Corey “Bubba” Tyler Shannon-Johnson — beloved son, brother, uncle, buddy and friend — passed away on October 28, 2025, at 33 years old.

He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Carol and Charlie Johnson; his uncles, Emery Johnson and Skip Lawrence; aunt Laurie Howsman; niece Penelope Staley; cousins, Justin, Cameron, and Savannah Johnson.

Corey is survived by his mother, Kimberley O’Neal Johnson and her partner Corey’s best buddy Dan Yocom; his sisters Caitlyn Bell-Johnson ( Nick), Courtney O’Neal, and Casey Day ( Maliq); Brother Tony Shannon; nieces and nephews Austin and Hayden Ham, Avery Cortz, Zaylee Day and Emmett Staley. His aunts Lisa Lawrence, Jennifer Johnson, Sandy McKay, and Charlene Rosenstiel; uncle Darrin Johnson ( Emily), Cousins; Josh, Amanda, Chelsea, Anthony, Adam, Crystal, Nicholas, Elijah, Cheyenne, Kenny, Lena, Russ Jr, Tabitha, Lena May, and Syrina. Corey is also survived by numerous extended family members.

Corey was born March 19, 1992 and grew up in McKinleyville. Corey enjoyed playing baseball and basketball growing up, as he got older Corey enjoyed surfing, spending a lot of time at the local beaches. He loved being outdoors whether it was at the beach surfing the waves or in the trees being one with nature. Corey was a great artist. He loved drawing and writing poetry. He loved being around his family, and annoying his sisters was his job.

Corey could make anyone happy and always showed his beautiful smile. Corey never met a stranger everyone was his friend. His friendly nature impacted many.

At 15 years old Corey wanted to make some money. He went door to door in his neighborhood asking for work. He ended up at The Jonsteen Company, and from there his love and passion for trees and nature began. From that day on Corey could be found working at the Jonsteen Company — they became Corey’s second family, and we are forever grateful to the Company and crew for loving Corey and guiding him all those years.

We will be having a Celebration of Life for Corey on January 17, 2026 at Azalea Hall in McKinleyville from 1 to 4 p.m. Corey had a love for sneakers and long, bright, colorful socks. Please feel free to wear bright colors to honor Corey.

Please come join us as we celebrate our Bubba and your friend Corey.

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The obituary above was submitted on behalf of Corey Shannon-Johnson’s loved ones. The Lost Coast Outpost runs obituaries of Humboldt County residents at no charge. See guidelines here.

Jayme Seehafer, of Arcata, died in October of cancer. She was raised outside of Sacramento, where she loved the green oasis her father built in their backyard in the grassy woodlands, with a pond, a small fruit orchard, a treehouse and chickens. She discovered the Grateful Dead and their followers as a teenager, and she and her sister adopted their tie-died festival wear as well as their rebellious vibe. She continued to love music and would often attend local and distant shows, and spent one summer on the road with one of her favorite bands.

Jayme moved to Humboldt to attend HSU. She loved the setting and the community and decided to stay, taking on various jobs while being a single mom and attending school. Once she earned her degree in biology, Jayme joined the U.S. Forest Service Redwood Sciences Lab in Arcata, first as a Watershed Steward with Americorps and later as a permanent employee. While there, she mastered a series of tasks including stream surveying, storm flow monitoring, data entry, and lab processing, which led to her niche as a data and lab manager for the Caspar Creek Experimental Watersheds and various other projects.

Jayme was smart, hardworking, kind, generous and creative. She was always interested in learning, including programming computers, how fungi fit in our world, carpentry and painting. She used her skills to create elegant data processing procedures, accurate and accessible data publications, fun toys in her office, and beautiful paintings on the walls of her home. Her family and friends miss her terribly, but we’re glad to have known her.

She’s survived by her son, Kinder Seehafer of Arcata, father Jon Seehafer and sister Nika Seehafer, her husband John, and their child Echo Valor in the Sacramento area, and sister Kia in Minnesota. If you would like to honor Jayme, please consider a donation to the ACLU of Northern California, Indivisible, a cancer or women’s health organization, or someone who needs your support.

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The obituary above was submitted on behalf of Jayme Seehafer’s loved ones. The Lost Coast Outpost runs obituaries of Humboldt County residents at no charge. See guidelines here.

