The North Coast Journal filed a reply Monday to the city of Eureka’s appeal of a Humboldt County judge’s order to release video footage of a police officer arresting a juvenile in 2012. In its reply brief, the Journal argues the city has provided the California First District Court of Appeals with no evidence supporting […]
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Measure Z Funding for Eureka Aims to “Restore Hope”
The city of Eureka has been approved for $400,000 in Measure Z funding to address homelessness, as part of a project titled “Operation Restore Hope.” The majority of the money, $242,000, will go toward funding positions for two police officers to work with the county’s Mobile Intervention and Services Team. MIST is a collaboration between […]
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Hoopa PD No More
The days of Hoopa having its own police department may be over. Humboldt County Sheriff Mike Downey announced Thursday that he was revoking the power of tribal police officers to enforce state law and suspending a memorandum of understanding that had been in place between the tribe and the county for almost two decades. The […]
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Body Cameras Go Live in Rio Dell; EPD Eyeing Launch by End of Year
If you find yourself being stopped by a cop in Rio Dell, remember to smile and maybe even fix your hair: You’ll be on camera. After ironing out a few technical kinks, Rio Dell Police Chief Graham Hill and each of his four officers are now outfitted with body cameras to wear in the field. […]
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$10 Million Claim in McClain Shooting
The family of Thomas McClain, who was shot to death by a Eureka police officer last year, announced it will file a $10 million wrongful death claim against the city and officers involved. Southern California attorney Dale K. Galipo, who successfully sued the city and police officers for more than $4 million on behalf of […]
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‘Senseless is an Understatement’: No Motive Found in Double Murder
It’s been almost a year since 29-year-old Vincent Earnest Sanchez picked up a shotgun and shot both his half-brother and a life-long family friend at point-blank range in a Eureka home, but it remains unclear why. Sanchez was sentenced earlier this month to serve 40 years to life in state prison after pleading guilty to […]
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HSU’s New Big Cop on Campus
Humboldt State University reached all the way across the nation to pluck its new chief of police, Donn G. Peterson, a major in the Broward County (Florida) Sheriff’s Office, who will begin at HSU in January. According to the HSU Lumberjack, Peterson was appointed the position but still needs to pass a background check. Current […]
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No Shopping Cart Left Behind
Could Eureka’s scourge of shopping cart bandits and their war on our disease-free children (think of the children) be coming to an end? In its latest monthly newsletter, the city announced it’s going medieval, appointing a “shopping cart czar” (no joke) to bring an end to Eureka’s greatest dilemma: people stealing shopping carts and pushing […]
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Updated: Friendly Fire: Police Association in Dispute with City
Fortuna police officers seem to be experiencing some growing unfriendly feelings toward their city. Charles Ellebrecht, a sergeant with the department and president of the Fortuna Police Employees Association, took the podium during the public comment period of Monday’s council meeting and aired a grievance that it appears has long been simmering behind closed doors. […]
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Conflicting Reports
Shortly after Sandra Lingle moved to Eureka from San Diego 32 years ago, something made an impression. “I saw somebody walking their dog at 11 o’clock at night — a woman — and I was thrilled,” she recalled last week. To Lingle, the sight reinforced that she’d moved to a safe place, a community where […]
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EPD’s Harpham calls it a career after 56 years
Today, for the first time in 56 years, Eureka Police officers took to the streets without Murl Harpham in their ranks. “It’s really the end of an era for the department,” said Mayor Frank Jager, marveling at Harpham’s career, which spanned six decades and saw him fill in as the department’s chief on four separate […]
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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 […]