Emergencies

October 2017

Sector Humboldt Bay Rescues Teen Fall Victim Stranded Along 300-Foot-Cliff Face in Crescent City

Evacuation Orders Lifted for Areas of Mendo County, Some People May Return Home by This Afternoon

(UPDATE) Badly Singed Kitty, Sheltering Beneath Car and Surrounded by Burnt Homes, Rescued by Sonoma County Cops

(VIDEO) All-Too-Real Drone Footage Shows Devastation Left by Wine Country Wildfires, Now the Deadliest in California History

INTERNET WOES CONTINUE: Some Businesses, Including the Check-In Counter at the Airport, Are Still Mysteriously Disconnected

Nearly 1,000 Exotic Animals in Santa Rosa Safari Park Threatened by Tubbs Wildfire

(UPDATE) Mendo County’s Potter Valley Evacuated Last Night as Deadly Wildfires Rage Across Northern California

Local Volunteers Drove Loads of Donated Supplies to Help Santa Rosa Fire Victims Last Night

(UPDATE! HALT GIVING!) Donations for Displaced Fire Victims Being Accepted Today at Humboldt Bay Fire Station One in Eureka

State Wildfires Knock Out Local Phone Lines, Including Arcata’s 911 Service

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

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

This St. Joe’s Nurse is En Route to Puerto Rico, and You Can Help Her Help People

September 2017

Missing Kneeland Toddler Flown to Hospital After Father Dives to Bottom of Lake Shasta to Rescue Her From Drowning

Brief Scare in Ridgewood Heights: Streets Closed, Elementary School on Lockdown as Armed, Disturbed Man Makes Threats

70-Year-Old Woman and Her Dogs Found Alive and Well After Having Been Trapped in Crashed Car For Four Days

UPDATE: Small Plane Headed for ACV Crashes in Benicia, California With Two on Board

Need to Breathe Something Other Than Smoke? The County Has Six Clean-Air Centers Set Up in the Klamath-Trinity Region and on the Coast

Industrial Propane Tank Hitched to Old Town Food Truck Bursts Under Pressure of Today’s Sizzling Sun

August 2017

Public Health: People Who Had Contact With Child Struck by Meningitis Patient Have All Been Notified

Eureka Child Hospitalized With Serious, Contagious Form of Meningitis; People Who May Have Had Contact Are Being Notified

(VIDEO) Distressed Horsey in a Hole Pulled From Tree Stump Tomb by Team of Rescuers

AIR QUALITY ALERT: Officials Warn of ‘Very Unhealthy’ Air Quality Conditions Along the Klamath River as Wildfires Continue to Grow

(UPDATES) Fire at Manila Homeless Encampment on the Bay Burns Structure to the Ground; Police Respond to Report of Assault at Scene, Find No Suspects

Rio Dell Man Airlifted to Redding Following Backwoods Solo-Vehicle Crash

BEWARE: We All Got Suckered By the Cheap Eclipse Glasses on Amazon

(UPDATED) Eureka Police Respond to Bomb Scare in Old Town Apartment Building

(UPDATE) Fire Northwest of Garberville Closes Alderpoint Road; Evacuations Underway

July 2017

Bomb Squad and its Bomb-Bot Make Late Night Call to Midtown Eureka on Report of Weird Object in the Street

(UPDATED) A Team of Rescuers is Trying to Save a Humpback Whale That’s Been Tangled in Fishing Gear Since Last Week

Humboldt County Correctional Officer Rescues Inmate From Suicide Attempt During Routine Cell Check

Man Impeding Investigation Dies From Medical Emergency After Being Released From Handcuffs, HCSO Says

June 2017

Have You Seen Her? Sheriff Office Asks for Public’s Help in Locating Missing Trinidad Woman

Ammonia Tank Explodes as Fire Crews Excavate Debris at Scene of Eureka Waterfront Fire

May 2017

Teens Stranded on Smith River Airlifted by U.S. Coast Guard After Their Vessel Capsized in Swift Waters

Be Safe This Memorial Day Weekend: Humboldt Rivers are Swift and Cold

Body Reportedly Found in Eel River, Sheriff’s Office Actively Investigating

(VIDEO) Sector Humboldt Bay Rescues Distressed Hiker on the Lost Coast Trail

Sheriff’s Office Says Missing Person Liz Smith Has Been Found Safe in Del Norte County

After Extensive Search, Family Friends Find Body of SoHum Pilot Who Crashed Into the Eel Nearly Two Weeks Ago

Bomb Squad Blows Up Suspicious Device Near Eureka Mall

Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Divers Recover Body of Missing Happy Camp Man from Klamath River, Case Investigated as Possible Homicide

CHP Rescues 16-Year-Old Kid Who Slid Off the Road in the Deep Boondocks in the Middle of the Night, Discover He is a Missing Person From Montana

April 2017

WARNING! A Big, Fast Blast of Water is Going to be Sent Down the Trinity Tomorrow; High Flows Will Last a Week

Firefighters Wash Five-Block-Long Trail of Blood From Old Town Eureka’s Sidewalk

March 2017

Some Ladies Followed Their GPS’s Directions Out Into the Deep, Deep Boons, So the Sheriff’s Office Had to Mobilize a Rescue

Dam Failure? It Could Happen Here. Northern Humboldt Emergency Agencies Plan for ‘Wall of Water’ They Hope Will Never Come

February 2017

What Would Happen if the Dam at Ruth Lake Failed?

January 2017

Did Your Stuff Get Ruined In the Latest Flood? There May Be Some Money for You, County Says

Police Stationed Near the Old Bracut KOA Campground, Attempting to Deal With Suicidal Subject


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