The Arcata Police Department is looking to interview everyone who attended the house party where a 19-year-old Humboldt State University student was fatally stabbed early Saturday morning. “Sometimes people are witnesses without really knowing they were witnesses, so we’re doing our best to reach out to and speak to everyone,” said Arcata Police Chief Tom […]
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Arcata Neighborhood Concerns Focus of Meeting
Arcata residents expressed frustration at the changing character of their neighborhoods and what they perceive as an increased boldness in the crimes being committed on local streets during a Thursday night meeting with city officials that was spurred by a brazen attack last month on a young girl walking to school. While the focus was […]
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3rd UPDATE: Man Shot By Police in Arcata
3rd UPDATE: The Arcata Police Department held a press release this afternoon to release more information about yesterday’s officer involved shooting. The suspect, who was shot four times after allegedly charging an officer while wielding a metal cane, remains in stable but critical condition. See the full press release at the bottom of this post […]
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HSU Prez Calls for Unity, Understanding in Wake of Reported Racial Assault
Humboldt State University President Lisa Rossbacher sent a campus wide email today denouncing a racially motivated assault against two students that reportedly occurred last Friday night in downtown Arcata. Rossbacher’s letter states that two black female students were in the downtown area when two unidentified white men in a truck threw a beer bottle at […]
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Hoopa Teen Arrested for Fatal Arcata Stabbing
Three days after a 52-year-old man was found bleeding to death of multiple stab wounds in front of his apartment, the Arcata Police Department believes it has cracked the case and, this morning, announced the arrest of an 18-year-old Hoopa man. On Sunday evening, police were called to the Courtyard Circle apartments in Valley West […]
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UPDATE: Body Found in Arcata’s Redwood Park Identified
UPDATE: The Humboldt County Coroner’s office has identifed the woman as Sarah Anne Walsh, age 25, from Crossville, Tennessee. The sheriff’s office says that they do not know at this time what Walsh, who appears to have committed suicide, was doing in Humboldt County. “At the time of death, the deceased had nothing on her person […]
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‘Days of Action’ Sparks Protests
As protesters march and rally across the nation in solidarity with Ferguson, Missouri, about 20 people gathered in the Arcata plaza last week to protest police brutality. They held signs and demanded an investigation into the Sept. 18 killing of 22-year-old Thomas “Tommy” McClain by a Eureka police officer. McClain was shot when Eureka police […]
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Police Promotions
Being a bit old school, I was put off at first. Eureka Police Chief Andy Mills was on the phone asking me to take part in a community panel that would help him decide who to promote to the position of EPD captain. The positions are critical to Mills’ plan for policing Eureka, which involves […]
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UPDATED: Woman Identified in Fatal Arcata Fire
SECOND UPDATE: The Arcata police and fire departments issued a joint press release today stating that their joint investigation has revealed that 52-year-old Kelly Maureen Nichols likely started the fire that ultimately took her life in Arcata on Sept. 10. Further, the investigation found that, after the fire began, neighbors attempted to talk Nichols into […]
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Arcata’s Mendosa to Retire
More than three decades after he came to work for the city of Arcata as a bus driver, Randy Mendosa announced Wednesday that he plans to retire his post as city manager in July. “It’s a great job — I’ve really enjoyed it,” Mendosa said by phone, before adeptly deflecting the praise and attention that […]