Martin Cotton Incident Going to Trial
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Over the past two years, Martin Cotton and his granddaughter (through a legal guardian) have navigated the legal rivers trying to seek recourse from both the City of Eureka and Humboldt County for the alleged wrongful death of Martin Cotton II, the 26-year-old man who allegedly fought with police and others outside of the Eureka [...]
Aftermath of the Blue Lake Shooting
By John C. Osborn
If you’re driving on Highway 299 across the Blue Lake overpass, you can still see the forensic chalk marks on the pavement on the Westbound side where Robert Garth was shot and killed by Humboldt County Sheriff Office deputies Saturday morning. The incident happened after deputies received a call about an assault [...]
Eureka Police Eye Buying Four Assault Rifles
P-415 rifles
Originally on the consent calender for the July 20 meeting, a proposal by the Eureka Police Department to buy four assault rifles will be a topic of discussion at the Eureka City Council meeting Tuesday. An audience member asked that the item be pulled for discussion.
According to the staff report, the rifles used by [...]
Fact Checkin’ Crime Stats
Hank Sims over at the North Coast Journal wrote a good analysis challenging the claims by Humboldt County District Attorney Paul Gallegos that the violent crime rate here in Humboldt has declined since he has taken office and that he had some personal role its decline following new developments. Sims first challenged the claim after [...]
Journalist Arrested at MLPA meeting
The already controversial Marine Life Protection Act process just got a bit more controversial. During a meeting on April 20 and 21 in Fort Bragg, where representatives of the North Coast Regional Stakeholder’s Group met to discuss ideas on how to slice up the coast into these marine protection areas, a citizen journalist was arrested [...]
Use of Pepper Spray Not the Best Option
APD Chief Tom Chapman, left
I just got off the phone with Tom Chapman, the new police chief here in Arcata, where we talked about the incident at Don’s Donut in the wee-hours of St. Paddy’s Day. For those who are unaware, a fight broke out in Don’s in the early morning hours on March 18, [...]
Of Donuts and Pepper Spray
It appears that the media around here failed to mention anything about the mass pepper spray incident that happened at Don’s Donut in the late hours of St. Paddy’s Day, but that’s probably a result of a vague and misleading police log from APD. The mention in the Arcata Eye goes as follows:
March 18, 1:45 [...]
St. Pepper Spray Day
Last call. The usual flood of hungry drunk bar patrons spilled out onto the Arcata streets. Of course, on this particular night, it was St. Paddy’s Day, so people were more drunk and rowdy than usual, fueled by car bombs, whiskey, and Guinness beer. Arcata Police officers were out in force that night, because, you [...]
Fear Factor: Looking Back on the 2009 CAMP Season
Originally published in the North Coast Journal.
Photo from Freelance News
Seasons pass like the fog creeps across the landscape here — summer to autumn, baseball to football, sown seeds to bountiful harvests. So it is with marijuana in places like Humboldt County, where isolation and optimal weather create a breeding ground for vast commercial (and illegal) [...]
