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Planning a Romantic Walk on the Beach This Valentine’s Day? Watch Out for Nesting Western Snowy Plovers!
LoCO Staff / Feb. 13, 2024, 10:01 a.m. / Wildlife
… , these avian companions embark on their unique journey of courtship.The plover breeding season, spanning from March 1 to September 15, is drawing near along the picturesque North Coast beaches. Migratory western …
Not Your Grandma’s Granny Flat: How San Diego Hacked State Housing Law to Build ADU ‘Apartment Buildings’
Ben Christopher / Nov. 28, 2023, 7:32 a.m. / Sacramento
… . David Pearson, co-founder PALO, in Imperial Beach on Nov. 2, 2023. PALO, an architecture company, helps homeowners in San Diego build different types of housing. Photo by Adriana Heldiz, Cal …
Skilled Trades Workers Protest Outside Cal Poly Humboldt as Part of CSU-Wide One-Day Strike
Ryan Burns / Nov. 14, 2023, 10:44 a.m. / Labor
… the following statement, which was shared with the campus on Nov. 9:Cal Poly Humboldt has been informed that Teamsters Local 2010, which represents approximately 1,000 employees systemwide in the CSU including …
HEADS UP, KAYAKERS! Much-Needed Construction Work at Trinidad Harbor Could Slightly Impact Where You Launch Your Vessel From at Some Points in October
LoCO Staff / Sept. 19, 2023, 4:38 p.m. / Infrastructure
… Construction Project. Construction will commence on October 2, 2023 and conclude October 30, 2023. Contractors will be working on rock slope protection near launcher beach for approximately one week …
THE ECONEWS REPORT: Coastal Cleanup Month is Here!
The EcoNews Report / Sept. 9, 2023, 10 a.m. / Environment
… THE ECONEWS REPORT: Coastal Cleanup Month is Here! Happy people at a 2018 cleanup. Photo: NEC.Trash: it's everywhere! From our beaches to our forests. But those plucky do …
ART Made of KIDS! It’s the Time of Year When Kids Fix Up the South Spit, Then Pose for a Picture
LoCO Staff / June 8, 2023, 4:33 p.m. / Activism
… Bay. After spending the day restoring dune habitat and picking up trash, students, teachers, and volunteers formed a giant image of a western snowy plover and nest with the message “Give Us …
Breathe a Sigh of Relief: Humboldt County May Have the Cleanest Air in the State, Report Finds
Ryan Burns / April 20, 2023, 3:30 p.m. / Environment
… of the five worst cities for ozone pollution: Los Angeles-Long Beach, Visalia, Bakersfield and Fresno-Madera-Hanford.Nationwide, nearly 36 percent of Americans — 119.6 million people — live in communities …
OBITUARY: Sean Swanson, 1967-2023
LoCO Staff / April 8, 2023, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
… , 1967 in Minneapolis, Minnesota to parents Kathleen Weber and Sidney Swanson. Sean grew up in Laguna Beach/Southern California, moved to Humboldt as a teen and started Fortuna High, where he loved …
City of Arcata Seeking ‘Community Ambassadors’ to Help Make the Town Safer and Prettier
Stephanie McGeary / July 1, 2022, 2:07 p.m. / Community
… business owners and assisting with their needs; interacting with the unhoused population and connecting them to services; and helping with city cleanup, including picking up trash or removing graffiti …
‘RESTORE JOY’: Hundreds of Humboldt Kids Come Together to Send a Message During a Day at the Beach
Andrew Goff / June 2, 2022, 7 p.m. / Education
… 'RESTORE JOY': Hundreds of Humboldt Kids Come Together to Send a Message During a Day at the Beach Photos by J Patrick CudahyFriends of the Dunes release …
MEASURE K: Humboldt County Wants Voters to Re-renew the Abandoned Vehicle Abatement Program
Isabella Vanderheiden / April 27, 2022, 7:56 a.m. / Elections
… ) Program ballot initiative, to renew the county's existing efforts to deal with the problem. The measure asked voters to approve a vehicle registration fee of $1 per vehicle and $2 for certain commercial …
OBITUARY: Michael Eagan, 1946-2022
LoCO Staff / April 13, 2022, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
… ), a campus community service organization. One of Mike's favorite IK memories was creating sculptures alongside US 101 near the Eureka Slough with driftwood and trash they collected along the freeway …
LETTER FROM ISTANBUL: At The Ukraine-Russia Peace Talks
James Tressler / April 3, 2022, 7 a.m. / Letter From Istanbul
… didn’t have. He shook his head and waved me away from the entrance. A bulky, rough-shaven man was talking to the security, holding up an empty coffee cup. “Where is trash?” he asked, in a thick accent …
The Omicron Effect: What Happens When City Halls and State Agencies Close Their Doors?
Julie Cart / Jan. 28, 2022, 5:50 a.m. / Sacramento
… essential services such as garbage collection, which often rely on outside contractors. But Long Beach warned residents that because of high numbers of omicron cases among workers, they could experience …
Danger in Droughtsville: California’s Urban Water at Risk
Erica Yee / Dec. 21, 2021, 5:30 a.m. / Sacramento
… urban runoff can deposit trash, oil, pesticides, fertilizers, sewage and sediment into streams that provide drinking water. The largest source of runoff in California is its more than 50,000 miles …
ECONEWS REPORT: It’s Coastal Cleanup Time
LoCO Staff / Aug. 7, 2021, 10 a.m. / Environment
… in to learn more about this iconic event and why picking up trash is more than just beautification. Then grab your family and friends and head to your favorite beach, park, street or trail and start collecting …
Headed to the Beach for the Fourth of July? Please Respect the Snowy Plover Nesting Grounds!
