Frequently Asked Questions
What Lady Humboldt is, how the newsletter is made, and how to get involved.
What is Lady Humboldt?
Lady Humboldt is a free weekly newsletter that serves as a field guide to life in Humboldt County, California. Every Tuesday morning, subscribers receive a curated dispatch with the week's best events, a recommended hike, a morning spot, nature observations, tide and moon data, historical notes, and community dispatches from all seven regions of the county.
How often does it publish?
Every Tuesday morning at 7 AM Pacific. No more, no less. Never a skipped week.
Is it free?
Yes. Lady Humboldt is free and always will be. There is no paid tier, no subscriber paywall, and no content gated behind a donation. Sponsorships from local Humboldt County businesses help cover the costs (details at the sponsors page).
Who writes it?
A small editorial team that operates behind the voice of "Lady Humboldt," a fictional anonymous correspondent who has been paying attention to the North Coast for longer than most residents care to remember. The correspondent persona is deliberate — it keeps the tone consistent issue to issue and keeps the focus on the content, not the personalities behind it.
Can I submit an event, a tip, or a correction?
Yes, please. Readers are welcome to submit events for consideration in Happenings or The Five, nature sightings for Field Notes, tips for the Bulletin, or corrections at any time. There is a submission form at /submit, or you can email tips@ladyhumboldt.com directly. Submissions from readers are one of the most valuable parts of how the newsletter comes together.
How do sponsorships work?
Lady Humboldt accepts sponsorships only from Humboldt County-based businesses, nonprofits, and community organizations. Sponsorships are placed either in a presenting slot (one per issue, just after the Opening Letter) or in the footer community section (up to five per issue). Full details, pricing tiers, and the application link are at the sponsors page.
Do you have a social media presence?
Lady Humboldt the correspondent does not maintain social media accounts. The editorial team may eventually post brief highlights on Instagram or Bluesky to make the newsletter easier to share — but the substantive writing will always live in the Tuesday morning email, not in a feed. The website archive at /archive is the canonical public-facing record of every issue.
How do I unsubscribe?
Every issue has an unsubscribe link in the footer. One click and you're off the list. No questions, no guilt trips, no dark patterns. The editorial team would rather you be on the list because it's genuinely useful to you than because it was hard to leave.
How is this different from other Humboldt County newsletters and sites?
Lady Humboldt is a curation, not a news feed. The focus is on what's actually worth doing, reading, seeing, or eating this week — not breaking news, not politics, not outrage cycles. The newsletter covers all seven regions of the county every single issue, which most Humboldt-area publications do not, and it is explicitly designed to be brief enough that you can read the whole thing on a Tuesday morning before your coffee goes cold.
Can I reprint or share an issue?
Sharing is very much encouraged — forward the email, post a link in a group chat, screenshot a section and send it to a friend. For formal reprints or quotes in other publications, please get in touch at tips@ladyhumboldt.com and the editorial team will respond quickly.
How do I partner with Lady Humboldt?
If you run a local newsletter, community organization, tourism board, university communications office, library, or venue in Humboldt County and you'd like to explore a content partnership, link exchange, or cross-promotion, email tips@ladyhumboldt.com with a short note about what you have in mind. The team tries to respond within a few days.
Still curious?
Read the full about page for more on the correspondent, the concept, and the county.
Browse the archive to see every published issue.
Email tips@ladyhumboldt.com for partnerships, corrections, or tips.
Dispatches arrive Tuesday mornings.
Free. One email per week. No exceptions.