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Tuition Hike of 34% Across Five Years Coming to California State University
Mikhail Zinshteyn / Sept. 13, 2023, 4:06 p.m. / Sacramento
… fall. For in-state undergraduates, that’ll be an uptick of $342, rising to $6,084 per year. After five years, annual undergraduate tuition will be $1,940 higher than it was in the 2023-24 school year …
Cal Poly Humboldt Will Offer a Bachelor’s Degree Program to Pelican Bay Inmates
LoCO Staff / Sept. 13, 2023, 1:20 p.m. / Education
… in any type of education program.Project Rebound is a testament to that. “We have less than a 1% recidivism rate for students who finish their degree with us,” says Wallin-Sato. “Education is medicine …
State Dismisses Lawsuit Against the County and Paz Dominguez; Auditor-Controller Cheryl Dillingham Says Her Office is Catching Up on Fiscal Reporting
Ryan Burns / Sept. 13, 2023, 12:20 p.m. / Local Government
… . And [other county] departments have been very cooperative and helpful.”Dillingham stepped into the role of auditor-controller on July 1 of last year, a few weeks after her landslide election victory but fully …
From Films to Counseling — How California Is Spending $90 Million to Fight Hate
Felicia Mello / Sept. 13, 2023, 8 a.m. / Sacramento
OBITUARY: Sebren Green Sr., 1940-2023
LoCO Staff / Sept. 13, 2023, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
TODAY in SUPES: Board Chair Steve Madrone Apologizes for Cutting Off Public Commenter for Making Bigoted Statements During Last Month’s Meeting, and More!
Isabella Vanderheiden / Sept. 12, 2023, 4:55 p.m. / Local Government
EPD: Today’s Lockdown at Eureka High Was Due to a Man With a Very Realistic Looking BB Gun
LoCO Staff / Sept. 12, 2023, 4:30 p.m. / Non-Crime
(PHOTOS) The Historic Hōkūleʻa, a Living Symbol of Polynesian Culture and Heritage, Will be Docked in Eureka for the Next Couple of Days
Hank Sims / Sept. 12, 2023, 2:03 p.m. / :)
(UPDATING) Eureka High on Hard Lockdown as Police Investigate Off-Campus Incident
Hank Sims / Sept. 12, 2023, 10:37 a.m. / Crime
To Sweep Homeless Camps, California Cities Say They Offer Shelter. What That Really Means Is Up for Debate
Jeanne Kuang / Sept. 12, 2023, 7 a.m. / Sacramento
… . There are about 1,800 city-funded shelter beds in San Diego and about 600 others that are not funded by the city. “We cannot enforce our way through homelessness; it’s not the proper way to address homelessness …
A Plan to Guarantee Community College Transfer to California’s Public Universities Died. Now It’s Back
Mikhail Zinshteyn / Sept. 12, 2023, 7 a.m. / Sacramento
… pathways, and the system is working on its own transfer guarantee. It’s a striking and rapid turn of events for a measure that a Senate committee killed Sept. 1. The original version …
OBITUARY: Billy Joe Robinson Sr., 1975-2023
LoCO Staff / Sept. 12, 2023, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: Mattole (Walter Charles Sharp III), 1934-2023
LoCO Staff / Sept. 12, 2023, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: Barbara Stratton Peters, 1949-2023
LoCO Staff / Sept. 12, 2023, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: Kathy Rosemary Bishop (Horn), 1949-2023
LoCO Staff / Sept. 12, 2023, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
(PHOTOS) This Black Bear Looks Upset About Not Getting Invited to the Medieval Festival of Courage
LoCO Staff / Sept. 11, 2023, 5:13 p.m. / Hardly News , Wildlife
Humboldt Bay Firefighters Simulate Climbing 110 Stories to Honor 9/11 First Responders
LoCO Staff / Sept. 11, 2023, 1:14 p.m. / Community
… terrorist attacks, we reflect on the first responders, victims, and the families of those whose lives were lost. 8 EMS personnel, 60 police officers, 343 firefighters, 1 fire patrolman, and 2997 civilians …
Last-Minute Deal: Wage Hike for Fast Food Workers, No Ballot Measure in 2024
Jeanne Kuang and Alexei Koseff / Sept. 11, 2023, 11:43 a.m. / Sacramento
Which Bills Will Gavin Newsom Sign Into New California Laws?
CalMatters staff / Sept. 11, 2023, 7:50 a.m. / Sacramento
… hand-counting of votes, except in very narrow circumstances — in regular elections with 1,000 registered voters or fewer eligible to vote, and special elections with 5,000 voters or fewer. Other than …
OBITUARY: Lee Berning, 1930-2023
LoCO Staff / Sept. 11, 2023, 7:20 a.m. / Obits
… OBITUARY: Lee Berning, 1930-2023 Leola A. “Lee” Berning passed peacefully into eternity on September 1, 2023. She was surrounded by her children throughout her final journey home …
OBITUARY: Rose Burman Lawson, 1926-2023
LoCO Staff / Sept. 11, 2023, 7:13 a.m. / Obits
GROWING OLD UNGRACEFULLY: ET Life? Biologists vs. Physicists
Barry Evans / Sept. 10, 2023, 7 a.m. / Growing Old Ungracefully
(VIDEO) HUMBOLDT OUTDOORS: Ray Olson Takes Us Through the Lower Deck of Historic 1091
Isabella Vanderheiden / Sept. 9, 2023, 1:48 p.m. / Humboldt Outdoors
Former Supervisor Candidate Allen McCloskey Issues His Own Press Release After Being Acquitted on Theft Charges
LoCO Staff / Sept. 9, 2023, 11:49 a.m. / Courts
THE ECONEWS REPORT: Coastal Cleanup Month is Here!
The EcoNews Report / Sept. 9, 2023, 10 a.m. / Environment
HUMBOLDT HISTORY: Memories of a Whaling Plant Union Member, 1940
Noel Harris, with Lesa Coleman / Sept. 9, 2023, 7:30 a.m. / History
OBITUARY: Vaughn Delano Hayes, 1935-2023
LoCO Staff / Sept. 9, 2023, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
Second Fortuna Student Arrested Friday in Possession of a Different Handgun
LoCO Staff / Sept. 8, 2023, 6:36 p.m. / Crime
… California Penal Code 25400(A)(1), Carrying concealed weapon on personCalifornia Penal Code 29610(A), Minor in possession of handgunCalifornia Penal Code 496, Possession of stolen propertyCalifornia Penal Code 422 …
California Pushing Back on School Book Bans
Carolyn Jones / Sept. 8, 2023, 3:40 p.m. / Sacramento