NCJ Preview with Access Humboldt

by Jennifer Fumiko Cahill on January 23, 2020 at 4:55PM

This week news editor Thad Greenson and arts and features editor Jennifer Fumiko Cahill talk with host David Frank about an off-duty assault that cost a local police officer his job, a not weird enough Netflix series set (but not filmed) in Humboldt and a couple of classic Chinese American recipes for crab. Watch the video below and click to subscribe.

Safety Corridor Sees First Fatal Collision in Years as Project Gears Up

by Kimberly Wear on January 21, 2020 at 4:52PM

After nearly two decades of planning, construction is slated to begin this year, with Caltrans receiving the go-ahead from a panel of somewhat dubious California Coastal commissioners, who made clear they believed the agency’s plans are blind to the looming threat of sea level rise, which could render the improvements moot. "This is ground zero," commission Chair Dayna Bochco said during the Aug. 7 meeting in Eureka.

North Coast Journal Preview: Video

by Jennifer Fumiko Cahill on January 19, 2020 at 6:47PM

If you've tuned in to Access Humboldt's channel 12 lately, you may have seen (or heard, if you listen to its radio station KZZH 96.7 FM at noon and 5 p.m.) the North Coast Journal Preview. In the weekly segment, members of the Journal's editorial staff sit down with host David Frank for a few minutes to talk about the stories we just went to press with.

With Foundation Report Still Outstanding, Another Justice for Josiah Vigil Planned for Today

by Iridian Casarez on January 15, 2020 at 3:40PM

Despite continuous inquiries from news outlets and community members at city council meetings, the city of Arcata still has't received the $30,000 National Police Foundation review of the city's emergency response to David Josiah Lawson’s fatal stabbing on April 15, 2017, and officials still “don’t have a firm timeline” of when the report will reach their desks. A, and I do expect the report this year, hopefully in the first half rather than the second.”

Governor Looks to Get CA into the Rx Business

by Judy Lin and Elizabeth Aguilera, CalMatters on January 15, 2020 at 8:51AM

In a bold strategy to drive down prescription drug prices, Gov. Gavin Newsom is proposing that California become the first state in the nation to establish its own generic drug label, making those medications available at an affordable price to the state’s 40 million residents. The proposal, part of the new state budget Newsom sent to the Legislature on Friday, would authorize the state to negotiate contracts with drugmakers to manufacture selected prescriptions on behalf of California.

NWS is Looking for Snow Reports

by Kimberly Wear on January 9, 2020 at 3:46PM

Eureka, There's a New City Manager in Town

by Kimberly Wear on January 7, 2020 at 3:31PM

Dean Lotter will be sworn in tonight as Eureka’s new city manager, the latest in a series of milestones for him in recent weeks, including moving into a new home here in town with his wife Wendy and their rescue dog Queso, as well as celebrating his 50th birthday. Hailing from the Midwest, Lotter comes with 23 years of city management experience, last serving in New Brighton, a suburb of the Twin Cities.

No War With Iran Protest (Photos)

by Thadeus Greenson on January 4, 2020 at 11:41AM

A couple dozen people turned up at the Humboldt County Courthouse on Friday evening, most carrying signs, for a hastily planned protest of the prospect of a U.S. war with Iran. The protest followed the Jan. 2 U.S. drone strike in Iraq that killed Qasem Soleimani, an Iranian major general in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and commander of Iran's clandestine Quds Force.

The Biggest Wave and Bomb Cyclone: A Record-Breaking Year of Wild Weather

by Kimberly Wear on January 3, 2020 at 3:57PM

Looking back at 2019 from a weather standpoint, things were a bit on the wild side at times. So, the Journal reached out to climate specialist Matthew Kidwell in the Eureka office of the National Weather Service, who compiled what he saw as the most notable weather incidents to take place last year.

Buzzkill on Roadkill: New Law Doesn't Allow for Collecting Killed Game, Yet

by Kimberly Wear on December 27, 2019 at 12:50PM

Remember all the buzz about Senate Bill 395 giving folks the chance to take home a side of roadkill and whip up a dinner? Well, that’s not quite how it works, according to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.