For the third consecutive day, students walked off a high school campus in Humboldt County on Wednesday to stand in solidarity with survivors of sexual assault and protest what they feel are inadequate administrative and societal responses. Hundreds of Arcata High School students descended on the Arcata Plaza yesterday morning, many clad in white or […]
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Body Found in Blue Lake Identified, Determined Homicide
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office has identified the body found near Hatchery Road in Blue Lake on Sept. 11, as 65-year-old Blue Lake resident Eugene Steven Segal. Segal’s death has been deemed a homicide after an autopsy revealed his cause of death to be blunt force trauma and stab wounds. The investigation is ongoing and the […]
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Robert Durst Convicted of Murder Committed While Living in Humboldt
The New York Times reports that Robert Durst, “the enigmatic real estate scion who evaded criminal suspicion for half his life only to become a national sensation after damaging admissions were aired in a 2015 documentary on HBO, was convicted on Friday in the execution-style murder of a close confidante more than 20 years ago.” […]
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Del Norte Sheriff Releases Video of Fatal Police Shooting
The Del Norte County Sheriff’s Office has released body-worn camera footage that shows police officers fatally shooting Robert Anderson on Aug. 25 after he lunged at an officer with a kitchen knife and sprinted toward a woman at the scene. Police who responded to the 911 call on Parkway Drive and Sherwood Lane at about […]
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UPDATE: Firefighter Memorial on Clarke Plaza Restored
UPDATE: The Fallen Firefighters Memorial statue on Clarke Plaza in Eureka has been restored to its original state with the help of the city of Eureka, Advanced Security Systems and Richard Geisel. “RESTORED: Thank you so much for all the community support and for everyone who helped restore the Fallen Firefighters Memorial Eureka, CA to […]
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EPD Texting Investigation Nears Conclusion
Nearly six months after it began, an outside investigation into misogynistic, dehumanizing, vulgar and violent text messages shared between a unit of Eureka Police Department officers appears to be nearing its conclusion. “All interviews have been completed and they are in the process of compiling all that information into a report,” Eureka Police Chief Steve […]
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Sheriff’s Office Launches Death Investigation After Body Found Near Blue Lake
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office has launched a death investigation after man was found dead yesterday near Hatchery Road in blue Lake under “suspicious” circumstances. According to a press release, deputies were dispatched to the area at about 11:40 a.m. after someone reported finding a deceased male near a trail off the road. The man’s […]
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Sheriff: Police Spent 15 Minutes Using ‘De-escalation Techniques’ Before Fatal Shooting
Humboldt County Sheriff William Honsal said officers had been using de-escalation techniques for 15 minutes with an armed suspect on Mad River Road this morning when he brandished the firearm and was fatally shot. Flanked by local California Highway Patrol command staff and Arcata Police Chief Brian Ahearn, and standing before a small group of […]
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Sheriff’s Office Cautions Arcata, McKinleyville Residents of Wanted Fugitive; Unclear if Shooting in Arcata Related to Search
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office is cautioning residents in the North Bank Road areas of McKinleyville and Arcata not to open their doors to strangers and asking motorists not to pick up hitchhikers along nearby highways as they search for a wanted fugitive. According to the HCSO, Arcata resident Matthew Lyle Dilley, 34, abandon his […]
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Bill to Protect Dudleya from Poaching on Newsom’s Desk
A California bill aimed at protecting dudleya, sometimes called “live-forevers,” from the international black market by imposing stiff fines for illegally taking the succulents from public and private lands is now sitting on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk. The bill authored by Assembymember Chris Ward (D-San Diego) and sponsored by the California Native Plant Society comes […]