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OBITUARY: Richard Lee Crosswhite, 1951-2015
[Submitted to the Outpost by the family of the deceased.] Richard Lee Crosswhite1951-2015 Richard Lee Crosswhite, “Dick”, was born July 3, 1951 in Hoopa and has passed away at home surrounded…
Kayaker Drowns Beneath McCann Bridge This Morning
Rescuers underneath the McCann bridge during the attempt to recover the body. [Photo by Shanon Taliaferro] According to scanner traffic, a female kayaker was trapped against a piling on the McCann Bridge…
LoCO ON THE POT: Dabbable Bubble Hash?!? Whaaaaaat…
…Hartsoe's been in the medical marijuana biz for the past five years. According to her, the popularity of bubble hash in that time has been "nonexistent — pretty much no one asks…
LETTER FROM ISTANBUL: On Account
(From “The Trumpet Fisherman and Other Istanbul Sketches) When I first met Bulent, he was working at his brother Edep’s shop in Çiçekçi, a pleasant residential area near Üsküdar. At the…
GROWING OLD UNGRACEFULLY: The Secret
I was one of the Guardians, a small group entrusted with The Secret, whose job it was to pass it on from one generation to the next. It was time for our…
[UPDATE: 11:06 p.m.] Breaking News: Subway Robbed in Willow Creek
…A spokesperson at the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office said that the individuals detained do not appear to have been involved in the incident. Deputies are still on the scene attempting to…
3.6 Earthquake Tickles the Coast
3.6 Earthquake Tickles the Coast
The Humboldt Pride Runs Deep in These People: Video Sparks Trash Cleanup Revolution
A homeless camp cleaned up on Friday. [Photo on the left pre-cleanup. Photo on the right post cleanup.] Yesterday, 3600 pounds of trash went to the dump as part of a…
[UPDATE] ‘Suspicious’ Fire Engulfs Home Just Off Broadway
…The Humboldt Bay Fire District was called to the scene at about 11:30 a.m. and found the building "fully involved." Chief Ken Woods, who is at the scene, told the…
Manhunt in Mendocino Yesterday for Man Wanted on Hum. Co. Arrest Warrant
…The Surfwood subdivision of the town of Mendocino was on lockdown yesterday while law enforcement scoured the area for the 31-year-old man. According to the host of the popular MendocinoSportsPlus…
Male Unconscious After Vehicle v. Pedestrian Collision on Broadway
…Officers who first arrived at the scene reported that the pedestrian — a man — was lying in the roadway unconscious. Medical personnel were summoned to the scene, along with CHP cars to help…
HSU President Hand-Delivers Letter to Native American Forum Protesters, Asks Them to Leave
…23, with students who are conducting a sit-in in the Native American Forum on campus. She delivered a letter and made the following remarks: "I’ve come here to the Native…
Eureka Brothers Plead Guilty to Megagrow Charges in Federal Court
From the United States Department of Justice, Eastern Division of California: SACRAMENTO, Calif. —Isidro Alcazar-Tapia, 25, and Arturo Alcazar-Tapia, 21, both of Eureka, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to manufacture…
Extrication Needed From an Accident Near Hookton Exit on Hwy 101
…near the Hookton Road Exit on Highway 101. Reportedly, an individual is trapped and extrication is needed. Fire and ambulance are responding. Follow updates here.
Camaro Flees Traffic Stop, Crashes Into Parked Car; Driver Flees on Foot
…There, the driver collided with a park car near the corner of F Street and Grotto. The driver fled on foot and was captured with the help of citizens. The citizens assisted…
Fish and Wildlife With Law Enforcement in Sproul Creek Again Today, Other At-Risk Watersheds Slated to Get Similar Visits
…Individuals on site at a majority of the inspected parcels gave consent for the team to look at the operations and were cooperative in identifying areas of interest for the inspectors, negating…
EPD Releases Description of Fresh Freeze Robbery Suspect
From the Eureka Police Department: On 01/22/15 at about 9:46 p.m., officers were dispatched to Fresh Freeze (500 block of Harris) for a robbery that just occurred. The…
Convoy Headed South on Hwy 101
A number of vehicles were left at the Garberville airport, not far from Sproul Creek, this morning after their drivers got into Fish and Wildlife vehicles. [Photo provided by a reader.] According…
Fresh Freeze Robbed Thursday Night
Fresh Freeze was robbed on Thursday. [Photo from the Fresh Freeze Facebook page.] According to scanner traffic, just before 10 p.m. Thursday night, a man threatened an employee of the Eureka…
Willits Bypass Falsework Collapses, Three Injured
Falsework collapsed on the Willits Bypass this Thursday afternoon. [Photo courtesy of The Willits News.] A section of the Willits Bypass viaduct crumpled underneath workers on Thursday afternoon as concrete was being…
Guns, Heroin, Weed and Three Arrested in Eureka
…On 01/22/15 at about 7:30 a.m., Detectives with the Eureka Police Department’s Problem Oriented Policing Unit (POP), served a search warrant at a residence on the 3400…
Searching for Jojo (AUDIO)
…Dronkers wanted to know if the Jojo featured in the clip was the real deal. The nameless interviewee assured him the performance was exaggerated. “It’s definitely an embellishment, you know. It…
Arcata Traffic Stop Leads to Heroin Bust
…Based upon the observation of marijuana in the vehicle, the officer conducted a search of the driver and the vehicle. Approximately one half pound of heroin, packaged for sales, was found on…
Cannabis Consciousness News—First Chance to Hear the New Program Tonight
…In the few years since Reynolds began hosting her shows, she has helped make changes to this community. The change she says she is most proud of is "raising awareness of the…
[Roadway Open] Log Blocking Southbound Lane at Richardson Grove
…California Highway Patrol dispatch indicates there is a log blocking the southbound lane of Hwy 101 on the north end of Richardson's Grove. The log reportedly fell off a logging truck.
Eureka Residents Turn Out for Crime Prevention Meeting
It was standing-room only tonight as close to 200 people filed into the Eureka Veterans' Hall at dinner hour looking for proactive solutions to the city's problem of rising crime…
Thousands of Dollars Worth of Knives Stolen from Redway Business
…The business owner provided the attached pictures of the knives. Anyone with information for the Sheriffs Office regarding this case or related criminal activity is encouraged to call the Sheriffs Office at…
North Jetty Call Box: Should It Live or Should It Die?
Remember way back before 1991? When the pulp mills spewed toxins into the air and polluted the ocean so badly that a particular surf break was known as "Carcinogens?" Maybe you do…
Huffman to Obama: ‘Digital Divide? I’ll Show You a Digital Divide’
North Coast Congressman Jared Huffman enjoyed last night's State of the Union address. After the speech he told the Marin Independent Journal, "I thought the president was at the top of…
[UPDATE] 12 Warrants Being Served in Sprowl Creek
…However, we do expect the operation to conclude in the next few days, and participating agencies will provide information about the outcome to the media at that time." ### Original post: The Department…