Humboldt Last Week

An Arcata man pleaded not guilty after a 19-year-old woman accused him of rape and violence during a first date on the Samoa Peninsula, another suspected drunk driver seriously injured a pedestrian in Eureka amid a disturbing string of DUI crashes, Miranda’s Rescue reportedly sold a Fortuna property for $126,000 as its investigation continues, a Eureka man was arrested for allegedly selling cocain...

The woman charged with murder in the suspected DUI death of 20-year-old road worker Ronnie Franklin will stay jailed after backing away from a release request, a Humboldt drug bust allegedly turned up hundreds of fentanyl pills hidden in a Nerds box along with meth, cocaine, 14 guns and three children at the property, protesters are asking why there are still no charges nearly five months into the...

The death of 20-year-old road worker Ronnie Franklin after a suspected DUI crash in a southern Eureka work zone devastated Humboldt as the accused driver was arrested on suspicion of murder, five people including a Weitchpec mother and two young children were killed in a head-on collision, Miranda’s Rescue is being allowed to resume operations while its criminal investigation continues and former...

A man was shot after allegedly forcing his way into a Cutten-area home and investigators currently believe the resident acted in self-defense, a woman who pleaded guilty to killing her Eureka roommate could potentially serve a four-year involuntary-manslaughter sentence through a work program, an Arcata man accused of stalking someone and breaking into their home now faces attempted-murder allegat...

A Eureka mayoral candidate is denying that racist, anti-Muslim and pro-Nazi posts tied to accounts using his name and personal details were actually his, Shannon Miranda gave his most extensive defense yet of Miranda’s Rescue saying he is “not this big monster” while investigators still have hundreds of transferred dogs unaccounted for and more than 100 bodies exhumed, Fortuna is moving toward tou...

Two teenagers are accused in the shooting death of a man in Hoopa with robbery allegations now part of the case, a 43-year-old Cal Poly Humboldt dorm resident was arrested on sexual-assault allegations and then arrested again, a Humboldt drug bust involving guns and drugs expanded into allegations of human trafficking and pimping multiple people, a local man is accused of sexually abusing six vict...

Shannon Miranda publicly defended his Fortuna rescue and accused Sheriff William Honsal of unfairly targeting him while Honsal fired back, a suspect with prior legal trouble was arrested in the Valley West attempted-murder case months after a man was stabbed repeatedly during a chaotic fight involving a gunshot, Trump administration pressure led Open Door to stop accepting new gender-affirming-car...

An Oakland rescue is suing Shannon Miranda after three dogs it was told were adopted were allegedly identified among the 117 bodies recovered at Miranda’s Rescue, toxic algae may have killed a dog that swam in the Eel River near Scotia and Rio Dell, a local bodyboarder says a roughly 10-foot shark bit his board and tore his wetsuit at Moonstone Beach without breaking his skin, Humboldt County is p...

An arrest was made in the 2015 killing of a 13-year-old Klamath boy, an 18-year-old accused of shooting a man near McKinleyville High pleaded not guilty to attempted murder after officers tracked him with his court-ordered ankle monitor, a broken taillight during a family road trip led to the ICE detention of a longtime Eureka resident who has lived locally for more than 30 years, former Fortuna c...

A man was sentenced to roughly 141 years to life for murdering a Eureka couple in front of their four-year-old daughter and shooting two other women, a man received 23 years to life for sexually abusing two young girls, a judge ruled the Hoopa man accused of fatally stabbing his uncle can go to a murder trial, Humboldt’s anti-Amazon ballot effort fell just a few hundred signatures short as the pro...

New testimony in the Hoopa murder case detailed a four-year-old at the scene, the Hoopa Valley Tribe is condemning the temporary release of teen suspects charged in Dylan Moon’s killing, a Del Norte father lost his left hand after picking up a firework at the beach, Humboldt’s Amazon fight is getting louder as organizers gather signatures to put warehouse limits before voters, supervisors narrowly...

The FBI has joined the Miranda’s Rescue investigation as disturbing details surface, Sidelines in Arcata is drawing formal pushback as the old bar tries to come back, Humboldt’s Amazon battle is escalating with environmental review underway and ballot backers racing to let voters weigh in, a local 18-year-old is accused of violently sexually assaulting a toddler, Eureka’s Lamplighter Inn was hit w...

