Two people were arrested this morning in connection with the death of a young man who was fatally stabbed in Ocean View Cemetery last night, the Eureka Police Department reports. Lorna Jean Leen, 38, and an unidentified juvenile male were taken custody without incident after being located at two separate locations around the 1300 block […]
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Kimberly Wear is the assistant editor of the North Coast Journal.
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CHP: Eureka Teen Found on 101 Hit by Car
After an autopsy and further investigation, officials have determined that an 18-year-old Eureka man found dead along U.S. Highway 101 on Aug. 1 suffered injuries “consistent with having been involved in a collision with a vehicle,” a CHP release states. Hunter Allen was found in the roadway south of the Humboldt Hill Road off-ramp around […]
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Want to Run for Office? The Deadline is Looming
Time is running out for candidates to file their nomination papers to run for council and mayor in cities across Humboldt County — the exception being Ferndale, which closed its nomination period today. All others have deadlines tomorrow. That is unless an incumbent does not seek a return to office, in which case the filing […]
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UPDATE: EPD: Uninjured Baby Found in Room with Couple Dead in Murder-Suicide
The Eureka Police Department today identified the couple found dead in a D Street home Aug. 3 in a murder-suicide, releasing for the first time that a 7-month-old baby was found on a bed in the same room. Officers responding to a welfare call found the scene around 8 p.m. after forcing entry in the […]
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Eureka Council Moves Forward With H and I Street Changes, Cannabis Lounges
The Eureka City Council voted last night to move forward with reducing the number of lanes on H and I streets, establishing an advisory committee on needle exchange and directed staff to bring back a proposed ordinance for cannabis lounges. Council members selected the first of three options for creating traffic calming measures on two […]
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‘Realistic’ HSU Emergency Drill Could Get Loud Tonight
Humboldt State University is warning that things could get loud this evening when Housing and Residential Life conducts an emergency response drill on campus. The simulation scheduled for 6 p.m. will include participation from the University Police Department, the Arcata Fire Department, Arcata Mad River Ambulance and the Campus Emergency Operations Center. “Passersby may see […]
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TSA Chief Backs Away From Stopping Screenings at Smaller Airports
The head of the Transportation Security Administration has told The Hill that security screenings will remain in place at all airports after a series of media reports about an internal proposal that suggests shutting down the procedures at select sites. Administrator David Pekoske’s statement comes one week after an agency spokesperson said no decision had […]
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Trump’s Fire Tweets Decried as Congressional Delegation Urges Disaster Declaration
With the Mendocino Fire Complex — an explosive combination of the River and Ranch fires — now officially ranked as the largest in California’s history at nearly 300,000 acres, a congressional delegation sent a letter today urging President Donald Trump to declare a major disaster in Mendocino, Lake and Napa counties. The move would free […]
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EPD: D Street Deaths Appear to be a Murder-Suicide
The deaths of two people found in a D Street home on Friday night appear to be a murder-suicide, according to the Eureka Police Department. Officers responding to a welfare check call around 8 p.m. forced their way into the residence on the 3200 block where they found a man and woman dead. Both had […]
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Cannabis Lounges, Lane Changes to H and I on Eureka Council Agenda
The Eureka City Council will consider Tuesday giving direction on potential regulations for onsite cannabis consumption as well as alterations to H and I streets to make the thoroughfares more bike and pedestrian friendly. A staff report asks the council to look at framework options for establishments that could allow the consumption of cannabis in […]
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TSA Proposal Looks at Cutting Smaller Airport Screenings
An internal Transportation Security Administration proposal floats the idea of eliminating security screenings at 150 small-to-medium sized airports across the country as a cost-saving measure, according to agency documents first reported on CNN. The network’s story states that “the internal documents from June and July suggest the move could save $115 million annually, money that […]
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Fire Whirl in Carr Fire Reached 143 MPH
A fire whirl — similar to a tornado — that occurred in the Carr Fire near Redding on July 26 had maximum winds in excess of 143 mph, according to an initial analysis by the National Weather Service and Calfire. The column of fire produced by “intense rising heat and turbulent winds” was equivalent to […]