AltWeeklies Wire
Exempt from Disclosurenew

Transparency, confidentiality and the police video Eureka doesn't want you to see.
North Coast Journal |
Thadeus Greenson |
08-11-2015 |
Crime & Justice
The Pen Respondsnew

In the aftermath of the Charlie Hebdo attack, we asked local cartoonists if they'd like to respond by taking their pen to paper.
North Coast Journal |
Thadeus Greenson |
01-20-2015 |
Civil Liberties
Locals: The Dark Side of Marijuana Grow Culturenew

Defying the conspiracy of silence and losing one's place in hometown marijuana grow country.
North Coast Journal |
Linda Stansberry |
07-07-2014 |
Drugs
Court Docs Unsealednew

Probation Reports: What we can learn from the 'most important' documents in the criminal justice system.
North Coast Journal |
Thadeus Greenson |
04-16-2014 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Probation Reports
Bag by Bagnew

The fine art and terrifying task of carrying groceries from market to home.
North Coast Journal |
Mitch Trachtenberg |
10-11-2012 |
Environment
Wal-Mart Has Been Blessednew

On the eve of opening day for rural Humboldt County's first Wal-Mart, Pastor Jeff Beltz invokes Jesus Christ, and eager consumers rejoice.
North Coast Journal |
Andrew Goff |
06-12-2012 |
Religion
Hawk Murders Pigeonnew

A harrowing tale of avian assault. With photos.
North Coast Journal |
Ryan Burns |
03-26-2012 |
Animal Issues
Tags: birds, Homicidal Hawk
Occupy Together? Down Twinkle For Nownew
Over 100 people representing Humboldt's various Occupy groups gathered Monday night for what was billed as a countywide General Assembly to explore the local movement’s options going forward. Numero uno on the list of topics: should/could/would Occupy Humboldt, Occupy Eureka and Occupy Arcata consolidate their energies in one form or another.
North Coast Journal |
Andrew Goff |
11-29-2011 |
#OCCUPY
Invasion of Big Lagoonnew

The New Zealand mud snail reproduces like crazy, but is it a threat?
North Coast Journal |
Keith Easthouse |
06-07-2011 |
Environment
Tags: New Zealand mud snail
Tragedy in Trinitynew

After vanishing with her 2-year-old daughter Sofia, Claudia Pedreros was found walking naked down a rural road. At first she told sheriffs that she didn't have a daughter and didn't know how she'd gotten there. But when her daughter's body was pulled from the weedy banks of the Trinity River, Pedreros allegedly confessed that she'd drowned her own daughter.
North Coast Journal |
Travis Turner |
05-26-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Claudia Pedreros, Sofia Pedreros
Legalization’s Opponentsnew

Critics of California's Prop. 19 -- which would legalize marijuana -- range from skeptical to rabid. Some of them come from inside the movement.
North Coast Journal |
John Geluardi |
10-08-2010 |
Policy Issues
Tags: Marijuana, Proposition 19
Our San Bruno?new

In the wake of the San Bruno disaster, the absence of highly at-risk gas pipelines shows the inadequacy of PG&E's list of trouble spots.
North Coast Journal |
Katie Worth |
09-24-2010 |
Disasters
Tags: PG&E
Tricks, Tips & Scamsnew
The world is coming to get your money. You gotta build lines of defense.
North Coast Journal |
Jennifer Savage |
09-23-2010 |
Economy
Tags: Money
Broken Arrownew

The Golden Rule -- a legendary ship used by early anti-nuclear activists -- has been parked in Humboldt Bay for years, in an awful state of disrepair. A veteran's group is looking to remedy that.
North Coast Journal |
Heidi Walters |
09-09-2010 |
Environment
Tags: Environment, Anti-Nuke
Beer Me, Jesusnew

Dan Davis, the ambiguously Christian leader of Humboldt County's Catalyst Church, is bored with hate and Hell.
North Coast Journal |
Deric Mendes |
08-19-2010 |
Religion
Tags: Catalyst Church