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Westhaven Man Arrested After Girlfriend Flees Home to Escape Domestic Violence, Says HCSO
LoCO Staff / April 10, 2024, 1:40 p.m. / Crime
… )(1) P.C. Exhibit Deadly Weapon other than Firearm, 148(a)(1) P.C.; Obstruct/Resist/etc. Public/Peace Officer/Emergency Personnel, and 978.5 P.C. Bench Warrant/Failure to Appear on Felony Charges …
Public Enemy Frontman Chuck D Will Give Free Talk at Van Duzer Theatre Later This Month
LoCO Staff / April 10, 2024, 12:46 p.m. / Education
NoHum Union School Board Provides ‘Deeply Unsatisfying’ Statement on Reassigning Arcata High Principal Ron Perry
Stephanie McGeary / April 10, 2024, 12:37 p.m. / Education
California Fails to Track Its Homelessness Spending, Outcomes, Says New Audit
Marisa Kendall / April 10, 2024, 7 a.m. / Sacramento
… or even Test Participant. One shelter reported nearly 1,100 people enrolled in a facility with fewer than 300 beds. Should California pause its spending on homelessness? Hoover hopes he and his …
OBITUARY: Ryan Phillip Abbot, 1982-2024
LoCO Staff / April 10, 2024, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: James Darrell Bilderback, 1930-2024
LoCO Staff / April 10, 2024, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
ONE YEAR IN: The Outpost Tours the Site of the Giant Student Housing Project That Could House Nearly 1,000 Cal Poly Humboldt Students, Despite Slow Growth in Enrollment Numbers
Stephanie McGeary / April 9, 2024, 1:08 p.m. / Cal Poly Humboldt , Housing
… ONE YEAR IN: The Outpost Tours the Site of the Giant Student Housing Project That Could House Nearly 1,000 Cal Poly Humboldt Students, Despite Slow Growth in Enrollment Numbers …
(VIDEO) Watch a Great Blue Heron Snatch a Rodent Meal Out of an Arcata Lawn
Ryan Burns / April 9, 2024, 11:07 a.m. / Hardly News , Wildlife
This Month Eureka WiIl Begin Repainting H and I Streets to Implement New Lane Configurations
Andrew Goff / April 9, 2024, 10:52 a.m. / Traffic
Eureka Mayor to Host Day-Long Town Hall Event With ‘Skidrow CEO’ as Part of Mental Health Awareness Month
LoCO Staff / April 9, 2024, 10:23 a.m. / Community
Arcata High School’s Black Student Union to Unveil New Mural Celebrating ‘Black Joy and Love’
Isabella Vanderheiden / April 9, 2024, 8 a.m. / :) , Art , Education
Power Is Never Having to Say ‘No.’ How California Democrats Kill Bills Without Voting Against Them
Ryan Sabalow and Julie Watts / April 9, 2024, 7 a.m. / Sacramento
… Digital Democracy database, CalMatters examined more than 1 million votes cast by current legislators since 2017 and found Democrats vote “no” on average less than 1% of the time. Why? It’s not something …
OBITUARY: Dr. Edward Buzz Webb, 1937-2024
LoCO Staff / April 9, 2024, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
… , the Outstanding Student Awards, an annual event that recognizes the academic excellence and community involvement of students.Please make donations to: The Webb Student Leadership Endowment, Cal Poly Humboldt, 1 …
OBITUARY: Shirley Ann Arruda, 1929-2024
LoCO Staff / April 9, 2024, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
… family service will be held on April 18, 2024 at 1 p.m. Casket bearers will be Salomao Mateus, Tim Finney, Mark A. Mateus and Terry L. Mateus. Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Humboldt …
What the Hell, With These Gas Prices?
Ryan Burns / April 8, 2024, 4:34 p.m. / News
How Will Prop. 1 Impact Humboldt County’s Approach to Mental Health and Homelessness? Narrowly Passed Measure Leaves Big Questions Unanswered.
