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(VIDEO) Sara Bareilles Gives Humboldt County a Shoutout on the ‘Late Late Show’ While Telling a Story About Weed
Eureka-grown pop star Sara Bareilles gave Humboldt County a shoutout on network television last night while telling a story about the first time she got high.Bareilles guested alongside Game of…
Three Arrested During Eureka POP Bust at Powerless, Waterless Home on Henderson Street
…the Eureka Police Department's Problem Oriented Policing (POP) unit executed a search warrant at a residence on the 100 block of Henderson Street. The search warrant was in response to narcotic…
Fortuna Police Arrest Two in Possession of Property Stolen From Rio Dell Caltrans Yard
…The recovered property was later confirmed as having been stolen during a recent burglary at the Cal Trans yard located in Rio Dell. Detectives also located a small amount of methamphetamine, scales…
Drug Task Force Agents Find Three Pounds of Heroin, Four Ounces of Coke, Nearly $100,000 Cash in Humboldt Hill Bust
…HCDTF.Press release from the Humboldt County Drug Task Force:On April 10th, 2019, at approximately 8:30 p.m., Special Agents with the Humboldt County Drug Task Force, with the assistance…
Charter-Mageddon! Lawmakers Advance a Raft of Union-Backed Charter School Curbs
Charter school advocates and teachers unions mass at the Capitol on April 10, 2019, as state lawmakers consider dramatic curbs on charter schools. Photo for CALmatters by Dan MorainAs charter school advocates…
(UPDATE) Humboldt State Announces the Evisceration of KHSU
UPDATE, 3:40 p.m.: 'A Dark Day'KHSU's spring pledge drive wrapped up last week — just a couple of days before the administration pulled the plug today. Wildberries Marketplace, the…
OBITUARY: Patricia Dahn, 1961-2019
Patricia (Patti) Dahn passed away Wednesday, March 27 at the age of 57, after recently discovering stage four lung cancer. She will be missed terribly by all whose lives she touched!Patti…
NCS Rankings — Mack Girls Move Top in D-Iv; Arcata Boys Hold On
No surprise to see the McKinleyville girls take over top spot in the North Coast Section MaxPreps Division-IV softball rankings after a three-game sweep of No. 4 Arcata last week…
Prep Baseball — Breakout Day for Eureka Bats; Tigers Win at Del Norte
Photos by Ray Hamill/HumboldtSports.com – Eureka pitcher David VagleThe Eureka bats came to play on Wednesday, as the Loggers won for the second time in two days, comfortably taking care of…
Prep Softball — League Wins for Loggers, Tigers
Photos by Ray Hamill/HumboldtSports.com – The Eureka Loggers defeated Fortuna 8-5 in a Big 5 game at Eureka on Wednesday.The Eureka Loggers were able to overcome six errors with…
Home Sweet Home for Redwoods Softball
Photos by Ray Hamill/HumboldtSports.com – CR third baseman Lily Peterson fields a ball during Wednesday’s doubleheader.After more than two months of travel and 20 road games, the College of…
SoHum Health Care District Gets Lifesaving $1.8 Million Bridge Loan From Three Local Nonprofit/Government Institutions
…To receive the IGT payment, the District must submit funds to the state from the District’s operating funds. The state then requests additional funding for the District for expenses not covered…
Humboldt Coroner’s Office Sees First Fentanyl-Related Deaths in Several Years
…It's unknown if the individuals knew about the presence of the fentanyl at the time of use. While these types of overdose deaths have been increasing across the country, these are…
California is Advancing a Nationally Watched Police Shooting Bill, and Factions in the Democratic Party Are Taking Shape
Stevante Clark, whose brother Stephon Clark was killed by Sacramento police in 2018, lobbies at the Capitol for a bill to limit police use of deadly force. Photo for CALmatters by Laurel…
(UPDATE) Rep. Huffman, Sen. Harris Reintroduce Great Big North Coast Wilderness Bill; Includes Plans for Restoration, Fire Prevention
