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420+ Pot Plants Leads to Arrests
Kym Kemp / Nov. 7, 2012, 4:14 p.m. / News
… in the residence, along with Khun’s two children, a five year old and a one year old. HCDTF Agents searched the residence and located an indoor marijuana grow with 422 marijuana plants …
Election Night Results! All Night! Right Here!
Hank Sims / Nov. 6, 2012, 3:57 p.m. / Elections
… no third report.) Same-sex marriage had great nights in Maryland, Maine and maybe Minnesota. Marijuana had great nights in Washington, Colorado and Massachusetts (but not Oregon). Democrats had a great night …
An Aerial Tour of Grow City
Hank Sims / Nov. 5, 2012, 8:14 a.m. / Cannabis
… in on any clearing. Got to be a billion dollars of marijuana right here: View Larger Map …
Arcata Main Street Executive Director Arrested for Growing
Kym Kemp / Nov. 2, 2012, 3:37 p.m. /
… served a search warrant at a residence located in the 2600 block of Manzanita Avenue, Eureka. No one was at home when the search warrant was served. Agents located a commercial marijuana growing operation …
EPD: Yesterday’s Barricade Standoff Concealed Hydro Grow
Hank Sims / Nov. 2, 2012, 12:01 p.m. / Crime
… located a hydroponic marijuana grow and other marijuana growing paraphernalia, along with three devices and the necessary chemicals to process marijuana into hash oil. Based …
Report of Counterfeiting Leads to Arrest of Suspects and the Woman Reporting
Kym Kemp / Oct. 30, 2012, 10:56 a.m. / News
… they had represented as being $20,000 in US currency. The men fled with the marijuana just as Wright realized that only the bills on the top side of the stacks were $100 bills, the rest were $1 …
Stolen Guns, Home Invasion Kit Found in Last Week’s Double Fatal Crash; LoCO Trolls Not So Trollish
Hank Sims / Oct. 29, 2012, 2:43 p.m. / Crime
… . CHP suspects that the occupants of the vehicle were en-route to Shelter Cove (unknown address) to perform a home invasion and/or marijuana rip-off. The driver survived the collision …
Drug Dog Alerts to $50,000 in Car—Occupants Profess Surprise
Kym Kemp / Oct. 22, 2012, 9:17 p.m. / Cannabis
… Drug Dog Alerts to $50,000 in Car—Occupants Profess Surprise Anyone else wondering how the officers determined that the young men were planning on transporting marijuana? Trinity Co. Sheriff's …
Man Apparently Surprised to Learn He Had 102 Pounds of Pot in the Car
Kym Kemp / Oct. 22, 2012, 7:01 p.m. / Cannabis
… of an odor of a controlled substance. The Officer searched the vehicle and located 102 plastic bags containing marijuana in the trunk. Each bag appeared to contain approximately 1 pound of marijuana …
Shady 215 Recommendations Fail to Halt Bust of Pickup Full O’ Weed
Hank Sims / Oct. 22, 2012, 1:22 p.m. / Crime
… ’s Deputy patrolling in a marked patrol car near Titlow Hill Road, Berry Summit, was driving eastbound on Highway 299, when he smelled the strong odor of green marijuana. The deputy noticed the smell right …
UPDATE: More Money, Pot Found in ‘Man Arrested With Money and Pot’ Case
Hank Sims / Oct. 22, 2012, 11:39 a.m. / Cannabis
… , Kneeland Titlow Hill. When deputies served the warrant they discovered 93 growing marijuana plants ranging in size from 5-6 feet tall, along with several hundred pounds of dried marijuana. Deputies …
End the War on Drugs—A Guest Opinion
Kym Kemp / Oct. 21, 2012, 5:18 p.m. / Cannabis
… things that would result if we changed the way we deal with this crisis. Just by legalizing three of the main drugs of choice, heroin, cocaine and marijuana: A …
Death By a Million Cuts—Marijuana Farms Damage the Environment Says Gallegos
Kym Kemp / Oct. 20, 2012, 1:03 p.m. / Cannabis
… Death By a Million Cuts—Marijuana Farms Damage the Environment Says Gallegos Two Rivers Tribune writer, Kristan Korns, did a excellent piece on the first symposium offered by the new …
Man arrested with Money and Pot
Kym Kemp / Oct. 19, 2012, 3:40 p.m. / News
… ’s Deputies stopped a Chevy Silverado pickup truck at Three Corners Market on Myrtle Avenue, Eureka for at traffic violation. After stopping the truck, deputies smelled the odor of green marijuana in and about …
Butane Bonanza at Humboldt Hill Hash House Bust
Hank Sims / Oct. 18, 2012, 3:04 p.m. /
… in boyfriend, Dylan Paul Davis. Agents located a commercial marijuana growing operation in the residence. Agents seized 121 growing marijuana plants that ranged in size from 8 inches to 3 feet in height. Agents …
