How many of Humboldt County’s 134,623 residents are involved in the weed industry? Twenty percent? Thirty? Half? Last week, a pot cop working in the county to our south suggested that the figure is even higher than that. Rich Russell, commander of Mendocino County’s major crimes task force, raised eyebrows and a few hackles by […]
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Eureka Police Sergeant Arrested for Assault
Eureka Police Sgt. Adam Laird, was arrested this morning by investigators from the District Attorney’s office on suspicion of assault while on duty and falsifying a police report. Eureka Police Chief Murl Harpham gathered the media in a brief press conference this afternoon to announce Laird’s arrest, which followed a joint investigation between his department […]
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Suddenlink Ups the Ante to $10K
Remember a month or so ago when some nimrods cut off connections all over the county by chopping into Suddenlink’s fiber optic cables? The $5,000 reward the company was offering to help catch the culprits just got doubled. Here’s the note the company sent out explaining: “Suddenlink announced today that it is doubling its reward […]
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Sheriff Against Gun Control?
With the debate surrounding gun control heating up and President Obama calling for action on a national level, Humboldt County Sheriff Mike Downey said today that he stands with a group of sheriffs resisting federal control. Downey is among the law enforcement officers on a “growing list of sheriffs saying ‘no’ to Obama gun control,” […]
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Cop Wants Arcata to Pay
Update Jan. 22: Officer Stonebarger has been on paid medical leave from the city of Arcata since Aug. 27, Police Chief Tom Chapman said today. The leave has stretched to nearly five months so far, and according to the disciplinary records it began the same day that the officer had been scheduled to meet with […]
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This Week on The Marijuana Follies…
For your amusement, we pass along this anecdote from a friend of the Journal, as recounted on Facebook:
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Cruisin’ Like Barney
Well, this is embarrassing: Apparently I’ve been sitting on a humongous color-scheme-change scoop. Over at the Lost Coast Outpost there’s a contest to guess — or, rather, suggest — the Sheriff’s new colors for his cruisers, which will be revealed all nice and proper tomorrow in a press conference, according to a news release posted […]