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(UPDATE) Search Suspended for Man Presumed Drowned on Trinity River Last Week
…The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office has suspended their search after (5) five days for the victim, 22 year old Paul Michael Martin. The Sheriff’s Office deployed their boats on the…
Copter Copter Copter! There’s a Benign Helicopter Flying Around Highway 36!
This thing put the "bridge" in "Bridgeville." Photo: Alexander Kink, Creative Commons license. Via Wikimedia Commons. Fear not the helicopter, Mad-Van Duzeners! That's just your friendly PG&E man, checking…
Here’s Why the Lost Coast Outpost is Just Going to Keep Being Dicks For Now
PREVIOUSLY Dear LoCO, Please Stop Being Dicks ### Your Lost Coast Outpost was very pleased that North Coast Journal graphic designer Jonathan Webster allowed us to republish his essay on the Outpost and…
Humboldt’s New Drug Dump Temporarily Closed After Humboldt Dumped Too Many Drugs
DHHS Senior Health Education Specialist Alison Newman and Cloney’s Pharmacist Bryan Coleman with the Harrison Avenue medication disposal bin. From the Humboldt County Department of Health and Human Services: Only four…
UPDATE: Congratulations, Eureka! Today is the Hottest April 6th on Record
…A representative with the local National Weather Service office tells the Outpost that today was Eureka's hottest April 6th on record. Today's high of 76 degrees, breaks the previous record…
Still Deliberating, Bullock Jury Reviews Security Video Clip in Open Court
Those hoping for a swift verdict in the murder trial of Gary Lee Bullock — including prosecutor Andrew Isaac — remain on pins and needles this afternoon as the jury continues its deliberations. A…
DUI Driver Smashes Car in Henderson Center After Fleeing From Traffic Stop, Eureka Police Say
From the Eureka Police Department: On 4/05/16 at about 10:38 p.m., an officer on patrol observed a gray SUV travelling at a high rate of speed and breaking…
Eureka Police Identify Man Who Died at the Hospital, In Police Custody, Saturday
PREVIOUSLY Man Dies in Police Custody Today in Eureka ### From the Eureka Police Department: Following the notification of his next of kin, the Eureka Police Department is releasing the identity of the…
(UPDATE/PHOTOS/AUDIO) The Deal is Done and the Dams are Coming Down
…In the meantime, the following announcement from the office of Congressman Jared Huffman — also at the event — just came across the wire: Today, Congressman Huffman (D-San Rafael) will speak at the…
Victims Identified in Monday’s Trinity County Double Homicide
…Deputies responded to the residence on Carter Gulch Road and upon arriving at the residence, deputies observed a subject inside the residence. The subject ran out of the back of the residence…
(VIDEO) Canoe Sinks Near Indian Island; Coast Guard Rescues Two Women and a Dog
…Carr, the rescue swimmer, deployed and brought the two females and dog aboard. The survivors were brought to Murray Airfield in Eureka and transferred to local EMS in stable condition. "Even though…
Attorneys Finish Closing Statements; Bullock Case Now in Hands of Jury
More than two years and three months after Father Eric Freed was murdered in the rectory of Eureka's St. Bernard's Catholic Parish, the murder trial of Gary Lee Bullock is…
(VIDEO, UPDATE) Police Swarm Sixth and P Streets After Violent Struggle Between Cop and ‘Erratic’ Man
…The first officer arrived on scene and attempted to make contact with the male. The male, later identified as Pedro Naranjo (27), immediately started resisting the officer. The officer activated his emergency…
(UPDATED) Suspect Confesses to the Murder of Two People in Hayfork Last Night
…Deputies responded to the residence on Carter Gulch Road and upon arriving at the residence Deputies observed a subject inside the residence. The subject ran out of the back of the residence…
Humboldt Live Sessions: No Pardon
