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“Pervasive Failure to Investigate:” Report Finds Lack of Scrutiny in Cases of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women

For generations, order and cleanliness had been Christina Lastra’s family’s way of fighting off poverty. But the day in July 1991 when her mother’s mysterious death was ruled an accident marked the end of the orderly life Lastra had been leading in Humboldt County. “We didn’t get peace. No one ever even thought of looking […]

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County Breaks Down First Five Months of COVID-19 Pandemic Response; Costs Exceed $4.3 Million

Humboldt County’s COVID-19 pandemic response, both in unincorporated areas and cities,  has cost more than $4.3 million, which includes pay for more than 200 staff who have been assigned to Public Health and the Emergency Operations Center (EOC). “The Sheriff and I, as well as Public Health Director Michele Stephens, have directed this response, and […]

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