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Vigilant Neighbor Foils Eureka Burglary
…On 07/31/15 at about 11:49 p.m., the Eureka Police Department Communications Center received a call from a resident on the 2500 block of California Street. The caller said…
Evacuations Ordered Throughout Trinity County
…Multiple fires are threatening Denny Road and the ability to evacuate the area.~Castle Rock Area Mandatory Evacuations Mandatory Evacuations have been requested by US Forest Service and ordered by the Trinity…
VIDEO From Ruth Lake Fire
…The video above was submitted to the Outpost by Matthew Williams. ADDENDUM: Williams says this video was shot on Hwy. 36, about 10 miles west of the exit to Ruth. PREVIOUSLY: Aerial…
Aerial Photos from Ruth Lake Wildfire; Highway 36 Closed at Humboldt/Trinity Line; Power Outages
…Now, the Outpost would like to apologize for not having the energy to post all of the stunning imagery readers are sending our way related to the various wildfires burning in our…
Ashes Fall From the Sky All Around Humboldt County
…Friends of the Outpost from across middle Humboldt are reporting that they are witnessing ashes falling from the sky, our harvest from the scary fire situation in the mountains to our southeast…
St. Joseph Health Looks to Merge With Larger Catholic Nonprofit
…The Orange County Register reports that a Providence executive sent an email to members of the foundation saying the two organization have signed a letter of intent to become "a new, single…
Picket Fire Grows to 750 Acres; Ruth Lake Campgrounds Evacuated
…The fires on the Mad River RD are called the Mad River Complex. The Picket Fire, now at 750 acres, and the Gobbler Fire have moved down to the road at the…
PHOTO: This Amazing Photo of a Clearlake Fire Is Not a Photo of a Clearlake Fire
[For LoCO's chronological list of fire updates, go here.] This photo is going viral on Facebook right about now: // Friend sent me this picture of the fire going on in Clearlake…
Inmate Breaks Pelvis During Suicide Attempt at Humboldt County Correctional Facility
…As the Correctional Deputy was returning the inmate to his cell the inmate ran from the Correctional Deputy and up a flight of stairs. At the first landing between the top and…
State Officials Explore Banking Options for Weed Dispensaries
It has long been a problem in the medical (and now non-medical) marijuana industry: Banks refuse to serve any business dealing with the Schedule 1 controlled substance because it's illegal…
LoCO SPORTS: Humboldt B-52s TKO NBO Baseball Club
The sky did tricks over Bomber Field Thursday night A comfortable July evening proved a fine stage for a bout of America’s favorite pastime as the Humboldt B-52s walloped the…
(UPDATE) Dozens of Small Wildfires Burning in Humboldt County; More Lightning Coming
…Calfire has updated the number of separate lightning-caused fires in the area to 53. Another 16 fires found in the #HumboldtLightning complex, for 53 total. Some with potential of several hundred…
McKinleyville Fears a Juvenile Crime Wave, But Can You Call This Group of Delinquents a ‘Gang’?
Is a gang of teenagers terrorizing McKinleyville? That's certainly the impression one gets from reading a lively community watch Facebook page that covers the town. Over the last couple of months…
As Miranda’s Rescue Celebrates 20 Years, One Woman Continues Online Allegations
…The rescue's founder and president, Shannon Miranda, began his rescue operation in 1995, and in the two decades since it has gradually expanded to become the county's largest and most…
What Is That Fast-Moving Lighted Object In The Sky?
…Some info about the ISS: The International Space Station is a unique place – a convergence of science, technology and human innovation that demonstrates new technologies and makes research breakthroughs not possible on…
Willow Creek Marijuana Grow Raided; 1,481 Plants, Environmental Violations Discovered
…This watershed was identified as a watershed of concern for the task force due to the high natural resource value of the watershed and the intensity of cultivation activities in the area…
Wildfire Updates: Humboldt’s Smoky Skies are Due to Wildfires to the South
[For LoCO's chronological list of fire updates, go here.] Numerous LoCO readers wrote in this morning inquiring about the hint of haze in the air. At some point in their lives…
Coffee Caper: Break-In at Old Town Coffee and Chocolates, Many Beans Burgled
…Also, a lock on the door of a fridge in the back hallway had been pried off and much beer snagged. (The unsophisticated crook(s) left the wine, though.) This fridge was…
Law Enforcement Searching For Suspect(s) Who Shot Viral Open Letter Writer in the Eye with a Paintball
Campus police are asking the public for any information that might help them identify a suspect (or suspects) in an early morning paintball shooting that took place in Arcata earlier this week…
DUMPSTER DEATH SCARE: Dump Truck Driver Fears That He Dumped a Dumpster-Dweller Into the Trash
…So the dump truck, along with the cops and the medics, took the show over to the Humboldt Waste Management transfer station on West Hawthorne, where the garbage collected thus far on…
County’s Economic Development Coordinator, Jacqueline Debets, Resigns
After almost 15 years working for the County of Humboldt, longtime Economic Development Coordinator Jacqueline Debets is resigning to take a job in Auburn. Debets described her new gig as "a great…
Two Women Arrested in Eureka After Alleged Billy Club Assault
…The victim called from the vicinity of the Burre Center and denied the need for medical aid. Officers searched the area but were still unable to locate a victim. At 6:45…
Your Week in Ocean: You Gotta Read this Stuff
This molting elephant seal seems to be doing just fine hanging out by the bay – but the Northcoast Marine Mammal Center is only a call away if you see a creature needing…
About Today’s Feces Seep on Fifth Street
…On the hottest July 28 in the history of Eureka, crews from Public Works were called to the intersection of 5th and D streets to deal with a manhole exploding sewage all…
We Have Questions (PHOTO)
There was not a soul in sight when LoCO snapped this shot of the pier at the foot of F Street, so … should we be worried? (h/t Chuck Johnson)
Supervisors Postpone Dispensary Ordinance Vote For (at Least) Three Weeks
After much back-and-forth on the language and background of a proposed ordinance to allow medical marijuana dispensaries in the county once again, the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors "continued" the…
Academic Paper Suggests Legalizing Weed Would Help the Environment
Photo of an allegedly illegal pond, from the paper in BioScience. By Scott Bauer. Here in Humboldt County, anyone paying even a tiny bit of attention knows the outlaw marijuana industry is…
Guest Post: ‘Open Letter to the Cowards Who Shot Me in the Eye with a Paintball Gun in Arcata’
…When we got to the hospital, I puked my guts out in the parking lot. The puke was from the nausea of a serious eye wound, and it's a running theme…
Last Week’s ‘Falling’ Death in Garberville Now Considered a Homicide
One week ago, the Outpost posted a Humboldt County Sheriff's Office release which described an incident in Garberville in which 37-year-old Khanh Lam of Atlanta, Georgia was found unconscious…
LoCO Blackout Bot Says Humboldt’s Power is Seriously Messed Up Right Now
Holy crap! LoCO's Blackout Bot is working overtime noting no less than ten power outages in Humboldt in the last hour. Here's a quick roll call of the largest swaths…