Ryan Burns / April 8, 2024, 2:30 p.m. / Homelessness , Mental Health
… How Will Prop. 1 Impact Humboldt County's Approach to Mental Health and Homelessness? Narrowly Passed Measure Leaves Big Questions Unanswered. A homeless man uses the dolos …
How Much Solar Eclipse Action is Humboldt Getting Today?
Andrew Goff / April 8, 2024, 8:35 a.m. / Celebration
They Work 80 Hours a Week for Low Pay. Now, California’s Early-Career Doctors Are Joining Unions
Kristen Hwang / April 8, 2024, 7 a.m. / Sacramento
OBITUARY: Victoria Lee Onstine, 1951-2024
LoCO Staff / April 8, 2024, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
… of the community and a dedicated social servant. During her life, she served on the board of directors for General Hospital, the Area 1 Agency on Aging, and Redwood Concert Ballet. She organized and taught caregiver …
OBITUARY: Cleone Rae (Conner) Monson, 1947-2024
LoCO Staff / April 8, 2024, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: Bonnie Marie Butcher, 1948-2024
LoCO Staff / April 8, 2024, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
… OBITUARY: Bonnie Marie Butcher, 1948-2024 Bonnie Marie Butcher June 11, 1948 – April 1, 2024 It is with heavy hearts that we announce that our mother, Bonnie Marie Butcher, passed …
GROWING OLD UNGRACEFULLY: Death With Dignity
Barry Evans / April 7, 2024, 7 a.m. / Growing Old Ungracefully
… in Psychology Today### Neil Gaiman’s “Death of the Endless,” drawn by Chris Bachalo in Death: The Time of Your Life #1, DC Comics. (Lo-res version qualifies as fair use under United States …
Humboldt Bay Firefighters Extinguish Eureka House Fire; Damages Estimated at $75,000
LoCO Staff / April 6, 2024, 3:22 p.m. / Fire
… Structure Fire at 1404 14th St. in Eureka. Humboldt Bay Fire responded with 1 Chief Officer, 3 Engines and 1 Truck for a total of 13 fire service personnel. Additionally, 2 volunteer Fire Support personnel …
THE ECONEWS REPORT: Coping with Climate Anxiety
LoCO Staff / April 6, 2024, 10 a.m. / Environment
CULTURE PLAYER: The Cowtown Serenaders Prepare to Hit the Road With a New Show About Community in Times of Natural Disaster
Gabrielle Gopinath / April 6, 2024, 7:45 a.m. / Culture
HUMBOLDT HISTORY: The Wrecked Russian Tanker Ship That Powered Eureka for a Decade
R. Chalmers Crichton / April 6, 2024, 7:30 a.m. / History
… was designed as a tanker of the T2-SE-A1 type, one of many that the USA had built for the war effort. At her christening, she was named the Beacon Rock, a turboelectric ship with a name that was to be hers …
Judge Rules Arcata Can’t Let Its Freak Earth Flag Fly Above Old Glory on City Pole
Ryan Burns / April 5, 2024, 12:13 p.m. / Courts , Local Government
Federal Disaster Funding Won’t be Forthcoming for Victims of the January Floods, Office of Emergency Services Says
LoCO Staff / April 5, 2024, noon / Crime
… or households.The threshold for a federal disaster declaration in California is approximately $74 million, or roughly 1,200 homes destroyed or with major damage. The state’s threshold is exceedingly high because …
Newsom, Legislature Get a $17 Billion Jump on California Budget Deficit
Alexei Koseff / April 5, 2024, 7:03 a.m. / Sacramento
… the state to draw matching federal funds; delaying $1 billion for transit infrastructure and $550 million for preschool, transitional kindergarten and full-day kindergarten facilities; shifting $1.8 billion …
Gavin Newsom Says Baseball Saved Him. But the Legend of His Career Doesn’t Always Match the Reality
Alexei Koseff / April 5, 2024, 7 a.m. / Sacramento