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Documenting the Damage—The 101 Slide and Beyond
The deluge that dumped on Humboldt Co., particularly in the mountains and in the southern areas, destroyed parts of county roads and Highway 101 near Dean Creek. In addition, private driveways washed…
Battling the Beast
…As of yesterday, the agency was still optimistic about getting one lane open by the weekend, the T-S reports. The CHP was still skeptical. The county estimates that local roads have…
Fiber-Optic Scare? Not So Fast…
Fortuna Internet firm Precision Intermedia just sent a note out to its customers warning of an imminent outage of the fiber-optic line that is Humboldt's sole connection to the digital…
Trucks Cross Highway 101 Slide Bringing Diesel to Support SoHum's Economic Engine
…According to the Times Standard, "The Eel River Camp near the U.S. Highway 101 slide measured 16.47 inches of rain this month." The river is still high but rain has…
Arcata Arranges Emergency Buses to Circumvent Slide
…The City of Arcata Transportation Division has arranged temporary bus service to redirect passengers whose travel plans are affected by the road closure on Highway 101 north of Garberville. Temporary bus service…
Spring—Wild Currant Photo
Wild Currant blooming—-It's spring, it's Humboldt and, in spite of the slide, it is a lovely day. Here are more wild currant photos.
Updated Detour Information
Art Reeves of the Humboldt County Public Works Department just gave us a rundown of their recommendations for local travel to get around the slide. He stressed that these routes are recommended…
Lori Dengler on the Slide
…Lori Dengler — HSU's "rock" star geologist — spoke with KHUM's Cliff Berkowitz this morning about Humboldt County's goopy land and the deep tectonic forces that make catastrophic land failure endemic…
Caltrans and Shea Construction Punch Emergency Rd Through 101 Slide
Last night at 1am Caltrans and JF Shea punched through a road on the 101 Slide for EMERGENCY VEHICLES ONLY! Thomas Norris, a consultant employed by Caltrans, worked a full shift in…
When Mother Nature Gets On, She Likes to Ride and Glide
…Most of the people the T-S talked to are having little problem rerouting their trucks over 299. That highway is a bit sketchy for trucks, though. — KMUD was all over the…
OMG, The Hill Ate the Road—Photos from the Highway 101 Slide
…From near the top the slide stretches down towards the river. The geologist and another person peer back across the entire slide in the above photo. Four foot deep cracks shatter the…
Happy Cesar Chavez Day!
…no, wait, that's across the river. — What didn't we learn today? Whether or not the massive mud dump onto the highway has any bearing at all on the lone strand…
Mud Slide Blocking 101
…Basically, Caltrans has nothing new since the press release we excerpted a few moments ago. The agency is certain the road will be closed for at least "the next few days," while…
101 Slide, Alternate Routes: Your Options
…If the Highway 101 closure continues, as it looks like it's going to, this is bound to be the best alternative in the coming days. At this point, though, proceed with…
101 Closed North of Garberville
…More photos from Will Hurlbutt the rancher whose land is swallowing 101. His son is the handsome young man in the first two photos. The land has been in his family for…
Let Them Eat Fish
— Fishermen are pushing for an earlier and longer salmon season this year, and a healthier population means that the federal agency that determines such things seems inclined to give it to them…
Not Nuked
…Thanks to this handy EPA Web site, we can confidently say that the ongoing nuclear crisis in Japan is not affecting us appreciably. 2. Humboldt County welcomes the Lost Coast Outpost with…
Briceland Road Updates—Weight Limit Still at 20 Tons [UPDATE-Weight Limit Lifted!]
…However, at 10:30 this morning, local resident Yvonne Hendrix reported on the new Southern Humboldt crisis site, SoHum Awareness, "They're running the rollers over the rocks they just laid…The…
Man Arrested after Allegedly Threatening to Murder Schoolchildren
From the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office, one of those small stories that make you put your head in your hands and wonder what kind of world we live in: Humboldt County…
Salmon Creek Road Goat Invasion
Salmon Creek Road in Southern Humboldt near the intersection with Thomas Rd has an invasion of charming brown and white goats. If little Bo Peep wants to know where to find them…
Thompson Heading Slushy Redistricting Fund for House Dems
…The FEC’s decision “opens the door to the return to the corruption of the soft-money era that Congress slammed shut with the 2002 McCain-Feingold” law, said Paul Ryan, FEC…
Disasters Past, Present and Future
— Yesterday's bomb scare at Humboldt State was triggered by a handwritted note found in the university library, the Times-Standard reports. — Shortly after the bomb scare was over yesterday, the university…
Charges in Child Drowning to DA; HSU All Clear
…The child was in the care of his father at the time. EPD Detective Seargent Patrick O'Neill, who led the investigation, could not immediately be reached for comment. However, his press…
‘Credible Threat’: HSU Spokesman on Bomb Scare
A few moments ago, Humboldt State Public Information Officer Jarad Petroske told KHUM's Mike Dronkers that the bomb scare underway at the university came from a "credible threat." Listen to their…
HSU Bomb Threat
…Follow the campus emergency alert system for updates. Neither the University Police Department nor the campus' Information Office had any additional information to share when we spoke with them a few minutes…
Log Gone
— The Bright Life , a Cyprus-registered vessel, loaded up with logs at Eureka's Schneider Dock over the weekend. • The Times-Standard kicks off with a piece on Humboldt County's newest…
Briceland Road Opening Tonight
Kim Sallaway has taken more photos of the county's workers finishing the Briceland Road. He expects them to open the road by 8:30. He says workers were packing up and…
Humboldt Growers Assoc. on KMUD—Their Review of Unincorporated Humboldt Co. Ordinance
…I highly encourage reading the documents—especially the commentary on the proposed indoor ordinance that will be addressed at the May 12th meeting of the Planning Commission.
More Photos from Briceland Road
…Kim Sallaway commented on the last post just recently, "The roadway is being worked on with the hopes that by Monday the traffic can use it, one way, controlled. The crew worked…
Let's Not Forget Japan:Radiation Readings 10 Million Times Normal in Leaking Water at #2 Reactor
Above is more stunning new footage from the tsunami that struck Japan on March 11th. But the bad news still continues to roll over that stricken country in wave after wave. Today…