Equipment currently being installed in a park on D Street is less jungle gym —and more real gym.
The city council approved its installation back in October, but it’s just now being installed, a little up the block from Arcata’s D Street Neighborhood Center. Currently, the D Street Linear Park is pretty much just a narrow strip of grass with some trees up the hill from Highway 101; the only unique feature was a three-tiered set of pullup bars a few feet from the sidewalk, but that disappeared during the past couple weeks. The exercise equipment it’s being replaced with is a tad more sophisticated.
The Combi 2 Robinia. With enough training, you could be like these fit Danes someday! Photo courtesy of Kompan A/S.
The Combi 2 Robinia is a “compact street workout station” manufactured by Danish playground equipment company Kompan. It almost looks like a normal playset that someone forgot to add the slides to, a bunch of wooden posts sticking out of the ground with metal bars linking them and a bench sticking out on one end. That, plus a weatherproof power tower, will flesh out a 20 by 30 foot rectangle paved with decomposed granite next to D Street.
The city is also adding a little concrete square with a picnic table at the site.
“Enhancing this linear park will help to provide expanded recreational opportunities for a variety of age ranges,” reads the staff report. “Furthermore, given the proximity of the D Street Linear Park to Cal Poly Humboldt, staff saw this as an opportunity to enhance a recreational amenity that frequently serves college-aged students near campus.”
Residents
across Humboldt, Del Norte, and Mendocino counties are encouraged to
participate in the annual North Coast Tsunami Drill on Wednesday,
March 25, at 11 a.m. This exercise is coordinated by the Humboldt,
Del Norte, and Mendocino counties’ Offices of Emergency Services,
the National Weather Service in Eureka, and with the Redwood Coast
Tsunami Work Group. The goal of this drill is to provide an
opportunity for individuals, businesses, and organizations to
practice earthquake and tsunami preparedness for a locally felt
earthquake and tsunami.
On
March 25 at 11 a.m., if you are in a tsunami zone, practice your
evacuation plan by walking to higher ground or outside the tsunami
hazard area. If you are not in a tsunami zone, stay where you are,
evacuation is not necessary. Instead, use this time to consider how
you would respond after an earthquake resulting in major damage.
Keep
in mind that dangerous tsunami waves can continue for 24 to 48 hours
after the first wave arrives. In a real event, do not return to the
tsunami hazard area until officials confirm it is safe.
Notification
System Tests
The
National Weather Service will issue a test message at 11 a.m. over
weather radio, commercial radio, and local TV broadcasts. Unlike in
previous years, a live-code tsunami warning WILL NOT be issued. This
means the message will not include the words “Tsunami Warning”.
Instead, a test message code will be used. The crawler on TV will
state this is only a test. Use this test message as your indication
to participate in the evacuation drill.
The
three coastal counties in Northwest California will also conduct
tests of their opt-in public alert and warning
notification systems:
Humboldt
County OES will issue a test notification through Humboldt Alert.
Residents are encouraged to check their Humboldt Alert accounts and
update their contact preferences at this link..
Del
Norte County OES will issue a test notification through the Del
Norte Community Alert System. Residents are encouraged to check
their Community Alert System accounts and update their contact
preferences at this link.
Mendocino
County OES will issue a test notification through MendoAlert.
Residents are encouraged to check their MendoAlert accounts and
update their contact preferences at this link.
Know
Your Zone
Preparedness
is key to ensuring community safety during a tsunami. “Know Your
Zone” by checking the tsunami hazard maps available on the Redwood
Coast Tsunami Work Group’s website
at this link to
determine if your home, workplace, or frequently visited areas are in
a tsunami hazard zone.
Emergency
preparedness saves lives. Let’s be tsunami ready by planning,
practicing and staying informed.
Be
Prepared
It
is important for individuals, families, neighborhoods, businesses and
governments to work together to prepare for the devastating impacts
of disasters. Starting a conversation with your loved ones today can
help you to take more actions to prepare. For emergency preparedness
tips and resources, please visit this link.
