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Eureka City Manager on Budget Cut Debate: Don’t Say We Aren’t Spending Measure Q Money on Police, Fire
…The City of Eureka proposed budget continues to receive a great deal of comment from residents as well as our own employees in the Police Department and from the Humboldt Bay Fire…
Phillipsville Man Strangles Girfriend for Drug Money, Sheriff’s Office Says
From the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office: On 05-29-2015 at 4:30 p.m. a Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office Deputy contacted a 34 year old female victim in Phillpsville…
DOLLISON’S DOCKET: When You’re Talking About Eureka’s Budget Problems, You’re Talking About Pensions
One of the single most important acts of democracy will happen this week in Eureka. The Eureka City Council is holding two “budget workshops” in the City Council chambers – on Wednesday and…
Load O’ Weed ’N’ Meth Discovered in Late-Nite Central Avenue Traffic Stop
From the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office: On 06-02-2015, at about 3:20 A.M., a Sheriff’s Deputy who was patrolling the McKinleyville area observed a vehicle code violation…
(UPDATE) Vehicle Over Guard Rail on Highway 299; Person Stuck Inside
…The California Highway Patrol - Humboldt Area responded to the scene and is conducting the investigation. The California Highway Patrol would like to thank the services provided at the scene by the Willow…
Op-Ed: Wanna Save Your Fire Station? How ‘Bout Less Sleep Pay?
[After posting Humboldt Bay Fire's Jeff Broberg's op-ed piece rallying Eureka citizens to save Fire Station 4 this morning, the Outpost received a response from none other than Miles…
Here’s Why Arcata’s ‘California Welcome Center’ Might Close
Via Google Streetview The California Welcome Center can't keep its doors open if it doesn't find some help soon, Arcata Chamber of Commerce executive director Sandy Scott told KHUM today…
(UPDATED: FALSE REPORT) Rescue Swimmers Searching Del Norte Street Pier for Reported Drowning Victim
…However, they took the report seriously, and rescue swimmers went in the water to conduct a "grid search" of the area around the pier just a few moments ago. The Outpost's…
Op-Ed: Voters Passed Measure Q, So Eureka’s Fire Station 4 Should Stay Open
[As mentioned earlier today, this week the Eureka City Council will attempt to wrap its soul around the bummer 2015-2016 budget over a series of meetings. Specifically Wednesday, they'll look…
‘Parklets,’ Food Carts, Waterfront Planning on Tuesday’s Eureka City Council Agenda
Sure, the biggest items in a big week for the Eureka City Council are the two special meetings that will be held Wednesday and Thursday to hammer out details of what looks…
Hash Lab-Caused Explosion in Cutten; Man Seen Fleeing Scene
…After investigation the cause of the fire was found to be related to the manufacturing of concentrated marijuana using flammable gases. The gas was ignited by an electric motor. Debris from the…
GROWING OLD UNGRACEFULLY: Food 4 Fun (Contains Gluten)
…Fake drugs (sugar pills) for depression, acupuncture that doesn't puncture the skin (while the patient believes it does), sham surgery, all have been shown to cure – sometimes as well as the…
DEAD RECKONING: Finding Your Place
…All the same companies, the same employee uniforms, recipes, products, and services are offered from the same bland buildings in the same giant parking lots. Sprawl, like a disease, spreads in the…
Smokejumpers, Helicopters Sent to Battle Hoopa Wildfire
…audio Within the hour, the fire had spread to nearby wildlands. At about 5:30, Calfire air units were scrambled to assist local agencies battling the fire. Twenty minutes later, dispatcher deployed…
LoCO ON THE POT: Gavin Does Legalization in Garberville
…The forum was held at the Garberville College of the Redwoods Campus, or The Redwood Playhouse, the community theater on Sprowl Creek Road by the freeway. I don't often attend cannabis…
(UPDATED) Fortuna Police Patrol Car Strikes Mother and Baby on Main Street
Photo courtesy LoCO reader A Fortuna Police vehicle struck a woman and her baby who were crossing 15th Street at Main this afternoon, crumpling the baby carriage under its fender. The incident…
(UPDATED) Humboldt Bay Fire Battling House Fire in the West Side
…Crews were also able to successfully protect the exposed garage to the rear with no damage. Due to the old construction of the building, fire crews found pockets of hidden fire in…
Sheriff’s Office to McK’s Hiller Road for Suicidal Man, Possible Shot Fired
The Sheriff’s Office was called to a tense scene on McKinleyville’s Hiller Avenue this afternoon, after the office receive a report about a despondent man armed with a shotgun threatening…
Crescent City Police Trying to Sort Fact From Fancy in Reported Kidnapping
…Also, they have only the vaguest description of the men, and the woman, and the car. Minsal said that Crescent City has had no new missing persons reports in the last 24…
Humboldt Live Sessions: Royal Jelly Jive
Our second Humboldt Live Sessions episode of the day also comes to us from Samoa — this time from the Samoa pedestrian tunnel. Last Saturday night, HLS creator Chuck Johnson's band The…
Hoopa Man Arrested For Felony Sexual Assault on a Minor
…Anyone with information for the Sheriff’s Office regarding this case or related criminal activity is encouraged to call the Sheriff’s Office at 707-445-7251 or the Sheriff’s Office…
Navy Ship USS Champion Currently Docked in Eureka (PHOTOS)
Lost Coast Outpost readers, the suspicious bunch that they’ve been known to be, write in to ask why there is a hulking military ship currently casting its shadow on Eureka’s…
Sheriff’s Office Seeking Suspect in Machete-Based Assault, Robbery of Pizza Deliveryman
From the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office: Kesselring. On 05-26-2015 at 11:50 p.m. the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office Deputies were dispatched to the Manila Community Center in…
Eureka’s Fake Firearm Enthusiast Arrested Yet Again, After Attempted Liquor Store Holdup
…She said the male was last seen running to the rear of the business. The description given matched the description of the male causing the disturbance at the 1300 block of 7th…
Two Arrested With Meth After Cannibal Island Probation Search
…When the deputy removed the cloth case he located (4) four baggies containing approximately (1) one ounce of methamphetamine. The deputy then searched the vehicle. Inside of the vehicle the deputy located…
Humboldt Live Sessions: Lindsay Lou and the Flatbellys
…According to cameraman Chuck Johnson, the band are chums with singer Joshua Davis of The Voice fame. In fact, the song the Flatbellys chose for their closeup, "The Workingman's Hymn," was…
Aerial Photos of the Willits Bypass (PHOTOS)
Our regional Caltrans' social media gurus have posted up some eye catching photos of the current state of construction on the Willits Bypass project. They predict concrete pouring for Little Lake Valley…
Matthew in the Middle: You’ll Never Work Environment In This Town Again!
Stories from the 2014 campaign trail… Last year a friend of mine who is part of the local environmental community endorsed my wife, Virginia Bass for her County Supervisor re-election, in…
Union Street Drug House POPpped by Eureka Police; Weed, Meth, Guns, Etc., Etc., Etc…
From the Eureka Police Department: On 05/27/15 at about 8:32 a.m., Detectives with the Eureka Police Department’s Problem Oriented Policing Unit (POP) served a search warrant at…
Relatives of Missing Woman Danielle Bertolini Claim Her Remains Have Been Identified; Sheriff’s Office Cannot Confirm
A Facebook page set up to bring attention to the cases of two missing local women is claiming that human remains found on the banks of the Eel near Ferndale in March…