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How Labor Killed a Bill to Let California Wildfire Victims Sue Big Oil for Climate Change
Ryan Sabalow / April 16, 2025, 7:31 a.m. / Sacramento
… years.” Organizations representing fossil fuel companies that opposed the bill but gave no testimony during last week’s hearing also have donated at least $1.7 million to legislators since 2015 …
More High Schoolers Are Taking College Classes — but No Surprise Which Students Benefit Most
Delilah Brumer / April 16, 2025, 7:17 a.m. / Sacramento
Kernen Construction Mostly Carries Its Case at Today’s Board of Supervisors Meeting; Company May Continue to Operate Without Explicit Hour or Noise Restrictions
Hank Sims / April 15, 2025, 2:46 p.m. / Local Government
… delays from previous meetings over the last few months — the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 in favor of a stripped-down motion that required the company to remediate some unpermitted berm …
Commercial Salmon Season Is Shut Down — Again. Will California’s Iconic Fish Ever Recover?
Alastair Bland / April 15, 2025, 12:54 p.m. / Sacramento
… , Henery said, could rebuild diminished Central Valley Chinook runs to more than 1.6 million adult fish per year over a 20-year period. He said adversaries — often farmers and environmentalists …
Sheriff William Honsal Pens Open Letter to Express Opposition to Release of Sexually Violent Predator Into Humboldt
LoCO Staff / April 15, 2025, 12:23 p.m. / Community
Eureka DMV to Close Bayshore Mall Office Next Month, Relocate to Former Harley-Davidson Site
Isabella Vanderheiden / April 15, 2025, 10:41 a.m. / Government
OBITUARY: Daniel E. O’Leary, 1951-2025
LoCO Staff / April 15, 2025, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: Glenn Wayne Keisner, Sr, 1947-2025
LoCO Staff / April 15, 2025, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: Benjamin Herbert Weed, 1961-2025
LoCO Staff / April 15, 2025, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: Robert (Bob) Steeves, 1944-2025
LoCO Staff / April 15, 2025, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
With Its Maine Project Dead, Nordic Aquafarms is Seeking New Investors and Facing a Longer Timeline for Its Land-Based Fish Factory on the Samoa Peninsula
Ryan Burns / April 14, 2025, 4:41 p.m. / Business , Government
… and Conservation District, which previously agreed to remove nearly 1,000 derelict, creosote-treated piles and crossbeams from an old dock in Fields Landing to mitigate the impacts of baywater intake …
Humboldt County Drug Task Force Seizes Four Pounds of Meth, 600 Weed Clones En Route From Modesto; One Arrested
LoCO Staff / April 14, 2025, 4:33 p.m. / Crime
… substance (noncontiguous counties)- 11378 HS — Possession of a controlled substance for the purpose of sales- 11370.4(b)(1) HS — Possession of a kilogram or more of a controlled substance …
University Police Make Arrest in Connection With Attempted Vehicle Thefts on Campus
LoCO Staff / April 14, 2025, 2:45 p.m. / Crime
GUEST OPINION: The SAVE Act Undermines Our Humboldt Community and Harms Eligible Voters
Juan Pablo Cervantes / April 14, 2025, 10:56 a.m. / Guest Opinion
License to Kill: A CalMatters Special Investigation
Robert Lewis / April 14, 2025, 7:12 a.m. / Sacramento
TO YOUR WEALTH: Yippy Ki-Yay, Stock & Bond Market
Brandon Stockman / April 13, 2025, 9 a.m. / Money
THE ECONEWS REPORT: How Much of Measure O Should Go to Transit?
LoCO Staff / April 12, 2025, 10 a.m. / Environment
Highway 36 Closed West of Bridgeville (Again)
LoCO Staff / April 12, 2025, 8:59 a.m. / Traffic
HUMBOLDT HISTORY: The Big Four Inn Was Northern Humboldt’s Favorite Roadhouse Restaurant, and These are the Italian Immigrants Who Made it Happen
Carol McFarland / April 12, 2025, 7:30 a.m. / History
… on weekdays and $1 on Sundays. Elba and Vicki waited on tables and helped in the kitchen as needed and niece Arminda Giuntoli and several young women from the Italian community lent a hand on busy weekends …
OBITUARY: Rose Marie Retzloff, 1954-2025
LoCO Staff / April 12, 2025, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: Phillip Melford Mattz, 1936-2025
LoCO Staff / April 12, 2025, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
… . Graveside services were held in Hoopa, at the Hostler Family Cemetery at Hostler Field, on Friday, April 11, 2025 at 1 p.m. Reception followed at the Hoopa Trading Post.###The obituary above was submitted …
OBITUARY: Sandra (Beatty) Cox, 1943-2025
LoCO Staff / April 12, 2025, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
Arcata Residents Might be Facing Higher Water Rates — Or Are They?
Dezmond Remington / April 11, 2025, 4:11 p.m. / Government
[UPDATE: Found] Eureka Police Issue ‘Silver Alert’ for a Missing 70-Year-Old Woman
Ryan Burns / April 11, 2025, 3:25 p.m. / Breaking News
… by the Eureka Police Department. Jones is believed to be on foot. Members of the public are asked to call 9-1-1 if you see her. …
Humboldt County Wants to Hear Your Thoughts on Its Plans for the Long-Awaited McKinleyville Town Center
LoCO Staff / April 11, 2025, 1:03 p.m. / Community
… Kinleyville Town Center site as Mixed Use-Urban (MU1), which allows a mix of residential, commercial and civic uses.Adopt “Q-Zone” combining regulations that, among other guidance, would modify the proposed …
(PHOTOS) Half of Cal Poly Humboldt’s Behemoth Student Housing Project is Set to Open This Fall
Dezmond Remington / April 11, 2025, 9:01 a.m. / Cal Poly Humboldt
Orick Residents, at Perpetual Risk of Catastrophic Flood, Get Their First Glimpse at Massive Plan to Restore Redwood Creek
Isabella Vanderheiden / April 11, 2025, 7:49 a.m. / Government , Infrastructure
OBITUARY: Robin Lyn Andrews, 1965-2025
LoCO Staff / April 11, 2025, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: Juanita L. Coyles, 1930-2025
LoCO Staff / April 11, 2025, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: Jason Evan Kirkpatrick, 1975-2025
LoCO Staff / April 11, 2025, 6:56 a.m. / Obits