once a year at the Logger Bar. $20. longshadr@ gmail.com. longshadr.com.

EVENTS

Pathway to Payday. 9 a.m.-noon. Betty Kwan Chinn Day Center, corner of Seventh and C streets, Eureka. See Nov. 2 listing. StartUp Humboldt Competition: Round Two Kickoff Party. 5:30-7 p.m. StartUp Humboldt, 876 Seventh St., Arcata. Celebrate entrepreneurial progress, hear from several inaugural competition winners and get the first look at what’s ahead. Free. startup@humboldt.edu. startuphumboldt.org/thecompetition/. (707) 633-3678.

FOR KIDS

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

FOOD

Harvest Box Deliveries. See Nov. 2 listing.

MEETINGS

Humboldt Cribbage Club Tournament. 6:15-9 p.m. Moose Lodge, 4328 Campton Road, Eureka. Weekly six-game cribbage tournament for experienced players. Inexperienced players may watch, learn and play on the side. Moose dinner available at 5:30 p.m. $3-$8. 31for14@ gmail.com. (707) 599-4605. Monthly Meeting VFW Post 1872. First Tuesday of every month, 6-7 p.m. Redwood Empire VFW Post 1872, 1018 H St., Eureka. Calling all combat veterans and all veterans eligible for membership in Veterans of Foreign Wars to meet comrades and learn about events in the renovated Memorial Building. Free. PearceHansen999@outlook. com. (707) 443-5331. Writers Group. First Tuesday of every month, 12:30-2 p.m. Christ Episcopal Church, 1428 H St., Eureka. Writers share all types of writing and get assistance from one another. Drop-ins welcome. Not faith based. Free.

ETC

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

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LECTURE

FOAM Lecture by Bob Gearheart. 7 p.m. Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary Interpretive Center, 569 S. G St. Bob Gearheart, along with CPH graduates Elise

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Culbertson and Zach Sherman, presents a talk on the natural processes of the Arcata Marsh and the vital role of student-led research in improving its wastewater treatment systems. In-person and simulcast via Zoom at https://humboldtstate.zoom.us/j/88248246788?pwd=AuQSlOmC4Zwkq4hzWctlzTySkjKyjY.1#success. Free. (707) 826-2359.

MOVIES

Shine a Light on Palestine Presents: Traces of Home (2025). 7 p.m. Minor Theatre, 1001 H St., Arcata. Award-winning documentary that follows filmmaker Colette Ghunim and her parents as they seek the ancestral homes they were forced to flee as children in Mexico and Palestine. A fundraiser for Centro del Pueblo. $10-$20 sliding scale.

MUSIC

The Joy of Singing Choir. 5:30-7 p.m. Jefferson Community Center, 1000 B St., Eureka. Singing circle that focuses on singing in harmony through improvisation as well as repertoire, including resistance songs. All level drop-ins welcome. $5-$20, no one turned away for lack of funds. hello@bynieves.com. Song Circle with Seabury Gould. Every third Wednesday, 3-5 p.m. Trinidad Heart Center, 426 Trinity St. Bring your voices and songs to this monthly sing-along. All ages welcome. Folk songs and others conducive to group singing. $10-$20 sliding scale. seaburygould.com. trinidadheartcenter.com/. (707) 845-6231.

THEATER

Logger Ladies Who Lunch or 7 Karens Have a Highball. 6-7 p.m. The Logger Bar, 510 Railroad Ave., Blue Lake. See Nov. 3 listing.

EVENTS

Pathway to Payday. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Betty Kwan Chinn Day Center, corner of Seventh and C streets, Eureka. See Nov. 2 listing.

FOR KIDS

Nature Story Time. 2-3 p.m. Humboldt Coastal Nature Center, 220 Stamps Lane, Manila. Nature Story Time is geared for ages 0 to 5 and features a short story, movement activity and art project for children and their caregivers. Free. info@friendsofthedunes.org.

FOOD

Soroptimist Grab-n-Go Box Meal Fundraiser. St. Mary’s Leavey Hall, 1690 Janes Road, Arcata. Three box meal options, which include a pulled pork sandwich, chicken salad wrap and kale salad with brown rice. All meals include sides and dessert. Orders must be placed by Saturday, Oct. 31. Pick-up is Wednesday, Nov. 4, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. or 4 to 6 p.m. at St. Mary’s Leavey Hall. $20/meal. siarcata@soroptimist.net. (707) 822-8454.

MEETINGS

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

OUTDOORS

Free Guided Walk. First Wednesday of every month, 10 a.m.-noon. Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge, 1020 Ranch Road, Loleta. Join naturalist Louise Bacon-Ogden for a fun, informative guided walk along the Shorebird Loop Trail. Free. denise_seeger@fws.gov. fws.gov/ refuge/humboldt-bay. (707) 733-5406.

