This week, the Journal sat down with Cal Poly Humboldt’s Chief of Staff Mark Johnson to talk protests and closing campus. We’ve also got the rundown of what to eat between Rio Dell and Shelter Cove, as well as a peek at the Rain Delay card shop in Arcata. Hit subscribe for weekly updates on […]
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SoHum Man Pleads Guilty in Grisly 2020 Killing
A Southern Humboldt man pleaded guilty today to manslaughter in connection with the grisly February of 2020 killing of a man that he reportedly kidnapped off a rural road. Under the plea deal, 34-year-old Ryan Tanner is scheduled to be sentenced April 11 to 39 years in prison and agreed to waive credit for the […]
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Chico Man Convicted of Murdering Couple in SoHum
A Chico man was convicted Monday of double murder and other charges in connection with the shooting deaths of a couple at a marijuana farm in Southern Humboldt. “Because he committed multiple murders, a ‘special circumstance’ under California homicide law, Mr. Rodriguez faces a maximum sentence of life without the possibility of parole,” a Humboldt […]
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UPDATE: South Fork High, Miranda Junior High Closed Due to COVID-19
UPDATE: Southern Humboldt Unified School district officials have also closed Miranda Junior High starting today until after the Thanksgiving break due to an ongoing COVID-19 outbreak. PREVIOUS: South Fork High School is closed for the remainder of the week due to a COVID-19 outbreak, with classes resuming after the Thanksgiving holiday break, according to a […]
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Remains Found on Missing Man’s SoHum Property
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office reports that skeletal remains have been found on a Southern Humboldt property where a 76-year-old man who was reported missing by his neighbor lived. According to a news release, the remains found Dec. 18 during a search of the rural property involving search and rescue and a K-9 unit are […]
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Missing Man in Southern Humboldt
A search is ongoing in the Briceland area of Southern Humboldt after an older resident was reported missing. According to Samantha Karges of the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office, “Girard Regis Breen, age 76, was reported missing yesterday, Dec. 17, 2020, at about 5:20 p.m. by a neighbor. The property on which Breen lives in Briceland […]
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The Eel River Jockey Club
In my last column I mentioned Rohnerville was once a hub of Southern Humboldt. I did not mean to imply that it still was in the 1960s but certainly it was 100 years earlier. Rohnerville is currently an unincorporated area about 2 miles southwest of Fortuna. The town was originally called Eel River. The Eel […]
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UPDATE: SoHum Evacuation Warnings Expanded Again
UPDATE: All communities east of Alderpoint Road, spanning south from Showers Pass Road to Harris Road, and all communities east of Harris Road spanning south from Alderpoint Road to Pipe Creek are now included in an evacuation warning due to conditions related to the August Complex North Zone. According to the Office of Emergency Services, […]
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Wildfire Evacuation Warnings Lifted for Humboldt
Evacuation warnings for swaths of Southern Humboldt were lifted today, according to the Humboldt County Office of Emergency Services. The county fire phone line for evacuation information has been disconnected for now but Humboldt County residents are asked to stay “ready” during this fire season. The warnings were prompted by the West Zone of the […]
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Day-Passes for Farmers in Fire Zones Available
Starting today, licensed farmers with property in Southern Humboldt’s August Complex evacuation zone can obtain one-day passes from the county Planning and Building Department to check on their crops and livestock. One vehicle per pass will be allowed to visit sites in the evacuation zone between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. The passes will be […]
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Firefighters Still Holding August Complex Fires out of Humboldt
Firefighters kept the Hopkins Fire east of the Main Stem of the Eel River and out of Humboldt County again last night. The fire has once again had a name change. It is now being called the August Complex West Zone, but is still grouped with the August Complex as part of the largest fire […]
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Hopkins Fire Holding East of Main Eel River with Chance of Rain Forecast
UPDATE: The U.S. Forest Service just announced that the fires known as the Elkhorn, Hopkins, Willow, Vinegar and August Complex have all burned together and will be known going forward as the August Complex. For clarity, the large fire complex will be split into three zones: North, South and West. The complex’s West zone is […]