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Sheriff’s Office Makes Arrest in 2018 Dinsmore Homicide
…An arrest has been made in the 2018 homicide of Anthony Joseph Calderone.On March 22, 2023, 38-year-old Matthew Gabriel Susmilch was arrested on a Ramey Warrant at the Mendocino…
EVERYONE’S MICRODOSING! Inside the Health Craze That Has Your Friends Regularly Ingesting Very Small Quantities of Psychedelic Mushrooms
A mixture of dried golden teacher psilocybin mushrooms with lion’s mane sits in the forefront of a jar of capsulated powder. Photos: Maranda Vargas.Ingesting extremely small amounts of psychedelics, commonly…
OBITUARY: Frank Aaron Henry Jr., 1983-2023
…They didn’t care that he was the only person who wasn’t judging them, and so to all of those people in Hoopa, the drug dealers, the losers who prey on…
HUMBOLDT TODAY with John Kennedy O’Connor | March 23, 2023
…Did you think we were done with winter? Guess again! We’ve got the latest on what Humboldt’s sky is offering up. Plus, a local woman is appointed to a prestigious…
Ground Has Been Broken on Klamath River Restoration, the World’s Largest-Ever Dam-Removal Project
Restoration workers stand above Iron Gate Dam on the Klamath River, roughly five miles south of the Oregon border. | Screenshot from the video "Restoring Balance," which is embedded below.###In a monumental…
Redwood Curtain Theatre Will Soon Close Its Doors, After 15 Years On Eureka Waterfront
…The new owner has plans for the building that do not include us.” Suzy Hendry, board director for RCT, told the Outpost that the theater staff and board have known about the…
CONVERSATIONS: Offshore Wind’s Long Game, With Matthew Marshall of the Redwood Coast Energy Authority
How long is it going to take to get electricity from the winds off our coast? Quite a long time, even if everything goes to plan.But full buildout of the Humboldt…
POLL! Who Should Arrest Trump?
New York prosecutors investigating Stormy Daniels hush money payments Department of Justice officials looking into classified documents taken to Mar-a-Lago Justice department officials investigating Trump's role in the Jan…
California Workers Can’t Get Timely Hearings on Wage Theft Claims. State Orders Audit.
A kitchen staffer works behind the counter of a restaurant in Los Angeles on June 8, 2021. Photo by Pablo Unzueta for CalMattersCalifornia’s independent state auditor will investigate the understaffed California…
OBITUARY: Nancy Carol Woodward, 1945-2023
…Her late teens and early 20s brought her to various spots in the country before she and her sons settled into the scene in San Francisco in the 1960s.After decades working…
HUMBOLDT TODAY with John Kennedy O’Connor | March 22, 2023
…The “North Coast Woman of the Year” has been named; an image on social media causes a disturbance at McKinleyville High School; plus, it’s time to risk hypothermia for charity again…
Jon Moscone of the California Arts Council Experiences Some Humboldt Arts and Culture
Jon Moscone, executive director of the California Arts Council, grabs some chard from the Jardin Santuario | Photos: Stephanie McGeary ###If you love Humboldt, then you know the only thing more fun than…
Sheriff’s Office Ask for Public’s Help Seeking Out Missing McKinleyville Man
Press release from the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office:The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office needs the public’s help to locate missing person Luis Carlos Silva, age 50, of McKinleyville. Silva…
Eureka Names Fresh Freeze Drive-In as Business of the Year, Local Drag Queen Ultra Payne as Artist of the Year for 2022
Eureka Mayor Kim Bergel unveiled her picks for Business of the Year and Artist of the Year during last night’s Eureka City Council meeting. Out of the dozen businesses and artists…
McKinleyville High Students Cause Alarm With Photo of Themselves Holding a Gun That Turned Out to Be a Toy
…We immediately located the students, confiscated the object and recognized that the gun was fake, a water gun, and not a threat, the fake gun is in our possession and we are…
