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(PHOTOS) The Winner’s of This Year’s Socially Distanced Sand Sculpture Festival Have Been Announced!
…A favorite amongst staff members was the anatomically correct sand crab, named ‘Holy Crab,’ by Team Gnomestead, representing our partners at the Trinidad Coastal Land Trust. Holy Crab.Congratulations winners, and a…
Trinidad Traffic Stop Results in Seizure of More Than 10,000 Xanny Bars, Half an Ounce of Meth, Drug Task Force Says
…in Trinidad. The vehicle was stopped for expired registration and displaying false registration tabs. The driver of the vehicle, 50-year-old Jody Martin of Redding, was detained for driving on a…
Following Years of Protest, Cell Tower Equipment Atop Trinidad Head Will Soon Come Down
A painting of Tsurewa (aka Trinidad Head) from Old Home Beach by Sue Morton. | Image courtesy Tsurai Ancestral Society.###For years now, residents of Trinidad and its environs, including many Native Americans…
Redding Woman Reunited With Lost Dog That Survived 26 Days Stranded on Trinidad Cliffside By Eating Wild Berries
Bella playing in the water at Trinidad State Beach. | Photos provided by Kim of Redding.A vacationing woman’s trip to the Humboldt coast for a relaxing Fourth of July weekend with…
Green Diamond Asks Locals to Stay off the Strawberry Rock Trail For a While Due to Logging Operations in the Surrounding Area
…The Trinidad Coastal Land Trust is working to complete this perpetual easement that would provide permanent public access to Strawberry Rock. We remain committed to working with the Trinidad Coastal Land Trust…
Got a Humboldt Business? Today is the Day to Snag a Bag Full of Free Masks and Sanitizer
…The Greater Trinidad Chamber of Commerce will be distributing PPE and sanitization supplies on Wednesday, July 29th from 10 AM to 3 PM, located outside Town Hall. Call Allie Jones at 707…
ROUGH ROAD: Pandemic Brings Safety, Economic Concerns for Local Bus Lines That Take Essential Workers to Work
…There are joint powers authorities with the county and the cities of Arcata, Eureka, Trinidad, Fortuna and Rio Dell. Because these funds are a percentage of sales tax receipts, most expect them…
Junior Angler Reels in Monster Fish That May Be a Ruth Lake Record, Plans to Become a Pro Bass Fisherman
…A pair of lingcod in Trinidad. A steelhead caught out of the Mad River. A monster red tail perch caught at Trinidad State Beach. Olsen's 7.8-pound rainbow trout that…
THE ECONEWS REPORT: Treesits and Forest Defense in 2020
…Redwood Forest Defense.Tom Wheeler (Environmental Protection Information Center) talks with Meredith of Redwood Forest Defense, a group conducting treesits on Green Diamond Land near Trinidad.AUDIO:"The EcoNews Report," July 11…
(VIDEO) Sheriff Honsal Says Prison Inmates Due to be Released in Humboldt Pose Contagion Risk to Community
…coverings made it tough to identify suspects?That has happened — at the recent robbery in Trinidad, for example, Honsal says. (That suspect has since been identified as the man shot dead in…
(UPDATE: ROBBER NAMED) District Attorney Won’t Prosecute Gas Station Worker in Recent Blue Lake Shooting; Investigation Shows He Acted in Self-Defense, Fleming Says
…determined the decedent, Kirwan, to be a possible suspect of a recent robbery at a Trinidad business. The investigation into that case is ongoing.All information collected through this investigation will be…
OBITUARY: Larry Zane Hendrix, 1945-2020
…Born June 7, 1945 and passed over on June 10, 2020.Larry, the son of Mabel (Hodge) Hendrix (deceased) and Irving Hendrix, Sr. (deceased), was raised in Trinidad, in the house his…
Armed Robbery at Murphy’s Market in Trinidad Last Night; Employees Assaulted; Suspect Still at Large
…On July 1, 2020, at about 10 p.m., Humboldt County Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to a business on the 300 block of Main Street in Trinidad for the report of…
(PHOTOS/VIDEO) Arcata Fire Tackles Late-Night Fire at Single-Family Home in McKinleyville
…Arcata Fire had to request Samoa Fire respond to the call because all of the Arcata engines were committed to the fire.Arcata Fire thanks Blue Lake, Westhaven, and CAL FIRE Trinidad…
Sheriff’s Office Identifies Body Found at Ma-lel Dunes Last Week as Victorville Man Who Fell Into the Sea Near Trinidad a Month Ago
…Wilson of Victorville, California.Wilson was reported missing to the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office on May 28 after falling into the ocean in the Elk Head area of Trinidad. Search teams…
