A Eureka man who pleaded guilty to stabbing four strangers — two of them fatally — was sentenced to serve four life sentences in prison today by Humboldt County Superior Court Judge Lawrence Killoran. According to a press release from the Humboldt County District Attorney’s Office, Wesley Lee Starritt, 26, had pleaded guilty to murdering […]
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NCJ Preview: Doing its Part, Fall in the Redwoods, St. Joseph Hospital Update
On this week’s NCJ Preview, News Editor Thadeus Greenson talks about this week’s cover story, “Doing Its Part,” about Eureka City Schools’ efforts to create a more supportive environment for Native students. Arts and Features Editor Jennifer Fumiko Cahill then shares Simona Carini’s’ story of a hike on the James Irvine Trail in “Fall in […]
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DA Clears Officers in Eureka Shooting
Humboldt County District Attorney Stacey Eads has determined the shooting of 31-year-old Matthew Robert Williams by Eureka police officers was legally justified, saying Williams pulled a handgun, chambered a round and pointed it at an officer when police opened fire, fatally wounding him. “Clearly, Williams presented an imminent threat of death or series bodily injury to […]
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Historic Apology: Boarding School History a ‘Sin on Our Soul’
President Joe Biden delivered an historic apology Oct. 25 on behalf of the United States for the nation’s dark past with Indian boarding schools, which sought to wipe out Native people, culture and language. Calling the federal boarding school policies “a sin on our soul,” Biden drew cheers, tears and at least one protester among […]
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Correction
A story headlined “Environmentalists Ask for More Public Input on Pellet Plant Plans” in the Oct. 24, 2024, edition of the North Coast Journal misstated Gary Hughes title with BioFuelWatch. He is the organization’s Americas program coordinator. The Journal regrets the error.
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‘Doing its Part’
When Deseri Rivas moved from Mendocino County to Humboldt County and began helping seven siblings she was raising navigate Eureka City Schools in 2010, she said she did not encounter an environment she felt was welcoming or supportive of Native families like hers. “There were no resources for us,” she says, adding that her siblings […]
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Supes Request More Review Time on Controversial Pellet Project
The Humboldt County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously today, with Second District Supervisor Michelle Bushnell absent, to send a letter asking an affiliate of the Rural County Representatives of California (RCRC) to extend the public comment period on a draft environmental impact report for a controversial biomass energy project by 30 days. The letter, brought […]
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CHP, Coroner Working to ID Crash Victim
The California Highway Patrol is investigating a single-vehicle crash in Hoopa on Oct. 27 that killed one person who the agency is still working to identify. The agency was notified of the incident at Matilton Road, just south of Loop Road, around 6:50 p.m. with the initial investigation finding the driver of a 2016 Dodge […]
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St. Joseph, AG Agree to Proposed Stipulation in Abortion Case
The state of California and Providence St. Joseph Hospital have agreed to a proposed stipulation under which the hospital’s care staff will follow the state’s Emergency Services Law by allowing physicians to terminate a patient’s pregnancy when necessary to protect a mother’s health. The proposed stipulation — which does not represent a settlement in the […]
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Why California Housing Costs Are So High
California is an expensive place to call home. It’s such a fundamental part of California life it almost feels silly to say. Along with good weather, sunny beaches, Hollywood and the Golden Gate Bridge, the sky-high cost of housing has become part of the state’s national identity. The high cost of housing touches virtually every […]
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Environmentalists Ask for More Public Input on Pellet Plant Plans
The Humboldt County Board of Supervisors heard from a string of speakers during its public comment period for non-agenda items Oct. 22 urging it to weigh in on a project hundreds of miles away. The nexus between the board and controversial plans to build large-scale facilities in Tuolumne and Lassen counties that would combine to […]
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Your Familiar Polling Place May Have Closed but You Have Many Voting Options
Blue Lake voters planning to cast a ballot in the November election may need revise their voting plans. “For the first time in the almost 50 years that we’ve been voting in Blue Lake, there will be no place to vote in-person in our city,” Lin and David Glen wrote in an email to the […]