Trinity County News

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Investigators are now trying to identify human skeletal remains that were found in Trinity County on Saturday near a missing Garberville man's truck.

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation is asking for a decades-long extension of state water permits on the Trinity River to give it more time to find uses for the water -- a move river advocates say could threaten the water available for salmon and steelhead.

The truck of a Garberville man missing since last April was discovered in Trinity County Saturday with human skeletal remains a short distance away.

Mike Miller guided a tour group through the thick sludge at the bottom of his 113-year-old mine, the beams of his headlamp glinting off snowy quartz walls of a chilly mine shaft.

More than 40 agencies or organizations, 200 volunteers and endless goodwill will be present for the multiple-day event meant to give back to veterans.

Some time between 6 o'clock Sunday night and early Monday morning, somebody journeyed between Willow Creek and Burnt Ranch spraying blood-red opposition to vaccinations on schools, medical clinics, sidewalks and the K-rails -- concrete barriers -- lining Highway 299.

Lori Rose stepped out of the mid-morning sunshine and into a dark RV. Inside the dimly lit vehicle, Rose walked carefully though the cluttered, tiny space, past some boxes, an oxygen machine, tubing, and a small sink.

LAKE COUNTY Lake County's district state assemblyman advocated for health services, the environment and rural sheriff's departments during his first session, which adjourned late Sept.

Residents and business owners of Trinity County, Calif. have less than two weeks to purchase flood insurance at the best possible rates before the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency's new National Flood Insurance Program local rate maps go into effect.

Places like Trinity County face the prospect of a protracted struggle with the drug as budget cuts narrow treatment options and rehab centers confront financial hardship.

The total value of assessed property declined to $4.448 trillion for 2009-10, a drop of 2.4 percent from the previous year, according to figures released Tuesday by the California State Board of Equalization.

Riverside County led the way down among large counties in California as property values plunged along with the economy last year, state officials reported today.

The town of Paradise is trying to shave its budget deficit without job cuts. Originally the Town Council was considering cutting three to four positions.

The first strike team of firefighters to leave Mendocino County earlier this month reports they have been working long days while being transferred from Shasta County to Trinity County.

A 60-year-old Los Molinos woman could face up to four years in prison if convicted of starting a 1,200 acre wildfire in Trinity County.

Cal Fire official Cameron Todd shows the parameters of the fire, saying that it is in a difficult to reach area, near Davenport.

A 60-year-old Northern California woman is being held without bail after being charged with igniting a wildfire by discarding a lit cigarette.

Hundreds of firefighters were battling a wildfire Thursday that forced 2,400 people to evacuate their homes in the Santa Cruz Mountains.

A fire that started Wednesday afternoon was burning toward Lewiston in Trinity County and has forced numerous evacuations, said a spokeswoman for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.