The May 27 drowning death of Brian H. Hone in the Trinity River was the seventh such incident in 2015. Hone, 27, was overcome by the swift current immediately after jumping in, according to the accounts of his two friends. They attempted to rescue Hone but were also overwhelmed and struggled to make it back […]
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UPDATE: Third Person Dies from Weekend Crashes
A second person died from injuries in Saturday’s State Route 36 crash. in Saturday’s State Route 36 crash. The coroner’s office announced 21-year-old Savannah Kiana Kindred, of Capitola, died in the hospital on the morning of Feb. 23. PREVIOUSLY: Two people were killed in separate crashes Friday and Saturday nights. Just before 10 p.m. Friday, motorcyclist Jerry […]
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Batten Down the Hatches
The North Coast is about to be battered with bad weather — exciting, we know, and California needs water — but that means dangerous conditions for the outdoors-minded among us. High surf, strong winds and lots of rain are expected to land tonight and continue through late Thursday/early Friday. The National Weather Service issued a […]
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Responding to Tragedy
The high school students, nearly 100 of them, gathered before dawn on April 10 at Los Angeles’ Union Station. Arthur Arzola, the smiling 26-year-old admissions counselor who personally recruited most of the students to attend Humboldt State University’s two-day Spring Preview event, was there to greet them. Hailing from more than three dozen Southern California […]
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Who You Gonna Call? CAL FIRE!
Cal Fire Captain Eric Ayers of Mattole Station doesn’t want another call like the one his crew responded to in July of this year. The victim crawled “quite a ways” along the river bar and then was transported an additional eight miles to the county road before emergency personnel were contacted. He had a severe neck injury […]