Author: Lisa Music

A drilling subcontractor on California’s $3.25 billion Broadband for All project was hauling thousands of gallons of drilling waste to private land near Redway with no permits on record anywhere in the region — investigators say it reached Redwood Creek and the South Fork Eel River, and questions remain about oversight, cleanup responsibility, and whether the same thing is happening on other legs of the statewide buildout.

A massage business on Fortuna’s 12th Street was the target of an undercover operation involving labor violations, prostitution charges and the DA’s victim advocacy group — and it started with a call from local police to a statewide investigations unit.

CHP’s major crimes unit served a search warrant at a Fortuna massage business following a labor violation complaint, and the arrest that followed involved the DA’s victim advocacy group.