The Graduate
Meet David Nguyen, a college graduate and poster child for CR’s college campus within the walls of Pelican Bay State Prison
Eureka City Manager Greg Sparks to Retire by Year’s End
Eureka City Manager Greg Sparks has announced his plan to retire at the end of the year in a letter sent to the mayor and city council. “It has been my great personal and professional pleasure to have served as City Manager of Eureka since May 2014,” Sparks wrote in his retirement letter. “After 40…
Crabs Clip Hawks’ (Cardinals’?) Wings
Coming in to Sunday’s game against the Ukiah Hawks, the Crabs had scored 47 unanswered runs against their opponents. That is not a typo. After a straight up bummer 5-3 loss against the San Leandro Ports on Tuesday July 9, the Crabs went on a tear. In their second and final game against the Ports,…
Man Arrested in 2018 Homicide Investigation
Jason Barnes, 46 of Eureka, has been booked into the Humboldt County jail on suspicion of killing 58 year-old Bernhard “Ben” Bertain. On Dec. 22, 2018, a verbal altercation between Barnes and an unnamed female reportedly occurred at the Burre Center in Eureka. An employee working at a nearby business witnessed the altercation and placed…
More Than 200 Protest Immigrant Detention Centers
The Lights for Liberty Eureka: Vigil to End Concentration Camps attracted more than 200 attendees to a candlelight vigil at the Humboldt County Courthouse at sunset Friday evening. This local vigil, intentionally using the term “concentration camps,” was one of two held countywide as part of Lights for Liberty: A Vigil to End Human Detention…
Huffman to Immigrants in Advance of ICE Raids: ‘Know Your Rights’ (VIDEO)
With President Trump’s promised weekend immigration raids looming, North Coast Congressman and lawyer Jared Huffman has released a video for his constituents outlining their rights should immigration agents come knocking. The roughly four-minute video (embedded below) features Huffman’s brief remarks, followed by a Spanish translation by Congresswoman Lucille Royball-Allard. Huffman also urges constituents with questions…
Late HSU Professor Honored for LGBTQ Work
Humboldt State University professor of education Eric Rofes, who died of a heart attack in 2006, was honored at the National LGBTQ Wall of Honor at the historic Stonewall Inn in New York City on June 27. “Eric was a whirlwind of energy and brilliance at HSU and in the world, and I miss him…
County Confirms First Local Whooping Cough Case Since 2016
Humboldt County public health officials are on alert after a Eureka teenager tested positive for the highly contagious whooping cough earlier this week. According to a press release from the Humboldt County Department of Health and Human Services, a follow up investigation identified 40 people who may have had contact with the teenager while he…
Spur of the Moment
The month of July, the heartiest part of the summer sandwich, belongs to Fortuna. The Friendly City just celebrated a spectacular Fourth of July (on the third) and now heads into its biggest annual event, a week-long convergence of cowboy culture and competition, the Fortuna Rodeo, which gets bucking July 14-21. Rolling in right on…
EPD Identifies Juvenile Responsible for Hate Group Fliers, Says no Immediate Threat of Violence
UPDATE: The Eureka Police Department has issued a press release with some additional information, which can be found here. PREVIOUSLY: The Eureka Police Department has identified a male juvenile believed to be responsible for posting white supremacist recruiting fliers around town, interviewed him and determined there doesn’t appear to be an immediate physical threat to…
Which Way the Wind Blows
Editor: I am grateful that in his op-ed Greg King brought to light the financial distress Terra-Gen is experiencing at this time. (“Hook, Line and Turbine,” July 4). Their desperation to push this project through for the sake of the current tax breaks that expire in 2020 no doubt account for the rushed and incomplete…
‘No One Will Win’
Editor: What has happened to balance, critical thinking and working together? It seems to me people gravitate en masse to a viewpoint then stick with it beyond reason if it means suggesting some aspect different from theirs might have merit, too (Mailbox, July 4). Pot cures cancer, calms your dog and heals what ails you.…
Civics 101
Editor: Mr. Gianinni seems to be in need of a civics class (or at least a refresher course). In his letter regarding Congressman Huffman (Mailbox, July 4), he states, “If I had spent the last two years lobb(y)ing for my boss to be fired…” Unlike what he (and, from what I can tell, President Trump)…
‘Only a Mention’
Editor: I realize you only had 15 minutes to interview Tom Jackson Jr., but only a mention of “reductions” at KHSU” (“The Administrator,” July 4)? The community is in deep mourning — our top communication lines (not to mention entertainment) have been uprooted in the most egregious, peremptory and malicious fashion. This should be among…
Pierson and Betty
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