The LoCO Timeline

Today

Blue Lake City Councilmember Elise Scafani All But Certain to Survive Recall Election
11:18 a.m.

YESTERDAY IN SUPES: Humboldt Supervisors Vote to End Security Screening at Eureka Courthouse Entrances Due to Funding Constraints
11:02 a.m.

Northtown Books Was the Best Education This Humboldt Kid Could Have Hoped For
7:54 a.m.

BOOKED: Jan. 7, 2026
7:50 a.m.

California’s New Senate Leader Wants Democrats United. A Budget Shortfall Could Divide Them
7:25 a.m.

This Change Could Deliver Billions of More Dollars to California Schools. Here’s the Tradeoff
7:20 a.m.

OBITUARY: Candace Miller, 1947-2025
6:56 a.m.

OBITUARY: Thomas Emil Eggel, 1946-2025
6:56 a.m.

OBITUARY: Paul Calvin Windham, MD, 1949-2025
6:56 a.m.

FUNGUS of the DAY: Hypogymnia imshaugii, the Imshaug’s Tube Lichen!
5 a.m.

Yesterday

POLL! How Are We Feeling About This Venezuela Business?
4:20 p.m.

Lots of Unknowns for Jan. 2 Arcata Fire Cleanup Efforts
4 p.m.

In Daryl Jones Prelim Hearing, Cops Recount Graphic Threats to Harm and Kill Children at Local Schools
2:29 p.m.

Sheriff’s Office Gets Forensic Profile of Human Remains Found Near Myers Flat Last June; Man Was Middle-Aged or Older With Very Poor Oral Health
2:14 p.m.

Elderly Woman Suffers Major Injuries After Being Hit by a Vehicle in Henderson Center This Morning
1:21 p.m.

FIRE RECOVERY: Arcata Chamber of Commerce and Allies Launch Joint Effort to Support Lost Businesses and People Affected by Friday’s Fire
1:11 p.m.

(VIDEO) Local High School Athletes and the Humboldt-Del Norte League are Begging Adults Not to be Insufferable Jerks at Games
12:38 p.m.

(UPDATE: FOUND) Eureka Police Looking for Missing 10-Year-Old
10:49 a.m.

Rep. Doug LaMalfa, the Redding-Area Congressman Whose District Disappeared Under Prop. 50, Has Died
8:53 a.m.

BOOKED: Jan. 6, 2026
7:50 a.m.

Newsom’s Final Year in Office Begins With an $18 Billion Deficit. How Will He Address It?
7:29 a.m.

OBITUARY: Christopher Drew Smith, 1946-2025
6:56 a.m.

OBITUARY: Annette Jeanne Jicha Young, 1932-2025
6:56 a.m.

OBITUARY: David McGinty, 1943-2025
6:56 a.m.

OBITUARY: Cheryl Lynn Peterson Rau, 1944-2025
6:56 a.m.

OBITUARY: Connie Tye, 1936-2025
6:56 a.m.

FUNGUS of the DAY: Chromosera cyanophylla, One of the Common Gilled Mushrooms And Allies!
5 a.m.

Monday, Jan. 5

The Point in Time Count is Almost Upon Us! Volunteers Needed to Help Try to Count All the County’s Homeless Population on Jan. 23
4:50 p.m.

Arcata Water Rate Hearing Pushed Back; Also, What’s it All About?
4:04 p.m.

Eureka City Council to Revisit Controversial Police Drone Proposal at This Week’s Meeting
1:43 p.m.

THIS WEEK IN SUPES: The County Could Cease Funding Security Screening at Public Entrances to the Courthouse
1:14 p.m.

Power Outage in Phillipsville; 1971 Customers Affected
12:32 p.m.

Humboldt County Public Defender’s Office Nabs $743,864 State Grant to Expand Holistic Defense Services
10:33 a.m.

‘We Would Love to Rebuild’: Northtown Books Owner Dante DiGenova Addresses Devastating Fire, Thanks the Community and Looks Toward Next Steps
9:36 a.m.

The Sheriff Has Declared a State of Emergency Due to Friday’s Fire in Arcata, Citing the Effects of Hazardous Materials Entering the Creeks and the Bay
8:59 a.m.

BOOKED: Jan. 5, 2026
7:50 a.m.

Could This Mysterious California News Site Influence the 2026 Election?
7:35 a.m.

Will This Be the Year California Makes Kindergarten Mandatory?
7:32 a.m.

ANIMAL of the DAY: Henricia pumila, the Dwarf Mottled Henricia!
5 a.m.

Sunday, Jan. 4

BOOKED: Jan. 4, 2026
7:50 a.m.

TO YOUR WEALTH: Invest Like a Gardener, Not a Gambler
7:05 a.m.

LoCO THROWBACK: Caltrans Replaces Culvert Featured in ‘E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial,’ Thanks Steven Spielberg by Sending Him a Hunk of Rusted Steel (From 2016)
7 a.m.

ANIMAL of the DAY: Lygaeus kalmii kalmii, the Western Small Milkweed Bug!
5 a.m.

Saturday, Jan. 3

Arcata Fire: Cause of Friday’s Block-Destroying Blaze Still Under Investigation; Seven Businesses Leveled, Along With Several Apartments; Five Other Businesses Sustained Damage
12:15 p.m.

Trinidad Without Water After Big Main Break on Scenic Drive Empties the City’s Tanks
10:15 a.m.

BOOKED: Jan. 3, 2026
7:50 a.m.

HUMBOLDT HISTORY: I Was Waylaid by 500 Razorback Hogs on the Road to Hoopa
7:30 a.m.

FUNGUS of the DAY: Clavulinopsis laeticolor, the Handsome Club!
5 a.m.

Friday, Jan. 2

(UPDATING) Huge Fire in Downtown Arcata; No Known Injuries, But Half a City Block Has Burned
4:51 p.m.

Power Outage in Ferndale; 1484 Customers Affected
3:52 p.m.