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Gov. Gavin Newsom has repeatedly made housing affordability a top priority of his administration. But getting a good read on his thinking can be difficult.

During a panel discussion hosted by Capitol Weekly on Wednesday, Jason Elliott, Newsom’s top advisor on housing and homelessness, provided a glimpse. The big takeaway: California is millions of housing units short, and cities hold the key.

“We have the wrong reflex around housing in the state. We start with no. No, we shouldn’t build there,” Elliott said. “Let’s start with yes, unless there’s a reason not to build.”

Getting cities and counties to say yes to housing is a long battle in California. To move the needle, Elliott pitched the statewide Housing Accountability Unit, which Newsom proposed in his January budget. With a proposed budget of $4.3 million, the unit would hold cities’ feet to the fire when they break existing housing law, and help them take advantage of laws already in place that streamline regulations and permits.

One example: a 2013 law designed to increase infill development in “green zones,” which Elliott said could potentially allow for millions of housing units to be built.

So what of the slew of housing bills at the state Capitol? Some policy bills face a key deadline next week, but Elliott declined to comment on specific bills, including Senate Bill 9, which would allow homeowners to put a duplex on single-family lots or split them. He said the governor would generally support any move to change the default to yes on more housing.

He also emphasized that just as important as passing new legislation is implementing laws already on the books. “A governor’s signature does not build new units,” he said.

Elliott said he was watching “with glee” the Biden administration’s $5 billion proposal as part of his infrastructure plan to encourage local governments to end exclusionary zoning and other practices. “We’re heading down the same path here,” Elliott said.

Elliott sidestepped another question, about whether the administration would seek to extend the statewide eviction moratorium, which is set to end June 30, as the state doubles its rent relief funds with an additional $2.6 billion from the federal government. The state has struggled to get tenants and landlords to enroll in existing benefits. As a result, the state has announced it will simplify the process to get more money out the door faster.

“A moratorium until the end of time that doesn’t provide a sufficient benefit to get people to enroll,” Elliott said, trailing off. “We need people to enroll. That’s goal number one.”

Elliott said the almost-certain recall facing Newsom later this year isn’t affecting his positions on housing, either, pointing to the governor’s 2020 State of the State speech, where housing and homelessness took center stage. He highlighted $12 billion in the governor’s budget proposal for housing and homelessness and $1.75 billion to kick-start building on more than 6,000 of backlogged affordable housing units.

Elliott said that while the state can build housing for people experiencing homelessness and the very poor, the private sector is essential to easing the housing shortage.

“It’s not really realistic to assume we’re going to subsidize our way out of this,” Elliott said. “Which is why we need the private sector to do what it does, which is to build housing.”

Elliott was joined on the virtual panel, moderated by CalMatters, by Jennifer Svec, legislative advocate for the California Association of Realtors; Assemblymember Buffy Wicks, a Democrat from the East Bay; and Adam Fowler, research director at Beacon Economics, all of whom agreed that a supply shortage was largely responsible for ballooning home prices. In the Bay Area, the median home price soared to an all-time high of $1.3 million and the statewide median home price broke $800,000 last month.

“It’s not really realistic to assume we’re going to subsidize our way out of this. Which is why we need the private sector to do what it does, which is to build housing.”
— Jason Elliott, housing adviser to Gov. Newsom

Some other highlights from the discussion:

On home prices, Svec refrained from calling California’s housing market a “bubble.” She expects the housing market will remain much more stable this time around than after the 2008 foreclosure crisis, and doesn’t expect prices to drop anytime soon.

The State Building and Construction Trades Council has pushed to include a requirement in housing bills that would force the new units to be built with union labor. Many affordable housing developers argue there just isn’t the available workforce so that mandate would only increase the cost of construction.

In response, Fowler agreed that California, like the rest of the country, faces a severe shortage of labor, “union or otherwise.” But with so many other cost drivers — such as skyrocketing lumber prices — wages aren’t the problem.

“You can’t bid high enough on labor to get the folks you need so it’s kind of a moot point for the foreseeable future,” he said. “Workforce development for those skilled trades is going to be so essential.”

On the eviction moratorium, Wicks said she was working closely with Assemblymember David Chiu’s office to make sure tenants are protected but landlords receive missed back rent.

“Hopefully we’re starting to see more economic recovery coming out of COVID, although I do think it’s going to be a very uneven recovery,” she said. “I think it’s going to disproportionately impact low-income communities, Black and brown communities, so making sure people use the benefit I think is key.”

