The Sheriff’s Office was out on Eureka’s Albee Street just south of West Wabash this morning, conducting what a SWAT raid at an apartment building. They’re just wrapping it up.
Lt. Kyle Holt tells the Outpost’s Ryan Burns that the action was the results a “complicated, complex” investigation that involved the service of an arrest warrant and a search warrant at the location, but said he was unable to share much more information with the public at this time.
As of 8 a.m., deputies appear to have taken at least one man into custody and are talking to several other people at the scene.
As seen in the video below, taken by Outpost reader Joe McCovey, deputies were earlier using drones to peek in windows of an apartment building at the location.
What drives someone to run 60 miles in a day? To experience a sense of accomplishment, to thrill at doing something very few people can, maybe to revel in the scenery? Sometimes, it’s for a hot bar, snacks, and some company.
Around 20 people made the trek on Saturday to some or all of the five Murphy’s grocery stores, from Glendale to Arcata to Trinidad, down to Cutten and up to Sunny Brae — almost exactly 60 miles on foot. For a few, the run was their first ultramarathon. For others, it was just the latest entry in a long list. Most ran chunks of the route, starting at one Murphy’s and dropping out one or two later. The majority just did the portion from Arcata to Trinidad. Three people did the whole thing: local ultrarunners Thomas Nolan, Tom Davies, and the event’s organizer, Pete Ciotti.
No one tried to win the run. They ran and chatted in a pack. Completing the challenge was the point, but waiting for them at every Murphy’s was a spread of snacks and hot food. The seven people who started in Glendale got breakfast, too.
Murphy’s spokesperson Kelsie Ng told the Outpost that they thought it was “amazing” that someone (let alone about two dozen people) would want to spend their free time running in between their stores. She helped coordinate the event, and set up snack boxes for them at the stores.
“I’m just glad it wasn’t me running it,” she said. “I was just in such admiration, you know? It’s great that we’re doing this for the community. They’re not getting paid. No one’s forcing them to run all of that.”
The last few miles were brutal, Ciotti told the Outpost.
“I definitely felt pretty broken when we finished, but mostly it was mental more than physical,” he said. “It was just — brain swimming around, being a little calorie deficient and just, kind of, over it, you know. Over the challenge…We could just smell the finish, but we still had to keep going. I was stoked when it was over.”
Ciotti is an experienced ultrarunner, and somewhat of an evangelizer for the sport. He was back hiking with his family the next day. Dealing with a sick baby the last few days has been worse, he said.
Besides being an excuse to spend an entire day running — 7 a.m. start, 10:15 p.m. finish — the event was also a fundraiser for victims of the Jan. 2 Arcata fire. Murphy’s presented customers with an option to round their totals up to the nearest dollar, which raised about $500, according to Ng. Ciotti, himself a small business owner, took the loss of Northtown Books hard, and wanted to do something about it.
“I’ve been buying my kids a library there for the last 20 years,” he said. “It was really tough to start the new year with that devastating fire…I hope that it’s going to come back even better than it was, which was pretty awesome. So hopefully the businesses can bounce back, the community can bounce back, and we get something special in its place.”
Ciotti and Ng said they’re planning on doing it again next year. Ciotti’s already working on putting together yet another endurance challenge that involves running from the Eureka Los Bagels to the Arcata location as many times as possible in a single month. The winner gets a Los Bagels gift card.
Running that far would have been a lot less fun without the food, Ciotti said.
Alfred Aldrete in the Tower District in Fresno on Feb. 27, 2026. Aldrete is one of six people the Clovis Police Department is considering charging after he helped with security during a student-walkout protest against federal immigration raids earlier that month. Photo by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters
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As Fresno Resistance co-founder Alfred Aldrete awoke from uneasy dreams one morning last month, he found himself the focus of community gossip and, he believes, a target of the local police department.
Aldrete and a small group of volunteers escorted about 50 high school students on a walkout in protest of immigration enforcement last month in the city of Clovis, population 128,000, where Donald Trump won every precinct in the 2024 presidential election – some with more than 70% of the vote.
During the mile-long walk, a police officer asked Aldrete for his name, date of birth and phone number.
“He really did the old, ‘We can do this the easy way or we can do this the hard way,’ ” Aldrete said. “And they weren’t stopping any of these (counterprotesters) who were driving by, smogging, throwing water or yelling s — . But they did stop me and two of the other adults.”
