UPDATE: Bullock was arrested by Sheriff’s deputies in Southern Humboldt. From a press release: On January 2, 2014 at about 12:45 p.m. the Eureka Police Department received information from the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Department that Gary Lee Bullock had been located in the southern Humboldt area and was taken into custody. The 2010 Nissan Altima […]
Grant Scott-Goforth
Grant Scott-Goforth was an assistant editor and staff writer for The Journal from 2013 to 2017.
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UPDATE: St. Bernard’s Pastor Killed Overnight in Church Rectory
Update: Eureka Police are asking for the public’s help in finding a car believed to be associated with the killing. From a press release: The vehicle is described as a dark grey Nissan Altima Hybrid, bearing California license plate 6NDW400. The Eureka Police Department requests that if the public has information regarding the vehicle’s whereabouts […]
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Prayer OK-er
A lawsuit intending to stop invocations at city of Eureka functions was denied last week after nearly a year in court. Humboldt County Superior Court Judge Bruce Watson ruled — on Christmas Eve, no less — that invocations at council meetings do not violate the California Constitution, according to a press release issued by the […]
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Google Glass Hits Humboldt
Hey readers: What’s the best thing that Google Glass technology could do for Humboldt? The scariest? The technology is not available to consumers yet — and no release date has been announced — but if you’re dying to wrap a pair of these Geordi-cum-Robocop techno-specs, they’re going on ebay for around $1,999.
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Jason Singleton Responds
The most hated man in Humboldt, whose recent threat of an American Disabilities Act lawsuit was blamed for the closure of Porter Street Barbecue in Arcata, reached out to the Journal with a rebuttal this morning. Jason K. Singleton, who practices law in Eureka, was the subject this week of a viral wanted poster. Calls for vengeance circulating […]
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Bunting Hunting
A diminutive, pudgy, winged visitor has set Humboldt County’s birding community all atwitter. The little bunting has decided to show its beak in the fields of McKinleyville, and, according to a Godwit Days mailer, “hundreds of birders in California and — even from the East Coast and other states — have changed their weekend plans […]
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Body Found On Murder Mountain Identified
A body found buried near Jewitt Ranch Road in late November has been identified as Garret Rodriguez, a San Diego man who was reported missing in April. Rodriguez told his father he was coming to Humboldt County to work on a marijuana farm in the SoHum area known as “Murder Mountain.” The identification confirms rumors that […]
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Carless? Portland-bound? Bring a Pillow.
This is amazing/vexing. Journal homie Jonathan Webster put together this graphic (with inspiration from John Chernoff) illustrating the difficulties of traveling north from behind the Redwood Curtain without a car. Unless you’ve got a good amount of cash, you’re looking at 20 hours of travel minimum. You could watch every episode of Portlandia twice in […]
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Cold Enough For Ya?
It’s been cold this week, but now there’s water coming from the sky. So, yeah, snow. There are reports of flakes falling in Fortuna, and it’s sticking at highway summits and other high elevations around the county. After tonight’s coastal freezing rain, temperatures are expected to drop into the 20s over the weekend. Keep updated […]
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Probing Pot
Ten years ago, the premise for a marijuana institute would have been laughed off of even Humboldt State University’s fertile and notoriously weed-friendly campus. Even one year ago, despite changing political climes and the increasing call for daylight on the North Coast’s shady marijuana industry, the academic minds who created the institute were unsure if […]
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Suspects Arrested in Arcata Stabbing Death
Two men and a woman were arrested in connection with the Nov. 25 stabbing death of Douglas Anderson-Jordet in Arcata last night. 24-year-old Sophie Buttercup Rocheleau, 28-year-old Nicholas Benjamin Stoiber, and 35-year-old Juan Joseph Ferrer — all Arcata residents — were arrested without incident, according to an Arcata Police Department press release. APD Chief Tom […]
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Upper Klamath Tribes, Farmers Announce Tentative Agreement
Klamath Tribes and Oregon irrigators have reached an “agreement in principle” over the long-disputed waters of the Upper Klamath Basin, saying the groups will work toward a common goal of improving fisheries, water quality and agricultural sustainability in the region. Upper Klamath farmers were dismayed earlier this year when the Oregon Water Resources Department ordered […]