McKinleyville Middle School eighth grade art students are partnering up with Sequoia Humane Society to raise awareness and find forever homes for all of their rescue animals. Each MMS student created a watercolor portrait of an adoptable animal and donated the paintings to the animal rescue so that when the animals are adopted their owner […]
Iridian Casarez
Iridian Casarez was a staff writer at the North Coast Journal from 2019-2023.
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Local Girl Collects Over 100 Plush Toys and Blankets for Homeless Youth
One night while being tucked into bed with her Squishmallow (a plush toy), 8-year-old Clover Churchill told her mom that if she had more Squishmallows she would give them to all the homeless people in the world. With that in mind Cheryl Churchill, Clover’s mom, decided to make that dream a reality and show her […]
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Local Municipal Buildings Closing and Reducing Hours Due to COVID-19 Cases Increases
Rio Dell City Hall and the Humboldt County Superior Court clerk’s office lobby are reducing their hours and closing in-person services due to the county’s increases in COVID-19 cases. Beginning on Monday, Dec. 14, Rio Dell City Hall will be reducing its hours for bill pay and other over‐the‐counter services. The new hours are 9:00 a.m. […]
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Operation Santa Paws is On
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office has partnered with local businesses to bring holiday cheer to Humboldt County shelter animals as part of Operation Santa Paws. “Operation Santa Paws is a holiday collection drive for shelter and rescue dogs, bringing needed toys, treats and supplies to our local animal rescues as well as to the Humboldt County […]
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Trinidad Council Schedules Special Urgency Meeting Tonight to Address STR Rent Moratorium
The Trinidad City Council is scheduled to hold a special council meeting tonight to consider adopting a special COVID-19 moratorium on short-term rentals (STR). Trinidad is considering the moratorium as the city continues to see tourism despite the county moving to the state’s “widespread” COVID-19 Risk Assessment Tier. The adoption of the moratorium could impact […]
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Back-to-Back Fires in Fields Landing and Eureka This Morning
Humboldt County firefighters were busy this morning as they responded to two back-to-back structure fires, one in Fields Landing and another on Broadway. The fire at Fields Landing was in a mobile home at Third and B streets. Firefighters quickly stopped the fire from spreading and destroying a nearby utility pole. Firefighters from having extinguished […]
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Humboldt Wildlife Care Center Receiving CDFW Grant
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is allocating $550,000 in grant funding to 45 nonprofit wildlife rehabilitation organizations, including the Humboldt Wildlife Care Center in Arcata, to support care for injured, sick and orphaned wildlife. “California’s injured, sick and orphaned native wildlife need our help now more than ever,” said CDFW Director Charlton […]
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‘A Curriculum that Empowers’
Speaking at a virtual roundtable called to discuss the systemic failures of local school districts to help Native students succeed, as detailed in a recent report by the American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California, Humboldt State University Native American Studies Chair Cutcha Risling Baldy said it largely comes down to curriculums that disempower Native […]
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Huffman Mentioned as Possible Nominee for State AG
Politico mentioned North Coast Rep. Jared Huffman as a possible replacement for California’s Attorney General Xavier Becerra as his departure to serve as the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services leaves the seat open. With President-elect Joe Biden nominating Becerra to serve as the secretary of Health and Human Services for his cabinet, California […]
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2021 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree to Hail from Six Rivers National Forest
Next year’s U.S. Capitol Building Christmas tree (AKA “The People’s Tree) will hail from California 2nd Congressional District’s very own Six Rivers National Forest according to a “humbug” tweet from North Coast Rep. Jared Huffman. “I don’t mean to ‘humbug’ the nice tree from Colorado, but next year, the Capitol Christmas tree is coming from […]
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U.S. Coast Guard Rescued Four Hikers From the Lost Coast Trail Yesterday
The U.S. Coast Guard rescued four hikers from a stranded part of the Lost Coast Trail between Petrolia and Shelter Cove yesterday. One hiker reportedly had a head injury and one another hypothermia, according to a report over the scanner by the Coast Guard and confirmed by Samantha Karges of the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Department. […]
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Judge Sentences Teen in 2019 Fatal Drug Shooting
Humboldt County Superior Court Judge John Feeney sentenced Logan Rain Brewer-Hearst to serve 15 years yesterday in the California Division of Juvenile Justice for the involuntary manslaughter of Taevonne Latimer, using a firearm and assault. Brewer-Hearst will serve the sentence in a facility that provides education and trauma-informed treatment to youthful offenders up to the […]