286: Surf tragedy, ice cream, grooming, dunes, fired coach, morbid quid pro quo, more

A young woman tragically died while surfing just after graduating from nursing school, local farmers are opening an ice cream shop in Loleta, officials noted how ‘grooming’ mostly occurs locally, a waterfront playground is coming to Eureka’s Halvorsen Park, local cannabis was once again a juggernaut at the Emerald Cup, the dunes in Manila were officially designated as National Natural Landmarks, the county is set to work on their portion of the Humboldt Bay Trail which will connect the Eureka and Arcata legs, Cal Poly Humboldt’s men’s basketball coach exited after reports of dysfunctional leadership, officials condemned hate speech after recieving an email calling for the killing of queer and black people, a federal judge threw out a case alleging cannabis shenanigans by county government, a Bear River tribal member won an honor to display her art in DC, a woman is suing Cal Poly Humboldt over the university’s ADA challenges, a man said he’d reveal the location of a woman’s body in exchange for a lighter sentence, the late-1800s established Samoa Cookhouse is getting revamped, a professor and his team received $2.7M to study cannabis,  a Eureka woman and local artist was crowned as Miss Indian World, Cal Poly Humboldt held an alternate graduation in Beverly Hills, intense video shows an officer killing a dog at a cannabis farm in Trinity County, and more. Humboldt Last Week is Humboldt County’s news podcast in collaboration with Tandoori Bites, Belle Starr Clothing, North Coast Co-op, Bongo Boy Studio, Beck's Bakery, Photography by Shi, North Coast Journal, RHBB, and KJNY. Via Apple, Spotify, humboldtlastweek.com, or wherever else you get podcasts. Humboldt Last Week (new/alt/indie) Radio with no commercials resides at humboldtlastweek.com/radio