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It’s time for our weekly look inside Humboldt County’s courtrooms. Reporter Ryan Hutson has been tracking several cases that took unexpected turns this week — including a 2022 murder conviction that still isn’t final, and a sexual assault case that just grew significantly larger.

During response to the August 20th Blue Fire in Benbow, Del Oro's water system reportedly could not deliver the pressure needed for firefighting efforts. There is also a fundraiser being held for the resident whose property burned. 

Mendocino County adopts a 45 day emergency ordinance to banning data center development in unincorporated areas

At the September 1st Mendocino Board of Supervisors meeting, the Mendocino Sheriff’s Department asked for approval of a grant from the Prop. 64 Public Health and Safety Program for 4.5 million dollars

A Humboldt County judge issued a split ruling this week - upholding an arrest, but rejecting a search. The judge ruled that police went too far when they seized a Cal Poly Humboldt student activist’s phone, computer, and other devices — finding the warrant behind the search did not justify the seizure, and warning that treating mere possession of a device as grounds for seizure would render the Fourth Amendment toothless.

In this episode we have stories on a 4.5 million dollar cannabis enforcement grant, a judge overturning a search warrant concerning Rick Toledo, and Mendocino County looks to ban data centers

SoHum Health, along with the Southern Humboldt Family Resource Center and Senior Life Solutions, are hosting an event in the Garberville Town Square on Friday, September 18th, from 4-7pm. The event is called Holding Space, and focuses on loss, grief, and suicide awareness.

In this episode we have stories on Taste of the Cove and an event in Garberville to help those dealing with grief this year. But first some local alerts and updates.

At last week's Redwood Energy Authority Board of Directors Meeting, a wide variety of potential structural changes were discussed, including potential municipalization.

The executive director of a non-profit that assists the transition to electric vehicles fielded some feedback during a local online presentation. Daniel Mintz reports.