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This Week in Ocean: #SwimmableHumboldt, ‘Deep Water,’ Plastic Pollution
#SwimmableHumboldt Technically, summer will linger on though September, but with the arrival of August comes a certain quickening – in Arcata, for example, the resignation that the students are returning as the city…
Dance Fire 60 Percent Contained; Evacuation Orders To Be Lifted This Morning
According to the federal Northern California Operations Center’s News and Notes page, the Dance Fire, which broke out Monday near the town of Orleans, is: 650 acres, 60% contained. Fire is…
Fire on Spring St. in Eureka Late Last Night
…Initial reports stated dark smoke showing from the eves of the structure. Humboldt Bay Fire responded with three engines, one ladder truck, and two Chief Officers. The first arriving engine reported a…
Humboldt Woman Rides Stallion to Finish in Prestigious Endurance Horse Race
Going up Cougar Rock(Gore/Baylor Photography) "You ride for 30 miles in the dark," explained thirty-one year old April Moore of Southern Humboldt about the Tevis Cup, a 100 mile…
Dance Fire near Orleans up to 650 Acres [UPDATED with More Details of Fire]
Photo of the NorCal Team 2 Interagency Management Team that will be working on the Dance Fire. UPDATE 8:10 P.M.: Six Rivers National Forest Press Release: The Dance Fire, which…
Vegetation Fire South of the Mad River Ranger Station
…The fire is located a few miles south of Hwy 36 —south of the Mad River Station. LoCO will update when more information becomes available.
CERT and HSO Raiding West of Willow Creek Today
…Steve Knight of the Humboldt Co. Sheriff's Office confirmed CLMP reports that the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office assisted by the Cannabis Eradication and Reclamation Team (C.E.R.T.), formerly…
Skunk Train Partly Back on Track for Summer Fun
Crew poses outside the Number 1 tunnel today as the engine makes its first trip since an April rockfall closed the westernmost tunnel. (Steve Eberhard - Photo) Left to Right - Iver Iverson, Jr…
US Marshals Add Shane Miller to Most Wanted List [Investigators Believe Miller May Have Escaped to Oregon—Or Possibly Mexico!!!]
…Original post below———————————————- Today, the U.S. Marshals Service added Shane Miller, a former Humboldt County resident to its 15 Most Wanted List. (See above for the wanted poster.) Miller is a…
Video of Orleans’ Fire
…Flames from the Dance Fire can be seen in the lower left by the sign. McLaughlin, who took both the video and the photograph, says the house in danger was saved but…
MATTHEW IN THE MIDDLE: Chutzpah
Pronounced “hoots-pa,” it’s a Yiddish word meaning the quality of audacity for good or for bad. The more traditional usage is invariably negative. The California Coastal Commission (“CCC”) is a…
Two Residences Destroyed as Orleans’ Fire Continues—Hwy 96 Open to One Way Traffic [UPDATED w/Press Release]
…The north flank of the fire is moving towards Black Mountain. Hawthorne says the northernmost part of the fire is "adjacent to the GO or Gasquet /Orleans Rd. The fire is 10…
First Photos and Report From Near the Orleans Fire
(Click photos to enlarge.) The first photos from near the fire raging in Humboldt's isolated northeast region are finding their way onto social media. The following shots come from photographer/UPS…
McKinleyville Man Named as Victim in Yesterday’s Crash
…Can you? Original post below—————————————————————— The CHP is reporting this morning that 40 year old David John Rainer of McKinleyville was the victim of the traffic accident yesterday near the intersection of…
Fire Closes Hwy 96 near Orleans-[Evacuations]
…According to Julie Ranieri, the Six Rivers National Forest spokesperson, there is 0% containment. The fire started near the junction of Camp Creek Rd and Hwy 96 and it is "running northeast…
Breastfeeding Celebration Planned
…On the 1 – 7th of August every year, to raise awareness of the benefits of breastfeeding and the need for global support, the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action organises World Breastfeeding Week…
Roll on the Mattole with the LoCO
Firefighters play games and improve their skills at the annual Roll on the Mattole. Unrelenting bad news getting you down? Spend a minute and scroll through one of Humboldt's joyous traditions…
19 Month Old Child Held at Knifepoint—Deputy Talks Distraught Mother Down
…A Deputy trained in crisis negotiations was one of the initial responders spoke with the woman who held the four inch knife in her hand and the child in the other. The…
Travelers Have Sex in Redwood National Park A Lot
Apparently, the North Coast's majestic, massive, woody, uh, adequately stiff Sequoias inspire visitors to do more than just hike and snap pictures. According to a poll conducted by something called the…
[Fatal] Accident near 299 Intersection with Hwy 101 This Morning
…The driver sustained fatal injuries when he was impaled by a tree branch that penetrated the vehicle's windshield during the course of the collision. The driver had his seatbelt on at…
Suspect Evades HCSO During Weekend High Speed Pursuit on HWY 36
…The truck drove onto Buck Mountain Road with the deputies pursuing. Deputies terminated the pursuit for public safety reasons. The truck was last seen traveling out Buck Mountain Road. The total pursuit…
Weekend Accident Claims Life of Hydesville Man
…The driver of the Chevy rapidly approached McClatchey and changed lanes to the slow lane in an attempt to pass McClatchey on the right. Due to the Chevy's high rate of…
Minivan Flips on 101 (PHOTOS)
(Click photos to enlarge.) Late Monday morning, a white minivan flipped over into a field when the driver lost control on 101 just south of the Herrick Avenue exit. All three of…
Masked, Caped, Wigged Man Fails at Robbery…
…The clerk refused to fill the bag and the suspect walked away towards Murray Road. Deputies checked the area and found the disguise hidden in the bushes of near the Hammond Trail…
Smoke May Head East Tomorrow [UPDATED with Press Release from Air Quality Management Dist.]
The US National Weather Service Eureka provided the above graphic. (Follow them on Facebook here.) UPDATE: Press Release from the North Coast Unified Air Quality Management District added at the bottom. According…
(UPDATED) Humboldt Fire Battling Vegetation Fire Near Harbor Lanes (PHOTOS)
(Click photos to enlarge.) Also, LoCO reader Kathy Defouri Jauernig sent in this shot (below) of the fire just as crews were arriving. # # # # # UPDATE, 11:07 a.m.: Your Lost Coast Outpost…
Helicopter Responding to Accident in Shelter Cove
…Doug Bryan, a public information team member for the Southern Humboldt Fire Chiefs Association, says that a medical helicopter is heading into the area. Follow updates here.
Oregon Fires Dump Thick Smoke into Humboldt Air
Satellite image provided by the Eureka branch of the US National Weather Service (Kudos for their excellent coverage and explanation through the weekend.) Smoke from over 7500 acres of Oregon fires poured…
LoCO On the Pot: Dabs Will Blast Ya
…The product is viewed as a commodity and the conscientiousness one sees with more boutique farmers is just not present given the focus on profit… One of the most common contaminants in…
Fire Call from Telegraph Ridge Saturday—Cryptic Description from SHFC
In response to questions from the public about a fire in the Wilder Ridge area yesterday, LoCO was able to reach Doug Bryan of the Southern Humboldt Fire Chiefs Public Information Team…