Humboldt County Sheriff Mike Downey announced yesterday that the state has approved a $20 million funding request to build a multi-use addition onto the county jail that officials hope will revolutionize offender rehabilitation locally. The funding will be matched with $1.5 million from the county to build a three-story structure on the gravel lot adjacent […]
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Eureka Files Opening Brief in Dash Cam Case
The city of Eureka recently filed the opening brief in its appeal of a Humboldt County Superior Court judge’s ruling that the release of a police dash camera video documenting the controversial arrest of a juvenile suspect is in the public interest. In its filing, the city argues that the video depicting the Dec. 6, […]
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Congressman Introduces Bill to Abort Essure
A Pennsylvania congressman has introduced legislation that would ban Essure, the controversial permanent birth control device that has women across the country complaining of horrible side effects. This week, Republican Congressman Mike Fitzpatrick introduced a bipartisan bill that would revoke the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s premarket approval status of the contraception device and require […]
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UPDATED: Higgins Pulls Ahead in the 5th
2nd UPDATE: With the final Election Night report in, we have a nail biter in the race for the 5th Division Harbor District Seat. After trailing all night, incumbent Commissioner Pat Higgins has taken a 12-vote lead over challenger Susan Rotwein with 100 percent of precincts reporting. With 3,666 votes counted in the race thus […]
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Chief Mills Proposes Gun Control Law
On the Eureka Police Department’s official blog, Chief Andy Mills announced he is asking the city attorney to draft an ordinance that will require Eureka gun owners to lock up unattended weapons. Mills wrote that the law is in response to recent guns thefts, including one from a gun dealer, and will apply to firearms […]
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Eureka City Council Approves Controversial Open Space Property Management Plan
The Eureka City Council approved a plan aimed at reducing the size and number of illegal encampments within city limits last night after hours of passionate public comments. Councilmembers Linda Atkins, Melinda Ciarabellini and Marian Brady all voted in favor of the Open Space Property Management Plan, with Kim Bergel abstaining and Natalie Arroyo offering […]
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Former Eureka City Manager Panos Moves up in Wyoming
Former Eureka City Manager Bill Panos just got a promotion and is now the interim director of the Wyoming Department of Transportation. Panos, who brought high hopes to a city reeling from internal strife, left Eureka in 2013 after just 9 months on the job, taking a position in the Wyoming School Facilities Department. In […]
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So Long, Singleton? Gov. Brown Approves ADA Capital Access Loan Program
Local businesses looking to avoid litigation and make their facilities more ADA accessible may soon have access to some extra cash. Gov. Jerry Brown just approved Assembly Bill 1230, creating the California Americans with Disabilities Capital Access Loan Program. The bill transfers $10 million from the State’s general fund to provide affordable construction loans to […]
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Scenes from the ‘Right to Sleep’ Protest
If you drove by the Humboldt County Courthouse on Saturday and had flashbacks of Occupy, it’s understandable. A few dozen people turned out Saturday for World Homeless Day, an international day of demonstration aimed at highlighting the needs of those living without homes, with some protesters pitching tents and hammocks to help make their point. […]
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Anti-Vax Measure Won’t See the Ballot
Efforts to repeal California’s new mandatory vaccination law have failed. Signed into law in June by Gov. Jerry Brown, the new law requires that all children be vaccinated for a variety of infectious diseases before attending school, closing a long-standing exemption for families that opted not to vaccinate due to religious or personal beliefs. The […]
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Brown OKs Pot Laws
Been holding your breath? Go ahead, exhale, Gov. Jerry Brown has signed those medical marijuana bills. The trio, introduced by State Sen. Mike McGuire and assemblymen Jim Wood and Rob Bonta — and then tinkered with by staff from the offices of many other lawmakers and Brown himself — introduce wide-ranging regulations to the state’s […]