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(PHOTOS) Giant Brawl Erupts on Arcata Plaza (With Pillows)
…Around 50 pillow-equipped local soldiers, pledging allegiance to no cause in particular, descended on the Arcata Plaza Tuesday afternoon to lovingly beat the hell from each other. Those in attendance the…
Parents Concerned as Eureka City Schools Looks to Restrict Inter-District Transfers
…The proposed change has angered many Eureka moms and dads who say the restrictions would unfairly limit the educational choices they make for their kids. And they're upset that the proposed…
Myers Flat Woman Charged With Murder in 2015 Marijuana DUI Crash That Killed Passenger; Trial Delayed, Again
PREVIOUSLYFatal Accident North of Weott on 10129-Year-Old Myers Flat Woman Injured, Passenger Killed in Fatal Crash###Munsell.Another delay was granted today in the case of a Myers Flat woman…
YOUR WEEK IN OCEAN: Big News From the Coastal Commission and Elsewhere Equal A Salty Valentine to the Sea
…Delia Bense-KangAs we all know, today is the day we express our love, and what better to love than the coast and ocean? Speaking of loving the coast and ocean …The…
Merrick Accused of Murder, DUI in Death of 16-Year-Old McKinleyville Girl, Could Face Life in Prison; Officers Describe the Scene in Court
…Some of the court testimonies described below could be disturbing to some readers.]# # #Her two friends were able to jump out of the way when they saw the out-of-control pickup…
63-Year-Old Man Found Dead Underneath a Myrtle Avenue Bridge, Where He Lived
From the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office:On Saturday, February 11, 2017 at about 4:44 pm, Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office Deputies responded to the area of the Ryan Slough Bridge…
(VIDEO) Local Teacher-Student Tap Dancing Duo Win Second at a Prestigious International Competition; They Show Us Their Skills
…It's a modern spin on the classic Winter Wonderland. "Finding people who share the passion, who are willing to work hard, and have the ability to tell the story and share…
OBITUARY: Braxton (Huck) Ellis Casey, 1947-2017
…He enlisted in the Navy in 1966 and was a helicopter mechanic during the Vietnam War era. Huck later later became a driver, from transit to log trucks, for more than three…
Humboldt’s Gonna Get Just a Li’l Bit o’ Rain to Start This Week
…Will we wear more wet this week?Some! Eureka's local National Weather Service crew tells us that light rains will dribble on the North Coast starting Tuesday evening. Precipitation will intensify…
HARDIN: You Call This an ‘Emergency’?
…Landlords laugh all the way to the bank, meanwhile the Board of Supervisors concocts new laws to criminalize the people who have been squeezed-out of their homes, for just trying to…
What Would Happen if the Dam at Ruth Lake Failed?
RUTH’S MARCH TO THE SEA This map shows the 80 mile route the river takes from R.W. Matthews Dam to the ocean. The green dots are observation points where emergency…
Fortuna Police Taser, Arrest Intoxicated Woman for Allegedly Accelerating Car With Missing Tire Into Police Cruiser
…The female then put the vehicle in reverse and backed into a patrol vehicle parked behind her. Once striking the vehicle, the female continued pressing the accelerator, spinning her tires. The female…
Multi-Vehicle Rollover Crash Near WinCo
Photos by LoCO reader Lloyd Snyder.A multi-vehicle rollover wreck happened at the intersection of Harris Street and Central Avenue near the WinCo Parking lot minutes ago.According to scanner traffic…
Guy Fieri Thanks Former Ferndale Elementary Teacher in CA Lotto Commercial, Wraps Shoot With a Frosty Surprise
Former Ferndale Elementary Teacher Fran Moriarty Fischer was recently featured in a California Lottery Valentine's Day ad aimed at inspiring viewers to "#ThankATeacher."The commercial, which hit the internet on Thursday…
DEAD RECKONING: America: Your Hair’s on Fire
The shit show of the last three weeks — the endless parade of buffoonery, small-minded fear-baiting, Twitter hurricanes, and the recurring image of a swollen, pinch-mouthed, ego-drunk and lecherous…
GROWING OLD UNGRACEFULLY: Hit the Road, Jack
