Yesterday, there was a strawberry festival at the Salmon House in Arcata. Everyone seemed to have a great time. There was music, good food, drumming, and of course plenty of fresh strawberries grown at the Salmon House Farm.
Yesterday at the Arcata Oyster Festival, local activists protested against recent arrests of undocumented people in Humboldt County. The protesters performed skits, passed out flyers and held signs. The criminalization of homelessness was also being protested.
Over the weekend, veterans from Humboldt and Del Norte Counties gathered at the fairgrounds in Ferndale for the Second Annual North Coast Stand Down. There was a lot of free services, food and music for veterans and their families. Army surplus gear was given away to homeless vets. According to the U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs, one out of every three homeless adult males is a veteran and on any given night, more than 500,000 veterans are homeless.