On May 25, 2021, deputies with the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office Marijuana Enforcement Team (MET) served five search warrants to investigate illegal cannabis cultivation in Southern Humboldt County. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Humboldt County Department of Health and Human Ser
Eight Thousand Plants in 29 Greenhouses and Stolen Firearm Found in Raid of Unpermitted Grow Op in the Myers Flat Area, Sheriff’s Office Says
Photos: Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office.
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Press release from the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office:
On May 19, 2021, deputies with the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office Marijuana Enforcement Team (MET) served one search warrant to investigate illegal cannabis cultivation in the Myers Flat area. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Humboldt County Department of Health and Human Services Environmental Health - HazMat Unit, Humboldt County Code Enforcement and the California State Water Resources Control Board assisted in the service of the warrant.
Press release from the Humboldt County Department of Health and Human Services:
Thanks in part to a $5.1 million grant from the Investment in Mental
Health Wellness Grant Program for Children, Humboldt County will soon
have a residential facility for children and youth experiencing mental
health crises.
Fortuna-based Pediatrician Dr. Evan Buxbaum said he regularly sees
children in his practice who are experiencing depression and anxiety. “Our
children had been experiencing mental health crises even before COVID,
but the events of the past year have made issues around adolescent
mental health significantly worse.”
Dr. Buxbaum added that when
children in Humboldt County become suicidal or experience a mental
Posted By Iridian Casarez on Fri, May 7, 2021 at 5:24 PM click to enlarge With the help of the Humboldt County Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Children s Behavioral Health Division, Fortuna-based pediatrician Evan Buxbaum received a $5.1 million grant from the Investment in Mental Health Wellness Grant Program for Children to create the county s first crisis stabilization and residential treatment center for youth.
“Our children had been experiencing mental health crises even before COVID, but the events of the past year have made issues around adolescent mental health significantly worse,” Buxbaum said, adding that there are no residential in-patient care centers locally, meaning youth who have a mental health crisis get placed on a psychiatric hold in a local emergency room while they
Press release from the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office:
On May 6, 2021, deputies with the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office Marijuana Enforcement Team (MET) served multiple search warrants to investigate illegal cannabis cultivation in the Rancho Sequoia and Dobbyn Creek areas. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Humboldt County Department of Health and Human Services Environmental Health – HazMat Unit and Humboldt County Code Enforcement assisted in the service of the warrants.
Six parcels were investigated during the service of the warrants. The parcels did not possess the required county permit and state license to cultivate cannabis commercially.
During the service of the warrant in the Dobbyn Creek area, deputies eradicated approximately 1,200 growing cannabis plants. Deputies seized and destroyed over 171.5 pounds of cannabis bud, approximately 123 pounds of processed cannabis and approximately 454 pounds of cannabis shake.