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(UPDATE: FOUND) 86-Year-Old Woman With Dementia Walked Off From Her Eureka Residence
LoCO Staff / Feb. 8, 2024, 3:07 p.m. / Missing
… 6:00 AM. We were notified of her disappearance around 1:00 PM, and a report has been taken. Jacquelyn is described as a white female, 5’2’’, 135 lbs, with short gray hair. She often …
Legislators Unveil Measure to Ask Voters for $1 Billion Offshore Wind Bond
Alejandro Lazo / Feb. 8, 2024, 12:23 p.m. / Sacramento
… Legislators Unveil Measure to Ask Voters for $1 Billion Offshore Wind Bond A 9.5-megawatt floating wind turbine deployed at the Kincardine Offshore Wind project, located off …
BLUE SLIDE WEEKEND: Fernbridge to Be Fully Closed For Almost Two Days Later This Month
LoCO Staff / Feb. 8, 2024, 12:16 p.m. / Traffic
It’s ELECTION LIMERICK Time Once Again! Please Send Us Your Letters of Support For Local Candidates and Measures, But Only in the Form of a Limerick
Hank Sims / Feb. 8, 2024, 11:05 a.m. / Elections
Why California Might Mandate the ‘Science of Reading’ in All Schools
Carolyn Jones / Feb. 8, 2024, 7:56 a.m. / Sacramento
California Wants to Cap Your Medical Bills. Guess Who’s Pushing Back.
Ana B. Ibarra / Feb. 8, 2024, 7:48 a.m. / Sacramento
… or face financial penalties. They would not be punished in the program’s first year. The state’s health care affordability board is scheduled to continue discussions this month and has until June 1 …
OBITUARY: Richard Nelson Leamon, 1934-2024
LoCO Staff / Feb. 8, 2024, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
Presiding Judge Gregory Kreis Facing Formal Inquiry Into 19 Counts of Alleged Misconduct, Including Drug and Alcohol Use, Sexually Inappropriate Behavior and Antisemitic Remarks
Ryan Burns / Feb. 7, 2024, 2:48 p.m. / Courts
Providence Humboldt County Announces New CEO Started Last Month
LoCO Staff / Feb. 7, 2024, 11:16 a.m. / Health
Sheriff’s Office Arrests Man in Connection With Large-Scale Cannabis Farm Burglary in Eastern Humboldt
LoCO Staff / Feb. 7, 2024, 10:18 a.m. / Crime
… in excess of $10,000.00, (PC 496d), being a felon in possession of a firearm (PC 29800(a)(1), Felon in possession of ammunition (PC 30305(a)(1), and for an outstanding felony warrant in Humboldt County. Mc …
Correctional Officers Rescue Female Inmate From Suicide Attempt, Sheriff’s Office Says
LoCO Staff / Feb. 7, 2024, 9:23 a.m. / Crime
Los Angeles’ One Weird Trick to Build Affordable Housing at No Public Cost
Ben Christopher / Feb. 7, 2024, 7:34 a.m. / Sacramento
… funded developers hoping to crack Los Angeles’ affordable housing market tend to follow a familiar pattern. First, they evoke Bass’ order — “Executive Directive 1” — to guarantee and speed up …
Why California Legislators of Both Parties Want to Ban Homeless Encampments
Lynn La / Feb. 7, 2024, 7 a.m. / Sacramento
OBITUARY: O’Rourk A. Swinney, 1951-2024
LoCO Staff / Feb. 7, 2024, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
… , in Arcata on Sunday, March 10 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. All are welcome.###The obituary above was submitted on behalf of O'Rourk A. Swinney's loved ones. The Lost Coast Outpost …
‘Peaceful Resolution’ to Incident That Saw Man Barricade Himself For Hours in Arcata Home
LoCO Staff / Feb. 6, 2024, 4:39 p.m. / Crime
‘Butcher Zionist Pigs’ Poster Found in Mad River Hospital Bathroom; Arcata Police Investigating