Stephanie McGeary / July 3, 2021, 12:04 p.m. / Wildlife
… and don't allow your dog to play in dry sand areas where birds are more prone to nest. Never allow your dog(s) to chase birds. Do not leave or bury trash or food scraps on the beach. Garbage attracts …
The Oldest Western Snowy Plover in Recorded History is About to Turn 20! Friends of the Dunes Asks You to Celebrate By Submitting Art
Stephanie McGeary / June 4, 2021, 2:53 p.m. / Wildlife
… and ravens are “opportunistic birds” Fortner said, and are drawn to places where there is a lot of human activity. When you have your picnic on the beach, food and trash will likely attract these predators …
Welcome to the Party, Baby! Weekend Beach Bash Leaves Moonstone Trashed
John Ross Ferrara / April 6, 2021, 4:30 p.m. / Celebration , Feel Sad
… Welcome to the Party, Baby! Weekend Beach Bash Leaves Moonstone Trashed Photos of the trash cleanup provided by Tim Haywood.A friendly reminder: If you throw an alcohol-fueled birthday bash …
THE ECONEWS REPORT: Learn to Be a Good Activist (and Avoid Burnout) with the NEC!
LoCO Staff / March 20, 2021, 10 a.m. / Environment
… and how to avoid the doom-and-gloom burnout that can plague activists). Plus, learn about how you can help keep our streets and beaches clean with this year's trash-a-thon and how to get a *FREE …
A Year of Loss: Reflections on the Pandemic in California
LoCO Staff / Dec. 30, 2020, 12:30 p.m. / Sacramento
… to Laguna Beach. The harmlessness of sharing kettle corn at an afternoon A’s game. School inside classrooms. Packed Cal State graduations. Hugs. Handshakes. The mindlessness of breathing. Even once we …
‘Bizarro Beach’ or State Park? What It’s Like Living Next to California’s Off-Roading Mecca
Julie Cart / Nov. 24, 2020, 5:20 a.m. / Sacramento
… operations, the park is visited by about 1.5 million visitors a year, with thousands of all-terrain vehicles a day motoring across 3,600 acres of sand. Its beach is more the province of dune buggies …
LETTER FROM ISTANBUL: New World Street
James Tressler / Aug. 23, 2020, 7 a.m. / Letter From Istanbul
… innocence and taking on a sanguine, scrutinizing air. He surveys his surroundings: the delivery guy who speeds by on his motorcycle, kicking up a small trail of dust; the street cats prowling near the trash …
(VIDEO) Q&A: Sheriff Honsal Believes Humboldt Did a ‘Pretty Good Job’ Behaving Over Memorial Day Weekend
Andrew Goff / May 26, 2020, 5:42 p.m. / COVID-19 and Humboldt
… there many deputies out patrolling beaches and natural places this weekend? Was anyone cited?Honsal said his deputies mostly witnessed weekend revelers being compliant with local health orders. “There were …
THE DECADE THAT SUCKED: A Look Back at the Most Viewed News Stories of the 2010s
John Ross Ferrara / Dec. 31, 2019, 5:15 p.m. / News
… chronologically. That's it. See ya next year, Humboldt. In September of 2011, a shark took a chomp out of a board off Samoa Beach.2011Mud Slide Blocking 101 101 Slide …
Mad River Beachgoers Manage to Ignite Some Sort of Explosive Device
LoCO Staff / Nov. 21, 2019, 4:01 p.m. / Crime
… .Deputies learned that two beach-goers located the devices while walking on the beach. The two reportedly picked up one of the devices thinking it was trash. When the subjects placed the device back onto the beach …
GROWING OLD UNGRACEFULLY: Los Angeles is Fine
Barry Evans / Nov. 17, 2019, 7 a.m. / Growing Old Ungracefully
… . Palm trees do grow — here and there; they line just a few residential streets in Inglewood, along with trash. L.A.’s Euclidean layout was established during Mexican colonization …
Seabirds Eating Plastic. Recyclers Struggling. This Is What California’s Waste Crisis Looks Like
Rachel Becker / Aug. 2, 2019, 7 a.m. / Sacramento
… Seabirds Eating Plastic. Recyclers Struggling. This Is What California’s Waste Crisis Looks Like It was more than a year after the seabird died and washed up on a California beach before Jessie Beck …
Why a California Lawmaker Wants to Ban Cigarette Filters and Disposable Vapes
Rachel Becker / June 25, 2019, 7:13 a.m. / Sacramento
… trash we find in beaches, parks, rivers, everywhere,” he said. “Cigarette waste is so ubiquitous, people stop seeing it.” His bills, too, took aim at the filters. The reaction the proposal tends to get …
FIELD TRIP! 1,000 Humboldt Kids Had a Fun, Productive, Educational Time at the Beach Today
Andrew Goff / June 6, 2019, 4:14 p.m. / Nature
… FIELD TRIP! 1,000 Humboldt Kids Had a Fun, Productive, Educational Time at the Beach Today Photo: J Patrick CudahyFriends of the Dunes press release: & …
