Data is a lovely thing. Many is the evening I’ve passed in the Journal office, whistling over a warm, freshly-printed batch of documents, a fistful of various-colored highlighters, Post-It notes and paperclips standing by to help me weave raw numbers into sturdy prose. There’s something so satisfying about finding a cache of information that backs […]
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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UPDATED: Another Assault on Jail Staff
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office reports that at around 8:35 p.m. on Saturday an inmate housed in a maximum security unit of the county jail assaulted a correctional deputy and two nurses during a routine medical visit. Taume DeMarco, 42, was initially booked into the facility Aug. 9 by the Fortuna Police Department on charges […]
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Making Time: More Moments from the Hoopa Rodeo
We hope you enjoyed this week’s cover story “Holding On: A Day at the Hoopa Rodeo.” Below you’ll find a chunk of missing time from our hour-by-hour account of Saturday, Aug. 5, an interview that was cut for length from the cover, and a slideshow of photos taken during the day. 12:30 p.m. Jerry Parrish, […]
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Holding On
8:30 a.m. It’s already hot. Despite a 3,200 acre fire in nearby Orleans, the sky is mostly clear. The Hoopa rodeo grounds are littered with red Solo cups and half-empty water bottles from last night’s dance. In the cookhouse, a fan is going. The Ladies Auxiliary, Hoopa Unit 415 is serving up breakfast: pinto beans, […]
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Drowning in Hoopa
Stanley Capoeman, 64, drowned in the Trinity River yesterday at around 3:45 p.m. According to the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office, Capoeman was visiting family in Hoopa from Taholah, Washington. His family members reported that he suddenly called out for help and was then swept downstream. A search concluded at 5 p.m., when Capoeman was found […]
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For Second Year in a Row, No Local Salmon at Klamath Salmon Festival
For 53 years, the Klamath Salmon Festival was a celebration of the river’s bounty and the traditions of the local Yurok Tribe, with Indian card games and stick game tournaments. The games and demonstrations will return this year, but the locally caught salmon that took center stage for over half a century will not, for the […]
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Sheriff Says Recent Guard Attack Part of Growing Trend
Humboldt County Sheriff William Honsal held a press conference this morning to share details about a Wednesday evening assault on a correctional deputy at the county jail and to call for more state resources in response to a surge in similar attacks since the 2013 passage of Assembly Bill 109. According to Honsal, the attack […]
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Happy Birthday, Prohibition!
On Aug. 2, 1937, the Marijuana Tax Act passed. Although later laws would codify punishment for cannabis smokers, sellers and cultivators, House Resolution 6385, drafted by Harry Anslinger, the first commissioner of the U.S. Treasury Department’s Federal Bureau of Narcotics, is regarded as the first time the federal government laid its heavy hand on the plant. The […]
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UPDATED: Security Guard Shoots, Kills One
UPDATE: The man shot has been identified as Herbert Macias, 56, of Eureka. EPD Capt. Brian Stephens confirms that more details about the case may be released after interviews have been completed. The name of the shooter and the security firm for whom he or she works has not yet been released. Previously: The Eureka […]
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Speedy Taco (2017 Staff Pick)
Let us all now toast Speedy Taco, whose name is accurate and whose chile verde burritos are the perfect size and composition for sneaking into an afternoon matinee. First introduced to me when it would park outside of Broadway Cinema, I followed it down the street to its current incarnation at the parking lot of […]
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Pierson’s Building Center (2017 Staff Pick)
Here’s to Pierson’s Building Center, whose staff have made my experience as a first-time homeowner a relatively easy ride. Sure, there’s still a tarp on my roof and pickets falling off my front fence, but every time I walk through the front door of Pierson’s and smell the free coffee, I’m inspired to do projects […]