A federal judge has sentenced Nina Tafarella to 15 months in prison for embezzling nearly half a million dollars from former employers, the vast majority of it during her time as a bookkeeper for the Humboldt County Fair Association. In addition, Judge Charles R. Breyer ordered her to pay a $500 “special assessment,” finding she […]
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Yurok Advocate Lost in Murder-Suicide
A Yurok citizen known for her work in suicide prevention and advocacy for expanding mental health services has been identified by officials as one of the two people who died in an apparent murder-suicide in Weitchpec earlier this month. Celinda Jane Gonzales was 59. In a tribute to her life and contributions to her community, […]
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Winners of the 2026 NCJ Pet Photo Contest
We all have that one friend … but sometimes they’re a pet. This year’s crop of NCJ Pet Photo Contest winners is less about pose than personality. There’s character in every wrinkle on every hound and bulldog, mischief in every whisker caught mid-twitch. Scanning the entries is always a lovely distraction and we’re grateful you […]
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Needles and Ink
A stroll through the Sapphire Palace ballroom, where the annual Inked Hearts Tattoo Expo has set up for more than 30 artists to display their work, as well as ink and pierce clients over three days, is a primer in body art aesthetics. At one booth a grayscale tiger roars from a meaty quadricep, while […]
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Coastal Commission Approves Land-back Agreement to Resolve Developer’s Permit Violations
In popular parlance, it can be said fairly that Travis Schneider has landed squarely in the “find out” portion of the proceedings. Seven years after the formerly local developer began construction of his family dream house in Bayside without a building permit, embarking on a long series of violations that would ultimately doom the project, […]
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Second North Coast Condor Dies
The North Coast has lost another condor. B8 was discovered dead last month, according to the Yurok Tribe, which is leading the Northern California Condor Restoration Program effort to return the bird they know as prey-go-neesh to the northern reaches of the endangered species’ former territory in partnership with Redwood National and State Parks. Free-flying […]
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Newsom Takes Aim at Veterans ‘Claim Sharks’ as He Signs Law Banning Fees For Help With VA
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. A booming industry that charges veterans for help in obtaining the benefits they earned through military service must shut down or dramatically change its business model in California by the end of the year under a new law Gov. Gavin Newsom signed today. The law prohibits […]
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Arcata Rises Up for Fire Victims
For three days, music flowed from two stages at Humboldt Brews onto the sidewalk, into the street and beyond the corner of H and 10th streets. There, the rubble and charred remains of seven businesses and eight apartments destroyed in a Jan. 2 fire provided stark contrast and a reminder of the losses — though […]
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Arcata’s Heroes Parade Spotlights Fire Responders
Hundreds of community members crowded the edges of the Arcata Plaza on Sunday, cheering as a line of firetrucks, ambulances, police cars and other first responder vehicles made loops around the square. The parade was led by a troupe of Cal Poly Humboldt’s Marching Lumberjacks, skipping and spinning as they played their instruments. Handmade cardboard […]
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Back-to-Back Protests and a Nurses’ Vigil in Eureka
Among the crowds of protesters at the Humboldt County Courthouse on Jan. 30 were dozens of high school students chanting, “No one is illegal on stolen land.” Some had made their way from a walkout at Eureka High School as part of the national strike. One woman named Shawna accompanied her two daughters Autumn and […]
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Arcata, Eureka Protests Call Out ICE and Trump
More than 100 students and community members showed up near the Cal Poly Humboldt campus at the David Josiah Lawson mural at the D Street Community Center for a student-led walkout protest on Jan. 23 in solidarity with Free America walkouts across the country. Participants brought signs or picked one up from a donated stack, […]
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‘Bigger Than All of Us’: A Fire Relief Weekend Across Arcata
Plans for the Arcata Rising fundraising shows this weekend began coming together the night of the Jan. 2 fire. Sitting at Dead Reckoning Tavern, just a few blocks away from the devastation, and reeling from the conflagration they had just watched devour a block of shops, homes and studios, Humbrews owner Shelley Ruhl says she […]