The next morning, the Clovis Police Department announced it was considering charging as many as six adults with a crime under Section 272 of the California Penal Code, which forbids adults from inducing students into truancy.
Police have not arrested anyone in connection with the protest, and the Fresno County District Attorney hasn’t filed any charges. Still, Aldrete is anticipating being charged because he was stopped and questioned by the police.
A Clovis Police Department vehicle at the police headquarters in Clovis on Feb. 26, 2026. Photo by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters
The walkout on Feb. 10 was part of a national protest weeks after federal immigration enforcement agents shot and killed ICU nurse Alex Pretti in Minnesota. But only a handful of police departments in the country have threatened criminal charges against adults who escorted the students during the protests: Clovis and the Los Angeles Police Department.
The LAPD issued a warning after school walkouts culminated in a protest outside the Edward R. Roybal Federal Building in downtown LA.
“Any adult who collects or picks up a child and transports them to participate in any illegal activities may be responsible for Contributing to the Delinquency of a Minor and is subject to arrest and prosecution,” the warning read.
So far, no one has been arrested or prosecuted.
The Clovis Police Department went further than LAPD by publicly stating it’s investigating a few specific people for potential charges, without naming them.
The law enforcement agencies are citing a code that’s most often used to prevent chronic truancy, called inducing the delinquency of a minor. The Fresno County District Attorney’s Office has filed about 20 such charges each year for at least the last five years. Those charges, said spokesperson Taylor Long, are usually related to harboring runaways, providing alcohol to minors or involving minors in other crimes, like theft.
Nationally, students have faced suspensions because of the walkouts, but it’s rare to see adults threatened with charges associated with the walkouts outside of California.
In Pennsylvania, prosecutors are reviewing footage of Quakertown’s police chief putting a 15-year-old girl in what appeared to be a chokehold during a school walkout. In Texas, state Attorney General Ken Paxton said he will investigate teachers in three school districts where students participated in walkouts.
Alfred Aldrete addresses a crowd of protesters in front of a federal immigration office in downtown Fresno on Jan. 30, 2026. The march is part of a nationwide shutdown against federal immigration raids. Photo by Larry Valenzuela for CalMatters
Aldrete runs the Fresno Resistance group with his twin brother. He’s been out of work as a heating, ventilation and air conditioning technician since late last year. The protest movement is, for the time being, his vocation.
The question at the heart of the investigation is about the adults’ involvement. Were the students themselves lured into participating in a walkout, or did they organize on their own? Can students younger than 18 make that decision for themselves? And how does the school board overseeing its districts define the line between students’ right to free expression and the schools’ duty to protect their kids?
Despite repeated requests by CalMatters, no member of the Clovis Unified School District Governing Board responded to questions about the walkout or potential charges.
“I think what was happening is Clovis took the visual context of the walkouts (in Fresno) and were kind of sitting and thinking, what can we do to extinguish this fire before it gets started,” Aldrete said.
“The people of Clovis are having a really hard time swallowing the fact that these students put together and orchestrated this all on their own intelligence and an adult level of understanding of their constitutional rights.”
The town’s police force, and the broader conservative movement, insist that adults present at the walkouts are still responsible for the march and potentially liable for the students missing school.
“I am more and more convinced as I watch more and more of these kinds of walkouts happen that this is not organic,” said Lance Christiansen, a 2022 candidate for state superintendent of public instruction. “This is largely adult agitators pushing these kids to be radical activists.”
The adults who followed student protest
Buchanan High School in Clovis on Feb. 26, 2026. Students staged a walkout earlier that month as part of a nationwide protest against federal immigration raids. Photo by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters
As students walked out of Clovis’ Buchanan High School on that sunny February morning, they found two groups of adults waiting for them.
One was from Fresno Resistance; the other a counterprotest led by a conservative livestreamer who was present during the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol.
“Look at this guy,” said the livestreamer, Josh Fulfer, aiming his camera at a protester whose face was covered, according to a two-hour recording he posted to the conservative social media site Rumble. “I wouldn’t want a predator around my children if they were marching.”
The students walked from their high school to a strip mall, where they stood on the sidewalk and held up signs that said “We are not animals” and “You voted for a felon.”
Fresno Resistance volunteers in fluorescent yellow vests walked alongside the marchers. They stayed until the sun went down, said Liliana, 17, a Buchanan High School student who didn’t want her last name used for fear of reprisal.
“There was a lot of people in big, loud trucks that were revving their engines or blowing smoke at us or stuff like that” during the march and protest, she said. “And there was a lot of people that kept flipping us off.
