CalFire has launched an arson investigation after an excavator caught fire on California State Park property near Honeydew yesterday afternoon. A witness allegedly saw two people near the John Deere excavator shortly before flames took off in the grease and oil of the machine’s undercarriage, allegedly the result of a road flare pitched underneath it. […]
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Rainbow Ridge Treesitter Comes Down
After two months, a treesitter who goes by “Rook” has come down from a perch in the canopy of a giant Douglas fir where she was protesting Humboldt Redwood Co.’s timber activities at Rainbow Ridge, according to a release from Earth First! Humboldt. Rook was escorted from the scene by security but was not arrested. […]
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Come See for Yourself
Safety of employees, contractors and trespassing individuals is Humboldt Redwood Co.’s first priority. We are aware of trespassers on our property (“Straight from the PALCO Playbook,” July 18). We have a fully licensed and bonded professional security group looking out for everyone’s safety in the area of operations near Rainbow Ridge. Because someone is moving […]
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Four Timber Protesters Arrested in Rio Dell
Before dawn this morning, four protesters were arrested after they allegedly blocked off the entry gate to Humboldt Redwood Co. property on Monument Road in Rio Dell. According to a Humboldt County Sheriff’s press release, when deputies arrived around 3:45 a.m. they found 15 protestors and a 24-foot ladder attached to the company’s gate and […]