Press release from Hoopa Valley Tribal Chair Joe Davis:
This morning the Hoopa Valley Tribal Council met with a team of resources to ramp up support,
safety, and security for the community as we navigate this difficult time. We are currently
working closely with the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office, Hoopa Tribal Police, the Yurok
Tribe, Two Feathers, Kimaw Medical Center, Humboldt County Department of Health and
Human Services, Hoopa Tribal Education Department, KTJUSD, and Hoopa Social Services. As
part of that effort, today Kimaw will deploy their mobile medical unit to the Hoopa Humboldt
County Library Parking Lot, Hoopa Human Services will be open on the campus, and the Tribal
Education NDN Center will all be open today on the campus with dedicated services for those
who would like to seek support. Food will be available at Hoopa Human Services. Kimaw will
also be making available a Zoom link so people can share their thoughts and feelings virtually
with community.
This evening, we will hold an emergency community meeting at 6 PM at the Council Chambers
to share info., resources, and provide for community input and feedback.
For the record, it is believed that the threats that were made at Hoopa High School last week,
were not related to yesterday’s incident. The suspects are still at large but law enforcement does
not believe the community is in danger. However, Hoopa Tribal Police will be ramping up
patrols and security both now and when school is back in session and the Hoopa Valley Tribe is
offering a $10,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the suspects.
If you have information please report it to Hoopa Tribal Police at (530) 625-4202.
In closing, the Hoopa Valley Tribe would like to thank everyone who responded to yesterday’s
incident including Hoopa Tribal Police, the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office, Hoopa
Ambulance, and the good samaritans who transported the victim to find help. Our thoughts and
prayers are with the victim, a Hoopa Tribal Member, his family, and friends.
UPDATE, 1:15 p.m. The Hoopa Valley Tribal Police Department has identified the suspects involved in the shooting, but no arrests have been made, according to an update posted to the department’s Facebook page. More information in the press release below.
At approximately 5:15 p.m., officers responded to reports of a shooting at the intersection of Highway 96 and Little Moon Lane. Officers located a victim who had sustained a gunshot wound. The victim was transported for medical treatment and is currently in critical condition.
Investigators have identified the suspects involved; however, no arrests have been made at this time as they continue gathering information. Gathering information is essential to the investigation to accurately identify suspects and lay a solid foundation for their prosecution. The Hoopa Valley Tribal Police Department is actively collaborating with the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office and the Yurok Tribe as part of the ongoing investigation.
At this time, investigators want to clarify that this incident is unrelated to the previous threats involving the school that were reported earlier. This is considered a separate and unrelated incident. The Hoopa Valley Police Department also wants to reassure the community that those believed to be involved are no longer in the Hoopa area. As a precaution, there will be an increased presence of law enforcement officers at local schools to help ensure the safety of students and staff.
Anyone with information related to this incident is encouraged to contact the Hoopa Valley Tribal Police Department at 530) 625-4202 or the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office at (707) 445-7251.
The Hoopa Valley Tribal Police Department asks the community to keep the victim and their family in their thoughts as the investigation continues.
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The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a shooting in Hoopa that sent one person to an out-of-area hospital with “life-threatening” injuries. The suspect remains at large.
Shortly after 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Hoopa Valley Tribal Police and sheriff’s deputies responded to the report of a shooting on Moon Lane, near Highway 96, “in which an individual had been shot in the head,” according to HCSO spokesperson Erin Inskip. The male suspect was seen leaving the area on foot.
“The victim sustained life-threatening injuries and was transported to a local hospital, where he was stabilized before being flown to an out-of-county hospital for advanced medical treatment,” Inskip wrote in an emailed response to the Outpost’s inquiry. “Investigators are working closely with Hoopa Valley Tribal Police, the Hoopa Tribe, and members of the community to identify the suspect or suspects involved in this incident.”
Inskip declined to disclose the victim’s age, emphasizing that the investigation is active and information will be released as it becomes available. Anyone with information should contact HCSO at 707-268-2539.
