Humboldt Last Week

An arrest of a local transit driver on an alleged sexual assault with serious prior convictions, Sinclair cancels then restores Jimmy Kimmel in Humboldt amid protests and free-speech blowback, deputies release body-cam from a fatal Loleta shooting near Bear River Casino as investigations continue, a 100-mph chase ends with kidnapping and gun charges, a daylong Eureka barricade ends in arrest, a probation violator in a child-porn case gets five years eight months, two Eureka men face gang-related attempted-murder charges tied to a March shooting, Avelo moves up its last flight as Breeze targets March launches and the county pursues more routes, Arcata’s council meeting turns chaotic with a fake-gun rush and talk of tighter security, police probe graffiti in Eureka and Arcata, more than 300 gather at a Charlie Kirk vigil while others rally for democracy and press freedoms, locals say offshore wind presses on despite a federal pullback, a court win looks to shield Eureka grants from culture-war conditions, $50 m