The mother of a prospective Humboldt State Student killed in an April 10 bus crash is suing FedEx, the bus line and the estate of the FedEx driver whose truck crossed the median and collided with the bus. The LA Times reports that Rosa Rivera, the mother of Dorsey High School student Jennifer Bonilla filed the lawsuit, […]
Grant Scott-Goforth
Grant Scott-Goforth was an assistant editor and staff writer for The Journal from 2013 to 2017.
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Internet Dreamin’
Clad in a busy floral tie, white shirt and slacks, Larry Goldberg sits on the handrail of a single lane wooden bridge, with a bulky computer on his lap and a cellular phone the size of a dictionary beside him. The dirt road behind him curves in front of a barn and a logger’s hard […]
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The 4/20 That Wasn’t
Did you hear the crickets on Sunday? Downtown Arcata was slightly more populated with skunky tourists, and one lonely celebrator traversed H Street, tinny whoops and slides of electronic music belching from his waist-clipped radio. But overall, it was a doobie-day downer. Redwood Park was all but empty, reported HumRights executive director (and NCJ Media […]
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McKay Tract Community Forest: Five Thumbs Up
The state’s first county-owned community forest is nearly a reality, after the board of supervisors voted unanimously to accept grant funding to purchase a 1,000-acre portion of the McKay Tract on Tuesday. There’s much to do before the land is accessible to the public, though. “The immediate next steps are processing the property transaction and […]
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How Green Is Your Weed?
Is your purple kush green? Not its floral tint, but its environmental hue? Actually, back up a second. Can you say with certainty that it’s purple kush? Where was it grown? Indoor or outdoor? What fertilizers and pest controls were used? A trapping of black market weed is that it’s difficult to trace with much […]
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New News News
The empty, dilapidated front room of the KAEF building at Sixth and E streets in Eureka will soon be bustling with news hustlers, if all goes according to plan, and Humboldt County’s only TV news program will have competition for the first time in almost 10 years. “We are looking forward to elevating the level […]
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OK, McKay
Humboldt County’s board of supervisors is almost certain to get the keys to a $6.7 million chunk of property in the next several months — even if a few officials are looking in the gift horse’s mouth. The county — with aid from Eureka and other agencies — has been working on a plan to […]
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Snake Oil
Cannabis cures cancer. So goes the viral claim, which like most Internet-borne beliefs, is misguided, unfounded and potentially dangerous; and fueled by hope, desperation and frustration. There’s no shortage of “evidence” online. Glossy websites like www.cureyourowncancer.org offer competent-sounding (look, big words!) solutions while sites like Alternet and YouTube offer an anti-mainstream-media forum for testimonials. Before […]
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Victims of Fields Landing Fire Named
Two people killed in a Fields Landing fire Saturday morning were visiting friends from the Susanville area. Jeffrey Micheal Faust, 56, and his longtime girlfriend Sharon Kay Beem (who also went by the last name Schonrock) died from inhaling carbon dioxide and smoke put off by plastic burning. Humboldt Bay Fire Chief Ken Woods said […]
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Don’t Get Caponed
“But in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes,” said Ben Franklin. But there’s a way to avoid at least one of those: grow weed. “B-b-but sales tax!” some cry, as though paying 8 percent of the cost of that flat screen at Target comes anywhere near the income […]
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Rain, But Not Out of the Drought
Above average rainfall in February and March is helping Humboldt County climb out of its precipitation deficit. We’re still in a drought, and the grasslands of Southern Humboldt in particular will suffer the dry effects, folks from our local branch of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration warn. But there are good signs as well. […]
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Roadhouse Resurrection
The venerable Mendocino County Caspar Inn is reopening — at least in some capacity — according to announcements on the inn’s Facebook page. The inn is booking shows, but not rooms. The spot was/is a favorite for local bands willing to make the haul and, sure enough, Arcata’s own Rooster McClintock has already petitioned to […]