Rio Dell’s boil advisory was lifted this morning, according to City Manager Kyle Knopp, who said in a news release that residents may start safely drinking the city’s water. The advisory had been in effect since the Dec. 20 earthquake, which struck the Eel River Valley especially hard. “If your water pressure is low, please […]
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Humboldt County Fair Announces Dates, Fundraiser for the Ponies
The Humboldt County Fair announced today plans (if all goes well) to hold the event from Aug. 18 to Aug. 29 with the theme “A Country Fair with a Western Flair.” According to a news release, the fair has set up a “Horses to Humboldt” GoFundMe page to help owners make their way to Ferndale […]
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A ‘Selfless’ Life Cut Short: Esteban Gonzalez’s unlikely journey into the hearts of Arcata
Esteban Gonzalez, an Arcata restaurant owner beloved by many, known in equal parts for his tireless work ethic, his good food and willingness to offer a hand up to anyone who needed it, died Jan. 12 of pneumonia. He was 55. Amid an outpouring of support in the wake of his death, Gonzalez is being […]
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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 […]
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Sneaker Wave Kills Bay Area Man on His Birthday
A Bay Area man on vacation with his family died on his birthday after being swept away by a sneaker wave north of Luffenholtz Beach near Trinidad on Friday According to Cmdr. Brendan Hilleary, response chief at Coast Guard Sector Humboldt Bay, “The Coast Guard was first notified of the incident by multiple reporting parties […]
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Leia and Caroline’s Rescue (with Slideshow) and How to Help the Helpers
It was a moment celebrated across the world on Sunday: The “absolute miracle” of finding two young sisters, just 8 and 5, huddled under a huckleberry bush in the woods near Richardson Grove two days after they were last seen in front of their home. Nowhere was the moment expressed more vividly than the faces […]
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UPDATE: GoFundMe Effort for Local Coasties Surpasses $10K Goal
UPDATE: Humboldt County made clear how the local community feels about its Coasties with a GoFundMe account surpassing the $10,000 fundraising goal to reach more than $12,000. Over the course of the last five days, 130 people pitched in on the effort, with many leaving message about what the U.S. Coast Guard means to them […]
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Fundraiser for the Haysmers: Longtime Local Couple Lost Home, Collections to Kilauea Eruption
A GoFundMe account has been set up to help Phil and Lunel Haysmer, former longtime Humboldt County residents who founded Eureka’s Many Hands Gallery, after their home and nearly everything they own was destroyed when a lava fission opened on their street in the Leilani Estates on the Big Island. Astra Burke, who worked for […]