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Credit Union Near Eureka Mall Robbed at Gunpoint
…Eureka Police Release The Best Image They Have of This Morning's Bank Robbery Suspect# # #Eureka's Provident Credit Union branch was robbed at gunpoint this morning, and the suspect is still…
Who’s Enjoying Our Redwoods Now? It’s Hall of Fame Football Coach Tony Dungy!
At least until Last Chance Grade slips into the mighty Pacific, Highway 101 provides many summer roadtrippers an ideal route to the big ass trees their eyes and souls crave. What’s…
(VIDEO) Hooray! The Eureka Police Department Made a Pokemon Go Safety Tips Video!
The Eureka Police Department would prefer you don't become roadkill while you're trying to catch your next Eevee and have provided the community with the above video and below tips…
YOUR WEEK IN OCEAN: Junior Lifeguards Hit the North Coast Waves
…The Moonstone Beach Endless Summer Surf Camp is also out enjoying the cold water. Last Thursday, the two camps came together with The Shop, and Humboldt Surfrider to host the 1st annual…
Andrea and Isabel: The Deportation Trials of the Sun Valley Seven, Part Two
Federal agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, swarmed Sun Valley Group’s Arcata floral farms in 2008. | Photo by Bob Doran, courtesy the North Coast Journal. PREVIOUSLY: Maria: The Deportation…
Weekend Gunfire Melee in Highland Park Neighborhood Still Under Investigation, Eureka Police Say
…SCANNER TRAFFIC INDICATES, Sunday Night at Highland and Cottage ### From the Eureka Police Department: On July 24, 2016, at about 9:30 p.m., officers responded to the vicinity of Highland Avenue…
(PHOTOS, VIDEO) Trailer Erupts in Flames in Eureka
…The heat broke a window and damaged the paint on the blue house pictured above, but the flames did not spread. Humboldt Bay Fire will investigate the cause of the fire, Jelinek…
Suspected River Bar Car Burglars Fire Gun at Victim, Sheriff’s Office Says; Man and Boy Arrested
From the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office: On 07-25-16 at 7:45 p.m. Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office Deputies responded to the river bar area of the Eel River…
(VIDEO) Caltrans Blew Up Some Rocks
…Caltrans decision to close the road was due to the presence of dangerous boulders in the area, boulders they decided needed to be blown to rock heaven. We'll let LoCO Caltrans…
100 Marijuana Plants Stolen from Eureka Residence by Armed Men Claiming to be with the ‘Sheriff’s Office’
…The victims said before they entered the suspects were yelling out loud, “Sheriff’s Office”. The victims described the suspects as white, male adults. The victims said the suspects were wearing black…
Former Humboldt State Football Player Among the Arrested in San Diego Gang Murder Case
…Haddock was arrested Wednesday in Las Vegas, in a raid that took place at the same time as the one in Arcata that morning. Today he was named one of the three…
(UPDATE) 19-Year-Old Fortuna Man on Life Support After Centerville Beach Sand Hole Collapse
…According to Helton’s family’s pastor, Marty Pronovost of LifeHouse Humboldt, his friends were able to unbury his head but the weight of the sand left him unable to breath for…
Last Week’s Arcata SWAT Raid Connected to 2013 Gang Murder Case, San Diego Officials Say
…Police and prosecutors named three suspects at the conference, all of whom are in custody, and characterized the case as an attempted gang hit that took the life of the innocent Brown…
(VIDEO) Humboldt Delegate at Democratic Convention Berns Bright on CNN
…Ten Sanders delegates will each briefly highlight an important position on a key issue of the political revolution which they do not feel the presumptive candidate or the Democratic Party establishment has…
Burglary Suspects Found After Their Rig Full of Stolen Loot Was Towed, Fortuna Police Say
From the Fortuna Police Department: On July 24, 2016 at approximately 2:45 AM, Officers with the Fortuna Police Department responded to the 800 block of 12th Street for a report of…
