The LoCO Timeline, p. 2

Wednesday, May 13

Sheriff’s Office Arrests Cutten Man on Rape Charges
9:46 a.m.

Leftöver Crack in Arcata
8:30 a.m.

LoCO ELECTIONS: Audrey Hanks on the Integrity of the Assessor’s Office
8:24 a.m.

BOOKED: May 13, 2026
7:50 a.m.

California Has 6 Weeks of Gas Supply. After That, It Gets Expensive
7:33 a.m.

California Has a Public Defender Crisis. A New Bill Seeks to Force the State to Confront It
7:33 a.m.

OBITUARY: Teresa Marie Houghton, 1952-2026
6:56 a.m.

OBITUARY: Mary Janet Carroll, 1932-2026
6:56 a.m.

PLANT of the DAY: Myriopteris gracillima, the Lace Lip Fern!
5 a.m.

Tuesday, May 12

Man Who Pleaded Guilty to Double Murder Awaits Sentencing, Faces up to 148 Years to Life
4:42 p.m.

TODAY in SUPES: Proposal for Civilian Oversight of Sheriff’s Office Advanced Again; Humboldt Commons Appeal Denied; and a Man is Mourned
4:40 p.m.

‘I Don’t See Anything Changing’: Wary of the Past, Some Northtown Business Owners and Residents Want HACHR’s New Office Far Away from Them
3:42 p.m.

(UPDATE: FOUND!) MISSING: Officials Searching for 14-Year-Old Boy Last Seen in McKinleyville
9:30 a.m.

Guy in Hummer Shoots Gun at House in Willow Creek, Sheriff’s Office Says
9:26 a.m.

LoCO ELECTIONS: Fourth District Supervisor Natalie Arroyo on ICE Response, Encouraging Native Plant Landscapes
9:25 a.m.

BOOKED: May 12, 2026
7:50 a.m.

Panicked California Democrats Are Pushing a Risky Strategy: Wait ’til the Last Minute to Vote
7:16 a.m.

California Colleges Went Big on Online Learning Tools. Then the Worst Happened
7:11 a.m.

OBITUARY: Brooks Otis, 1938-2026
6:56 a.m.

PLANT of the DAY: Lithophragma affine, the San Francisco Woodland-star!
5 a.m.

Monday, May 11

POLL! Is This an OK Use of County Government’s Social Media Channels?
4:20 p.m.

Off-Leash and Out of Control: Can Humboldt County Do Anything to Stop Dog Encounters From Turning Violent?
3:58 p.m.

THIS WEEK IN SUPES: Sheriff’s Oversight Hearing Redux; Humboldt Commons Appeal; Legal Claims from Ex-Employee
2:21 p.m.

DON’T FEAR: It’s Not 1987 Anymore, and That Low-Flying Chopper is (Probably) Just LIDAR-ing the PG&E Lines
1:13 p.m.

No Animals Were Harmed in Humboldt
11:30 a.m.

LoCO ELECTIONS: Audrey Hanks on an Insinuation of ‘Bias’ in the Assessor’s Office
8 a.m.

BOOKED: May 11, 2026
7:50 a.m.

Cal State May Soon Offer Degrees That Take Just 3 Years to Finish. Work Experience Counts, Too
7:32 a.m.

OBITUARY: Russell Vernon Lee Jr., 1942-2026
7:23 a.m.

OBITUARY: Carol (Kara) Sue Rossi, 1963-2026
7:15 a.m.

OBITUARY: Mary Elizabeth Murphy Dycus, 1951-2026
7:13 a.m.

PLANT of the DAY: Lathyrus littoralis, the Silky Beach Pea!
5 a.m.

Sunday, May 10

BOOKED: May 10, 2026
7:50 a.m.

MUSICAL MEMOIR: I Was the Drummer for Two of the World’s Greatest Blues Men, and They Agreed That I Did Not Know How to Play the Drums
7 a.m.

PLANT of the DAY: Collinsia parviflora, the Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary!
5 a.m.

Saturday, May 9

THE ECONEWS REPORT: What’s Wrong with the Forest Service?
10 a.m.

SATURDAY LOWDOWN: Sam Blasucci! The Music of Miles Davis! Naive Melodies! More!
9:38 a.m.

LoCO ELECTIONS: Audrey Hanks’s Elevator Pitch; Mary Burke on Relations With Tribal Communities
8 a.m.

BOOKED: May 9, 2026
7:50 a.m.

HUMBOLDT HISTORY: Tales From My Summer Job Surveying the North Coast as a Caltrans ‘Stake Artist,’ Right Before World War II Broke Out
7:30 a.m.

OBITUARY: Neal Dean Ewald, 1955-2026
6:56 a.m.

OBITUARY: Jean Marie Hague, 1941-2026
6:56 a.m.

OBITUARY: Michael (Mike) J. Heddinger, 1950-2026
6:56 a.m.

PLANT of the DAY: Gamochaeta ustulata, the Featherweed!
5 a.m.

Friday, May 8

EARTHQUAKE! 4.8M Earthquake 108 Kilometers Southwest of Crescent City
10:04 p.m.

EARTHQUAKE! 4.4M Earthquake 131 Kilometers Southwest of Crescent City
10 p.m.

Lawsuit Filed Against Owners of Eureka’s Lamplighter Inn For Carbon Monoxide Death
4:26 p.m.

POLL! This Sunday, What is the Absolute LEAST You Will Do For the Woman Who Gave You Life?
4:20 p.m.

Four Months After the Downtown Arcata Fire, Cleanup Can Finally Begin
12:58 p.m.

Water Board Tosses HRC’s Proposed Regulation Changes for Elk River Because Sediment Levels Are Not Improving
10:55 a.m.