Yurok Tribal Judge Abby Abinanti Named Sen. McGuire’s ‘North Coast Woman of the Year’
…An Interview With Abby Abinanti, Chief Judge of the Yurok Tribe (Part 1)Life and the Law: An Interview With Abby Abinanti, Chief Judge of the Yurok Tribe (Part 2)On the…
State May Scale Down Its New Home Loan Program Designed to Assist First-Time Homebuyers
A sale sign in front of a home in the Tower District in central Fresno on June 28, 2022. Photo by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters/CatchLight LocalIn this economy, who has enough money…
TODAY in SUPES: Board Postpones Decision on F Street Signal, Approves Trail to CR Study, Hears Report on Code Enforcement Activity
Community members gather on F Street in Eureka in 2021. | Photo by Zena Bardelas.###The Board of Supervisors today postponed a decision over whether to spend more than $1.26 million to…
HUMBOLDT TODAY with John Kennedy O’Connor | March 21, 2023
…Several Housing-Related Items on Tonight's Agenda, Including an Update on Vacation Dwelling Units in the CityOne of the Most Bullshit Things About Humboldt is That We Don’t Have Any…
Sal’s Myrtlewood is Closed For Now After A Car Rammed It This Afternoon
…Stephanie McGeary.#Sal's Myrtlewood Lounge, the famed Myrtletown bar, is closed for the time being after a car rammed the place this afternoon at about 2 p.m.Michael Costanzo, who…
EUREKA COUNCIL PREVIEW: Several Housing-Related Items on Tonight's Agenda, Including an Update on Vacation Dwelling Units in the City
Photo by Andrew Goff###The Eureka City Council will consider several housing-related items during tonight’s regular meeting, all of which seek to further the council’s strategic goal to “maximize…
One of the Most Bullshit Things About Humboldt is That We Don’t Have Any Flags
…Either they lack imagination, or they are afraid of the inevitable dumb culture-war battles that will take place in their chambers during the design phase.Enough. Today I call upon the…
Homelessness, Rehabilitation and Health Care: What to Know About Newsom’s Legacy Tour
…Success of the tiny homes, he said, depends on local governments ensuring the quality of the services in the long-term. “The entire homeless strategy in California is not the state of…
OBITUARY: Christopher Justin Hayes, 1975-2023
It is with heavy hearts that the family of Christopher Justin Hayes announces his passing on Monday, March 13, 2023, at the age of 47. A loving brother, friend, and father of…
OBITUARY: Michael Andrew Scott, 1969-2023
Michael Andrew Scott February 23, 1969 – March 11, 2023 With the most profound sadness in our hearts, we announce the passing of our dear, sweet Michael Andrew Scott, beloved son, husband, father…
OBITUARY: Maryann Hatfield, 1932-2023
…Although Maryann spent the first part of her life on the East Coast, she ultimately saw herself as happiest in California. So she moved to the Oakland/Bay Area in the early…
HUMBOLDT TODAY with John Kennedy O’Connor | March 20, 2023
…Sheriff's Office SaysCalifornia’s Aging Electrical Infrastructure Presents Hurdle for Offshore Wind Development on the North CoastMcKinleyville Man Released From Captivity in Niger After Six and a Half YearsHUMBOLDT TODAY can…
SUPES PREVIEW: How ‘Bout a New Signal on Eureka’s F Street? And the Humboldt Bay Trail to CR? PLUS: Opioid Lawsuit Settlement and More!
Image via Facebook###For several years now, a group of residents in the Rosewood neighborhood, just south of Eureka city limits, has been advocating for a traffic signal at the intersection of…
POLL! Does ACV Generally Factor Into Your Travel Plans?
Yes! I love to fly out of the California Redwood Coast-Humboldt County Airport! I even use its full official ridiculous name! I will admit that when I travel I usually fly…
PLANNING SUMMER TRIPS? Know That ACV Is Going to Be Completely Shut Down for Two Weeks in August
…They're shutting the sucker down completely in order to perform some upgrades.Press release from the County of Humboldt: The Humboldt County Department of Aviation will begin Phase 1 of the…