The LoCO Timeline

Today

LoCO EARTH: Oct. 18, 2021
6 a.m.

Yesterday

(AUDIO) HUMBOLDT HOLDING UP: Duane Flatmo Says Goodbye to ‘El Pulpo Mecanico’ and Looks Back on His Life as a Muralist, Kinetic Sculpture Racer and Celebrity Elbow Rubber
8 a.m.

BOOKED: Oct. 17, 2021
7:20 a.m.

GROWING OLD UNGRACEFULLY: The Curse Stone
7 a.m.

LoCO EARTH: Oct. 17, 2021
6 a.m.

Saturday, Oct. 16

THE ECONEWS REPORT: Redistricting Ruckus
10 a.m.

BOOKED: Oct. 16, 2021
7:35 a.m.

OBITUARY: Mark Nelson, 1942-2021
6:56 a.m.

OBITUARY: Dorothy Jane Sacchi, 1920-2021
6:56 a.m.

LoCO EARTH: Oct. 16, 2021
6 a.m.

Friday, Oct. 15

COVID REPORT: FDA Panel Recommends COVID Boosters; 10 New Cases
4 p.m.

Jury Convicts Eureka Man of Evading Police, Vehicle Theft and Drug Charges
3:27 p.m.

TODAY in COURT: Accused Attorney Quits His Own Case; Trial of Hoopa Murder Suspect Delayed Again
12:27 p.m.

NEXT UP at EUREKA CITY COUNCIL: Ward Redistricting Maps and an Anti-Coal Ordinance on Tuesday’s Agenda
11:55 a.m.

Two Eel River Valley Residents Arrested After Undercover Meth Buy/Bust Operation
10:41 a.m.

Hospitals Brace for Strikes as California Workers Protest Staff Shortages
7 a.m.

OBITUARY: Willy Morrow, 1955-2021
6:56 a.m.

LoCO EARTH: Oct. 15, 2021
6 a.m.

Thursday, Oct. 14

Former Humboldt County Correctional Officer Pleads Not Guilty to McKinleyville Bar Shooting
4:28 p.m.

COVID REPORT: One Hospitalization, 20 New Cases
4:24 p.m.

New Phone Scam Targets Local Registered Sex Offenders, Sheriff’s Office Says
3:48 p.m.

Amid Behind-the-Scenes Controversy, County Issues a New Call for Proposals to Market Humboldt Cannabis
3:21 p.m.

Thousands of Cannabis Plants Destroyed, Water Diversions Removed at Illegal Grow in SoHum
3:11 p.m.

A WEDDING to REDDING? There Are Ideas to Join Us With Shasta County at the State and Federal Level, and the State Citizens’ Redistricting Commission Would Like Your Feedback
2:45 p.m.

Eureka Man Arrested in Connection With Last Month’s McKinleyville Bar Shooting
8:29 a.m.

BOOKED: Oct. 14, 2021
7:20 a.m.

OBITUARY: Craig Lane Berry, 1942-2021
6:56 a.m.

OBITUARY: Hugh ‘Mack’ McCullough, 1936-2021
6:56 a.m.

OBITUARY: Joel Landon Johnston, 1967-2021
6:56 a.m.

OBITUARY: Diana Izella Peak, 1949-2021
6:56 a.m.

LoCO EARTH: Oct. 14, 2021
6 a.m.

Wednesday, Oct. 13

That Big Orange Ship in the Bay? It’s Laying a Couple of Those Undersea Fiber Optic Cables that Will Stretch to Asia
4:52 p.m.

COVID REPORT: Two More Deaths, 48 New Cases Confirmed
2:47 p.m.

‘Sugar Bear,’ the Local 84-Foot White Fir Selected to Be This Year’s U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree, Will Be Sawed Down Live on Facebook Later This Month
1:55 p.m.

Suspected Myrtletown Car Burglar Tussles With Deputies Before Being Taken Into Custody
1:30 p.m.

Humboldt State’s Food Sovereignty Lab, ‘Rou Dalagurr,’ Will Uplift Indigenous Food and Culture
12:06 p.m.

With an Alarming Spike in Congenital Syphilis Cases in Humboldt, DHHS Urges Community to Get Tested
11:36 a.m.

COVID Lungs: Transplants Are Last Resort for Many California Patients
7:20 a.m.

BOOKED: Oct. 13, 2021
7:20 a.m.

OBITUARY: Emery Randal Johnson, 1962-2021
6:56 a.m.

OBITUARY: Nicole Leigh Ammon, 1970-2021
6:56 a.m.

OBITUARY: Darrell E. Siggins, 1953-2021
6:56 a.m.

OBITUARY: Lloyd Lane Roland, 1953-2021
6:55 a.m.

LoCO EARTH: Oct. 13, 2021
6 a.m.

Tuesday, Oct. 12

Supervisors Vote to Create Policy Requiring Weekly COVID-19 Testing of All Unvaxxed County Employees
5:37 p.m.

Eureka Man Found Guilty of Stabbing His Uncle
3:53 p.m.

COVID REPORT: One New Hospitalization, Only Five New Cases Confirmed; Humboldt County Contact Tracing Team Gets a Boost
3:38 p.m.

(UPDATED WITH BETTER MAPS) The County’s Draft Redistricting Maps Have Been Released, and a Couple of Them Are Real Doozies
10:52 a.m.

BOOKED: Oct. 12, 2021
7:20 a.m.

Newsom’s Vetoes: Why Did Governor Block California Bills?
7 a.m.