There’s not much information in this press release about what might have caused the death of a 35-year-old inmate at the county jail this morning. The Sheriff’s Office simply says there is “no sign of foul play.” Here’s the press release: On 12-12-2012, approximately 6:40 am a Humboldt County Correctional Officer was notified by an […]
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Boys Find Human Skull in Arcata
Press release from the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office: On 12/19/2011 at about 5:00 p.m. Sheriff Deputies were dispatched to the 3100 block of Fickle Hill rd, Arcata, to handle a report of found human remains. The reporting party said that his children found a human skull while playing in the yard. Upon arrival the Sheriff […]
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Gov. Brown vetos budget
from the Governor’s office: SACRAMENTO – In a YouTube video and veto message released today, Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr. announced that he will not sign Senate Bill 69 and Assembly Bill 98, which together comprise the state budget passed by the Legislature on June 15, 2011. The full text of the veto message is […]
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Q Street Goat Dairy Plan Shelved
After a heart-to-heart with its neighbors, Arcata’s internationally notable goat cheese producer, Cypress Grove Chevre, has agreed NOT to try to buy land on Q Street near its current operation to construct a goat dairy. A couple of small protests have broken out in front of the cheese maker’s Arcata Bottom outfit in recent weeks, […]
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PLF v. Coastal Commission
This just in from Harold Johnson, attorney and communications director, Pacific Legal Foundation, presented without comment (feel free to provide your own). MEDIA ADVISORY: THIS THURSDAY (June 9): Appellate Court hears PLF suit vs. Cal. Coastal Commission for blocking cleanup of contaminated Balloon Track property in Eureka PLF attorneys represent organization of Eureka citizens promoting environmental cleanup and protection WHAT: […]
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Department of Catburglary Studies
HSU’s news department is reporting that one student has been nabbed and another is being sought in connection with multiple burglaries of the university’s housing offices in April and May. According to the news release: The burglaries involved five early-morning entries into secure Housing offices where the suspects allegedly breached interior spaces, intruded into work […]
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Hiding Confidently Under The Covers
Photo from Sailing “Footprints: Real to Reel” (Ronn Ashore) The Eureka Police Department has entered what appears to be an introspective, self-improvement period. First it hires a homeless liaison to tend to the needs of those a-wander in our streets and marshes. And then it conducts a “crime and policing” survey to assess residents’ measure […]
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Hwy. 101 Reopened
UPDATE, 11:55 p.m.: The freeway will be reopened in both directions by tomorrow morning, according to Caltrans: Currently, Route 101 [at the slide location] approximately 60 miles south of Eureka is open to one-way controlled traffic and motorists should expect 30-minute delays. Caltrans is pleased to announce that by Tuesday morning, April 5, the highway […]
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101 to be Reopened to One-Way Traffic Monday
The update: Caltrans has announced that Route 101 in Southern Humboldt County remains closed due to a large mudslide approximately one mile north of Dean Creek, approximately 60 miles south of Eureka. Crews are currently working 24 hours a day to clear the slide as soon as possible. On Monday, April 4, from 6 a.m. […]
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Mudslide Updates
UPDATE, 5:30 pm: There has been much speculation about the status of AT&T’s fiber optic cable — our spindly underground information link to the outside world, which lies buried along the Hwy. 101 corridor. Moments ago the Journal received an email from an AT&T spokesman. Brace yourself for some Grade A intel: Our cable is […]
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Weird Midnight Encounter on 101 at Benbow Leads to Shooting
From the Sheriff’s Office: Late last night Humboldt County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to a report that a man had been shot on US Highway 101 near Benbow. At about 11:45 p.m., deputies arrived and found that a man had been shot; and the man who shot the other man was the reporting party. The driver […]
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I Can’t Smoke 55
The California Highway Patrol pulled in a pretty good haul up in McKinleyville last night — $120,000 and 55 pounds of weed. The suspect is from Jamul, Calif. — apparently a real place. The CHP press release is below. (Reminder: Follow our @HumboldtCHP feed for other real-time dispatches from the local CHiPs.) On 09/21/2010, at […]