LoCO Staff / Feb. 6, 2024, 4:20 p.m. / Crime
Sushi Spot Eliminates Tipping in Favor of a Service Charge and Some People Are Big Mad About It
Ryan Burns / Feb. 6, 2024, 3:37 p.m. / Business
… ;s “equity charge” announcement to an opinionated Facebook forum called Humboldt County on Alert, and the response has been robust.In the first 24 hours the post racked up more than 1 …
Suspected Burglar’s Getaway Rig Gets Stuck in McKinleyville Mud Prior to Arrest, Says HCSO
LoCO Staff / Feb. 6, 2024, 2:35 p.m. / Crime
… Suspected Burglar's Getaway Rig Gets Stuck in McKinleyville Mud Prior to Arrest, Says HCSO Press release from the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office: On 2/6/2024, at about 1:59 am, Humboldt …
The Humboldt Bay Municipal Water District Wants to Give Water Back to the Mad River to Safeguard Local Control
Isabella Vanderheiden / Feb. 6, 2024, 10:30 a.m. / Infrastructure
… the workshop on Monday, Feb. 12 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Wharfinger Building at 1 Marina Way in Eureka. More information can be found in the flyer below. …
Newsom Asked for a Bill to Legalize Psychedelic Therapy. Lawmakers Move to Give Him One
Ana B. Ibarra / Feb. 6, 2024, 8:46 a.m. / Sacramento
OBITUARY: James Martin ‘Jim’ Meade, 1920-2024
LoCO Staff / Feb. 6, 2024, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
… enjoyed building model airplanes and engaging in numerous social activities.A Celebration of Life with Military Honors will be held on February 23 at 1 p.m. at Fortuna's Veteran Hall. Goble's …
OBITUARY: Leona Marie Bishop, 1953-2024
LoCO Staff / Feb. 6, 2024, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
… ! Grant and Leona were married July 1, 1972. They resided in Scotia for 28 years, where they raised their two daughters. She was a stay-at-home mom and a house cleaner for many years. In 2002 they moved …
OBITUARY: Angela Price, 1981-2023
LoCO Staff / Feb. 6, 2024, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
… hard at the Recology Humboldt and other local retail service stores. She was a gentle spirit with a soul hard to forget. Celebration of life for Angela will be on February 28, 2024 from 1 p.m. to 3 p …
‘I Will Not Stand For It’: Attorney General Bonta Decries ‘Cynical’ Lawsuits From Citizens for a Better Eureka
LoCO Staff / Feb. 5, 2024, 1:26 p.m. / Courts , Government , Housing
CHP Releases Names, Ages of the Three People Killed in That Head-On Crash on Highway 101 Near Rio Dell Last Month
LoCO Staff / Feb. 5, 2024, 10:56 a.m. / Traffic
PISTOLS for TWO: An Exchange of Letters on the Eureka Housing for All Initiative and the Outpost’s Coverage Thereof
Hank Sims / Feb. 5, 2024, 8:12 a.m. / Housekeeping
Last Chance to Apply for This High-Speed Internet Subsidy
Khari Johnson / Feb. 5, 2024, 8:08 a.m. / Sacramento
GROWING OLD UNGRACEFULLY: What You Need in Crypto
Barry Evans / Feb. 4, 2024, 7 a.m. / Growing Old Ungracefully
… , unsuccessfully to date, to get permission to try to recover it from the local landfill. (I’m not sure how his sense of humor is holding up.) # Reported as good news: “The [crypto] industry lost $1.8 billion …
Body of Missing Redway Woman Found in Eel River Near Dean Creek, Sheriffs Office Says
LoCO Staff / Feb. 3, 2024, 4:56 p.m. / News
(VIDEO) HUMBOLDT OUTDOORS: Ray Olson Takes Us to the Ruins of the USS Milwaukee Shipwreck
Isabella Vanderheiden / Feb. 3, 2024, 1:05 p.m. / Humboldt Outdoors