#HappeningTomorrow We will be testing the Humboldt Alert System between 9-10 a.m. TOMORROW (March 29). Following this test, the @NWSEureka will be conducting a Tsunami Communications Test. This test is scheduled to occur between 11 a.m.-Noon. #TsunamiWeek pic.twitter.com/NLzS3fM7T7

— Humboldt Co OES (@HumCoOES) March 28, 2023

E8217 reported they will be standing by with traffic for CHP and the ambulance can cancel

E8217 at scene, reports veh is on its roof, reporting party advised that the driver was out of the veh not injured; CHP and ambulance are enroute.

McKinleyville traffic collision poss a single vehicle, 3000 block North Bank Rd; Engines 8217 and 8239 also Battalion 8200 responding

𝗛𝗨𝗠𝗕𝗢𝗟𝗗𝗧 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗠𝗘𝗥𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗟 𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗖𝗞 𝗢𝗪𝗡𝗘𝗥𝗦: If you have lost livestock due to the recent #WinterStorms, assistance may be available. Please contact the @USDA Eureka Farm Agency Office at 707-832-5577 to make a claim. Deadline to report is April 14. pic.twitter.com/k9LxrMXJwV

— Humboldt Co OES (@HumCoOES) March 21, 2023

MSNBC reports on Shasta County’s embrace of Trump’s Big Lie.

Eureka SWAT Incident: EPD and HCSO are on scene off Broadway between W Del Norte and W Hawthorne. Unknown what the original call was for, but officers have been there for several hours and are possibly searching for a warrant suspect in the area. HCSO SWAT resources have responded and fire is staging

Pretty chilling reporting on the Brett Watson restraining order hearings from the T-S’s Jackson Guilfoil. According to Guilfoil, Arcata city attorney Nancy Diamond testified that she became scared of the former city councilmember after receiving a warning from Arcata police chief Brian Ahearn.

Excerpt:

“(Ahearn) said the most potential for violence was Mr. Watson shooting himself on the dais,” Diamond said.

She said Ahearn added that the council would have to go into active shooter protocol — run, hide and fight — if this happened. Diamond testified that she feared Watson targeting her and other council members before committing public suicide.

Read the whole story here:

City staffers testify in Brett Watson restraining order hearing

“The thought of going in and out of my office and running into him is scary,” Arcata city attorney Nancy Diamond said in testimony Wednesday morning.

TIMES-STANDARD

CHP has the suspect is in custody on 101 near Sixth Ave in the Westhaven area. HCSO units are clearing

The vehicle is reported to be driving on the rims with only one good tire. CHP is still leading. HCSO is trailing and Arcata PD is positioning to assist. The vehicle has stopped on southbound Highway 101 just south of Sixth

HCSO deputies are reporting “good spikes” just north of Trinidad. Vehicle is continuing southbound speeds of 70 MPH, occasionally crossing into the opposing lanes. Now taking the Trinidad exit. HCSO deputies are with the pursuit now

Vehicle Pursuit: Highway 101 southbound north of Freshwater. CHP (possibly with Yurok Tribal Police) is in pursuit of a stolen vehicle that may be associated with an individual who is considered “armed and dangerous”. The pursuit began in Del Norte County. There is also a tree reportedly blocking the roadway in the northbound lanes of 101 in the Freshwater area and two responding Humboldt CHP units struck the tree and their vehicles are disabled but they are “code 4”. HCSO has units positioned to assist but are not involved at this time

It’s International Women’s Day, and KINS Radio’s “Talk Shop” program is celebrating the only way it knows how. 

Let’s kick it to host Brian Papstein!

“Talk Shop,” March 8, 2023.

MAR 7th 1240PM PST: Scattered showers continue moving across the area, with snow levels around 2000 feet.
Snow levels will drop down to around 1000-2000 feet this evening with showers diminishing into Wed morning. Thereafter, a brief respite of precipitation is forecast. #CAWX pic.twitter.com/5s7qHOW7qS

— NWS Eureka (@NWSEureka) March 7, 2023

Today is the last day to apply for @SBAgov Disaster Loan Assistance! Be sure to get your application in. https://t.co/wWR1rFUkiu

— Humboldt Co OES (@HumCoOES) March 6, 2023

Heads up, #Humboldt, another round of snow is on the way. Prepare now and ensure you have enough food, water, firewood and/or fuel, should your residence become snowed in. https://t.co/7BLjsZiNuM

— Humboldt Co OES (@HumCoOES) March 4, 2023

Potentially triggering news for local right-leaning readers of mainstream media comics pages. The Times-Standard announced Wednesday it would join scores of newspapers across the country by ceasing to run Dilbert, the ‘90s-era office politics strip that, believe it or not, is still in production!

The decision to stop running Dilbert comes after its creator, Scott Adams, made some remarks on his YouTube channel in which he referred to Black Americans as a “hate group” and suggested that white Americans should “get the hell away from Black people.” 

