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California Boards Want to Keep Pandemic Rules for Public Meetings. Critics Call It Bad for Democracy
…Ethan Rarick, executive director of the Little Hoover Commission, said it supports the bill based on its own positive experience with remote meetings, but also on its June 2021 report on online…
SEC Accuses Timothy Overturf, Owner and CEO of Local Investment Firm Sisu Capital, of Defrauding Clients With Help From His Dad
…You can see him tell his own story in this YouTube video. By way of disclosure, I knew John when he was a kid, nearly two decades ago, when I worked for…
California Police Body Camera Footage Can’t Take the Place of Witness Testimony, Court Rules
…In the case before the Supreme Court this week, a woman called 911 in March 2019, reporting that someone was trying to break into the house where she was working as an…
Eureka Police Provide Update on Thursday’s Wabash Shooting Investigation (And the Nearby DUI Hit-and-Run)
…had been fired.At approximately 1:30 p.m., an additional reporting party phoned EPD and stated they had video surveillance showing at least one individual firing shots from a handgun on…
(VIDEO) CITIZENS’ ARREST: Wabash Avenue Closed in Eureka After Reports of Gunfire; Motorist Flees and Crashes Into Parked Car
(VIDEO) CITIZENS’ ARREST: Wabash Avenue Closed in Eureka After Reports of Gunfire; Motorist Flees and Crashes Into Parked Car
Humboldt Harbor District Officials Talk Port Development As Offshore Wind Efforts Ramp Up
…shipping, logistics and manufacturing in this hour-long YouTube video.The Harbor District’s Notice of Preparation of Draft Environmental Impact Report was released at the end of last month. The document…
Man Suffers Major Burns After Another Man Set Him on Fire in Downtown Eureka Yesterday Afternoon, Police Say; Suspect Still at Large
…On July 12, 2023, at about 3:30 p.m., officers with the Eureka Police Department responded to the 400 block of A Street for the report that a male had been…
Harbor District to Host Public Meeting Kicking Off Environmental Review of Offshore Wind Heavy Lift Marine Terminal Project
…of environmental issues that should be included in the report. The idea, as recently explained in a thorough and informative YouTube video featuring Rob Holmlund, the Harbor District's director of development…
Big Gateway Area Plan Meeting Tonight! Arcata Planning Commission Slated to Vote on its Recommendations to the City Council
Rendering showing example of potential building design in the Gateway Area | Screenshot from Building and Massing Presentation video on City of Arcata's YouTube channel.###This is it! Tonight is the big…
Schneider Offers Emotional Apology as Planning Commission Approves Tear-Down of His Permit-Violating, Half-Built Family Dream Home
…According to a staff report, Schneider intends to convey one of the two redrawn parcels (the larger of the two, at 3.65 acres, delineated in green below) to a land-holding…
REDWOOD OUTLAW KARTS: The Fast and Furious ‘Family Pastime’ is Back at Redwood Acres This Summer
A few Redwood Outlaw Karts racers near the track at Redwood Acres | Photos/video submitted by Redwood Outlaw Karts, expect where noted###Anyone who lives in Humboldt is probably familiar with Redwood…
GATEWAY AGAIN! Arcata Planning Commission to Discuss Gateway Area Plan on Tuesday; Commission Should Make its Recommendations in Early July
Rendering showing example of potential building design in the Gateway Area | Screenshot from Building and Massing Presentation video on City’s YouTube channel.###It is nearly time again for the Arcata Planning…
Justice Samuel Alito Took Luxury Fishing Vacation With GOP Billionaire Who Later Had Cases Before the Court — With Help From Eureka’s Rob Arkley
…A federal law passed after Watergate requires federal officials including Supreme Court justices to publicly report most gifts. (The year before, Alito reported getting $500 of Italian food and wine from a…
GROWING OLD UNGRACEFULLY: UFOs — They’re Back!
…He resigned from the government last April “to advance government accountability through public awareness.” The long line of UFO/UAP promoters arguably goes back to private pilot Kenneth Arnold and his report…
THE ECONEWS REPORT: What’s That Fence In the River?
