Thadeus Greenson

2 weeks ago | northcoastjournal.com | Thadeus Greenson

The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office has identified the deputy who fatally shot a suspect allegedly charging him with a knife on June 5 as Cpl. Bradford Anderson, a nine-year veteran of the office. Anderson remains on paid administrative leave, as is standard protocol, according to a press release. The other deputy at the scene did not fire their weapon and also remains on leave.

2 weeks ago | northcoastjournal.com | Thadeus Greenson

As information continues to trickle out regarding the June 5 fatal shooting of a 29-year-old Simi Valley man by a Humboldt County sheriff’s deputy, a picture is emerging of the man who allegedly rushed a deputy with a knife having been in prolonged medical distress.

2 weeks ago | northcoastjournal.com | Thadeus Greenson

California Attorney General Rob Bonta’s office filed a motion June 9 in Humboldt County Superior Court seeking a judge’s order enforcing a stipulation reached in a lawsuit brought against Providence St. Joseph Hospital last year requiring it to comply with state’s Emergency Service Law and provide emergency abortive procedures when they are deemed medically necessary. “The terms of the stipulation and court order against Providence St. Joseph are clear,” Bonta said in a press release.

3 weeks ago | northcoastjournal.com | Thadeus Greenson

A Humboldt County Sheriff's deputy fatally shot a 29-year-old man yesterday afternoon at the Bear River Recreation Center who was allegedly armed and combative. According to a press release, deputies responded to the center at 2:16 p.m. to a report of a man with a bloody, bandaged arm "actively dripping blood throughout the facility." Responding deputies determined the man needed medical attention but he refused treatment, according to the release.

3 weeks ago | northcoastjournal.com | Thadeus Greenson

Things have gotten awfully muddy in Blue Lake. The city council's decision to part ways with longtime City Manager Amanda Mager early last month has laid bare deep divisions in the small city of about 1,200 residents, prompting an extended series of social media spats between those applauding the newly elected council majority's move and those decrying it and a lack of transparency in the process.