ETC

Grief Support Services in Spanish. First Wednesday of every month, 5-6:30 p.m. Gene Lucas Community Center, 3000 Newburg Road., Fortuna. A safe and welcoming space for Spanish-speaking individuals to process loss, connect with others, and receive compassionate support. Este grupo está abierto para todas las personas en la comunidad que habla español, que estén pasando por la pérdida de un ser querido. glccenter.org.

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ART

Fiber Crafting Circle. First Thursday of every month, 2-4 p.m. Trinidad Library, 380 Janis Court. Bring your own knitting, crocheting or weaving to work on or add to the community weaving project in the Trinidad Room. All ages. Free. trihuml@co.humboldt.ca.us. humlib.org. (707) 677-0227. Figure Drawing at Synapsis. 7-9 p.m. Synapsis Collective, 1675 Union St., Eureka. See Oct. 29 listing.

BOOKS

Storytellers and Writers Book Club for Tweens and Teens. First Thursday of every month, 4-5 p.m. Trinidad Library, 380 Janis Court. Tweens and teens share ideas on world building and books they’ve read or would like to write. In the Trinidad Room.

DANCE

Line Dancing with Kim O’Quinn. 12-1 p.m. McKinleyville Senior Center, 1620 Pickett Road. See Oct. 29 listing.

THEATER

How Daddy Is Doing. 6-7 p.m. EXIT Theatre, 890 G St., Arcata. By Madelyne Morris of BlazingHeart Productions. Join bardic superclown Madds and their alter ego “Moody Monotone” for a whimsical, yet deeply moving exploration of grief, music and transformation, 13 years after the sudden loss of their father. Part of the EXIT Theatre Fringe Festival. $15. mail@theexit.org. theexit. org. (415) 863-4120. Jom and Jerry. 8-9 p.m. EXIT Theatre, 890 G St., Arcata. By Stevie Singleton. A lighthearted and goofy one-person clown show about cookies and milk. Part of the EXIT Theatre Fringe Festival. $4. mail@theexit.org. theexit. org. (415) 863-4120. Logger Ladies Who Lunch or 7 Karens Have a Highball. 6-7 p.m. The Logger Bar, 510 Railroad Ave., Blue Lake. See Nov. 3 listing.

EVENTS

Pathway to Payday. 9 a.m.-noon. Betty Kwan Chinn Day Center, corner of Seventh and C streets, Eureka. See Nov. 2 listing.

FOR KIDS

Story Time & Pottery Painting. First Thursday of every month, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. The Makers’ Space, 1450 Hiller Road, McKinleyville. Designed for preschool through first grade children and their caregivers, each session begins with a beloved children’s story followed by a pottery painting project inspired by the day’s book. $15. seagoatmakerspace@gmail.com. the-makers-space. info/. (707) 497-9212.

ETC

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You can totally relax about the election. There’s nothing to worry about. You Can See Everything

Transparency vs. the Truth You Can See Everything By John J. Bennett screens@northcoastjournal.com YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING. Although celebrity and notoriety have, in this age of commingled and corrupted meaning where interpretation is truth, become functionally one and the same, they remain distinct, even antithetical. Elizabeth Holmes, the perceived wunderkind founder of Theranos now serving a lengthy term in federal prison for defrauding investors and the primary subject of Lance Oppenheim (Primetime, 2026) and Nathan Fielder’s (The Rehearsal, 2022-2025) expansive, confounding documentary, is a case study in both the permeability and separateness of those ideas. As a Stanford dropout, Holmes purportedly invented a medical technology that would change the world. She quickly became a literal poster child for Silicon Valley ingenuity and entrepreneurship, the youngest self-made female billionaire in history; by any standard, a celebrity. The fall was perhaps even more precipitous than the ascent, though, as Holmes was, by her account, vilified and railroaded (the federal government would frame it as investigated and adjudged guilty) by the corruption of public opinion and made to pay restitution for having done nothing wrong. Having become notorious and probably ostracized by her once-innumerable supporters, Holmes disappeared from public view. And then (this is where it gets really interesting), mere weeks before

she would surrender to federal custody, Holmes and Billy Evans, with whom she began a relationship and had two children during her fraud trial, decided to invite filmmakers into their rented San Diego-area home to document every aspect of their lives. That invitation, presumably an attempt to humanize the disgraced CEO, somehow made its way to Oppenheim and Fielder, a team both ideally suited to the interrogation of the subject at hand and, by most lights, the absolute wrong guys to make a promotional reel. I’ve only recently become acquainted with Oppenheim’s work, and not as deeply as I’d like, but I’ve been fascinated by Fielder going back to Nathan for You (2012-2017), which he refers to in conversation with Holmes and Evans as a comedy show about business scams. In that context, Fielder presents a character based on himself, a graduate of a prominent business school who remakes struggling businesses using objectively bad ideas and films the results. Fielder is, of course, a comedian whose neurodivergent-coded deadpan both underscores and belies his singular perception of things: His work begins in the mundane and, inevitably, spins out into the fantastical and philosophical. But it is also, always, grounded in his dry Canadian humility, his insistence