They Walk Among Us—A New Show from The Humboldt Chronicles
Kym Kemp / Oct. 17, 2012, 7 a.m. / Cannabis
… They Walk Among Us—A New Show from The Humboldt Chronicles Last spring, in our ongoing documentary series about marijuana, The Humboldt Chronicles, we talked about the large amount of money …
BUST OF THE DAY: Plants Delivery-Vanned to McK Home, Interdicted
Hank Sims / Oct. 16, 2012, 4:30 p.m. / Crime
… 's Office responded to a residence located in the 2200 block of McKinleyville Avenue, McKinleyville regarding a marijuana investigation. Sheriff's Office Deputies discovered a large moving van …
… DEA Targets Marijuana Grow on Mendo Sheriff Captain's Family Property Bruce Anderson of the Anderson Valley Advertiser send along this dispatch from Mendoland for the benefit of Lo …
Youth Arrested in Traffic Stop that Leads to Marijuana
Kym Kemp / Oct. 15, 2012, 11:13 a.m. / News
… the Deputies with probable cause to search the vehicle. In the trunk of the vehicle Deputies located approximately 27 pounds of processed marijuana. Two arrests were made and over $1,000.00 in cash was seized …
$4 Million Dollars of Marijuana Bud Seized in Blocksburg Raid
Kym Kemp / Oct. 12, 2012, 12:13 p.m. / Cannabis
… harvested they would had yielded conservatively an additional 718 pounds of dried marijuana bud estimated to be $1,436,000.00 wholesale. The value of the marijuana seized is estimated to be at least $4 …
LoCO’s Booked Shows Eleven Arrests for Marijuana Cultivation Yesterday
Kym Kemp / Oct. 12, 2012, 7:24 a.m. / News
… LoCO's Booked Shows Eleven Arrests for Marijuana Cultivation Yesterday UPDATE 10:51 A.M. : Lt. Knight at the Sheriff's Dept. has indicated that there may be 16 people arrested …
Drug Task Force Arrests Alleged Heroin/Meth Wholesale Deliveryman
Hank Sims / Oct. 10, 2012, 11:55 a.m. / Crime
… approximately 6 pounds of processed marijuana and a useable amount of heroin. During the investigation Agents detained one subject, who they identified as Patric Jerome Cuspard age 41 had driven to the apartment …
Heavy Weaponry Found at Eureka O Street Bust
Hank Sims / Oct. 9, 2012, 1 p.m. / Crime
… , investigators uncovered evidence of a recently harvested for-profit indoor marijuana cultivation operation inside a detached two-car garage. Approximately 24 1/2 pounds of dried, untrimmed marijuana was located …
A New HSU Institute Explores Cannabis
Kym Kemp / Oct. 5, 2012, 7:34 a.m. / Cannabis
… for interdisciplinary research on marijuana” in spring of 2011. As harvest 2012 dries in barns and backrooms across the Emerald Triangle, this fledgeling organization begins to spread its …
Fish Off? First Eel River Fish Count Show Few Salmonids
Hank Sims / Oct. 4, 2012, 2:13 p.m. / Environment
… , despite this being an average rain year. This fact, of course, has recently entered into the debate over the regulation of marijuana super-grows in the county. The working hypothesis is that all …
Multiple Fires Southeast of Klamath
Kym Kemp / Oct. 4, 2012, 11:39 a.m. / News
… and forth across the river last evening and then the fires were seen. We suspect Marijuana grower activity may be related as it is common in that area. Cal Fire is saying the Arrow Complex as they call …
Shooting at Marijuana Grow in Bald Hills
Kym Kemp / Oct. 3, 2012, 11:01 a.m. / Cannabis
… Shooting at Marijuana Grow in Bald Hills Humboldt Co. Sheriff's Press Release: On 10/1/12 at about 6:50 A.M., deputies were dispatched to the Mad River Hospital for a reported self …
Rio Dell Times Unearths Report of Mass Theft, Corruption by Former City Official
Hank Sims / Oct. 1, 2012, 7:58 a.m. / Local Government
… a backhoe, Prolonged and frequent consumption of Jose Cuervo and marijuana on the job, and … many more. Read the whole thing here (PDF). It's really something else. Hale was released from the city …
Sigh, LA Times Publishes a Lament for the End of the Small Grower
Kym Kemp / Sept. 28, 2012, 9:34 p.m. / Cannabis
… marijuana. It reads like an obituary. The piece by Joe Mozingo evokes a way of life some here in the Emerald Triangle are trying to hold on to but it seems to be slipping through their fingers. They raised …
Transient Twins Arrested in Willow Creek; Twin One Wanted on Michigan Arson Charges
Hank Sims / Sept. 28, 2012, 11:59 a.m. / Crime
… Kevin Chapman stands accused of torching a vacant paper mill. ### From left to right: Kevin Chapman, Keith Chapman. From the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office: On 09-28-2012, approximately 1:30 a …