Humboldt County Sheriff William Honsal on Monday asked for the public’s patience and assistance as a multi-agency investigation continues into allegations Miranda’s Rescue accepted money to care for animals that were instead put down. This is, he emphasized during a nearly one-hour press conference, a case involving multiple jurisdictions and “many moving parts,” noting “the […]
Kimberly Wear
Kimberly Wear is the assistant editor of the North Coast Journal.
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Sheriff’s Office: Remains of More than 100 Dogs Uncovered at Miranda’s Rescue, Investigation Continues
After three days of excavating sections of the Miranda’s Rescue property, the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office on Friday reported finding the intact remains of more than 100 dogs at two dig sites during a multi-agency animal cruelty and fraud investigation. “The 117 intact dogs were in various stages of decomposition. Seventy of the dogs were […]
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This Lawmaker’s Proposal Could Make California ‘the Most Secretive State in the Country’
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. In March, Assemblymember Blanca Pacheco introduced a measure that would have made it more expensive for Californians to obtain government records. Amid opposition from transparency advocates and public access concerns from her own Assembly colleagues, though, the Downey Democrat diluted her proposal to […]
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Local Whooping Cough Case Confirmed
The Humboldt County Department of Health and Human Services reports a local case of pertussis, more commonly known as whooping cough, has been confirmed, and is warning people may have been exposed to the illness at four locations this month. Those locations are: Public health officials are monitoring what “may be the beginning of a […]
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Targeting the Sharpshooters
When the Humboldt County Department of Agriculture put out a call for assistance to help recover grape vines potentially harboring an invasive insect never before detected in the area, the community responded. The result of a Fresno-based nursery breaching protocol meant to prevent the pest’s expansion, a total of 60 plants with glassy-winged sharpshooters possibly […]
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Who’s Winning California’s Statewide Races? Here’s What We Know So Far
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. California’s primary election included more than just deciding who voters want to see in the governor’s office. Californians also voted on several statewide offices, ranging from the governor’s second in command to the regulator for the state’s embattled insurance market. The top two vote-getters will go […]
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California Voting Ends Tuesday. The Results? Don’t Expect Them Anytime Soon
Even after all the ballots have been cast on Tuesday, it might be a while before Californians know the results of some significant races this election, given the state’s notoriously slow counting. California has made headlines for trailing other states when it comes to tallying its votes. Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom sent a letter last […]
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Supreme Court Upholds Death Penalty in Eureka Family’s Slaying
Twenty-four years after a Yosemite lodge handyman was sentenced to death for the brutal murders of a Eureka mother, her daughter and a family friend from Argentina during what was supposed to be a sightseeing trip to the iconic park, the California Supreme Court has denied his appeal. A jury found Cary Stayner, now 64, […]
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‘Devastation’
UPDATE: The Humboldt County Elections Office announced Friday that hundreds of ballots from the November special election found earlier this month in a secured drop-off box will be processed. According to a release, the county requested and was granted permission by the superior court to “count the ballots and include the results in the final […]
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Even While Courting Moderates on Voter ID, GOP Leaders Still Push Debunked Fraud Narrative
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. With President Donald Trump dragging them down in the polls, California Republicans are repackaging one of his core crusades into an idea they hope will be more palatable to voters. They are framing their successful push to get a voter ID law on the November ballot […]
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‘Goldilocks Time’
Tule and Ishŭng are taking their relationship to a new level — proximity wise. As of early last month, the two are now sharing habitat space without any barriers following a slow introduction process in which the bears got to “set the pace.” According to Sequoia Park Zoo animal curator Amanda Auston, things are going […]
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‘To Meet the Moment’
Another Global Sumud Flotilla — the largest to date — is setting out across the Mediterranean Sea in a multinational civilian effort to open a humanitarian aid corridor to the war-torn Gaza Strip. Longtime Eureka resident Sacha Marini is among the hundreds of volunteers taking part, traveling aboard one of dozens of vessels in the […]