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CALmatters.org is a nonprofit, nonpartisan media venture explaining California policies and politics.

Press release from Humboldt Bay Fire:

On May 26, 2021 at 11:11 P.M. a single engine from Humboldt Bay Fire was dispatched to a reported vegetation fire, several trees burning, on the 400 Block of Ole Hansen Road, between the Freshwater and Indianola areas. The initial reporting party could see a fire across several acres of pasture land. Additional callers to Humboldt Bay Fire’s Dispatch Center reported that it was a large vegetation fire. Humboldt Bay Fire Dispatchers upgraded the response with additional units, including a water tender and Chief Officer. While responding, the first in unit could see that the fire was actually a structure burning near several trees. The fire officer immediately requested a full structure response.

Upon arrival the first fire unit found a fully involved 30 by 30-foot lawn and maintenance equipment barn. Fire was impinging on a nearby 10 by 12-foot tool shed. Due to the rural area additional water tenders were requested from Arcata Fire Protection District and Blue Lake Fire Department to aid in providing a continuous water supply.

Humboldt Bay Fire personnel were able to gain control of the fire within thirty minutes and prevented damage to additional outbuildings, construction equipment, and vehicles. Prior to the fire department’s arrival, a neighbor was able to successfully retrieve a tractor from the barn. The barn and its remaining contents were a total loss which was estimated to be $20,000.

There were no injuries to residents, fire personnel or animals at the incident.

The cause of the fire is under investigation. There is nothing suspicious at this time. Although the neighbor’s actions are commendable, Humboldt Bay Fire does not recommend entering a burning structure as fires can grow rapidly, overwhelming persons with smoke and toxic gases.

John Henry Grobey, loving husband and father of eight children, passed away on Tuesday, May 18, 2021, at the age of 89. He was born to Henry and Selma Grobey, both of Norwegian descent in Everett, Washington, one January 30, 1932. He was raised in a small farmhouse built by his father, every board sawn by hand, with only one bathroom.

Being the fifth child of seven, his feisty spirit carried him through much of his life. He had a paper route in which he was often in fist fights with the kids at the paper shack. Even though he was the smallest of them, he learned to fight and win, and eventually became invincible in his neighborhood. This grit also pulled him through getting hit by a car when he was only six years old while on a family outing, picking blackberries by the side of the road. In 1942, his eldest brother Alver, a Navy pilot, was killed in pre-war training in Florida. This had a profound effect on the family, especially John, who admired Alver as his hero. It was Alver who not only taught him many of the things he continued to enjoy throughout his life such as swimming, fishing, and skiing, to name a few, but helped instill great confidence in him.

He had straight A’s all of his life in school and saved every one of his report cards to prove it. As he neared his high school graduation in 1950, he entered a heavily contested competition for a full college scholarship, courtesy of ROTC and the Navy, which would eventually be repaid with a three year tour of enlistment, although he stayed for seven. Against a crowded field, he won and enrolled at the University of Washington in a double degree program where he studied Naval Science and Forestry. During his four years there, he was a member of Alpha Delta Phi and a leader in the fraternity chorus, in which he sang tenor. They won many contests. He is lovingly remembered for his great joy while passionately singing, often stealing the show at family gatherings around the piano. At UW he was also a member of the Nordic combined ski team, excelling in ski jumping, downhill and Nordic racing, with his death-defying longest jump being well over 300 feet. One of his favorite times ski jumping was at Holmenkollen in Oslo, Norway with a group of Norwegians training for the Olympics.

His father, Henry, owned a 26-ft commercial salmon gill netter that he and his boys would fish out of the port on the Snohomish River in Everett, which eventually helped supplement his college expenses. At one point in high school, he begged his dad to let him pursue fishing full time, but his father convinced him of the importance of finishing his education. He also spent a summer atop a mountain in Washington as a fire lookout tower watchman for the Forest Service, where his love for backpacking in the mountains flourished. In 1952, working part-time at the home of one of his forestry professors, Dr. Donald H. Clark, he met and later married Clark’s daughter, Carol, in 1953. Their first child, Johnny was born that same year. They would eventually add three more children to their family: Karin, Kristin and Carl.