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that he’s no better at understanding or communicating things than anyone else; he just has the imagination and means to build (often literal) structures to explore them. Oppenheim, drawing solely on my recent experience with Primetime, appears to be fascinated by many of the same semiotic and epistemological notions as Fielder: appearance versus reality, the construction of mythology and all of that. And he shares his co-director’s droll, sometimes morbid ability to mine comedy from the ordinary and the distressing. These two are thinkers: creators in a new(ish) media landscape fascinated by the permeable barrier between truth and fiction, acolytes of irony driven by the pursuit of their own curiosity. Holmes and Evans allegedly had no idea who they were when they invited them in. As Fielder, perhaps reluctantly having been cast as a main character in his own project, becomes more deeply embroiled in the lives of its subjects (though still often looming eerily and to great comic effect in shadows or darkened windows), he becomes ever more obviously fascinated by the couple’s twinned psychology and their solipsistic take on reality. (They speak often of their life’s work being the construction of monuments of their love, which is either romantic or deeply disturbing or both.) By turns, Fielder is charmed by Holmes, convinced she is lying to him, frightened of Evans and righteously indignant that he not allow himself to be conned (if there’s actually a con). Inadvertently, the documentary that would become You Can See Everything fell into exactly the right hands: Fielder and Oppenheim do not relitigate the rise and fall of Theranos, at least not in a conventional way. Instead, they apply themselves ardently to the documentation and analysis of the information being presented to them, even as they are implicit in the creation of much of it. And so the movie doesn’t purport to unearth any truths, except the truth that their process, which is as transparent as it is artful, will guide them. Granted full access by people who purport to have nothing to hide, the film crew becomes enmeshed in a reality of denial, half-truth, self-righteousness and insistence on a version of events that appears to be impossible to demonstrate. For ostensible scientists, Holmes and Evans seem distinctly impious about the scientific method, while Fielder, Oppenheim, et al apply it scrupulously in the creation of their art. And that essential conflict fuels a movie unlike anything I’ve ever seen. R. 174M. BROADWAY, MINOR. l

NOW PLAYING BREEDER. A champion poodle breeder (Dot-Marie Jones) branches out to human stock in this darkly comic horror. R. 97M. BROADWAY. CHRISTMAS AT THE KRINGLES. Freaky Christmas-obsessed neighbors unleash slasher mayhem on those who won’t get in the spirit. R. 98M. BROADWAY. CLAYFACE. A scarred actor (Tom Rhys Harries) is left freakishly malleable by a scientist but turns his frown upside-down by becoming a face-shifting villain. R. 108M. BROADWAY, MINOR. FORGOTTEN ISLAND. Animated adventure about besties stranded in a magical world. PG. 109M. BROADWAY. HEART OF THE BEAST. Brad Pitt fights for survival in the Alaskan wilderness with only his combat dog because Lord knows his kids aren’t talking to him. PG13. 101M. BROADWAY. OTHER MOMMY. Jessica Chastain gives us all issues as a creepy doppelganger emerging from a girl’s closet and making ball pits even scarier. R. 93M. BROADWAY. THE MONGOOSE. Liam Neeson plays a former soldier on the lam from a murder charge in a fast car. R. 98M. BROADWAY. RESIDENT EVIL. Director Zach Cregger takes a shot at the zombie action franchise with a medical courier (Austin Abrams) headed for Raccoon City. R. 93M. BROADWAY. SENSE AND SENSIBILITY. Adaptation of the Jane Austen novel with Daisy Edgar-Jones and Esmé Creed-Miles starring. PG. 131M. BROADWAY. SIGHT & SOUND: JOSHUA LIVE. Filmed stage performance of the Bible story. NR. 135M. BROADWAY. STREET FIGHTER. Andrew Koji, Noah Centineo and Callina Liang reboot the classic video game-spawned action movie about a life-or-death tournament. PG13. 120M. BROADWAY. VERITY. A writer (Dakota Johnson) takes a job ghostwriting the end of a book after an accident leaves its bestselling author (Anne Hathaway) comatose. R. 114M. BROADWAY. WHALEFALL. Diver meets whale, whale swallows diver with an hour of oxygen in the tank. Starring Austin Abrams. PG13. 106M. BROADWAY. WICKER. A fisherwoman (Olivia Coleman) snags a magically woven husband (Alexander Skarsgård) who makes basket cases of the whole town. R. 105M. BROADWAY. WILDWOOD. Stop-motion animated fantasy-adventure about a girl on a quest to rescue her baby brother from a magical realm. PG13. 132M. BROADWAY, MINOR. For showtimes, visit catheaters. com and minortheatre.com.

