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Here Are Some Helpful Tips on How Not to Blow Out Our Sewage Systems With Your Holiday Feast Grease, Courtesy of the City of Arcata
LoCO Staff / Nov. 17, 2023, 12:24 p.m. / Infrastructure
BREAKING: PG&E Plans to Remove Eel River Dams
LoCO Staff / Nov. 17, 2023, 9:57 a.m. / Environment
As Storms Arrive in California, Reservoirs Are in Good Shape. But the Water Forecast Is Murky
Rachel Becker / Nov. 17, 2023, 7 a.m. / Sacramento
… of California this week, with another surge of rainfall expected to wrap up this weekend. Rainfall is only expected to reach 1 to 2 inches statewide through Saturday morning, with light snowfall predicted …
Coastal Commission OKs Wastewater Discharge Permit for Nordic Aquafarms’ Onshore Fish Farm
Isabella Vanderheiden / Nov. 16, 2023, 4:38 p.m. / Business , Local Government
… located 1.55 miles offshore. To put that into perspective, when the Samoa Pulp Mill was operational it would produce 70 million gallons of untreated wastewater per day, according to Coastal Commission staff …
Open Door’s New Arcata Clinic is Expected to Start Welcoming Patients the First Week of 2024
Ryan Burns / Nov. 16, 2023, 3:17 p.m. / Health Care
HUH? The Catalina Island Ferry Seems to be Docked in Eureka This Morning
Hank Sims / Nov. 16, 2023, 12:51 p.m. / Oddities
Many Latino Californians Aren’t Voting. Can U.S. Senate Candidates Motivate Them?
Yue Stella Yu / Nov. 16, 2023, 7:17 a.m. / Sacramento
… organized by the League of United Latin American Citizens in Tulare on Nov. 1, 2023. Photo by Zaydee Sanchez for CalMattersFor six generations since emigrating from Mexico to America, Clarissa Renteria …
California State Scientists Strike, Demand Equal Pay
Rachel Becker / Nov. 16, 2023, 7 a.m. / Sacramento
OBITUARY: Bernadette Marie Cheyne, 1949-2023
LoCO Staff / Nov. 16, 2023, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: Robert ‘Boxy’ Johnson, 1945-2023
LoCO Staff / Nov. 16, 2023, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
… for the “little guy.” Whether it was in Germany or on the docks in the states, it didn’t matter the color or creed, if someone was hurting another human being unjustly, Robert stepped in and provided a “1-2” life …
Oregon Deputies Arrest Fugitive Who’s Wanted in Connection to Missing Humboldt County Woman
Ryan Burns / Nov. 15, 2023, 2:36 p.m. / Crime
Drug Task Force Arrests Suspected Traffickers, Seizes Narcotics and a Whole Mess of Guns
LoCO Staff / Nov. 15, 2023, 12:19 p.m. / Crime
… throughout Humboldt County.Upon their arrival at the hotel room, Agents located Karissa HUSE. HUSE was detained without incident. Agents searched the room and located approximately 3.1 grams of fentanyl, 1 …
Yurok Tribe Lands $5M State Grant to Fund Five Beautification Projects
LoCO Staff / Nov. 15, 2023, 9:48 a.m. / Tribes
Harvest Hub Connects Local Farmers with Restaurants, Wholesale Buyers in an Online Farmers’ Market to Enhance Access to Humboldt-Grown Products
Isabella Vanderheiden / Nov. 15, 2023, 9:39 a.m. / :) , Food
The Pride Flag Is Gone. Library Books Are Under Review. It’s a New Era of Backlash Politics in California
Alexei Koseff / Nov. 15, 2023, 7:40 a.m. / Sacramento
CHP Officers Get Biggest Raise in 20 Years — It’s Almost Double What Newsom Gave Other Unions
Nigel Duara / Nov. 15, 2023, 7:29 a.m. / Sacramento
… employee union during contract negotiations is 4%. That salary hike for the 100,000 employees represented by SEIU Local 1000, is scheduled for July 1, 2025, and the contract allows the governor to knock …
Proponents and Opponents of Measure A, the Humboldt Cannabis Reform Initiative, Square Off at a Public Forum in Arcata
Ryan Burns / Nov. 14, 2023, 5:28 p.m. / Cannabis , Elections
Former Supervisor Ryan Sundberg Appointed to the North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board
LoCO Staff / Nov. 14, 2023, 5:21 p.m. / Sacramento
EPD Says It Nabbed a California Street Graffiti Vandal
LoCO Staff / Nov. 14, 2023, 1:25 p.m. / Crime
Skilled Trades Workers Protest Outside Cal Poly Humboldt as Part of CSU-Wide One-Day Strike
Ryan Burns / Nov. 14, 2023, 10:44 a.m. / Labor
… the following statement, which was shared with the campus on Nov. 9:Cal Poly Humboldt has been informed that Teamsters Local 2010, which represents approximately 1,000 employees systemwide in the CSU including …
Understanding California’s College Students’ Protests Over Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Mikhail Zinshteyn / Nov. 14, 2023, 7:27 a.m. / Sacramento
… generational traumas that gash their identities like spears, intensifying feelings already on edge. For Jewish students, the Oct. 7 attack in Israel, in which the Palestinian militant group Hamas murdered 1 …
OBITUARY: Dennis Carl Myers, 1942-2023
LoCO Staff / Nov. 14, 2023, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
… . A celebration of life will be held on December 9 at 1 p.m. at The Athlete Factory, 2734 Hubbard Lane, Eureka. Food will be provided by the Vainuku family.###The obituary above was submitted on behalf of Dennis …
OBITUARY: Jackie Seaman, 1964-2023
LoCO Staff / Nov. 14, 2023, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: Cynthia Gail Hebard, 1954-2023
LoCO Staff / Nov. 14, 2023, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: Carolyn ‘Cotton’ Rutherford, 1946-2023
LoCO Staff / Nov. 14, 2023, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
LOCAL THEATERS UNITE! After Losing Its Old Town Space, Redwood Curtain Theater is Moving in With NCRT for the 2024 Season
Stephanie McGeary / Nov. 13, 2023, 12:07 p.m. / Theater
Eureka Police Receive Grant to Increase Traffic Safety
LoCO Staff / Nov. 13, 2023, 10:01 a.m. / Traffic
Community College Enrollment Plummeted During the Pandemic. Here’s One Reason Why It’s Now Turning Around
Adam Echelman / Nov. 13, 2023, 7:18 a.m. / Sacramento
… to the San Diego-Tijuana border, where he asked for asylum in February. His application is one of a record nearly 1.6 million asylum cases currently on backlog in the immigration court system, according …
Minimum Wage Hike for California Health Workers Will Cost Billions. Workers Say They Need It
Shreya Agrawal / Nov. 13, 2023, 7:13 a.m. / Sacramento
OBITUARY: Samantha Marie Calvin, 1997-2023
LoCO Staff / Nov. 13, 2023, 7:04 a.m. / Obits