Just before 4 p.m., Cal Fire dispatched aircraft and firefighters to a fire on the east side of Hwy 101 in the Benbow area. According to the person who provided us with the photo above. The fire is near Red Rock Road below the Rockpit. UPDATE 4:12 p.m.: One of the Cal Fire planes has […]
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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 […]
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Drivers Killed in Fatal Benbow Crash Identified
The California Highway Patrol today released the identity of the two drivers involved in yesterday’s fatal head-on collision in Benbow. Teiwaz Steenblock-Smith, 32, of Willow Creek and Jamie Mae Sanchez, 44, of Eureka died in the crash, as did two dogs. According to the CHP, Steenblock-Smith was driving northbound on U.S. Highway 101 around 9:20 […]
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Double-fatal Crash Closes 101 at Benbow
A double-fatal crash on U.S. Highway 101 south of Benbow Drive at 9:20 a.m. today has traffic being diverted off the highway in both directions. According to the California Highway Patrol, a white sedan traveling northbound crossed into southbound traffic for unknown reasons and collided head-on with a gray hatchback. The vehicles came to rest […]
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Lone Swan Graces Benbow
A lone swan is swimming on the Eel River at Benbow. Though swans are not unknown in the area, it is somewhat rare to see one in Southern Humboldt. The swans breed and raise their young in Arctic areas at the tip of the North American continent. Then they migrate south to winter on estuaries […]
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Benbow Eaglet Faces Close Call With Fire
Southern Humboldt County nature lovers were very concerned today as a wildfire burning in the Benbow area closed in on a nest holding a 12-week-old eaglet that has not yet taken to flight. “It was really close, and the helicopter was buzzing right past the nest,” said nature photographer Talia Rose, who runs the popular […]
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Sheriff’s Office: Benbow Shooting Was Self-Defense
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office has released a man arrested in the wake of a Benbow shooting after finding that he acted in self-defense. According to a release, the decision was made after the criminal investigations division completed interviews and reviewed evidence connected to the incident that took place Wednesday on the 300 block of […]
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UPDATE: Investigation Finds Self-Defense in Benbow Shooting
UPDATE: The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office has released a man arrested in the wake of a Benbow shooting, after finding that he acted in self-defense. According to a release, the decision was made after the criminal investigations division completed interviews and reviewed evidence. PREVIOUSLY: An apparent dispute between neighbors near Benbow erupted into a shooting […]
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Leia and Caroline’s Rescue (with Slideshow) and How to Help the Helpers
It was a moment celebrated across the world on Sunday: The “absolute miracle” of finding two young sisters, just 8 and 5, huddled under a huckleberry bush in the woods near Richardson Grove two days after they were last seen in front of their home. Nowhere was the moment expressed more vividly than the faces […]
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Sisters Reunited with Parents After 44 Hours Lost in the Woods (With Video and Slideshow)
Leia and Caroline Carrico have been reunited with their mother after spending 44 hours lost in the woods until they were ultimately found this morning. “You are in so much trouble,” Misty Carrico told the first girl as she pulled her into her arms shortly before noon today. A video of the reunion shows both parents sobbing tears of joy at […]
