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Bayside Cutoff Flooded and Other Road News
View Larger Map The CHP is reporting that the Old Arcata Rd / Bayside Cutoff is flooded with "water over the whole road." Hookton Rd. area by CR was reported flooded earlier tonight…
Celebrate 4/20 with the Mateel
Sadly, the Humboldt 4/20 events have been sometimes pretty humdrum in the past. But this year some folk are determined to change that. The Circus of the Elements Show has their…
Tree Blocking State Route 1 at Leggett
According to the CHP, a tree is blocking State Route 1 near Hwy 101 at Leggett. I'll update as I get more info.
Flood Warnings on Lower Klamath, Smith; Voluntary Evacuations in Effect
The National Weather Service has issued a flood warning for the lower Klamath and Smith Rivers. "Over the next 24 hours and additional 5 to 7 inches of rain is expected in…
Conviction in Occupy Protest from Last November
…Responding officers found Emke on the northwest corner of the lawn, lying down on a bed inside a tent with personal belongings and garbage inside and around the tent.Officers cited Mr…
Local Filmmaker Maria Matteoli
John Matthews' Guest of the Week: John Matthews speaks with Eureka resident Maria Matteoli. She is currently in the final stages of post-production on her feature, The Wine of Summer, which…
New ‘Occupy Ordinance’ Enforced for the First Time
…The deputies were told by the group they would not remove the signs, deputies then removed the signs and property that was in violation of the Emergency Ordinance. Immediately after the deputies…
Your Worst Ex-Roommate Is Not This Bad
Press release from the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office: On 03-28-2012, approximately 10:30 p.m. the Humboldt County Sheriffs Office was dispatched to the 1900 Block of Peninsula Drive…
Eating High—Cooking with Cannabis
In Humboldt County and indeed the entire North Coast of California, cannabis smoking is almost an accepted part of the culture. Cannabis is treated almost as a fine wine—each bud's…
SEE: Congressional Candidate Jared Huffman Folk Out with Mickey Hart
OH GOOD GOD. We see that the candidate has forsaken his beloved James Taylor for a Little Steven standard. Deadhead vote=locked. H/t SFGate
McKinleyville Marijuana Bust
Press release from the Humboldt County Drug Task Force: On 03-28-2012 at about 0900 the Humboldt County Drug Task Force, Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office and the Arcata Police Department…
Coastal Currents: Siren Call
…The broadcast emergency alert wasn't wholly functional, and there were reports of the plane's PA messages being unintelligible. Troy Nicolini of the National Weather Service lives in one of the…
Parents & Teachers: These Are Your New Probz
You want to know what local teens really think? A handful of anonymous Twitter accounts have caught the LoCO's eye. Seemingly authored by local high school students, with names like "Mack…
Santa Cruz Rail With Trail
…Cliff and Emily talk with Friends of the Santa Cruz rail trail about their purchase of the 30-plus-mile railroad corridor along the coast and their intention to put in a…
Fundraiser for Cheryl Seidner
…Family, friends and supporters of 1st district supervisor candidate, Cheryl Seidner, invite the community to a Wiyot Taco fundraiser this Saturday, March 31st at the Wiyot Tribal Office on beautiful Table Bluff…
Redwood Times Covers ‘Local Celebrity’ Kym Kemp
…Last Tuesday the 20th, I appeared before the Garberville Rotary talking about everything from SoHum Awareness to cannabis. The Redwood Times reported on the event in very kind words. A few unimportant…
Long-Time Jefferson Public Radio Chief Fired
Ron Kramer, the legendary executive director of Jefferson Public Radio, has been given his 90 day termination notice, after 37 years with the stations. Jefferson Public Radio operates a network of radio…
Rock Slide Closes Redwood Drive Between Redway and Garberville
…Messenger of County Roads says they plan to "lasso" the boulder with a chain, attach the chain to a dump truck, and push with a loader to get the boulder off the…
BoS Approves Emergency Ordinance to Illegalize Occupy Eureka
…Occupiers started yelling "MIC CHECK" in the chambers after the vote was taken, and Chair Virginia Bass immediately shut down the meeting for a lunch break.
The Environmental Impacts of Cannabis—An EPIC Look
Tonight's EPIC Edition of the KMUD Environment Show at 7 will feature an interview with Greg Giusti, of the UC Davis Cooperative Extension office in Lake County. The show is going…
Supes Look to Boot Occupy Eureka Today
…It has started. (False alarm.) ### Later this morning the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors will almost certainly takes steps to evict Occupy Eureka from the Fifth Street entrance to the county courthouse…
Prep for the Big One — or Wednesday’s Drill — With These Cool New Tsunami Maps
…How much have the maps changed since the last versions of the map? The main change from the last version is the addition of more landmarks such as schools, hospitals and street…
Time for a Drive on the Avenue
Spring is gorgeous along the Avenue of the Giants. How long has it been since you took a drive down that lovely road. And now you have a reason—a rummage sale…
SoHumBorn Sunday: Marijuana Fiction—Pretty Underwear
SoHumBorn writes about the secret world of marijuana growers and the people who love them. She prefers, like the people she writes about, to remain anonymous saying, "Who am I… I like…
On the Passing of Pat Hurlbutt: A Tart Mouth and Sweet Heart
Saturday, the daffodils Pat Hurlbutt had planned to enter in the Fortuna Annual Daffodil Show stayed home in a mass of glorious yellow— no one had time to take them north as…
The Secret Life of Growers: Marijuana Fiction From Humboldt
About the only time most people get to glimpse the life of a pot grower is on the worst day of the grower's life—when he is arrested or the victim…
Snow in the Hills
…Salmon Creek has snow in the upper reaches as do many of the hills in the southern part of the county. Caltrans Traffic cams show very little snow on 299 at Berry…
Beach Scum Perpetrate Peninsula Car Burglary Spree
From the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office: On 03-23-2012, approximately 10:15 a.m. the Humboldt County Sheriffs was notified of vehicle burglary which just occurred on Bureau of Land…
Armed Robbery in McKinleyville Gets the White Glove Treatment
…The lone male suspect pointed a black semi-automatic handgun at the clerk and demanded money. The suspect was provided with cash from the register and fled the store. The clerk was…
Major Accident on Bell Springs Rd—Solo Driver Transported by Air to Santa Rosa
…Sandra said, "The responding depts were-Alderpoint Fire(first at scene), Palo Verde Fire, and Garberville Fire(provided jaws)." Terri has a great piece about the dog getting help from the neighbor…