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Longitude and the Prime Meridian, Part 2 By Barry Evans fieldnotes@northcoastjournal.com

“It might be expected that plumb lines, set up in various locations, if extended downward, would all pass through a single point, the center of Earth. But this is not the case.” — Why the Greenwich Meridian Moved, by Stephen Malys et. al., 2015

oth John Harrison’s clocks and lunar distance tables assumed that the prime meridian (zero degrees of longitude) ran through Greenwich Observatory. It took more than 100 years of wrangling for this meridian to be accepted everywhere, but with the need to standardize international time zones, the Greenwich prime meridian was finally adopted in 1884. Although other countries had their own prime meridians — in Paris and Berlin, for example — by then, most of the world’s shipping used charts based on the Greenwich meridian. Fortuitously, this meant that the International Dateline, where it’s midnight at Greenwich noon, runs through the middle of the Pacific Ocean, minimizing disruptions to populated areas. (Standardization came slowly for the French, who didn’t accept the Greenwich meridian until 1911.) Today, you can visit the Royal Observatory, located on a hill in Greenwich Park in southeast London. Historically, this is a perfect location. An orange ball, visible to ships anchored in the Thames, has been dropping at precisely 1 p.m. every day for hundreds of years. An anachronism now, it used to allow navigators to set their timepieces to “Greenwich Mean Time” (GMT) before setting sail. In the Octagon Room inside the observatory, a “transit telescope” (that only rotates vertically) was used to establish GMT by noting exactly when reference stars crossed its field of view. GMT is the local mean time at Greenwich counted from midnight: “mean” because Earth’s orbit around the sun is uneven. It’s an ellipse, plus Earth’s axis is tilted, so the sun crosses the Greenwich meridian at a slightly different time — up to 16 minutes either way — from when it’s at its zenith. The “equation of time” adjusts for this discrepancy, hence mean, or average, time. (Nowadays, the acronym GMT has been superseded by UTC, a compromise between the English “Coor-

The writer’s iPhone sitting squarely on what most visitors to the Royal Observatory in Greenwich believe is the dividing line between East and West at zero degrees longitude. Which are you going to believe, the phone or the line? Photo by Barry Evans

dinated Universal Time” and French “Temps Universel Coordonné.”) Visitors to the Royal Observatory can stand on a stainless-steel strip next to the main building, with one foot in each hemisphere, east and west, the site of innumerable selfies. Except … if this is the world’s prime meridian, zero degrees longitude, why do our phones show that we’re actually at 5.3 seconds of longitude west? It wasn’t always so. Not that cellphones — essentially GPS receivers from satellites orbiting 22,000 miles overhead — existed in 1974, but had they, they’d have read exactly zero degrees of longitude. Our planet isn’t a perfect sphere with uniform density, so plumb bobs don’t always point to the exact center of the Earth. This is the case at Greenwich. Around 50 years ago, geodesists (who study Earth’s size, shape, motion and gravity) realized that the geodetic zero meridian as established by orbital satellites was slightly different from what had been, until then, the prime meridian. The plane swept out by the transit telescope missed the center of the Earth by about 335 feet, so rather than retain the location of the prime meridian and change the time for everyone on Earth by about a third of a second, it was much easier to quietly accept that the true prime meridian, longitude 00°00°00°, was a short distance east of what it had been. Hence the photo of this writer’s phone, on the old prime meridian, showing it’s actually about five seconds west of the “real” one. I suspect that perfectionist John Harrison, whose timepiece 265 years ago was accurate to five seconds after crossing the Atlantic Ocean, would not have approved. l

Barry Evans (he/him, barryevans9@yahoo. com) recommends a visit to London’s Royal Observatory, where both Harrison’s H4 and his three previous attempts are on display.

