California Attorney General Attorney General Rob Bonta secured compensation for Californians harmed by Google and just issued a press release with details for consumers to receive payment from $700 Million settlement.
I will add the press release later because it is available on the CA AG website.
In Legal Impact for Chickens vs Alexandre Family Farms, there is a case management conference scheduled for 12/29/25. There was a stipulation and order of stay filed by Harland Law Firm on 7/28/25.
The parties agreed to a temporary stay during "the pendency of a Petition for Writ of Mandate" filed by Alexandre Family Farms in the First District Court of Appeal.
Screenshots from 9/11/25 have the disposition in the First District Court of Appeal. Petition for writ of mandate denied. Application for amici curiae by San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and Humane Society of the Sierra Foothills denied.
Legal Impact for Chickens is represented by Janssen Malloy. There was a ruling on 5/30/25 by Judge Timothy Canning on Alexandre Family Farms demurrer which was overruled.
Civil cases can take years so whether it is the lawsuit filed against Alexandre Family Farms or the lawsuit filed by Ray Christie against HCSO; it is too early for keyboard warriors and the same group of Humboldt insiders with biases to opine and make statements, when most of them don't read facts, court records and some repeat what they have heard about people they have never met.
The case Joseph Manni had filed against Alexandre Family Farms was dismissed on 3/3/25. I have reported on this previously that the case had settled. If you read my previous posts on Ray Christie's 2018 criminal trial, you will get the relevance of the ongoing dynamics and the Real Ranchers of Humboldt County reality show playing out in the courts.
Another Best of 2025 Barber award, this one for Munwela's Barbershop, the Eureka winner in the barber shop category "by the authentic feedback of your own customers." Munwela has been in the area since 1999 and 14 years at the 5th and L Eureka location.
I know many of her loyal customers and they chose her over other male barbers in the area.
I just did a post a week ago on convicted molestor Steve Boudreaux's third trial in the same case. The link to that post also gives you access to prior coverage.
https://johnchiv.blogspot.com/2025/11/defense-loses-another-motion-before.html?m=1
The third trial has been assigned to Humboldt Superior Court Judge Kaleb Cockrum. Deputy District Attorney Whitney Timm is the prosecutor. Deputy Public Defender Casey Russo is Boudreaux's attorney.
Closing arguments are expected to start today. During this third trial, new evidence was presented from phone extraction. Boudreaux's "porn" searches included "incest porn."
2:50 p.m. Jurors started deliberations. I just saw Ms. Timm, DA Investigator Ryan Hill and Jane Does leave the courtroom.
In-N-Out continues to expand. On November 20, 2025, a location opened in Longmont, Colorado. By the end of 2025, other new locations scheduled to open are all in Tennessee: Antioch, Lebanon, Franklin and Murfreesboro.
I am no longer linking all previous posts. These screenshots are just some of the posts I have done on Alexandre Family Farms, Blake Alexander and the local law response to animal carcasses during my ongoing coverage of the Ray Christie case. I have done balanced coverage on Christie and called Christie out. He has never retaliated against me or threatened me.
In my October 13, 2024 post, this is a statement I got from a spokesperson for Alexandre Family Farms. "Our mission is to farm in harmony with nature, honoring the Earth and all the animals under our stewardship. We are recognized by Certified Humane for meeting precise, objective standards for how we care for our animals. We will not comment on pending litigation."
I have two separate reports regarding Alexandre Family Farms, one requested by a party on Thursday, June 26, 2025. The first three pages have identifying information about the requesting party which I will not post on the blog as well as information and contact information for HCSO Legal Services Manager, Veronnica Dellis, which I will also not post on the blog. I provided two cropped screenshots of the request to HCSO.
The HCSO report is 20 pages long, heavily redacted and the last page is payment information of the requester which I will not post on the blog.
The USDA report is 11 pages. You can compare the Alexandre Family Farm statement, the HCSO and USDA reports.
In the showdown between Newsom's Press guy and Homeland Security, the fact that is most relevant is an 11 year old is dead. Newsom's press office defending someone who broke the law 5 times is typical of his soft on crime policies that affect Californians.
Jake is a great barber, family guy & his customer service skills are top notch. The Top 5 of 2025 barber award is well deserved! Congratulations to Jake Fuller and Main Street Barber for the recognition and highlighting Humboldt in a positive way nationally. Just remember those of us Jake who you practiced on before opening shop 😁
In August, I reported on an arrest by Eureka Police Department of 48 year old Salisha Danale Dean was arrested yesterday by Eureka Police Department for PC 422 criminal threats and PC 417 (a) (1) brandishing a deadly weapon other than a firearm.
https://johnchiv.blogspot.com/2025/08/if-salisha-dean-arrested-by-epd-for.html?m=1
The Humboldt County District Attorney's Office charged Dean with three misdemeanors. Count 1 PC 422 criminal threats; Count 2 PC 417 (a) brandishing a weapon and Count 3 PC 594 (b) (2) vandalism. Alleged victim in Count 1 Dustin Moran and alleged victim in Count 3 is Nicholle Boulby.
