Sheriff Announces ‘Strong Opposition’ to Serial Rapist’s Pending Release

By Thadeus Greenson on April 15, 2025 at 3:06PM

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‘Hands Off!’ Rally Takes Over Eureka Streets

By Anne To on April 7, 2025 at 10:16AM

Karen Barr Mast, lead organizer of the rally, quoted Martin Luther King Jr. and John Lewis as inspiration for the rally. “This is a quote from John Lewis, ‘When you see something that's not right, not fair, not just, you have to speak up, you have to say something, you have to do something,’” Mast said.

Introducing Sequoia Park Zoo's New Bear Ishŭng

By Kimberly Wear on March 31, 2025 at 11:10AM

As Ishŭng’s name denotes, however, her weight is what the zoo describes as “atypical for her frame, sex and species,” but Campbell-Spickler says that can be addressed with nutrition and activity plans, adding that she’s already lost about 20 pounds since arriving. “She is friendly to everyone, she’s just a sweetheart,” he says, adding she’s also “really dexterous” interacting with her enrichment toys or even little sticks she finds in the habitat and is “just very curious,” sniffing around and taking in the sights and sounds of her new home.

Missing Whitethorn Man ID'd as Crash Victim

By Kimberly Wear on March 27, 2025 at 5:48PM

McKinleyville Trustees Vote to Consolidate Schools with More Decisions Ahead

By Kimberly Wear on March 25, 2025 at 1:46PM

The decisions made at the board’s March 12 meeting followed a presentation from the Possible Consolidation Committee, made up of parents and staff, on four main options for distributing grade levels at the Dow’s Prairie Elementary and McKinleyville Middle School campuses. Those included having both schools serve students from transitional kindergarten (TK) to eighth grade, one campus serving TK through third grade and one serving fourth through eighth grade, one serving TK through fourth and the other fifth through eighth grade or one school housing TK through fifth grade and the second sixth through eighth grade.

Fortuna Police Chief Headed to Pacific Grove, Council Taps Eberhardt to Fill In

By Thadeus Greenson on March 25, 2025 at 11:51AM

City Manager Amy Nielsen said Day has been “an absolutely great asset” to the city. “We’ll miss him tremendously, and he’ll do a fantastic job in Pacific Grove,” Nilsen said.

Diaz In, King Out as Fortuna Council Looks to Appoint New Member Amid Allegation of 'Unethical' Actions

By Thadeus Greenson on March 18, 2025 at 2:35PM

Reached by the Journal, King declined to explain further. “I don’t talk to the media,” King said.

North Coast Condor Dies of Lead Poisoning

By Kimberly Wear on March 12, 2025 at 11:38AM

Today’s announcement says the NCCRP delayed releasing the news until an official cause of death was determined and notes “a tiny lead bullet fragment is enough to kill not only a condor but also vultures and eagles, should they scavenge on remains of an animal killed with lead ammunition.” “Pey-noh-pey-o-wok' was found to have a lead air gun pellet in his ventriculus, or gizzard, and high to very high concentrations of lead in his liver and bone,” the announcement says.

Hundreds Gather in Eureka for 50501 Protests Set Days Apart

By Mark Larson on March 10, 2025 at 6:09PM

Officially recognized by the United Nations in 1977, International Women’s Day is an official holiday in more than 20 countries, including Afghanistan, Burkina Faso, Ukraine, Russia and Cuba (the only one in the Americas). Organizers say this year’s global theme is “Accelerate Action,” emphasizing concerns about the possible loss of many rights that women have fought for in the last century, including the 2022 decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a nationwide right to abortion.

Total Eclipse of the Moon Coming This Week

By Kimberly Wear on March 10, 2025 at 11:20AM

The astronomical event starts at 8:57 p.m. on the West Coast as the moon starts its slide into the sun’s shadow and begins to dim. When the partial eclipse commences at 10:09 p.m., the first “bite” out of the moon will appear, according to NASA, with totality beginning at 11:26 p.m., giving the moon a crimson tone.