The Del Norte County Sheriff’s Office has released body-worn camera footage that shows police officers fatally shooting Robert Anderson on Aug. 25 after he lunged at an officer with a kitchen knife and sprinted toward a woman at the scene. Police who responded to the 911 call on Parkway Drive and Sherwood Lane at about […]
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Sheriff: Police Spent 15 Minutes Using ‘De-escalation Techniques’ Before Fatal Shooting
Humboldt County Sheriff William Honsal said officers had been using de-escalation techniques for 15 minutes with an armed suspect on Mad River Road this morning when he brandished the firearm and was fatally shot. Flanked by local California Highway Patrol command staff and Arcata Police Chief Brian Ahearn, and standing before a small group of […]
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Pedestrian Killed in Hoopa Crash
A man died Sunday after being struck by a vehicle driving south near Airport Road in Hoopa. According to the California Highway Patrol’s preliminary investigation, Virgil McLaughlin Jr., 29 of Hoopa was walking in an unknown direction on Tish Tang Road near Airport Road when a 2019 Nissan Altima driven by Jerome Pollara hit him. […]
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CHP Investigating Fatal Fernbridge Drive Crash as Possible DUI
The California Highway Patrol has arrested a 25-year-old woman after a fatal head-on collision on Fernbridge Drive at about 1:15 this morning. According the CHP, Tiannah Ruvalcaba, 25, of Phillipsville, was driving her 2006 Honda Civic northbound on Ferndbridge drive as a 1988 Ford Mustang approached heading southbound. “For unknown reasons, one of the vehicles […]
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Fatal Collision on Myrtle Avenue
California Highway Patrol responded to a vehicle collision near Myrtle Avenue and Russell Lane earlier this morning that resulted in one fatality and an arrest. According to the report, when law enforcement arrived they found that a 2008 Nissan Altima collided with two parked vehicles. The driver of the Nissan, Ismael Lopez Jr., and the […]
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CHP Chase Erratic Driver Near Redway
This morning California Highway Patrol attempted to stop a vehicle with a spike strip on the Briceland Thorn Road after the suspects driving a rental from out of state fled an attempted traffic stop for erratic driving. According to Officer Nathan Bjork speaking for the California Highway Patrol about 8:50 a.m. law enforcement received a […]
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Head-On Collision Near Orick
California Highway Patrol responded to a head-on collision north of Orick near Bald Hills Road, where one of the drivers is suspected of driving under the influence. According to the report, a 2001 Jeep Cherokee that was driven by 35-year-old Jamie Vaughn of Eureka was traveling northbound on US-101 when it crossed into the southbound lane […]
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Fatal Collision on Herrick Ave
Earlier this morning, California Highway Patrol helped the Eureka Police Department locate a tan Jeep Cherokee as part of a welfare check on its driver, Timothy McTague, Sr., the vehicle and McTague’s body was found at a fatal collision site in the driveway of a residence on Herrick Avenue. When emergency medical personnel responded to the scene […]
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CHP Identifies Victims of Wednesday’s Fatal Collision
The California Highway Patrol has identified the two victims of Wednesday’s fatal collision on State Route 255 off the Samoa Bridge as 52-year-old Eureka resident William Bryant Montgomery and 42-year-old Arcata resident James Rowland. Read the full update below. UPDATE: 08-07-2020 The Humboldt County Coroner’s Office has identified the victims of Wednesday’s collision and notification has […]
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Hit and Run on Avenue of the Giants, CHP Asking for Help Identifying Driver
The California Highway Patrol in Garberville is asking for the public’s assistance in identifying the driver of a 2011 GMC pickup that crashed into a car and a power pole and later fled the scene. According to the report, around 2 a.m. a 2011 GMC pick up truck that was traveling north on Avenue of […]
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CHP Asking for Help Identifying Vehicle Involved in Collision on U.S. 101
The California Highway Patrol is seeking any information about a driver and vehicle involved in a collision on U.S. Highway 101 near Barkdull Road last Friday. On May 29 around 3:15 p.m., a vehicle traveling southbound ran between traffic delineators dividing northbound and southbound traffic and caused a traffic delineator to crash into the windshield […]