SEVENTH UPDATE; Caltrans reports U.S. Highway 101 between Trinidad and Orick is back open but urges people to limit nonessential travel. SIXTH UPDATE: Along with another round of high winds and heavy rain, a very large swell is set to arrive along the coast Thursday, with breaking waves expected to hit 30 feet, according to […]
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Caltrans Retracts 101 Closure Notice, Says It’s State Route 1
Caltrans District 1 reports that U.S. Highway 101 is in fact fully open and that it’s State Route 1 that’s closed due to power lines being down. Oops! Correction: U.S. 101 is not closed. In fact, it is fully open. Route 1 IS closed near Russian Gulch State Park (PM 53.04) in Mendocino County due […]
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UPDATE: Mad River Expected to Hit Monitor Stage, Record Rain as Storm Lashes Humboldt, High Surf Hits the Coast
UPDATE: The Mad River is now expected to hit Monitor Stage near Arcata this afternoon or evening as well as again on Friday, continuing into the weekend, according to NWS. “At 15 ft the river can flood Mad River Road near Tyee City,” NWS states. “This can be treacherous as the road runs right along […]
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Humbodlt Quake Updates: Power Still Out in the Eel River Valley, Fendale Post Office Closed, Boil Water Advisories, California AG Warns Against Price Gouging
Huge swaths of the Eel River Valley remain without power today after taking the brunt of the early morning magnitude-6.4 earthquake that struck just off the coast of Ferndale on Dec. 20. The latest damage assessments, which are continuing, “show at least 30 residences and one commercial structure have been determined structurally unsafe,” according to […]
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Latest Election Results: Cervantes Takes the Win, Earth Flag Appears Ready to Fly High
With around 1,000 or so ballots left to count, the Humboldt County Elections Office released its third post-election report today that pretty much cements races across the county. With no real changes overall, the two big flips — the Ward 3 seat on the Eureka City Council and the Earth flag measure in Arcata — […]
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Red Flag Warning: Increased Risk of Fire Starts
A swath of interior Humboldt County, and surrounding counties, is under a red flag warning today from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m., the Eureka office of the National Weather Service reports. The culprit is an upper level disturbance that will move through the region and mix with “monsoon moisture and an unstable atmosphere,” the NWS […]
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Meet the New Condor Cohort: Introducing A4, A5, A6 and A7
Mentor bird No. 746 is no longer alone in the enclosure at the management and release facility in Redwood National Park with a new group of young birds arriving today for him to teach the ins and outs of what it means to be a California condor. The new cohort of A4, A5, A6 and […]
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It’s Dillingham in a Landslide for Auditor-Controller
FINAL ELECTION NIGHT REPORT: Challenger Cheryl Dillingham has capped a remarkable night in which she jumped out to a huge lead in the auditor-controller race and simply never looked back, finishing with 70 percent of the vote to embattled incumbent Karen Paz Dominguez’s 23 percent, capturing the most decisive win of the night in the […]
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Back to the Beach: Kids Ocean Day 2022
Hundreds of Humboldt County school children participated in this year’s 17th annual Kids Ocean Day event by helping to restore dune habitat at the Mike Thompson Wildlife Area on the South Spit of Humboldt Bay. To mark the day, the kids joined together with their classmates, teachers and volunteers to form the shape of three […]
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High Surf Advisory: Breaking Waves Up to 23 Feet Possible
UPDATED: The Eureka office of the National Weather Service has issued a high surf advisory for the coasts of Humboldt and Del Norte County until 9 p.m., with breaking waves up to 23 feet possible. “Large breaking waves along the coast will lead to increased wave run-up on beaches with waves topping and washing over […]
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Two Quakes Hit Near Rio Dell
Two earthquakes hit near Rio Dell in quick succession this morning. The first, a magnitude-4.1, struck at 8:16 a.m. and was followed two minutes later by a magnitude-3.9, according to USGS, both about 5 miles west of Rio Dell.