Coast Guard Rescues 3, Chihuahua from Battered Sailboat (With Video)

by Kimberly Wear on September 26, 2019 at 9:19AM

MCKINLEYVILLE, Calif. — The Coast Guard rescued three people and a Chihuahua Wednesday from a disabled sailboat approximately 35 miles west of Klamath. At approximately 6:25 a.m., the sailing vessel Missfit’s captain contacted Coast Guard Sector Humboldt Bay Command Center watchstanders via VHF-FM radio, stating the vessel had lost propulsion in 35-knot winds and up to 20-foot seas and were requesting assistance.

Rio Dell Police Name Eureka Man 'Person of Interest' in Shooting

by Kimberly Wear on September 25, 2019 at 1:07PM

On August 29, 2019 Johnny Renfro was shot and killed within the City of Rio Dell. The Rio Dell Police Department has recovered the vehicle believed to have been used by the shooter.

California Department of Public Health: 'Refrain from Vaping'

by Iridian Casarez on September 25, 2019 at 10:45AM

The California Department of Public Health has issued a health advisory recommending people stop vaping, no matter the substance or source, until current investigations are complete.  According to a release, as of Sept. 24, the CDPH had received 90 reports of people with a history of vaping who have been hospitalized for “severe breathing problems and lung damage, and two people have died” in California.

Huffman: Dems 'Snowball of Unity' on Impeachment Led to Historic Announcement

by Thadeus Greenson on September 24, 2019 at 4:33PM

As one of the first and most vociferous members of Congress to beat the impeachment drum, his frustrations having steadily built in recent weeks, North Coast Congressman Jared Huffman applauded House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s historic announcement this afternoon that the U.S. House of Representatives will launch a formal impeachment inquiry. “It’s been a remarkable snowball of unity in our caucus around the Ukraine scandal,” Huffman told the Journal by phone this afternoon.

UPDATE: Construction Starts on a One-Way Future for Fairfield

by Kimberly Wear on September 24, 2019 at 11:35AM

Bone Positively ID'd as Belonging to Missing Woman

by Kimberly Wear on September 23, 2019 at 3:26PM

The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office confirmed today that a human femur found near the mouth of the Eel River in June is that of Sheila Franks, who went missing in early 2014. The positive identification — first reported by Redheaded Blackbelt — came earlier this month from the Department of Justice’s Bureau of Forensic Services laboratory in Richmond, accord to Lt. Sam Williams.

Trucker Killed in Single-Vehicle Crash

by Thadeus Greenson on September 21, 2019 at 9:14AM

A truck driver was killed yesterday morning when her lumber truck veered off U.S. Highway 101 near Garberville. The cause of the crash remains under investigation but CHP reports a trucker driving a 2010 Kenworth semi truck hauling lumber on a flatbed trailer traveling south on U.S. Highway 101 veered off the west side of the road, over an embankment.

Hundreds Turn Out as Humboldt Participates in Global Climate Strike (With Slideshow)

by Iridian Casarez on September 20, 2019 at 6:28PM

Mendo DA Upset to Learn of Former EPD Officer's Past Dishonesty, Will Dismiss Cases that Require His Testimony

by Thadeus Greenson on September 20, 2019 at 10:38AM

Mendocino County District Attorney David Eyster has grave concerns about the Willits Police Department’s hiring of Jacob Jones, having learned of sustained allegations of the officer’s dishonesty during his tenure with the Eureka Police Department. In a scathing, incredulous 2,400-word letter to Willits Police Chief Scott Warnock, Eyster expresses dismay at Jones’ hiring despite the sustained allegations that he lied to superiors in an attempt to hide “defective or incompetent” police work while in Eureka last year and anger that Warnock didn’t inform him of Jones’ past, leaving Mendocino County’s top prosecutor to learn about them through an Aug. 29 article in the North Coast Journal (“Light in Dark Places”).

North Coast Night Lights: Fading but not Forgotten

by David Wilson on September 20, 2019 at 9:17AM

I’ve come to embrace the unexpected when I photograph. I tell people when I go out that it’s always an experiment, but I think they think I’m kidding.