Students from the Clovis Unified School District walk out of class on Feb. 10, 2026, as part of a nationwide protest against federal immigration raids. Screenshot via ABC30 Fresno
“I recognized probably about three of them that were revving the smoke at us, they were seniors from our school.”
The marchers were also joined by the Clovis Police Department’s “Camera on Wheels” car, a decommissioned vehicle equipped with multiple high-resolution cameras that can record and send real-time feeds to the department for up to a week at a time, along with about 500 cameras on a city network that is monitored by the police.
Liliana said she helped organize the walkout when she saw other schools organizing a national walkout, and said she got in contact with Fresno Resistance members just days before the march.
A Clovis Unified School District spokesperson said the students could have used designated protest areas on campus instead of walking off campus.
“We felt like it would make more of an impact (walking off campus) than just staying for a 30-minute lunch and doing a protest,” Liliana said.
Aldrete said it’s disappointing that students participating in their first protest faced immediate backlash from their community. He said he hopes it doesn’t stop them from participating in future protests.
“This is the point of their lives where their eyes are being opened,” Aldrete said. “A lot of them, this is their first time doing something like this.”
What Clovis’ history means to city
The town sign hanging over Clovis Avenue in Old Town Clovis on Feb. 28, 2026. Photo by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters
Clovis loves its history, from the log flume that ferried lumber into the local sawmill to Big Hat Days, where people wear big Western hats. Its middle school retained the name “The Chieftains” despite a plan to change it last year after California banned Native American mascots – the school district found last-minute support from the North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians to keep the name.
The animating myth of Clovis is about bad people from the big city coming to steal from people. It’s based on a true story, about a day in 1924 when three people from the Bay Area held up the First State Bank and made off with more than $30,000.
So they reenact the crime, year after year, at the city’s Big Dry Creek Museum and they explain what happened in the end, which is that two of the three bank robbers were caught and hanged.
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First: Actors take part in a reenactment of an infamous bank robbery during a tour. Last: Historical photos displayed in the Clovis Big Dry Creek Museum in Old Town Clovis on Feb. 28, 2026. Photo by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters
But there are the parts of its history Clovis doesn’t openly embrace. It had a reputation as a sundown town, which historically meant that people of color were not welcome after dark, and could face violence if they stayed.
In a 2019 KVPR story about the Green Book directory of safe places for Black people before and after segregation, longtime Fresno County resident Dorythea Williams told the station that she never needed the Green Book to tell her to avoid Clovis. As a Black person, it wasn’t just closed to her after nightfall.
“You could not stop in Clovis in the daytime,” Williams told KVPR.
Some, like Aldrete, see the ICE protests and the police conduct as an extension of that history, noting that some Fresno kids of color are told to obey a simple motto: Don’t cross State Route 168 from Fresno, where the signs are green, into Clovis, where the signs are brown.
A street sign in Old Town Clovis on Feb. 28, 2026. Photo by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters
And yet Clovis defies easy stereotypes: On the walls of its museum are photos of high school classes from a century ago. There are Black and Asian students mingled with the majority white population as early as 1933. Its history is one of mostly prosperity.
Its identity is formed in part by its distinction from neighboring Fresno and the other large urban centers of the Central Valley, along with its wealth: The median household income in Clovis was $99,000 in 2024, far higher than the $71,000 median household income in Fresno.
Aldrete said he’s expecting a call any day now to report to the Clovis Police Department and face charges related to his presence at the walkout.
But the potential criminal charges in Clovis have not scared off other student-led and faith-based protest groups from getting in touch with Fresno Resistance. In fact, he said, all the hubbub has drawn more attention their way.
The day after the protest, the Fresno Resistance could not receive emails. Their inbox was full.
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CalMatters visual journalist Larry Valenzuela contributed reporting for this story.
Lesa was
my baby sister. Mom tells me that I used to climb into Lesa’s
crib and sing her lullabies. She was born in Chicago and grew up in
the San Fernando Valley. She attended the University of California at
San Diego where she learned to scuba dive, and Cal Berkeley, where
she developed a passion for researching history. She graduated from
Humboldt State, cum laude, where she earned her Bachelor of Arts in
History. Lesa earned her Master of Library Science at the
University of Hawaii in Manoa. She returned to HSU and for many years
supervised the wonderful student assistants who worked the
circulation desk at the Humboldt State Research Library.
