How the fuck am I going to get home?” It’s about 12:15 a.m. on a Friday morning, and Matthew Page just walked out of the Humboldt County jail. “What am I supposed to do?” the 41-year-old self-described artist and musician asks. “I don’t even know Eureka. It’s 12:15, and I live in McKinleyville.” Temperatures are […]
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What We Talk About When We Talk About Meth
Where did you get that laminated, oversized piece of paper with the words “Tweeker Hunting Permit,” on it, the one taking up most of the back window of your car? Did you order it online? Or did you make it yourself? If you made it yourself, tell us about that trip to the copy shop. […]
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Taking on Meth
In the dark days following the brutal New Year’s morning slaying of St. Bernard’s Pastor Eric Freed, in Eureka, rumor circulated that the alleged murderer might have been meth-crazed. And membership in a new Facebook group, the Humboldt Meth Abuse Awareness Project, exploded. The night shift emergency room nurse who started the project, Beth Weissbart, […]
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Old Town businesses relieved suspect in custody
Old Town businesses are breathing a little easier after Eureka Police reported arresting a woman Tuesday night they believe may be responsible for a string of robberies. “My hope is that the rough start to 2014 is coming to a close and we can all move forward in more positive ways from here,” said Astra […]
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EPD Assault Case Dismissed
The Humboldt County District Attorney’s Office dropped its nine-month case against Eureka Police Sgt. Adam Laird Friday after prosecutors decided they couldn’t prove the officer used excessive force in a 2012 arrest and attempted to cover it up. “Based on new evidence the people have discovered, we don’t believe we can prove this case beyond […]
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In Absence
Eureka’s Catholics — and the Humboldt County community at large — was shocked last week when the popular pastor of St. Bernard Church, Father Eric Freed, was found killed on New Year’s Day in the church’s rectory where he lived. Now the church and its parishioners are figuring out how to move on, and, following […]
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Branded
Earlier this month, the Sacramento Bee quoted Humboldt County Supervisor Rex Bohn pushing to promote Humboldt County’s weed cachet post-legalization. “Although he’s no advocate of his county’s most infamous product,” the Bee said, “he is lobbying to make it a brand.” Savvy entrepreneurs have been doing that for years, and not just with the plant […]
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Probing Pot
Ten years ago, the premise for a marijuana institute would have been laughed off of even Humboldt State University’s fertile and notoriously weed-friendly campus. Even one year ago, despite changing political climes and the increasing call for daylight on the North Coast’s shady marijuana industry, the academic minds who created the institute were unsure if […]
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Pot POWs
When a mega-grow gets busted in Humboldt County, it makes a splash in local media — photos of lush greenhouses, irrigation pipes and bricks of processed weed, plus names and numbers (money, pounds, plants) that read like sports stats. What we don’t see are the repercussions of those busts, what becomes of the growers after […]
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Two Crossbows Found Near Murder Site
Sheriff’s Office investigators found two crossbows near the site of the Sept. 8 attack on the Samoa peninsula, which left one man dead and another injured. Phoenix Triton King, whose 21st birthday is today, was arrested for the crime on Monday, along with an unidentified 16-year-old girl. Press release from the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office: […]
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Serial Suddenlink Snipper Strikes Again
Suddenlink reports, once again, a vandal cut off Internet, phone and cable service for 10,000 customers in Arcata, McKinleyville, Trinidad and Big Lagoon overnight. The company recently doubled a reward — to $10,0000 — for information leading to an arrest and conviction of the serial cable-cutter, and hired the private investigation services of Eureka’s Cook […]
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A-holes Saw Down Old Growth Redwood so They Can Steal a Burl
That’s right: Some depraved reprobate(s) chopped down a 300-year-old natural wonder so they could hack part of it off, chainsaw it into a bear shape and hawk it to tourists on Hwy. 101. This happened up in Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park last month, and the nefarious deed has understandably unleashed the righteous wrath of […]