Articles by LoCO Staff

May 2020

Big Ol’ Weed Bust in Miranda: 14,000 Unpermitted Plants Taken Down, 2,000 Pounds of Processed Cannabis Confiscated, Sheriff’s Office Says

BREAKING: A 97-Year-Old Alder Bay Resident is Humboldt’s First COVID-19 Casualty

MONDAYS WITH MICHAELE: Please Look at These Bulldogs Now

Five New Cases Confirmed Saturday, Including Another Staff Member at Alder Bay Assisted Living

(AUDIO) HUMBOLDT HOLDING UP: HSU Professor Talks Teaching Online, Wishes Prez Jackson Would Answer Students, Has Named Her Sourdough Starter ‘Herschel’

OBITUARY: Doris Irene Hopkins, 1938-2020

County Offices to Reopen Monday, With Modifications

County Health Officer ‘Would Clearly Oppose’ Opening Casinos Right Now, She Says in Latest Media Availability

Seventy-Five Businesses Have Been Approved to Reopen, Hundreds More Have Submitted Plans, County Announces

2nd Appeal Denied: State Revokes Liquor Licenses for Arcata Plaza Bars Sidelines and Toby & Jack’s

Hoopa Valley Tribe Extends Reservation Closure

Humboldt Has Been Approved to Move More Quickly Into the Next Stage of Reopening, Joint Information Center Reports

Humboldt Crabs Suspend 2020 Season

An 1,121-Plant Grow Busted Near Honeydew Yesterday Also Had Significant Water-Diversion Violations, Says Sheriff’s Office

Quick Response to Attic Fire Spares Homeowner $450,000 in Damages, Arcata Fire District Says

OBITUARY: Ken Dunaway, 1929-2020

OBITUARY: Manuel F. Bernardo, Jr., 1938-2020

You Can Visit Humboldt Inmates Again Starting Next Week

Want to Get Your Humboldt Business Up and Running Again? Here’s How to Submit Your Reopening Plan

Woman From Mexico Arrested With Five Pounds of Suspected Heroin; Also Cited for Violating Shelter-in-Place Order

Three New Confirmed Cases Announced Today, Including Another at Alder Bay

Local Man Shot by Eureka Police Downtown in 2016 Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison for Assault, Exhibiting a Weapon at a Peace Officer, Resisting

HSU to Request a Hybrid Approach to Online Learning, Allowing for ‘Limited Face-to-Face Instruction,’ In Response to CSU Chancellor’s Announcement

County Corrects COVID-19 Stats: Eight Cases Are Currently Active

3D Printers Used to Make Hundreds of Plastic Face Shields for Healthcare Providers at HSU’s Student Health Center

OBITUARY: Harold Owens Hough, 1929-2020

OBITUARY: Thomas Beeman Eastman, 1943-2020

OBITUARY: Clark Gerald (‘Gunny Sack’) Stevens, 1950-2020

OBITUARY: John Paul Collings, 1934-2020

Four New Cases Reported Today, Including Two at Eureka’s Alder Bay Assisted Living Facility

17,108 Cannabis Plants Eradicated at Unpermitted SoHum Grow Site

HELLO, MR. DRONE! Meet the New PG&E Flybot That’s Going to be Inspecting Transmission Lines Here in Humboldt for the Foreseeable Future

HSU to Hold Virtual Graduation Ceremonies for Class of 2020

Neighbor Tip Leads to Burglary-in-Progress Arrest in McKinleyville, Sheriff’s Office Says

Sheriff’s Marijuana Enforcement Team Takes Down Unpermitted 878-Plant Grow in Redway

OBITUARY: Jeff Peacock, 1945-2020

OBITUARY: Raymond Cesaretti, 1929-2020

OBITUARY: Jacqueline Dale Lightner, 1947-2020

OBITUARY: Donald Wesley Richardson, 1948-2020

MONDAYS WITH MICHAELE: Masked Rotarians to the Rescue!

(AUDIO) HUMBOLDT HOLDING UP: Pastor Bethany Cseh Talks Leading Church Remotely, Keeping Faith Through COVID

Two New COVID-19 Cases Confirmed Today

PG&E’s ‘Islanding’ Test at the Humboldt Bay Generating Station Deemed A ‘Success’

County Issues Updated List of Allowable Services

No New Cases Confirmed Friday; Eleven Total Cases Spread By Community Transmission to Date, Says Joint Information Center

Newsom Signs Order Ensuring That All Registered Voters Will Be Sent Mail-In Ballots for November’s General Election

Here Are the Safety Measures Retail Businesses Must Take in Order to Reopen Tomorrow

No New Cases Confirmed Today

Eureka Code Enforcement Cleans Out 80 Yards of Garbage From Problem Harris Street Home

PG&E Choppers Cruising Eureka and South Today, Says Utility; They’re Scoping Gas Lines for Leaks