The most prominent ballot measure to legalize recreational marijuana in California was announced recently, and the San Francisco Chronicle reports it has strong funding support from many of the state’s mega-wealthy investors, including former Facebook President Sean Parker. The measure is not alone — it joins 16 other decriminalization initiatives that could go before voters […]
Grant Scott-Goforth
Grant Scott-Goforth was an assistant editor and staff writer for The Journal from 2013 to 2017.
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Mills, Frustrated, Shelves Gun Ordinance
Eureka Police Chief Andy Mills has pulled his proposed gun control ordinance, saying his department is going to focus on an education campaign urging people not to leave weapons unattended in their homes and businesses. Mills, with guidance from the city attorney, had developed a proposed ordinance requiring gun owners to lock up their firearms […]
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UPDATED: Dale Wins 2nd District Harbor Race
SECOND UPDATE: The final election night report is in, and the tally confirms Greg Dale’s re-election. With 3,080 votes cast, and all of the 2nd District’s 23 precincts reporting, Dale took nearly 64 percent of the vote to challenger Nick Angeloff’s 35 percent. Celebrating at his Fortuna home with a Manhattan, Dale was pleased with […]
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Ehresman Stepping down from NEC
The Northcoast Environmental Center is in a state of flux, as it announced over the weekend that Executive Director Dan Ehresman will be stepping down in the next couple weeks. Ehresman has worked for the NEC for six years, serving as the organization’s director since 2012. In recent months, Ehresman was critical of California Cannabis […]
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Another Fire in a Squires Property
Humboldt Bay Fire spent an hour and a half fighting a blaze near downtown Eureka early this morning, holding off its firefighting efforts at one point as propane tanks exploded inside the vacant home’s garage. The fire, which appeared to start in the garage and spread to the residence at 811 H St., was reported […]
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Chief Mills Proposes Gun Control Law
On the Eureka Police Department’s official blog, Chief Andy Mills announced he is asking the city attorney to draft an ordinance that will require Eureka gun owners to lock up unattended weapons. Mills wrote that the law is in response to recent guns thefts, including one from a gun dealer, and will apply to firearms […]
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Paul on Pot
If you haven’t read this week’s cover story yet, an expanded “Week in Weed” of sorts looking at local reactions to new state weed regulations, I urge you to take a look at it. A lot of smart people involved in the marijuana industry are saying a lot of smart things. Among those players is […]
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Getting Compliant
With a motion of his wrist, Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law this month a broad set of regulations designed to rein in the state’s massive, unruly medical marijuana industry. The regulations have been 20 years in the making, since California voters legalized medical marijuana in 1996 with the Compassionate Use Act, better known as […]
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UPDATED Big Money in the Harbor Commission Race
UPDATE: The most recent campaign finance information for 5th District incumbent Pat Higgins and details of his late filing have been added to this post. PREVIOUSLY: The final round of campaign finance reports for the Humboldt Bay Harbor, Recreation and Conservation District commission candidates were due yesterday, and they show a fairly spendy push to […]
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Dispensing with the DOJ
One medical marijuana dispensary recently scored a significant court victory that could ease federal meddling in similar operations statewide. The Marin Alliance for Medical Marijuana, which operated out of Fairfax and was reportedly the oldest legal dispensary in the state, has been closed since 2011, when U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag won an injunction against its […]
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Former Eureka City Manager Panos Moves up in Wyoming
Former Eureka City Manager Bill Panos just got a promotion and is now the interim director of the Wyoming Department of Transportation. Panos, who brought high hopes to a city reeling from internal strife, left Eureka in 2013 after just 9 months on the job, taking a position in the Wyoming School Facilities Department. In […]
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Eureka PlanCo Says Don’t Re-zone Woodley Island
The Eureka Planning Commission has recommended that the city not change its zoning of Woodley Island, as the Humboldt Bay Harbor, Recreation and Conservation District recently requested. The city is in the process of updating its general plan, a process that Community Development Director Rob Holmlund says will take another year or so. In doing […]