Ray Hamill previews this weekend's North Coast Section football championship games involving local teams, with three Humboldt and Mendocino schools in action, as well as taking a look at all of the big local sports stories of the week, including some college and high school basketball, why it was a big week for two local cross country runners and how the Cal Poly HUmboldt women's soccer team fared in the NCAA playoffs.

Backcountry Pess, a local independent book publisher, awarded a National Outdoor Book Award for "California Trees: A Field Guide to the Native Species. Gabriel Zucker Reports

Federal changes are affecting food assistance programs and the City of Eureka is taking steps to address the issue. Daniel Mintz reports. 

Ray Hamill keeps us up to date on all of this week's big local sports stories, including all the latest on the NCS football playoffs for the Humboldt and Mendocino schools, as well as why it was an historic week for one local college soccer team, some high school soccer and cross country, some college basketball updates, and news of a big change for the Humboldt Crabs.