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(UPDATED, 299 Open) Weaverville Brush Fire Closes Highway 299
…Press release from the Trinity County Sheriff's Office: At approximately 1555 hours (3:55pm) a brush fire was reported to the Trinity County Sheriff’s Office. The fire’s location is…
Here’s Why Two Suspected Big-Time Heroin Dealers Walked Out of Jail Free Last Week
…The two men are free today because of a failure of communication between the Eureka Police Department (the arresting agency) and the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office (which runs the jail). If…
(UPDATED) Law Enforcement, Coast Guard Searching Hammond Trail for Missing Person
…the missing person Fleek used a pay phone at the Safeway store in Arcata to call the Arcata Police Department. Fleek had heard it on the news that she was reported as…
Sheriff’s Office Identifies Man Killed in Shootout With Hoopa Valley Tribal Police Officer
PREVIOUSLY Man Shot, Killed Near Weitchpec in Shootout With Hoopa Tribal Officer, Sheriff’s Office Reports From the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office: Previous Richard Keith Kelley mugshot from Trinity County, as…
‘Perhaps Acoustic Music?’: Blue Lake Residents Hope to Hush Logger Bar
…The low end of the bass carries through walls into houses that are in the vicinity. This occurs with your doors and our windows closed. The noise is even worse in the…
Man Robbed at Gunpoint While Depositing Minimart Receipts at Hoopa Bank; Sheriff’s Office Seeks Suspect
From the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office: On 09-05-2015 at 00:55 a.m. the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office received a call of an armed robbery with a handgun…
Larry Doss to Win Seat on Harbor Commission by Default; Fellow Candidates Fail to Gather Qualifying Signatures
…Written in the third person, the release says, in part: Over the next several years Allen had planned to balance between serving on the harbor commission and building the California Growers Association…
Fortuna Woman With History of Vehicle Theft Arrested for Stealing a Honda Sedan
…Fortuna Police Department While responding to the call, Officers located the green sedan abandoned in the 1900 block of Rohnerville Road. A female matching the description provided by the reporting party was…
(UPDATED) Driver of Tuesday’s Hit-and-Run Arrested for Manslaughter
…More info from the CHP: The California Highway Patrol (CHP) Humboldt Area is now able to release the identity of the victim that was involved in this traffic collision. The victim was…
HARDIN: Choice and Change in Humboldt County
…It takes dedication and lifelong commitment to join the ranks of the middle-class. At the same time, the middle-class lifestyle has a very poor record of making people happy. As…
OBITUARY: Keith ‘Rhino’ Jones, 1947-2015
…Later he was the tow truck out at the races. He loved being out there. Keith was also very involved with the community serving as an adviser for BLM and the off…
GROWING OLD UNGRACEFULLY: Easier, Cheaper, Weirder
The 14th century Charles Bridge (Karlův most) links the two sides of Prague across the Vltava River. (Barry Evans) Louisa and I co-teach a travel class through OLLI (HSU extension program…
DEAD RECKONING: Siblings in Space (or, Welcome to Planet Faulk)
…At four years old, all things were new to me, so I stumbled out of the smoke-filled living room, seeking the source of the hullabaloo: In the laundry room just off…
LETTER FROM ISTANBUL: The Children of Aylan
You saw the image of the dead Syrian child washed up on the shores of Bodrum in southwest Turkey this past week. How could you not have? The whole world saw it…
Structure Fire Ignites in Eureka
…The blaze was reported to be burning beneath the two-story home. Multiple engines responded, and the building was evacuated. Photo submitted by a LoCO reader.
Young Man Shot to Death at Hammond Park in Eureka
…He was transported to the hospital where he died of a gunshot wound." Mills said it is too early in the investigation to determine if the shooting was gang related. Information will…
Near-Drowning Victim at Kimtu Beach is Airlifted to Redding
…Lieutenant Wayne Hanson of the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office tells the outpost that the woman shows positive vital signs. Information will be updated as it comes in.
AT&T Offers $10,000 Bounty for Any Information Leading to the Arrest and Conviction of the Fiber Line Vandals
In an effort to catch the culprits of Thursday's suspected fiber line vandalism near Ukiah, AT&T is offering a $10,000 bounty for any information leading to their arrest and…
Man Shot, Killed Near Weitchpec in Shootout With Hoopa Tribal Officer, Sheriff’s Office Reports
A man was shot and killed in an officer-involved shooting last night after he opened fire on a Hoopa Tribal Police officer near Weitchpec, the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office reports…
Five Thousand Plants Pulled in Drug Task Force Raids Near Miranda Yesterday
Adds the Sheriff's Office to the Drug Task Force press release, below: "There was evidence at both sites of illegal land grading and water diversion. DTF reports will be sent to…
Here’s How Mendocino County Coped With All Its 911 Services Disappearing Yesterday
…Offline The Internet is Up! Cable Slasher to Blame for Yesterday’s Outage, Says AT&T Press release from the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office: On 09-03-2015 at approximately 10…
The Internet is Up! Cable Slasher to Blame for Yesterday’s Outage, Says AT&T
…Yesterday afternoon, about six hours or more into the outage, it was blaming the failure of its fiber-optic line on a "rock slide" near Ukiah. Today it's saying that the…
Oily Rags Spontaneously Combust, Set Fire to Eureka Garage
…The cause and origin investigation shows the fire was caused by spontaneous combustion of discarded rags used for staining a deck. The rags were stored in a plastic bucket just inside the…
Judge Dale Reinholtsen Publicly Admonished For False Salary Records, Delayed Decisions
…Among the many matters that Reinholtsen failed to decide in time, according to the admonishment, were several high-profile county cases, including the City of Eureka's lawsuit against problematic landlords Floyd…
Vehicle Recovered, Arrest Warrant Sought in Fatal Hit-and-Run Collision
…Chevy Tahoe Strikes, Kills Pedestrian Near Fortuna; CHP Searching for Suspect ### From the California Highway Patrol: The California Highway Patrol (CHP) Humboldt Area has recovered the grey 2007 Chevy Tahoe that was…
‘There Is No Consensus’: Environmental Groups Call BS On CCVH Unity Announcement
Earlier today we reported on the latest newsletter from California Cannabis Voice Humboldt (CCVH), the political action group working to draft a countywide medical marijuana cultivation ordinance. In that newsletter, which was…
California Cannabis Voice Humboldt Announces Consensus Agreement With Local Environmental Groups
…If you can come into compliance with those things, that’s the best we can hope for." In effect, then, the next draft of the CCVH ordinance will remain mum on the…
THE INTERNET IS DOWN!!! Massive AT&T Outage Takes Humboldt County Phones, Internet, Etc. Offline
…The north-south fiber optic connection — the one that was cut today — is owned by AT&T. The east-west fiber optic connection — the "redundant fiber," the cable that was completed in…
Last Night’s Homelessness Debate: City of Eureka Caught Between a Rock and a Marshy Place
Protesters urge drivers to “honk for the homeless.” Photos by John Ross Ferrara. One thing the Eureka City Council was able to agree on last night regarding the controversial homelessness ordinance was…
Governor Signs Wood Bill Bringing $5M for Rural Broadband Efforts
Press release from the office of California Assemblymember Jim Wood: Wood Today Governor Brown signed AB 1262 into law. The bill provides $5 million to support groups and initiatives working to increase…