Schools within the Klamath-Trinity Joint Unified School District are closed today. The following letter was emailed to parents on Tuesday night:
Dear Parents and Guardians,
Due to the off-campus shooting that occurred this evening, all schools will be closed tomorrow. This decision was made out of an abundance of caution and to allow our students, staff, and families time to process this tragic event.
Our thoughts are with the family and everyone affected by this incident. The safety and well-being of our students and staff remain our highest priority, and we are continuing to work closely with local law enforcement.
We will resume school as soon as possible to provide counseling services to any students or staff who may need support.
We will share additional updates as information becomes available. Thank you for your understanding and continued support of our school community.
Sincerely, Jacqueline McCullough
Superintendent Klamath-Trinity Joint Unified School District
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Additional information from HCSO:
On Mar. 10, 2026, at just after 5:00 pm, the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office began receiving 911 calls reporting a shooting that had just occurred near the intersection of Highway 96 and Moon Lane in Hoopa.
Multiple law enforcement personnel from the Sheriff’s Office, Hoopa Tribal Police Department and the California Highway Patrol began responding and ultimately located the shooting scene and the victim. The victim, who had sustained a gunshot wound, was transported by ground ambulance to a local hospital, and ultimately transported by air ambulance to an out of the area hospital due to the severity of the injuries.
The Sheriff’s Office Major Crimes Division is actively investigating this case in collaboration with our partners from the Hoopa Tribe. Multiple suspects have been identified. At this time, all suspects and firearms are outstanding.
This remains an active investigation. Additional information will be released as it becomes available.
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office is urging anyone with information related to this case to call the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office at (707) 445-7251 or the Sheriff’s Office Crime Tip Line at (707) 268-2539.
An appeals court panel concurred with regulators that prior reimbursements paid to solar panel owners unduly shifted costs onto homeowners without panels. Panels on a building in San Francisco in 2023. Photo by Semantha Norris, CalMatters
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A California appeals court this week sided with state utility regulators in a case seen as crucial to the spread of solar panels on the rooftops of California homes.
Three appeals court judges ruled that the California Public Utilities Commission was justified in reducing the rate utilities pay customers for excess energy the customers’ solar panels generate.
Environmental advocates who brought the case say the decision will exacerbate California’s energy affordability crisis. Regulators believe it vindicates a decision they took “to ensure that rooftop solar programs remain fair, sustainable, and aligned with California’s clean energy goals,” CPUC spokesperson Terrie Prosper said Tuesday.
The case centered on the state’s “net energy metering” program, which governs how much solar customers are paid for excess power from their panels. Earlier versions of the program guaranteed customers the retail rate, which is how much utilities charge other customers when they resell the energy.
But a 2022 commission decision reduced this payment by about 75%. The commission’s decision backed utilities’ position, which was that those who have rooftop panels don’t pay their fair share of costs such as maintaining the grid, shifting the expenses disproportionately to non-solar customers. The decision resulted in a significant drop in new customers signing up for rooftop solar.
Advocacy groups sued over the decision, including the Center for Biological Diversity, The Protect our Communities Foundation, and the Environmental Working Group. They argued that commissioners didn’t properly take into consideration the benefits to disadvantaged communities and customers of having local energy generation.
The case reached an appeals court, which applied, in a decision siding with commissioners, a legal standard granting them significant deference. The Supreme Court of California then unanimously ruled last August that the lower court should not have applied this standard and must delve more deeply into the substance of the arguments.
Roger Lin, senior attorney at the Center for Biological Diversity, said this week’s decision is “disappointing” and the groups are “evaluating all of our options.” They can appeal again to the state supreme court.
“The whole reason the utilities created the ‘cost shift’ narrative was to preserve their profits,” Lin said. Under state law, utilities can earn a rate of return on everything they build, which amounts to hundreds of millions of dollars from ratepayers every year. They can’t earn that return on customers’ rooftop solar.
The decision comes amid renewed attention on California’s energy affordability crisis. Golden State residents pay the second highest rates in the country for energy after Hawaii, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
Ratepayers routinely admonish state utility regulators for their high bills at public meetings. And Gov. Gavin Newsom recently announced an upcoming replacement of the head of the utilities commission as part of a move to focus on bill affordability.