Lost Coast Brewery is officially for sale, a proposed ballot measure is anti Amazon, Arcata could get Sidelines back years after a drug investigation shut it down, a McKinleyville man's FBI child-predator sting, the woman accused of murdering her toddler daughter pleaded not guilty, the owners of Eureka’s Lamplighter Motel are pushing back in a wrongful death lawsuit, fresh reporting on Mirand...

A woman accused of murdering her toddler daughter is now in Humboldt custody after extradition in a case prosecutors say involved abuse, concealment, a McKinleyville man was found guilty in a child sex abuse case, reports of possibly spiked drinks around Arcata have people on alert, Humboldt County is moving ahead with buying Eureka’s old Kmart, Coast Guard crews training near the Mad River rescue...

State officers raided a Fortuna massage business, Humboldt supervisors had a heated showdown over license plate cameras with a vote pushing toward a review and possible alternatives, Mary Burke appears on track to win the north county supervisor seat while Chris Rogers, Jared Huffman, Audrey Hanks and Damon Connolly are all ahead in their races, Eureka police are investigating a reported drive by...

Explosive new claims say investigators believe Miranda’s Rescue secretly killed at least eight dogs to make room for more paid intakes, including allegations tied to a mass grave and possible profit motive, a TikTok influencer was arrested at the McKinleyville airport in an alleged murder for hire plot tied to a custody dispute, an Arcata man got 125 years to life for multiple child sex crimes aft...

Humboldt prosecutors allege a mom murdered her toddler daughter and kept collecting benefits tied to the little girl, a man associated with Z&J Asian Subs in Eureka died by suicide amid active child sex abuse allegations leaving the family and business in a painful spotlight, Jake Combs was convicted of murder again in the Alderpoint case, the owners of Eureka’s Lamplighter Inn are being sued...

A deadly stabbing of a family member in Hoopa has turned into a murder case, one of Humboldt’s most horrifying recent shooting cases is heading toward sentencing, a man was stabbed multiple times near Valley West before reportedly firing a gun, Miranda’s Rescue is under scrutiny amid serious allegations, county officials say nearly 600 ballots went uncounted in last year’s special election, alarms...

A former suspect in the still unresolved killing of David Josiah Lawson is back in headlines after an unrelated arrest, Amazon’s proposed McKinleyville delivery facility is drawing both pushback and big jobs promises, Humboldt supervisors have to redo their sheriff oversight hearing, locals are mourning beloved local radio legend Dr. Syd from KSLG, officials apologized to SpaceX over political com...

A reported attempted kidnapping near Cal Poly Humboldt leads this one after a student allegedly had to escape a moving car, another woman in McKinleyville said she fled an alleged kidnapper and hid in a Blue Lake gas station bathroom, a new abuse charge was added in the heavy foster child death case from 2021, Bailey Blunt’s family is still asking why the man they suspect is living free in Humbold...

A Eureka business owner tied in reports to a local child sex investigation died by suicide after a police chase, the Bayshore Mall foreclosure auction drew zero bidders, the Trinidad Rancheria’s long delayed hotel project cleared a major Coastal Commission hurdle, a tossed Alderpoint murder conviction is headed toward retrial, a Bridgeville cannabis farm trafficking case may still go to trial on n...

The case against a woman accused of killing her two year old foster child moved forward, new child sex charges against a Eureka man, St Joe’s hospital in Eureka reportedly trying to settle California’s lawsuit over alleged emergency care failures while local advocate Anna Nusslock gets honored, the Bayshore Mall heads toward an April 17 auction with about $39 million in debt, thousands turn out fo...

The death penalty is now off the table in Hoopa's teen murder case ahead of a preliminary hearing, another Humboldt murder case allegedly with a love triangle appears to be headed to trial, No Kings protests are set across Humboldt, Eureka parking is going app-based, Eureka officials are stuck with a huge low-income housing target, local housing vouchers are drying up as federal support fades,...

The murder case of Hoopa teenager Dylan Moon continues to unfold with multiple arrests and gang-related charges, a Fortuna home tied to a CHP officer is searched in a multi-agency drug trafficking investigation, a SWAT arrest in Eureka leads to gun charges against a teenager tied to a ghost gun and high-capacity magazine, a Bridgeville suspect pleads not guilty in a felony human trafficking case,...

A Hoopa shooting involving teenage suspects sparks a major manhunt as the victim remains in critical condition after being shot in the head, Humboldt’s airport director resigns after less than three months even as passenger numbers surge and new flights expand regional travel options, Humboldt drivers face some of the highest gas prices in the country, a Eureka roommate stabbing case ends in a hun...