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Sawyer’s Bar Residents [UPDATE—More Areas Included Now] Advised to Prepare to Evacuate
…According to the InciWeb, Effective 5:45 pm August 7, the Salmon River Complex Incident Commander has requested an Evacuation Advisory be issued by the Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office for residents…
Little Girl Given Cannabis to Stop Seizures
…The jokes about how much the 215 system is abused abound. Here's a piece from CNN that reflects the other side of the story. A tiny girl was having seizures—hundreds…
Sheriff’s Office Searches for Fortuna Man
…When the deputy approached the vehicle the male became fidgety and seemed nervous. The deputy asked the male for identification and the man told the deputy he did not have it with…
Big Guns and Moderate Dope Taken in Double McKindbudleyville Indoor Bust
From the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office: On 08-06-2013, approximately 7:30 a.m. Humboldt County Drug Task Force Agents, assisted by the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office and Humboldt…
EPD Recovers Stolen Car. And That Is All
From the Eureka Police Department: On 8-7-13 at about 11:49 am, an officer of the Eureka Police Department located a stolen vehicle (a maroon 1988 Toyota Camry) traveling north…
Eureka Musician and All-Around Good Person Josephine Johnson Comes Home to Find All Her Stuff Stolen
Eureka singer-songwriter Josephine Johnson went out to play music for the girls at North Star Quest Camp yesterday. When she got back to her downtown Eureka home this morning, her front…
Remember the Case of The Arcata Taqueria Owner Fending Off a Gun-Toting Robber? Suspect Arrested
…The owner was able to retrieve a large kitchen knife from behind the counter and fend off the suspect. The owner then chased the suspect from the business and down the street…
Butler Fire to Nearly 5,000 Acres, 8 Percent Containment; Thunderstorms Coming
Smoke through the trees on the ridgeline as the Butler Fire backs toward Butler Flat on Aug. 5. Bob Ramirez, USFS The Butler Fire continues to grow rapidly out east of Somes…
Tell the Supes What You Think about the General Plan Update
…The County of Humboldt Planning & Building Department invites the public to comment on the GPU on the front page of the plan website at planupdate.org with an easily identifiable public comment…
Humboldt to Get $4.7 Million to improve Route 169.
…Highlights of the funding allocations include: Del Norte County - $14.9 million for a project on Route 199 at the Patrick Creek Narrows near Gasquet to widen and realign the highway, and…
Former Eureka Family Doctor Confirmed as New St. Joe’s President
…O'Brien has been filling the role as interim president since March of this year at St. Joseph and Redwood Memorial hospitals. In the few short months Dr. O'Brien has been…
Eureka Man Threatens To Blow His Own Head Off Unless Cops Bring Him More Heroin
From the Eureka Police Department: Early Tuesday morning, 8-6-13, at 0313 hours, a male subject called the Eureka Police Department’s 911 dispatcher and stated the following: (Excerpts for the…
Fire in the Orleans Complex—Photos
A huge helicopter brought in to fight the fire (Photo by Ben Beaver, a local who is fighting the fire.) Between the Orleans Complex (Dance and Butler Fires) and the Salmon Complex…
Things That Go Bump In The Night
Early this morning, shortly after midnight the residents of Henderson center near Carson Park were awakened by a loud crash. With memories of the truck that crashed through the fence at Carson…
Driver Piloting Stolen Vehicle Runs, Is Spike-Stripped, Tased
From the Eureka Police Department: On 8-5-13 at about 7:17 am, an officer of the Eureka Police Department located a stolen vehicle traveling north bound at the 4500 block…
Vehicle Fire on Salmon Creek Road Threatening Forest Lands [Now w/PHOTOS]
…The driver managed to continue driving the smoking vehicle out of the trees and into the bare area of a driveway and the main road which helped keep the flames from spreading…
With an Angry Letter, Michael Johnson Withdraws His Candidacy For Eureka Police Chief
…I have tolerated the lack of support by the city, stonewalled the media inquires after receiving the conditional job offer (at your request), endured the explorations of other candidates by you that…
Butler Fire—Crews and Residents Work to Save Structures
View from the homes threatened on the Butler Fire. Flames were about a 1/4 of mile away at that point. (Photo taken around 10 P.M. last night by Ben Beaver…
Humboldt Live Sessions: Be Brave Bold Robot
Shop at Shipwreck and you could look as styley as Sacramento indie band Be Brave Bold Robot! The latest edition of Humboldt Live Sessions raids the racks at the Old Town vintage…
Big Power Outage in Eureka
…Thanks to reader "Tim" for pointing out that the PG&E Outages map now notes that the utility now has no estimated time of restoration. We're in for a little ride…
ATV Attempts To Outrace APD—Fails
…The driver of the ATV fled from officers, leading them in a pursuit that began on Alliance Rd and ended several blocks away on Maple Lane. The pursuit reached speeds of about…
Butler Fire Control Lines Being Established
Screen shot of the map from the InciWeb for the Butler Fire. The Butler Fire continues to burn out of control between Somes Bar and Forks of Salmon. According to a press…
EPD: Parents of Child Burned in Hashish Lab Fire Arrested
…Detectives from the Eureka Police Department Criminal Investigations Section were assisted by Agents from the Humboldt County Drug Task Force in securing a search warrant for the residence where the fire occurred…
Residents of Butler Flat Wait as Fire Predicted to Reach Homes Tonight
Screenshot of the map of the Butler Fire on the InciWeb site. "A good estimate is the fire hits our close ridge by tonight sometime," explained Sue Terence, a teacher (see yesterday…
LoCO on the Pot: Live From Reggae on the River!
Reggae on the River is an exhilarating experience. People are so happy to be here in Humboldt County, the crowd-watching is mind-blowing, and the whole point of it — the live…
Butler Fire Up to 1,463 Acres; Still Burning Out of Control
…The fire was active around the perimeter yesterday and progressed across Lewis Creek (on the southern side) and into Grant Creek drainage (on the northeastern side). The fire is burning in the…
Media Couple Seeks Small Towns for ‘American Futures’ Project
Even as LoCO's own Andrew Goff prepares to Vine his way across the country this coming week, The Atlantic's James Fallows and his wife, author Deborah Fallows, have announced their…
Rollover Accident in Eureka Earlier This Evening
According to the reader who took these photos, At approximately 7:30 this evening a woman with her 10-month old baby in a Honda Pilot left the post office on H…
Advertising Humboldt’s Best and Worst
This photo, taken on the Avenue of the Giants today and sent in by a reader, offers tourists an opportunity to experience some colorful aspects of this area. The phone number was…
Fires and Smoke across Northern California
…The middle area is the Butler Fire with a spot fire in the northeast area. To the right is the Salmon River Complex which started at the same time as the Butler…