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LEGAL NOTICES FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME Code that the registrant knows to STATEMENT 26-00548 be false is guilty of a misdemeanor The following person is doing Busi- punishable by a fine not to exceed ness as one thousand dollars ($1,000). Trinidad Self Storage /s Jan M. Hill, Owner Humboldt This September 24, 2026 380 Patricks Point Dr by SC, Deputy Clerk 10/8, 10/15, 10/22, 10/29 (26-398) Trinidad, CA 95570 Jan M Hill FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME 5850 Mountain View Dr STATEMENT 26-00553 Redding, CA 96003 The following person is doing BusiThe business is conducted by an ness as Individual. Estie Besties The date registrant commenced to Humboldt transact business under the fictitious 413 5th Street business name or name listed above Eureka, CA 95501 on n/a. 3839 Glenwood St I declare that all information in this Eureka, CA 95501 statement is true and correct. Mary B Clementz A registrant who declares as true any 413 5th Street material matter pursuant to Section Eureka, CA 95501 Build edge of the 17913to of the Business and document Professions Margins are just a safe area NOTICE OF INTENT TO ADOPT A MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION PROJECT: Gulliksen Residential Subdivision SCH No. 2026 LEAD AGENCY CONTACT: Brendan Byrd, Community Development Director INITIAL STUDY and CHECKLIST PREPARED BY: City of Fortuna PROJECT LOCATION: Assessor’s Parcel Numbers (APNs): 202-093-060, 202-041-005, and 202-092-018. Gulliksen Drive east of Rohnerville Road. The site is on the easternmost edge of Fortuna, generally between Rohnerville Road to the west, Gulliksen Drive and Towhee Street to the north, Loop Road to the south, and Pampas Lane to the east. PROJECT PROPONENT: Wendt Construction 3651 Rohnerville Road Fortuna, CA 95540 (707) 725-5641 GENERAL PLAN LAND USE DESIGNATION: Residential Very Low (RVL). ZONING: Residential Estates (RE-20 and RE-43) PROJECT SUMMARY: The project proposes to subdivide a 33.5-acre site for 29 single-family residential lots and infrastructure improvements including site grading, public streets, utilities (water, sewer, power, and data), and drainage improvements for the project area and future residences. Following completion of the subdivision infrastructure, construction of individual residences would require separate building permits. The proposed residential development would provide housing and complement the existing residential neighborhood through street interconnectivity. This site also includes wetlands measuring 0.37 acres and 0.12 acres in area, which will be preserved and protected by a 50-foot fenced wetland setback/buffer area. ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS: The Initial Study identifies potentially significant effects related to air quality, biological resources, cultural and paleontological resources, geology and soils, hydrology and water quality, construction noise, transportation, and emergency access/wildfire considerations. With implementation of the mitigation measures identified in the IS/MND, these effects would be reduced to less-than-significant levels, and no significant environmental effects would remain. An Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration was prepared and is being circulated by the City of Fortuna Community Development Department as Lead Agency. The City will accept comments on the Draft Mitigated Negative Declaration from October 22, 2026, through 5 p.m. on November 20, 2026, consistent with Section 15105 of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines. PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD: October 22, 2026, through 5 p.m. on November 20, 2026. Submit written comments to Brendan Byrd, Community Development Director, via email at bbyrd@ci.fortuna.ca.us or to the City of Fortuna Community Development Department, 621 11th Street, Fortuna, CA 95540. Comments must be received by the deadline. PUBLIC HEARING: The Fortuna Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on the project on Tuesday, December 8, 2026, at 6:00 p.m. in the Fortuna City Council Chambers. INFORMATION AVAILABLE: The Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration and supporting documents are available for review at the Community Development Department at City Hall, 621 11th Street, Fortuna, California, on weekdays between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., and online at www.friendlyfortuna.com. 10/29 (26-429)

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 26-00513 The following person is doing Business as Humboldt Strings Humboldt 1932 Campton Rd Eureka, CA 95503 Korinza E Endsley 1932 Campton Rd Eureka, CA 95503 The business is conducted by an Individual.

The date registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name listed above on 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 Korinza Endsley, Owner This September 9, 2026 by JR, Deputy Clerk 10/8, 10/15, 10/22, 10/29 (26-395)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 26-00560 The following person is doing Business as Pasta nel Bosco Humboldt 1106 Lloyd St Eureka, CA 95503 Bpomponi LLC CA B20260131558 1106 Lloyd St 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.

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS HUMBOLDT COMMUNITY SERVICES DISTRICT 5055 WALNUT DRIVEEUREKA, CA 95503 Separate sealed bids will be received for the purchase of one (1) New 2027 F-550 Chassis 4x2 SD Regular Cab 169” WB DRW XL (FSG) with Crane Truck modification through November 30, 2026, per detailed specifications identified on the District website at: www.humboldtcsd.org/public-notices Bids must be received at the Humboldt Community Services District Office, 5055 Walnut Drive, Eureka, CA 95503, by 4:30 PM PST on November 30, 2026. At said office, bids will be publicly opened and read aloud. The District estimates it will award the bid to the lowest responsible, responsive bidder on December 8, 2026. The successful bidder will then have until 5:00 PM on June 15, 2027, to deliver the truck to the District office in Eureka, CA. Local Vendor Preference will be applied to this bid process. Bidders can claim Local Vendor status. To claim this status, a bidder must be a lawful business entity that, as of the bid submission deadline, maintains a bona fide physical place of business within Humboldt County from which it conducts meaningful business operations that substantially and directly enhance its ability to perform the proposed contract. A bidder that satisfies the Local Vendor requirements will have an evaluation credit equal to the lesser of (a) five percent (5%) of the Local Vendor’s Total Evaluated Bid Price, or (b) Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000). The Local Preference Credit is used solely to evaluate bids and does not reduce or otherwise modify the Local Vendor’s actual bid price or the amount payable under the contract. Certification and acceptable documentation are required to claim Local vendor status. Acceptable documentation may include a current business license or tax certificate, where required; Secretary of State filing; fictitious business name filing; lease or ownership documentation; utility records; payroll or employee records; or other objective documentation demonstrating a bona fide Humboldt County business location and meaningful operations. Full Local Vendor Preference policy is available at https://www.humboldtcsd.org/public-notices. The Humboldt Community Services District reserves the right to reject any and all bids, will not be liable for any cost incurred by the Bidder incidental to the preparation, submittal, or evaluation of their bid, or in the negotiation, execution, and delivery of an agreement that may be awarded as a result of this Advertisement for Bids. For questions, please contact Robert Christensen, Administrative Services Manager at 707-4434558 ext. 210 or by email at asm@humboldtcsd.org Terrence Williams General Manager Humboldt Community Services District 10/29, 11/5 (26-432)

