The Humboldt County Coroner’s Office has identified the body found by a hiker Feb. 21 in the Mattole Beach area as that of Hana Hammer, who was reported missing Feb. 2. Hammer, 45, was last seen in the Petrolia area Jan. 25. According to a Facebook page launched to bring attention to her disappearance, her […]
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Tsunami Warning Test Set for Tomorrow
Fifty-four years ago today, at 5:36 p.m., the earth beneath southern Alaska began to shake — and continued to shake for nearly five minutes — with a force that still marks the Good Friday temblor as the largest ever to hit the United States. More than 100 people were killed by the magnitude-9.2 quake and […]
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Body Found Near South Jetty ID’d as Missing Fortuna Man
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office has identified the man whose body was found last weekend at the South Jetty near the mouth of the Eel River as Fortuna resident Quincy Tod Mendes. He was 35. Mendes was last seen around 5:40 p.m. on Jan. 21, after he was involved in a solo vehicle crash on […]
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Former Crabs Infielder Killed in Logging Accident
The Humboldt County Coroner’s Office and the California Occupational Health and Safety Administration are investigating the death of Scott Eskra, 42, who died yesterday morning on a logging operation in Hydesville. According to scanner traffic, Eskra was injured when a tree branch fell on him, breaking a femur. Samantha Karges, spokesperson for the sheriff’s office, […]
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Body Found Last Year ID’d as Missing Man
A body found on a South Jetty beach last January has been identified as Mitchell G. Hernandez, who had been reported missing on Nov. 23, 2016. The cause of death is consistent with drowning, according to a release from the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office. According to the Journal‘s Feb. 8 story “Still Missing,” his backpack was […]
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SoCal Man Killed in State Route 36 Crash
The California Highway Patrol is investigating a single car crash on State Route 36 that left a 31-year-old Chula Vista man dead. The CHP believes Trenton Hudson was driving westbound on State Route 36 sometime on March 2 when, for unknown reasons, he allowed his vehicle to drift off the right edge of the roadway […]
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Fatal Crash on Myrtle Avenue
A 24-year-old Eureka man was killed today after his pickup truck crossed into oncoming traffic and collided head-on with a tractor trailer, according to the California Highway Patrol. The crash, which occurred just before noon on Myrtle Avenue north of Pigeon Point Drive, closed the road for more than two hours. The unidentified driver of […]
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UPDATE: Preliminary Autopsy Results For Centerville Beach Body
UPDATE: The body has been confirmed as male, but its identity is pending. According to the sheriff’s office, preliminary autopsy results show signs of death consistent with drowning. Previously: An autopsy is scheduled tomorrow to help determine the identity and cause of death of a body found Saturday afternoon on Centerville Beach, approximately a quarter […]
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Unidentified Remains Found by Hiker Near Petrolia
Officials believe the unidentified person whose body was found by a hiker in the Mattole Beach area on Wednesday afternoon died some time ago, according to a Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office press release. An autopsy has been scheduled for Friday. Few details were immediately available, including whether the remains were those of a man or […]
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Man Found in Van Duzen ID’d as Missing Spaniard
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office has identified the man whose body was found on Van Duzen River bar last week as Spaniard Iván Liñan Cano, who went missing in late November while suffering from a mental health crisis. He was 31. The professional mountain climber had leaped out of a car on Nov. 28 after […]
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Coast Guard Rescues Another Boat Today (With Video)
Yet another crab fishing vessel with two onboard was escorted back to port today, the fourth Coast Guard rescue mission in as many days. The call came in around 10:30 a.m. and the Comet was back at Woodley Island by 1:30 p.m. after a prop failed. No injuries were reported. On Monday, the Coast Guard […]
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Coast Guard Responds to Three Rescues in Three Days
For the third time in three days, the Coast Guard was dispatched to help local fishermen in distress. In the latest rescue, a lifeboat crew was sent around 1 p.m. Monday to assist four Dungeness crab fishermen aboard the 58-foot Lori Ann, which had become disabled amid heavy fog. After putting the vessel in a […]