After an exciting week that featured three walk-off wins and their first conference series victory, the Humboldt Crabs had seemingly turned things around after opening conference play 0-7. They’d get one day to enjoy it before embarking on a new week of challenges that included six games in six days. Momentum can be fickle, especially […]
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Eureka Woman Arrested for Manslaughter, DUI for I Street Crash
A 30-year-old Eureka woman reported has admitted to using nitrous oxide just prior to causing a fatal multi-car collision on I Street in May that left a pedestrian dead, according to Eureka police. The Eureka Police Department issued a press release this afternoon announcing it had secured a Ramey warrant for the arrest of Maria […]
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King Salmon Falafel, Crab Walking, and Free Dentistry at the Adorni Center
On this week’s episode of the NCJ Preview, we talk about the Humboldt Crabs baseball game experience, as well as falafel in King Salmon, the Humboldt County Civil Grand Jury and how Dr. Tom Lewis brought agree-two day medical and dental clinic to the Adorni Center in Eureka. READ FULL STORIES HERE: Falafelove Blooms in […]
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The Jury Is In
California’s civil grand jury system is enshrined in the state constitution, which requires a group of citizens be impaneled annually in all 58 of its counties to watch over local governments. The system is as old as the state itself and unique across the country. In Humboldt County, it also hangs in the balance, with […]
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Nonprofit Brings Free Dental, Medical Clinic to Humboldt
Tom Lewis has been a dentist for more than 50 years and has seen countless patients, but that one still stands out in his mind. The man in his mid-40s showed up first thing in the morning at the clinic in Sacramento with his two teenage daughters. A contractor and single father, the man said […]
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Court Rejects Zoellner Appeal
The United States’ Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court ruling finding Arcata police had probable cause to arrest Kyle Zoellner on suspicion of murdering David Josiah Lawson, rejecting Zoellner’s claim for damages against the city. The unanimous ruling filed June 25 rejects all five of Zoellner’s legal arguments, upholding the October […]
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Resilient Crabs Rally Behind Three Walk-off Wins
Sunday’s game was bigger than the others. A win in this contest would signal the first conference series win of the new era of Crabs baseball, while a loss would mean far more. Despite palpable tension, coach John Bryant sat calmly reading his book, the fifth in a 13-volume series, pregame outside of the dugout. […]
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Eureka Man Killed in SoHum Crash
A 34-year-old Eureka resident was killed Saturday evening in a motorcycle crash on Redwood Drive north of Redway, according to a California Highway Patrol news release. The CHP release states Raul Villalobos was not wearing a helmet at the time of the 10:35 p.m. crash which a preliminary investigation indicates occurred while the rider was […]
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Supreme Court Gives Cities in California and Beyond More Power to Crack Down on Homeless Camps
The U.S. Supreme Court today granted cities more power to arrest, cite and fine people who sleep outside in public places — overturning six years of legal protections for homeless residents in California and other western states. In Grants Pass v. Johnson, the court sided with Grants Pass in a 6-3 decision — ruling an […]
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Court Rejects Zoellner Appeal
The United States’ Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court ruling finding Arcata police had probable cause to arrest Kyle Zoellner on suspicion of murdering David Josiah Lawson, rejecting Zoellner’s claim for damages against the city. The unanimous ruling filed Tuesday rejects all five of Zoellner’s legal arguments, upholding the October 2022 […]
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Local Fire Departs in TROUBLE & From Science Geek to Tarot Artist
Fire departments, grand jury, Ted Hsu
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Change of Plea Hearing Set in Fair Embezzlement Case
U.S. District Court Judge Charles Breyer has scheduled a change of plea hearing for the Humboldt County Fair Association’s former bookkeeper, signaling she may be nearing a plea agreement to resolve the wire fraud charges facing her. Nina Tafarella, who was indicted by a federal grand jury on Oct. 11 and faces five counts of […]