Articles by Freddy Brewster

February 2020

As The Blue Lake Rancheria Receives a Grant For Ensuring the Future of Native American Students, Local School Districts Struggle With Addressing Cultural Differences that Lead to High Suspensions

January 2020

With Over 2,500 People Expected to be Kicked Off Food Assistance, Local Pantries Provide an Opportunity for People to Still Get Food

Local Students Give Speeches on How to Best Address California’s Most Pressing Issue: Homelessness

After Last Year’s Infighting and Calls for More Diversity, Eureka’s Women’s March Did Not Happen This Year

Humboldt State University Strengthens Its Recruiting Efforts by Implementing the Humboldt First Scholarship: A Conversation with Jason Meriwether, HSU’s Vice President of Enrollment Management

The Debate About the Future of McKinleyville Has Begun; Advisory Committee and Public are Hashing Out What the Town Center May Look Like

The Story of the Unclaimed Dead: For Some, Life After Death Means Sharing A Grave

Marcelli’s Restaurant Spanned Five Decades and Four Generations and Will be Closing Friday Evening

December 2019

Hallelujah!! Dungie Season is Starting Tomorrow and You May Soon be Able to Fill Your Bellies with Locally Caught Crab

HUMBOLDT KINGMAKERS: Here’s Who is Forking Over Big Bucks to Help Trump, Bernie and the Rest of the 2020 Presidential Hopefuls

A New Year Brings New Laws: A LoCO Round-Up of What’s Coming in 2020

Humboldt County’s Population Shrank by Nearly 1,000 in the Last Fiscal Year, According to Recent State Estimates

Members of the Community Gathered on the Longest Night of the Year to Remember the Lives of the People Who Died on the Streets

A Backlog of Nearly 300 Cases of Child Abuse and Neglect is Now Down to 10 Thanks to Policy Changes, Additional Employees and the Hard Work of Child Welfare Services

Supreme Court Says the Homeless Can Sleep Where They Please When No Shelter Space Is Available. So What Does that Mean for Humboldt?

Arcata Hopes to Address Housing Needs by Focusing on Infill, Faster Permit Processes and Moving College Students from Single-Family Homes to Affordable Rental Units

The Ridiculousness that is Humboldt State’s Uproar Over Wet Weather and Vaginas.

November 2019

High Winds are Causing Power Outages Across the County

Arcata House Partnership to Open the Extreme Weather Shelter this Evening

(Video) Santa is in Old Town!!

In a #MeToo Moment for the Yurok Tribe, Alleged Victims of Former Executive Director Javier Kinney Come Forward to Tell Their Stories After What They Describe as Years of Tribal Inaction

Remembering the Dead: The Dia de los Muertos March from Fortuna to Eureka Highlights Mexican Culture and Remembers Deceased Loved Ones

Major Crime Scene Investigation on 5th Street in Eureka

The City of Arcata Has a Three-Pronged Strategy to Get More Affordable Housing Built, and Wants Your Feedback

October 2019

Addicted: One Man’s Path to Sobriety After Nearly 30 Years of Struggling With a Heroin Addiction.

Two Feathers Native American Family Services Receives $3.7 Million Grant to Combat Teen Suicide

INTERVIEW: On the Eve of Billionaire Tom Steyer’s Debut on the Democratic Debate Stage, a Conversation With the Arcata Man Who Helped Put Him There

LGBTQ Activists March Through Old Town

Josiah Lawson Documentary Set to Air on Los Angeles Television Later This Month

Out of the Ashes: Former KHSU Content Creators are Back at it With a New Studio at the Arcata Playhouse

September 2019

Happy Quinceanera to Maria Jimenez!!

Over Half of California Voters Want to GTFO of California

An Encounter in Northtown Left a Black HSU Student with A Slash to His Arm, and Other Students Want to Know Why They Weren’t Told

HSU Enrollment is Down by Over 1,000 Students and Expected to Keep Falling for Years

Two Fires on Samoa Peninsula Last Night, Totalling Nearly an Acre

In a Wide-Ranging Interview With the Outpost, New HSU President Tom Jackson Jr., PhD Talks About Challenges For the University, His Background and Why the Loss of KHSU Doesn’t Matter All That Much

Board of Supes Approves $1 Million for Homeless Services, Then Discusses Weed Permitting and Raids on Illegal Growers

HSU Construction Spree: Around $85 Million Worth of Retrofitting and Upgrading Projects are Currently in the Pipeline at Facilities Around the University

Once Drowning in Unresolved Reports of Abuse and Neglect, Local Child Welfare Services Department Says It’s Clearing Out Backlogged Cases

Student, Community Activists Laud HSU Decision to Provide Undocumented Students with Legal Aid

August 2019

Humboldt State Looking to Tighten Up Hazmat Procedures Following Critical Internal Audit From the California State University System

Local Cops Reflect on California’s New Use-Of-Force Laws, Speculate on How They Might Have Applied in Past High-Profile Case

PLANNED PARENTHOOD: Eureka Clinic Shouldn’t Experience Cutbacks, Despite Withdrawal From Federal Funding Over Trump Administration ‘Gag Rule’

Catching Up With the Marijuana Enforcement Team; 136,719 Plants Eradicated So Far This Year, With More Surely to Come

County’s New Cannabis Industry Microgrant Program Gears Up With First Meeting of Advisory Committee

Proposed Food Stamp Reforms Could Cut Assistance to 1,200 Humboldt Residents, County Estimates

The Sky Jockeys at CalFire’s Rohnerville Air Attack Base are Hoping to Get Some Upgrades to Their County-Owned Facility

Humboldt Recology Staff Find Oregon Man’s Missing $23,000 in Thrown-Away Shoe Box This Morning

Who Was Trudy Barton? The Rio Dell Woman, Who Talked to Everyone but Was Known By Few, Died Last Weekend

July 2019

After Wave of Violence Against Nursing Staff, St. Joe’s Workers Rally for Workplace Safety