The introduction of Apple’s Macintosh computer just 33 years ago kick-started the personal computer era. It also presaged the end of the then-ubiquitous floppy disk. True, the Mac used…
LETTER FROM ISTANBUL: Luminously Liminal
…The sea! How I had missed it!Taking the ferry from the European side to the Asian side, passing the shipyards, the docks, the huge container ships, the cruise ships, the war…
Protesters Swarm The Humboldt County Courthouse in Support of Planned Parenthood
Photos by Cliff Berkowitz.Planned Parenthood supporters stormed the steps of the Humboldt County Superior Courthouse this afternoon in protest of President Trump's push to defund the nonprofit reproductive health organization…
Fugitive Trimmer Arrested for Murder of Laytonville Man Jeffrey Quinn Settler After Sheriffs Find Him Hiding In Vacant Virginia Home
…The investigation has revealed the subjects knew the marijuana was stored in the same structure where Settler slept and the subjects violently assaulted him during the robbery, causing his death. The subjects…
(VIDEO) Some of the Best Moments From the Discovery Museum’s 16th Annual Perilous Plunge
Dozens of brave souls raised thousands of dollars for the Redwood Discovery Museum by plunging into 53-degree water at the Eureka Waterfront this morning.This was the museum's 16th annual…
Don’t Eat Sport-Harvested Shellfish! California Public Health Department Warns of Deadly Toxins in Humboldt County Clams, Mussels, Crab Guts
Mussels on the rock. Photo: Wikimedia.From the California Department of Public Health:The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) advises consumers not to eat recreationally harvested mussels, clams or whole scallops…
How Would YOU Spend the Growers’ Money? County of Humboldt to Hold Series of Meetings on New Weed Tax
…The replay will be a compilation of the meetings and will last roughly 30 minutes. It will air beginning the week of March 20Responding to questions posted on Open Humboldt, the county…
Hollywood Blocked Off Wabash Today So a Couple of Actors Could Grind on the Hood of a Car
Photos by John Ross Ferrara.PREVIOUSLY(PHOTOS) Humboldt is Currently Collecting its Craig Robinson SelfiesBig Hollywood Stars Will be In Humboldt for the Next Month Filming ‘An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn…
Fire at Mother-in-Law Unit in Midtown Eureka; F Street Closed Between 11th and 12th
…Humboldt Bay Fire Battalion chief Kent Hulbert tells the Outpost that it was a pretty small fire, though there were flames inside the building.An investigator is coming to determine the cause…
BIG RIG SPILL! We Don’t Know Why That Trucker Flipped it Into the Ditch Last Night, CHP Says, But Everyone Walked Away
Roll on.PREVIOUSLY:Traffic Collision, No Injuries at 9280 Highway 101###From the California Highway Patrol:On February 09, 2017, at approximately 1820 hours, a 2008 Peterbilt tractor towing a 43-foot…
(VIDEO) Breach in the Big ‘Goon!
Footage by Tim Haywood of Timages Photography.There’s been a breach!Local photographer Tim Haywood sends us this footage of powerful currents flowing from a breach along the Big Lagoon Spit…
(AUDIO) Rally for Planned Parenthood at the Courthouse Tomorrow; ‘We’re In a Crisis Right Now,’ Says Organizer
This morning I spoke with Carolyn Hino-Bourassa, one of the organizers of a grassroots rally that will be taking place in front of the Humboldt County Courthouse in Eureka, Saturday from…
PG&E Will Be Buzzing Humboldt’s Urban Areas Today, Looking For Gas Leaks
This is a Bell 206L3 Long Ranger.P&E's machine is going to look kind of like this, but without the orange stripe and maybe green instead of blue. Photo: Wikimedia…
(VIDEO) Landslide Makes Wilder Ridge Road Go Bye-Bye
…But the road appeared to be mostly intact.New Video Tweeted out by Humboldt County Surveyor Ronald Garton this afternoon shows that the slide has since washed the stretch of roadway right…
Log Loader Burns to a Crisp at Humboldt Redwood Company Lumber Mill
Photos provided by the Scotia Volunteer Fire Department.A heel boom log loader went up in flames at the Humboldt Redwood Company Lumber Mill around 8:30 p.m. last night.Fire…