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OUTAGE: Power Outage in Sue-Meg; 134 Customers Affected 7:02 p.m.
OUTAGE: Power Outage in The Springs; 65 Customers Affected 5:52 p.m.
EPD: <a href="https://lostcoastoutpost.com/patrolled/eureka/2024/nov/22/#incident-988733">CITIZEN CONTACT &#8212; 200 Block of U ST 5:39 p.m.
HCSO: <a href="https://lostcoastoutpost.com/patrolled/sheriff/2024/nov/22/#incident-988710">Traffic Stop &#8212; 23900 Block of LITTLE FAIRFIELD ST 5:39 p.m.
HCSO: <a href="https://lostcoastoutpost.com/patrolled/sheriff/2024/nov/22/#incident-988706">9-1-1 Hangup &#8212; 800 Block of 4TH ST 5:36 p.m.
EPD: <a href="https://lostcoastoutpost.com/patrolled/eureka/2024/nov/22/#incident-988720">PETTY THEFT &#8212; 2700 Block of DOLBEER ST 5:32 p.m.
OUTAGE: Power Outage in Andersonia; 11 Customers Affected 5:22 p.m.

Datura stramonium (Jimsonweed)

Datura stramonium. Photo: (c) Ruth Krämer-Klink, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

Datura stramonium, known by the English names jimsonweed or devil’s snare, is a plant in the nightshade family. It is believed to have originated in Mexico, but has now become naturalized in many other regions. Other common names for D. stramonium include thornapple and moon flower, and it has the Spanish name toloache. Other names for the plant include hell’s bells, devil’s trumpet, devil’s weed, tolguacha, Jamestown weed, stinkweed, locoweed, pricklyburr, devil’s cucumber and Thornapple….