On 11/17, Dean failed to appear for arraignment and arrest warrant was issued by Judge Steven Steward but he also referred to DA for affadavit. Any action on the warrant or affadavit could take months so there is no immediate need for a follow up or update.
President Donald Trump today granted a full and unconditional pardonfor Democrat Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, and his wife, Imelda in the 2024 alleged bribery case brought against them during and by the Biden administration.
20 year old Luis Carlos Camacho was arrested by Humboldt County Probation on a Ramey warrant yesterday for PC 287(b)(1) oral copulation with a minor and PC261.5(c) unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor. Bail is $55,000.
His name frequently appears on the jail log for various crimes and several local law enforcement agencies are familiar with him. He has three Humboldt Superior cases. A conviction in a 2024 traffic case; a conviction and plea to a felony in one 2025 criminal case for carrying a loaded firearm which was not registered and a 2025 DUI which was dismissed as a part of the plea in the other 2025 case with certain conditions.
Former Antioch police officer Devon Christopher Wenger was sentenced today to seven-and-a-half years in federal prison for conspiring to injure, oppress, threaten, or intimidate residents of Antioch through the use of unreasonable force, conspiring to distribute anabolic steroids, and obstructing justice.
The U.S. Attorney's Office of Northern California issued a press release just now.
HCSO just issued a press release about this morning's arrest of Hydesville resident 65-year-old David Bernard Privat. He was booked for PC 664/187 attempted homicide; PC 273.5(a) inflicting corporal injury on spouse/cohabitant; PC 236 false imprisonment and PC 29800(a)(1) felon in possession of a firearm.
Humboldt Superior Court Assistant Presiding Judge Timothy Canning Judge Canning has arranged to have the December 10 hearing on the preliminary injunction in People vs St Joseph Health Northern California available to be viewed by the public over Zoom. Humboldt Superior Court issued a press release with more details. There is a QR code which was included and you can access it on the press release from the Humboldt Superior Court website. I am not adding it to the post.
This was the last post I did on attempted murder suspect James Atkins' 2023 case. After Ms. Andrea Sullivan was relieved because Atkins decided to hire LA attorney Anthony Tall, nothing has happened except continuance after continuance from defense.
The motion to continue defense was filed on 12/1/25, the day of the last hearing on this case. Local attorney Ms. Kathleen Bryson made a special appearance. Retired Judge Christopher Wilson is considering an OSC. Humboldt County Deputy DA Roger Rees is the prosecutor.
Trial setting + confirmation of counsel availability is scheduled for 12/5.
I have written before the needless continuances for reasons that can be avoided in Humboldt Superior Court in multiple cases and multiple times a week. In addition to cases I am following from years ago; the same delays happen with new cases. Checking constantly on 20 to 40 cases for unecessary scheduling is a waste of time and court resources.
I am the first to get these court documents and report on this lawsuit. When you are represented by a winning law firm that is a top law firm nationally and internationally; I guarantee this will be picked up by national news media.
Yesterday, on behalf of Ray Christie, Larson Law Firm LLP partner, Mr. Rick Richmond, filed a 68 page lawsuit in the U.S. District of Northern California against the County of Humboldt, former HCSO Deputy Travis Mendes, former Humboldt Deputy DA now Humboldt Deputy Public Defender Adrian Kamada, Humboldt County Sheriff William Honsal and Does 1-10.
The County and individuals have not been served yet, according to Mr. Richmond who I briefly spoke with this morning.
I did exclusive coverage on Christie's 2018 case and reported what, as usual, other media ignored. I just did a post yesterday on Mendes, Kamada and the 2018 case and Christie's criminal conviction being expunged. I was also the only one who reported on Christie's plea.
The lawsuit covers a lot of what I reported previously including my post on Mendes wannabe cowboy page 6 and I thank Mr. Richmond on page 48 for the comment about my balanced reporting. I covered Mendes' excessive force behavior lawsuit.
