Humboldt County (California)

Full disclosure: I am no Bigfoot junkie. In fact, before strapping my mom, my 3-year-old and myself in the car and traveling north on U.S. 101 to Arcata, Calif., then swinging east on California 299 to the blink-and-you'll-miss-it town of Willow Creek,...

Trace amounts of radioactive iodine have been found in the milk of cows in a herd used for teaching purposes at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, state officials said Friday. The levels of iodine-131-- a substance that does not occur......

Two Northern California men accused of driving through Newport Beach with 20 pounds of marijuana are due in court Friday on felony drug charges. A Newport Beach police officer stopped a black Ford Explorer near Westcliff and Dover drives for a minor...

Just because Prop. 19 failed doesn't mean marijuana legalization won't pass in 2012. The conversation is far from over… Why California didn't pass Prop. 19? "The budgetary benefits, while not insignificant, would have been small compared with...

Imagine it's the day after the election, and California awakes to a brave new state where marijuana is the same as alcohol, at least legally. Does that mean anyone over 21 can head to the nearest medical marijuana club and buy pot for personal pleasure?...

U.S. forests sequester enough carbon every year to offset roughly 11% of the country's industrial greenhouse gas emissions, according to a new federal report. The inventory ranks California among the top states in forest carbon storage, not far behind...

While the weather has careened in the last week from broiling to chilly and sodden and back to warm, and summer produce, such as peaches, peppers and eggplants, continue to be offered at farmers markets, a change is in the air, independent of the...

In the days after it was announced that former Burbank Unified Supt. Kevin Jolly fell to his death from a bridge in Northern California, disbelief, confusion and sorrow continue to reign. Jolly, who was pushed out after just six months at Burbank...

Former Burbank Unified Supt. Kevin Jolly has died, according to an announcement from a school district in Northern California where he had started as superintendent earlier this month. No cause of death was given, and calls to Mendocino County school...

In support of the California Department of Fish and Game and its effort to keep hunters and anglers informed, Outposts, on Thursday or Friday, posts marine biologist Carrie Wilson's weekly Q&A column: Question: I have a question about trichinosis in......

A magnitude-3.8 earthquake has struck Northern California. The U.S. Geological Survey says the earthquake struck about 40 miles southeast of Eureka at 9:04 a.m. Saturday. A dispatcher with the Humboldt County Sheriff's Department says there have been no...