Lesa was
a beautiful, petite munchkin, all 4’10” of her. “Everyone
who knew Lesa thought of her as their best friend,”
explains a dear friend, who has known her since their Berkeley days.
“She was quiet when I first met her, but before long we were
traipsing along Strawberry Creek, spilling our hearts out to each
other, our sides aching from so much laughter. Lesa was
quiet, unassuming and a totally enchanting friend. You always wanted
to be in her orbit. She made people feel loved and understood.”
Lesa kept her friends forever. Many lifelong friends will
miss her dearly.
She
came to Humboldt County with her beloved Golden Retriever mix, Oso,
in the 1970s. She wanted to “live a healthy and meaningful life
close to nature.” A love of learning and researching drew her to
work in libraries throughout Humboldt County where, among other
duties, she drove the bookmobile to rural areas.
While
working towards her B.A. at HSU, Lesa was hired as a
student assistant to help archive records for The Humboldt Labor
History Project. She met Noel Harris in the basement of the HSU
Library and he began telling her stories of his lifetime working in
the lumber and plywood industries, particularly as a Union
Representative. The interviews developed into a deep and lasting
friendship with Noel and his wife Ina. Lesa’s book “The Town
that had Enough: a History of Field’s Landing and Its Whaling
Station” was published in 2014.
Lesa built
a home in Jacoby Creek surrounded by 7 acres of forest. She loved
hiking the Arcata Marsh, the Community Forest and the Hammond Trail
with Oso who was “magnificent and psychic.” Kona was her next
pup, a large chocolate lab who became a dear companion.
Currently, Dulce (“sweet” in Spanish) is a white standard doodle
who dances like a goat when she becomes excited. Dulce is now in the
loving care of her nephew Dane and will dance out her days on the
beaches of Land’s End in San Francisco.
In
high school, Lesa and her friends took up folk dancing and
never quit. She was a long-time member of the Humboldt Folk Dancers
in Arcata. In fact, she literally danced her way off the stage
of life. The day after her 71st birthday, she was folk dancing with
her loving community of folk dancers when she felt sick and dizzy.
Her friends rushed her to Mad River Hospital. Doctors diagnosed a
stroke and massive brain bleed.
She
was transferred to Mercy Redding Hospital. Our deep-felt thank
you to the nurses, doctors, Trauma Service and staff at Mercy,
Redding ICU 2N. We will always remember you for your smiles,
expertise, loving kindness, and outstanding care of Lesa. The
silver lining is that Lesa gifted her organs to several
recipients in honor of her nephew Jared, who gratefully received a
liver transplant in November 2025.
Lesa is
survived by her sister, Leslie Coleman Johnson, and her nieces and
nephews, Dylan Johnson (Emily), Elizabeth Teplitzky (Adam), Dane
Johnson, and Katie Rose Fox (Jared). She was a great aunt to Teddy,
Benji, Sylvie and Jack. She was preceded in death by her
mother, Sylvia Coleman, her father, Morrie Coleman, and her brother
Keith Coleman. Rest in peace, Lesa. We love you dearly.
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Eventually,
all things merge into one, and a river runs through it. The river was
cut by the world’s great flood and runs over rocks from the
basement of time. On some of the rocks are timeless raindrops. Under
the rocks are the words, and some of the words are theirs.
I
am haunted by waters.
— Norman
Maclean “A River Runs Through It”
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The obituary above was submitted on behalf of Lesa Coleman’s family. The Lost Coast Outpost runs obituaries of Humboldt County residents at no charge. See guidelines here. Email news@lostcoastoutpost.com.
The Eureka Police Department (EPD) will conduct a Driving Under the Influence (DUI) and Driver’s License
checkpoint on Tuesday, March 17th, from 6:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m., at a location within the city limits of Eureka.
The specific location will not be disclosed in advance.
The primary purpose of the checkpoint is to promote public safety by deterring impaired driving, raising
awareness, and removing suspected impaired drivers from the roadway. Officers will be looking for drivers
impaired by alcohol, cannabis, illicit drugs, or prescription medications that may affect their ability to safely
operate a vehicle.
What Drivers Can Expect
Vehicles will be stopped in a neutral, predetermined sequence
Drivers will be briefly contacted by officers trained in DUI detection
Field sobriety tests may be conducted when appropriate
Delays to motorists are expected to be minimal
Safety Reminders
Plan ahead: designate a sober driver, use public transportation, a rideshare service, or call a taxi
If you see a driver you suspect to be impaired, call 9-1-1
Medications, including some over-the-counter and prescription drugs, can impair driving ability, always
read warning labels and consult your doctor or pharmacist
Driving while impaired is not worth the risk. A DUI arrest can result in jail time, license suspension, and
significant fines and fees.
