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Humboldt State Student With Bacterial Meningitis Improving But Still Critical
…Results of testing for the specific type of bacteria are not expected until Monday, and for now the case is being treated as meningococcal disease until proven otherwise. The University has received…
Unidentified Bodies in Mendocino Not Much South of the Humboldt County Line
…Last month, the Outpost revisited the unidentified bodies found in Humboldt County this last year—updating with the latest information from the Coroner's Office. Today, we're going to look at…
Commercial Crab Season Starts December First
The pier in Trinidad's Harbor glows with light as commercial fishermen load up their gear in preparation for the beginning of the crabbing season. [Photos by Ted Pease.] A chilly rain…
Trinidad Blesses its Fleet
Lost Coast Outpost superfriend Ted Pease sends along a few photos of Trinidad's traditional Thanksgiving Day Blessing of the Fleet. Godspeed, fishermen. By Ted Pease. Axel Lindgren leads traditional Tsurai blessing…
A North Coast Guide to Thanksgiving Feasts for Those in Need
Refrigerator stocked full for today's feast at the Arcata Community Center. [Photo provided by Luke Patterson.] Here's a handy guide to Thanksgiving feasts for those in need. If you know…
Humboldt’s Misty Days Make You SAD?
…SAD is a recognized depressive disorder believed to affect between 1 and 9 percent of the population, according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5). It’s a…
[UPDATE] Humboldt State Student in Critical Condition With Bacterial Meningitis
…HSU is working closely with the county’s public health office, which is the lead agency and is providing guidance. The campus is in the process of contacting those who have been…
EPD: Two Arrested, ‘Vast Amount’ of Garbage Removed from Palco Marsh in Follow-Up to Last Week’s Shooting
PREVIOUSLY:Eureka Police Paying a Visit to Devil’s Playground Today ### From the Eureka Police Department: On November 26, 2014, at about 9:30 AM, Eureka Police Department detectives executed a search…
Dronkers’ Deep Web: Kindness Sighted On Humboldt Craiglist
…If by any chance you see this put the name and color of the car I was driving in the reply I would like to buy you dinner and get to know…
Avoid Black Friday Death Tolls: Shop Local With the LoCO Holiday Shopping Guide!
Friends, the Outpost is getting ready to kick it into a slower gear for a couple of days (hopefully). It will soon be Thanksgiving. The day after Thanksgiving is what is known…
(PHOTOS) Coast Guard Weighs In on Today’s Theft Suspect Rescue
…With the assistance of HCSO the crew immediately located the injured man and deployed their rescue swimmer to evaluate the patient. The rescue swimmer determined the patient had a severely fractured/dislocated…
(HCSO UPDATE, PHOTOS) Coast Guard Rescue Injured Petty Theft Suspect in Trinidad
…Bail on the warrant was set at $5,000. When the Deputy advised Hagerty of the warrant, Hagerty took off running northbound on Scenic Drive in an attempt to avoid arrest. The…
Eureka Police Paying a Visit to Devil’s Playground Today
Photo courtesy Christian Arbec LoCO readers hit us up this morning about a Eureka Police presence at one of the entrances to the Devil’s Playground greenbelt area along Humboldt Bay. The…
Mugshots of the Most Wanted: Eureka Police Poster Updated
Mugshots of the Most Wanted: Eureka Police Poster Updated
Your Week in Ocean: PacOut and Prop 1 Updates, Lovely Tidal Studies
Post-PacOut cleanup Since last week's focus on the environmental problems surrounding homeless encampments on Humboldt Bay, several people have reached out to Humboldt Baykeeper and the Northcoast Environmental Center requesting…
Heavy Rain on Friday Followed by Lots More Wet This Weekend
More rain coming to northern California. [Graphic from the US National Weather Service. Follow them on Facebook here.] Are you planning on driving this weekend? Please be careful. Rain and then more…
PHOTO: Vehicle Engulfed In Flames On Highway 101
Reader Lavivian Wright sent in these pictures showing a vehicle ablaze on the shoulder of Highway 101 near Miranda. In an email to the Outpost, Wright said she and her sisters were…
Three Responses to LoCO’s Marijuana Ordinance Post
…The Agrarian Spirit Warrior We are witnessing the logical results of a systemic failure to provide guidance and regulation to industry. The usual negatives of the cannabis industry are splashed across the…
APD: Kids Robbed of Their Skateboards at Knifepoint; K9 Finds Thief in Bushes
…The juveniles stated that they were walking on the west sidewalk of Alliance Rd, when a male subject stepped out of the wooded area and brandished a large hunting knife. The suspect…
Voter Transparency Project Initially Comes Up With Very Slighty Different Bergel/Newman Results
Everyone check out this post by sometime LoCO commenter Mitch Trachtenberg, a volunteer for and co-instigator of the groundbreaking Humboldt County Election Transparency Project. In short, the Election Transparency Project's…
APD: Eureka Man Rams Patrol Car With Vehicle Stolen From Car Dealership in Escape Attempt
…The officer pursued the vehicle south on Bayside Rd. As the driver of the stolen vehicle reached the round-a-bout at Indianola Rd, he lost control of the vehicle and collided…
[Returned] Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office Searching for Missing Woman
…The reporting party, Jason Hatter, told the deputy on Friday. 11-21-2014 at around 7 p.m. his wife Ashley had taken their daughter to a friend’s house, then was…
Is Your Subaru Station Wagon Sinking into the Marsh Behind Blue Ox Millworks Right Now?
A cameraman with North Coast News perfects the shot LoCO is calling it: Slow news day, everyone! Yay! Eureka Police, Humboldt Bay Fire and other emergency personnel as well as every media…
Rushed Process Has Stakeholders Worried About Marijuana Ordinance
The industrious political action committee known as California Cannabis Voice Humboldt (CCVH) has been busy lately, working diligently to draft a cannabis land use ordinance that it hopes will be adopted by…
Be On the Lookout: Yikes! Stolen Bikes
Here’s the latest post in LoCO's “Be On the Lookout” series, where we highlight stolen items and ask you to help by reporting any sighting to the appropriate law enforcement…
Happy Birthday to a 100-Year-Old Humboldt Man
…Reaching the century mark doesn't happen every day so even though this is somewhat belated—-happy birthday, George, from all of us here at the Lost Coast Outpost! According Gillenwater's…
What Happens When Romeo Texts Juliet That He’s Been in a Car Accident: How a False Report Affects Emergency Services
…By quarter to two in the morning, the fire department volunteers, the CHP, and STAR had been working for over three hours to find the reportedly injured youth. Personnel told dispatch they…
DOLLISON’S DOCKET: California’s Leniency on Crime and What it Means for Humboldt
Many were observing our recent November general elections to see if the Republicans would take over the Senate (They did.) Would Eureka elect one or two progressives and an all female City…
LoCO on the Pot: The Gala — A Harvest Party With A Giant Chocolate Hash Fountain
Last Friday night I hit up the 1st Annual Humboldt High Grade Harvest Gala at the Mateel Community Center in Redway. It was kind of fancy. I saw a limo at the…
Plane Wreckage Lifted From Eel River; Dr. Doug Pleatman Remembered
The wreckage of the small, single-engine plane that crashed near Garberville on Friday was pulled from the bed of the Eel River by helicopter Sunday. The photos and video above and…