UPDATE: U.S. Highway 101 re-opened at around 7 p.m. Saturday, with traffic now moving again in both directions. PREVIOUSLY: U.S. Highway 101 remains closed in both directions between Leggett and Laytonville due to an overturned semi carrying hazardous materials, with no estimated time for reopening. A HazMat team is at the scene of the early […]
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Arrest after Fatal Jan. 15 Hoopa Crash
According to a CHP press release, Keiahna F. Moody of Salyer has been arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence and gross vehicular manslaughter following a crash on Pine Creek Road on the afternoon of Jan. 15 that resulted in the death of 18-year-old Carlie Kelley, of Hoopa. Moody was allegedly driving her 2006 Chrysler […]
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Pedestrian Struck on 101 Identified
The CHP today identified the pedestrian killed just after 2 a.m. Monday after being hit by a car while walking in the lanes of U.S. Highway 101 north of Fernbridge as Greg Campbell. He was 50. Campbell, a resident of Sausalito, died at the scene. Impairment by the driver is not considered to be a […]
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Eureka Resident, 35, Identified as Man Fatally Shot Last Week by CHP
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office today identified the man fatally shot on Mad River Road as 35-year-old Eureka resident Charles David Chivrell, who died after being struck by a single round from a CHP rifle, according to an incident update. According to the HCSO release, CHP officer Michael Griffin, who has eight years of experience […]
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Man in His 30s Killed in UTV Crash
The California Highway Patrol is investigating a 4-wheeler crash in Southern Humboldt that left a man in his mid-30s dead yesterday evening. According to a press release, the man was driving a side-by-side UTV at around 7 p.m. on a dirt road on private property near Island Mountain Road when he made an unsafe turn, […]
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Deputy Resigns After Investigation Contradicts On-Duty Crash Statements
A Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office deputy who claimed he was sideswiped has resigned after a CHP investigation into his on-duty crash found no other vehicles were involved in the incident near Singley Hill Road and Loleta Drive that sent his patrol car down an embankment. “The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office has been in communication with […]
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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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Ferndale Man Killed in 101 Crash
A 67-year-old Ferndale resident was killed shortly after midnight today in a crash on U.S. Highway 101 that occurred after a large tree fell across the roadway south of Redcrest, blocking both lanes. The CHP reports the man, whose name has not been released, was in a semi truck traveling south when he hit the […]
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High Crash Rate Prompts Wide-Reaching 101 Enforcement Campaign
U.S. Highway 101 will be getting some extra attention Thursday from the California Highway Patrol during an enforcement campaign spanning the northern reaches of the state to the Bay Area. A rash of serious injury and fatal crashes along the main artery in recent years prompted the operation, according to a CHP new release, with […]
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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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UPDATE: Landslides Hit Last Chance, SR299
UPDATE: Caltrans reports one-way traffic control is underway at Last Chance Grade and motorists are warned to expect delays of at least 20 minutes. PREVIOUS: U.S. Highway 101 at Last Chance Grade is shutdown and one-way traffic is in effect on State Route 299 west of Willow due to slides amid heavy rains. Caltrans reports […]
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UPDATE: Fatal 101 Crash Near Redcrest
UPDATE: A 63-year-old Redway man died Monday evening after his truck went off U.S. Highway 101 south of Redcrest and down a steep embankment before hitting a tree, according to the CHP. The man, whose name has not yet been released, died at the scene. The crash, which happened around 5:20 p.m., remains under investigation. […]