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Today, the Jim Demulling Peace Park which has been at the center of the porta potty controversy received a visit from a cleanup crew of the California Dept of Corrections and Rehabilitation (known locally as the cons.) Trees were trimmed and the place was cleaned. Coincidentally (or not), the fence was also removed; whether this was something the county approved
Read moreSheriff Press Release: On 06-15-2011, approximately 7:00 a.m. Humboldt County Sheriffs Deputies and Detectives were dispatched to a residence on Birch Street in Weott, regarding a home invasion robbery which just occurred. When deputies arrived, they met with the 21-year-old male and 18-year-old female victims, who were the occupants of the residence. The victims told the deputies they were awakened
Read moreUPDATE: Informative piece in the Times Standard. Last July, Cole Machado, well-known in Humboldt County political circles was arrested on child pornography charges. Today the FBI was involved with his arrest again on charges of Production and Distribution of Child Pornography. Here is the Sheriff’s Office Press Release: On 06-15-2011 at about 0730 hours the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office assisted
Read moreThe slide late last March that took out Briceland Road was cleared awhile ago but repaving of part of the road is set to begin today. There will be one way controlled traffic so avoid the area if possible. Crews are set to work 8-5 today through Thursday. (Please pass on the information here on how traffic is flowing those
Read moreHere is a collection of North Coast news items I’m following. 1) The Big Bust This picture came from a huge bust north of Arcata (isn’t the room strange? What are those brown boxlike cupboards on the wall? Also the buds appear to have a lot of red in them.) 495 pounds of pot were seized as well as around
Read more[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXpWtx6Jps4&feature=player_embedded] Ever ride a Harley with the pipes rumbling? Ever gone to a wet t-shirt contest? (You don’t get to see the actual contest in the video just the gathering.) A local couple (Rick Bonham and Sandra Snodgrass Bonham) filmed the ride starting in Richardson Grove. Photos below the fold (some are a little risque.)
Read moreFor years the Redwood Run Quilt was pieced together by a group of Salmon Creek School moms but for the last few years one of our biggest supporters has created a masterpiece all on her own. This one brackets the unusual abstract motorcycle design with Hwy 101 on the left and a sunset on the right as the Eel River
Read moreHumboldt County Sheriff Press Release: On 06-09-2011, approximately 8: 00 p.m. the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call from a 23-year-old Eureka man who said he was just shot at by an unknown person on the side of US 101 near the Miranda Bridge, Miranda. The victim had been parked in the turnout working on
Read more“Seventeen people and five dogs hanging out in the vets park…[T]hey were there for hours…[I’]m torn…[I] know people need somewhere to be but it looked like a camp out in the middle of [Garberville]… I think maybe [T]ooby park would have been better spot for a gathering…[I]t is an every day thing…[I]t has become a spot for the drifters/homeless to
Read moreThe Sheriff’s Office has confirmed last night around 10:30 that there was an arrest made at a home just on the east side of the Miranda bridge. Gunshots were fired. Reports from neighbors say that there were several people handcuffed but only one person was supposedly arrested. The neighbors also report that the road from the freeway exit to
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