A flight crew with Coast Guard Air Station Humboldt Bay will be honored with prestigious national awards Thursday for their role in rescuing two injured firefighters trapped on a mountainside being engulfed in flames during last year’s Middle Fire. Lt. Cmdr. Derek Schramel, the aircraft commander, and Petty Officer 1st Class Graham McGinnis, a rescue swimmer, […]
Coast Guard
Posted inNews
Coast Guard to Honor Crew Lost at Sea
The U.S. Coast Guard will livestream a memorial service Monday to honor the four crewmembers lost 23 years ago during a rescue operation off the coast of Cape Mendocino. The 8:15 a.m. service will be available for viewing on the Sector Humboldt Bay Facebook page. The CG-6549 crew included Lt. Jeffrey F. Crane, 35, of […]
Posted inNews
#ICYMI: Here’s Video of the Coast Guard Flyover to Honor Frontline Workers
In case you missed the Coast Guard Sector Humboldt Bay flyovers at Mad River Community Hospital and St. Joseph Hospital to honor those working on the frontlines to keep the community safe during the COVID-19 outbreak, don’t worry. There’s video.
Posted inNews
SECOND UPDATE: ‘Everyone is Doing Well,’ Boat Owner Says After Coasties Respond to Distressed Vessel
SECOND UPDATE: A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter crew used “direction-finding radio” to locate debris from a sinking boat after receiving a distress call Sunday evening that guided rescuers to fishermen who had made it to a beach in their survival gear using a life raft, according to a press release. Due to a head injury, […]
Posted inNews
From the Journal Archives: When the Waters Rose in 1964
Editor’s Note: Five years ago, the North Coast Journal told the stories of heroism, hope, tragedy, strength and survival that took place during the Flood of 1964 to mark its 50th anniversary. Here’s a look back at those accounts as Humboldt County commemorates 55 years since the water rose, forever changing lives and the region’s […]
Posted inNews
UPDATE: Good News: Sailboat Thought to be Adrift Makes Eureka Landing With the Owner
UPDATE: Robert Dorris of Eureka, who had been considered missing after his ship, the Free Spirit, was found underway off Fort Bragg last night with what appeared to be no crew aboard, sailed into Humboldt Bay this afternoon and docked his vessel. Britni Anderson. who works at the Humboldt Bay Harbor Recreation and Conservation District, […]
Posted inNews
HSU Student Surfing in Rough Conditions Rescued by Coasties (with Video)
A Coast Guard helicopter crew plucked to safety an exhausted surfer who was being swept into the rocks near Moonstone Beach by high surf around 2 p.m. Sunday. The 20-year-old Humboldt State University student was flown to the Arcata-Eureka airport in McKinleyville, where he was evaluated by emergency medical personnel and released. According to the […]
Posted inNews
Coasties Brave ‘Extremely Dangerous’ Conditions for Training
When what the Eureka office of the National Weather Service deemed “extremely dangerous ocean conditions” hit the North Coast on Tuesday, local Coast Guard crews hit the waves. According to a Facebook post by U.S. Coast Guard Sector Humboldt Bay, crews set out to take advantage of the conditions for Surf Operations Training. “The crews […]
Posted inNews
Coast Guard Rescues 3, Chihuahua from Battered Sailboat (With Video)
The Coast Guard rescued three people and a Chihuahua from a disabled sailboat that was being battered by up to 40-mile per hour winds and 20-foot seas off the coast of Klamath Wednesday morning. The captain of the Missfit, which was traveling from San Francisco to Washington, called in their predicament around 6:25 a.m. and […]
Posted inNews
Friends Offer Remembrances, Set up Memorial Fund for Local Surfer
Well-known local surfer David “Big Wave Dave” Hargrave died Monday after apparently suffering a medical issue while out on the waves, according to posts from his friends and his daughter. Fellow surfers went to his aid in the water off the North Jetty after he was seen floating face down and the U.S. Coast Guard […]
Posted inNews
Coasties Rescue Two Injured Firefighters from the Fireline
U.S. Coast Guard Sector Humboldt Bay rescued two seriously injured firefighters from a ridge in the Trinity Alps Wilderness Area early Friday morning, plucking them from a spot just yards away from the fire line and pulling them to safety. At about 9:15 p.m. Thursday, the U.S Forest Service asked for the Coast Guard’s help […]
Posted inNews
Coasties Save Two From Eel River Island
A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter crew rescued two men from a small island near Crab County Park this weekend after they became stranded when their watercraft became disabled on the ocean side of the Eel River. According to a release, a Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office deputy spotted one of the men around 8:30 p.m. Sunday […]