The LoCO Timeline, p. 670

Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2017

Air Quality Could Get Unhealthy Tonight as Wildfire Smoke Descends Across the Region
4:57 p.m.

YOUR WEEK IN OCEAN: Beach Cleanup Retrospective! Plus: Did You Groms Know That Kelly Slater and Jack Johnson Were Totally in a Movie Together?
4:27 p.m.

Trump Approves Disaster Declaration for California
2:03 p.m.

TUESDAY LOWDOWN
11:30 a.m.

Two Years Ago, AT&T Promised to End Mass Telecommunication Outages. How’s That Working Out?
10:23 a.m.

The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office is Without Phone and Internet. Here’s How to Reach Them Should You Need To
9:38 a.m.

‘Thoughtless Boors’ Drive Through Trinidad Cemetery, Ruin Gravestones
7:29 a.m.

CALTRANS: Highway 101 is Open Again, and Traffic is Flowing in Both Directions
6:58 a.m.

LoCO EARTH: October 10, 2017
6 a.m.

Monday, Oct. 9, 2017

HIGHWAY 101 SOUTH OF WILLITS: Still Closed by Wildfire
7:23 p.m.

(VIDEO) Reader-Submitted Footage Shows Hills South of Willits Burning Along Hwy. 101
1:23 p.m.

Someone Killed Two Small Fawns Near Centerville Beach for No Reason, and Game Wardens Would Like to Know Who
1:15 p.m.

Monday Afternoon Map of Northern California Wildfires
1 p.m.

State Wildfires Knock Out Local Phone Lines, Including Arcata’s 911 Service
12:17 p.m.

MENDO SHERIFF: One Fatality Reported as a Result of Redwood Valley Wildfire; Local State of Emergency Declared
10:30 a.m.

Weed Feed: Colorado Bans Edible Shapes That May Appeal to Children, Gov. Brown Strikes Down Similar Legislation in California
10:19 a.m.

Caltrans: Highway 36 Construction Will Pause to Ease Traffic Redirected Due to Wildfires; Highway 20 Open For Now
10 a.m.

Power Outage in Mad River; 304 Customers Affected
9:47 a.m.

Sheriff’s Office Will Increase Presence in Rural SoHum As It Continues Its Hunt For Armed and Dangerous Murder Suspect
9:42 a.m.

AT&T, Frontier Internet/Cell/Phone Service Down, Almost Certainly Due to Fiber Meltage From Mendo, Sonoma Fires
8:04 a.m.

WILDFIRES TO THE SOUTH: Highway 101 Closed Between Willits and Ukiah; Overnight Wildfires Put Large Swaths of Mendo, Lake and Sonoma Counties Under Evacuation
6:44 a.m.

HARDIN: Book Review: Kind Nepenthe, by Matthew V. Brockmeyer
6:43 a.m.

BOOKED: Oct. 9, 2017
6:20 a.m.

BOOKED: Oct. 8, 2017
6:20 a.m.

BOOKED: Oct. 7, 2017
6:20 a.m.

LoCO EARTH: October 9, 2017
6 a.m.

EARTHQUAKE! 3.2 magnitude, 26km SW of Rio Dell
2:15 a.m.

Sunday, Oct. 8, 2017

Power Outage in Blue Lake; 1898 Customers Affected
4:57 p.m.

(UPDATING) Numerous Engines Dispatched to Spreading Vegetation Fire Along Highway 299 Near Blue Lake
4:40 p.m.

(VIDEO) Local Nurse Who Flew to Puerto Rico for Humanitarian Relief Mission Says Riots Ensued After FEMA Refused to Release Air-Dropped Supplies
4 p.m.

Red Flag Warning in Effect: Blustery Winds and Low Humidity Make for Hazardous Fire Conditions
12:30 p.m.

LETTER FROM ISTANBUL: Kolchak: The Night Stalker (The İnvisible Hand Episode)
7:17 a.m.

GROWING OLD UNGRACEFULLY: Music and Memories
7 a.m.

LoCO EARTH: October 8, 2017
6 a.m.

Saturday, Oct. 7, 2017

LoCO EARTH: October 7, 2017
6 a.m.

Friday, Oct. 6, 2017

North Coast Railroad Authority, a State Agency, Will Ask U.S. Supreme Court to Rule That It is Not Bound By State Environmental Law
5:03 p.m.

Eureka Police, County Health Win Major Plaudits for Devil’s Playground Eviction at International Problem-Oriented Policing Conference
4:26 p.m.

Bump Stocks: Why One Local Gun Retailer Decided Not to Sell the Device that Enabled the Vegas Massacre
3:52 p.m.

Sheriff’s Office Investigating Death of 68-Year-Old Dinsmore Man as Possible Homicide
2:44 p.m.

Redding Man Busted Transporting Nearly 200 Pounds of Pot From Eureka to Alabama in Horse Trailer With No Registration Tags, Says Wyoming Highway Patrol
2:35 p.m.

Mercer-Fraser Workers Post Sign Supporting Toddler Who Nearly Drowned Last Month in Shasta Lake
11:17 a.m.

Power Outage in Humboldt Hill; 544 Customers Affected
8:12 a.m.

FRIDAY LOWDOWN
7:55 a.m.

All Humboldt County Government Offices Will Be Closed Monday (Columbus Day) for Training
7:18 a.m.

BOOKED: Oct. 6, 2017
6:20 a.m.

LoCO EARTH: October 6, 2017
6 a.m.

Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017

Spooky Eureka Storyteller Arrested on Numerous Child Sex Abuse Charges
2:45 p.m.

Local Pet Store Wants Help Cleaning Up Piles of Dog Poo ‘Plaguing’ Arcata Marsh
1:13 p.m.

(UPDATES) Redwood Acres Locked Down, Harris Street Closed in Both Directions as Emergency Personnel Try to Reach Suicidal Subject in Trailer Park
10:41 a.m.

Blue Lake Fire District Puts Special Tax Measure to Voters; Says Rat-Eaten Equipment, Expiring Rancheria Deal Leaves Department With Few Options
7 a.m.

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