On the evening of the preview performance of Natural Shocks by Laura Gunderson, the lights went up on the small stage at Exit Theatre revealing semi-haphazardly strewn household miscellany — a catch-all room with a door to one side. Howling wind let me know there was a fierce storm happening outside. A woman entered through […]
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HCSO: Two Found Dead in McKinleyville Home After Welfare Check
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office is reporting that a domestic violence incident likely led to the death of a 63-year-old man and a 54-year-old woman found in a McKinleyville residence after deputies responded on a welfare check. According to a news release, deputies responded to the house on the 1600 block of Kristin Way around […]
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NCJ Preview: 2022 Photos, Domestic Violence and Relief in Rio Dell
This week we’re perusing Mark Larson’s photo’s of Humboldt in 2022. We’re also looking at a tragic killing in Eureka and how it appears to fit a tragically familiar pattern of domestic violence. In the wake of the Jan. 1 aftershock, which hit Rio Dell even harder than the Dec. 20 quake in some respects, […]
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Sheriff Releases Names, Details in Pine Hill Shootings
Editor’s note: Be advised this story contains descriptions of domestic violence that readers may find disturbing. Skip to the bottom for information about local domestic violence services. According to Humboldt County Sheriff William Honsal, Russell Albers’ girlfriend had made the decision to leave him and their abusive relationship behind. Speaking to the Journal the day […]
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Campus Advocates Provide Key Support to Sexual Assault Survivors — but ‘Superheroes’ are in Short Supply
When Laura Swartzen saw the email from Sacramento State University’s Title IX office, it felt like her heart skipped a beat. Swartzen, the Sac State confidential campus advocate, had spent the past nine months supporting a student who reported being sexually assaulted. Swartzen had listened to the student’s wrenching account, offered to connect them with […]
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Video: EPD, Community Partners Discuss Domestic Violence Amid Shelter in Place
Eureka Police Capt. Brian Stephens and a panel of community partners came together for a discussion on domestic violence and local resources available to those in need as the city and other communities across the nation are seeing a 50 percent increase in calls for service and in the severity of cases amid the COVID-19 […]
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Trapped
It is a beautiful Monday in Humboldt County, one of those days where the blue accentuates the deep green ridge of the tree line and reminds one of the grandeur that surrounds us. And for school districts and their communities, this gorgeous day kicks off the beginning of spring break. I have the interesting vantage […]
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News Roundup: LoCo Reports Whistleblowers at FedEx and T-S Looks at Mental Health Services in Age of COVID
The Lost Coast Outpost is reporting that whistleblowers are calling out what they deem unsafe conditions in local FedEx operations that could spread the COVID-19 virus to customers and employees. The employees tell the Outpost‘s Ryan Burns that they don’t believe proper precautions are being taken in the local warehouse and they haven’t been given […]
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With New CA Charter School Rules Official, Here’s the Latest on Incoming K-12 Laws
The most significant set of revisions to the state’s charter-school law in more than two decades was signed Thursday by Gov. Gavin Newsom, putting new curbs on a segment of public schools that has grown over time, particularly in cities, to enroll more than 600,000 California kids. Negotiated over months among lawmakers, charter school advocates […]
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‘In the Face of Evil:’ EPD Honors Sharral McDonald with Service Award
On the first anniversary of her death, the Eureka Police Department honored Sharral “Sherry” McDonald this morning for putting herself between a friend and the armed felon trying to kidnap her. “Detectives assigned to the investigation noted that Sharral could have easily fled to safety at any time but, instead, became a shield to protect […]
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My Hometown Has Changed. Or Maybe I have.
Maybe it’s because I had just finished re-reading a news story about a family member’s murder. Maybe it’s because I had just written up a press release about a homicide investigation. Maybe it’s just the road — it’s such a terrible, long, pock-marked, winding, bone-jarring road. Whatever the reason, I did not want to drive […]
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Ex-Rio Dell Cop Pleads Guilty in Domestic Violence Case
Former Rio Dell Police officer Kevin Harralson entered into a plea deal with prosecutors today that will see him placed on three year’s probation and mandated to a 52-week domestic violence counseling program after pleading guilty to a single count of false imprisonment. The deal also stipulates that Harralson will not appeal his termination from […]