Some of the sentencings couldn’t go forward this week because either the judges were missing or paperwork was late getting to the attorneys. Adam Degrenier’s fate was postponed because Judge William Lamb wasn’t present. The…
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Chef Fransen's got the clean good looks of a young man who might come to your door with the Jehovah's Witnesses, that generic poster boy look. He's trim and keeps himself well groomed. Maybe it's…
Wine, good wine, as everybody knows, does not make you drunk. A 90 point pinot noir is not to be confused with 90 proof rum. Rum goes cheap. Wine goes for big bucks per swig.…
The union rally on the Courthouse lawn last Thursday nearly turned into a brawl. The Service Employees International Union Local 1021, representing Ukiah Courthouse employees, had brought in a circus tent and a DJ and…
A frantic 911 call last June alerted North County law enforcement to a drug deal that had gone bad, very bad, near Piercy, a pot heavy hamlet just below the Humboldt County line. An undetermined…
There’s much speculation about the apparent epidemic of cancer at the County Courthouse. First to be stricken was Judge Ron Brown, who came up through the ranks from the Public Defender’s office to become the…
At the sentencing phase of Timothy Elliott’s murder trial last week, a Pomo woman asked the judge to “send a message to the rest of the community that the life of a Native American is…
Sean Bradley Hammon was arraigned on July 7th. Visiting Judge William Lamb refused to set bail on a charge of driving under the influence. Hammon's lawyer, public defender Eric Rennert, was still trying last Thursday,…
“Everyone around here’s so gutless,” a defense lawyer exclaimed in frustration at the rulings of local judges, quickly adding, “Oh, don’t print that!” A number of serious cases had been heard, and the judges, always…