TODAY IN LoCO: Remember the Suddenlink Slasher? He, she or they was/were the renegade criminal(s) who seemed to nurse a beef against the telecommunications industry — or perhaps against one particular cable Internet provider — to such an insane extent that cables were sliced and diced in the dead of night all over the county.

The Slasher’s reign of terror had pretty much come to a close by Sept. 16, 2014 — exactly eight years ago today — but this is the day that former California Governor Jerry Brown signed former state Senator Wes Chesbro’s anti-Slasher legislation, and it so today is the day it became the law of the land.

And it worked!

Chesbro Looks to Stick It to the Suddenlink Slasher

LOST COAST OUTPOST

CHP unable to locate any matching veh or pedestrian in the area, all agencies clearing from the call

E8217 in area of Central & Hiller trying to locate the incident; CHP reported to be investigating near Eka Natural Foods at Pickett Rd, ambulance and the engine responding up there

McKinleyville T/C veh vs pedestrian at Central & Hiller; Arcata Engine 8217, Arcata Amb and CHP dispatched

#HappeningNow Deputies are investigating a poss. robbery on Sawmill Rd near Garberville. Suspect vehicle fled & was last seen near Piercy. Vehicle is described as a gray Dodge Charger or Challenger with poss. front-end damage. If you see this vehicle, do not approach, call 911.

— HumCoSO (@HumCoSO) September 16, 2022