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Read Eureka’s Letter of Apology for 1860 Wiyot Massacre
…Worse yet, this attack occurred during the Wiyot Renewal Ceremony to bring healing to the Earth. The ceremony was never finished. Today the people of Eureka are pleased to see the World…
Arcata Dispensary Torched; Fire District Investigators Suspect Arson
…Engine 8216 responded from the Arcata station and was at scene in less than two minutes. The engine Captain reported heavy smoke coming from the rear of the house and assigned incoming…
Bomb Squad Disposes of Old Dynamite Located in Barn
…The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office Bomb Squad responded to the scene and confirmed the three boxes contained dynamite. The dynamite appeared to be very old, and the property owner told the…
Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office Looking for Missing Rio Dell Woman
…On 3-13-2014, at approximately 7:30 p.m., the Fortuna Police Department forwarded a missing person report to the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office. The missing person is Sheila Franks…
Theological Throwdown: Fred Phelps Is Reportedly Dying. Is Celebrating A Bad Guy’s Death OK?
Fred Phelps, the controversial leader of Topeka's Westboro Baptist church is on his deathbed, say family members. Phelps is usually the one guy everyone at your dinner party that everybody agrees…
Be On the Lookout: Stolen ‘86 Toyota
Here’s the latest post in our “Be On the Lookout” series, where we highlight stolen items and ask you, our readers, to help your neighbors by passing on any helpful information…
Predicted Drought Causes State to Streamline Water Storage Approval Process
…Even as the state deals with the immediate impacts of the drought, it’s also planning for the future. In 2013, the California Natural Resources Agency, the California Environmental Protection Agency and…
Hit And Run Driver Takes Out Three Vehicles in Old Town
Wild times in Old Town this morning! Multiple people witnessed a hit and run in the 200 block of E Street as a white pickup collided into three parked vehicles. Sgt. Steve…
Waves! Big and Beautiful
NOAA issued a High Surf Advisory today and Nick Adams, one of LoCO's frequent contributing photographers, went to the beach to catch the action. Take a look at these waves! Feel…
Is Humboldt County Being Fracked?
(First published in the Anderson Valley Advertiser.) Across geologic time, rainwater sculpts the land into cradlelike entities that comprise a watershed. For the vast majority of inland Mendocino County, the basin that…
High Surf Advisory Today
High Surf advisory from the US National Weather Service.
Hwy 101 Closed [NOW OPEN!] Near Crescent City Today [with PHOTO]
…Below is the site as it looked when the large redwood had fallen across the roadway. Previously: Planning on Heading North to Crescent City? Hwy 101 Closed Sunday
Early Morning Car Fire at Clam Beach May Be Arson [Video]
…LoCO has a call into the Humboldt Co. Sheriff's Office and will update with more information as soon as possible. UPDATE 11:45 a.m.: A video was sent in by…
LoCO on the Pot: Sacramento is High
…The Marijuana Control, Legalization and Revenue Act — the single remaining hope for legalization via the 2014 ballot — seems like its campaign is going nowhere fast. The crew behind the initiative is apparently…
Letter from Istanbul: The Death of Berkin Elvan
The other barbers were sitting on the sofa watching the news. Beside them, an old man with a deep, raspy voice was reading a newspaper and haranguing the others. He was going…
Shots Fired on Hwy 36, Law Enforcement Warning Residents in the Area of Suspect
…CHP units attempted to disable the vehicle. The suspect vehicle was eventually disabled in the area of mile post marker 28; however, the suspect fled on foot into the brush. The USFS…
Wanted Couple Arrested in Myers Flat
Law enforcement officers talk with the female suspect moments before her arrest on an older warrant. (Photo courtesy of the Myers Flat Grocery Store employees) According to a CHP representative, the passengers…
Accident on Broadway Last Night
According to a LoCO reader who sent in the above photo, at around 10:45 last night, a light colored Ford Focus plowed into a light pole on Broadway in Eureka near…
Major Accident South of Collier on 199
…reporting a major accident just south of Collier on Hwy 199 in Del Norte County. The entire highway is currently closed. Two people with major injuries. Four people injured. Life flight is…
Breaking News: CHP and Helicopters Looking for Someone in Miranda/Myers Flat Area [Interview W/Man Who Talked to the Suspects]
…According to the resident, “As soon as [the couple] saw the sheriff, they bolted back into the bushes.” The officers started coming down into the courtyard and telling everyone to return to…
Redway Woman Arrested for Allowing the Abuse of a Child
Yesterday morning early, Jacqueline Vanbezooyen of Redway was arrested for facilitating the sexual abuse of a family member, a child under age 11 at the time of the alleged abuse. Vanbezooyen, who…
You Absolutely Want To Drive All The Electric Cars
What's it gonna take to get you into this electric car? Today, the Redwood Coast Energy Authority's Matthew Marshall stopped by KHUM to talk about your chance to compare and…
Be On the Lookout: Bicycle Stolen From HSU Campus
Here’s the latest post in our “Be On the Lookout” series, where we highlight stolen items and ask you, our readers, to help your neighbors by passing on any helpful information…
Burglary Suspect Held for Mental Health Evaluation
…Deputies were able to contact the owner of the residence, who confirmed that they did not know both of the suspects and they did not have their permission to be in the…
Another Baby Earthquake
…The USGS reports our most recent baby tremor, which briefly shook us at 9:32 a.m., measured a 4.1 on Richter's scale and was centered in the Pacific 39…
(VIDEO) Damage on Public Lands From Trespass Marijuana Grows
Six Rivers National Forest Service recently put out this video describing the damage caused to public lands by trespass marijuana grows. The video has some footage from a Humboldt County grow featured…
Looking for More Information in Missing Person Case, FBI Joined Yesterday’s Convoy to Alderpoint
According to the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office, yesterday's large law enforcement presence in the Alderpoint area was related to a 2009 missing person case. Robert Joseph Tennison was last seen…
EPD Arrests Brothers In Possession of Guns, Weed, ‘Suspected Methamphetamine’
…During the service of the search warrant, detectives confiscated a loaded sawed off shot gun with the serial number removed, three semi-automatic pistols (one of which had the serial numbers removed…
This Was California’s Hottest Winter Since Numbers
For 119 years NOAA has been gathering weather data across our fair nation and by golly California's most recent winter was the warmest of all 119 of 'em. It wasn't…
Breaking News: Residential Fire in McKinleyville [Under Control]
According to the dispatch for the Arcata Fire Protection District, there is a residential fire near Weirup Lane and Hideaway Street off of Sutter Road in McKinleyville. Scanner traffic indicates that that…