UPDATE: The free food distribution scheduled for tomorrow by Food for People in collaboration with Pay it Forward Humboldt and the American Red Cross has been moved to Dream Quest, 100 Country Club Drive, and we’ve updated this story accordingly. PREVIOUSLY: In the face of tremendous need, with hundreds of residents displaced by a series […]
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Six Rivers National Forest Implements Emergency Closure Due to Wildfire
The U.S. Forest Service announced yesterday that it is closing all roads, trails and land on in the Six Rivers National Forest Lower Trinity Ranger District immediately and indefinitely in an effort to protect the public and firefighters responding to the Six Rivers Lightning Complex Fire. “Extreme fire behavior and fire perimeter spread are unpredictable, […]
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Photos: 39th Annual Lantern Floating Festival
A large crowd returned for the in-person 39th annual Arcata Lantern Floating Ceremony on Saturday evening at Klopp Lake in the Arcata Marsh & Wildlife Sanctuary after a two-year pandemic break. The emotional event, linked to the 77th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima on Aug. 6, was described by organizers as “an opportunity to offer […]
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UPDATED: Arson Suspected in Mattole Valley Logging Equipment Fire
CalFire has launched an arson investigation after an excavator caught fire on California State Park property near Honeydew yesterday afternoon. A witness allegedly saw two people near the John Deere excavator shortly before flames took off in the grease and oil of the machine’s undercarriage, allegedly the result of a road flare pitched underneath it. […]
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Officials Warn of ‘Long Battle’ As Reinforcements Arrive to Fight Six Rivers Lightning Complex
About 100 residents from the Willow Creek area crammed into a small church on State Route 96 on Monday, where billows of smoke could be seen from a large, pane glass window spiraling into the sky across the Trinity River from the Bremer Fire as it continued to encroach on Willow Creek’s eastern edge. They […]
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More Evacuation Orders Issued as Six Rivers Fires Continue to Grow
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office has issued new evacuation orders as the Six Rivers Lightning Complex continues to grow, threatening multiple communities around Willow Creek. This morning, the Sheriff’s Office issued an evacuation order for the HUM-E077-B zone south of Willow Creek, which comes after the office issued an evacuation order for zone HUM-E063-A yesterday […]
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Karuk Tribe: McKinney Fire Slide Caused ‘Kill Zone’ in Klamath River, Suffocating Thousands of Fish
The Karuk Tribe continues to investigate the cause and breadth of a fish kill event in the Klamath River but believes a massive debris slide from the McKinney Fire turned a section of the Klamath to sludge, killing thousands of fish. Craig Tucker, a spokesperson for the tribe, said its believed the debris slide entered the […]
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‘Extreme Fire Behavior’ Seen as Six Rivers Lightning Complex Grows
U.S. Forest Service officials saw an “increase in extreme fire behavior” yesterday on the eight active fires that comprise the Six Rivers Lightning Complex, prompting additional evacuations on the outskirts of Willow Creek. The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office issued evacuation orders for residents in zones HUM-EO56 and HUM-EO57 — which include the Bigfoot subdivision under […]
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Karuk Tribe: McKinney Fire Causing Klamath Fish Kill
The Karuk Tribe is reporting large numbers of dead fish on the Klamath River in the vicinity of Happy Camp, which it’s attributing to impacts from the McKinney Fire, which has spread to nearly 60,000 acres in Siskiyou County. According to the tribe, “very large” number of dead fish of all species are being observed. “Preliminary […]
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Lightning Sparks Numerous Fires Around Willow Creek
An overnight lightning storm sparked numerous fires near Willow Creek and a variety of agencies are responding this morning, trying get a handle on the blazes before they spread. The U.S. Forest Service reported that lightning strikes started eight new fires in Six Rivers National Forest early this morning. Information is scant about the blazes, […]
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Can Californians Afford Electric Cars? Wait Lists for Rebates are Long and Some Programs have Shut Down
When Tulare resident Quentin Nelms heard California was offering a hefty state subsidy to help lower-income residents buy electric cars, he applied right away. But it wasn’t as easy as he thought it would be. Nelms spent four months on a waitlist before he was accepted into one of the state’s clean-car incentive programs in […]
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Buckle Up for a Busy Month in Sacramento
Welcome to the final countdown. Today, state lawmakers will reconvene in Sacramento after a month-long summer recess — during which some traveled abroad on trips funded by special interest groups that lobby them on various issues — for the final, frenzied month of the legislative session. Legislators face an Aug. 31 deadline to determine the […]