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UPDATE- ALL CLEAR NOW—Motorcycle crash in Cleone- blocks road, driver now OK, handgun requires check

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This is NORTH of where the crash occured.

Sirens have been doing by since just after 10 am. This has provoked three rounds of dog howling here in Cleone. The CHP log shows that a motorcycle crash happened. The CHP log shows that the driver hit something, people helped direct traffic, the guy was transported away and volunteer firefighters dealth with a handgun and cell phone, no crime alleged, but we have only the log. I have been TRYING to talk on the phone during the howling. Hope the guy or gal is OK

Incident:

0041Type:

Trfc Collision-Minor InjLocation:

Sr1 / Camp One Ten Mile RdLoc Desc:Lat/Lon:

39.532165 -123.758942

Detail Information
11:33 AM13[48] [Notification] [CHP]-Problem changed from 1179-Trfc Collision-1141 Enrt to 1181-Trfc Collision-Minor Inj by CHP [Shared]
11:33 AM12[47] 18-1 PRTY FLOWN OUT TO AHUV / ENRT TO MEET WITH FIRE TO GET THE PHONE / 98 SOLO VEH 1181 / REQ CII 24510 VC / WILL NEED TO ENTER A HANDGUN NEG SER NUMBER
11:15 AM11[44] 1039 FIRE [Shared]
11:14 AM10[43] 18-001 REQ FIRE TAKE POSSESSION OF THE SUBJ CELL PHONE / WILL COLLECT IT WHEN CLR FRM HERE [Shared]
10:41 AM9[36] [Rotation Request Comment] 1039 Orca 707-964-8352 [Shared]
10:40 AM8[35] 18-001 1185 FOR HD DRESSED ON RIGHT SIDE ON SB RHS [Shared]
10:32 AM7[32] [Appended, 10:40:01] [1] 1125
10:31 AM6[28] [Appended, 10:33:18] [6] PEOPLE ARE DIRECTIN TRAFFIC
10:27 AM5[19] 1039 CF [Shared]
10:25 AM4[6] NEG 1125
10:25 AM3[5] MC TC
10:24 AM2[3] UNALBE TO HEAR WHAT M HIT
10:23 AM1[2] MC TC
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Frank Hartzell has spent his lifetime as a curious anthropologist in a reporter's fedora. His first news job was chasing news on the streets of Houston with high school buddy and photographer James Mason, back in 1986. Then Frank graduated from Humboldt State and went to Great Gridley as a reporter, where he bonded with 1000 people and told about 3000 of their stories. In Marysville at the Appeal Democrat, the sheltered Frank got to see both the chilling depths and amazing heights of humanity. From there, he worked at the Sacramento Bee covering Yuba-Sutter and then owned the Business Journal in Yuba City, which sold 5000 subscriptions to a free newspaper. Frank then got a prestigious Kiplinger Investigative Reporting fellowship and was city editor of the Newark Ohio, Advocate and then came back to California for 4 years as managing editor of the Napa Valley Register before working as a Dominican University professor, then coming to Fort Bragg to be with his aging mom, Betty Lou Hartzell, and working for the Fort Bragg Advocate News. Frank paid the bills during that decade + with a successful book business. He has worked for over 50 publications as a freelance writer, including the Mendocino Voice and Anderson Valley Advertiser, along with construction and engineering publications. He has had the thrill of learning every day while writing. Frank is now living his dream running MendocinoCoast.News with wife, Linda Hartzell, and web developer, Marty McGee, reporting from Fort Bragg, California.

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