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 26-00565 The following person is doing Business as Stuff N Things Market Humboldt 426 6th Street Eureka, CA 95501 1784 Tony Drive Fortuna, CA 95540 Elizabeth J Lapple 426 6th 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 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 Elizabeth J Lapple, Owner This October 2, 2026 by TH, Deputy Clerk 10/8, 10/15, 10/22, 10/29 (26-399)

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 26-00573 The following person is doing Business as Front Row Ag Humboldt 44 Sunnybrae Ct Arcata, CA 95521 600 F St Ste 3 #808 Solstice Agriculture, LLC CA 201906410442 600 F St Ste 3 #808 Solstice Agriculture, LLC The business is conducted by a limited liability company. The date registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name listed above

on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000). /s Patrick Kanzler, Chief Operations Officer This October 7, 2026 by SG, Deputy Clerk 10/15, 10/22, 10/29, 11/5 (26-414)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 26-00512 The following person is doing Business as Five Eleven Pearl Humboldt 511 2nd St Eureka, CA 95501 850 Crescent Way Arcata, CA 95521 Five Eleven Pearl LLC CA B20260398647 850 Crescent Way Arcata, CA 95521 The business is conducted by a limited liability company. The date registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000). /s Marius Fierro H., Managing Member This September 8, 2026 by JR, Deputy Clerk 10/22, 10/29, 11/5, 11/12 (26-417)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 26-00578 The following person is doing Business as Big Sky Productions Humboldt 1338 H St Eureka, CA 95501 PO Box 1274 Eureka, CA 95502 Matthew S Harvey PO Box 1274 Eureka, cA 95502 The business is conducted by an individual. The date registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name listed above on 10/8/26. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000). /s Matthew S Harvey, Owner This October 8, 2026 by JC, Deputy Clerk 10/22, 10/29, 11/5, 11/12 (26-420)

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 26-00580 The following person is doing Business as Stuck on You Magnet Co. Humboldt 550 7th Street, Ste a Fortuna, CA 95540 Carol N. Wood 550 7th Street, Ste a Fortuna, CA 95540 The business is conducted by an individual. The date registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name listed above on 10/8/26. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000). /s Carol Wood, Owner This October 13, 2026 by SC, Deputy Clerk 10/22, 10/29, 11/5, 11/12 (26-419)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 26-00587 The following person is doing Business as Mediagraphia / LaRoc. Humboldt 236 15th Street Eureka, CA 95501 337 W Clark St #3165 Eureka, CA 95502 Alfredo Somarriba Corral 337 W Clark St #3165 Eureka, CA 95502 The business is conducted by an individual. The date registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name listed above on 1/1/26. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000). /s Alfredo Somarriba Corral This October 14, 2026 by SG, Deputy Clerk 10/22, 10/29, 11/5, 11/12 (26-418)

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF MAX JOSEPH LENNON, SR. CASE NO. PR2600258 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of Max Joseph Lennon, Sr. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Petitioner, Claudia Enns, Niece of Max Lennon, Sr. In the Superior Court of California, County of Humboldt. The petition for probate requests that A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Petitioner, Claudia Enns, Niece of Max Lennon, Sr. be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. THE PETITION request the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils

are available for examination in the file kept by the court. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A HEARING on the petition will be held on November, 2026 at 9:30 a.m. at the Superior Court of California, County of Humboldt, 825 Fifth Street, Eureka, in Dept.: 4 For information on how to appear remotely for your hearing, please visit https://www.humboldt.courts. ca.gov/ IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. ATTORNEY FOR PETITIONER: Kenneth M Bareilles Attorney at Law 533 E Street Eureka, CA 95501 707-443-9338 Filed October 14, 2026 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF HUMBOLDT 10/22, 10/29, 11/5 (26-421)

PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the undersigned intends to sell the personal property described below to enforce a lien imposed on said property pursuant to Sections 21700-21716 of the Business & Professions Code, Section 2328 of the UCC, Section 535 of the Penal Code and provisions of the Civil Code. Property will be sold via an online auction at www.StorageAuctions.com.

