The Lake County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the apparent homicide of an Illinois man whose family last heard from him after he was reportedly in an altercation with a man he’d been traveling with at a campground in Humboldt County. According to a press release, a car connected to Grant David Whitaker, 25, of Mackinaw, […]
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Drug Task Force Record Streak Continues with Loleta Bust
The Humboldt County Drug Task Force continued its record streak Sunday with the seizure of 12 pounds of heroin stashed in a hidden compartment during a traffic stop in Loleta — believed to be the largest one-stop confiscation in the county’s history. Two men — Carlos Cota-Alonso and Edgar Barragan-Castano — from Sonora, Mexico, were […]
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Sheriff’s Office IDs Man Found Dead on SoHum Road
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office has identified the man whose body was found on Bell Springs Road in Southern Humboldt earlier this month as Ricardo Galvez-Calleja of Mexico. He was 54. According to a release, an autopsy conducted on Sept. 8 did not determine an immediate cause of death. The case remains under investigation and […]
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Two Killed, Three Seriously Hurt in 101 Crash at Weott
Two women from Pennsylvania were killed and several passengers — including two teenagers — received major injuries in a single car accident on southbound U.S. Highway 101 near Weott this morning. The California Highway Patrol reports that, for unknown reasons, the 2004 Lincoln they were riding in went down the embankment near the town’s off-ramp […]