A limb has fallen from our family tree but remains in our hearts forever.

Born Paul Adrian Hass to Paul Hass and Johanna Ross in London, England, on December 20, 1968; died September 9, 2025. Adrian was the eldest son and brother to seven siblings.

Adrian possessed a heart of gold and would give the shirt off his back to help his family and friends. A generous (to a fault), funny and intelligent man whose knowledge was as broad and eclectic as his colorful humor. A collector of all things, mechanical, historical and ironical, with an uncanny ability to rebuild or utilize them in a surprising variety of practical applications.

Adrian was nothing if not resourceful. A humble collector, recycler and a spiritual warrior, he was very proud of his Scottish heritage. A historian and storyteller who could bring a smile to your face with his humorous rendition of events. Adrian was fiercely loyal, he loved his family, friends, animals and he dearly loved the land. He loved to garden and mushroom hunt. He knew more about the Humboldt hills he lived in than anyone!

He had an amazing memory for quotes and lines from movies and books, actors and musicians, television shows, song lyrics and family events. He loved to rewrite the lyrics of popular songs and then sing them to you with his own revised lyrics (always hilarious and inappropriate).

Adrian loved motorcycles, cars, trucks and heavy equipment of all kinds but particularly what he considered “classics.” He was a true “junkyard man” and could create a mode of transport out of practically nothing except discarded parts and pieces. He towed, tinkered and collected for most of his life, which tragically ended far too soon.

Family, friends and neighbors relied on him regularly for maintenance and repair of generators, pumps, water systems etc. “A jack of all trades and master of none,” if he couldn’t fix it and make it work you could sometimes hear him say “they can’t all be winners” or “we can’t have everything, now, can we?” He never asked for much in return except maybe some beer, smokes and company. He loved a good hang and some social interaction and a Payday candy bar.

Adrian was preceded in death by his beloved wife Joanne. He is survived by his parents, aunts, uncles, sisters and respective spouses — Joey (Mike) Bommer, Amber (Kyle) Schlagenhauf, Tessa Hass, Tara Hass, Cailun (Justin) Lyon, and his brothers Jade Hass and Torrey Hass and many other friends and family members too numerous to list . May he rest among the stars, knowing he was deeply loved.

A celebration of life date and location to be determined at a future time.

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The obituary above was submitted on behalf of Adrian Hass’s loved ones. The Lost Coast Outpost runs obituaries of Humboldt County residents at no charge. See guidelines here.

Paul Martin Perrault died on Nov. 2024. Paul had been living with the Yurok Tribe for past few years and was a great pool player, had a generous spirit, and believed in looking after nature. He could often be found hiking along the roadways picking up trash. Or in the local casinos at the beginning of every month.

He has lived in many places — Crescent City, Red Bluff, Sacramento, International Falls, Minn. He is survived by his brother Brad,and his three daughters (Paula, Josie, and Theresa), plus several grandchildren.

Paul made friends wherever he went and enjoyed helping others. Paul did not want anyone to mourn him but to celebrate. If you knew Paul or of him, please wish him well on his journey home.

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It was once the largest redwood mill operation in the world, but Scotia’s “Mill A” and the adjacent sorter building have been steadily and visibly deteriorating in the 24 years since the Pacific Lumber Co. shut them down.

A testament to the financial power of the region’s once-booming logging industry, these towering industrial buildings and their underlying parcels are now in escrow with an undisclosed party, according to Town of Scotia Company President Steven T. Deike.

But don’t expect them to be restored to their former glory. Deike said that while it’ll be up to the new owners to decide the structures’ fate, a professional survey and analyses conducted some years back revealed their lack of potential.

“It was deemed to not even be close to economically feasible to rehabilitate [the buildings],” Deike told the Outpost earlier today. In fact, he said, the analysis concluded that even demolition would be a break-even proposition at best: The salvage value of raw materials, including virgin redwood timbers, would only maybe cover the cost of remediating hazardous waste onsite. 

“Everything was steam heated [during the mill’s operations], and they wrapped all the pipes in asbestos,” Deike said. “Of course, that’s a no-no nowadays.”

He added that Pacific Lumber Co. conducted some environmental hazard assessments and addressed some soil contamination from petroleum products before going belly-up. “It’s not a toxic dump!” he stated emphatically.

