Kevin Hoover


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McKinleyville Teen And Community Center Moves Ahead

Jack Durham Mad River Union McKINLEYVILLE – The town’s proposed Teen & Community Center received an enthusiastic thumbs up recently from McKinleyville Municipal Advisory Committee (McKMAC). The McKinleyville Community Services District recently decided that the $1.8 million project should be reviewed by the McKMAC, so a presentation was given at the committee’s Feb. 26 meeting. MCSD Parks & Recreation Director... READ MORE >

Everyone Was Totally Persuaded By Our Awesome Pro-Biotechnology Column

If by totally persuaded we mean pointing out all the corporate stoogery, overfaith in science, ludicrousness & lies  Monsanto’s playbook Thank you for running your delightful parody pretending to oppose the proposed Humboldt County GMO ban. You even put Rollin Richmond’s name on it, he the consummate free-enterprise bureaucrat who probably hasn’t seen the inside of a lab since 1957.... READ MORE >

Motorcyclist Dead After Vehicle Pursuit

CHP Press Release UPDATE: 20 year old Dillon Arcani of Samoa, CA, who was driving the motorcycle at the time of the collision, was pronounced deceased at the St. Joseph Hospital Emergency Room the evening of March 17th.  VEHICLE PURSUIT LEADS TO MAJOR INJURY TRAFFIC COLLISION ON SR-255  On March 17, 2014, at 4:03 pm, a Humboldt County Sheriff’s Deputy attempted... READ MORE >

Children Hurt In Car Vs. Motorcycle Collision

CHP Press Release VEHICLE VERSUS MOTORCYCLE COLLISION RESULTS IN MINOR INJURIES TO TWO JUVENILES On March 17, 2014, at 5:15 pm, Humboldt Area CHP received a call of a hit and run traffic collision involving two small children with injuries in Hoopa, CA. Officers arrived at 5:30 pm to find that 19 year old Justy Masten old Hoopa, CA, had... READ MORE >

Vehicle Pursuit On SR 255 Ends In Major Injury

CHP Press Release VEHICLE PURSUIT LEADS TO MAJOR INJURY TRAFFIC COLLISION ON SR-255 On March 17, 2014, at 4:03 pm, a Humboldt County Sheriff’s Deputy attempted a traffic stop a 2011 Suzuki GSXR 1000 motorcycle for no license plate near the Samoa Cookhouse in Samoa, CA. When the red lights and siren came on, the motorcyclist fled northbound on SR-255... READ MORE >

Old, Unstable Dynamite Found, Rendered Safe In Redwood Valley

HCSO Press Release On 03-14-2014, at approximately 2 p .m., the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office was notified by a property owner on Chezem Lane, Redwood Valley that he located three cases of dynamite in a barn. The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office Bomb Squad responded to the scene and confirmed the three boxes contained dynamite.  The dynamite appeared to be very... READ MORE >

Arson Suspected In Dispensary Blaze

Arcata Fire Press Release Arcata Marijuana Dispensary Fire Arson Suspected in Early Morning Fire  ARCATA, CA- (March 17, 2014) – Arcata Fire District engines were dispatched to a possible chimney fire at 5:18 this morning. Engine 8216 responded from the Arcata station and was at scene in less than two minutes. The engine Captain reported heavy smoke coming from the... READ MORE >

Early Morning Fire at Illegal Cannabis Dispensary (Update 3)

          Kevin L. Hoover Mad River Union ARCATA – Arcata Police and Arcata Fire are on scene at the illegal cannabis dispensary operated by Steven Gasparas at Samoa Boulevard and H Street following an early morning fire. APD is reportedly preparing a search warrant for the property at 389 H St., according to Arcata Fire Battalion Chief Sean... READ MORE >

Firpo Seeks To Quit Ferrer Case

Union Staff Report ARCATA – At a Sunday afternoon appearance at the Arcata Community Center, District Attorney candidate Elan Firpo said that she has asked to be removed from the case involving the Nov. 25 stabbing death of Douglas Anderson-Jordet. Firpo said District Attorney Paul Gallegos is considering her request. “I have asked Paul to reassign it,” she said. “It feels... READ MORE >

DA Candidate Elan Firpo Appears in Arcata Sunday, March 16

Elan Firpo Campaign Press Release Join District Attorney candidate Elan Firpo for a town hall meeting on Sunday, March 16, 2 p.m. at the Arcata Community Center Senior Dining Room, 321 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway.   Elan Firpo has solutions for the difficult challenges that face the District Attorney’s office. Hear about Elan’s plan to: • Shut the revolving door on... READ MORE >