Did you know you ARE NOT supposed to stand in a doorway during an #earthquake? The safest action you can take is to “Drop, Cover, and Hold On.” Join us in practicing this life-saving action on Oct. 20 at 10:20 am #ShakeOut pic.twitter.com/lbHijZiUDj

— Humboldt Co OES (@HumCoOES) October 14, 2022

Photo: Gabriel Acosta-Foundation.

It’s smoky down in Ferndale and environs this afternoon!

And that’s because Calfire is conducting a controlled burn in the Table Bluff area. They’re taking out about 12 acres of invasive beach grass, which apparently throws up a fine plume.

No emergency!

They’re making things all secure-like down at Halvorsen Park. We’re only a few days away from native daughter Sara Bareilles’ much-anticipated homecoming concert and the fences have started going up around the event space. 

Have you got your tickets to get past those fences? More importantly, do you have too many tickets? ‘Cuz other people would like to see Sara! If you were one of the lucky few who secured entry in the initial crush and you’ve either decided you can’t go or you were more ambitious on the number of friends you have, remember that you can return your tix so they can be redistributed to those on the waiting list. 

If you’re curious on the logistics of how this is all going to work, the City of Eureka lays it all out here. See you Sunday! 

📣SOUTHERN HUMBOLDT RESIDENTS:📣 Coffee with a Cop is happening TOMORROW at the Garberville Farmer's Market! Stop by the town square between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. for free coffee and conversation with your local sheriff's deputies. pic.twitter.com/m0RW9p2URj

— HumCoSO (@HumCoSO) October 13, 2022

In advance of the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ surprise Hoopa Valley High School show today, the Outpost has received some ribald memorabilia from the last time the group played Humboldt — exactly 33 years and one month ago to the day. 

Mateel Community Center general manager Shiloh Croybaker sends in the following concert poster signed by the boys way back in 1989 when they played down in SoHum 

“This hangs on our wall here at the Mateel,” Croybaker writes. “God I wish we could get them to do a community show here.” 

Ball’s in your court, Peps. Click here to enlarge the image.

Image courtesy Mateel Community Center

Above: RHCP plays the Mateel Community Center on Sept. 12, 1989

And then there were six! On Tuesday morning, the Northern California Condor Restoration Program announced that they’d successfully released condors A4 and A5 into the wild. They join the the first cohort of four birds that was reintroduced into Yurok ancestral territory back in May. 

Hooray! For the full play-by-play of this morning’s release, click on over the NCCRP Facebook page. 

PREVIOUSLY: 

• There Could Be Two More Condors In Northern California’s Skies Next Week
  

Murray Road call is a false alarm, E8217 clear

McKinleyville, residential fire alarm sounding, 1400 block Murray Rd, for Engine 8217

E8217 reports it’s a false alarm and they’re clear

Engine 8217 at scene on Azalea, nothing showing and out investigating

#UPDATE: McKinleyville stabbing suspect has been taken into custody. More information will be released via press release tomorrow.

— HumCoSO (@HumCoSO) October 10, 2022

McKinleyville residential fire alarm, 1000 block Azalea Ave, the kitchen smoke alarm; for Engine 8217

HAPPENING NOW: HCSO Deputies are currently searching for a man believed to be the suspect of a stabbing this afternoon in McKinleyville.
Residents in the area of Baird and Chaffin Roads are asked to not open your doors to strangers and report suspicious activity right away. (1/2)

— HumCoSO (@HumCoSO) October 9, 2022

HAPPENING NOW: HCSO Deputies are currently searching for a man believed to be the suspect of a stabbing this afternoon in McKinleyville.
Residents in the area of Baird and Chaffin Roads are asked to not open your doors to strangers and report suspicious activity right away. (1/2)

— HumCoSO (@HumCoSO) October 9, 2022

The suspect of this incident is described as a white male adult in his 50’s, with short gray hair. He was last seen wearing a gray shirt and light blue jeans. The suspect is believed to be armed. If you see him, do not approach but call 911. (2/2)

— HumCoSO (@HumCoSO) October 9, 2022

#UPATE: All affected @ATT services restored for #Humboldt as of 10/8/2022 at 8 am

— HumCoSO (@HumCoSO) October 8, 2022

📱Text to 911 is not impacted by this outage. 📱

AT&T has not given an estimated time of restoration for these services.

