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Humboldt Planning Commission OKs Draft Short-Term Rental Ordinance After Months of Deliberation
Isabella Vanderheiden / Dec. 1, 2023, 4:17 p.m. / Housing , Local Government
… impacts on the local housing stock and neighborhood character. Of the 34,093 residential units in unincorporated Humboldt County, approximately 567, or 1.66 percent, are currently being used as short …
(PHOTOS) The Historic Trinidad Lighthouse Has Been Placed Atop Its New Forever Home
Ted Pease / Dec. 1, 2023, 3:23 p.m. / Our Culture
BREAKING: Honsal Makes About-Face, Will Allow Donation of Organs From Man On Life Support
Ryan Burns / Dec. 1, 2023, 2:47 p.m. / Breaking News
Eureka Police Department Identifies Man Shot and Killed by Officers in Old Town on Sunday, Releases Details on Altercation That Preceded Deadly Response
Andrew Goff / Dec. 1, 2023, 2:44 p.m. / News
Hoopa Valley Tribe Announces (Another) Big Legal Win Over Westlands Water District
LoCO Staff / Dec. 1, 2023, 1:38 p.m. / Environment
… for Project Water Service, San Luis Unit and Delta Division and Facilities Repayment, Court of Appeal, Fifth Appellate District Case No. F083632 and consolidated with Case No. F084202 (September 1, 2023). …
PAINTBALLIN’! Owner of Humboldt Paintball in Fortuna Helps Women’s Team Win World Championship in Miami
Stephanie McGeary / Dec. 1, 2023, 10:52 a.m. / LoCO Sports!
Pay for Cal State Presidents Has Grown at Nearly Twice the Rate as Pay for Lecturers
Elizabeth Wilson and Hugo Rios / Dec. 1, 2023, 7:28 a.m. / Sacramento
… of the California State University system, Mildred García will earn just under $1 million in total compensation to lead the nation’s largest system of higher education. That’s more than triple Gov. Gavin Newsom …
Five Key Moments From the Newsom-DeSantis Debate
Alexei Koseff / Dec. 1, 2023, 7:22 a.m. / Sacramento
OBITUARY: Hans Spek, 1934-2023
LoCO Staff / Dec. 1, 2023, 7:10 a.m. / Obits
… cherished and loved. Hans was born on March 1, 1934 in the city of Haarlem in his homeland of Holland. He came into this world on Centauru Straat in his family’s home on the street he shared with his …
OBITUARY: Katherine Faye Fulton, 1941-2023
LoCO Staff / Dec. 1, 2023, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
… fun and looked forward to it. We had no idea she was USING us! Katherine loved simple pleasures, like good coffee. When she and my dad lived just 1/2 mile from me, I would see them pass by my house …
Sheriff’s Office Puts McKinleyville Safeway on Lockdown, Shoots Man Wielding Large, Fixed-Blade Knife With Beanbag Rounds and Taser, HCSO Says
LoCO Staff / Nov. 30, 2023, 3:54 p.m. / Crime
… Facility for felony resisting arrest (PC 69(A)), brandishing (PC 417(A)(1)), criminal threats (PC 422(A)), and probation violation (PC 1203.2(A). The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office would like …
The Sequoia Park Zoo Has a Rad New Waterfall Specially Designed For Bear Frolicking
Andrew Goff / Nov. 30, 2023, 3:18 p.m. / Cavy Babies
Yurok Tribe Vice Chairman Frankie Myers Declares Candidacy for State Assembly District 2 Seat
LoCO Staff / Nov. 30, 2023, 1:52 p.m. / Elections
Humboldt Supervisors Scrap Proposed Cannabis Initiative Following ‘Rushed’ Process
Isabella Vanderheiden / Nov. 30, 2023, 7:57 a.m. / Cannabis , Local Government
… ,500 to 1,400, and reduce allowed acreage from 1,205 to 617. The proposal would have also set a one-acre maximum cultivation area and required additional public noticing for permits over 2,000 square feet …
Cal State Faculty Plans to Strike as Officials Reject a 12% Salary Increase
Mikhail Zinshteyn / Nov. 30, 2023, 7:33 a.m. / Sacramento
… ,000 non-academic staff. The labor deals ensured that Cal State wouldn’t contend with all its unionized workers striking, which would have been calamitous for the system. A smaller union of about 1 …
OBITUARY: Marjorie Evans, 1937-2023
LoCO Staff / Nov. 30, 2023, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
Sheriff Honsal is Refusing to Allow a Dying Man’s Organs to Be Donated. Parents and a Donor Organization Say He Won’t Explain Why.
