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22-Year-Old Eureka Man Suffers Major Injuries After Crashing Stolen Car
EPDEureka Police Department press release:On April 25, 2022, at about 7:05 p.m., an officer with the Eureka Police Department observed a recently reported stolen vehicle parked at a gas…
Cash for Farmworkers? California Lawmaker Says New $20 Million Idea Will Help Amid Drought
Photo by Steve Harvey on Unsplash###A Democrat lawmaker from the central San Joaquin Valley wants to put cash in the hands of eligible farmworkers to help them deal with the devastation…
DON’T CALL IT A DEBATE! Here is a List of Upcoming ‘Candidate Forums’ With Candidates for Local Office
We don’t do “debates” anymore here on the North Coast, if ever we did. There are no winners or losers in election season! At least not before the actual election, at…
Four Arrested on Fentanyl-Related Charges After Agents Track Suspects’ Tenderloin-to-Humboldt Trek, Says DTF
…The HCDTF requested assistance from the Fortuna Police Department in detaining Jones and three other passengers in his vehicle. The Fortuna Police Department detained Jones without incident as well as Joshua Gensaw…
Can California Republicans Win Statewide Again?
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy speaks during the California Republican Party convention in Anaheim on April 23, 2022. Photo by Alisha Jucevic for CalMattersNot many were fooling themselves at the California Republican…
‘When You Don’t Know Where to Go, You Come Here:’ California Preps to Be a Haven for Abortion Rights
…Unable to secure an injunction against the Texas law while courts consider the legality of the novel attempt to circumvent Roe v. Wade — the landmark 1973 Supreme Court decision that protected the…
Arcata Sees Fourth Suspected Drug-Related Death in Several Days, Police Warn
Arcata Police Department press release:On Sunday, April 24, 2022 at approximately 3:39 a.m., the Arcata Police Department received a call of a body inside a room at a local…
GROWING OLD UNGRACEFULLY: Wild Goose
Wild goose, brother goose, which is best? A wanderin' foot or a heart at rest?(The Cry of the Wild Goose, Terry Gilkyson, 1950) ###I love that song, from my childhood, sung…
LETTER FROM ISTANBUL: Call to Prayer
…I watched as the boats passed in the Bosphorus, the waters a dark wine color as the sun went down more and as the skies faded into evening, the sound of the…
SUPES PREVIEW: Board to Consider Further Action Against Auditor-Controller After Department Heads Sound Alarm Over ‘Precarious’ Financial Situation
Humboldt County Auditor-Controller Karen Paz Dominguez at a March 15 re-election campaign kickoff speech. | File photo by Isabella Vanderheiden###The Humboldt County Board of Supervisors will consider two items to…
THE ECONEWS REPORT: Bear Dogs on the Job!
…Jessica Reyes of the Wind River Bear Institute joins Gang Green to talk about how these fearless dogs train bears to avoid humans and how the dogs train humans to be better…
THE CANNABIS CONVERSATION: David and Goliath
David with the head of Goliath Giovanni Andrea Sirani (Italian, 1610 - 1670).###Battle lines are being drawn in the cannabis industry. On one side are family farms. On the other are larger…
(VIDEO) Yurok Tribe Conservation Efforts Featured in Premiere Episode of PBS Series ‘Changing Planet’
With the troubling impacts of climate change becoming more apparent with each passing year, conservationist M. Sanjayan has embarked on an ambitious project to spend the next seven years chronicling the resulting…
LOCKED DOWN in ITALY: NoHum High School Students on a Spring Break Tour of Europe Contract COVID, Wind Up in a Secure Facility in Rome; Their Parents are Very Angry
Current staff of the Parco de'Medici Sheraton. Photo from and email update sent to parents by a NHUHSD administrator.Around two dozen children from Humboldt County are currently trapped in Italy…
With More Enforcement Powers Than Ever, State Relies on Activists to Enforce Duplex Law
The passage of 2021’s Senate Bill 9 was supposed to herald the end of the single-family zoning that many point to as a culprit of California’s housing crisis. But…
