UPDATE, 8:29 p.m.: Shriver-Vibrans has been found, says Sgt. K. Howden of the EPD.

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Eureka Police Department press release:

The Eureka Police Department is asking for the public’s assistance in locating a missing 10 year old girl. Kiera Min Shriver-Vibrans left her house, on the 1200 block of K Street, following an argument with a family member. Her family believes Kiera may try to find a friend to stay with, but does not have an exact address. Possibly near the Cooper’s Gulch area. The friend’s name is “Olivia” and her last name is not known.

Kiera is a white juvenile female, with freckles on her face and shoulder-length, strawberry-blond hair. She was last seen wearing a green jacket, purple top, blue jeans, and is likely carrying a multi colored back-pack.

Anyone with information regarding Kiera Shriver-Vibrans is urged to call the Eureka Police Department at 441-4044.

UPDATE 8:54 P.M.: Power restored to all customers, said a PG&E spokesperson.  The cause of the outage has still not been determined though.

Original post:Power went out in McKinleyville and a portion of Arcata this afternoon.  The majority of people lost power around 4:20 P.M. (hold the laughing to a dull roar please.) The outage affected around 2550 customers at first but power has been restored to some of those affected.  Currently, 1280 households have no electricity.

PG&E is still investigating the cause of the outage so they are unable to give an estimated time for restoration.

When more details become available, we’ll update this post.

According to the City of Eureka’s Public Works spokesperson, Bruce Young,  a large water main broke for unknown reason in the area of C and Wabash. There are some customers without water. Water is expected to be restored this afternoon.

Southern Humboldt Unified School District and Klamath Trinity Schools are rescheduling transportation or closing altogether.  Please see the information provided below. 

SHUSD Press Release:

Southern Humboldt Unified School District Press Release 12/10/13

Bus Schedule for Afternoon 12/10/13-Tuesday

• East 3 will go up to Pratt 

Elementary 4:00

High School  4:45

• West 1 and 3 will go as far as Ettersburg School. 

Elementary (West 3)  3:55 pm

High School (West 1) 4:55 pm

• All other runs are on regular schedules

Bus Schedule for Morning 12/11/13- Wednesday

All West runs will run their regular routes  on the elementary time schedule ONLY

• West 1, 2, and 4 will meet at Ettersburg Logs for transfers at 8:00 am

• High School students plan to ride the elementary bus. You will get to school late but that is better than not at all. 

• West 1 and 3 will go as far as Ettersburg School.

Morning Everybody: 7:30 am

Afternoon Elementary:  2:45 pm

Afternoon High School:  3:45 pm

• Casterlin School WILL be open at its regular time but there will be no bus transportation

• East 1 will not run.

• East 3 will run to Pratt

High School:  6:50 am  3:50 pm
Elementary:   7:44 am  2:50 pm

Klamath Trinity Joint Unified School District Information Posted:

School is CLOSED today and tomorrow, December 10 and 11, 2013 for all Klamath Trinity students. We will keep you posted on the status for Thursday.

Feeling a bit too grounded lately? Today in bird’s-eye views, local quadcopter pilot Chad Johnson asks that you soar with him over Trinidad’s scenic Houda Point in the latest of his aerial videos.

Houda man? Chad Johnson!

PREVIOUS QUADCOPTER EXPEDITIONS:

• Trinidad State Beach!
• Arcata Skate Park!
• Arcata’s Creamery Fest!
• Trees of Mystery!
• Mad River/Woodley Island!
• Thomas Dolby!
• Tree Trimming at Sequoia Park Zoo!
• Motorsports at the Humboldt Garden Party!
• Kinetic Sculpture Race!

UPDATE 9:05 A.M.: John Friedenbach, business manager of the Humboldt Bay Municipal Water District explained what is happening in Fairhaven: At 3 A.M, the Water District identified there was a leak in the Fairhaven area.  A crew was sent out. The leak is near the intersection of Lindstrom and BenDixon. Two residential blocks are without water.  The rest of pennisula is unaffected. The repair crew is currently working on the repairs

UPDATE 7:45 A.M.: Calling it Lake Fairhaven, local resident Hal Grotke described the scene as “several inches of standing water covering at least two ‘city’ blocks.”

Original Post: LoCO has received information that there is a major waterline break at Fairhaven.  Humboldt Bay Municipal Water has confirmed that there are crews working on the leak but are unable to release details until regular business hours.  

Humboldt Co. Sheriff Press Release:

On 12-06-2013, at approximately 10:30 p.m., the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office received a call of an assault with a vehicle that just occurred in the parking lot of the Garberville Veterinarian Clinic. Deputies and a California Highway Patrol Officer responded to the scene. Upon their arrival they met with the 19 year old and 20 year old female victims, both from Garberville, along with a 48 year old witness. The victims were standing next to a white 2005 Dodge Ram Pickup truck with moderate front end damage. There was a significant amount of broken glass and vehicle debris on the ground near the pickup truck

The deputies spoke with the two females who told them they had been in a disagreement with Johnathan Boyd, 25 years old, from Garberville and his 19 year old girlfriend earlier in the evening. Later in the evening they saw Boyd was following them, so they turned into the Garberville Veterinarian Clinic parking lot and turned off their lights to hide from Boyd. The victims saw Boyd drive by the parking lot in his green 1997 Toyota Tacoma. After Boyd drove by, he stopped his truck, backed up and then abruptly drove into the parking lot at a high rate of speed and towards the 2005 Dodge Truck the victims were sitting in. He rammed the front of the victim’s truck, then Boyd and his girlfriend exited the Toyota truck and started pounding on the victims’ windows with their fists. Boyd and his girlfriend then left the scene in Boyd’s Toyota truck. The victims were not injured.

The 48 year old uninvolved witness who lives near where the assault occurred, saw the incident and told the deputies the vehicle assault was not an accident, it was intentional.

Deputies and a California Highway Patrol Officer located Boyd at his residence on Lower Sawmill Road. Deputies also located the Toyota truck at the residence which had major front end damage. Boyd told the officers it was an accident. Boyd was arrested for assault with a deadly weapon, hit and run and reckless driving while under the influence. He was transported to the Humboldt County Correctional Facility where his bail was set at $50,000.00.

Anyone with information for the Sheriffs Office regarding this case or related criminal activity is encouraged to call the Sheriffs Office at 707-445-7251 or the Sheriffs Office Crime Tip line at 707-268-2539.