Update: The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended the search and rescue operation for Nicholas Brunner who went missing while kayaking yesterday at Trinidad Harbor. “Suspending a search is not a decision we make lightly,” Capt. Mark Hiigel, Coast Guard Sector Humboldt Bay commander said in the release. “It is only after we have over-saturated every […]
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Traffic Backing Up on 299 After Head-On Crash
A head-on crash on Hwy 299 near Trinity Dam Blvd at approximately 4:41 p.m. blocked the entire road for about 40 minutes, according to the CHP Traffic Incident Information Page. According to Jarron Courville, who said he was in the sixth car on the scene, “One lady was trapped in the SUV, jaws of life […]
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Fire in Rio Dell
Black smoke is pouring from a structure in the 200 block of Center Street in Rio Dell. Reports over the scanner indicate that the fire which began around 9:30 a.m. is in danger of spreading to other structures. UPDATE 9:59 a.m.: Witnesses are reporting that the smoke is dying back and firefighters appear to be […]
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Update: EPD Suspect Surrenders, in Custody and Being Evaluated by Mental Health
Update: Eureka Police Department responded to a report of a male vandalizing a wall on Waterfront drive near the Blue Ox Millworks building. When the first officer arrived, the suspect was allegedly swinging a machete “wildly.” He later barricaded himself near the Blue Ox Millworks after police found a backpack with a machete and an […]
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UPDATED: Coroner on Scene after Body Found in Center Divide of Safety Corridor
Caltrans employees working on the Safety Corridor of Hwy 101 near Mid-City Motor World north of Eureka discovered a decomposing body in the center divide early this afternoon. Sgt. Mike Campbell of the California Highway Patrol told us that his office was notified at 12:42 p.m. Campbell said that he wasn’t trained in the field […]
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House Fire in Redway
A fire flared up on a wall in a home on Whitmore Avenue in Redway about 11:47 p.m. on Saturday night. Redway Fire responded to the scene but, according to the fire chief, quick thinking on the part of the occupant saved the day. Redway Fire Chief Brian Anderson said the occupant “had the fire […]
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UPDATE: High-Risk Traffic Stop Leads to 101 Closure in Del Norte
About 3:40 p.m., law enforcement attempting to stop a vehicle with a man holding a firearm to his head and threatening to shoot himself closed down U.S. Highway 101 between mile markers 14 and 22 in Del Norte County north of Last Chance Grade, according to information over the scanner. Officers successfully laid down spike […]
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Crash Has Henderson and F Street Intersection Blocked
A crash, which sent one vehicle into a utility pole and reportedly dropped a power line, has blocked the intersection at Henderson and F Street in Eureka as of approximately 2:45 p.m. Use caution in the area.
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EPD Flags ‘Fake Troll Account’ Attempting to ‘Incite Conflict’
The Eureka Police Department posted Wednesday night on its Facebook page that it has forwarded information on an Instagram account to the FBI because “fake troll account” is being used to erroneously “incite conflict and controversy.” The account, which purports to be from a young white man, began on May 11 with a photo that […]
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Two Humboldt State Students Suspended from Organizations Following Video with Repeated Use of Racial Slur
Two Humboldt State University students were suspended today “from their respective athletic and fraternal campus organizations pending a current student-conduct investigation regarding racist posts that were recently discovered on social media,” according to a Twitter thread released by Humboldt State at 8:15 p.m. An earlier tweet by HSU stated, “The Dean of Students office has […]
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Fire in the Seely Creek Area (VIDEO)
A fire was reported in the Seely Creek area west of Redway near the Briceland Thorn and Shop Roads about 2:56 p.m. According to Cal Fire Battalion Chief Paul Savona, “A 1/4 acre fire is burning in the timber at a slow rate of spread.” Briceland Fire, Redway Fire, and Cal Fire were dispatched to […]
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Enlightening Strikes: SoHum Meditation Instructor’s Home Set Ablaze by Lightning
During yesterday morning’s thunderstorm, lightning struck a home in the Benbow area of Southern Humboldt. Dan Miller, a kundalini yoga teacher who teaches meditation, said he was lying awake watching and listening to the thunder and lightning about 4 a.m. “It was fascinating,” he told us. “So wild….Then I thought I heard some varmints banging […]