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(PHOTOS) No One Shreds Crazy Unsafe Surf Like the United States Coast Guard
…Tyler Whiteside.Tyler and the Coasties weren't the only people out at the jetty this morning (at a very safe distance, we hope.) Other Friend o' the LoCO Kathi Hendricks was…
DHHS Would Like You to PrEPare for World AIDS Day
…World AIDS Day connects people around the world to show solidarity in the fight against HIV and AIDS. This year it will be celebrated on Thursday, Dec. 1. Started in 1988, the…
Yurok Students Receive Mental Health Training as Tribe Works to Prevent More Youth Suicides
…The Yurok Reservation covers more than 63,000 acres, hugging the banks of the Klamath River from the mouth to 44 miles upriver and extending a mile on either side. From the…
In Old Town? Have a Book? Leave a Book! Need a Book? Take a Book!
…After a long run with books coming and going regularly, the entire stock began to disappear during the wee hours of the night, hence the relocation to a safer home.In the…
Highway 299 Will Be Fully Closed For an Hour Today While Caltrans Explodes a Boulder
…Crews will be performing blasting operations to remove a large boulder from the side of the roadway.PREVIOUS TIMES CALTRANS BLEW THINGS UP:(VIDEO) Caltrans Turns One Big Rock Into Many Little…
Locals Embrace ‘Giving Tuesday’ by Issuing the ‘Humboldt Community Challenge’
Image from the Humboldt Community Challenge Facebook page.Press release from the Humboldt Community Challenge organizers:Today, on what’s come to be known as “Giving Tuesday,” marks the start of the…
Hoopa Teen Arraigned for Attempted Murder
PREVIOUSLY18-Year-Old Arrested For Attempted Murder, Attempted Robbery in HoopaPrattA Hoopa teenager accused of trying to rob and kill a man on the Klamath river bar was arraigned today on attempted…
BOLO: 4-Year-Old Abducted by Father in Eureka, Says Sheriff’s Office
…Anyone with information for the Sheriff’s Office regarding this case or related criminal activity is encouraged to call the Sheriff’s Office at 707-445-7251 or the Sheriff’s Office…
Disney’s ‘A Wrinkle in Time’ Filming in Eureka This Week
Eureka is (almost) ready for its closeup! This morning the gate to the road that leads down to the Sequoia Park duck pond is closed and bears a sign reading, “Commercial Filming…
High Surf Advisory: 20 to 24-Foot-Waves Will Whomp Humboldt, Del Norte and Mendo Beaches
NWS.Giant 20 to 24-foot-waves will hit Humboldt, Del Norte and Mendocino County shores this evening, and should continue throughout tomorrow morning.The National Weather Service of Eureka forecasts that…
Commercial Crab Season Opens Today From North Jetty to Oregon Border
…Unable to achieve consensus on the issue of price, the crab fleet will start fishing with an ex-vessel price of $3 per pound. The first local crabs of the season will…
Arcata Man is Second Arrested for Murder of Laytonville Grower Jeffrey Quinn Settler, Five Suspects Still at Large
Photos provided by the MCSO.Amanda Weist is no longer a suspect.Arcata man Gary "Giggles" Fitzgerald was arrested for the murder of Jeffrey Quinn Settler on Wednesday.This is the latest…
Missing Mushroom Picker Wanders Into Rescue Camp After Three Chilling Nights, Burnt Shoes to Stay Warm
…Photos provided by the Mendo Sheriff's Office.Mary Dow, the mushroom picker who went missing on Wednesday evening after separating from her nephew in the thick timber off of Branscomb Road…
GROWING OLD UNGRACEFULLY: Myth Versus Reality
…The scientific revolution is 500 years old (starting with Copernicus), yet 49% of us say natural disasters are a sign of “the end times” per the Book of Revelations. Lost Coast Outpost…
LETTER FROM ISTANBUL: Immortality
…He wastes no time reminding American viewers of the crackdown since the failed coup – the 30,000 arrests, the 100,000-plus firings and dismissals, ranging from the military, to the police…