Ryan Burns / Nov. 29, 2023, 5:04 p.m. / News
… nieces in September of 2022. | Photo submitted by his parents.###UPDATE, DEC. 1: BREAKING: Honsal Makes About-Face, Will Allow Donation of Organs From Man On Life Support …
Fire Takes Out Trailer in Ridgewood Road Residential Area
LoCO Staff / Nov. 29, 2023, 3:51 p.m. / Fire
… . The 1st arriving Engine secured a water source and set up for a defensive attack. The vacant trailer was fully involved with no spread to the vegetation. The second arriving engine provided support …
(UPDATE: MORE SMOKE!) Seeing a Lot of Smoke in the North County? That’s a Controlled Burn
LoCO Staff / Nov. 29, 2023, 1:23 p.m. / Non-Emergencies
GUEST OPINION: McKinleyville High School Students Deserve Better
LoCO Staff / Nov. 29, 2023, 12:30 p.m. / Opinion
NEW BIRD SIGHTING! Spotted for the First Time in Humboldt, a Purple Gallinule Has Been Hanging Around the Arcata Marsh
Stephanie McGeary / Nov. 29, 2023, 12:14 p.m. / Wildlife
McKinleyville High School Briefly Placed on Lockdown Again Following Report of Armed Person on Campus
Ryan Burns / Nov. 29, 2023, 9:42 a.m. / Emergencies
Blue Power: Will Ocean Waves Be California’s New Source of Clean Energy?
Julie Cart / Nov. 29, 2023, 7:24 a.m. / Sacramento
Humboldt County’s Real Estate Market in ‘Total Gridlock’ Due to Cyberattack on Fidelity National Financial
Ryan Burns / Nov. 28, 2023, 4:48 p.m. / Business
… are fully up and running once again. ###UPDATE, Nov. 29, 1 p.m.:Bryn Coriell called the Outpost a few minutes ago to report that a few employees at the two local title companies have had their access …
Humboldt Supervisors Quash Proposal to Consolidate County Finance Departments
Isabella Vanderheiden / Nov. 28, 2023, 4:29 p.m. / Local Government
… Department of Finance is a no-go, for now at least.The Board of Supervisors today voted 4-1, with Third District Supervisor Mike Wilson dissenting, to nix a proposed ballot measure that sought to consolidate …
INTRODUCING the Community Health Dashboard, an Interactive Tool That ‘Tells the Story of the Health of the Humboldt County Community’
LoCO Staff / Nov. 28, 2023, 1:59 p.m. / Health
CHP Releases More Information on Yesterday’s Double-Fatal Head-On Collision North of Orick
LoCO Staff / Nov. 28, 2023, 1:13 p.m. / Traffic
(UPDATING) McKinleyville High School on Lockdown
Hank Sims / Nov. 28, 2023, 12:05 p.m. / Emergencies
… or related criminal activity is encouraged to call the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office at (707) 445-7251 or the Sheriff’s Office Crime Tip line at (707) 268-2539. ### UPDATE, 1:12 p.m.:Email from Northern …
Wanted Man Arrested With Handgun, Meth in McK Neighborhood, Sheriff’s Office Says
LoCO Staff / Nov. 28, 2023, 9:43 a.m. / Crime
… grams of Methamphetamine on Parrott.Parrott was booked at the Humboldt County Correctional Facility for possession of a controlled substance while armed (H&S 11370.1(A)), felon in possession …
Not Your Grandma’s Granny Flat: How San Diego Hacked State Housing Law to Build ADU ‘Apartment Buildings’
Ben Christopher / Nov. 28, 2023, 7:32 a.m. / Sacramento
… an intolerable degree of construction and density upon unsuspecting residents while only providing a token degree of affordability. The program is just beginning to take off. A total of 159 projects with 1 …
