Following up on an emergency alert sent out earlier this evening, the county of Humboldt has issued a press release warning that most, if not all, Pacific Gas and Electric customers will lose power beginning at midnight tonight and should be prepared to be without power for at least a few days. The outage is […]
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SECOND UPDATE: Shutdown to Hit Humboldt
UPDATE: PG&E has notified the county that “all customers” in Humboldt County will lose power at midnight due to a power shutoff in another county, affecting major transmission lines to Humboldt. “Please prepare for an extended power outage. 9 1 1 should only be used for life threatening emergencies,” an alert from the county states. […]
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SECOND UPDATE: County Office of Ed Posts Outage School Closure Page
SECOND UPDATE: The Humboldt County Office of Education website server is being shut down at 8 p.m., so the page with school closures related to the PG&E outage will not be available after that time. The office said in a release that its Facebook page will be kept up to date as much as possible […]
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Radioactive
Need something to add to your worry list? Something in addition to global warming, sea level rise, wildfires, war, social injustice, the next tsunami and that long-expected mega-earthquake? How about the six casks of nuclear waste stored at the Humboldt Bay Power Plant? Staff members of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission — at least those well-spoken […]
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Transitional Housing Project Moves Forward, Grand Jury Report Underscores Need
Local philanthropist Betty Chinn plans to erect a small transitional housing village out of modular trailers donated by PG&E that have been lying dormant for months on the city-owned Crowley property on the south end of town. PG&E donated the 11 trailers — which it had been using as administrative offices at the Humboldt Bay […]
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UPDATE: Car vs. Pole Sparks Fire in Fieldbrook, Power Outages
UPDATE: Cal Fire reports forward progress of the fire was stopped at 4:35 p.m. with three-fourths of an acre burned. According to the PG&E electrical outage page, power is not expected to be restored to about 100 customers in the area until tomorrow morning. PREVIOUSLY: Multiple agencies including Cal Fire, Fieldbrook Fire, Blue Lake Fire, […]
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State Route 36 Blocked by Tree, Pole
State Route 36 closed this morning near Pepperwood Falls east of Swain’s Flat Outpost after a tree fell into utility lines and brought them down across the roadway. The first report came in about 7:40 a.m. Myles Cochrane, spokesperson for Caltrans told Redheaded Blackbelt just before 9 a.m., that the roadway is closed at mile […]
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UPDATE: Wind Gusts Could Reach 50 MPH This Afternoon, Slide Closes 36
UPDATE: Caltrans has updated that State Route 36 is open to one-way controlled traffic. PREVIOUS: Humboldt County will continue to see rain, wind and mountain snow for the next week, according to the Eureka office of the National Weather service, which reports a forecast of “multiple rounds” of an “active and wet pattern.” A wind […]
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We All Need a Hero
When my 6-year-old daughter was afraid to put her head and face under water during swim class recently, I explained what it means to be brave. I said bravery isn’t about a lack of fear — acting without fear is easy. True bravery is when you’re terrified of something but you do it anyway. Some […]
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Just Hear a Siren? No Worries, it was a Test.
If you heard a siren just a short time ago anywhere from King Salmon to Cutten — and perhaps beyond — not to worry. It was only a test. The Humboldt County Office of Emergency Services just sent out a Facebook post noting PG&E was performing a test on the King Salmon power plant and […]
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Alleged Energy Scam Has Eureka Residents Up in Arms
A video of a Humboldt Hill resident chasing two alleged scammers down the street while exchanging insults has generated more than 15,000 views on Facebook. The video, posted Tuesday evening by Bill Yeater and shared on several crime-oriented Facebook groups, shows a young man and woman walking rapidly away from Yeater, who is holding two […]
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Community Choice Energy Coming in May
Community Choice energy is rolling out in Humboldt County next month, bringing customers cleaner electricity at a lower price. Redwood Coast Energy Authority recently sent out notices to PG&E customers letting them know that in May their services will switch over to Community Choice. Monthly bills will still come from PG&E, but the program will […]