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California Voters Will Decide on Newsom’s Mental Health Overhaul. How Did We Get Here?
Jocelyn Wiener / Feb. 21, 2024, 7 a.m. / Sacramento
… policies with dizzying speed. Now he’s promoting Proposition 1, a two-pronged March ballot measure that would fund a $6.4 billion bond for treatment beds and permanent supportive housing, while also …
OBITUARY: Ina Mae Wilson, 1956-2024
LoCO Staff / Feb. 21, 2024, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
… dancing in heaven with all of her loved ones.The memorial service and potluck will be held on February 24, 2024 at 1 p.m. at the Wiyot Tribe — 1000 Wiyot Drive, Loleta.###The obituary above was submitted …
OBITUARY: Ken Kelly, 1973-2024
LoCO Staff / Feb. 21, 2024, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
… OBITUARY: Ken Kelly, 1973-2024 Ken Kelly passed away peacefully on February 1, 2024. He was born in Sacramento on October 26, 1973 to his mother, Dianne Kelly. He was the youngest …
5,500 Locals Have Already Voted in the Primary, a ‘Surprisingly High’ Early Turnout, Says County Registrar of Voters
Ryan Burns / Feb. 20, 2024, 3:20 p.m. / Elections
A More Walkable Orleans? Caltrans is Throwing an Open House Next Week, at Which Orleaneans Will be Invited to Share Their Thoughts on an Alternative Transportation Project
LoCO Staff / Feb. 20, 2024, 2:07 p.m. / Transportation
Two Arrested, One at Large Following Trinidad House Burglary That Involved the Theft of Guns, Sheriff’s Office Says
LoCO Staff / Feb. 20, 2024, 1:54 p.m. / Crime
… into custody by deputies.Harris was booked into the Humboldt County Correctional Facility on charges of burglary (PC459/461(a)), vandalism (PC594(b)(1)), conspiracy to commit a crime (PC182(a)(1)), grand theft …
Check Out The Cool New Wiyot-Centric Interpretive Signs on the Mad River in McKinleyville!
LoCO Staff / Feb. 20, 2024, 10:25 a.m. / Nature
Two Arrested for Theft From U.S. Forest Service Station Out Highway 36, Sheriff’s Office Says
LoCO Staff / Feb. 20, 2024, 8:45 a.m. / Crime
… burglary (PC 459), possession of stolen property (PC 496(a), grand theft (PC 487(a), and conspiracy (PC182(a)(1). Anderson was booked into the Humboldt County Correctional Facility. Edens was arrested …
How Psychedelic Drug Therapy Became a Rare Bipartisan Issue in California
Ryan Sabalow / Feb. 20, 2024, 7 a.m. / Sacramento
… recommendations for regulating treatment by Jan. 1, 2026. Waldron’s Assembly Bill 941 advanced without opposition through the Assembly and will be taken up by the Senate this year. Both pieces of legislation …
Cal State Faculty Vote to Ratify New Contract
Mikhail Zinshteyn / Feb. 20, 2024, 7 a.m. / Sacramento
OBITUARY: Timothy David Cochrane, 1953-2024
LoCO Staff / Feb. 20, 2024, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: Dorothy Nicolson, 1919-2024
LoCO Staff / Feb. 20, 2024, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
… as a resident of Humboldt County. She grew up living in Trinidad, with her parents, Arabella, and Edwin Erickson, her sisters Mary, Bernice and June. Dorothy married Edward Nicholson, January 1, 1938 …
OBITUARY: Norita Rae Alcorn, 1940-2024
LoCO Staff / Feb. 20, 2024, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
… and Ray Smith, and sister Bonnie Lytle. Services will be held on February 22, 2024 at 1 p.m. at Greenwood Cemetery in Arcata. Pallbearers will be grandsons Christopher Gruetzmacher, Ryan Gruetzmacher …
OBITUARY: Sharon Elizabeth Fifer, 1940-2024
LoCO Staff / Feb. 20, 2024, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
GROWING OLD UNGRACEFULLY: Attila the Hun — Warlord or Statesman?
Barry Evans / Feb. 18, 2024, 7 a.m. / Growing Old Ungracefully
OBITUARY: Roberto Pacheco Freitas, 1930-2024
LoCO Staff / Feb. 18, 2024, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
THE ECONEWS REPORT: Delving Deeper into Port Electrification
The EcoNews Report / Feb. 17, 2024, 10 a.m. / Environment
HUMBOLDT HISTORY: Humboldt People Lost Their Minds — and, in One Case, Their Life — When the First Modern U.S. Navy Did a Float-By Off Our Coast
Leonard M. Conry / Feb. 17, 2024, 7:30 a.m. / History
OBITUARY: Theodore (Bear) Jon McWhorter, 1953-2024
LoCO Staff / Feb. 17, 2024, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
Highway 101 Closed at Del Norte’s Last Chance Grade
LoCO Staff / Feb. 17, 2024, 5:02 a.m. / Traffic
Supervisor Forums! The KEET/League of Women Voters Debates are In the Books, and Here’s a Place for You to Catch Up on What Was Said
Hank Sims / Feb. 16, 2024, 1:22 p.m. / Elections
Resighini Tribe of Yurok People, State Parks Join Forces to Protect Cultural, Natural Resources on Tribal Lands
LoCO Staff / Feb. 16, 2024, 10:44 a.m. / Tribes
Business, Labor Fight Over California Law Few Know About
Jeanne Kuang / Feb. 16, 2024, 7:58 a.m. / Sacramento
These Fed-Up Parents Fought California’s Pandemic Schooling and Won. Now What?
Carolyn Jones / Feb. 16, 2024, 7:51 a.m. / Sacramento
Eureka Planning Commission OKs Four-Story Development Slated for Old Town
Isabella Vanderheiden / Feb. 15, 2024, 4:39 p.m. / Housing , Local Government
Rio Dell Man Skedaddles From Federal Court Just Before Jury Hands Down His Drug Trafficking Conviction, Says U.S. Department of Justice
LoCO Staff / Feb. 15, 2024, 3:45 p.m. / Crime
… sources in Mexico. At trial, the government also presented evidence of several significant drug seizures including: 8.8 pounds of fentanyl and heroin in May 2018, valued at as much as $1.1 million …
Initial Drawdown Complete, Klamath Basin Restoration Has Begun Ahead of Historic Dam Removal This Fall
Ryan Burns / Feb. 15, 2024, 3:30 p.m. / Environment
… drained behind the four dams slated for removal: JC Boyle, Copco No. 1, Iron Gate and Copco No. 2, which was already brought down last month. Map via KRRC.###”It's important …
Interior Department Reaches Landmark Agreement with Klamath Basin Tribes, Project Irrigators to Collaborate on Ecosystem Restoration and Water Reliability
LoCO Staff / Feb. 15, 2024, 9:50 a.m. / Environment , Government
… National Wildlife Refuge, as well as $1.8 million to support a feasibility analysis of modifications to water supply infrastructure in Klamath Drainage District for the benefit of fish, wildlife, and farms …
Legislators Wanted 1,100 Reports on How California’s Laws Are Working. Most Haven’t Arrived
Sameea Kamal and Jeremia Kimelman / Feb. 15, 2024, 7:26 a.m. / Sacramento
… Legislators Wanted 1,100 Reports on How California’s Laws Are Working. Most Haven’t Arrived A state senator works during session on suspense file day at the state Capitol …