Leola Nadine Jones passed away in the early morning hours of Sunday February 15,
2026. Our beloved mother, grandmother and great-grandmother (GIGI) had just
recently celebrated her 88th birthday with most of her loved ones by her side.
Leola was born in Montana on February 9, 1938. She carried many fond memories of
ice-skating on the lake, riding horseback to school, and growing up surrounded by
Montana’s natural beauty.
After World War II, Leola’s family moved to Eureka, where she attended local
schools and graduated from Eureka High with the class of 1953. Leola went to
Humboldt State University, where she met the love of her life Henry Doyle Jones. They
were married June 15, 1956 and began their life together. Leola and Henry built a
loving family and raised four children — Kenneth, Joann, Alan and Richard.
Education was important to Leola. After the 1964 flood, she went back to school and
worked in the medical field for 15 years. After her husband’s passing, she worked for
the Department of Health and Human Services for over 20 years, where she met and
maintained several lifelong friendships. Leola was a dedicated, hard worker. She
would deliver phone books door to door after hours to earn extra money for school
clothes for her children every year.
Leola’s first passion was for her family. There were many years that she would work
extra hard, doing back-breaking work to provide school clothes to her children. She
loved being a mother, grandmother and Gigi most of all. Leola had many hobbies. She
loved quilting, gardening, making porcelain dolls, canning food and basket weaving.
One of Leola’s favorite past-times was traveling with her beloved friend Lenore. They
traveled extensively for 10 years. One of her favorite trips was one they took to
Canada. Oftentimes when they left together, none of us knew where they were headed
until they returned home and filled us with stories of their travels. If Leola wasn’t
traveling you would always find her at her grandchildren’s sporting events or enjoying
the great outdoors.
Leola is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Leola had a
strong testimony of the gospel and loved doing genealogy and talking about her
heritage.
Leola had a special bond with her son-in-law Barton Garber. They spent a lot of time together traveling & playing cards and games. Bart welcomed Leola into his home after
her house burned down with open arms.
Lenore Kotterman, Eddie and Cami Claros, Thouy and Heather Vonglakone, and Ryan
Gleave were great friends that became family to her. Diane & Ken Williams, Sylvia &
George Jutila and Weezy were all very dear to Leola’s heart.
Leola is survived by her daughter, Joann Garber (Bart Garber); son Alan Jones; son Richard Jones (Deb Jones); grandchildren Amber, Cami, and Dustin Garber (Sarah Garber), Nykia Wilson (Rai Wilson), Carissia Andersen (Justin Andersen), Cailin Olsen (Andy Olsen), Kimberly Cessnun (Wes Cessnun), Scott Jones, Sabrina Jones, Rainy Rodriguez, Violet Jones, Trevor and Dylan Jones, Valentino Guffey, Eddie and Kenny Gaethle, and Debbie Gaethle Hill; great-grandchildren Jocelyn Garber, Ana Guffey, Zach Bradfield, Levi, Ezekiel and Niko Garber, Jack and Josh Wilson, Jianna and Coyer Andersen, Adley Pedrotti and Emmit Olsen, Madyson, Kyndal, Lyndze, Jayden and Wyatt Cessnun and Aryanna Leal.
Leola is preceded in death by her husband Henry Doyle Jones; father Orville Lawrence Gaethle; mother Dora Ann Saxton; brother Dale K. Gaethle; sister Maretta Gaethle; and son Kenneth Dwayne Jones.
Service and reception will be held at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints,
1444 Ross Hill Road, Fortuna on Friday, March 20 at 3 p.m.
We will be honoring Leola’s memory by wearing all shades of purple, which was her
favorite color, and serving her famous cheesecake!
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People all around the world are complaining about gas prices right now, but across the entire U.S., there’s only one county that has it worse than Humboldt.
The average price for a gallon of gas in Humboldt is $5.806, just a little less than Mono County, where gas is going for $5.947, according to data from the American Automobile Association. Humboldt and Mono counties are currently the most expensive counties for gasoline in the whole country. The average price nationwide is $3.539; statewide, it’s $5.290.
