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HARDIN: Dime Bag Day 2016!
…That’s when the kid attacked Brian physically, and slugged him. I guess it was the kid’s phone. The cops eventually caught the kid, and sent Brian the photo to see…
OBITUARY: Cathy Cuppoletti-Smith, 1950-2016
…In 1970, she married her high school sweetheart, James Smith, after he was drafted into the Army. They then traveled together all over the United States. Living in Texas, Kentucky and finally…
(VIDEO) EPD Officers Raid Motel 6 Room With Guns Drawn
…An anonymous LoCO reader sent us this video showing the moment officers made entry to the room. "I didn't see anyone come out besides the officers after, so I'm not…
(UPDATE) Rebranding the Bayshore Mall?
…The mall has been the scene of many protests and strange happenings in the last few years; an image mall management may want to distance the shopping center from. We will give…
Curious Pup Whose Head Got Stuck in a Wheel Hub Is Rescued by Fortuna Firefighters
Photos provided by the Fortuna Volunteer Fire Department. Spring is an exciting time of year for a young dog. There are critters to chase, smells to smell and lessons to learn. Today…
DEAD RECKONING: Kinetic Glory and the Lean, Mean Marine Machine
If you’ve stacked enough years in Humboldt County, at some point you’ve likely been drawn into that epic and ridiculous challenge of cheesy champions that is the Kinetic Sculpture Race…
YOUR WEEK IN OCEAN: The Golden Rule, Sailing to Make History Once Again
…Bigelow, sailed from San Pedro towards the nuclear test zone at the Eniwetok Atoll in the Marshall Islands. Arrested by the US Coast Guard and jailed in Honolulu, the crew never made…
GROWING OLD UNGRACEFULLY: Porn, Virility and My First French Kiss
Like most kids of my era, the closest I got to porn was the bare-breasted women of Samoa and Amazonia who graced the pages of National Geographic. Quaint as it must…
OBITUARY: Rosemary Torney, 1926-2016
Rosemary Torney was born March 11, 1926 in San Francisco, the only child of Violet Truell and Sydney Austin Chester. Rosemary was raised in the Cow Hollow area of San Francisco; she…
OBITUARY: Peggy Pfingsten, 1926-2016
Peggy Delores Pfingsten went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, May 10, 2016 in Eureka after being bedridden for about six months. She was born July 15, 1926 to Lemuel T…
(UPDATE) Expect Delays on Highway 255: The 2016 Kinetic Sculpture Race is On
…Remember, only morons try to cross the Samoa Bridges on Kinetic Saturday. Photo by Andrew Goff. ### Drivers wanting to get around they bay should rely on Highway 101 today. The 2016 Kinetic…
MELLOWED OUT: Planning Department Creates New Cannabis Services Division to Deal With Weed-Related Stressors
…Customers requesting application assistance meetings will be given the next available appointment. Next Steps During the month of June, the following tasks will be completed prior to the launch of the new…
Jonas Semore Found Guilty of Second Degree Murder
Humboldt County Office of the District Attorney press release: On May 27, 2016, a Humboldt County jury found Jonas Randall Semore guilty of second degree murder. The charge resulted from an incident…
(PHOTOS) Devil’s Playground is Gone
…Utilizing good material reuse practices, the City of Eureka will use the resulting gravel as the foundation of the eight- to ten-foot wide paved trail that will soon pass through the…
DOCUMENT DUMP! Here’s Why the City of Eureka is Trying to Hose the North Coast Journal, We Think
A couple of weeks ago, the city of Eureka put out an odd press release aimed at the North Coast Journal and its requests for public documents pertaining to the Palco Marsh…
McKinleyville Teen Arrested for Breaking Car Window During Wave of Late Night Vandalism
…The subject saw the deputies and turned the other way in an attempt to flee from deputies. The deputies were able to catch up with the subject and detained him. The subject…
Suspect Wanted for Murdering Another Man, Disposing of His Body in Covelo Captured by New Hampshire State Police
…On 05-18-2016 at approximately 7:08 PM, Mendocino County Sheriff's Deputies were called regarding a possible physical assault that occurred the previous day at a residence located in the…
Clam Beach Now the Second-Grossest Beach in the State, Says Watchdog Org
…The only dirtier spot, Heal the Bay says, was a beach near the Santa Cruz wharf. Why so gross? Heal the Bay points the finger at changes to Strawberry Creek and its…
Senator McGuire Announces $1 Million For Eureka’s Waterfront Trail
State Senator Mike McGuire informed the public today that the much dreamt about Eureka Waterfront Trail project will get a $1 million boost thanks in part to his work with the State…
Hoopa High Placed on Lockdown This Morning; Juvenile Later Found in Possession of BB Gun
…The schools in the area were put on lockdown. Officers searched the area and were able to detain the juvenile and later located the handgun. The handgun was determined to be a…
(PHOTOS) Led by Local Scientists, Huge Trespass Grow Clean-Up in the Shasta-Trinity This Week
…The following retrospective of the cleanup was written by Drs. Mourad Gabriel and Greta Wengert of the Integral Ecology Research Center, which participated in the effort, and mailed out by the Trinity…
Busy Day in Carlotta! Butane Honey Oil Hash Lab, 733lbs. of Shake Located on Golden Gate Drive
…This is an ongoing investigation, and arrest warrants will be issued for persons responsible for the BHO operation. The BHO lab was dismantled and seized as evidence. Anyone with information for the…
Paris Auction House’s Planned Sale of Sacred Hoopa Artifact Draws Protest
…The website for the Eve auction house in Paris lists the sacred Hoopa artifact up for sale, in French, as a "rarisssime embleme de Danse-du-Daim" (rare emblem of the Dance…
Smallish Weed Bust Off Hwy 36 Yields Stolen Gun, 262 Plants; Three Arrested
From the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office: Bodiford. Maxon. Rose. On Wednesday, May 25, 2016 at about 9:00 a.m., Humboldt County Deputy Sheriffs served a Humboldt County Superior Court search…
OBITUARY: Frederick Charles Farnsworth, 1936-2016
…Fred was also extremely proud to be a part of one of the pioneer families that settled the Petrolia area in the 1850s. He was always eager to share stories about the…
(PHOTOS) Salmon Creek Hash Lab Fire Pointed Cops to 2,800+ Plants
From the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office: On Tuesday, May 24, 2016, Humboldt County Deputy Sheriffs responded to the 4000 block of Salmon Creek Rd at the request of Cal Fire to…
WARNING! Broadway Will Be A World of Pain Pretty Much All Day
Today the city is doing some repair work on the water lines that run beneath Broadway, right after the turn. Only one lane is open in each direction, and the word is…
Too Much Weed! Cannabis Permit Applications Making Planning Staff Sick and Must Be Paused, Management Says
Senior staff with County of Humboldt's planning and building department say that experienced planners are falling physically ill and preparing to flee the department due to the "untenable level of stress…
Fire Contained: Sheriff’s Office Investigating Possible Butane Honey Oil Hash Lab on Salmon Creek Road
…At approximately 1434 hrs the fire was contained. Deputies from the HCSO Drug Enforcement Unit (DEU) are currently on scene investigating. Anyone with information for the Sheriff’s Office regarding this case…
Two Arrested for Weapons Charges in Eureka After Traffic Stop
…Adams was seen fleeing the area in a dark grey sedan. Witnesses were contacted at the scene. The victim was uncooperative and details of the incident remain unclear. At about 8:45…