Humboldt County sheriff’s officers were patrolling the Trinity River by boat on Monday looking for a Humboldt State foreign exchange student who was swept away Sunday afternoon. The student, 21-year-old Jian Kang from Renqiu, China, was wading in the Trinity River across from Tish Tang Creek Campground in Hoopa around 4:30 p.m. when he slipped […]
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Measles Alert
A 22-year-old Humboldt County woman has been diagnosed with measles, the first case of the highly infectious disease here in more than a decade. The county’s public health branch is alerting residents who may have been exposed to the disease and asking them to contact their medical care providers (and stay home) if symptoms appear. […]
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Human Rabies Case in Willow Creek
A Willow Creek resident has tested positive for rabies. That’s about the extent of information released so far by the Humboldt County Department of Health and Human Services. The CDC informed local public health officials of the diagnosis this afternoon. The infected animal has not yet been identified, according to a press release from the county […]
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Criminal Charges Filed Against Eureka Police Officer
Following a joint investigation by the Eureka Police Department and the Humboldt County District Attorney’s office, former Eureka police officer Daniel “Danny” Kalis has been charged with numerous crimes including false imprisonment, possession of heroin, possession of more than an ounce of marijuana, petty theft and vandalism. The DA’s office first began receiving reports of […]
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Tsunami Warning Downgraded, Governor Declares State of Emergency (4:20 p.m. update)
UPDATE 4:20 p.m. Governor Brown Declares State of Emergency in Del Norte, Humboldt, San Mateo and Santa Cruz Counties SACRAMENTO – Governor Jerry Brown today issued an emergency proclamation for Del Norte, Humboldt, San Mateo and Santa Cruz Counties following the 8.9 magnitude earthquake and tsunami off the coast of Japan, which generated a water […]
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Snow Alert
Here’s the Caltrans traffic-cam image of Hwy. 101 north of the new bridges at Confusion Hill, at 1:45 this afternoon. Below, Route 299 at Berry Summit around 2:30 p.m. Needless to say, road conditions are nasty out there, and two recent road fatalities highlight the danger. First there was the death of 24-year-old Fortuna CHP […]
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Smart Meter … or Electromagnetic Death Pod?
Will PG&E’s SmartMeters make you sick? Critics of the devices — which are currently being installed throughout the state — say they’re hazardous because they emit electromagnetic frequencies (EMF) and radio frequencies (RF) in sufficient quantities, they claim, to cause nausea, headaches, dizziness … even brain tumors. Last week, citing such fears, the Marin County Board of Supervisors […]
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Reggae Rising falls
The Humboldt County Planning Commission met tonight to make a thumbs up, thumbs down decision on the permit for Reggae Rising 2010. They said it was hard — they didn’t really want to do it — but they rejected the request for a conditional use permit — unanimously. Details pending… Post hearing note from the […]
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Killer Airborne Fungus Alert
A “hypervirulent” new strain of fungus has been discovered in Oregon. It is unpreventable. It is airborne. It’s killing people and animals. And it’s headed here. As much as this sounds like a setup to a cornball late-night sci-fi movie, this thing is (gulp) sci-fact. It’s pants-wettingly real, folks. And according to a National Geographic story […]
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Kinetic Debauchery Denied
We got a note from the President of the Kinetic Universe this morning taking issue with several things in a short piece in this week’s Journal on the Kinetic Grand Championship Sculpture Race, specifically, regarding Sunday night activities in Crab Park on Cannibal Island. (Apparently we were ratted out by KHUM.) Our correspondent wrote of […]
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Rabid Dog Bites Human
Holy yikes! This just in from the Humboldt County Health Department: An unvaccinated Trinity County dog that bit at least one person tested positive last Thursday for rabies. “Three adults and two children, all Trinity County residents, came into contact with the dog and are undergoing a series of injections to prevent rabies infection,” the […]
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Hazelnut Recall
Newburg, Ore. company Willamette Shelling is recalling 114,350 pounds of shelled raw hazelnuts. Both the Eureka and Arcata Co-ops carry them in their bulk food departments. According to a press release from North Coast Co-op Merchandiser Ron Sharp, the nuts could be contaminated with Salmonella, a nasty organism that can cause fatal infections in young […]