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Can This Eureka Kid’s ‘Easy Spanish Rice’ Win a Local School a $30k Cafeteria Makeover? Your Vote Decides
David and Jadon, rice cookin' machines If you are competent at clicking things and you've got a second, LoCO's going to direct you toward a contest on the Uncle Ben…
Los Angeles Times Reports on Fraught Relations Between Hoopa Valley Tribe, Sheriff’s Office
Required reading for Humboldt in this morning's Los Angeles Times, as reporter Lee Romney dives deep into the tension over law enforcement in the Hoopa Valley. In short: All is not…
(VIDEO) Your Latest Palco Marsh/Devil’s Playground Drone Flyover
As we noted here in Outpost land yesterday, tonight the Eureka City Council will vote on an "open space maintenance plan" aimed at providing guidelines for how to manage Eureka's western…
(VIDEO) 500 Salmon, 1 Hour
Few things get Humboldt hearts racing like the sight of salmon making it. For that reason, we would like to start your day with the pleasurable news that California state fish biologists…
(PHOTOS) Old Town Baristas Rock Bikinis in the Hopes of Helping Humboldt’s Hungry
…But why would the Lost Coast Outpost, a reputable Humboldt County online publication, feature such salacious imagery? Glad you let me ask on your behalf! You see, the charitable folk at Old…
Devil’s Playground/Palco Marsh Maintenance Plan on Tomorrow’s Eureka City Council Agenda
Structures of this sort — spotted in the greenbelt last week — would be subject to teardown if the City Council passes the proposed maintenance plan tomorrow night. More here. The Eureka City Council…
(UPDATING) Firefighters Tackle Two Small Fires in Arcata and Cutten, Even as Rain Dumps Out of the Sky
…The Outpost apologizes for this photo of a fire engine attacking the debris fire off the side of the highway near Arcata, which is the best we could do. The engine's…
DHHS Gets $500k Grant to Help House Local Homeless Families
…The CalWORKs HSP uses the rapid-rehousing model, an evidence-based practice that reduces the amount of time families spend on the street or in transitional programs. The U.S. Department of…
Two Rifles Taken in McKinleyville Ace Hardware Break-in, Sheriff’s Office Says
From the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office: On Monday, October 19, 2015 at approximately 7:09 a.m. the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office received a call from an employee at Ace…
Last Chance for Fortuna-Area Property Owners to Vote on Fire Assessment Fees Tonight
This evening is the deadline for property owners in the Fortuna Fire Protection District to vote up or down on the district's proposed new fire assessment fees. There will be a…
HARDIN: Let’s Not Market Our Premium Cannabis to Morons
As we move towards legalization, and pot becomes even more ubiquitous and banal, it will become more important than ever to remind the non-cannabis consuming community, why we find this common…
DEAD RECKONING: Welcome to Hellhole, CA
Baseball cards, like a fresh and peculiar brand of summer snowfall, littered the highway crossing, mingling dully with bright shards of safety glass, filaments of automotive fluid, paint specks and the eviscerated…
GROWING OLD UNGRACEFULLY: Black Lives — Matter Then, Matter Now
…On the page headed “Patterns of Immigration,” the authors helpfully explain that “The Atlantic Slave Trade between the 1500s and 1800s brought millions of workers from Africa to the southern United States…
LETTER FROM ISTANBUL: Breakfast With the Sultans
My wife Özge recently got a temporary transfer to Beylerbeyi, a palace on the Asian side of the city. Located in the shadow of the Bosphorus Bridge, it was a summer house…
Big Rig Loses a Wheel at Broadway and Fifth
…Jeff Osborne Numerous Lost Coast Outpost callers and Facebook friends alert us to the fact that a chip truck lost a wheel and "nearly tipped over" near the intersection of Broadway and…
Burning the Land to Restore It: A Yurok Tribal Council Put the Flame to Dozens of Acres Last Week
Yurok Wildland Fire Fighter Andy Lamebear ignites the brush under oak trees. Acorns are an important cultural resource. Photo: Matt Mais/Yurok Tribe. In the past few days, the Yurok Cultural Fire…
(VIDEO) ‘Palco Marsh/Devil’s Playground Street View’ Helmet Cam Video
…Yesterday, Friend of the Outpost Chris Barry strapped on his helmet cam and went for a ride down the greenbelt. He started at the foot of Del Norte and made it nearly…
Whoever Came Up With the ‘SoHum’s Most Wanted Poster’ is Feeling Pretty Good!
How do you like that? About an hour after various media sources posted the first ever "SoHum's Most Wanted Poster" a tip came in that led to the arrest of one…
$30k Endoscope Among Stolen Items Recovered From Eureka’s Palco Marsh
…The recovered property was easily identified as stolen due to the victim’s providing their serial numbers to police. The Eureka Police Department recommends to document serial numbers and take pictures of…
IT’S FLU SEASON! County Health Department Runs Down Your Flu Shot Options
…Public Health officials recommend getting the vaccine earlier in the season. There is more you can do to prevent the spread of the flu in addition to getting a flu shot. Health…
INTRODUCING: The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office SoHum’s Most Wanted Poster!
Following in the steps of the steps of the Eureka Police Department, it seems that the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office is going to try its hand at the e-wanted poster…
Two Hoopa Men Arrested in Wyoming Traffic Stop With 57 Pounds in the Hyundai
From the Wyoming Highway Patrol: A traffic stop for speeding on October 15th west of Cheyenne has resulted in the arrest of two California men who were traveling with more than 50…
(PHOTOS) Puppies and Pancakes, Trash and Transition: A Day in Eureka’s Palco Marsh and Devil’s Playground
A fraction of the encampments currently at Eureka's Palco Marsh These days, the gravel road leading into Eureka's Palco Marsh bustles with as much human movement as just about any…
LoCO Sports: Kids Invade Eureka Waterfront for Cross-Country Run (PHOTOS)
Kids running the Hikshari' Trail in Eureka. Photo by Allison Marsh. Hundreds of kids from all over the county came to Eureka's Hikshari' Trail yesterday afternoon for a massive intramural cross…
National Weather Service Ups the Chances of a Wet Humboldt Winter
Last time we checked in, there was still a lot of uncertainty in the air over what this year's monster El Niño would signify for Humboldt, rainwise. While southern California nearly…
South Korean Microbrewery Looking to Set Up Shop in Eureka
Facebook photo from The Booth Brewing Co. A craft brewery from South Korea's burgeoning microbrew scene is looking to take over a brewing facility in Old Town Eureka. Representatives of The…
OBITUARY: George Edward Merideth, 1941-2015
George Edward Merideth died peacefully at Timber Ridge Assisted Living early in the morning of Monday, October 5th, 2015. George was born in Alabama on July 29, 1941 and moved to California…
Medical Weed Will Be Regulated, But Industry Still Can’t Access Banks
Not a safety deposit box. (Wikipedia) There was much rejoicing (and probably some teeth-gnashing) last week when Governor Jerry Brown signed a trio of bills to regulate the medical marijuana industry…
(UPDATED) Man Missing in Remote Area of Trinity County
…House walked away from his residence in the remote area of Trinity County on the evening of October 11, 2015 around 7:20 p.m. or the early morning hours of October…
Man Arrested in Eureka After Alleged Golf Club Attack
…Officers responded and found the suspect across the street waiting for officers near the entrance to the Humboldt County Correctional Facility. The suspect was identified as Kristopher Jett, 29, transient of Crescent…