The LoCO Timeline

Today

Advocates Urge Open Door to Reinstate Youth Gender-Affirming Care After Health Center Cuts Key Treatment
1:42 p.m.

FISH ON! After Three Years of No Salmon at the Klamath Salmon Festival, A Limited Number of Plates Will Once Again be Graced With Chinook This Weekend
1:39 p.m.

THIS WEEK IN SUPES: Strengthening Protections for Old-Growth Trees in Lower Redway
1:01 p.m.

Will the Proposed Arcata Contrast Therapy Facility on South G Burn Wood? Or Will It be Forced to Spurn It For Good?
12:41 p.m.

MONDAY LOWDOWN: Dumpster Puppies in Eureka
9:11 a.m.

(UPDATE) Highway 96 Still Closed By Milepost 18 Fire, Which Has Ballooned Up to 1,500 Acres
7:39 a.m.

Would You Trust Your Boss With Data About Your Brain? California Moves to Regulate Neurotech
7:23 a.m.

An Oil Field Became California’s First Carbon Vault. Who’s Responsible if Something Goes Wrong?
7:16 a.m.

OBITUARY: Lana Maria Crutchfield, 1947-2026
6:59 a.m.

OBITUARY: Reva Nell Grant, 1945-2026
6:54 a.m.

PLANT of the DAY: Salix melanopsis, the Dusky Willow!
5 a.m.

Yesterday

SUNDAY LOWDOWN: One for Annie (And Mary Too)
11:30 a.m.

BOOKED: Aug. 9, 2026
7:35 a.m.

PLANT of the DAY: Sambucus racemosa pubens, the Eastern Red Elder!
5 a.m.

Saturday, Aug. 8

[UPDATE: Evacuation Warnings Issued] Fire North of Hoopa Reaches 380 Acres; Highway 96 Closed; Power Out in the Area
10:28 a.m.

SATURDAY LOWDOWN: Rumble Over the Redwoods! Arcata Lantern Floating Ceremony for Peace! The Red Room! More!
8:47 a.m.

BOOKED: Aug. 8, 2026
7:35 a.m.

HUMBOLDT HISTORY: Some Firsts in Humboldt County Aviation
7:30 a.m.

ANIMAL of the DAY: Lasiurus frantzii, the Western Red Bat!
5 a.m.

Friday, Aug. 7

Here Are Your Eureka City Council and Mayor Candidates; Will Another Challenger Emerge to Challenge Jeff Leonard in the Fifth Ward?
4:58 p.m.

PADDLER’S PARADISE: Construction Underway on Massive Eel River Estuary Restoration Project That Will Open Up Miles of Public Access at the River’s Mouth
4:39 p.m.

POLL! Where Can You Get the Best View of Humboldt Bay?
4:20 p.m.

Marijuana Enforcement Team Eradicates 6,000 Growing Cannabis Plants From Illegal Willow Creek Grow, Sheriff’s Office Says
3 p.m.

Downtown Arcata Fire Cleanup is About 75% Complete
2:08 p.m.

Still Thinking About Running for Arcata City Council? The City Just Extended Its Filing Deadline to Aug. 12
1:31 p.m.

Will the Proposed Arcata Contrast Therapy Facility on South G Burn Wood? Or Will It be Forced to Spurn It For Good?
12:39 p.m.

GUEST OPINION: Rumble Against the Redwoods
10:50 a.m.

Heads Up! Portions of the McKinleyville Community Forest Will be Closed in the Coming Weeks for Hazard Fuels Reduction
10:41 a.m.

FRIDAY LOWDOWN: Friday Night Market! Valerie Tosi! Flynn Creek Circus! More!
9:30 a.m.

(PHOTOS) Romano Gabriel’s Sculpture Garden is Being Moved Out Old Town Eureka for a Couple Months as Part of a Major Restoration Project
7:53 a.m.

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

California Craft Liquor Delivery Is About Go Away Thanks to Big Money Lobbying
7:14 a.m.

OBITUARY: Jean M. Caldwell, 1939-2026
6:56 a.m.

ANIMAL of the DAY: Dolichovespula arenaria, the Common Aerial Yellowjacket!
5 a.m.

Thursday, Aug. 6

Myers Flat Man Gets 8-Year Sentence for Threatening Neighbor, DA’s Office Says
5:10 p.m.

POLL! Welcome, Lee Greenwood! What’s Humboldt’s Second-Favorite Lee Greenwood Song?
4:20 p.m.

‘It’s Unacceptable’: North Coast Water Board Forwards Little River Pollution Case to Attorney General’s Office for Review
3:48 p.m.

Super El Niño Could Bring Heavy Rainfall and Record High Tides This Winter, Plus Summer Lightning in Fire-Prone Regions Across the North Coast, Climate Scientists Warn
1:48 p.m.

Elected Officials Outraged After Developer Vacates Humboldt Offshore Wind Lease
12:59 p.m.

THURSDAY LOWDOWN: Flynn Creek Circus! Eureka Summer Concert Series! McKinleyville Music in the Park! More!
11:30 a.m.

German Offshore Wind Developer Sells its Humboldt County Lease Back to the Trump Administration, Promises to Develop Natural Gas in the United States Instead
10:11 a.m.

BOOKED: Aug. 6, 2026
7:35 a.m.

As AI ‘Therapists’ Dish Out Advice, California Lawmakers Try to Set Some Limits
7:11 a.m.

Why Truckers Always Seem to Be on the Phone While They Drive on the Highway
7:09 a.m.

ANIMAL of the DAY: Orgyia antiqua, the Rusty Tussock Moth!
5 a.m.

Wednesday, Aug. 5

Funding for Arcata’s Evening Bus Service is in Limbo
4:35 p.m.

Hoopa Valley Tribe Celebrates the Opening of its New Data Center, the Hub of Broadband Expansion in the Valley and Beyond
4:19 p.m.

STATE O’ FISH: Rebuilding California’s Still-Struggling Salmon Fishery and Another ‘Unpredictable’ Year for Dungeness Crab
4:14 p.m.

EARTHQUAKE! 4.4M Earthquake 31 Kilometers Northwest of Covelo
3:34 p.m.

A Man Who Shoplifted From Booklegger in Eureka 40 Years Ago Just Mailed the Book Back With an Apology and a $100 Bill
3:18 p.m.