Upon completion of his degree in 1954, he was commissioned into the Navy in Coronado, California. Initially, he was part of the Navy’s new project, the Underwater Demolition Teams (UDT). Postwar they added Commando training to the teams, making them an elite tactical attack force under the Naval Special Warfare Command. As a standing officer of rank, he was the squad leader of UDT 11 and 12, a 6 man team, which then became the phalanx and pattern for the U.S. Navy Seals, officially formed in 1962. The rigorous training programs including BUDS (Basic Underwater Demolition School) were all developed and extended into the program that became the elite Sea-Air-Land warriors who today are known as the Navy SEALs. He was the squad leader of UDT 11 and 12. A few months after leaving active service, his demolition team disbanded and most of his former team members made up Seal Team 1, with a blend of other UDT teams.

He had many exciting assignments overseas as a Naval navigator, even keeping his cool navigating through a typhoon. The first ship he was assigned to was the USS Eldorado where he served as the communications watch and signal officer. He was in charge of communicating command’s orders to the other ships of the fleet using Morse code, semaphore, and signal flags. He served on ships patrolling the Formosa Strait, also known as the Taiwan Strait, doing underwater surveys to predict where Chinese communist forces would land if they invaded the west coast of Taiwan. During this time the Chinese nationalist forces that he and the Navy helped evacuate from China to Taiwan were mistakenly firing on him and his team on the beach thinking they were communists. This wouldn’t be the last time that he took refuge in or underwater. He served during the Korean War, and had also been involved in a scientific project in the northern Cook Islands in 1959 to observe a solar eclipse. This included the blasting of a channel in the atoll to allow research vessels and equipment to enter. This also was to the benefit of the natives, who showed their gratitude with a festive party, since it allowed for easier passage of goods and services to their island. The trench on the island of Puka-Puka was named “Grobey Gulch” in his honor.

In 1961, John left the Navy, joined the reserves, and returned to the University of Washington where he took advantage of the GI Bill. He finished his masters degrees in forestry and economics in 1964 and later earned both PhD’s. Sadly, his first marriage ended in 1967. That same year he moved to Arcata, California where he accepted a position as an economics professor at Humboldt State University. Later in his career he would do consulting as a forensic economist, with the most notable of his projects being a grant received from the Timber Association to perform an economic analysis of the statewide timber industry. He continued to teach at HSU for 34 years, thoroughly enjoying his colleagues and students. He formed special bonds with his students; many of them becoming lifelong friends. He would open his home to them for parties, and even treat them for beers after finals. He was proud of his students for many of their great successes. In those early years at HSU, he and two of his friends started a scuba diving class. It was there he met his second wife, Jeanne, a student enrolled in his scuba class. They married three months later in December, 1968. He had four more children with her: Heidi, Shandra, Rachel, and Rebecca.

In 1971, he and Jeanne bought property along the Mad River on Warren Creek Road and began to build their family home by hand in 1972. The demands of building the house, teaching, and being a busy father to a growing family led him to retire from the Navy reserves in 1972 as Lieutenant Commander. John designed and over-engineered the octagonal home centered around a massive tree using “available materials” milled right from the property. John engaged Jeanne’s help, together bravely and cleverly pulling massive logs into place with levers, rope, pulleys and the family Dodge Colt station wagon. In true grit Grobey fashion, he used high explosives leftover from his underwater demolition days to create the well on the property, gifting the entire neighborhood with clods of dirt and flying mud spread from the blast. His work and perseverance on the house eventually became the beautiful gathering place that The Grobey Family call home to this day.

In his retirement, he enjoyed going to Humboldt Crabs baseball games, visiting family who lived out of the area, fishing, playing Texas Hold’em at the casinos, and keeping up his home. He devoted eight years of his life to Mad River Community Veterans Honor Guard, and commanded the Veterans of Foreign Wars Arcata Post at the Arcata Veterans Hall until 2017 when he suffered a major stroke. He is remembered for his love of berry picking, supplying Jeanne with infinite raspberries and blackberries for his favorite almost nightly dessert, pie and ice-cream. He was an unrestrained dancer at parties, a serious poker party host, a reader of classic literature to his children (The Hobbit and Alice in Wonderland amongst his favorites), not to mention his incredible memory for reciting poetry, especially Robert Service. He loved betting at the Humboldt County Fair horse races, roasting a whole pig for neighborhood picnics and the Repubican Central Committee annual party, passionately debating politics, yodelling, playing harmonica, mimicking of bird calls, taming his beloved horned goat Duchess, and leading many high-mountain expeditions for family members of all ages throughout the years. But his fondest memories were those that included all 8 of his beloved children. We will always remember Christmas of 1992 in Leavenworth, Washington. We sang around the piano and he brought his college wooden jumping skis. Although the ski jumping slope had been closed down, he packed the landing slope all day by himself, tore down the closed sign, and attempted a jump at age 59, in which his dry ski snapped in half at take off and dangled as he flew through the air. We all thought we were going to witness his death, but he stood up laughing. One of his favorite reunions was his surprise 75th birthday party in Bend, Oregon. He also loved the family trips to Yosemite in the summers, hiking, fishing, and rafting the river.

