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CHP: Still Unclear What Caused Yesterday’s Fatal Crash on Highway 36
…As a result of the collision, P-1 sustained fatal injuries and was pronounced deceased at the scene. The eastbound and westbound lanes of SR-36 at the scene were closed to…
OBITUARY: Carl Leslie Chatfield, 1941-2016
…He attended the University of California, Berkeley, graduating in 1963. Carl chose to join the Peace Corps, learning French and serving in the first Peace Corps group in Guinea, West Africa. After…
GROWING OLD UNGRACEFULLY: God and the Fine-tuned Universe
The biosphere is equivalent to the thickness of a coat of paint on a three-foot diameter globe. (NASA) Almost all the universe is empty of stuff. (NASA) A few of the…
A Soggy Celebration for HSU Grads
Journalism graduate Javier Rojas savors the moment. Photos of the 2016 HSU Commencement by John Ross Ferrara. As the rain poured into Redwood Bowl this morning, another generation of saplings walked across…
Connecting with SoHum’s Homeless: A LoCO Walk-a-Long
On a not-all-that-unusual sunny SoHum day, your Lost Coast Outpost had the chance to take a little walk-a-long through Garberville with Sergeant Jesse Taylor, of the Humboldt…
Woman Killed After Colliding with Trees Off Highway 101 North of Willits
…For reasons still under investigation, the pickup drifted to the right (west). The pickup moved onto the right shoulder, onto a wooded embankment, and collided with several trees. The driver sustained fatal…
21-Year-Old Killed in Today’s Highway 101 Accident
…The Oldsmobile and the GMC collided, head on, in the northbound number two lane. The driver of the Oldsmobile sustained fatal injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of…
SUPE CANDIDATES DEBATE! What Would You Ask Supervisorial Candidates Uri Driscoll and Mike Wilson?
…The public is encouraged to attend the one-hour debate, during which candidates will answer questions from the moderators, members of the public and even each other. The Third District includes the…
AT&T: You Lost Internet Because the Fiber Broke Again. We Fixed It. Sorry.
For the third time in the last eight months, a failure in AT&T's fiber optic line to Humboldt County knocked local AT&T customers offline for 12 hours or longer…
Armed Robbery at Eureka Gas Station; Suspect Sought by EPD
…The male took an undisclosed amount of cash from the register and left the store on foot. He was last seen walking south on Broadway. Officers checked the area but were unable…
OBITUARY: Stacey Williams Weaver, 1954-2016
Stacey Williams Weaver returned to the arms of her maker on March 4, 2016 at her home in Arcata. Stacey Williams was born to Richard Settle Williams and Mary Elizabeth Coleman on…
Arcata Police Fail Hoopa Teen’s Attempts at Grown-Up-Style Armed Robbery, Terrorist Threat-Making
From the Arcata Police Department: On Thursday May 12, 2016 at 5:50 PM, the Arcata Police Department received a report of a disturbance at the corner of 9th St and G…
Gah! AT&T Internet Services Less Than Operational for You, Humboldt? Outage Roll Call!
…Uh oh! A flood of perturbed LoCO readers are telling us that they are experiencing an interruption in the home and/or business internet services. The common factor, seemingly, is that these…
Suspect in Monday’s Weaverville Bank Robbery Has Specialized in Small-Town Jobs Since 2013, FBI Says
…Suspect at Large After Armed Umpqua Bank Robbery in Weaverville ### The suspect in Monday's armed robbery at the Umpqua Bank branch in Weaverville robbed a different bank near Chico on the…
Fortuna Fox Believed to Have Bitten Fortuna Teen Tests Positive For Rabies
…The fox reportedly bit the teenager shortly after chasing a neighbor’s cat and running into a house. The fox then reportedly charged a homeowner, who shot the animal in the head…
Traffic on Eureka’s Fifth Street Barely Moving After Two Cars Crunch
…No one was injured, though the minivan suffered major front end damage, closing two of three lanes of Fifth at that intersection. They're sending in the tow trucks and there are…
(UPDATE: Suspect Armed and Dangerous) SoHum Developmental Disabilities Organization Burglarized; Dodge Stratus Stolen
…The stolen safes were later found empty in Mendocino County by the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office. Witnesses have reported seeing Danielson and the stolen vehicle in the Leggett area of Mendocino…
Aggressive Fox Bites Fortuna Teen; Fox Later Shot, Killed Nearby, Will Be Tested for Rabies
…The dead fox has been sent to the Public Health Laboratory for testing for rabies. Because the fox was shot in the brain, which is used for testing, the results may be…
Fortuna Medical Offices Evacuated Due to Suspected Gas Leak
…The nice lady at the Open Door Clinic front desk answers the phone, confirming that they've been let back in the building. "We're all good," she reports. # # # UPDATE, 10:04…
Humboldt Hill Man Kills Himself After Tense Standoff With Law Enforcement: Sheriff’s Office
…Deputies responded to the residence on Sunshine Way in the Humboldt Hill area of Eureka and met with the victim and contacted the husband through a bedroom door. The deputy became concerned…
OBITUARY: Thomas ‘Patrick’ Watson, 1932-2016
…Patrick will be greatly missed and forever in our hearts. ### The obituary above was submitted by Patrick Watson's family. The Lost Coast Outpost runs obituaries of Humboldt County residents at no…
OBITUARY: Dolores Laverne Keeling, 1937-2016
…During the first few years of Aunt Laverne’s life the family moved from Kentucky to California and back. At the age of four years the family returned back to California, where…
(PHOTOS) Everyone’s Dancing it Up For Mental Health Month!
…From the Humboldt County Department of Health and Human Services: The Mental Health Walk filled H Street’s sidewalks on Tuesday as more than 100 supporters marched for stigma reduction. Leaving from…
(UPDATED) Gary Lee Bullock Sentenced to Life Without Parole for Priest Murder
As expected, Gary Lee Bullock has been ordered to spend the rest of his life behind bars. After emotional statements from the victim's sisters this afternoon, Judge John T. Feeney sentenced…
KINS Asks: Can a Woman Actually Be President of the United States?
Can a woman actually be president of the United States? Um: No. Not actually. But if you have an informed legal opinion on this question, our friends at KINS Radio — home of…
(UPDATE) Two People Injured, One Lane Closed On Eureka’s Fifth Street Following Crash
…The woman has been put into a neck brace and is being taken to the hospital. She's able to stand. Avoid the intersection for the next little while.
(UPDATE) 2,000 Marijuana Plants Removed From Humboldt Old Growth Redwood Forest Trespass Grow; Three Armed Suspects at Large
…This afternoon the California Department of Parks and Recreation sent along some additional information and some photos taken at the scene of the grow: The firearm that was seized was dropped by…
The Ritz Was On Fire! Suspected Electrical Blaze Empties Apartments Early This Morning
…The first arriving unit found an odor of smoke inside the building on the second floor and observed smoke between the ceiling of the first and second floor that was getting thicker…
Home Invasion in Fieldbrook This Morning; Suspect and Victim Exchanged ‘Multiple Shots’
From the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office: On Wednesday, May 11, 2016, at 3:16 a.m., the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a home invasion that just…
Man Arrested at Scene of Fields Landing Gunfight Last Night
From the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office: On Tuesday, May 10, 2016, at about 8:45 p.m., the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office received a report of shots fired at the…