𝘐𝘯𝘧𝘰 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘧 10/8/2022 𝘢𝘵 6 𝘢𝘮
(3/3)

— HumCoSO (@HumCoSO) October 8, 2022

Also, we’ve been notified that some McKinleyville landlines are experiencing a complete outage. Residents impacted by this outage are urged to utilize a cell phone if in need of emergency services. Be sure to provide location and phone number information when calling.
(2/3)

— HumCoSO (@HumCoSO) October 8, 2022

⚠️ AT&T OUTAGE AFFECTING 911 ⚠️
Due to an unknown @ATT error, our Dispatch Center is not receiving automatic location and phone number information from 911 calls. If you call 911, you MUST provide your location and phone number, or we may not be able to reach you. (1/3)

— HumCoSO (@HumCoSO) October 8, 2022

Just days after the Supreme Court opted to squash Mike Lindell’s hopes of avoiding a billion-dollar defamation lawsuit filed against him by Dominion Voting Systems — oops! — the political provocateur and MyPillow CEO found himself in Eureka, California. Why did Mike decide to sneak behind the Redwood Curtain at this tumultuous moment? We thankfully aren’t connected enough to be privy. What we do know is that he stopped at Tres Chiles Picosos on Broadway for some noms and posed with some of the staff. 

“Thank you for supporting Local Businesses in Humboldt County!!! We hope you visit us again,” TCP wrote on Facebook. “#goodfood #gooddrinks #goodvibes #MikeLindell”

#QuestionableAdCampaign!

Chief 8200 advices the Central incident has been completed, all units are clearing and available.

[E8239, not 8235]

Chief 8200 reports there’s gasoline on the ground, they will be putting down spill absorbent; E8217 & 8235 remaining, Engine 8215 is clear and available, and cancel HCSO

Engines 8239 and 8215 at scene at Central IC

Chief 8200 at scene, continue all units, they will be blocking off the entire parking lot; HCSO requested and theit nearest unit responding has approx a 15-minute ETA. This will be the “Central IC”

McKineyville Hazmat & life-safety hazard, Chevron Station at School Rd & Central, caller reports that all gas pumps at the station are leaking, for E8217 and all-call from Arcata; E8239 & E8215 enroute and ack’d the life-safety hazard.

Local property owner Floyd Squires, who for years was a thorn in the side of the City of Eureka due to the often rundown condition of his rentals, has died at the age of 76. 

According to the North Coast Journal, Squires’ death certificate notes he died of cardiac arrest that occurred in conjunction with a choking incident. 

Now, LoCO could attempt to sum up Squires’ legacy for you in a few sentences, but we were thinking maybe just providing you with the list of all the times Squires and his various properties appeared on this site would do the trick. So here’s that:

