North Coast Journal

3 days ago | northcoastjournal.com | Jennifer Fumiko Cahill |Mark Larson

The Saturday, May 31 schedule for the third annual, three-day Forest Moon Festival opened on the Arcata Plaza with up close and personal photo opps with costumed Star Wars characters and appearances by actor Kyle Newman (director of Fanboys) and Kevin Thompson, original cast member as Ewok actor and stunt performer from 1983’s Star Wars: Return of the Jedi. See the slideshow below for highlights of the festival.

5 days ago | northcoastjournal.com | Thadeus Greenson

Posted By Thadeus Greenson @ThadeusGreenson on Mon, Jun 2, 2025 at 9:56 AM click to enlarge An employee of a Caltrans contractor was killed Saturday morning during an active landslide on State Route 36 east of Swimmer's Delight, the agency announced.

6 days ago | northcoastjournal.com | Collin Yeo

Posted By Collin Yeo on Sun, Jun 1, 2025 at 4:00 AM The Redwood Interfaith Gospel Choir is presenting its spring concert just before the blooms go from vernal verdance to summer straw, nestled right between the Flower and the Strawberry moons. Which is just right, as far as I am concerned.

1 week ago | northcoastjournal.com | Collin Yeo

Posted By Collin Yeo on Sat, May 31, 2025 at 4:00 AM click to enlarge The Eureka Symphony presents the final night of its 2024/2025 season finale, appropriately titled “A Grand Finale.” The program features the Concerto for Piano and Orchestra by late Romantic period Polish composer Grazyna Bacewicz, with Cal Poly Humboldt professor Daniela Mineva on the keys, along with Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony, aka, “the dance one.” The string that ties these two pieces together shared roots in folk...

1 week ago | northcoastjournal.com | Thadeus Greenson

click to enlarge Food for People’s efforts to offset a huge, DOGE-induced funding loss got a boost recently, when the North Coast Co-op pledged to add $3,500 to the Farmers Fund challenge, encouraging community members who are able to also contribute to the effort to help both local farmers and food-insecure households.