Police arrested a 49-year-old Eureka man shortly after midnight this morning after he allegedly told a Weaverville restaurant employee he had plans to commit a mass shooting at a Eureka government building after the employee asked him to wear a mask. Eureka Police Chief Steve Watson said the man, identified as Darin Michael Ward, told […]
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Humboldt GOP and DCC Jointly Denounce the Violence at the Capitol
The Humboldt County Republican Central Committee and the Humboldt County Democratic Central Committee has released a joint statement denouncing the fatal riots at the Capitol last week, calling on the community to stand with them against using violence as a form of protest. “These are extremely difficult and trying times. People fear COVID infection, job […]
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Huffman Mentioned as Possible Nominee for State AG
Politico mentioned North Coast Rep. Jared Huffman as a possible replacement for California’s Attorney General Xavier Becerra as his departure to serve as the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services leaves the seat open. With President-elect Joe Biden nominating Becerra to serve as the secretary of Health and Human Services for his cabinet, California […]
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Huffman to Host Virtual Town Hall on Presidential Transition
Congressman Jared Huffman will hold a virtual town hall on the Presidential transition on Thursday, Dec. 3 at 4 p.m. Rep. Huffman and guests will discuss the “peaceful transfer of presidential power, the status of President Trump’s many challenges to the election results, and the challenges and importance of holding President Trump and his executive […]
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NCJ Preview: Post-election Perspectives and Pandemic Wine Tasting
This week we’re looking at how many ballots are left to count in our county and where local elections stand. We’ll also talk about the local community leaders who contributed letters to this week’s paper about the presidential election results and what President-elect Biden’s win means and doesn’t mean to them and us. And how does […]
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Newsom’s Pick? Who Might Fill VP-Elect Harris’ Senate Seat?
The victory of Joe Biden and California’s junior senator, Kamala Harris in the 2020 presidential race brings to a close one of the most protracted post-Election Day waiting games in modern political history. It also opens up a relatively rare thing in the Golden State: the prospect of an open Senate seat. For career-minded Democrats, […]
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NCJ Preview: Election Night, a Run on Guns and to Bar or Not to Bar
Tuesday’s election is a waiting game for Humboldt, too. We’ll talk about why and how the national election, as well as COVID and recent protests have fueled a boom in local gun sales. And now that bars are open, we’ll look at what they have to change to comply with safety restrictions and what your […]
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What You Need to Know About Election Day
It’s Election Day, do you know where your ballot is? No matter the answer, we’ve got you covered, and you’ve got time. As of yesterday, the Humboldt County Elections Office had already received more than 47,000 vote-by-mail ballots, according to Registrar of Voters Kelly Sanders. Additionally, Sanders said 1,010 precinct ballots have been cast at […]
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Pro-Trump Motorcade Sets Off (Video)
In Fortuna this afternoon, a pro-Trump motorcade with a long line of festooned vehicles that stretched down Fortuna Boulevard, many flying Trump 2020 and American flags, started making its way across a 40 miles swath of Humboldt to McKinleyville just before Election Day. View the slideshow below. See the video below.
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Preparing to Fall Back, Huffman Touts Daylight Saving Bill
With Californians staring down the reality of moving their clocks back an hour at 2 a.m. Sunday, North Coast Representative Jared Huffman is touting a bill he’s co-sponsoring that would allow states the option of staying on daylight savings time all year. When the clocks fall back Sunday morning, we’ll gain an hour of sleep […]
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Cash Blitz: A Look at Who’s Spending to Influence Your Vote for California’s Legislature
State law caps the amount donors can give to a legislator’s campaign — but these special interests can spend as much as they like mounting their own campaigns to praise or trash candidates. And the money interest groups are pouring into these “independent expenditure committees” has reached dizzying heights. So far more than $31 million […]
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Replacing Cash Bail: Fairer Justice or Robopocalypse?
California is either about to right decades of inequality between rich and poor defendants by eliminating cash bail, or it’s about to turn over its justice system to robots. The question of what to do about the system that decides whether people should be free while awaiting trial will be determined by Proposition 25. The […]