Dad was a spiritual, passionate, tender, scholarly, sometimes hot-headed, not-perfect man, but his protective loving spirit trumped all of those qualities, especially when it came to his wife, Jeanne, of 52 years. Their communication became particularly challenging in his post-stroke years, as dad lost his ability to speak clearly. He loved her so, and longed for her always, especially when they were apart due to his medical condition. He was a very protective, devoted father always willing to help his children in any way that he could provide. He would tell his children that if we ever got into trouble he would come wherever, whenever if we needed help. We have gained a new very protective loving guardian angel that will be missed by many.

He is survived by his wife, Jeanne Grobey; his oldest sister, Barbara Kinnee; his eight children: John Alver Grobey (Kathy), Karin Young (Sandy), Kristin Grobey, Carl Grobey, Heidi Tiso (Allan), Shandra Nutter (Matt), Rachel Robinson, and Rebecca Christian (Gabe); 27 grandchildren, and 14 great-grandchildren. He was welcomed to Heaven by many people dear to him, including his parents, Henry and Selma Grobey; his brothers, Alver and Harold; and his sisters, Norma, Alice, and Joanne. The family would like to express their deepest gratitude to the staff at Timber Ridge and Hospice of Humboldt for all of their loving care to make the end of his life as comfortable and peaceful as possible. We would also like to thank his longtime family doctor, Chris Lee and nurse practitioner, Charmaine Moser.

A Veterans Honor Guard Memorial service will be held on Tuesday, June 1, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. at the Arcata Veterans Hall, 1425 J Street, in Arcata, California. In lieu of flowers, please send donations to Mad River Community Veterans Honor Guard, P.O. Box 215, Bayside, CA 95524. John will not soon be forgotten. He will live eternally in all of us. We will miss him dearly. Rest easy, and have fun at the party in Heaven, Dad.

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The obituary above was submitted on behalf of John Grobey’s loved ones. The Lost Coast Outpost runs obituaries of Humboldt County residents at no charge. See guidelines here.

Helga ‘Ivonne’ Morgan
April 4, 1940 - April 20, 2021

Helga “Ivonne” Morgan was born April 4, 1940 in Krimml, Austria but she had happily made her home here in Eureka for more than 10 years. Ivonne was the well-known owner of the Stuft Potato restaurant (later called Vienna Bistro) and was a cherished friend and neighbor many of whom she called family.

Ivonne was a culinary artist and a business owner. She started her lifelong culinary career at the age of 14, when she was employed as a student intern at a restaurant. She embraced this culinary path and continued as a gifted chef and a shrewd business owner. She gained her US citizenship and also earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree. She owned several restaurants, one of which was the successful Café Vienna in Sacramento. It was there that she refused Governor Schwarzenegger a Wiener schnitzel to go. He had eaten at her restaurant several times, but she refused his staff one that he wanted to take with him on a trip. She told them that she would gladly bring her frying pan and make it for him but she would not put one in a box to get soggy. He swore he would “be back.”

Ivonne came to Eureka in about 2009 to open “Stuft Potato” in the former Henderson Center location of Coney Island. It began as a potato and breakfast restaurant and later she added her signature Austrian and German recipes and gradually outgrew that location. She moved the restaurant to the Victoria Place Shopping Center (near Big 5). She later changed the name to Vienna Bistro. Her food was made with love and from scratch, even the delightful little rye loaves served with the meals, and Ivonne’s personal favorite Sauerbraten. She could often be found wearing traditional Austrian Dirndl costumes. Everyone was welcomed in and treated as family. She and her food will be cherished in the memories our hearts and stomachs and spoken of at tables for years to come.