TODAY IN DAD: A Fishy Thanksgiving
…Mom, vanquished, leaves the argument to get on with her life. Dad is content in victory, plots turkey. Anchovies as basting ingredient revolutionary idea. Head spinning with the possibilities, he considers the…
(VIDEO) Santa Claus is at the Old Town Gazebo
Holiday cheer in slow-motion.Santa Claus is handing our candy canes and listening to your holiday wish lists at the Old Town gazebo this afternoon.Claus told the Outpost in an…
28-Year-Old Man Found Dead in Blue Lake Casino Hotel Room
…this morning from a person unknown to the decedent. Deputies responded to the scene and found the man deceased. At this point HCSO does not suspect the man’s death to be…
Man Arrested in Hoopa After Woman Stabbed to Death Early This Morning
…Deputies and Medical personnel arrived on scene and located a female victim in the residence with multiple wounds. The victim succumbed to her injuries at the scene.BaileyDuring the investigation, Lorence Emmanuel…
(VIDEO) Shasta County Sheriff Discusses Sherri Papini Case on Good Morning America
…This morning Shasta County Sheriff Tom Bosenko was on ABC’s Good Morning America to discuss the case. Papini was found by a passing motorist Thursday morning restrained on the side of…
YOUR WEEK IN OCEAN: Thanksgiving Day Blessings in Trinidad
Trinidad Town Hall overflowed with community members eager to bless the commercial fishing fleet and all who go out on the ocean Thanksgiving morning. This beautiful tradition has been going on for…
(PHOTOS) A Stump Burns in Fortuna
Fortuna Police DepartmentThose sirens you were hearing in Fortuna a bit ago? A stump is ablaze in Rohner Park according to a brief release from the Fortuna Police Department. Fortuna Fire is…
MISSING: Mushroom Picker with Recent Speech Impediment Goes Missing in Northern Mendocino County
Mendocino County Sheriff's Office press release:Mary DowOn the evening of 11/23/2016 the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office received a call of a missing mushroom picker in the area…
Missing Redding Woman Found Safe, Reunited with Husband
Sherri PapiniShasta County Sheriff's Office release:Sherri Papini who was reported missing on November 2, 2016, has been located out of the area. She is safe, in stable condition and receiving…
CANNA-CLAUS NOT COMING TO TOWN: Eureka Man Busted on Ohio Freeway With 71 Pounds of Xmas-Wrapped Weed, Extracts
…Ohio State Highway PatrolFrom the Ohio State Highway Patrol:A California man is facing felony drug charges after Ohio State Highway Patrol troopers seized 71 pounds of marijuana, worth approximately $330,000…
Suspect in Shotgun Crime Spree Arraigned on Nine Counts of Robbery
…At Winco and the Benbow Inn the robber fired one round into the floor. The suspect in those incidents wore either a mask or bandana on his face. In all cases the…
Lost 14-Year-Old Girl and Search Team Airlifted to Safety from Ridgewood Woods
…The juvenile was treated at the hospital and later released to family. The Sheriff’s Office would like to thank the USCG and the citizen volunteers for their help. It should be…
Betty Chinn Brings Thanksgiving to the Homeless for 24th Year
Eat up!Come rain or shine, Betty Chinn has done it again.With the help of volunteers Chinn was able to serve a traditional thanksgiving dinner to more than 250 people in…
GOOD NEWS: Ruth Lake Reservoir is Full
Image source.While much of the state remain in drought, we here on the North Coast are having one of the wettest water years on record. Thanks to all that rain, Ruth…
Father and Son Plead Guilty to 2015 Hoopa Murder; Suspected Light Package of Weed Led to Shooting of Three People, Prosecutors Say
…The guilty pleas were accepted by the Honorable Richard Seeborg, U.S. District Judge.According to the plea agreement, the defendants committed the shooting and murder following a dispute over a drug…