This week we’ve got a look at how disaster response on the North Coast has evolved from blackouts to wildfires. Then we’ll talk about some concerns regarding Crowley Maritime’s human rights track record and how they might impact the potential wind farm the company could be working on. We’re also checking out a big pile […]
Emergencies
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Apocalypse Now?
This morning, as in 12/21/12, the Mayan’s last day, the Mendocino County Sheriff’s office posted this photo of a cataclysmic rending of asphalt on Covelo Road, aka Highway 162, described by friend of the Journal Mike Wilson as, “Kind of like every scene in the movie 2012, only a much much smaller version.” Is this […]
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Two Killed, UPS Big Rig Burned in Fiery Collision
Two people were killed and a UPS truck loaded with packages bound for the coast erupted in flames early yesterday morning when a Honda sedan collided with the two-trailer big rig in Redding. According to the Record Searchlight, the United Parcel Service truck was making a left turn across traffic from northbound State Route 273 onto Buenaventura Blvd. when […]
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Gas Leak in Eureka Prompts Evacuation
A Eureka city block was evacuated and Hwy. 101 traffic diverted for nearly two hours this morning after a semi truck backed onto the sidewalk, breaking through a PG&E natural gas vault and severing a pipe. The recessed access vault was located in the sidewalk outside the county’s Republican Central Committee headquarters at 311 Fifth […]
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To Journal Crossword Lovers In Crisis…
… the pain can stop now. 7/7 NCJ Crossword Supplement!: Down 60. College QB, often 61. One of a trio on “Seinfeld” 62. Checked out 64. Flow out 65. Sign of summer 66. Raggedy ____ The Journal regrets the error.
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Student missing in Trinity River
Humboldt County sheriff’s officers were patrolling the Trinity River by boat on Monday looking for a Humboldt State foreign exchange student who was swept away Sunday afternoon. The student, 21-year-old Jian Kang from Renqiu, China, was wading in the Trinity River across from Tish Tang Creek Campground in Hoopa around 4:30 p.m. when he slipped […]
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Update: Missing Toddler Found Dead
Police sources report that a 30-year-old McKinleyville woman, Claudia Parker, who had left her in-laws’ home in McKinleyville late Friday night was found the following morning walking naked down Hwy 3 near Coffee Creek Road in the Trinity Lake area. It is assumed that Parker left Humboldt County with her 2 1/2-year-old daughter, Sophia Parker, […]
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DIY Willits Bypass
Chances are that they’ve finally cleared that ghastly, traffic-snarling accident in Willits by now, in which a propane truck went head on with another vehicle, overturning and dumping its contents all over the roadway and necessitating a response from a Hazmat team on one of the busiest traveling days of the year. Reports from the […]
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Dramatic Rescue Above Agate Beach w/ Update
Photo by Ken Malcomson (Update at bottom of second page) A 19-year-old woman clung to a slippery sandstone cliff about 150 feet above Agate Beach for at least three hours Sunday afternoon as a rescue crew worked its way through a wild section of Patrick’s Point State Park to get to her. The whole while, […]
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Gunman Reported at Mad River Hospital
Mad River Community Hospital, United Indian Health Services and Pacific Union school are currently on lockdown, following reports of a man with a gun at the hospital. APD officers, backed up by other area law enforcement, are on the scene. A KHUM listener sent the station audio of the robocall that went out to Arcata […]
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The Blue Helichopper
Citizens of Eureka! Approximately one million of you reported a blue helicopter suspiciously circling your fair town “about 20 times” earlier today. You demand answers, and we sort of have them. It’s a bit vague, still, but the basic story seems to be this: The helicopter belongs to the California Highway Patrol. It was sent […]
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199: Another One Bites the Dust
Goog. Just so’s you know: Highway 199 is currently closed in both directions due to another massive landslide. Caltrans is saying that it won’t be open again until tonight, at best. You can call 1-800-427-7623 for info and updates.