UPDATE: The Humboldt County Coroner’s Office today identified the individual killed in the Aug. 17 plane crash off Shelter Cove as Santa Rosa resident Brian Kenneth Mariette. He was 48. The cause of death was determined to be drowning, according to a release. PREVIOUS: One person died and another was critically injured after a small […]
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Catch a Taste of the Cove on Saturday
Heart of the Redwoods Community Hospice’s annual Taste of the Cove is back and ready to show you what makes Shelter Cove so special this Saturday, Sept. 3, from 1 to 5 p.m. at Mal Coombs Park ($10-$30). The 19th annual event showcases the best of the area’s food, drink, art and entertainment. This year’s […]
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Sea to Summit: King Peak
I left the house at 6 a.m. to pick up Natalie and drive south for the tenth and final Sea-to-Summit Challenge. She is a great adventure partner, always up for anything. If you’ve been following this series, you might remember she was my companion for the 90-mile Grasshopper Peak challenge (“Sea to Summit: Grasshopper Peak,” […]
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Time to Test for Tsunami Preparedness
In just the last few months, Mother Nature has sent out a few reminders about the North Coast’s seismic vulnerability, including two earthquakes separated by seconds in December — a magnitude-5.7 and 6.2 — and the tsunami generated by a volcanic eruption near Tonga in January. While Humboldt County was largely spared in both cases […]
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UPDATE: 911 Outage in Shelter Cove, Blue Lake
UPDATE: The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office Emergency Communications Center is reporting that 911 service on landlines in Blue Lake and Shelter Cove has been restored. PREVIOUS: The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office is cautioning Blue Lake and Shelter Cove residents that a 911 outage is affecting some landlines. According to HCSO tweets, 157 Frontier landline customers […]
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U.S. Coast Guard Rescued Four Hikers From the Lost Coast Trail Yesterday
The U.S. Coast Guard rescued four hikers from a stranded part of the Lost Coast Trail between Petrolia and Shelter Cove yesterday. One hiker reportedly had a head injury and one another hypothermia, according to a report over the scanner by the Coast Guard and confirmed by Samantha Karges of the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Department. […]
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Kayaker Shares Harrowing Shark Scare
Yesterday afternoon, a shark chomped onto the end of a kayak in Shelter Cove and threw the kayaker into the water where they were eye to eye. But, fortunately, the kayaker lived to tell us the story of his terrifying experience. David Alexander, Superintendent at Bellevue Union School District in Southern Santa Rosa, said with […]
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Kayaker Describes Harrowing Shark Attack (with VIDEO)
This morning, a shark attacked a lone kayaker fishing in the waters off Southern Humboldt County. According to Cheryl Antony, spokesperson for Shelter Cove Fire Department, at 7:45 a.m. an emergency dispatcher sent her department to look for a victim of a shark attack in a kayak. Antony said that they were able to see […]
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The Biggest Wave and Bomb Cyclone: A Record-Breaking Year of Wild Weather
Looking back at 2019 from a weather standpoint, things were a bit on the wild side at times. So, the Journal reached out to climate specialist Matthew Kidwell in the Eureka office of the National Weather Service, who compiled what he saw as the most notable weather incidents to take place last year. Along with […]
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Briceland Road to Close Saturday for Repair Prep
Briceland Road will close Saturday beginning at 8 a.m. for the installation of a detour road that will allow traffic to continue to flow on one of the county’s busiest rural roads as crews work on a culvert repair. The closure at mile marker 11.20 is expected to last until 7 p.m. During that time, […]
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Families Suspend Search for Friends Believed Lost in Plane Crash
The families of two friends last seen alive just before the plane they were in took off from Shelter Cove on Oct. 24 have suspended their search. Kayla Rodriguez and Justin Winfrey flew in to Shelter Cove after 7 p.m. that day. According to Cory Green, a resident of the area and a pilot, he […]
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Plane Missing After Stopping in Shelter Cove
Last Thursday, Kayla Rodriguez, a Bay Area nurse, excited to be leaving on a short jaunt up the coast with her friend, Justin Winfrey, sent an Instagram post to her boyfriend as she arrived at the Novato air base at 5:49 p.m. Between then and the moment the two passenger plane they were in disappeared […]