In her spare time Ivonne could be found in her garden, walking her devoted dog Milo, spending time with friends or traveling. After her retirement she taught herself to paint and painted beautiful rocks for people. She also was a skilled jewelry artist and only ever made one-of-a-kind pieces. She would often walk and speak to neighbors or walk by her dear friend Mike Kearse’s house and give him a friendly hello. Even though she was retired from the restaurant, she still cooked for friends and neighbors and brought them special treats that they had chosen as favorites. She made many batches of delicate Crème Brule for Sunnie and her husband Taylor who were fond of it and several Buche Noel cakes at Christmas for specially chosen friends. If you knew Ivonne, you knew the power her cooking had to soothe the soul, and with her sharp wit and intelligence she was a fabulous friend and conversationalist.

Ivonne passed away quickly after a brief struggle with cancer and is survived by her niece Andrea from Hallstatt Austria whom she regarded as a cherished daughter. Ivonne’s dearest wish for her recent birthday was that her niece would be allowed to visit her before her death, and this was miraculously granted by the embassies in time. Andrea would like to thank the nurses and doctors at St Joseph’s Hospital who cared for Ivonne in her time of need, and all the friends and neighbors who helped Ivonne and her niece upon her arrival. Ivonne especially appreciated all her customers, especially her regulars and those who came to her aid, like the Pine Hill Fire Department, who came to her aid while dining at the restaurant.

If you knew Ivonne and would like to donate in her memory donations can be sent to the Breast and GYN Health Project at 987 8th St, Arcata, CA 95521.

Barbara was born on October 14, 1934 in Tellico Plains, Tenn. She passed away on April 20, 2021 at her home in Hoopa.

In the early morning of April 20, 2021 our Mom went to sleep. Two days before, she mowed her lawn on the riding mower with a big grin. The next day she was digging out blackberry bushes during the day and attending a planning meeting at her church. She ate good and with her new knee she felt a lot better. You see, our Mom didn’t know how to not be a hard worker. Yet, she was tired from having pain in her body for the last five years. Not the type of tired that you feel from putting in a good days’ work - just tired. The type of tired you can feel at 86 years of age. In the last couple of weeks she had been talking about our Dad a lot more. So, in that early morning she went to meet Dad, her many friends that have already departed, her son, along with her Mom and Dad, brothers, and many friends.

While we are shocked and saddened by Mom’s sudden departure, we are, also, happy she just went in her sleep. We’ve all experienced end of life scenarios that involved a lot pain and struggles; Mom was blessed with passing in a peaceful, pain free manner.

Barbara is survived by her sisters: Betty (Edwin) Tipton of Chattanooga, Tenn.; Shelby Belcher of Florence, AR.; Wanda (Marshall) Cobb of Rutledge, GA; and Shirley (Bill) Millsaps of Knoxville, Tenn. Her brother: Norman (Sheila) Cole of Tellico Plains, Tenn.; and her sister in-law Gloria (Dell) Shuster of McKinleyville, CA. She is survived by her children: Deborah Lewis-Roberts, Sherlette, Colegrove, Michael (Sheila) Lewis, Pamela (Arnie) Wickerd and Cheryl (Frank) Tuttle. Her granddaughters: Rose (Ken) Creech, Misty(Brian) Jensen, Hannah (Sean) Roberts, Jenea (Slade)Lawrence, Ruby (Pyuwa) Bommelyn and Mariah Lewis. Her grandsons: Nathan (Cat) Wickerd, Michael (Amber) Lewis, and Koiya (Brianna) Tuttle. Her great granddaughters: Alyssa Jensen, Shaylean Lawrence, Sloane Creech, Hune’ Bommelyn, Fiadh Lewis, and Mee-sril-ghvlh-na Bommelyn. Her great grandsons: Jayden Jensen, Athen Wickered, Raedyn Lawrence, San-t’as Bommelyn, Corbin Creech, Waa-syn-nii Bommelyn, Devin Wickered, Zayden Lawrence, Chvn-was-na Tuttle, Lil-koe Tuttle, and Sekeenek Tuttle, along with numerous nieces and nephews.

Our mom was a kind, gracious and loving mother, sister, auntie and grandmother, and friend to all. She devoted much of her time and efforts working at the First Baptist Church in Hoopa. for over 30 years - either teaching Sunday School, performing the church Treasurer duties, or singing in the choir or with others to share her love for God. She was very creative with sewing, crocheting, and making jewelry - these brought her much joy and happiness. Her love of working in the yard with her flowers and plants is evident by the profusion of color found every spring and summer in her yard. Blessings and much love to the woman who has been our mom, a wife, sibling, grandmother and great-grandmother, an auntie, friend, mentor, and an inspiration and a genuinely good person.