HARDIN: I Offer A Cease-Fire to the Southern Humboldt Bourgeoisie
…I got really sick of seeing the way the middle class treat the poor and homeless around here, and I got sick of the propaganda campaign in the local media. If the…
DEAD RECKONING: A Friend in the Flood
On a whim, my middle school chum Josh Edgar and I decided to brave the swollen creek that darted wickedly fast through the woods behind his grandfather’s property. We were lost…
GROWING OLD UNGRACEFULLY: GMOs, Greenpeace, and Those Naive Nobel Laureates
…You can probably find as many on the “pro” as on the “con” side of such issues as nuclear power, annual mammograms and carbon offsets. But on many matters, the preponderance of…
LETTER FROM ISTANBUL: Ammunition
The dog Sheriff was just another one of many dogs in the neighborhood. Sheriff was a large, broad-shouldered dog with a massive head disproportionate to the rest of his body. He…
OBITUARY: Jeffrey Bernhardt, 1969-2016
…Most of all his joys in life were the ocean and fishing. Jeffrey owned a local business in the 1990s named Burger Quest. He then changed his career to become a successful…
Rescue Efforts Underway at Simultaneous Bad Car Crashes On Highway 36, Old Briceland Road
Major rescue operations are underway in Southern Humboldt and the Van Duzen corridor following near-simultaneous bad crashes on the roadways there. In Briceland, one person is believed to be pinned in…
Eureka Police Department: Violent Crime Up, Property Crime Down in Spring 2016
From the Eureka Police Department: The Eureka Police Department 2016 second quarter crime statistics have been recorded. Offenses reported as crime statistics are determined by the FBI Uniform Crime Report Program (UCR…
For the First Time in History, There Will be No Salmon at This Year’s Yurok Salmon Festival
From the Yurok Tribe: A Salmon Festival of yesteryear. Photo: Yurok Tribe. For the first time in the event’s 54-year history, the Yurok Tribe had to remove salmon from the…
Mendo Sheriff’s Office Marijuana Raids: 40,397 Plants Eradicated, 14 Arrests
…These investigations are ongoing.Also on 7-21-2016 eradication efforts continued in the burned area of the "Lodge Fire" several years earlier, in the area of the headwaters of the South…
One Arrested at Hospital After Yesterday’s Car Crash/Shooting Incident; EPD Still Searching for Jeep Cherokee
…Couturier had a superficial injury to his left arm, however it is unclear if the injury is from the projectile shot into the vehicle or from fragments of the vehicle damaged by…
YOUR WEEK IN OCEAN: Dune Buggies to Dunes — LA Times Gets Stunned by Ma-le’l
…The county listened to the activists case and threatened to fine the offroading club. As a result, the club decided to sell the property. In 2003, the State Coastal Conservancy funded the…
Deer, Drinking Factors in Major Injury Motorcycle Crash in Shelter Cove
…For reasons out of McCluskey's control a deer ran into the roadway and collided into McCluskey's left leg and the left side of the Harley Davidson Motorcycle. As a result…
Sheriff’s Office Seeks Burglary Suspect Who Tried to Pawn Goods Stolen From Fieldbrook Storage Shed
From the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office: On 07-20-2016 at 9:40 a.m. the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office was contacted by a victim, who lives in the 1800…
(VIDEO) Burglar Sneaks Into Bounce-A-Palooza, Jimmies Cash Register, Makes Off With Money and Gift Cards
Yesterday morning, the security cameras at Bounce-A-Palooza — the inflatable bounce paradise for kids there in the Bayshore Mall — captured pretty good video of a burglar at work. Guy strolls in…
(UPDATE) Man Shot, Car Crash in Eureka
…The Camaro has been located near the corner of D and Long streets. EPD Captain Brian Stephens tells LoCO that the driver sustained a non-life threatening gunshot wound and somehow transported…