Adams’ comments were made in response to a poll by a conservative organization that purported to show many African Americans do not think it’s acceptable to be white.

The Times-Standard posted the following statement on its site:

In the wake of controversial and divisive remarks by Dilbert artist Scott Adams, we will no longer carry the strip in our publications.

The Times-Standard believes that communities are strengthened by embracing diversity and striving for unity as opposed to divisiveness and provocation. With these values in mind, we cannot continue to publish Adams’ work for our audience.

Due to the timing of our production schedules, Dilbert will continue to appear in some editions, including this coming Sunday’s papers while the change is implemented.

Andrew Goff

HUMBOLDT SO COLD: Overnight Temperature at Woodley Island Ties Previous Record Low Set in 1890

No, it wasn’t just you freezing your tuchus off last night. Our local weather watchers at the National Weather Service inform us that the overnight temperature tied the Feb. 28 record for Woodley Island set waaay back in 1890. (Records began being kept in 1890.)

32°! 

The forecast indicates there is more brr to come. Make the necessary preparations. 

Well, Cal Poly Humboldt has made it. A few days after the university’s idea to temporarily address its student housing woes with a giant barge made the Washington Post, the writers at Late Night with Stephen Colbert decided the item warranted a throwaway joke in the host’s recurring “Meanwhile” segment during Monday’s show. 

LoCO has gone to the trouble of tracking down the brief yuk in question so you, our beloved readers, don’t feel like you’ve missed anything.

Behold: JOKE.

PREVIOUS TIMES COLBERT DISCOVERED HUMBOLDT:

• Jason Segel Calls the Redwoods Beautiful, Indirectly Talks About Willow Creek on the ‘Late Show’ With Stephen Colbert
• Fortuna’s New Police Chief is Trained to Use Nunchucks, Much to the Delight of Stephen Colbert
• Congressman Jared Huffman Comes Out as a ‘Non-Religious Humanist’

#HelpNeeded We are looking for organizations with people power, materials & funding to be a part of our #Earthquake Long-Term Recovery Group. If your organization meets these criteria & wants to help, please join us for a meeting at Rio Dell City Hall THURSDAY, March 2, at 10 am. pic.twitter.com/up6Hne4Kf3

— Humboldt Co OES (@HumCoOES) February 27, 2023

Highway 299 is closed from Lord Ellis to Willow Creek. Multiple vehicles are stuck in the snow between Berry Summit and Willow Creek.

#TrafficAlert from @CHPHumboldt: CHP is responding to multiple crashes this morning. If you must drive, use caution & stay alert for icy conditions & debris in the road. Slow down, avoid making sudden turns or aggressively braking, & leave space between you and other drivers. pic.twitter.com/iX5lyM9CnP

— HumCoSO (@HumCoSO) February 24, 2023

Our SWAP cows are so thankful 🙌 https://t.co/GN1SnWgcBk

— HumCoSO (@HumCoSO) February 24, 2023

Arcata Fire has the patient extricated and enroute code 3 to Mad River Hospital on the ambulance with two firefighters on board to assist. The collision will be off the southbound lanes of Highway 101 between West End Rd. and St Louis Rd.

Arcata Traffic Collision w/ Extrication Highway 101 near the St. Louis Rd. bridge for a single vehicle rollover with one occupant trapped. Arcata Fire is on scene and involved in an extrication. 101 may be partially blocked. Humboldt Bay Fire is sending an engine to the Arcata main fire station for coverage

‼️Important info if you plan to drive tonight or tomorrow morning‼️ https://t.co/0ZD5mxO57P

— HumCoSO (@HumCoSO) February 24, 2023

Newly updated Warming Centers and Extreme Weather Sheltering Resource List. ⬇️⬇️ Please help us get this information to our community members most in need. #Humboldt #WinterStorm #Snow pic.twitter.com/nx3dYrMb5g

— Humboldt Co OES (@HumCoOES) February 23, 2023

Each year people in #Humboldt Co. die from #carbonmonoxide poisoning due to improper generator use. Carbon monoxide poisoning is preventable. The best way to know if you are at risk is to have a working carbon monoxide detector on every level of your home. #winterstorm pic.twitter.com/hPaItyd3O7

— Humboldt Co OES (@HumCoOES) February 22, 2023

⚠️WINTER STORM WARNING ⚠️
A Winter #Storm Warning has been issued for interior #Humboldt County beginning today, 2/21, at 1 pm through Thursday, 2/23 at 4 p.m. https://t.co/irpw4Q1u1Q

— Humboldt Co OES (@HumCoOES) February 21, 2023

Both patients have been extricated and are loaded in the ground ambulance. Per Willow Creek Chief 9200 (who has assumed “Trinity IC”) the helicopter can cancel