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(UPDATE) Eureka Police Say Stabbing Victims Were Squatting, Give Details of Altercation
…The two slept on a mattress in the closet. At about 0500 hours, a small statured man entered the apartment. The male leaned into the closet over Wortman and ambushed Frank, stabbing…
Motorcyclist Airlifted to Redding After Briceland Road Collision
…A car and a motorcyle collided on Briceland Road earlier today, according to numerous Outpost readers and the California Highway Patrol dispatch logs. The CHP categorizes this as a "major injury accident…
Court Rules That Eureka Police Chief Can be Deposed in Prayer Lawsuit
Humboldt County Superior Court Judge Bruce Watson ruled Wednesday that Eureka Police Chief Andy Mills, who came to the department from San Diego last November, can be ordered to give a deposition…
Friend of Murder Victim in Bodhi Tree Case Sexually Assaulted Outside Courthouse
…She was best friends with Christina Schwarz, one of the three people Tree is accused of killing last May. Raskin's regular presence in the courtroom was the subject of a Times…
9-Stop Eureka Garden Tour: Birds, Bees and Mysteries (PHOTOS)
[Today your Lost Coast Outpost provides its readers the opportunity to wander into complete strangers' beautiful backyards (without fear of being arrested for trespassing). The following garden tour report comes to us…
New Yorkers’ Highway 36 Grow Site Raided, 449 Marijuana Plants Discovered
…The suspects told the deputies they moved into the area to grow and sell marijuana. When deputies searched the property they located 449 growing marijuana plants ranging in size from 3 feet…
(UPDATED) Pedestrian Struck by Vehicle in Downtown Eureka This Morning
…Brittany Kesterson of the EPD tells the Outpost that the pedestrian was crossing Fifth Street at K when the truck pictured made a left turn from K onto Fifth, striking the pedestrian…
Mystery Superboom Rattles Wide Swath of Eureka, Cutten
Reports are flooding into the Outpost about a rare afternoon mystery boom that just boomed up a wide swath of Humboldt Bay. We have shell-shocked reports in from Myrtletown, Cutten and…
Embattled Loleta Elementary Principal Has Resigned
Sally Hadden has resigned as principal/superintendent of Loleta Elementary School in the midst of a federal investigation into racial discrimination at the school as well as conflicts with school staff. Hadden…
880 Marijuana Plants, Butane Hash Lab, Creek Diversion Discovered at Kneeland Grow Site
…When deputies arrived on scene they served the search warrant. They did not locate any one on the property or in the structure. When deputies searched the property they located 880 marijuana…
Woman Arrested for Arson After Last Week’s McKinleyville House Fire
…Thankfully, the DA's Office recognized the potential risk with this suspect and acted quickly to get the arrest warrant approved. We are very appreciative of the work by the District Attorney…
Fortuna Police Arrest Man For Indecent Exposure at the Drive-Thru
From the Fortuna Police Department: On June 26, 2014 at about 6:30 AM, officers responded to the 1000 Block of South Fortuna Boulevard for after a customer of a local coffee…
DA’s Office, State Department of Insurance Arrest Local Plumber for Fraud
Press release from the Office of the Humboldt County District Attorney: Tim Shelley, 57, owner of Tim’s Plumbing was arrested yesterday on felony charges of workers’ compensation insurance fraud and grand…
Former Humboldt County Auditor-Controller Dies/ Flag Will Be Half-Staff
…The County will fly the U.S. flag at half-staff through the end of the week in Prince’s honor. Prince took office in 1973 when he was appointed to finish…
Florida Boys’ Environmentally Unfriendly Highway 36 Megagrow Busted
…The suspects told the deputies they moved into the area a few years ago to grow and sell marijuana.When deputies searched the property and residence they located a hash lab, total…
HUMBOLDT APPROVED: Who Has Humboldt’s Best Salad Bar?
Whether it be our majestic, monstrous redwoods or our not-so-underground cash crop, Humboldt is known the world over for its fine green things. Money would be a nice addition to…
Post-Election Results: Bass Beats Kerrigan (As Expected); Squeaking Loss for Measure N
…Full results will be posted to the elections website shortly. The final tally will be taken to the Board of Supervisors for certification in the coming days. PREVIOUSLY ELECTION NIGHT FINAL: Fleming…
Eureka Police Department is Kinda Fed Up With Whoever Keeps Setting Trash Cans on Fire
…Humboldt Bay Fire Department (HBFD) was requested and the fires were soon extinguished. No damage was done to the exterior of the nearby buildings. The area was checked but no witnesses or…
Special Eureka City Council Meeting This Evening; 2014-15 Budget Proposes Large Cuts to Police, Fire
A special Eureka City Council meeting has been called for 5 p.m today to pass a budget for the next fiscal year. It's a budget that proposes large cuts to…
Drunk McKinleyville Teen Arrested For Throwing Lit Cigarette at Patrol Car
…The deputy immediately stopped the patrol car and contacted the pedestrians. The deputy identified the pedestrian who threw the cigarette as Jacques Kincaid Leroux, 18 years old from McKinleyville. Leroux told the…
Parolee, Girlfriend and 12-Year-Old Found at Trespass Grow Containing 834 Marijuana Plants
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office weighs in on the trespass grow operation we reported on yesterday in the press release below: On 06-23-2014, Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office Deputies…
Sheriff’s Deputies Raid Trespass Marijuana Grow Near Kneeland
…Steve Knight confirmed that deputies had conducted an investigation into a trespass grow located on the Iaqua Ranch, a 4,700-acre conservation easement east of Kneeland. Three people were detained, according…
Work Stopped on Willits Bypass; Army Corps of Engineers Revokes Permit
Artist's rendering of the finished north end of the Willits Bypass. By Caltrans. As reported by KGO-TV on Friday, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers stopped work on the…
Mass Power Outage in the Lower Eel River Valley
…No word on the cause. Right now PG&E is estimating that service will be restored at round about 3 p.m., but they often spitball it at this stage.
Big Rig Overturns Near Big Lagoon
…Uribe allowed the truck to leave the roadway, and the truck overturned into a dirt turn-out east of US-101. CHP, Arcata-Mad River Ambulance, and CDF responded. Uribe suffered soreness…
Natalie Arroyo — Coast Guardie, RCAA Employee — Announces City Council Bid
…Some of the reasons I love Eureka are its bountiful natural recreation areas, historic architecture, cultural diversity, endless things to do, delicious local foods and the sense of possibility that reminds me…
LoCO on the Pot: The View From on High
Last Sunday I attended the Church of the Eel River in the hills of Southern Humboldt to hear the good word of water flowing in the hills and to savor the psychedelic…
[UPDATED] Pedestrian Killed in Hit and Run Collision Near Willow Creek
…Hoopa ambulance and the CHP responded to the scene. Upon arrival at the scene it was determined that the pedestrian had suffered fatal injuries and the vehicle involved had fled the scene…
Arcata Fire: Yesterday’s House Fire in McK Did $200K+ Damage
…The third arriving engine cut a ventilation hole in the roof of the structure to allow heated gases to escape and make the conditions inside of the burning home more tenable for…
Honest Engine Owner Explains Business Name
Our Wednesday post questioning the racial sensitivity of Eureka auto repair shop Honest Engine's name and sign (right) sparked quite a response. Between Facebook and the Outpost's Disqus forum the…