In some ways, Rebekah Martinez’s case isn’t that different from most of the hundreds of people who go missing in Humboldt County every year. Her mother expected her to call and, when she didn’t, phoned law enforcement at 1 a.m. on Nov. 18 to report her missing, saying her daughter had told her she was […]
Linda Stansberry
Linda Stansberry was a staff writer of the North Coast Journal from 2015 to 2018. She is a frequent contributor the the Journal and our other publications.
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Crisis Delayed
On Monday night, Bryan Hall, executive director of the Eureka Rescue Mission, received a call from the house manager of the men’s shelter. “There was a man dropped off in a wheelchair with one leg, no hands and a colostomy bag with nowhere to go,” Hall wrote on Facebook. “Needless to say, we brought him […]
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UPDATED: Sheriff’s Office Pulls Body from Van Duzen River
UPDATE: According to a press release from the sheriff’s office, deputies recovered a male body from the Van Duzen River, near the south side of the Van Duzen River bank, located “approximately 1000 feet from the mouth of the river.” An autopsy is scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 7. Previously: The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that deputies […]
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Sheriff, Bachelor Contestant Respond to Media Frenzy
When our story broke yesterday that one of the “Humboldt 35” – people on the California Attorney General’s database listed as missing from Humboldt County – was not only safe and sound, but vying for a rose on national television, it was greeted by a variety of responses, and a lot of questions. The most pressing question: How did Martinez’s […]
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Not Missing in Humboldt: Bachelor Contestant Bekah Martinez
It turns out Rebekah Martinez is not missing at all. Quite the contrary, actually, she’s on a popular nationally televised show: The Bachelor, which you might have heard of. When posting this week’s cover story to Facebook, we asked if any of our readers recognized any of the 35 people currently listed as missing from […]
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Still Missing: Ivan Linan
A Spanish man who worked as a professional mountain climber and guide remains missing in Eastern Humboldt. Ivan Liñan Cano, 31, was reportedly struggling with mental health issues and paranoia on Nov. 28 when he attacked the friend who was driving a car in which he was a passenger on State Route 36 near Carlotta. The […]
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The Humboldt 35
They have been missing since 1977, or just since last November. They range in age from 1 to 94. They are men and women, and two very small girls. The sheriff’s office will not call any of them “cold cases” but many of their names and faces have long since slipped from public recognition. They […]
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The Humboldt 34: Missing Man Reunited With Family
A short six hours after this week’s copy of the Journal hit the stands, we received a call from a man whose name was featured on its cover: Daniel Ogden Stromberg. Stromberg, who is living in Eureka with a roommate, didn’t know that he had been reported missing to the Eureka Police Department in July […]
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Drug-Related Deaths on the Rise, say Sheriff, Coroner
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office released a comprehensive report Monday which shows that deaths due to alcohol and other drugs continue to rise. The report, compiled by HCSO public information specialist Samantha Karges and Humboldt County Coroner’s Office legal office assistant Brent Ferguson and reviewed by the Humboldt County Department of Health and Human Services, examined […]
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Judge Reinholtsen Announces Retirement
Dale A. Reinholtsen is preparing to finish his 21-year career as a Humboldt County superior court judge. The press release from the court sets his retirement date for the end of December, when his current term will come to a close. Reinholtsen has presided over several high-profile Humboldt County cases, including a 2002 suit by […]
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Humboldt Municipal Water Board Ready to Appeal Planning Commission Decision
John Friedenbach, general manager of the Humboldt Bay Municipal Water District, told the Journal today that his agency plans to appeal the Humboldt County Planning Commission’s Jan. 12 decision to recommend rezoning of a parcel adjacent to the Mad River in Glendale. The property, owned by the Mercer Fraser Co., is currently in use as […]
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Puff Puff Bang Bang
If you live in rural Humboldt, there’s a good chance you own a gun. There are plenty of benign reasons to own a rifle or pistol, most of them having to do with the need to entertain yourself in the middle of the woods where there’s no WiFi. When I was growing up, beer cans, […]