News, nature, and community throughout the Emerald Triangle
There were two fires in Alderpoint yesterday. One, already reported by SoHum Awareness, occurred around 4:30 yesterday afternoon. According to the community awareness site, the first was a grass fire off the Alderpoint road a half mile west of the town of Alderpoint. The fire is now contained. It was caused by a vehicle driving on a flat tire. Resources
Read moreMendocino Co. Sheriff Press Release: (See Photo here–scroll down)Mendocino County Sheriff’s deputies received a complaint that persons were trespassing onto a vacant parcel located at 44948 Fish Rock Rd., Gualala, and had cut down trees and were growing marijuana. Deputies went to the location and located 39 marijuana plants, and found that trees had been cut down to facilitate
Read moreAaron Bassler, the suspect in two Mendocino murders, began reaching an international audience and legendary status with his shots fired yesterday. A German online site panted the following (Google Translate has limitations and I’m no linguist so bear with me), About two weeks they had almost caught him. A police dog had taken Aaron Bassler’s track, near the home of
Read moreRhea Jean [Thompson] Hollis April 1925-September 2011 Sweet with a Core of Stubborn Any one who met my grandmother would call her sweet. Sweet for her nature, sweet for her kind face, sweet for the delectable fudge and divinity she was known for making. But underneath that sweetness lay a foundation of stubborn. She rarely let it show but occasionally,
Read moreAaron Bassler, a suspect in two high profile murders near Fort Bragg, exchanged gunfire with law enforcement today. Mendocino Sheriff Tom Allman held a press conference at 8pm tonight, Thursday, Sept. 29. He announced, “At 11:50, …before noon, [three] Almeda deputies…. came under fire.” The suspect, Aaron Bassler, dressed entirely in black opened fire on them from about 100 meters
Read moreAccording to a resident of Eureka, a fire broke out early this morning in an “unattached garage in the alley between Henderson and Grotto, F and E Streets.” Michelle Steinwachs says she was awakened by sirens from multiple fire trucks this morning. She headed out and took these photos of the operation. UPDATE:7:15 pm: Photos of the structure after the
Read moreMendocino Sheriff Press Release: On 09-25-2011 Deputies from the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to a discovered burglary of a vacation cabin located in the 16000 block of NorthSpur Road. This area is approximately 14.2 miles east of Fort Bragg and approximately 10 miles northwest of Willits along the Noyo River watershed. Upon arrival Deputies discovered the person responsible
Read moreOn 09-27-2011, approximately 11:00 a.m. , the Humboldt County Sheriffs Office was notified of a robbery which just occurred at Loleta Drive, near U.S. 101. While deputies were responding to the scene they were notified that the victim was being transported to Redwood Memorial Hospital for neck injuries. A deputy met with the 30 year old male victim at the
Read moreEmerald Technologies of Garberville is looking for the man above. They believe he may be responsible for the loss of a Netbook. Please keep a look out for him and notify the sheriff at 707 445 7251 if you see him.
Read moreVegan gardeners have recently begun worrying about the animal products in their plant foods. Almost all fertilizers are animal product based. A Humboldt Co. is offering an entire product line that has no animal by products in it. According to a press release in the SF Gate, Humboldt Plant Fertilizers (HPF) is breaking new ground by becoming the only natural
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