TODAY in SUPES: Madrone Says Trinidad Being Overrun by Mask-Shunning Tourists; Sheriff’s Use-of-Force Policies Criticized
…Fifth District Supervisor Steve Madrone spoke urgently about an inundation of tourists in his district. "We’re being overrun in Trinidad, literally," he said, "by hundreds and hundreds if not thousands" of…
MONDAYS WITH MICHAELE: Smooth Sailin’ with Sonny
This week, your President of Positivity invites you to climb aboard the Surf Rider to start your week with a Trinidad Harbor cruise courtesy of eternal Humboldt fisherman Sonny Davi! And with…
Body of Missing Kayaker Found Near Camel Rock, Sheriff’s Office Says
…s Office was notified that missing kayaker Nicholas Brunner had been located deceased in the Trinidad area.A volunteer team of citizen divers searching for Brunner located a body submerged in the…
US Coast Guard and Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office Suspend Search For Missing Kayaker
…The search for Nicolas Brunner, age 19 of McKinleyville, was suspended after Coast Guard boat and aircrews, Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office, and California State Parks, conducted extensive searches of Trinidad Bay…
UPDATE: Coast Guard Searching For Missing 19-Year-Old Kayaker Last Seen In the Trinidad Bay
…According to the press release, Brunner went kayaking yesterday morning at around 6 a.m., never returned home and his vehicle was found in the Trinidad Harbor parking area. "Responding agencies searched…
Trinidad Rancheria Asks for Pipeline Extension to Get Water Via Humboldt Bay Municipal Water District
…Trinidad Rancheria CEO Jacque Hostler-Carmesin, Tribal Chair Garth Sundberg, HBMWD General Manager John Friedenbach and board member Neal Latt.# # #PREVIOUSLY:Coastal Commission Gives Green Light to 100-Room Hotel on Trinidad…
MISSING: Search and Rescue Looking for Man Who Fell in the Ocean Near Trinidad
…A search and rescue is underway in the Trinidad area for a missing Victorville man.On May 28, 2020, at about 2:30 p.m., Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office deputies were…
AT EASE, WESTHAVEN! That Maddening Leak Has Been Found and Repaired, and You May Now Resume Normal Water Usage
…copy of this noticeWe would like to thank the following for their help and support: Trinidad Public Works, Humboldt Bay Municipal Water Utility District, McKinleyville Community Services District, GRS, B+B potable…
City Pumps Brakes on Trinidad Rancheria’s Request for Water; Will Draft Policy Before Continuing Formal Negotiations Over New Hotel Development
PREVIOUSLY:Take a Look at the Big Proposed Trinidad Casino Hotel; Concerned Community Members Schedule Meeting to Gin Up Public CommentTrinidad Rancheria Will Give a Presentation on Casino Hotel Project at City…
The City of Trinidad and the Trinidad Rancheria Are at Odds Again Over the Water Supply for the Tribe’s Hotel Project
Mock-up of the proposed 100-room, five-story Hyatt hotel at the Trinidad Rancheria from the water below. | file image via California Coastal Commission.# # #PREVIOUSLYTake a Look at the Big Proposed…
HELLO, MR. DRONE! Meet the New PG&E Flybot That’s Going to be Inspecting Transmission Lines Here in Humboldt for the Foreseeable Future
…Garberville to Laytonville, Maple Creek to Hoopa, Rio Dell, Blue Lake, Bridgeville to Garberville, Essex to Arcata to Fairhaven, Orick, and Trinidad. PG&E has also notified customers along several transmission lines…
OBITUARY: Barbara Newkirk, 1958-2020
…She loved to take scenic hikes on Trinidad Head and walks on Trinidad beach, and greatly enjoyed traveling to other picturesque locales across the Pacific Northwest with her husband. Most importantly, Barbara…
In Their First-Ever ‘Virtual Meeting,’ County Supervisors Address Community Complaints About COVID Response
…A number of the anonymous calls have reported that people are parking along Scenic Drive near Trinidad, blocking the roadway while they gather on the beaches below, "not social distancing," Honsal said…
COUNTY WARNS: Beachgoers On and Around Trinidad’s Scenic Drive Better Start Social Distancing, Or Else
…At this time, county staff have found a lack of social distancing along Scenic Drive in Trinidad and on the beach accesses from this road.The county is taking this opportunity to…
With Casino and Restaurants Shuttered, Blue Lake Rancheria Cranks Out Meals for Tribal Elders
…The food program helps approximately 70 elders in Humboldt County from as far south as Rio Dell, north to Trinidad and east to Weaverville, totaling 1,450 square miles of service area…