Have you noticed anything different when driving on the U.S. Highway 101 safety corridor? Especially when you pass Harper Motors? Maybe you’ve noticed that a bright red and yellow tent and the contents underneath it are missing? Well, the Harper Motors carousel has found a new home with the Bear River Band of the Rohnerville Rancheria […]
Iridian Casarez
Iridian Casarez was a staff writer at the North Coast Journal from 2019-2023.
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Details Emerge in Triple Homicide; Loleta Community ‘Heartbroken’
The 18-year-old Loleta man accused of fatally shooting three people — including a 16-year-old girl — at a home on the Bear River Band of the Rohnerville Rancheria Reservation on Wednesday morning was known to the victims and was a “guest in their house,” Humboldt County Sheriff William Honsal told the Journal this morning. Deputies […]
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Public Health Expanding Efforts to Reach Latinx Community Amid COVID
It’s been seven months since Public Health began reporting demographic data on the county’s COVID-19 cases, which showed a disproportionate rate in the Latinx community, much like the rest of the nation. On Tuesday, Humboldt County Health Officer Ian Hoffman told the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors that about 13 percent of the county was […]
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Direct Flights From Humboldt to Phoenix Coming this Summer
The California Redwood Coast Humboldt County Airport (ACV) will begin offering daily non-stop flights to Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport (PHX) in Phoenix, Arizona, beginning June 3. The airline will provide the flights daily departing PHX from 10:25 a.m. and arriving at ACV at 12:55 p.m. and then departing from ACV at 3:25 p.m. to arrive in […]
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The Polytechnic Push
Cal Poly Humboldt? Cal Poly Redwoods? Northern California Polytechnic? Whatever you call it, if Humboldt State University is designated the California State University System’s third polytechnic school and rebranded accordingly, it would be a potential game-changer for an institution facing steadily declining enrollment and resulting budget shortfalls. HSU is in the process of outlining how […]
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Sequoia Park Zoo Skywalk in Final Stages
If you’ve been on the trails of Sequoia Park, closer to the zoo, you may have noticed that the Sequoia Park Zoo Redwood Skywalk appears to be finished, however, the Sequoia Park Zoo Foundation still has some final steps to take before opening the new attraction to the public. According to a statement from the […]
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Bridging the Gap
You might see a group of Visión y Compromiso “promotores” tabling at local mercados throughout Humboldt County — they’re on a mission to help as many Latinx residents as possible obtain health insurance and access healthcare services. Visión y Compromiso Humboldt is a new chapter of the nonprofit Southern California based organizational coalition of “promotores,” […]
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Huffman Town Hall Dives Deep Into COVID Vaccine Rollout
North Coast Rep. Jared Huffman held a virtual town discussing the roll-out of the COVID-19 vaccine in Humboldt and Mendocino counties featuring Assemblymember Jim Wood, Humboldt County Public Health Officer Ian Hoffman, Mendocino County Public Health Officer Andy Coren and Associate Chief of Medicine at the San Francisco VA Medical Center Heather Nye. The panel discussed […]
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Bridging the Gap: A Nonprofit’s Efforts to Get HumCo’s Latinx Residents Health Insurance, Services
You might see a group of Visión y Compromiso “promotores” tabling at local mercados throughout Humboldt County — they’re on a mission to help as many Latinx residents as possible obtain health insurance and access healthcare services. Visión y Compromiso Humboldt is a new chapter of the nonprofit Southern California based organizational coalition of “promotores,” […]
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COVID-19 Safety Measures, Testing Should Continue Even With Vaccine Rollout
Humboldt County Public Health is urging residents who have received the COVID-19 vaccine to continue using COVID-19 safety measures and testing sites as the vaccine is not a guaranteed safety measure at preventing the disease’s spread. In the release, Humboldt County Public Health Clinic and Communicable Disease Program Supervisor Hava Phillips, RN, said it takes […]
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Former Middle School Teaching Assistant Arrested for Alleged Sexual Abuse of a Child
This morning the Fortuna Police Department arrested former Toddy Thomas Middle School teaching assistant Matthew Oliver Gibson of McKinleyville on suspicion of sexual abusing a child. According to a press release, Gibson was a teaching assistant in the 2017-2018 school year and helping with the after-school program at the Fortuna school when he allegedly sexually abused a […]