A 21-year-old from Tulare died yesterday afternoon after being rescued from the ocean off of Samoa Beach, according to the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office. Matthew Bryant Garcia had gone swimming with a friend, and disappeared in the surf, says the release. A passerby called 911 at about 4:30 p.m. In two minutes rescuers were on […]
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Prospective HSU Students in Bus Crash
A fiery accident on Interstate 5 this afternoon involved a tour bus reportedly filled with high school students headed for Humboldt State University’s Spring Preview event. At least nine people are believed to have been killed in the wreck, which occurred in city of Orland, about 100 miles north of Sacarmento, at about 5:40 p.m. […]
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Fields Landing Fire Kills Two
Two adults died in a structure fire in Fields Landing this morning, according to Humboldt Bay Fire. Firefighters got the call at about 2:30 a.m. reporting a structure fire at a residence on the 600 block of South Bay Depot Drive. According to a press release, fire crews arrived to find moderate smoke coming from […]
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Fires in January
We’re not even 10 days into the New Year and, already, in Humboldt and Del Norte counties, at least 10 wildfires have sprouted in our tinder-dry January hills. January. Wildfires. “Yeah, crazy,” says Paul Duncan, battalion chief with CalFire’s Humboldt-Del Norte Unit emergency command center in Fortuna. This means, after an already smoke-filled summer and […]
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Caltrans Worker Hospitalized
A Caltrans worker is in intensive care in a Sonoma County hospital after being hit by a car in McKinleyville yesterday. According to a Caltrans press release, Equipment Operator Edward Holgersen was flagging at the Murray Road overcross at U.S. Highway 101. Holgersen, a father of four, is in stable condition. Drive safe, folks.
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Update: 5.0 Quake West of Eureka! Downgraded
Update: The USGS map now lists the quake as a 4.9 — hardly worth getting up off the couch for. Blame the error on the furloughs. Previously: Shake, rattle, roll. The USGS site (over which hangs a disclaimer about possible inaccuracies from the government shutdown) reports a 5.0 quake struck 52 km west/northwest of Eureka. […]
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Video: Fire Claims Eureka Home
A Eureka house went up in flames this afternoon. Humboldt Bay Fire responded to the home — on the 2600 block of G Street — as area residents looked on.