…Gabe Rossi, UC Berkeley.This week on the EcoNews Report hosts Alicia Hamann from Friends of the Eel River and Tom Wheeler from EPIC discuss an experimental installation in the South Fork…
HUMBOLDT TEA TIME: Local Independent Media Man Eric Black on His Peregrinations Through His Work and the World
…Arcata's Eric Black, who you may know from his reporting stints on KHSU, KMUD and/or KINS, or who you may know through his YouTube channel, Arcata News.Discussed: What brought…
CONVERSATIONS: How Humboldt County Battles Elder Abuse
…And actually the number of reports that we get is not the number of abuse cases that are actually happening. Because elder abuse is underreported kind of everywhere. And elders are the…
Man Arrested for Trinidad Burglary After Being Captured on Homeowner’s Surveillance Video, Sheriff’s Office Says
…Point Drive in Trinidad for the report of a burglary in progress.According to the homeowner, an unknown male suspect was captured on surveillance video burglarizing the residence while no one was…
U.S. Senate Hopefuls Sweet-Talk Democratic Faithful
…The party put together a tribute video, and speakers heaped praise on her leadership. “She reinvented that position,” Newsom said. “She reinvented that office.” Rep. Nancy Pelosi speaks before Eleni Kounalakis is…
‘I’m a Hostage’: Why California’s COVID Unemployment Mess Isn’t Over Yet
…A 33-year-old video editor in Burbank had to create a GoFundMe to restart her life during a gender transition. A security guard In L.A. County worried whether fellow workers…
[UPDATED] Eureka Woman Dies at Moonstone Beach One Day After Graduating From Nursing School
…Coast Guard helicopter arrives at Moonstone Beach Sunday afternoon. | Video submitted by Larisa King.### Martina Scarfia | Photo via Facebook, used with permission.Martina Scarfia, a 25-year-old Eureka woman who graduated…
(VIDEO) Coast Guard Flyboys and Flygirls Deploy Helichopper to Rescue People on Both the Lost Coast Trail and a Cruise Ship Monday
…and transferred the passenger to awaiting emergency medical services.Both individuals are reported to be in a stable condition at this time.
SAN MARINO WEEK: A Very Brief Overview of the 67th Eurovision Song Contest, With Emphasis on Recent Attempts to Persuade Americans to Care, by Humboldt’s Foremost Authority on the Contest’s History
…The multi-week interstate contest hosted by Kelly Clarkson and Snoop Dogg turned out to be of little interest to American viewers … and the show is widely reported to be the worst…
Lawmakers Want More Social Media Regulation. Here Are the Legal Hurdles They Could Face
…The past few years have seen a steady drip of research and reporting about the effects of social media on teens. That has translated into a stream of legislative activity across the…
[PHOTOS, VIDEO] The Carcass of Juvenile Gray Whale Washed Ashore and Is Now Rotting on the North Spit
…the cause of death.Video of the rotting, post-necropsy carcass can be viewed below.If you should happen upon a stranded marine mammal, you can report it via Cal Poly Humboldt…
Arcata City Council Approves $50K Bonus for Police Officers Transferring to APD
The Arcata City Council (from left) Stacy Atkins-Salazar, Meredith Matthews, Alex Stillman, Kimberly White (Sarah Schaefer was absent) | Screenshot from meeting video###The Arcata Police Department will now offer a $50…
(VIDEOS) A Look Back at the Astounding Hour of Weather We in the Humboldt Bay Area Got Last Night
…Your reporter happened to be pass by what looked to be a very bad two-vehicle collision on a hail-covered 101 through Arcata; thankfully, it appears that no one was seriously…
CONVERSATIONS: Airport Director Cody Roggatz Talks About What the County is Trying to Do to Make ACV Less Painful
…Roggatz is here to tell us what they're hoping to accomplish.Video above, transcript below.### JOHN KENNEDY O'CONNOR: Welcome to another Humboldt Conversation. I'm here today with Cody Roggatz…
CONVERSATIONS: Let’s Check in With Cheryl Dillingham, Humboldt County’s Auditor-Controller
…The financial transactions report, which is the report we do for the state that was really delinquent, that was another, the reports didn't work. We've got those fixed. So we…
A California Law Forced Police to Release Shooting Footage. Now Videos Follow the Same Script
…the same scrutiny and objectivity to these videos, paid for by police departments, that he did in his former life as a television reporter and anchor in Fresno and Sacramento. “Virtually every…