A press release from the City of Arcata states a man suspected in the stabbing of another man in the Valley West area on Friday, July 17 turned himself in to the Arcata Police Department Sunday and was subsequently booked for attempted murder. For more information on the stabbing, read the full press release below. On […]
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
A Pandemic Homecoming: As COVID Spreads Through Prisons, the State is Releasing Inmates Early with Little Planning
It was just days before the July Fourth weekend when Humboldt County Chief Probation Officer Shaun Brenneman got the official word: A handful of state inmates were being released early as COVID-19 continued to tear through state facilities. The released inmates would arrive in a couple days, Brenneman was told, including one who’d tested positive […]
CDCR: Pelican Bay Inmates Shot After Attacking Staff; Several Injured
Pelican Bay State Prison officers opened fire on a group of inmates who allegedly attacked staff members trying to break up a fistfight this morning, sending five to the hospital with gunshot wounds, according to a California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation press release. Eight staff members were also hurt and two remained hospitalized, the […]
