Humboldt Deputy Sheriff’s Organization EUREKA – The Humboldt Deputy Sheriff’s Organization (HDSO) on Tuesday, Aug. 22 started a public organizing and outreach effort to combat unpermitted marijuana grow houses in residential neighborhoods. “The Humboldt County marijuana grow-house epidemic has been going on for over a decade. We know that when you want to really dig in…
McKinleyville man, woman get busted for growing weed
Mad River Union McKINLEYVILLE – A McKinleyville man and woman were arrested Wednesday, July 12, following the serving of a warrant by the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office’s Drug Enforcement Unit near Hyampom in eastern Humboldt County. The warrant was served after it was determined that the land parcel did not have an application on file…
Humboldt sets the pace for cannabis rules
Daniel Mintz Mad River Union HUMBOLDT – Humboldt County’s Board of Supervisors has approved the first county ordinance in the state to advance local regulations for commercial production of medical marijuana. The county’s labor-intensive ordinance was approved by supervisors at their Jan. 26 meeting and governs cultivation, manufacturing and processing of medical marijuana. The ordinance…
Cannabis Voice Humboldt asks for county involvement
Daniel Mintz Mad River Union HUMBOLDT – A non-profit group representing the county’s marijuana farmers has described its goals to county supervisors who seemed open to partnering on a land use-based cultivation ordinance. Representatives and members of California Cannabis Voice Humboldt, the local arm of a statewide political action committee, were in Board of Supervisors…
Supes Plow Forward With Pot Ordinance
Daniel Mintz Mad River Union HUMBOLDT – In the process of rejecting a request to hold meetings in Willow Creek and Southern Humboldt on a draft medical marijuana outdoor growing ordinance, the Board of Supervisors has shown support for enacting different regulations in each area. At their April 22 meeting, supervisors considered the Planning Commission’s…
Data Indicates More Than 3,000 Grow Houses in Unincorporated Humboldt
Daniel Mintz Mad River Union HUMBOLDT – Data provided to the county by the Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) shows that more than 3,000 households in the unincorporated area had energy use exceeding 600 percent of average for at least one month in each of the last three years. That information is essential to…
McKinleyville Man Arrested With Pot, Meth & Heroin
From HCSO: On 2-24-2014, at approximately 10:45 a.m., the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office was notified of a trespassing in progress occurring on Spears Avenue, Eureka. A property owner reported he owned a small cabin on Spears Road and a neighbor called the property owner reporting trespassers were on his property. The neighbor said they were…
Funky smelling Humboldt dude searched in Iowa; Troopers find small baggy of weed and $95,000 in cold, hard cash
Two Humboldt County residents learned the meaning of Iowa’s slogan “Life Changing” when they were pulled over last week and found to be in possession of marijuana and tons of cash. The traffic stop in the Hawkeye State triggered a grow house raid in McKinleyville and Glendale later the next day. On Monday, April 15,…