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Human Remains Discovered Near Manila Dunes Friday; Sheriff’s Office Investigating
LoCO Staff / Jan. 6, 2024, noon / Crime
… Human Remains Discovered Near Manila Dunes Friday; Sheriff’s Office Investigating Press release from the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office:On 1/5/2024, at about 4:52 PM, the Humboldt County …
WEATHER ALERT: Up to Seven Inches of Snow Forecast for Humboldt Interior, Big Waves Predicted Along the Coast
Isabella Vanderheiden / Jan. 6, 2024, 11:41 a.m. / How ‘Bout That Weather
THE ECONEWS REPORT: Our New Years’ Poetry Show
The EcoNews Report / Jan. 6, 2024, 10 a.m. / Environment
HUMBOLDT HISTORY: Remembering Sarah. Or, the Life and Times of Humboldt’s First Female Lighthouse Keeper
Peggy Wheeler / Jan. 6, 2024, 7:30 a.m. / History
… the entire voyage! One stands in awe at the strength and endurance of such pioneer women. Despite the fact that Sarah was shown on the 1852 Benicia California Census of October 1 as living with William …
OBITUARY: Albert Allie Markussen lll, 1966-2023
LoCO Staff / Jan. 6, 2024, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
Brian Stephens, Eureka’s New Police Chief, Comes From the Department’s Bad Boy Days But Says He’s Committed to Continuing Progressive Reforms
Ryan Burns / Jan. 5, 2024, 4:57 p.m. / Local Government
… offering new officers a $50,000 signing bonus, it can still be hard to hire and keep sworn officers. On Jan. 1 the department re-initiated its “emergency staffing matrix,” last seen almost two …
Assm. Jim Wood Introduces Bill to Make Dungeness Crab the Official State Crustacean
Hank Sims / Jan. 5, 2024, 1:37 p.m. / Sacramento
Friendlier Prison Guards? Why Gavin Newsom’s Advisers Want Them at San Quentin
Nigel Duara / Jan. 5, 2024, 9:19 a.m. / Sacramento
… more than $1.6 billion in 2021. But it also has an award-winning prison newspaper, the inmate-hosted podcast Ear Hustle and a program in which inmates can earn an associate’s degree in general studies …
OBITUARY: Denise Joan Anaya, 1953-2023
LoCO Staff / Jan. 5, 2024, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: Richard Christopher Quigley, 1957-2023
LoCO Staff / Jan. 5, 2024, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
Ignore Those Fake Ads; Humboldt Houseplants is Not Going Out of Business
Isabella Vanderheiden / Jan. 4, 2024, 1:14 p.m. / Business
New Community Center Coming to Willow Creek! Local Nonprofit Dream Quest Will Break Ground on the Long-Planned Project Next Week
Stephanie McGeary / Jan. 4, 2024, 12:17 p.m. / Community
The New Yorker Checks in on a Scotia Still in Transition
Hank Sims / Jan. 4, 2024, 8:35 a.m. / @Eel River Valley
California Legislature Starts 2024 Session With Big Budget Deficit and Big Protest
Jeanne Kuang and Sameea Kamal / Jan. 4, 2024, 7 a.m. / Sacramento
… -income undocumented immigrants, citing the deficit. The expansion went into its final phase (immigrants aged 26-49) this month at a cost of $1.2 billion this year, estimated to grow to nearly $3 billion …
OBITUARY: Katherine ‘Kathy’ Diane Sharpe, 1952-2023
LoCO Staff / Jan. 4, 2024, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: Curtis Lane Lindley, 1943-2023
LoCO Staff / Jan. 4, 2024, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
Mad River Community Hospital Welcomes Its Own New Year’s Newborn
LoCO Staff / Jan. 3, 2024, 4:13 p.m. / :)
… on January 1, 2024 at 9:49 p.m., weighing in at 6 pounds, 14 ounces and 20 inches long.MRCH Staff, the Volunteer Gift Shop, and community members took this opportunity to donate gifts to welcome the First Baby …
Eureka Police Identify Body Found Behind Bayshore Mall as 27-Year-Old Man
LoCO Staff / Jan. 3, 2024, 3:50 p.m. / News
Cop Car Smashed on Eureka’s I Street Last Night; K-9 Officer ‘Odin’ Transported to Vet for Evaluation
LoCO Staff / Jan. 3, 2024, 3:35 p.m. / Traffic
MISSING: Southern Humboldt Woman Reported Missing by Fiancé
LoCO Staff / Jan. 3, 2024, 12:46 p.m. / Missing
OBITUARY: Charles Steven Hetrick, 1950-2023
LoCO Staff / Jan. 3, 2024, 8:17 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: Charles Burton King, 1944-2023
LoCO Staff / Jan. 3, 2024, 8:06 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: Judy Ann Gray, 1953-2023
LoCO Staff / Jan. 3, 2024, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
Theo Lengyel, Founding Member of Eureka’s Mr. Bungle, Arrested in Connection With Girlfriend’s Murder
Ryan Burns / Jan. 2, 2024, 3:56 p.m. / Crime
St. Joseph Hospital Welcomes Its First Newborn of 2024
Ryan Burns / Jan. 2, 2024, 2:38 p.m. / :)
California New Laws for 2024: Cheaper Vasectomies and Birth Control
Ana B. Ibarra / Jan. 2, 2024, 8:21 a.m. / Sacramento
… . 1, 2024 will make contraception cheaper for millions of Californians by requiring insurers to cover more of the cost of vasectomies and birth control. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for Cal …
New California Laws for 2024: Nursing Homes Must Provide More Information Before Evictions
Jocelyn Wiener / Jan. 2, 2024, 8:14 a.m. / Sacramento
… reported to California’s Long Term Care Ombudsman programs. In the past five years, the state’s nursing homes have also been cited more than 1,800 times for problems with discharges. Chicotel says …
New California Housing Laws Aimed to Streamline Building Process Take Effect in 2024
Ben Christopher / Jan. 2, 2024, 8:11 a.m. / Sacramento
… legislative session going into effect on Jan. 1 promise to ease or eliminate some of the other burdens. Among the batch of fresh housing laws are an especially high profile set by San Francisco Democratic …
GROWING OLD UNGRACEFULLY: End-of-Year Potpourri
Barry Evans / Dec. 31, 2023, 7 a.m. / Growing Old Ungracefully
… GROWING OLD UNGRACEFULLY: End-of-Year Potpourri Local trivia #1: You know that Humboldt’s first church was the little wooden shed on Tuluwat Island, directly across from the F Street dock …
