The California Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal collision in the southbound No. 2 lane of U.S. Highway 101 near Myers Flat on Saturday afternoon. According to a CHP release, a Toyota 4Runner heading northbound just before 4 p.m., driven by Beatriz Diaz-Rodriguez, struck a Subaru Impreza driven by Zora Culps head-on. “For reasons still […]
Iridian Casarez
Iridian Casarez was a staff writer at the North Coast Journal from 2019-2023.
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Multiple Dogs in Cutten Die from Possible Poisoning
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the deaths of several dogs in Cutten. Within the span of one week, five dogs have apparently been poisoned in the neighborhood of Excelsior Road in Cutten. According to a sheriff’s office news release, multiple dogs have died after reportedly exhibiting symptoms associated with poisoning. A preliminary investigation […]
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HWMA Moving Forward With Organic Waste Facility, Opening Date TBD
The Humboldt Waste Management Authority is moving forward with retrofitting the former Eureka Recycling Center into an organic waste processing facility to meet compliance requirements for Senate Bill 1383, an organic waste recycling mandate, however, the authority doesn’t have an expected opening date, which may impact Humboldt County municipalities with ordinances stating that organic waste […]
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Johnson, Mobley and Conley Win in Fortuna
UPDATE: In the final Election Night report, Fortuna voters’ preferences were clear. From a field of five candidates vying for three open seats on the city council, voters pushed incumbent Mike Johnson and challengers Kyle Conley and Christina “Kris” Mobley to victory. Johnson finished with 26 percent of the vote, followed by Mobley’s 24 percent […]
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Expanding Food Recovery
Edible food recovery isn’t a new concept in Humboldt County. Many local nonprofit organizations already have a system in place to take food donations from grocery stores and restaurants, and use it to feed those in need. Food for People, Humboldt’s principal food bank, estimates 336,000 to 500,000 pounds of donated food are collected per […]
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‘Unbelievable’
On a day intended to honor her, Sara Bareilles sat in a park in her hometown and sang a love song to the city of Eureka. More specifically, Bareilles held court for more than an hour and 20 minutes, playing 17 songs including the 2007 hit “Love Song” in Halvorsen Park, which had been transformed […]
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‘Dire’
Local and state officials are raising concern and demanding answers about PG&E’s professed inability to provide new electric hookups across the southern portions of the county, threatening major economic development from Fortuna down to the Mendocino County border and putting future projects, including a new Garberville hospital, at risk. Second District Supervisor Michelle Bushnell and […]
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Public Health Set to Vaccinate Those at High Risk from Monkeypox
Humboldt County Public Health will soon begin vaccinating people at high risk of contracting the monkeypox virus, the county announced today. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has identified those at a higher risk as people who are gay, bisexual, transgender and cisgender men who have sex with men or transgender women who meet […]
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First Case of Monkeypox Confirmed in HumCo
Humboldt County Public Health has confirmed the first case of monkeypox in the county after a resident contracted the viral infection. According to a press release, the resident is doing well, self-isolating at home and appears to have had no close contacts locally. Monkeypox, a rare zoonotic infection caused by the monkeypox virus, which is in […]
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Centro del Pueblo Holds Vigil Against Hate
Community members gathered at Centro del Pueblo’s Jardin Santuario last night to stand against hate and offer support in the form of notes, candles and speeches for the community’s immigrant population after the garden’s welcome sign was vandalized. The sign was spray painted over in black ink with the words “AMERICA USA” scrawled in red. Centro del […]
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Centro Del Pueblo Sanctuary Garden Sign Vandalized, Vigil Planned
Centro del Pueblo’s Jardin Santuario, a community garden in Arcata that is held as a safe space for immigrants and the BIPOC community to garden and learn, was vandalized last night. Specifically, the welcome sign was spray painted over in black ink with the words “AMERICA USA” scrawled in red. “The defacement of the Jardin’s welcome sign […]
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‘All Hands On Deck’
A new state law mandating organic waste recycling and the creation of food recovery programs will overhaul the state’s garbage system — changing everything from how residents throw out their trash to how organic waste is recycled and where cities source their mulch — all while reducing emissions of methane, one of the worst climate […]