PG&E Power Shutoff Wednesday Morning Update County of Humboldt – The Home of the Redwoods Seal In the early hours of Wednesday, Oct. 9, Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) activated its Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) protocols, which resulted in shutting off power to parts of Humboldt County. PG&E is reporting that around 60,000 customers…
Update on school closings
From the Humboldt County Office of Education: The following list are confirmed school closures for today: Southern Humboldt USD Big Lagoon School/District Trinity Valley Elementary Fuente Nueva Charter School Pacific View Charter School Cuddeback School/District Coastal Grove Charter School Fortuna Elementary School District Rio Dell School District Trinidad School/District Scotia School/District Loleta School District McKinleyville…
Water district fighting Glendale cannabis factory
From the Oct. 2, 2019 edition Daniel Mintz Mad River Union GLENDALE – The Humboldt Bay Municipal Water District has appealed the permitting of a Glendale cannabis manufacturing complex, stating that project’s development on a former lumber mill site runs the risk of “contaminating the district’s drinking water supplies.” Filed on September 19 and…
Most schools open tomorrow during planned power outage
From The Humboldt County Office of Education: Public Safety Power Shutoff – Schools Closures Due to the planned PG&E power shutoffs, the following Humboldt County schools and offices will not be open on Wednesday, October 9: Big Lagoon Southern Humboldt Union School District Trinity Valley Elementary School Please note all other Klamath Trinity sites have…
PG&E to turn off power sometime after midnight due to high winds
Updated at 7:43 p.m. with press release from County of Humboldt: PG&E to shut down power to Humboldt County Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) has notified the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office of Emergency Services (Sheriff’s OES) that Humboldt County will lose power at midnight tonight due to de-energization of two transmission lines originating in Shasta…
Witness to a hammer attack
This morning, Sept. 10, I witnessed a man attack another man with a hammer. I was in my car waiting for the light to turn green on Myrtle Avenue at Fourth Street shortly before 10:30 a.m. I glanced over at the parking lot of La Patria Mariscos & Grill Restaurant and saw a man with…
Obituary: Betty Jean Pritchett (Roberts)
Betty passed away on August 14, 2019 peacefully at her home in Rio Dell with her beloved husband of 49 years Everett (Sonny) Pritchett. Betty is preceded in death by her father and mother Fred and Lorraine Roberts, her brothers Larry and Noble Roberts, and sister Wanda Sedlacek. Betty was very blessed by family, she…
Arcata Fall Activity Guide
2019 Fall Activity Guide, Arcata by Mad River Union on Scribd
Suspect arrested for stabbing dog, elderly man
Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office MCKINLEYVILLE – On Wednesday, June 26 at about 9:21 p.m., Humboldt County Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to a residence on the 2300 block of Grace Avenue in McKinleyville for the report of a physical altercation occurring, with one male subject armed with a knife. When deputies arrived on scene, they located…
Teen sustains major injuries after car rolls near Crannell
Mad River Union CRANNELL – A 17-year-old Trinidad woman received major injuries when the car she was driving flipped over at about 12:15 p.m. today, June 11 on U.S. Highway 101 south of the Little River Bridge. Iya Sol Ortiz-Beck was traveling southbound on U.S. Highway 101 in the fast lane at about 65 mph…