OBITUARY: David Gene Jordan, 1969-2022
…A Celebration of Life potluck will be held Sunday, April 24, from 4:00 to 7:00 pm at the Wharfinger Building, 1 Marina Way, Eureka. (707) 268-1973.###The obituary above…
Measure J: Humboldt County Lodging Alliance Express Outrage Over ‘Misleading’ Transient Occupancy Tax Hike
Representatives of Humboldt County’s hospitality industry are taking a hard stand against a county-backed ballot initiative that would raise the local transient occupancy tax (TOT) rate to 12 percent. Members…
(PHOTOS) BABY GOAT THERAPY: Hospital Workers Visit With Cute Kids to Help Relieve Stress
…Joseph, said that with the increased stress of the pandemic, the hospital has been searching for ways to support the mental health of its caregivers and has made multiple wellness initiatives and…
TODAY IN COURT: Kneeland Murder Suspect Pleads Not Guilty
…The man then assaulted the caretaker, she says, before fleeing in Lobba’s van. He then led police on a chase, at one point allegedly driving on the wrong side of the…
McGuire Bill to Expedite Burying PG&E Lines Underground Passes Two Committees, Headed for a Hearing
…For years, the utility underfunded modernization and wildfire safety efforts, which has had devastating impacts. The only path forward is to move power lines underground in the most high fire risk regions…
(PHOTOS) BURL THEFT! Can You Help Park Rangers Identify These Wood-Nappin’ Bums?
…Park Rangers with California State Parks are asking for the public's assistance in identifying the suspect(s) involved in the recent cutting and theft of redwood burl wood from Humboldt Redwoods…
Cal Poly Humboldt’s ‘Black to the Land’ Program Connects Black Students to Farm Life
…The students’ expressions when they see the farm for the first time is all the validation Smith needs of the program’s value, he says.“It’s so rewarding to see students…
Teen Leads Law Enforcement on Wild Pursuit Through Arcata Before Arrest, Says HCSO
Press release from the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office: On April 21, 2022, at about 1:05 a.m., Humboldt County Sheriff’s deputies attempted a traffic stop on a vehicle for…
Can a Conservative Break Through for California Attorney General?
The last time California voters elected a Republican to statewide office, Gavin Newsom was the youthful mayor of San Francisco, Mark Zuckerberg had just opened up Facebook to non-college students and…
OBITUARY: Nancy Marie Portalupi, 1947-2022
…She had a great love for the Humboldt County culture, history of the area, the Redwoods, and the ocean. She attended grammar school at CES, High School at Arcata High and college…
OBITUARY: Dianne Lou Hollingshead (Wyman) (Izatt), 1937-2022
Dianne passed away on March 22, 2022 at the age of 85. Dianne grew up in Eureka and graduated from Eureka High School, class of 1955. She was a member of the…
It’s 420! And What Better Way to Celebrate Than By Legally Smoking Weed at Eureka’s First Indoor Cannabis Lounge?
High Tide patron Sarah Martis tries out one of the gravity hookahs on 4/20 | Photos: Stephanie McGearyPREVIOUSLY: BECAUSE WEED? Old Town’s ‘Because Coffee’ Closing This Weekend, Will Likely Be Replaced…
TOO MANY DRIVE-THRUS? Eureka City Council Considers Whether or How to Limit the Number of Businesses You Can Drive Through
…The City of Arcata only allows drive-thru restaurants in Valley West and, in 2002, adopted an ordinance to limit the number of formula restaurants in the City. Goetz noted that drive…
Paz Dominguez is Deleting Comments and Banning People From Her Campaign’s Social Media Pages. Is That Legal?
Humboldt County Auditor-Controller Karen Paz Dominguez. | Detail of a campaign photo by Jonathan DeSoto, Facebook.###In the midst of a contentious re-election bid, Humboldt County Auditor-Controller Karen Paz Dominguez…
Rio Dell Man Sentenced to Four Years After Stabbing Ex-Girlfriend, District Attorney’s Office Announces
Press release from the District Attorney's Office: Today, Judge Kelly Neel sentenced 58-year-old Scott Ray Underwood of Rio Dell to four years for felony domestic violence with a prior…