"Community backlash against Ray was swift. Multiple area news outlets and local journalists covered Ray’s case, such as The Times-Standard, The Lost Coast Outpost, The North Coast Journal, Redheaded Blackbelt, and John Chiv’s Words Worth, which among all the local media outlets, was the only balanced reporting available at the time. Several of these outlets maintain comment sections, where members of the community wrote about their hatred of Ray, disparaging him, calling him an animal abuser, and advocating for his animals to be taken away and for Ray to spend the rest of his life in prison. "
Many feel that way in Humboldt but will not state it in public. What Mr. Richmond states is how people treat me in other parts of California and the nation with respect and acknowledgement of hard work and journalism experience I have for 40 years. I investigated this case, took the time to look into information not covered by others. This lawsuit is needed because the powers to be and the criminal justice system in Humboldt has destroyed many lives due to the Humboldt inept good ole boys and gals politics. I have written about selective justice and targeting of certain people.
This lawsuit will benefit more than just Ray Christie.
9:22 a.m. A press release was just sent out about this lawsuit by Larson Law Firm LLP. It has the summary of the lawsuit.
Mr. Rick Richmond is a partner in the LA law firm, Larson Law Firm LLP.
Mr. Richmond represented Christie in his 2018 criminal case which resulted in a plea on 12/1/2023. I was the first person and the only one to report on the plea. It was done with no notice to the media or public at what was supposed to be an intervention. The case was assigned to former, ousted Judge Gregory Kreis but I was told Retired Judge Christopher Wilson assisted with the plea.
I have written more than once that the DA agreed to the plea to avoid the more mistakes made by the DA's office in 2018 and HCSO which would have come forward in a retrial. You can read about that in court documents and my prior coverage specifically paying attention to former HCSO deputy Travis Mendes and former Humboldt Deputy DA Adrian Kamada who then went over to the Public Defender's office.
On 1/29/25, Visiting Judge Ksenia Tsenin granted the defense PC 1203.4 motion which expunged Christie's criminal conviction. The People submitted with opposition.
Both, former Humboldt Deputy DA and now Humboldt Superior Court Judge Steven Steward and Deputy DA Roger Rees who ended up with the case had to clean up Kamada's mess and take the brunt for the Kamada and Mendes' failures.
In one of my past posts, I wrote that Mendes had cowboy envy. Before I blocked his account, these are photos I took from his Facebook on August 10, 2025. Travis Mendes used to be a livestock deputy. Those who read my past coverage on Ray Christie know the significance of the auction yard, the livestock reference and these photos.
Travis Mendes is now working for CALFire.
I have done many posts on Christie, including his 2018 criminal case and many exclusives. I am not going to link them; they can be accessed via the search feature on the blog. If you are an advertiser, subscriber or contributor; you can contact me for assistance with links or specific links request.
After multiple delays to my November 4 PRA request about the County of Humboldt's investigation into First District Supervisor Rex Bohn, here is what I got on December 1, 2025 at 5:37 p.m.
I see after Liebert Cassidy Whitmore's screw up last time worsened by emails from the County, this time, they included this disclaimer. I am going through the documents and updating the post now. I appreciate Humboldt County Public Information Specialist Cati Gallardo whose job isn't easy.
This is the first document.
"Hi Rex, The Committee established under the Board of Supervisors Code of Conduct and Ethics and Rules of the Board of Supervisors received a formal complaint alleging improper behavior by you. The alleged improper conduct was related to an on June 24th, 2025 involving the Tobacco Retail License Ordinance. After receiving the formal complaint, the committee met and determined that the allegations should be examined through an impartial third-party investigation. There is nothing further for you to do currently and you will be contacted for an interview when deemed necessary by the third-party investigator."
The second is a notice for investigation interview.
The third is this letter.
The last document is the complaint. Kudos to whoever made this complaint. It does sound like it is staff.
The line that this is not the only "incidence of this behavior on Bohns part." Even with the name redacted, this complaint was worth the PRA. I don't know who this person is; I have my own observations about Rex at the County and how he interacts with people, including staff, and witnessed it numerous times. Rex did not apologize. Locals who pay attention will remember when former auditor controller Karen Paz Dominguez claimed that Rex contacted her about an invoice for his gentleman friends was not being paid. People who read my blog regularly and who pay attention to local politics and news can make their own determinations about the complaint, Rex, the person who risked the wrath of Rex and the good ole boys and gals of Humboldt to file the complaint.
The Board censured Second District Supervisor Michelle Bushnell when she apologized and took responsibility for the incident. She was asked to step down as chair for the remaining three meetings this year. I will be watching, the public will be watching how this situation with Rex is handled vs Supervisor Bushnell. Of the remaining four Supervisors who get to vote, Fourth District Supervisor Natalie Arroyo is up for re-election next year.
I am no longer providing links since most of my readers read me daily and often. The screenshots are to the posts that will provide you background. You can access them via the search feature on the blog or Google.
