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Serial Thiefist (Alleged) Conks Cop at the Mall
From the Eureka Police Department: On 03-16-13 at approximately 1640 hours, Officers from the Eureka Police Department were dispatched to a report of a theft suspect who had stolen merchandise…
What Should be in Humboldt’s Outdoor Medical Marijuana Ordinance
The County has offered its idea of what a medical marijuana ordinace might be like but what does the community think? Hezikiah Allen, President of the Mattole Restoration Council, as well as…
19-Year-Old Among the Nabbed in Heroin/Hash/Meth/Weed Bust
From the Eureka Police Department: On 3/14/2013, detectives from the Eureka Police Department’s Problem Oriented Policing Unit (POP) served a search warrant at an apartment on the 700 block…
Massive Community Forest Planned For Eureka
…The Trust for Public Land is leading efforts to raise funds for the land acquisition to establish the community forest. Depending on the amount of funding available, the community forest could range…
Suspected Sunny Brae Burglar Arrested
…On March 5, 2013, Investigators from the Arcata Police Department received information regarding the identity of an individual believed to be responsible for numerous burglaries in the Sunny Brae area over the…
Firewood Stolen Along with Trailer—BOLO for Suspect Vehicles
…Harris and hooked up their vehicle to the trailer with full of firewood for sale. Grey Jeep and turquoise colored sedan pictured are suspect vehicles in the vehicle theft case. After the…
Stolen News Channel 3 Cam Turns Up in EPD Heroin Bust
…On 03/13/2013, detectives from the Eureka Police Department’s Problem Oriented Policing Unit (POP) served a search warrant in the 300 block of West Buhne St. The warrant service was…
St. Paddy’s Day DUI Enforcement Results
…Funding for this program was is provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The Avoid the 7 DUI task force will…
Photos, Photos, Photos of the 75th Annual Redwood Region Logging Conference
Chris Baldo, a volunteer from the Willits-based Roots of Motive Power, Inc. runs a coal fired steam roller. All aboard the LoCO Express as local photographer Mark Larson takes LoCO's…
Letter from Istanbul: Fetih
…Fetih was born in the city of Samsun, near the Black Sea. He was drawn to Istanbul by the prospect of work and a decent living. He started working at the school…
Six Adults Arrested for Furnishing Alcohol to Minors
…The actions were the result of a State-wide Shoulder Tap Operation. The Shoulder Tap Operation targeted adults who purchased alcohol for people under 21 years of age. The program involves a…
NEW ARRIVAL: The Humboldt Bay Eagles Have Laid an Egg!
The eagle egg has landed! A couple of hours ago, the obsessive eagle freaks over at the Humboldt Bay Eagles Facebook group were a-watchin' the ol' eaglecam and they noticed that…
Humboldt Woman Coaches Team to Nail-Biter Victory in NCAA Division III Basketball Semi-Finals
…The game was a nail-biter with a basket made right at the buzzer by one of Carollo's team to tie the game up and force it into overtime. Then in…
ON THE RECORD: Dawn McCarthy and Bonnie “Prince” Billy
What the Brothers Sang, Dawn McCarthy & Bonnie “Prince” Billy (Drag City) The last time Will Oldham’s nom de plume/alter ego Bonnie “Prince” Billy collaborated with Faun Fables’ Dawn McCarthy for…
Board Asks, Should there be Campaign Spending Limits
…During the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors meeting on Tuesday, Supervisors discussed the issue of campaign finance reform and directed staff to post the topic on Open Humboldt so the public could…
Nurses Picket St. Joe’s
Photo by Mark Ahrens An estimated 200 people showed up to show support for the local RN's in their picket of St. Joesph's Hospital in Eureka. This protest was part…
Marijuana VS Fish in Humboldt’s Watersheds
Photos of the two maps. Scott Bauer of the Dept. of Fish and Wildlife raised quite a stir in Southern Humboldt with his speech before the Eel River Task Force in January…
Perilous Plunge Bobs Up and Down
…Unfortunately, the money raised didn't meet the goal, the museum had set. "Financially, we still have our challenges," Langdon admits. She is looking forward to recouping some of the losses at…
Human Remains Found in Cooper Gulch Fire
Humboldt County Deputy Coroner Trevor Enright and Firefighters from Humboldt Bay Fire Protection District remove human remains from the swampy area of Cooper Gulch off of 14th Street in Eureka Thursday morning…
Suddenlink Down in McKinleyville, Blue Lake
…We have again contacted the Sheriff’s Department and are offering a $5,000 reward leading to the arrest and conviction of the responsible individuals. Our technicians have been dispatched to the…
Driver in Saturday’s Fatal Collision With Teenage Pedestrian Named
Short note from the Eureka Police Department: The driver involved in the fatal collision was identified as 68 year old Allen Junior Keppner of Eureka. PREVIOUSLY: Teenage Pedestrian Dead After Being Struck…
Viral Dance Enthusiast John Griffith Speaks
They had just cleaned up breakfast when the dance-off commenced. If you haven't seen it yet, do it. It's so worth the 61 seconds. It's also the second…
Mysterious Woman Maintains a Cat Condo Behind the McKinleyville Safeway
…According to a contributor to the Facebook page, 'The Real News from the North Coast', the woman has been doing this for at least six years without much community notice. It touched…
Skeleton in Sneakers Belonged to Tall, White Man
Photo taken after the shoe had first been removed and the bones discovered. The shoe was set upright in the approximate original position in order to show how the scene had first…
Humboldt Co. Approves Contract Terms with Homecare Workers
…If the contract terms are ratified by CUHW, they will be sent back to the Board for consideration. The last step is for the County to send the approved Memorandum of Understanding…
St. Joseph Nurses To Picket Wednesday
RNs Kerry Sweeney and Susan Johnson told KHUM today that they are concerned about the direction in which St. Joe's is headed. They say the hospital's cost-cutting is detrimental…
EPD: No, We’re Not Saying the Boy Killed Saturday Was at Fault
The Lost Coast Outpost was not alone in being taken aback by a press release issued by the Eureka Police Department Sunday, the day after the horrible car collision that took the…
Suddenlink Vandalized Again
…An approximate 4 foot section of the Fiber Optic Cable was cut out and discarded in the brush. The Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene and recovered the 4 foot piece…
Report of Robbery Attempt Leads to Arrest
…On 03/08/13, officers from the Eureka Police Department were dispatched to an attempted robbery report in the 3400 block of Summer St. Their investigation led them to a residence rented…
Inmate Dies after Attempted Hanging
…on the day of the attempted hanging, Fernandez-Moreno shows to have been scheduled to appear in the courtroom. Press Release: On Friday March 08, 2013 at about 7:00 p.m…