A preliminary hearing for the man accused of killing 26-year-old Amy Kaufmann is scheduled for April 6. Del Norte Superior Court Judge William Follett set the date Tuesday after Robert L. Proctor’s attorney, James Fallman, requested more time in the case because he is still waiting to receive reports and evidence from law enforcement authorities.
Law enforcement officers acted appropriately last fall when when a Ukiah man died after being stunned three times with Tasers, Mendocino County District Attorney Meredith Lintott announced Monday.
Now a small but determined coalition of Bay Area activists and politicos are on a mission to have California be the first state in the union to fully legalize, regulate and tax the use of marijuana – and they’re approaching that goal from several different angles.
Former environmental prosecutor Paul Hagen announced today that he will stand for Humboldt County District Attorney in the June election.
San Joaquin Superior Court Judge Cinda Fox is taken from her courtroom on a stretcher after being attacked by David Paradiso, who was on trial on a murder charge.
A sting targeting unlicensed contractors netted an elder abuse suspect and a registered sex offender in Eureka Tuesday.
The Humboldt County District Attorney’s Office and California’s Contractors State License Board conducted a joint operation this week targeting unlicensed contractors.
Assemblyman Wesley Chesbro said that the state Attorney General’s Office and the California Department of Food and Agriculture are interested in settling their lawsuit against a group of dairy farmers who were caught up in the Humboldt Creamery
Former Humboldt Creamery CEO Rich Ghilarducci will plead guilty to a single federal charge filed against him of making false statements to an agricultural credit bank, according to a statement from his attorney.
Depositions are underway in the harassment suit against the city of Eureka, but the city’s attorney, Adrienne Moran, is reportedly struggling with a pesky reporter who is sitting in on the testimony.
A local attorney is awaiting his fate in a case arising from his apparent illegal subdivision of his property over the course of the last two decades.
Proctor also charged with intimidating a witness in case. Del Norte County District Attorney Mike Riese charged Robert L. Proctor on Tuesday with four felony counts related to the fatal shooting of 26-year-old Crescent City resident Amy Kaufmann.
The City of Eureka and its manager David Tyson will mount a legal challenge in Humboldt County Superior Court Friday morning against a lawsuit filed by former police dispatcher Tawnie Hansen.
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jerry Brown has chosen one-time Rob Arkley spokesperson Steven Glazer to be his campaign manager.
The race for Humboldt County District Attorney is about to go richter. Sources say former deputy DA Allison Jackson has thrown her hat in what is sure to be a fiery ring.
