YREKA, Calif. — As families flock to the Siskiyou Golden Fair for its second day of midway thrills and community cheer, a veil of uncertainty still shrouds the industrial accident that gripped Yreka just 48 hours earlier.
On August 5, an equipment malfunction at Mountain Ready Mix—a concrete batch plant operated by Greg Gunlock—unleashed a massive plume of caustic dust across the city, triggering a 1.5-hour shelter-in-place order and leaving residents scrambling indoors amid fears of airborne hazards. What emerged from my investigation reveals dangerous gaps in emergency response, health monitoring, and official transparency that should concern every Siskiyou County resident.