This operation is funded by a grant from the California Highway Patrol through the Cannabis Tax Fund Grant
Program.
Two Hoopa teenagers are facing six felony charges for a shooting last week that left a 17-year-old dead.
Codefendants Tse-Lin Lincoln, 19, and William Randolph Billy Warren, 18, each pleaded not guilty to the charges filed by the District Attorney’s office Friday at their arraignment, according to court records.
A third defendant who was arrested on a no-bail warrant and identified by Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office as a suspect, 15-year-old Preston Ruiz II, was previously booked into Juvenile Hall on suspicion of similar charges.
The criminal complaint charges the adult pair with attempted murder, along with four counts of assault with firearms, with a total of five victims noted. Two victims identified in the complaint appear to be students at Hoopa Valley High.
Each charge has a gang-related violence enhancement, alleging the crimes were for a criminal street gang.
The pair are accused of causing brain injury to the victim resulting in coma and paralysis. The complaint alleges the codefendants shot an occupied vehicle, with the victim inside, using a handgun.
Investigators are now seeking an additional murder charge for the three suspects, according to HCSO. The defendants were initially charged hours before the victim died from his injuries Friday.
We reached out to the District Attorney’s office and will update this post when we learn more.
The victim was just over a week away from his 18th birthday when he died. The Hoopa Valley Tribe identified him as a tribal member, and a public Facebook post from a family member identified him as Dylan Andrew Moon.
Both adult defendants are being held without bail, according to court records. Lincoln is represented by the Public Defender’s office, while Warren is being represented by Conflict Counsel.
The three codefendants were located in the days following the shooting that shuttered local schools and shocked the community.
Ruiz was found in a residence located off State Highway 169 near Wautec. Billy Warren was located at a hotel in the 1900 block of 4th St. in Eureka. Lincoln turned himself into deputies at the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office.
The preliminary examination for the adult codefendants is scheduled for April 28, with their next hearing in the case to be held tomorrow.
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office urges anyone with information on this case to call the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office at (707) 445-7251 or the Sheriff’s Office Crime Tip Line at (707) 268-2539. The Hoopa Valley Tribe has previously offered a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the suspects.
Eureka City Schools administrators posted the following statement to social media this afternoon:
Dear EHS and ZOE Families,
Just after 1:00 PM today, both the Eureka High School and ZOE campuses were placed into lockdown after a threat was received. Out of an abundance of caution, administration and staff immediately implemented safety protocols while the situation was assessed. The lockdown was lifted at approximately 1:50 PM after law enforcement determined it was safe to do so, and normal learning activities resumed shortly thereafter. We would like to thank the Eureka Police Department (EPD) for their swift response and partnership in ensuring the safety of our learners and staff. As always, the safety of our learners remains our highest priority.
Thank you for your continued support.
Eureka City Schools
College of the Redwoods administrators also gave the all-clear.
CR campus was on lockdown this afternoon due to a threat to campus; we are now in the clear.
Thank you to campus security and local police for investigating swiftly.
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UPDATE, 2:07 p.m.:
The threat appears to lack credibility, at least at the two Eureka high schools, according to law enforcement.
“We are on scene [at EHS] investigating and can confirm no credible threat,” said Eureka Police Department spokesperson Rachel Sollom.
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Original post:
At least three local school campuses — Eureka High, Zoe Barnum High and CR’s main campus — have been placed on lockdown over concerns about a possible active shooter, though there has been no shooting, according to law enforcement officials.
“There’s no school shooter,” Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Erin Inskip said. “Deputies are responding out to Tompkins Hill Road but there is no shooting. There was a threat that somebody was being bullied and that someone would start shooting but the threat hasn’t been confirmed. CR is on a lockdown. Deputies are responding.”
CR students are on spring break this week, but they received an alert on their phones: “CR main campus lockdown - threat of a school shooter. If on campus, stay inside. If off campus, avoid the area.”
Del Norte High School has also been placed on lockdown, Redwood Voice reports. Students are currently secured inside their classrooms while law enforcement investigate a threat that had been called into the school, Del Norte Unified School District spokesman Michael Hawkins told Redwood Voice.
This story is breaking. We’ll update as more information becomes available.
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