Barbara was preceded in death by her parents Fed and Sina Mae Cole; her husband Ernest (Pete) Lewis Jr.; brothers, Bernard Cole, Mike Cole; and sister Judy Cole; along with her son Ernest (Butch) Lewis III. Her sister-in-law, Barbara Dean Combs recently passed away.

There will be a private burial service for the immediate family members. Due to the COVID-19 restrictions a mask and social distancing will be required for those who are invited to attend to protect those not vaccinated or at risk, and the community. Later this year or next year, we will have a gathering to Celebrate her Life - TBA.

Elmer Eugene McIntire
June 15, 1932 - May 17, 2021

Elmer was born in Willows, Calif. to Julia and Merton McIntire. He spent his childhood in Orland, Calif. His dad got gold fever and made a living panning for gold. When Elmer was six years old his dad passed away, leaving his mom to raise three young children. Gilbert was his older brother, and Ida May was his sister. He spent a lot of his free time hunting and fishing with his brother. He was known by his friends as Gov.

When he turned 18, he moved to Eureka and started working as a lumber grader for Georgia-Pacific, which was later bought out by Louisiana-Pacific. He later became a millwright. He lived through the years of the union being broken.

He met and married Constance Ashburn. Constance had two small children, Jan and Gary. They quickly had two more children — Glenda and Greg — to become a family.

After his retirement, he and Constance moved to Cottonwood to enjoy the warmer weather and be closer to where he grew up. He got to go goose hunting a couple of times — something he really enjoyed.

Elmer always had small dogs. He enjoyed their company and they enjoyed him. He even had a few cats while in Cottonwood.

He enjoyed his home in Cottonwood, but his wife became ill and they were forced to move back to Eureka.

His family includes: Jan McIntire (Melinda), Eli, Gary McIntire and girlfriend (Toni), Adrian Jessie, Glenda McCluskey (Steve), Matthew McCluskey (Rachele), Richelle Souza (Tim), Austyn Jaylen, Jerrod McCluskey, Greg McIntire (Anne), Amy Smith (Jason Sr.), Jason Jr., Izabella Janna Tristian Fia, Yousef, Bradley McIntire, Bev McIntire.

Elmer took pleasure in watering the lawn in the evenings, feeding the birds in his yard and feeding the neighbor’s cat. He was comforted by chewing tobacco, doing search-a-word puzzles and going for long rides in the country. His favorite place to eat was Gill’s By The Bay. He was very upset when COVID-19 closed everything down. He missed not being able to go out for a pancake at Gill’s.

A year ago, he became very ill with multiple ailments. The doctors didn’t give him much of a chance to live but he proved them all wrong with his strong spirit and determination to do things his way. Hospice of Humboldt was there to help him through the hard times. His family truly appreciated them. He was also taken care of by his caregiver, Patti. She did a great job of making him feel comfortable. She is also very much appreciated. His daughter was with him the entire year and was very grateful for the time she had with him. Between his children he was never alone the last year.

Thank you to Meals on Wheels for all the great dinners you brought him while he was well.

Ocean View Cemetery and Goble’s Mortuary handled the arrangements on May 21, 2021. Due to COVID the family had a private graveside service.

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The obituary above was submitted on behalf of Elmer McIntire’s loved ones. The Lost Coast Outpost runs obituaries of Humboldt County residents at no charge. See guidelines here.

Red alert! If you’ve been waiting to donate blood until you were specifically asked by your very favorite Humboldt news-ish website, then prepare to part with your platelets! 

The Northern California Community Blood Bank, as always, is in desperate want for your red stuff and it is with that need in mind that LoCO and NCCBB are teaming up for what may end up being the most historic and important BLOOD DRIVE in Humboldt’s history! Do it, do it, do it! It’s going down Wednesday, June 2 from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. at NCCBB HQ at 2524 Harrison Ave. in Eureka. Let’s make this particular blood drive the bloodiest ever! 

Why is LoCO’s BLOOD DRIVE so worthy of your donation when there are so many chances to give blood already? Fair question. But here’s another question! What if I told you that if you fork over the juice you will be given a ticket for a drawing with a chance to win “goodie baskets” or special snacks? That’s right. The stakes are high. 

Now that you have made the decision to submit yourself to LoCO’s BLOOD DRIVE, it is highly recommended that you make an appointment to donate, which you can do at this link. 

LoCO wants your blood. Thank you in advance. And now, some tunes to get you even more PUMPED for this thing (even if the message is not exactly logical in this instance).