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HSO—Indoor/Outdoor Arcata POTluck
…When the agents served the search warrant they located Stephen Jerome Wieland, 32 years old inside the residence. When agents initially entered the home they located an over/under shotgun mounted above…
Marijuana Grow on Timber Property—Stream Diversion/Illegal Timber Harvest
…California Fish and Wildlife was notified and responded to assist in the ongoing investigation. No suspects were located on site. The investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information for the Sheriffs Office regarding…
Redwood Valley Raid Uncovers 4,845 Plants
…00 a.m., the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office assisted by the Cannabis Eradication and Reclamation Team (C.E.R.T) conducted an open field marijuana cultivation investigation in the Lacks Creek…
Court Maintains Protection for Marbled Murrelets
…The court rejected the remaining claims in a timber industry lawsuit that sought to expand logging of the seabird’s old-growth forest nesting habitat. The lawsuit was the timber industry’s…
EPD Will Have DUI/Drivers License Checkpoint This Saturday
…to 2:30 a.m. ·Roving DUI Saturation Patrols will be deploying on Saturday during the checkpoint Over the course of the past three years, DUI collisions have claimed 5 lives and…
Heroin, Meth, Sawed-Off Taken in EKA Drug Task Force Bust
From the Humboldt County Drug Task Force: On 09-03-2013 at about 3:30 pm the Humboldt County Drug Task Force assisted by the Eureka Police Department served a search warrant…
Megagrow Taken Down on the Hoopa Valley Reservation
From the Hoopa Valley Tribal Police: On 09/03/2013 the Hoopa Valley Tribal Police Department ended a three month long marijuana investigation with the assistance of the North State Marijuana Investigation…
Logging Truck Rolls Down Embankment in Lost Coast Backwoods; One Person Trapped With Major Injuries
…Atteberry negotiated a right curve in the roadway while merging onto Lowry Road, he lost control of his vehicle and the truck and trailer combination drove off the west roadway edge. The…
Transient Flashlight Assault Near Fortuna Homeless Camp
…Deputies met with the victim and a witness who told the deputies the suspect was Joal Brudvik, a transient. The victim and witness told the investigating deputy they lived in a homeless…
Fire Near Downtown Fortuna; Planes Bombing Area by Newburg Park
…Reader Cindi Chacon sends the above photo. More coming… UPDATE, 1:22 p.m.: Scanner traffic indicates that they're having the damndest time getting ground crews to the scene of the…
Yes, Colin Farrell Was At the Fifth Street Starbucks Today (PHOTO)
…So we called the fine folks at the Starbucks on Fifth Street in Eureka who were kind enough to send along this photo of C-Farr (?) and barista Jon. Assistant manager Aimee…
(UPDATED) Tonight: Arcata Vs. Plastic Bags
…It is recommended that the City Council: 1) Open the public hearing on the Reusable Bag Ordinance, No. 1434; 2) Introduce Ordinance No. 1434; 3) Schedule the adoption of Ordinance No. 1434…
Water Thieves Close Bridgeville School; More Than 10,000 Gallons Stolen Over Labor Day Weekend
…Further investigation into the incident revealed tire tracks in the field on the south side of the school. School staff believes someone climbed the fence surrounding the enclosed school grounds and took…
Eureka Books Would Like You To Tell Them How To Paint Their Building
You, citizen, due to your impeccable taste and ability to click things, have been commissioned by the fine folks at Eureka Books to choose their next paint job. Clearly, they think quite…
Shelter Cove Rescue Early This Morning
Directly below the rescuers, the hiker in a green shirt awaits help in the middle cleft [Photo by Cheryl Antony] Early this morning, Shelter Cove Volunteer Fire Department saved a man stuck…
Tom Stienstra Weed Arrest: SF Chronicle Columnist Sues Blog Over Three-Year-Old Report
…The real difference between the Underground’s article and the mainstream media versions mentioned above — which enjoyed much wider circulation than the Underground’s — is that mine appears on the first page…
MATTHEW IN THE MIDDLE: Democrats Make Better Lovers
…Carville and Clinton took the Democratic Party from the wilderness to the middle. From 1992 up through 2016 the Democrats have won the 5 out of the last 6 Presidential popular votes…
EPD: Officers Capture Repeat Offender after Pursuit in Stolen Vehicle
…Pursuing officers tackled him at the head of the trail leading into the greenbelt and he was taken into custody after a brief struggle. At the time of his arrest, Podesta exhibited…
EPD Searching for Fraud Suspects
The Eureka Police Dept. is searching for two women who are suspects in a case. EPD's Facebook page says, Do you know these ladies? They are fraud suspects, and we'd…
Siskiyou County Supervisors Vote to Pursue Secession From California
Our county neighbors to the northeast have had it: Siskiyou County would like to break up with California. The Redding Record Searchlight reports that today's Siskiyou county supervisor meeting in Yreka…
Who Is Ruining the North Jetty’s Dolos By Making Them Something Worth Looking At?
…Your Lost Coast Outpost was forced off laptop and into the great outdoors by Labor Day weekend's sickening beauty and decided to take a stroll out on one of Humboldt Bay…
Eureka Couple Beaten At Their Manila Campsite
…The suspects grabbed her purse and threw the contents all over the ground. She screamed and the suspects struck her with the cane in the head, they then left the area. The…
Armed Eureka Resident Frightens Potential Home Invader
…The female victim armed herself with a .357 revolver which she brandished at the suspect who fled the scene immediately. The victim told the deputies she had no idea who the suspect…
Stabbing at Central Station in McKinleyville, Suspect Sought
…The Hispanic male suspect and the victim got into a heated argument outside the bar. The suspect then pepper sprayed the victim in the eyes and started stabbing the victim with a…
Dog Abandoned at Samoa Beach Euthanized
Press release from the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office: On Friday, August 30, 2013, one of the three dogs abandoned on Samoa beach on 08/21/13 had to be euthanized. “Becky…
Details Released in Saturday’s Fatal Motorcycle Accident
…Newman suffered fatal injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene. The cause of the collision is under investigation. At the time of the collision, Mr. Newman was wearing a non-DOT…
Man Arrested for Restraining Order Violation Allegedly Carries Illegal Drug Dispensary Kit
…The officer located Tillman in the parking lot of Chevron and subsequently detained him for a violation of the court order. During a search of Tillman’s person the officer located the…
Humboldt Co. Men Plead Guilty in Interstate Marijuana Network
…He's put together a solid story outlining the cases against the men. Ending on what may be an ominous note for more Humboldt Co. folks, Greenson says, As the five Humboldt…
‘Huge’ Fire at Scotia Power Plant [UPDATED]
There is a fire at the Scotia Power Plant. Local resident, Lisa Baney who provided these photos, reported that the fire is "huge." She writes, "It started on the fuel pile and…
(PHOTOS) Car Accident at 5th and H Streets in Eureka
(Click photos to enlarge.) Photographer and Lost Coast Outpost contributor Mark McKenna was at the scene of a car accident today in Eureka at the intersection of Fifth and H streets and…