Believe it or nah, it's been over five months since the last Humboldt Live Sessions clip. Nuts. But. Recently our man Chuck wiped the dust from his lens and spent a…
OP-ED: Sanctuary Camp Proponents Set the Record Straight
Some news articles contain significant misinformation about AHHA (Affordable Homeless Housing Alternatives) and the City of Eureka. It was reported that AHHA refused an offer by the City for a space and…
OBITUARY: Jerry Felthauser, 1953-2016
…He was in the Marines in 1972 and received an honorable discharge. He was also a member of E Clampus Vitus Chapter 101. He loved the outdoors and spending time at the…
Deliberate Crime or Psychotic Breakdown? Attorneys Make Closing Arguments in Bullock Murder Trial
…While the DA's side takes the fact of the stolen car and works backwards to infer a motive, Cockrum said the evidence reminds him more of Plinko, the old game from…
Fortuna PD Finds Baggied-Up Meth, Weed, $5K Cash on Traffic Stop of Probationer
From the Fortuna Police Department: On April 2, 2016 at about 9:36 PM a Fortuna Officer conducted a traffic stop on Kenmar Road at Crestview Drive in Fortuna. During the course…
Felony Warrant Suspect Beats Feet After Crashing Stolen Truck Into Street Sign, Sheriff’s Office Says
From the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office: On Saturday, April 2, 2016, at about 10:50 p.m., Humboldt County Deputy Sheriffs noticed a red Nissan Frontier truck driving on Pennsylvania Ave…
Evil Phone Scammers Took a 77-Year-Old Myrtletown Lady for $40,000, Sheriff’s Office Says
From the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office: On Friday, April 1, 2016, at about 4:50 p.m., a Humboldt County Deputy Sheriff responded to the 2500 block of Hubbard Ln. for…
‘Major Announcement’ on Klamath River Restoration Wednesday; Jerry Brown, Secretary of the Interior, Others to Gather in Requa
…The announcement will be made at the mouth of the Klamath at Requa at 10 a.m. It appears to be the culmination of several months of effort between the states, the…
Behold! The Gloriously Weird Trailer for Daniel Radcliffe’s Humboldt-Filmed Farting Corpse Movie Has Arrived!
Radcliffe in a still from the trailer for Swiss Army Man. Last summer, the main things we knew about the indie film Swiss Army Man were that a) it stars Paul Dano…
Dunkin’ Donuts Announces Plans To Conquer Eureka’s Gullet
…The company plans to open more than 1,000 restaurants in total throughout the state over the long-term. In an effort to keep the brand fresh and competitive, Dunkin’ Donuts offers…
OP-ED: Dear LoCO, Please Stop Being Dicks
…But in the minds of LoCO’s editor and the Journal’s columnist, the media choosing to not post every mugshot they have the opportunity to post is tantamount to the government…
HARDIN: Robert ‘Woods’ Sutherland of HumMAP Talks About The Group’s Lawsuit Against Humboldt County
…The huge majority of which are entitled, under the new ordinance, to ministerial permits. What does that mean for the spotted owl? It means that the provisions that the Board of supervisors…
Photos of Humboldt Bay’s Beautiful Wildlife (Mostly Birds)
…We all gawked at the ultra-rare great gray and snowy owls visiting our coastline, and forgot to appreciate the wildlife we see everyday. Thankfully, LoCO friend and Redwood Planet Media photographer…
Out-of-Control Camaro Catches Air on H Street, Demolishes Parked Car, Crashes into Garage
Photo of the wrecked Camaro provided by Toni Fruth. One person was hospitalized after a red Camaro smashed into a parked car and spun out into a garage near the intersection of…
OBITUARY: Juanita Letson Samuels, 1927-2016
…They lived in many places, but made their home on the Trinidad Rancheria, where Juanita was one of the original members. Her life began to change with the passing of her husband…
DEAD RECKONING: ‘I Want to Live’
When a loved one is threatened by the scheming diseases of their own body, and you observe them battle to keep hold of first this breath, then the next, the impermanence of…