…Harris’s bill will do this for the Trinity and other important streams in one of the last great steelhead strongholds in North America.” The legislation would establish the Elk Camp Ridge…
OBITUARY: Karen Wehrstein, 1942-2019
Karen Wehrstein lived to the end of her life in her beloved turn-of-the-last-century cabin tucked into the redwoods on the Jacoby Creek, Bayside. Karen died on March 8…
OBITUARY: Lorraine Miranda, 1938-2019
With sadness, we regretfully announce the death of our mother Lorraine Miranda of Rio Dell. She passed away peacefully with her family at her bedside on April 4, 2019 at the age…
OBITUARY: Lorraine A. Masten-Robbins, 1942-2019
…at the Hoopa Tribal Cemetery with a reception to follow.###The obituary above was submitted on behalf of Lorraine Masten-Robbins' family. The Lost Coast Outpost runs obituaries of Humboldt County residents…
OBITUARY: Janice A. Bennett-Dore, 1931-2019
…Janice was the fifth of their eight children. The family lived in South Dakota, Oregon and Washington before moving to Fieldbrook in 1948.Janice graduated from Arcata High School in 1949. In…
Loggers Hold on to Beat Crosstown Rivals
…Bizarre play The Loggers, who were officially the home team, scored a pair of runs in each of the third and fourth innings. The two runs in the fourth came on a…
Panthers Keep Rolling, Move Closer to Big 5 Crown
Photos by Ray Hamill/HumboldtSports.com – Mikayla Minton pitched both wins for the Panthers on Tuesday.Only one team now stands between McKinleyville and a Big 5 title. On Tuesday afternoon, the…
Crescent City Woman Arrested for Intentionally Setting Her Own Apartment Complex on Fire, Police Say
Labraska's booking information as provided by the Del Norte County Sheriff's Office.One person is in custody after a fire consumed part of an apartment complex on the 500 block…
TODAY in SUPES: Crabbers Congregate; Bass and Wilson Pursue Coastal Commission Seat
Humboldt County Chief Administrative Officer Amy Nilsen (far left) and the Board of Supervisors.As the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors meeting got underway at its normal 9 a.m. start time…
Trial of 15-Year-Old Accused of Murdering Eureka Kid at Cemetery Will be Delayed; Defense Attorney Needs Time to Complete Investigation
As supporters of both the murder suspect and his alleged victim looked on, Judge John Feeney granted a continuance today in the Juvenile Court trial of a 15-year-old Eureka boy…
Tons of Eureka Cops Serving Search Warrant on Henderson Street; Several People Detained
…The city's Code Enforcement Unit is at the scene as well.Capt. Brian Stephens tells the Outpost at the scene that the department has detained seven people in all at the…
Arcata Man to Face Attempted Murder Charges Over Last Week’s Highway 299 Shootout
…The driver of the Suburban did not stop, but that vehicle was eventually pulled over in Trinity County. The CHP did not state whether anyone in that car was arrested.Canfield remains…
NEWSOM in EL SALVADOR: Governor Says California Deserves Bigger Say in U.S. Immigration Policy
…The Newsoms and Carillo also met privately with President Cerén and the U.S. Ambassador Manes. Afterward the governor said little about the meetings, but did report that both expressed concern about…
PG&E Will Be Droning and/or Choppering Humboldt’s Power Poles Over the Next Few Weeks
…Helicopters may hover in the same location for up to 10 minutes or may make repeat passes along the same set of lines to re-examine the equipment. Pilots will follow all…
Sheriff’s Office Releases List of SoHum’s Most Wanted
From the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office:SOUTHERN HUMBOLDT MOST WANTED If you have any information regarding the whereabouts of these wanted fugitives, contact the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office at 707…
Maybe These Hard-Working Humboldt High School Students Will Save Us All
…The average grade point average for the team is 4.38, with one as high as 4.7.The event concluded with the naming of two Stellar Students, Anna Mauro of Arcata…