Twenty-five years after a bomb exploded on an Oakland freeway, shocking the environmental community, the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office is mulling launching a criminal investigation. Capt. Gregory Van Patten said police have received some “new information” related to the May 24, 1990 bombing of Earth First activists Judi Bari and Darryl Cherney, and are reviewing […]
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UPDATE: Arcata Homicide Suspects Arrested
SECOND UPDATE: Arcata Police Chief Tom Chapman confirmed this afternoon that the two remaining suspects in the Saturday night homicide of Trevor Mark Harrison were arrested recently. Robert Louis Huntzinger, 34, was arrested last night around midnight in Blue Lake, Chapman said, and Billy Joe Giddings, 35, was arrested today around 3:45 p.m. in Loleta. […]
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Woman Shot to Death in Phillipsville
A woman died following a shooting in Phillipsville on Saturday. Sheriff’s deputies responded to a report of the shooting on the 400 block of Phillipsville Road around 8:30 p.m. and found 47-year-old Jessica Jane Hare, who died on the scene. Witnesses reported that another Phillipsville resident, 59-year-old Earl C. Orr, had a gun and had […]
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Police Play Ketchup, Replace Smashed Tomatoes
Last week’s bizarre chase through the backyards of south Arcata ended with a warrant suspect taken into custody at gunpoint. He was apparently unharmed, but there was one casualty: a tomato plant trampled in the Arcata Police Department’s takedown of the fleeing man. High pursuit! Shits going down in my sister’s backyard! Po-po stepped on […]
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UPDATE: Borges Attorneys Respond to DA’s Statement on Jail Death
Update: The attorneys representing Daren Borges’ mother responded to District Attorney Maggie Fleming’s press release from last week: Attorneys representing the mother of Daren Borges, retired Humboldt State University professor Stephany Borges, have issued a statement in response to the announcement by Humboldt County District Attorney Maggie Fleming that her office does not intend to […]
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Mall Cops
For the last month, the Eureka Police Department has been under contract to provide daily foot patrols at the Bayshore Mall. The written agreement between the city and the mall has been in place since March 17, with an EPD officer walking the mall in four- to five-hour shifts, seven days a week, with the […]
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Scenes from a Sweep: Images from behind the Bayshore Mall and a look at what’s next
The Eureka Police Department led a multi-agency effort Wednesday to remove what Chief Andrew Mills called a “criminal element that has infiltrated” the network of homeless camps near the railroad tracks behind the Bayshore Mall. Dubbed Operation Safe Trails, the full-day sweep of the encampments involved more than 50 officers from at least seven agencies, […]
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Sheriff Seeks Public Help in Death Investigation
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office is asking the public for help identifying a dead man found on a rural and secluded part of the Hoopa Valley reservation. The Hoopa Valley Tribal Police Department got a call at about 10 p.m. on March 22 from someone reporting they’d found human remains in a wooded area off […]
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Stabbing Prompts Knife Sale
Ever want to flex like Conan and swing a 3-foot blade? Or maybe just Ninja around with a samurai sword of your own? Perhaps you’re a hunter, who needs a good sheathable blade? If so, you’re in luck. Schatzi’s Hidden Treasures — a locally owned shop in the Bayshore Mall that sells everything from Nag […]
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Sheriff’s Office, Grand Jury Butt Heads over Jail Release Transportation
Policies at the Humboldt County jail continue to come under fire from the grand jury, which reported this week that jail staff refuses to inform prisoners being released that they have the right to ask for transportation if they were arrested farther than 25 miles from the jail. In its report, the grand jury says […]
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Shooting Suspect Identified as Local Healthcare Worker
The Humboldt County Coroner’s Office has identified the man who allegedly shot a woman in Fortuna Wednesday morning before turning the gun on himself as Russell Alan Kellim, 47, of Eureka. The 39-year-old woman, whose identity hasn’t been released, was flown to an out-of-area hospital, where she remains in critical condition. Fortuna police believe the […]
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UPDATED: Skull Found on Eel River
UPDATED: The Humboldt County Coroner’s Office sent out a press release Tuesday afternoon regarding the skull and noting that no other human remains were found during a search of the area. You can find it below our original post. PREVIOUSLY: Blue Slide Road resident Chris Ghidinelli was cutting a new ATV path through the brush, […]