"Stephen's girlfriend Danah Palmers house pending sale? He lives with her, is he retiring?"
I sent another PRA to City of Eureka asking about retirement or resignation and a separate email to Eureka Police Chief Brian Stephens about this sale. I did this before this post.
Chief Stephens responded promptly. "Good Morning John, We rent, We don’t own a home. I have no plans to retire in the foreseeable future. Have a good day! Godspeed."
Chief Stephens' response matches with the owner of that house not being him or his partner.
I still want City of Eureka to respond given my other PRA.
https://johnchiv.blogspot.com/2026/02/submitted-pra-about-tip-claiming-there.html?m=1
I have written about Chief Stephens and his partner before in 2023. I spoke to Chief Stephens about the former post in 2024 after former EPD Chief Todd Jarvis spoke with me privately as a friend of Chief Stephens. Reporting and investigating what others ignore puts me in an awkward, difficult position often but that does not change the facts. Nor should it deter a real reporter from covering anyone.This is a small county and all public figures are under scrutiny. That is local or national.
I have had lies written about me, often anonymously and gossip spread to financially destroy me and my reputation. Not a single lawyer, First Amendment group or this community has stood up for me in public or helped me. Except for Ms. Heidi Holmquist Wells. That took guts. I am not rehashing that again. And Deputy DA Roger Rees did as a part of his job addressing a motion but I am still grateful to both Ms. Wells and Mr. Rees.
I get targeted for having the gall to report and not be a PR tool for those in power and call out the criminals, trolls and exposing what needs to be covered in Humboldt.
What I reported in 2023 and now was correct. You can read the rest of the post if you want or not. There were reasons for me to report it then and check into it now. I appreciate Chief Stephens' response. The sale of the house alone isn't the reason I reached out to Chief Stephens. I have done a second PRA and earlier post. Also contacting Chief directly puts the kibosh to any speculation.
"She was a EPD trainee dispatcher, married to Eureka Firefighter Joel DeVries, when she had an on duty affair with FTO Brian Stephens, Joel caught them in the act at his home (not unlike the former Sheriff Lt case), brian's been dating her for years, but only recently publicly acknowledged the relationship after his divorce finally happened."
If you didn't read the related post below, you should.
Many experienced and good officers did leave EPD when Brian Stephens was promoted. It is a fact. Told to me personally and my own observations about where people went and when. There is stuff in the 2023 about City Eureka Manager Miles Slattery and it is relevant. I am not typing all that again. I also mentioned the affair and it was other sources who told me that and it corroborates the source who is quoted in this article.
In the December 2023 post, I wrote, "Firearms and finding another man in bed and threats have been allegedly made in at least one other situation where the two men were both first responders and at least one allegedly had gun. But only one person mentioned that to me and no one else had heard about it so did it happen? I finally got confirmation from other sources and the details match my orginal source. All the sources said that one of the parties was EPD Assistant Chief Brian Stephens (soon to be EPD Police Chief) and "years ago he cheated on his wife with a dispatcher who was married to a fireman and that set back the relationship between the two departments for years." Allegedly, Stephens pulled a gun on the fireman. I say allegedly because while the affair has been mentioned by various sources; there are different versions circulating at EPD about Stephens allegedly pulling a gun on the fireman. Depending on who you talk the basics about the affair are the same but not everyone was at EPD when this supposedly happened while others were so was this alleged gun pointing by Stephens truth or embellishment?
If the affair allegation isn't true, then Asst. Chief Stephens and Humboldt Bay Fire can put out a written statement and refute it on record."
No one contacted me then.
Former Eureka Police Chief Todd Jarvis approached me personally saying Chief Stephens was hurt when I published the 2023 article. He didn't say it was not factual. He personally asked me to speak to Chief Stephens. I told him I would think about it. In December 2024 when I was covering a live arrest; I did speak to Chief Stephens. However, since then I found out more information from more sources and I am not going to apologize for facts or investigating news and exposing those who are needed in a small County . Those in Humboldt who are butt hurt over my reporting need to look in the mirror. They would have no issue if I reported about Biden or Trump or whatever suits their agendas and bubbles.
I was the first to RSVP for a press briefing this Monday about EPD's Assistant PIO. My recent coverage better not impact my attending that briefing.
Will Slattery run Lost Coast Outpost again to detract from my two PRAs as he does with some tidbit no one is interested in when he needs a spin and they do his bidding instead of investigating Eureka City Hall or Stephens or many news they ignore. I challenge LOCO groupies and Humboldt insiders who fund and read the Patrick Cleary owned rag to find me one example of anything negative about Slattery. Loser Cleary couldn't be elected and he has no business owning any media because it will never be unbiased news holding good ole Humboldt boys and gals accountable.
If the local media owners and publishers had any cajones, they don't; they would look into the symbiotic relationships in this town that affect many lives.
Related post on Brian Stephens:
https://johnchiv.blogspot.com/2023/12/epd-hcso-lose-more-experienced-staff-to.html?m=1#more
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