The Arcata City Council is set Wednesday to consider the fate of President William McKinley’s statue with a series of potential options ranging from taking down the 1906 tribute to putting the issue before voters. Momentum has been building in recent months to remove the bronze, the first major work by renowned Armenian sculptor Haig […]
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Officer Wounded, Suspect Killed in Arcata Plaza Shooting
A shootout in front of bar row on the Arcata Plaza around 2 a.m. left a Humboldt State University police officer wounded and a suspect dead. The officer’s injuries are considered serious but not life threatening. According to an Arcata Police Department press release, an APD officer was with the UPD officer investigating a report […]
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Tensions Escalate During Saturday Protest in Arcata
Arcata has been quiet today after protesters’ chants echoed through the city’s streets for two consecutive days, demanding justice for slain Humboldt State University sophomore David Josiah Lawson. More than 100 people descended on the Arcata Plaza yesterday, where they chanted and waved signs before moving on to the Union Town Shopping Center. At the […]
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Revelers be Warned
The Arcata Police Department sent out a sternly worded press release this afternoon warning that criminal Halloween tomfoolery will not be tolerated. No doubt seeking to avoid a repeat of last year’s scary plaza spooktacular — which saw 35 arrests, a man stabbed with a liquor bottle and a cop car mercilessly beaten by a […]