California Teenager Pleads Guilty to Murdering 16-Year-old Girl and Her Parents
A 19-year-old California man pleaded guilty to murdering a 16-year-old girl and her parents after the girl’s father found him in bed with her, prosecutors say.
Humboldt County
California Women’s March Organizers Nix 2019 Event for Being ‘Overwhelmingly White’
Organizers who had been planning to hold a California Women’s March in January have now canceled the event, claiming the attendees would have been “overwhelmingly white.”
Legal Marijuana Growers Complain: Taxes Could Bankrupt Us
California marijuana farmers that obtained legal cultivation licenses under Proposition 64 are already complaining to the Humboldt County Supervisors that taxes could bankrupt them.
Suspect Who Allegedly Wounded a Female Deputy with Shotgun Is an Illegal Immigrant
The suspect who allegedly shot a Humboldt County sheriff’s deputy with a shotgun on Sunday is an illegal immigrant from Mexico.
Highway 101 Closed in Second Northern California Landslide
Highway 101 is closed between Mendocino and Humboldt counties, after a second landslide cut the road through at least Friday, according to Caltrans.
California Rains Bring ‘Wettest Winter in Decades’, and a Tornado
California, and especially the state’s North Coast region, has experienced “the wettest winter” in decades, thanks to recent steady rains. Local weather has featured widespread flooding, power outages, high tides, falling trees, school closures and even a tornado.
Report: California Marijuana Industry Gateway to Sex Trade
California’s multi-billion dollar underground marijuana industry has, according to a new report, become a gateway to the sex trade and is riddled with abuse against women.
Sanders Infuriates Die-Hard Humboldt County Fans with Clinton Endorsement
Humboldt County supporters of Sen. Bernie Sanders’s (I-VT) presidential campaign were left devastated after the insurgent candidate formally endorsed Hillary Clinton for president on Tuesday.
Dem Congressman to Voters: ‘Calm Down on the Superdelegate Issue’
Representative Jared Huffman (D-CA) urged voters Saturday to “calm down” about superdelegates in a visit to his constituency in the second congressional district in northwest California.
California Primary: Humboldt County Feels the Bern
Hillary Clinton will need to assemble a strong ground game before the state’s June 7 primary if she is to defeat Sen. Bernie Sanders in this district, where an “outsider” ethos prevails and progressive politics rule. It is this outsider status that will also likely propel Republican hopeful Donald Trump to victory here.
Highest Arrest Rate in California? ‘Hippie’ Humboldt County
The county with the highest arrest rate in California is not Los Angeles, San Diego or the Bay Area counties, where Black Lives Matter protests have shut down cities. Rather, it is “hippie” Humboldt County, which had the highest arrest rates for felonies, misdemeanors, and status offenses for the 58 counties in California from 2005 through 2014.
Juvenile Corrections Officer Sentenced for Child Pornography
A 53-year-old Humboldt County juvenile corrections officer who pleaded guilty in June to charges of possessing child pornography was sentenced to five years (60 months) in prison last week.
Newsom Takes Campaign for Legal Pot to Humboldt County
California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom will hold an open discussion on marijuana legalization Friday in one of the counties that legalization legislation would likely affect the most: Humboldt County.
California Climbers Surviving Everest–for Now–While Rescue Uncertain
Over 4,600 people are reportedly presumed dead in the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that struck Nepal Saturday and the numbers continue to rise, but nine Californians in various stages of rescue or distress remain alive at this point.
