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OBITUARY: Sue Arnett Quast, 1935-2020
…This was most evident in the last years of her life. Paralyzed on the left side of her body in 2001, she spent 19 years bravely and powerfully finding the brightest side…
OBITUARY: Margarette ‘Maggie’ Smith, 1929-2020
…This memorial has been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.]The family wishes to extend heartfelt thanks and gratitude to the staff and nurses at Seaview Rehabilitation Center for the excellent…
OBITUARY: Martina Lewis Traylor, 1934-2019
Martina Lewis Traylor entered into the infinite light of Christ on December 29, 2019. She was born March 16, 1934 to Michael & Mary Francis (Walsh) Lewis.She began her life in the…
Man Recently Arrested By County Swat Team on Drugs and Weapons Charges Posts Bail, Gets Arrested By Drug Task Force on Additional Drugs and Weapons Charges
…The Humboldt Superior Court authorized the request and Haberman is ineligible for bail at this time. Anyone with information related to this investigation or other narcotics related crimes are encouraged to call…
(UPDATE) County Health Officer Answers Questions About Bacterial Meningitis, Says Family of Arcata High Student is Requesting Privacy
…The resulting infection affects mainly teenagers and young adults, according to the Mayo Clinic. In a press release issued Monday morning, the county's Public Health division explained that the chances of…
Humboldt Bay Fire Provides Update on Fallen Firefighter Memorial Fundraising Efforts
…The United States Honor Flag was in Eureka MondayToday, Monday, March 9, 2020 we were honored to host the United States Honor Flag, the single American flag that travels the country to…
Mother Killed by Vehicle While Pushing Infant in Stroller Across Broadway; Child Unharmed
…The next of kin has been notified and the female has been identified as Kelsey Diffin (25 of Eureka). The driver of the involved vehicle remained on scene and cooperated with the…
‘No Salvation’: Victim’s Family Reacts as Three of the ‘Manila Five’ Receive Sentences
More than three years after 20-year-old Tyson Eduardo Claros was shot dead by a man who suspected him of molesting his young daughter, Claros’s grieving family members faced the…
(VIDEOS) Eureka Resident Among Those on the Quarantined Grand Princess Cruise Ship Now Docking in Oakland
The Grand Princess passes underneath the Golden Gate Bridge. Videos by Mary Farney Crumley. Eureka resident Mary Farney Crumley, who — like all passengers of the Grand Princess — has been confined in her…
Arcata High Student Hospitalized in San Francisco With Rare Bacterial Meningitis
…The bacteria, Neisseria meningitidis, is one of the few meningitis infections for which preventive antibiotic treatment is recommended for close contacts.Although the risk of another student becoming ill is extremely low…
You Should Never Buy Alcohol for Arcata Minors, But Especially Not on This Date, Says APD
…The Decoy Shoulder Tap Program is an enforcement program used to deter the furnishing of alcoholic beverages to persons under the age of 21. A minor decoy, under the direct supervision of…
All That Bomb Squad Ruckus at Redwood Acres Sunday Afternoon? Non-Explosive Device, Turns Out
Press release from the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office: On March 8, 2020, at about 2 p.m., the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office Emergency Communications Center received the report of a…
Sheriff’s Office Makes Early Morning Meth Bust in Weitchpec; One Arrested
Press release from the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office: On March 9, 2020, at about 12:46 a.m., Humboldt County Sheriff’s deputies on patrol on State Highway 169 in the…
MONDAYS WITH MICHAELE: Masters of Marble
Did you know Humboldt is the center of the marble universe? Michaele does! Roll into your week with Humboldt's President of Positivity as she hangs out with a couple of the…
(VIDEO) St. Bernard’s Middle Schooler Hits Half-Court Buzzer-Beater to Win Big Tournament Game, Crowd Goes Wild
…Bernard's Academy only needed a two-pointer to win the game and advance to the second round of the Crescent City Jaycees basketball tournament on Friday.But when St. Bernard's…
GROWING OLD UNGRACEFULLY: Coronavirus: How Bad? Bad.
