By David & Susan Greenberg The sea lions barked like feral middle-schoolers taunting a hapless substitute teacher who took a wrong turn into Hell. Luckily, they were beneath the docks on the other side of the Bowline Hotel from the quiet river side to which you providently upgraded. There’s a lesson here: don’t substitute teach. The hotel’s not cheap. Then…
Category: Clatsop County
“It’s been a really odd 48 hours” Astoria Police Chief Kelly; “Victim” Rescued by US Coast Guard from Columbia Bar, Wanted for Stealing Boat, Other Bizarre Incidents in Clatsop County, Seaside Police Make Arrest Friday Evening
EDITOR’S NOTE: The US Coast Guard video went viral in minutes yesterday. It showed a dramatic rescue as a boat rolled in the waves on the Columbia River bar. You can spot a person aboard the boat attempting to get into the water as the Coast Guard helicopter swimmer is lowered … and then it rolls. The amazing rescue was…
Another Gray Whale Washes Up on North Oregon Coast on Crescent Beach near Cannon Beach Saturday, January 21st; Updates – Necropsy Reports on Sperm Whale, Baby Gray Whale
Reports from Seaside Aquarium While preforming the necropsy on the baby gray whale the Coast Guard reported a third whale floating about a mile offshore. Saturday afternoon the whale washed ashore on Crescent Beach (which is a secluded beach that you have to hike down to), which is located in Cannon Beach. While all these whale strandings may seem concerning,…
Second Whale Washes Ashore at Fort Stevens State Park, Near Sperm Whale, yesterday Jan. 18th
Seaside Aquarium reported yesterday January 18, 2023, that a second whale has washed ashore near the Peter Iredale in Fort Stevens State Park near Warrenton, approximately 100 yards north of the sperm whale. This whale is a baby Gray whale about 12-feet in length. Like the sperm whale, it had been dead for a while before washing in. There are…
MALE SPERM WHALE WASHES ASHORE IN FORT STEVENS STATE PARK
Yesterday afternoon, Saturday January 14, 2023, a 40-foot sperm whale washed ashore just south of the Peter Iredale in Fort Stevens State Park. The whale had been dead for a while before washing ashore. There were a few large gashes on the whale believed to be from a large ship strike, however, it is unclear if this strike occurred before…
VEHICLE OF MISSING PERSON RECOVERED FROM CREEK IN SEASIDE JAN. 14
(Seaside, Ore. – Jan. 14, 2023) – Seaside Police and the Clatsop County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue recovered a submerged vehicle on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2023 and a body believed to be LaDawn Rene Bloom, missing since Dec. 4, 2022. As part of an ongoing investigation into Bloom’s disappearance, a search operation in Neawanna Creek near the intersection of…
Seaside Aquarium Celebrates Year of Monthly Beach Cleanups, Continues Effort in 2023, First Saturday Every Month
The Seaside Aquarium ardently extended thanks to those of you who volunteered your time and energy into keeping Seaside Beach clean through our monthly beach cleanups sponsored by us (Seaside Aquarium), the City of Seaside, Seaside Downtown Development Association, Seaside Visitor’s Center, and SOLVE. Through this wonderful partnership, we had a total of 583 participants remove approximately 2,738 pounds of…
FATAL CRASH ON ASTORIA MEGLER BRIDGE, HWY 101 – CLATSOP COUNTY WED. DEC. 28th
On Wednesday, December 28, 2022 at approximately 6:24 P.M., the Oregon State Police responded to two vehicle crash on HWY 101, near milepost 2.5, in Clatsop County. The preliminary investigation indicated a northbound blue 2002 Nissan Xterra SUV, operated by Edgar Mandujano Rodriguez (29) of Beaverton, attempted to pass other northbound vehicles on the Megler bridge when it struck a…
TRIPLE TRAGEDY DURING STORM TUESDAY, DEC. 27, TREE HITS TRUCK ON HWY 26, CLATSOP COUNTY
On Tuesday, December 27, 2022 at approximately 11:39 A.M., the Oregon State Police responded to a vehicle versus tree crash on HWY 26, near milepost 15.5, in Clatsop County. The preliminary investigation indicated a severe weather event caused a large diameter tree to fall onto an eastbound silver Ford F-150, operated by Justin Nolasco Pedraza (19) of Seaside. It was…
Tillamook County Emergency Management Advisory: Winter Weather Advisory until 12:00PM
Friday December 23, 2022, 8:55 AM * WHAT…Freezing rain. Additional ice accumulations of a light glaze. * WHERE…In Oregon, North Oregon Coast. In Washington, South Washington Coast. Most of the coastline has warmed up above freezing as of 830 AM Friday. However, below freezing temperatures along the Columbia River will result in freezing rain continuing through midday for places like…