In an unusual turn of events for a Thursday night, there are two crucial shows going on tonight, which can only mean one thing: The long summer idyll is over.The Miniplex is hosting Portland ...

We hear a lot about the artists and musicians of Humboldt County, but it turns out the redwoods are teeming with writers, too. This week we’ve compiled reviews and recommendations for local reads ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. California’s beloved condors and sea otters have rebounded from the brink of extinction thanks to the Endangered Species Act. Now the state is going ...

Tired of Big Brother and the police state? I am putting small signs over my license plates that say, “FUCK FLOCK!” Looking forward to my jury trial. Want to join me? Only you can prevent fascism! Ryan ...

When Tony Cogliati says, “Making bread is my prayer, and when you eat my bread, that’s the sacrament,” he is serious. But there’s more than a single kind of serious. One is earnest and heavy; another ...

The “obstetrical dilemma” was born, so to speak, in 1960, not in a medical journal, but in the pages of Scientific American magazine. There, anthropologist Sherwood Washburn proposed that the ease ...

Murder mysteries are an inherently weird concept. I say that as someone who reads them, writes them and loves them. I say that as someone whose family history includes homicide. It should feel ...

Last Trinidad Art Night for the season. This town-wide walk includes a variety of art exhibits, live music, artist receptions, face painting, skate ramps, pop-up sales and oyster, cider or wine ...

Hahaha well, dang. What is there to say, really? Is anyone else getting tired of these high water marks for various once-in-a-lifetime disasters we’ve been enjoying over the last decade? Not that I ...

One more show at the Miniplex then I’m done for the week. Orchestra Gold are a psychedelic Afro-beat rock band with roots in the mystic-groove storytelling musical traditions of Mali. Based in Oakland ...