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Your Week in Ocean: Shark Week, Humboldt-Style
…If you've experienced a traumatic encounter with a great white, please skip past the below video. (If you're new to the area and considering surfing around here, please commit it…
Masked Man Robs Pat’s Market This Morning
…Officers searched the area but were unable to locate the suspect. The suspect is described as a white male, 5’6” to 5’8”, medium build, and was wearing a blue hooded…
Responding to Charges of Assault, Donahue Walked Into Sheriff’s Office Yesterday
…On 08-05-2014, at approximately 6:00 p.m., Codie Shane Donahue walked into the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office and turned himself in. Donahue told deputies who interviewed him that…
Fire on E Street in Eureka
…The first arriving HBF engine reported a single story wood framed stucco residence with smoke showing with the heaviest smoke showing from the rear. The engine passed command and began setting up…
(UPDATE from Sheriff) Two Arrested for Marijuana Cultivation in Redway
…The search warrant was obtained after receiving neighborhood complaints regarding traffic in and out of the residence, and the growing marijuana being visible from the backyard. The residence and marijuana grow was…
EPD Draws Guns on Driver of Stolen Car
From the Eureka Police Department: On August 5, 2014, at about 11:27 PM, a Eureka Police Department officer on patrol spotted a silver 1988 Volvo 740 sedan travelling eastbound on West…
Arcata Bike Sting! or: Just Because A Bicycle is Unsecured Doesn’t Mean You Can Take It, Bro
…Officers then conducted surveillance on the bicycle. During the course of the operation, 32 year old Michael Lynn McGee of Arcata, was arrested and booked into the Humboldt County Jail for 487…
(PHOTOS) Dear Eureka: Are These Your Formerly Stolen Trinkets?
Ah! As part of continuing photographical framing experimentation, the Eureka Police Art Department has posted work from their adventurous new series "Stolen Property? Please help us find the owners …" Please cast your…
Ex-Boyfriend Allegedly Breaks Into Home Wielding Semi Automatic Handgun; Girlfriend Escapes Out Back Window; Suspect Still at Large
…The victim recently told him she wanted to terminate the relationship. The other two female victims were just visiting the residence when the assault occurred. None of the victims were injured during…
Be On the Lookout: Two Bikes Taken From Eureka Backyard
Here’s the latest post in our “Be On the Lookout” series, where we highlight stolen items and ask you to help by reporting any sighting to the appropriate law enforcement agency…
EPD Arrests Man Allegedly Caught on Video Stealing Coins from Ill Child
…After obtaining a key from the owner, officers searched the inside of the restaurant and discovered it had been burglarized. The suspect had left sometime prior to the officers’ arrival, possibly via…
Hollywood Thinks Humboldt Would Make a Good Reality Series…
…Many of the most successful ideas for series revolve around a business that embodies excitement or the potential for danger and features entertaining employees and clients. We are also looking for families…
Water! Water! State Lifts 50 Gallon Per Person Per Day Restriction on Rio Dell Residents, Others Not so Lucky
…Results from the Davis model support lifting the curtailments for the post-1914 water rights below the confluence of the South Fork and Main Stem Eel River, but not for the remainder…
New Officers Sworn in by Sheriff Downey
…Humboldt County Sheriff Michael Downey is pleased to announce the swearing in of two new employees with the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office and one new employee with the Yurok Tribal Police…
Traffic Slowed By Accident on 101 Near Target
…If you are near the scene and if it is safe to take a picture to give people an indicator of how serious the situation is and how soon the road might…
Ammunition, Handgun Described as Authorities Release Information on Shane Miller’s Death Scene
…Detectives from the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office and members of the Department of Justice were called to process the scene and collect the human remains. The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office…
‘Strong Possibility’ Shane Miller Committed Suicide
…Hanson went on to say that the position of the remains indicates that the body had not been moved by water. "It looks like the body was on that spot [since Miller…
Car Smashes Into Cutten Home; Driver Runs Away
LoCO readers and the CHP Dispatch log have informed us of a vehicle v. house collision in Cutten near Sequoia Park within the last hour. The Outpost's Ryan Burns hustled to…
Homesteading Humboldt: Preserving Foods
Want to learn how to make stuff? build stuff? grow stuff? The Lost Coast Outpost will occasionally be bringing you guest posts from experts in their fields that will give you a…
Multiple Fires Strain Critical Resources in Humboldt County
Cal Fire map showing rough locations of current and recent fires [Follow this link to go to the original map where clicking on individual fires brings up more information.] "Danger," warns the…
Human Remains Confirmed to Be Those of Triple Homicide Suspect Shane Miller
…Detectives from the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office and members of the Department of Justice were called to process the scene and collect the human remains. The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office…
LoCO On the Pot: Reggae on the River 2014 — French’s Inferno!
…Thankfully, the fire crews are on top of their game. The sun is blazing, the air is hazy and the music is great. It's a friendly atmosphere, lots of colorful outfits…
Reggae on the River 2014 Flyover (VIDEO)
Local videographer Chad Johnson took his quadcopter down to French's Camp to capture some aerial shots of the 30th annual Reggae on the River and buzz a few concertgoers. Take your…
[FOUND] Sister Seeks 17-Year-Old Fortuna Runaway
…and a peace sign on the right side of her chest." If anyone has any information about Kelcee Leaton, they should contact the Fortuna Police Department at (707) 725-7550 or 1…
[With Photo] Structure fire on West Clark in Eureka
…Patty Steed who lives two doors down from the Clark Street fire sent us the above photo of Humboldt Bay Fire responding to the incident. She wrote us that "a black kitty…
Human Remains Found by Petrolia Fire Department Last Night
…Detectives from the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office along with members of the Department of Justice are currently on scene and efforts to recover the body are underway. The age, sex, and…
Local Girl Rushed to Bay Area Children’s Hospital, Fundraiser Planned
On Thursday, Lindsi Shewry, age 13 from Loleta, entered the Lucille Packard Children Hospital at Stanford in the middle of the night. Frighteningly low blood counts forced doctors to send her there…
[UPDATE Now at 20 Acres] Fire Near Pecwan off Hwy 169
…He said that because of that some of the resources from the fire in the Pecwan area have been diverted to the McClellan Incident on Hwy 36.
What Humboldt Clicked: July 2014
…Shane Miller Featured in The Premiere of John Walsh’s New Real Crime Series 5. (VIDEO) Stephen Colbert Suggests a New Flag for the State of Jefferson 6. Q: Why Was NBA…
[100% Contained] Fire on 36, Evacuations of Homes
…The commander requests that the sheriff's Office bring the Marijuana Eradication Team.] Then CHP Dispatch follows up with "per staging fire commander cannot get into grow, too many traps, this area…