Auction bidding will begin at 10:00 AM on November 5th, 2026 and will close at or after 1:00 PM on November 9th, 2026 at which time the auction will be completed and the high bidder will be determined. The property will be available for pick up where said property has been stored and which is located at Airport Road Storage, LLC. 500/1000 Airport Road, Fortuna, CA 95540 County of Humboldt, State of California. (707)725-1234 E86 Manager Unit E15 Lacy Redhead B57 Debra Snyder D60 Paula Hawkins B148 Miriam Faith Holliman G15 Robin Pizzo B175 Andrew Vaughan Sale is subject to cancellation in the event of a settlement between owner and obligated party. Please refer to www.StorageAuctions.com for all other terms and conditions governing the bidding and auction process. Dated this 19th day of October, 2026 publish 10/22/26, 10/29/26 10/22, 10/29 (26-422)

PUBLIC SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE UNDERSIGNED INTENDS TO SELL THE PERSONAL PROPERTY DESCRIBED BELOW TO ENFORCE A LIENIMPOSED ON SAID PROPERTY UNDER THE California Self Service storage facility Act Bus & Prof Code sb21700_21716. The undersigned will be sold at public sale by competitive bidding on Tuesday, November 10, 2026 at 11AM on the premises where said property has been stored and which is located at Evergreen Storage, 1100 Evergreen Humboldt, State of California. The following units will be sold for cash unless paid for by tenant prior to auction. 272 Kristi Lindsay 584 Joe Becerra 719 Joe Curia 105 Justin McKay 466 Jeremiah Cleveland 621 Ben Feathers 547 Todd Lewis 236 Sage Lyon 556 Christy Randall 761 Clint/Lisa Schilling/ Honda 83, 276, 235 Tori Miclette 10/29, 11/5 (26-428)

PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the undersigned intends to sell the personal property described below to enforce a lien on said property pursuant to sections 21700-21716 of the Business and Professions Code, section 2328 of the UCC section 535 of the Penal Code and provisions of the Civil Code. The undersigned will sell at public sale by competitive bidding on the 7th day of November, 2026, at 10:00am on the premises where the said property has been stored and which is located at Sutter Central Storage, 1649 Sutter Road, McKinleyville, CA, County of Humboldt, the following: #53 Jimmy Eller #76 Manager Unit #128 Edgar Dixon #193 Vicki McGlathery #216 Violet Joy #221 Tina Graves #267 Brian Coffman

#276 Ruth Arsenaut #425 Kilda Chiloquin #456 Manager Unit #485 Shawna Brink #632 Daniel Amelung #708 Seng Kester #749 Sam Cash #814 Managers Unit Purchases must be paid for at the time of sale in cash only. Anyone interested in attending the auction must sign in prior to 10:00am on the day of the auction, no exceptions. All purchase items are sold as-is, where-is, and must be removed 48 hours after the time of sale. Sale is subject to cancellation in the event of settlement between the owner and the obligated party. Dated this 29th day of October and 5th day of November, 2026 10/29, 11/5 (26-427)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 26-00591 The following person is doing Business as Post Haste Mail Center Humboldt 600 F St Suite 3 Arcata, CA 95521 Strategikon Sherman Oaks LLC CA B20260112952 707 21st Place Santa Monica, CA 90402 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 10/15/26. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000). /s Constantinos Pagonis, Managing Member This October 15, 2026 by SG, Deputy Clerk 10/29, 11/5, 11/12, 11/19 (26-424)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 26-00522 The following person is doing Business as Macs Refrigeration Services Humboldt 639 Summer St Eureka, CA 95519 Coldline Holdings CA B20260409808 920 Hunts Dr McKinleyville, CA 95519 The business is conducted by a corporation. The date registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name listed above on 10/15/26. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000). /s Stacia Eliason, President This September 14, 2026 by JR, Deputy Clerk 10/29, 11/5, 11/12, 11/19 (26-430)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 26-00588 The following person is doing Business as KRS Electric Humboldt 625 Chartin Way Blue Lake, CA 95525 PO Box 632 Blue Lake, CA 95525 Kevin M Roberts 625 Chartin Way 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 10/15/26. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000). /s Kevin Roberts, Owner This October 15, 2026 by SC, Deputy Clerk 10/29, 11/5, 11/12, 11/19 (26-433)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 26-00582 The following person is doing Business as Infinium Service Group Humboldt 4428 Cedar St Eureka, CA 95503 5659 W 8th St #405 Los Angeles, CA 4806783 PO Box 480 Cutten, CA 95534 The business is conducted by a corporation. The date registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000). /s Quinton Perkins, CMO This October 14, 2026 by SC, Deputy Clerk 10/29, 11/5, 11/12, 11/19 (26-425)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 26-00585 The following person is doing Business as Blankenship Gates Humboldt 3861 Grizzly Bluff rd Ferndale, CA 95536 Robert P Blankenship Corporation CA 4672169 3861 Grizzly Bluff rd Ferndale, CA 95536 The business is conducted by a corporation. The date registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name listed above on 9/22/26. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section

