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Mobile Home Overfilled With Stuff Burns Near Valley West
…The first engine crew laid in a dry line from the hydrant and assumed fire attack. The second engine crew activated the hydrant and was assigned rapid intervention crew (RIC). The third…
Structure in Flames at Fields Landing; Sheriff’s Office Arresting People at the Scene
…The Outpost's Andrew Goff, who is at the scene, has taken photos (below) of the Sheriff's Office taking people into custody at the scene. Butane canisters at the scene.
Jury Finds Arcata Man Guilty of Robbing Teens at Knifepoint
From the District Attorney's Office: Phoenix Campbell-Loya, after being arrested on a separate occasion in November 2013. On June 29, 2015, in the case of the People of the State…
[UPDATED With Explanation] County Courthouse Watering Lawn Monday Despite Eureka Drought Rules
…We have turned the water off and will work through our contract to deal with the revegetation in time of drought. The rest of the lawns have not been watered in a…
Hydesville Man Arrested After Allegedly Inciting Mass Mendocino Doggy Jailbreak
…Also, in the parking lot was suspect Joseph Viltrakis with the canines. Viltrakis told deputies he was at the animal shelter to retrieve his girlfriend’s "service dog". Viltrakis noted the dogs…
More on Indian Island Shooting; Kayak Thought to Be Stolen; Suspect Expected to Survive
…In one hand the man held a bottle of liquor, in the other he held a machete. The victim again told the man to leave, at which point the suspect raised the…
Eureka Police Issue Statement on Today’s Shooting on Indian Island
…When the homeowner told the male to leave the island, the male reportedly refused and stood up with a machete in his hand. The male raised the machete and advanced toward the…
Shooting on Indian Island; Man Shot in Abdomen at Private Residence
…Humboldt Bay Fire's Chris Jelinek talked to the Outpost about the current status of the victim, and about the difficulties of getting rescue personnel to the scene: audio ### UPDATE, 1:25…
Campfire Burning Out of Control on Humboldt Hill
…The area is heavily wooded, and the fire is currently about a quarter-acre in size. Fire crews have been dispatched and the blaze is reported to be burning at a slow…
GROWING OLD UNGRACEFULLY: Moon Madness This Wednesday!
Very nice, honest people – some of my friends, even – believe that the full moon causes strangeness in the minds of human beings and peculiar happenings in the world as a whole. After…
DEAD RECKONING: The Arms of an Angel
…Late at night, again, I sometimes stumble down the stairs to find the two of them, both the women in my life, sprawled out together on the sofa, basking in the quiet…
LETTER FROM ISTANBUL: Silifke and Anamur
…The whole region, over the ages, has passed through the hands of Assyrians, later Alexander the Great and the Macedonians, the Persians, then the Romans, the Byzantians, and finally the Ottoman Turks…
PASTOR BETHANY: One Week Later: Charleston
Wednesday evening, after the UMC conference I was attending in Burlingame had closed for the day, I was startled by the "breaking news" ping on my phone. The air sucked out of…
Emergency Water Conservation Ordered in the Hoopa Valley
Press release from the Hoopa Valley Tribal Office of Emergency Services and the Hoopa Valley Public Utilities District: Hoopa Valley residents are being asked to limit their water use to drinking and…
Hikers Find Two Dead Whales on Lost Coast Trail
A dead whale washed ashore on the Lost Coast Trail. Photos provided by Mark Scatchard, Shoogoo and Juggles. A group of hikers happened upon two dead whales this week during their 10th…
Inmate Found Hanged in Humboldt County Correctional Facility
…This incident is currently under joint investigation by the HCSO and the Humboldt County District Attorney’s Office (HCDAO). Anyone with information for the Sheriff’s Office regarding this case or related…
‘Operation Emerald Tri-County’: Live-Blogging Mendo County Sheriff’s Office Teleconference on This Week’s Raids
…However, law enforcement got out its shovels and unblocked the road. ### "This was the most egregious environmental situation in all three counties," Allman says. This is why the three counties, along with…
$26M of Weed Seized in Island Mountain Raids, Says Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office
…No suspect(s) were located on the parcels. The Sheriff’s Office seized or eradicated the following items from the search warrants: 23,211 marijuana plants. 4,394 pounds of processed marijuana…
Worker Run Over by Steamroller at Eureka Construction Site
A construction worker at the site of the new RMI sporting goods store on Broadway was run over by a steamroller a few minutes ago. Captain Chis Kemp of Humboldt Bay Fire…
(PHOTOS/UPDATE) Equality is the Law of the Land, and Humboldt Will Celebrate Tonight
…They ask for equal dignity in the eyes of the law. The Constitution grants them that right. — Justice Anthony Kennedy Press release from the Humboldt Equality Coalition: Before July 1st, the Supreme…
Coast Guard Rescues Two Stranded Kayakers Off Baker Beach
…The Coast Guard helicopter crew pulled the male survivor from the off shore rocks by lowering the rescue swimmer, AST2 Jon Rice to the rocks where he secured the kayaker with the…
Fortuna Burglary Suspects Taken Into Custody at Dogpoint
From the Fortuna Police Department: Barto On 6/25/2015 at approximately 0836 hours, Officers with the Fortuna Police Department were dispatched to the 900 block of 15th Street for the report…
(UPDATE: SUSPECTED ARSON) Hoopa Historical Structures Burned Near Tish Tang Campground
…Allie Hostler of the Two Rivers Tribune is at the scene and sends in the photos in this post, noting the fire has jumped the river and at least one of the…
Despite Raids, California Cannabis Voice Humboldt to Release Draft Ordinance, Hold Rally on Courthouse Steps
This image is making the rounds on social media. Over the past year, local marijuana growers and activists, led by the political action group California Cannabis Voice-Humboldt (CCVH), have worked hard…
A Chemtrail Pilot’s Crisis of Conscience, or…
…a real explanation? We reached out to Emily Jacobs, program director with the Humboldt County Aviation Division and the woman with answers to all our dumb sky questions. "Air traffic control said…
San Diego Museum Rejects Golden Rule’s Request to Dock, Cites Ketch’s ‘Political Agenda’
…However, the act became a model for future peace activists and directly inspired the organization Greenpeace. The newly restored ketch is now known as the world’s first peace vessel. The restoration…
Raise a Water Dish for APD Officer Bronko: A Look Back at the Career of ‘The Pride of Gunzenhausen’
After a ruff six year career, Bronko has retired from the Arcata Police Department Good boy, Bronko! Arcata Police Department press release: Arcata Police Patrol Service Canine, "Bronko," retired after six years…
(UPDATE: DECEDENT NAMED) ‘Suspicious Death’ in Devil’s Playground Last Night; Coroner, EPD Investigating
…From the Eureka Police Department: The Humboldt County Coroner’s Office has released the identity of the man who was found un-responsive in the green belt area north of the Bayshore…
Former Juvenile Corrections Officer Pleads Guilty to Child Pornography Possession
…Quiroz is prosecuting the case with the assistance of Marina Ponomarchuk. The prosecution is the result of an investigation by the HSI Child Exploitation Investigations Group, as well as investigators from the…
With Murder Charge Dropped, Trial Date Confirmed for Benjamin Carter
Benjamin Carter, the 34-year-old Southern Humboldt man who has admitted shooting and killing Zachery Jacob Chapman during an altercation near Garberville in April 2014, appeared in court this afternoon, slouching…