…This is the guy who wrote, “Despite the hysteria from the political class and the media, smoking doesn’t kill.” (Smoking was then, in 2000, and is now, the leading preventable cause…
LETTER FROM ISTANBUL: Three Days
…She fed the cats clustered around the stairwells that went down the hill to the iskele, and also distributed some of the food near the mosques, and anywhere else the street cats…
THE ECONEWS REPORT: How Can We Be Happy, Healthy, Effective Activists and People?
…Fabrice Florin, Creative Commons Licence.Scott Greacen, Jen Kalt and Tom Wheeler discuss a recent Op-Ed in the New York Times and ask each other the question: How can we be…
OBITUARY: David E. Olson, 1932-2020
…He sang a lot, including in the early '50s throughout Japan with a Barbershop Quartet, and played the guitar. He loved to accompany himself singing one particular Hawaiian song to the delight…
OBITUARY: Amelia Lucia (Bettiga) Hudson, 1927-2020
…They were married at The Church of The Assumption on Saturday June 24, 1950. They made their homes in Ferndale, Scotia, Vacaville, Napa, before eventually returning to the Eel River Valley. Kennith…
OBITUARY: Joseph Donald Mendes, 1952-2020
…He worked in the woods falling timber. He also was a dairyman for several years near College of the Redwoods. Then Joe went on to work in the creamery at Fernbridge. He…
EXTRA! EXTRA! Arcata High’s Danielle Witten is One Hell of a Teacher!
Danielle Witten and her award | Photos by Freddy BrewsterArcata High’s Danielle Witten was honored today with one of the state’s top awards for high school journalism advisors. Witten, an English…
(VIDEO) Start Your Weekend With the Latest Humboldt-Produced Music Video to Land in LoCO’s Inbox
In keeping with the our mission to give pixel space to any and all locally made music videos, the Outpost now presents y'all with another YouTube embed to get you boppin…
Large Stash of Heroin Discovered Near Zane Middle School; Suspected Drug Trafficker Arrested
Jesus Pastrana and the approximate location of the heroin stash | HCDTFHumboldt County Drug Task Force press release: On March 5th, 2020, at approximately 2:40 p.m., special agents with the Humboldt…
Driving Near Eureka High Will Be Slightly More Frustrating Next Week While PG&E Crews Replace Gas Lines
…This is called venting the line. As PG&E purges gas from the line, the smell of natural gas and the sound of venting may be noticeable. The natural gas released during…
School Bonds Usually Are a Cinch in California — What Happened This Time?
Alameda Unified School District officials pose with shovels during the groundbreaking ceremony for facilities bond work at a local high school, May 24, 2019. State and local school bond measures on this…
OBITUARY: Vivian Jean Eilers, 1940-2020
…The family will hold a Celebration of Life at a later date.###The obituary above was submitted on behalf of Vivian Eilers' loved ones. The Lost Coast Outpost runs obituaries of Humboldt…
Cali the Fire Dog is Returning to Work Cancer Free After Humboldt Raises More Than $7,500 for her Surgery
Cali the Fire Dog | Cali's Facebook page.Cali the Fire Dog, Humboldt Bay Fire's unofficial mascot who underwent emergency cancer surgery last month, is returning to duty, her owners have…
To Help Californians Endure Fire-Related Power Cutoffs, State Ponders New Rules for Utilities
…Officials scolded PG&E, the state’s largest utility, for mishandling the outages. Gov. Gavin Newsom said the emergency shutoffs were “the direct result of decades of PG&E prioritizing profit over…
OBITUARY: Annette Gertrude Hauger, 1930-2020
…We the children of Annette thank you from the bottom of our hearts.##The obituary above was submitted on behalf of Annette Hauger's loved ones. The Lost Coast Outpost runs obituaries…