17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000). /s Robert P Blankenship, President This October 14, 2026 by SC, Deputy Clerk 10/29, 11/5, 11/12, 11/19 (26-426)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 26-00569 The following person is doing Business as Oracle Within Library Humboldt 561 School Road McKinleyville, CA 95519 Waxing Visions LLC CA 20190141072B 561 School Road McKinleyville, CA 95519 The business is conducted by a limited liability company. The date registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name listed above on 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 Sarah Trapkus, Manager/CEO This October 5, 2026 by SG, Deputy Clerk 10/29, 11/5, 11/12, 11/19 (26-423)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 26-00611 The following person is doing Business as Ironside Company / Ironside Metal Works / Nori Edis Construction / ReNu Arcata / Ironside Farms Humboldt 1445 10th St Arcata, CA 95521 Christopher R Kieselhorst 1445 10th St Arcata, CA 95521 Nicholas Kieselhorst 1445 10th St Arcata, CA 95521 The business is conducted by a general partnership. The date registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name listed above on 3/12/26. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000). /s Christopher Kieselhorst, Owner/ Partner This October 21, 2026 by SG, Deputy Clerk

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Kyla Nored Owner/Broker BRE #01930997

707.834.7979

Offered at an enticing price per square foot, this 1980’s contemporary home showcases vaulted ceilings, a sunken living room with its own fireplace, open wood railings that allow natural light to move between the mid and upper floor levels, and a floor plan that optimizes privacy in the separated bedrooms. The recreation room is set up like a vacation home with a built-in bar, fireplace and indoor barbecue, and floor to ceiling windows with a sliding door that opens seamlessly to the extensive decking, private yard, and sweeping view potential of the Elk River Valley. Set on 2.5 acres surrounded by nature on the outskirts of town, the paved road access makes commuting easy.

BRE# 01066670

Mike Willcutt Realtor BRE # 02084041

916.798.2107

Enjoy secluded off-grid living on 70± acres in Northern California’s mountains, featuring panoramic views and convenient year-round highway access. Two homes offer ﬂexible living options, complemented by a private well, large workshop, and two greenhouses. A spacious, level clearing provides room for a homestead, agricultural pursuits, or private retreat. Despite its peaceful setting, the property is minutes from Dinsmore Store and river swimming, with Ruth Lake a short drive away.

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707.497.7859

Rita Clair Realtor BRE #02240388

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Nestled on ±2.13 private acres in sunny Willow Creek, this custom estate blends luxury with outdoor living. The 3-bedroom, 2.5-bath home features cherry wood finishes, porcelain tile, JennAir appliances, hydronic heat, fireplaces, a spacious primary suite, and an entertainment room with a custom bar. A detached pool bath and two guest bedrooms provide added flexibility. Enjoy an oversized pool, lush gardens, mature fruiting plants, and private Trinity River access for fishing, swimming, and relaxing.

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707.499-2335

Amy Donathan Realtor

$1,075,000

Prime commercial opportunity with exceptional Highway 101 visibility and easy northbound and southbound access. Set on approximately 1.89 acres, the property offers nearly 8,000 SF of versatile space, including retail/ showroom, private ofﬁce, warehouse, covered high-ceiling storage, break room, and two restrooms. Dual driveways, approximately 25 parking spaces, and a large yard provide excellent ﬂexibility for customers, deliveries, and equipment. Ideal for retail, industrial, warehouse, or service businesses. Owner open to tenant improvements.

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150 TANGLEWOOD DR, EUREKA

1163 CHELSEA WAY, McKINLEYVILLE

Prime industrial opportunity in Eureka, just one block from Highway 101 and two blocks from Old Town. Highly visible location near the bay offers excellent access and ﬂexibility for commercial or industrial uses. Two adjoining parcels may be combined, potentially allowing application for multiple cannabis license types, subject to approvals.

Quiet Southern Humboldt property located approximately 30 minutes past Briceland, surrounded by mature mixed forest and natural woodland terrain. The land offers privacy, ﬁltered sunlight, and a peaceful rural setting. A small rustic cabin is located on the property and requires substantial repair.

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Build your dream home on this 0.13acre lot at the end of a quiet deadend street in McKinleyville. Enjoy southern exposure with open southfacing views, plus utilities available at the street. Conveniently located minutes from Highway 101 and just ﬁve minutes from the airport, this parcel offers privacy, accessibility, and excellent potential.

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707.672.2862

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20 W 3RD STREET, EUREKA

$199,000

Shannon McKinnon

Clean and well-maintained 3-unit investment property in downtown Eureka, conveniently located near shopping, parks, and public transit. All three units are in excellent condition and occupied by long-term tenants, providing steady rental income with tenants paying all utilities. Additional income comes from the onsite coin-operated laundry. Each unit also enjoys a fenced yard and outdoor storage shed. An excellent opportunity to invest or live in one unit while renting the other two to help offset your mortgage.

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707.362.6504

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704 M STREET, EUREKA

$527,000

Associate Broker

707.498.6364

This investment opportunity includes 58 storage units across eight parcels in historic Scotia, where limited garage availability creates steady demand for storage. The property offers strong income potential with opportunities to address deferred maintenance and improve functionality, appeal, and proﬁtability. With ongoing demand for storage solutions in the community, this property presents investors with an opportunity to increase revenue and build equity in an established local market.

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Barbara Davenport

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