State Route 36 just west of Hydesville will be closed into the evening after a single car crash knocked a utility pole across the roadway. Traffic is backing up while being rerouted through Rohnerville Road after the 1 p.m. accident, according to witness Ed Denson and the CHP Traffic Incident Information Page. A man in […]
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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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UPDATE: Man Killed in State Route 36 Shooting
UPDATE: The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office confirms that a homicide investigation is underway into the early morning killing of a 47-year-old man who was shot in head. According to a release, deputies were sent to the scene just before 3 a.m. and found the man gravely wounded in a truck that showed “damage consistent with […]
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SECOND UPDATE: Structure Fire Impacting SR 36, One-Way Traffic Control in Place
UPDATE: According to Cal Fire Battalion Chief Paul Savona, State Route 36 now has one-way traffic control in place and many resources have been released. PREVIOUSLY: A section of State Route 36 is being closed as firefighters respond to the report of a structure fire that is spreading into the vegetation along the roadway near […]
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Fatal Crash on State Route 36 Claims One
A single-vehicle collision on State Route 36 ended in the death of Chelsea Renee Cash, 22, who was driving a 1999 Dodge Intrepid sedan eastbound at around 7:25 p.m. when her vehicle left the roadway and struck a tree. Cash was from Quincy and, according to her Facebook page, was employed at the Swain’s Flat […]
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Body Found Near South Jetty ID’d as Missing Fortuna Man
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office has identified the man whose body was found last weekend at the South Jetty near the mouth of the Eel River as Fortuna resident Quincy Tod Mendes. He was 35. Mendes was last seen around 5:40 p.m. on Jan. 21, after he was involved in a solo vehicle crash on […]
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SoCal Man Killed in State Route 36 Crash
The California Highway Patrol is investigating a single car crash on State Route 36 that left a 31-year-old Chula Vista man dead. The CHP believes Trenton Hudson was driving westbound on State Route 36 sometime on March 2 when, for unknown reasons, he allowed his vehicle to drift off the right edge of the roadway […]
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UPDATE: Attempted Murder Suspect Surrenders to Police
UPDATE: Shawn Hof Jr., the 25-year-old wanted since he allegedly shot at a state law enforcement officer last August, turned himself into police yesterday, a day after multiple agencies announced a renewed effort to bring him into custody, complete with a $20,000 reward. See the full press release from the California Fish and Wildlife copied […]
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Identities Released in Fatal Weekend Crashes
The California Highway Patrol responded to a pair of fatal crashes over the weekend. The first occurred at 3:25 p.m. on Friday, when a 2000 Oldsmobile Alero driven by Lawrence Ramos Jr., 21, of Rocklin, was traveling southbound on U.S. Highway 101 when he, for unknown reasons, drifted across the center divide and directly into […]
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3rd UPDATE: Hit-and-Run Leaves Pedestrian Dead on 101; Road Deaths on Record Pace
3rd UPDATE: The California Highway Patrol announced this afternoon that the suspect in a fatal hit-and-run collision that occurred Sept. 1 on U.S. Highway 101 has turned herself in. According to the CHP, 18-year-old Carley Kathryn Palsson surrendered to police Friday night. See the full press release copied below. 2nd UPDATE: The California Highway Patrol […]
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UPDATE: Third Person Dies from Weekend Crashes
A second person died from injuries in Saturday’s State Route 36 crash. in Saturday’s State Route 36 crash. The coroner’s office announced 21-year-old Savannah Kiana Kindred, of Capitola, died in the hospital on the morning of Feb. 23. PREVIOUSLY: Two people were killed in separate crashes Friday and Saturday nights. Just before 10 p.m. Friday, motorcyclist Jerry […]