The LoCO Timeline, p. 3

Monday, Dec. 15

Sheriff’s Deputies Allegedly Find Homemade Explosive Device, Drugs, Guns and Ammo After Searching a Jeep ‘Associated With’ a Passenger on Probation
12:53 p.m.

Humboldt County Elections Office Sends Blue Lake Voters Slightly Belated Ballot Info on Upcoming Recall Election
12:09 p.m.

Eureka Police Vow to be On the Hunt for DUI Drivers This Holiday Season, and There’ll be a Checkpoint Somewhere in Town This Thursday
11:46 a.m.

‘A New Era of Earthquake Detection’: Cal Poly Humboldt Participates in Project Using Fiber Optic Lines to Measure Seismic Activity
10:29 a.m.

ORCA UPDATE: The Orcas Who Visited Humboldt Bay Over the Weekend Were a 27-Year-Old Female Fish Named ‘Lester’ and Her Kids
8:45 a.m.

BOOKED: Dec. 15, 2025
7:50 a.m.

Prison Health Workers Are Among the Best-Paid Public Employees. Why Are So Many Jobs Vacant?
7 a.m.

OBITUARY: Michael Avelar, 1983-2025
6:56 a.m.

OBITUARY: Glenn Edward Martella, 1942-2025
6:56 a.m.

PLANT of the DAY: Osmundea spectabilis, the Sea Laurel!
5 a.m.

Sunday, Dec. 14

BOOKED: Dec. 14, 2025
7:50 a.m.

Lazy Sunday? Can We Interest You in a Matinee of One of the Many Holiday Shows Happening Now?
7:05 a.m.

(SUNDAY THROWBACK From 2016) LoCO EXPLAINS THE JOKE: You Win Again, Spotted Owl!
7 a.m.

FUNGUS of the DAY: Jahnoporus hirtus, One of the Shelf Fungi!
5 a.m.

Saturday, Dec. 13

(VIDEO) A Pod of Orcas Visited Humboldt Bay This Afternoon
8:54 p.m.

SATURDAY LOWDOWN: OK, Here’s The Trucker’s Parade Map Again
11:30 a.m.

THE ECONEWS REPORT: Local Governments to Finally Take Action on Climate Change?
10 a.m.

BOOKED: Dec. 13, 2025
7:35 a.m.

HUMBOLDT HISTORY: A Desperate Trek to Iaqua During the Worst Snowstorm Anyone Had Ever Seen
7:30 a.m.

OBITUARY: Chris Frolking, 1949-2025
6:56 a.m.

OBITUARY: Dillon Nadine Lewis, 1960-2025
6:56 a.m.

OBITUARY: Christyann Emmerson Tanner, 1965-2025
6:56 a.m.

FUNGUS of the DAY: Hygrocybe cantharellus, the Goblet Waxcap!
5 a.m.

Friday, Dec. 12

POLL! What’s the Last Time You Took Mass Transit in Humboldt County?
4:27 p.m.

In Leaked Excerpt of Guilty Plea, Former Fortuna Councilmember Kris Mobley Details $586K Embezzlement Scheme
4:18 p.m.

WHAT A HAUL! Humboldt Raised 23.5 Tons of Food and $63,000 During the Annual Holiday Food Drive
2:27 p.m.

PG&E Extends Deadline for Comment on Potter Valley Project Dam Removal; Friends of the Eel Urges Humboldt People to Make Their Voices Heard
1:46 p.m.

Dr. Keith Flamer, College of the Redwoods’ Longtime President, Will Step Down From That Role One Year From Now
1:22 p.m.

(VIDEO) Power Line Erupts in Flashes, Bangs and Smoke Near Eureka High, Causing a Small Outage
12:41 p.m.

Eureka’s Long-Awaited EaRTH Center Awarded $12 Million in Grant Funds; Construction Slated to Begin Spring 2026
12:22 p.m.

Court Ruling Could Force Trump Administration to Release Mental Health Funds for Humboldt County Schools, Among Others
11:42 a.m.

Kimberley White Appointed Arcata’s New Mayor
11:20 a.m.

University Police Arrest Townie on Suspicion of Indecent Exposure, Lewd Acts and Peeping
10:51 a.m.

Repeat Violent Offender Assaults Girlfriend, Runs, Rams Sheriff Vehicle Before Being Taken Into Custody, Sheriff’s Office Says
10:14 a.m.

BOOKED: Dec. 12, 2025
7:35 a.m.

40,000 People Died on California Roads. State Leaders Looked Away
7:15 a.m.

Trump’s New Order Against AI Regulation Hits California Especially Hard
7:08 a.m.

FRIDAY LOWDOWN: Humboldt’s Other Trucker Parade
7 a.m.

ANIMAL of the DAY: Buteo regalis, the Ferruginous Hawk!
5 a.m.

Thursday, Dec. 11

POLL! Would You Care for Some Tinned Seafood?
4:20 p.m.

Why Did a Local Government Association Delete References to ‘Climate Crisis’ in a Planning Document Draft? Enviro Groups Say It’s Part of a Trend
3:46 p.m.

Six Rivers Forest Service has Sold a Lot of Tree Cutting Permits this Season
3:30 p.m.

A New Mayor Will be Chosen Tonight at Arcata City Council
1:31 p.m.

Jury Convicts Two Humboldt County Men of ‘Gruesome’ Double Murder in Butte County
1:06 p.m.

SMOKE over KORBEL? That is a Green Diamond Prescribed Burn
11:53 a.m.

‘Sunset Heights,’ the City of Eureka’s Housing Project Near Winco, Has Nabbed a $21.7 Million Grant From a State Climate Fund
10:59 a.m.

Eureka Police Searching for Hit-and-Run Driver Who Caused Three-Vehicle Accident on Wabash Tuesday
8:21 a.m.

Why Isn’t Eureka Enforcing Its Vacant Building Ordinance?
7:52 a.m.

BOOKED: Dec. 11, 2025
7:50 a.m.

Rural California Gets a Lifeline in School Funding as Congress Restores Money It Cut
7:25 a.m.