The two parcels that host the mill and sorter building have been in escrow for close to a year, but ownership can’t be transferred to the mystery buyer until Phase Four of a prolonged subdivision project receives all necessary agency approvals.

In a phone interview, Deike said the Town of Scotia Co. had to complete a variety of infrastructure improvements along Williams Street — upgrading sewer and water lines, building new sidewalks, etc. — and the “as-built” diagrams are awaiting approval from a long list of entities, including the County of Humboldt, the Scotia Community Services District, PG&E and others. Deike said he’s hopeful that those approvals could come through as soon as February.

The Town of Scotia Company, LLC, assumed ownership of most assets in this former company town during PALCO’s 2008 bankruptcy proceedings. In recent years it rented space in Mill A to a variety of tenants, including Eel River Brewery, AquaDam and a sheet metal company. The sorter building was used as an RV storage facility for awhile. 

But the structures are no longer suitable for occupation, as you can plainly see when you drive past on Hwy. 101. 

“Nobody gave a rat’s ass about that property until the roof caved in,” Deike remarked in our phone conversation. He said public interest has skyrocketed since the roof collapse at the sorter building became visible this past spring. But this deterioration isn’t new.

“It’s been falling down from the inside out since, shoot, probably when PALCO had it,” Deike said.

He’s not at liberty to disclose the identity of the buyer or the purchase price, he said. A real estate deck from 2015 listed the parcels for $6,150,000, with the sales copy highlighting “ample power” from PG&E and water drawn from the adjacent Eel River.

Deike predicted that the new owners will likely dismantle Mill A and the sorter building. 

“It’s not safe,” he said, noting that while the buildings may have some historical significance, preserving them simply isn’t pragmatic.

“All you’re doing is saving nostalgia, I guess,” Deike said.

Areas in blue were added to the Second Congressional district under Proposition 50; areas in red were subtracted from it. 

Welcome, Redding! Welcome, Alturas! Welcome, Mt. Shasta and Yreka and Anderson and Burney Falls!

You have been assimilated into the Second District now. Or will soon be, come the next election.

You will be pleased to know that we Humboldters, your cousins on the coast, were happy to append you to our realm! The Humboldt County Elections Office has just released its fourth post-election tally, and with almost all the votes counted it appears that around 64 percent of us approved of your assimilation.

Congratulations! If you need any tips on adjusting to your new reality, we stand ready to assist you as best we can.

We are aware that some number of you were strongly anti-assimilation. Shasta County’s vote currently stands at a hurtful 70 percent against Proposition 50. 

What you need to remember now is that we coast-dwellers are a forgiving people, so long as the offenders have offered penance. Send us a few truckloads of Fall River Numb Numb Juice and you will soon find all your sins wiped clean.

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It was just about exactly two years ago that the then-owners of the Fieldbrook Market posted a note to their Facebook page — they just weren’t able to make a go of it anymore.

It was a shame. Those owners, Clark and Lisa Springer — and the owners before them, Ross and Kelli Costa — had attempted something audacious with the out-of-the-way country market that had served the Fieldbrook community for decades. Their business proposition wasn’t just saving people a trip to town — it was luring people out of town and into Fieldbrook, where they could enjoy a nice dinner and choose from a big selection of tap beers and catch some music at the Market.

It was a fun scene. Your correspondent had some memorable evenings there.

But then, a year later, in stepped Ireland native and Blue Lake resident Paddy O’Dwyer to attempt to revive the place and rebrand it as the Fieldbrook Country Kitchen. After an absurd number of delays and setbacks, all chronicled on the Kitchen’s Facebook page, the place finally opened in June and immediately started hosting bands and trivia nights and karaoke contests and football watch parties — all the stuff.

But then, over the weekend, this brief note:

With a heavy heart we have to let everyone know due to financial hardships we unfortunately have had to close our doors here. Thanks to everyone who supported our business.

This is very sad, for Fieldbrook and the county and the nation. Every loss of a roadhouse juke joint makes America less than it was. RIP, Fieldbrook Market, at least until some poetical soul with deep pockets comes along to rekindle the flame.

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CORRECTION: Since the original publication of this article a couple of hours ago, we’ve expanded and corrected the second paragraph to include a little bit more about the history of the market’s ownership, and to fix a name we flubbed. The Outpost regrets the error.