• Eureka Cracks Down on Notorious Slumlords, Vows to Close Squires’ Motel
• For Tenants of Blue Heron Lodge, Eviction Means Yet Another Hardship
• Blue Heron Residents Evicted As City Enforces Abatement Order
• Eureka Police Search Squires-Owned Apartment, Find Lots of Heroin
• Another Heroin Bust at Squires-Owned Apartment in Eureka
• What’s the Story With That Place? From Eagles Hall to Squires HQ at Eureka’s Lloyd Building
• (UPDATED) Major Middle of the Night Fire in Vacant Building Near Downtown Eureka
• Another Fire at Vacant Squires’ House on Eureka’s H Street
• (UPDATED) Yet Another Fire Erupts in Yet Another Floyd Squires-Owned Building
• Neighbors of Squires-Owned Building Win Insurance Settlement Over Nuisance Property
• (UPDATE) Man Shot Outside Uninhabited Home on Eureka’s G Street; EPD is Actively Investigating the Scene
• Eureka Takes More Legal Action Against Slumlord Floyd Squires
• Tenants Evicted as Officers Board Yet Another Squires Property, Eureka Foots the Bill
• Neighbors Unload on ‘Evil Slumlords’ Floyd and Betty Squires in Closing Arguments of Small Claims Case
• Officially a ‘Nuisance’: Judge Rules For Neighbors in Mass Small Claims Suit Against Squires Family
• For Second Time in Two Weeks, EPD’s POP Unit Busts 65-Year-Old Suspected of Dealing Drugs to Homeless Out of Squires-Owned ‘Heroin Hilton’
• Notorious Landlords Floyd and Betty Squires Challenge Small Claims Ruling, Promptly Get Denied
• (PHOTOS) Armed With Warrants, EPD and City of Eureka Inspect 11 Squires-Owned Shitholes
• (UPDATES) Former Blue Heron Motel Office Building in Flames
• Accused Blue Heron Arsonist Denied Release From Jail, Despite Attorney’s Plea That She Has Cancer and an Upcoming Appointment
• (VIDEO) RIP, Blue Heron Motel! Troublesome Squires-Owned Building Demolished by Eureka
• (PHOTOS) Playing Hardball, Eureka Demolishes Another Squires-Owned Building
• (UPDATE) City of Eureka Says: Blue Heron Burned Because Squires Didn’t Pay Prostitute For Oral Sex Received
• Hearing for Accused Blue Heron Arsonist Postponed; Eyewitness Sought; Squires Present in Court
• Blue Heron Arson Trial Proceeds; Second Person Seen Fleeing Scene May Also Be Charged
• Squires Property on Third Street Condemned by the City of Eureka; Tenants to Receive Relocation Funding
• Second Woman Charged in Squires’ Blue Heron Motel Arson Case
• Celebrated Local Artist’s Paintings Go Missing at Eureka Arts Alive; Old Town Art Heist or a Classic Case of Finders Keepers?
• (VIDEO/PHOTOS) Eureka Police Serve Search Warrant, Detain 14 People at Squires-Owned Nuisance Property
• Eureka Just Settled Its Decade-Old Court Case Against Floyd and Betty Squires, But Its Battle With the Notorious Slumlords Continues
• Eureka Boards Up ‘Unsafe and Unsanitary’ House Owned by (You Guessed It) Floyd and Betty Squires
  

RIP.

A local surfer is recovering after a very attack-like encounter with a shark at Centerville Beach on Sunday afternoon. 

The Ferndale Volunteer Fire Department provided a few details on the incident on its Facebook page:

At 1530hrs (3:30pm) FVFD was dispatched to a report of a shark or seal bite at Centerville beach. Unit at scene did confirm that the bite was from a shark. The patient was transported by City Ambulance to a hospital.

To our recollection of our membership, we have not had an incident like this. This is a reminder that there are many hazards to be aware of when you are at the beach.

Please be safe.

Sharktober is here, people. If you’re wondering how the surfer is doing, you can get some idea of his status and demeanor from an Instagram post put up earlier today by The Shop, a surf store in Arcata. In it, the chewed-up patient can be seen flashing the shaka sign, which, in this instance, would suggest that he thinks he’s going to be fine.

You can view a sanitized version of the post below. But if you’re the kind of person who needs to see a chomped-on leg you can click over to The Shop’s page to see the shark’s gory handiwork. Ouchie.  

The climber has been safely extracted by Coast Guard and transferred to the ambulance. Willow Creek Fire advises that it is non-injury and fire units are clearing. The helicopter is returning to McKinleyville.

HW 299 is again blocked in both directions between mile marker 35 and 32 as the Coast Guard helicopter begins a hoist operation to attempt to rescue the climber