A coalition of agencies and a Ferndale resident who provided a tractor saved the life of a 72-year-old woman trapped in her car after driving onto the flooded Fulmore Road around 1:05 p.m. on Monday, according to the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office. In a release, the HCSO said the emergency communication center received a call […]
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Republicans Ask Federal Court to Overturn California’s New Prop. 50 Maps
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Just last week California’s secretary of state officially certified that nearly two-thirds of Californians voted to pass Proposition 50, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s plan to temporarily gerrymander the state’s congressional maps in favor of Democrats. Nevertheless, Republicans and the Trump administration are hopeful that a federal district […]
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Sheriff’s Office Releases Footage From Blue Lake Shooting
Only one of four deputies had body cam on during the fatal exchange The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office has released video from the fatal shooting of a 35-year-old man who, according to the investigation, fired at least once at the deputies trying to detain him near Blue Lake on July 26. Eureka resident Jared Randell […]
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He built a nursing home empire despite state investigations. Now, lawsuits are piling up
California nursing homes affiliated with Shlomo Rechnitz are facing lawsuits alleging that patients were raped, ignored and unnecessarily exposed to COVID-19. His companies deny the allegations. This story was originally published by CalMatters. In February 2024, a Los Angeles County jury awarded $2.34 million to an 84-year-old nursing home resident named Betsy Jentz, finding that the […]
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EPD Blue Envelope Program Roll-out Event Today
The Eureka Police Department is joining the city of Rio Dell and Cal Poly Humboldt in adopting the Blue Envelope Program, which aims to help law enforcement officers easily identify if an individual may have a condition or disability that impacts their ability to communication or requires additional accommodations. Today, EPD will have a roll-out […]
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Q & A: Amy Bowers Cordalis On Her Debut Memoir, “The Water Remembers”
This story originally appeared on Underscore Native News. Amy Bowers Cordalis, a proud citizen of the Yurok Tribe, has many different roles within her community. She is the executive director and co-founder of Ridges to Riffles Indigenous Conservation Group, a lawyer for the Yurok Tribe and was instrumental in advocating for the Klamath Dam removal, in […]
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Democrat Mike McGuire Challenges GOP Rep. Doug LaMalfa for New Prop. 50 Seat
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. California Senate President Pro Tem Mike McGuire has officially launched his challenge to longtime Republican Rep. Doug LaMalfa in a congressional district drastically redrawn by Proposition 50. The Santa Rosa Democrat, who will hit his 12-year term limit in the Legislature next year, was widely viewed […]
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Emergency Food Distributions Thursday
Food for People is holding two emergency drive-thru distributions Thursday amid continuing reverberations of the government shutdown: from uncertainty around the benefits that thousands of North Coast residents rely on to buy groceries to local federal workers going without paychecks. Carly Robbins, executive director of the nonprofit, says the operations will run just like ones […]
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Bushnell Censured, Removed as Chair for Conduct
The Humboldt County Board of Supervisors voted 4-0 Tuesday to censure Supervisor Michelle Bushnell after an outside investigation sustained allegations that she “raised her voice, spoke in a hostile manner and cursed” at two employees in May. The largely symbolic gesture that basically amounts to the board making a public statement of disapproval about the […]
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Proposition 50 Passed in California. Here’s What You Missed
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. California voters on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved Gov. Gavin Newsom’s measure that allowed the state to redraw its congressional map in favor of Democrats, pushing back against President Donald Trump’s effort to hold onto a Republican-controlled Congress by urging redistricting in Texas. Tuesday capped off a whirlwind, […]
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California Democrats Made Prop. 50 About Trump. Polls Show it’s Working as Voting Ends
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. A day before voting ends for Proposition 50, California voters appear poised to approve Gov. Gavin Newsom’s plan to gerrymander the state’s congressional districts in Democrats’ favor. Recent opinion polls show strong support for the Yes side. Newsom’s campaign is flooding the airwaves with star-studded advertisements […]
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Senate Rejects Bid to End Barred Owl Management Plan
The U.S. Senate on Wednesday blocked legislation aimed at ending the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s controversial plan to stave off the northern spotted owls’ extinction by killing thousands of non-native owls in designated areas, including parts of the North Coast. The Joint Resolution of Disapproval brought forward by Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy under the […]