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Humboldt Video Roundup: Garret Rodriguez, Trinidad Lighthouse Quadcopter Tour, Dutch Does Earth First!
…This time, Chad soars coastal Trinidad's lighthouse for your bemusement. And finally, after debuting their premiere episode less than a week ago, Savage Henry Magazine is back with another attempt at…
Your Week in Ocean: Marine Protected Areas, One Year In
…incorporate traditional ecological knowledge through a collaboration among Smith River Rancheria, InterTribal Sinkyone Wilderness Council, Trinidad Rancheria and the Wiyot Tribe. The North Coast MPA Baseline Program is overseen by a partnership…
McKay Tract Supervisorial Summit
…to help out in any way to see this project move forward." Doug Smith of Trinidad expressed concern about the current roads and trails. "All I've heard today is 'rebuilding roads…
Humboldt Quadcopter Sessions: Fly Houda Point! (VIDEO)
Feeling a bit too grounded lately? Today in bird's-eye views, local quadcopter pilot Chad Johnson asks that you soar with him over Trinidad's scenic Houda Point in the latest…
It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! It’s a …? [UPDATED]
LoCO reader and Humboldt County writer Amy Beth Barnes noted this flight device cruising the skies above Trinidad and Westhaven yesterday. Anyone able to identify what exactly it is? Any other info…
Crabs Before Christmas on the North Coast? Maybe Not
Local crabber, Jim Habib, is raised out of the water today after visiting his boat in Trinidad. (Photo by Mike Parry.) According to the Department of Fish and Wildlife, starting tonight at…
What Humboldt Clicked: 11/23-11/29
…It’s QUADCOPTER Time! Soar With Chad Johnson On a Beautiful Trinidad Day 8. Huffman, Boxer, Feinstein Ask Feds to Throw the Book at Trespass Growers 9. What Humboldt Clicked: 11/16…
Woman and Child in Accident Today/ Both Received Injuries/ DUI Arrest Followed (Photo Update)
…Story updated 11/29) CHP Press Release:(See CHP Dispatch records here.) On November 27, 2013, at approximately 3:10 PM, Miranda Ann Costa of Trinidad, CA was driving her 2003 Volkswagen…
It’s QUADCOPTER Time! Soar With Chad Johnson On a Beautiful Trinidad Day
Quadcopter man Chad Johnson — a perennial Lost Coast Outpost favorite —took advantage of this weekend's beautiful, still, sunny weather to get out to Trinidad State Beach. Is that Pewetole Island in…
Traffic Delays Near Westhaven Possible Monday
…This seismic retrofit project will also include work at the Trinidad Road Undercrossing Bridge beginning in January 2014. The contractor is Golden State Bridge, Inc. of Martinez. The project is estimated to…
5.0 Earthquake! [Downgraded to 4.9]
…Location is holding steady - 32 miles SW of Trinidad, 32 miles WNW of Eureka, or 34 miles W of McKinleyville. They have also posted a photo of HSU's Seismogram. UPDATE 4…
This Week in Ocean: Sharks Return and so Does Coastal Cleanup Day
…The info remains especially timely as Brown, Ray Palacios and Jeff Jacobsen recently deployed receivers near Trinidad Head in anticipation of white sharks returning to California. Now, while Humboldt may not celebrate…
Karuk Tribe Looks Set to Win Big Broadband Grant; New Fiber to Orick, Weitchpec, Orleans
…fiber in a big loop eastward from Humboldt Bay to Orleans, hitting the communities of Trinidad, Orick, Weitchpec, Johnsons and Wautec along the way, and then completing the loop by jacking into…
(UPDATE/AUDIO) Arcata Eye, McKinleyville Press Announce Merger
…It's been quite exhilarating." "I always wanted to provide the people of McKinleyville and Trinidad with a larger paper with more comprehensive news coverage, but the Press just didn't have…
High Speed Pursuit in Trinidad Leads to Arrest
…On 07-21-2013, approximately 11:40 p.m., two Humboldt County Sheriff's Deputies were parked near Gipson Drive, Trinidad when the heard and saw a vehicle traveling northbound on Stagecoach…
Trinidad Branch Library Soon to Open
…The new site will be in the Trinidad Cultural Center next to the Trinidad Museum, the Trinidad Native Plant Garden and Saunders Park. Groundbreaking for this facility in Trinidad took place on…
Fire in Center Divide of 101 near Trinidad
[Updated with name of photographer—Laura Netz] The CHP received a report of a grass fire in the center divide of Hwy 101 near Trinidad just before 6 P.M. yesterday evening…
Land Trusts & Public Access and 101 Safety Corridor & Coastal Commission
Cliff and Emily talk with Don Allen of the Trinidad Coastal Land Trust about land trusts, what they are and how they help protect public access. Extension of the Hammond Trail north…
Hwy 101 Northbound Lanes Blocked near Trinidad
…CHP dispatch is reporting that a pickup truck flipped over near the Trinidad rest area. There was a debris fire associated with it. The northbound lanes were closed. Traffic is being diverted…
Rail-Heads Seek Stillman Ouster From NCRA Board
…But that would only take us back to the original 3-3 deadlock, with Arcata, Blue Lake and Trinidad voting for Stillman and Rio Dell, Fortuna and Eureka holding up the Strehl…
This Week in Ocean: Fish Fests, Monitoring Discussions
…If that wasn't enough fish and fun, on Sunday the annual Trinidad Fish Festival takes place — and you can hike off the gazillions of delicious calories by climbing up the Trinidad…
$2.5 Million Goes to Humboldt and Mendocino Road Projects
…Humboldt County - About $2 million to seismic retrofit three bridges along Route 101 near Trinidad.Mendocino County - Almost $560 thousand to improve the intersection of Routes 1 and 20 near Fort Bragg…
Humboldt Live Sessions: The Shapes
…Begin your work week overlooking the Pacific Ocean up near Trinidad in the latest edition of the Humboldt Live Sessions. Santa Cruz-based beach folkies The Shapes provide your aural therapy with…
Earth First Protests Green Diamond Logging
…While Earth First! indicated in the following press release that the Mayor of Trinidad has offered "vocal opposition" to Green Diamond's logging operations, the sitting mayor, Julie Fulkerson, says, I am…
Have a Whale of a Mother’s Day
…LoCO has received reports that there are whales in the Trinidad area so readers might find this year a good time to start the tradition for their own families. Whether whale watching…
Overturned Vehicle near Trinidad
…CHP dispatch is reporting an overturned vehicle on Patricks Point Drive near Trinidad. There is a person still in the vehicle and an ambulance is on the way. Follow updates here.
RV Fire Injures One
Photo sent in by Chris Hardee An RV fire at the Hwy 101 underpass near Trinidad reportedly injured the driver and sent clouds of smoke billowing across the freeway. Calfire and the…
(UPDATED) Not Able to Dodge Humboldt Tides, Truck in the Ocean Near Moonstone Beach
…a local resident says that a Dodge commercial was being filmed at Moonstone Beach near Trinidad when the film crew "somehow got the rig on a rock, tide came up and now…
Suddenlink Down in Arcata, McK
…Areas affected are Arcata, McKinleyville, Trinidad and Big Lagoon. Suddenlink estimates over 10,000 customers do not have internet, cable television or telephone service including 911. To date there have been five…
Trinidad Harbor
“One of my favorite places to sit, read, and breath,” writes Monika Ballew of this week’s Featured Photo. “Trinidad is so beautiful you can’t take a bad picture. I like…