When I drive along the Mattole Road through the Rockefeller Redwood Grove just off Highway 101, I think about what it must feel like to arrive in Humboldt for the first time. People come for many reasons. 

I grew up here, I’ve left, but I always come back because no place feels more like home. I find comfort in the sense of community and solace amongst the redwoods and the cliffs overlooking the Pacific. California brims with opportunity and I w...