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The campus of Cal Poly Humboldt has been shut down since Monday after students occupied a building to protest the war in Gaza. The university is now scheduled to be closed at least through the weekend.Police from multiple law enforcement agencies appeared on Monday night and arrested three students after a confrontation between students and police that ended with at least one student bleeding after being struck with a police baton. A brief video shows another student hitting police with an empty five gallon water jug as police in riot gear attempt to push through the protestors into the building.Yesterday, the Humbldt chapter of the California Faculty Association passed a vote of no confidence in the university president, Tom Jackson, and his chief of Staff, Mark Johnson.Lauren Schmitt, of KMUD news, spoke to student journalists who were concerned that university leadership was trying to prevent them from covering the protests. Students and faculty complain that the university is characterizing the protests as dangerous, and misrepresenting conditions in Siemans Hall, the occupied building.You can check out complete coverage at KMUD news.

Native American leaders have long complained about a lack of public safety in tribal communities. Now a judge and a lawmaker are narrowing their focus on a longstanding jurisdictional arrangement that they say hinders effective law enforcement on reservations. Lauren Schmitt of KMUD news reports.

The salmon fishery is closed for the second year in a row, but some agencies and fishermen think there’s reason to expect better next year. This is only the second time the fishery has been closed for two consecutive years, with the last back-to-back disaster taking place in 2008-09.Lauren Schmitt of KMUD news reports.

The Great Redwood Trail Agency has released a draft master plan for the northern portion of the Great Redwood Trail. There will be a number of community meetings for anyone who is curious but has not yet read the 600-page document, including one tonight from 5:30-7:30 at the Ukiah Valley Conference Center at 200 School Street in Ukiah. Lauren Schmitt of KMUD news reports.

Commercial Dungeness crabbers were on strike for better prices for nearly two weeks. The strike began on January fourth and ended Tuesday, but many fishermen still feel the three dollars a pound they settled for is less than what the product is worth, especially since crabbers in Oregon and Washington were getting a better price. Lauren Schmitt of KMUD news reports.

PG&E’s nearly 13% rate hike will raise gas and electricity bills by an average of $33 a month in the new year. And that’s just the first increase the utility has requested from the California Public Utilities Commission.Lauren Schmitt of KMUD news spoke to Mark Toney, the Executive Director for TURN, The Utility Reform Network.

Sheriff’s deputies had a busy holiday weekend on search and rescue operations. Lauren Schmitt from KMUD news reports.

Recreational crab fishing restrictions went into effect yesterday, and the commercial fishery has been delayed due to the presence of migrating whales. Crab meat quality is also a factor in delaying commercial fishing. Lauren Schmitt, of KMUD news, spoke to Ryan Bartling, a senior environmental scientist in the marine fisheries for the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.

At a wellness fair in Round Valley, community members were invited to talk about grief, drugs and alcohol, domestic violence and other painful topics. They were offered help with suicide prevention. And in the evening, they were entertained by a pair of famous rappers, all the way from Oklahoma and the set of a hit TV series.Lauren Schmitt KMUD news shared her reporting with us, including an interview with the rappers, brothers Li’l Mike and Funny Bone.