Sage Alexander

4 days ago | times-standard.com | Sage Alexander

Sunday is 420, the annual cannabis holiday and Humboldt County businesses are gearing up for what is typically the biggest sales day of the year. For dispensaries, it’s a mixture of a bar crawl and Black Friday, where customers grab goodie bags and stop by for deals and festivities. “If you’re gonna try to throw an event, you should probably be starting at least a month early,” said Isaiah Atkinson, a manager at Kiskanu in Eureka who was in the throes of getting the festivities in order.

6 days ago | times-standard.com | Sage Alexander

IRS whistleblower on Hunter Biden is out as acting commissioner just days after getting the job

6 days ago | fresnobee.com | Sage Alexander

The Eureka City Council decided Tuesday on a date to revisit a controversial homelessness ordinance, which was unanimously tabled after a more than 7-hour meeting last month following a long string of commenters speaking in opposition. The ordinance would combine existing statutes on illegal camping and prohibited sitting and sleeping in public spaces citywide - and elevate violations of those ordinances from an infraction to a misdemeanor crime.

6 days ago | times-standard.com | Sage Alexander

The Eureka City Council decided Tuesday on a date to revisit a controversial homelessness ordinance, which was unanimously tabled after a more than 7-hour meeting last month following a long string of commenters speaking in opposition. The ordinance would combine existing statutes on illegal camping and prohibited sitting and sleeping in public spaces citywide — and elevate violations of those ordinances from an infraction to a misdemeanor crime.

1 week ago | fresnobee.com | Sage Alexander

Eight years after college student David Josiah Lawson was fatally stabbed at an off-campus house party in Arcata, community members held a vigil in his honor Tuesday. Under cloudy skies, a few dozen people gathered on the date of Lawson's death in 2017. People lit candles and placed flowers beneath his mural, watching his face in a moment of silence. Lawson would be 28 this year, and was a sophomore studying criminology at then-Humboldt State University when he was killed.