383: Toddler murder hidden for a year? Z&J woes, Amazon onward, Bareilles bump, hotel lawsuit, more

About this episode

The episode discusses various local crime incidents, community issues, and business developments in Humboldt County.

Humboldt prosecutors allege a mom murdered her toddler daughter and kept collecting benefits tied to the little girl, a man associated with Z&J Asian Subs in Eureka died by suicide amid active child sex abuse allegations leaving the family and business in a painful spotlight, Jake Combs was convicted of murder again in the Alderpoint case, the owners of Eureka’s Lamplighter Inn are being sued after two people died in the same motel room five days apart, Amazon is still moving ahead with its McKinleyville delivery facility despite local pushback, neighbors are raising concerns about a harm reduction office near Arcata High, a Eureka man was booked on rape charges, a loose dog call in Eureka led deputies to kids in protective custody and a home described as hazardous, Humboldt supervisors reapproved the path toward possible independent sheriff oversight after last week’s do over, a former county employee says she was fired for reporting sexual harassment, the county’s old Kmart permitting idea is inching forward, cleanup is finally ramping up at the site of Arcata’s destructive downtown fire, Jared Huffman grilled Interior Secretary Doug Burgum over what he called vanity…

People in this episode

Host: Humboldt Last Week

Topics covered

• crime
• local news
• community issues
• business
• legal matters
• social issues

Keywords

• toddler murder
• Z&J Asian Subs
• Amazon delivery facility
• Eureka
• Lamplighter Inn lawsuit
• Humboldt County
• Sara Bareilles
• Crabs baseball

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Z&J Asian Subs, Amazon, Planned Parenthood, Lamplighter Inn, Kmart

Places: Eureka, McKinleyville, Arcata, Alderpoint, Humboldt

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