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Local Employers Push Back Against Proposed Labor Agreement for Humboldt Offshore Wind Terminal Project Ahead of Tonight’s Harbor Commission Meeting
Isabella Vanderheiden / Aug. 10, 2023, 11:14 a.m. / Infrastructure , Local Government , Offshore Wind
… percent – of local contractors.“The provisions in the PLA as it stands contain a ‘core’ employment provision that requires a 1:1 hiring for the [Humboldt Offshore Wind Terminal] Project,” Lynette Mullen …
Open Letter Urging Eureka Voters Not to Sign the ‘Housing For All’ Petition Endorsed by 100+ Humboldt County Residents, Including Local Leaders in Politics, Business and Culture
LoCO Staff / Aug. 10, 2023, 10:16 a.m. / Local Government
Sheriff’s Office Mourns the Loss of Veteran Sergeant to Cancer at Age 44
LoCO Staff / Aug. 10, 2023, 10:16 a.m. / Crime
Goodbye Hotdogs, Hello Vegan Masala: California’s School Lunches Are Going Gourmet
Carolyn Jones / Aug. 10, 2023, 7 a.m. / Sacramento
… . The expansion of the meal program, combined with investments in school kitchens and training, have made public schools the largest restaurant system in the state, serving nearly 1 billion meals a year — more …
California Water Agency Under Investigation for Discriminating Against Tribes, People of Color
Rachel Becker / Aug. 10, 2023, 7 a.m. / Sacramento
OBITUARY: Aaron Michael McKay, 1981-2023
LoCO Staff / Aug. 10, 2023, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
… . It will be held August 27 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Wharfinger Building located at 1 Marina Way, Eureka. Aaron, you are loved and missed dearly. Even after your passing we are able to see just how greatly you …
OPINION: Enviros and Labor Alike Say, ‘For Good Jobs in Offshore Wind, Pass the Labor Agreement Now!’
LoCO Staff / Aug. 9, 2023, 3:32 p.m. / Opinion
SoHum is Getting New Fire Trucks: In a Press Conference This Morning, Sen. McGuire Announces New State Funding for a Big Equipment Upgrade
Hank Sims / Aug. 9, 2023, 11:23 a.m. / Fire
… operations. McGuire also announced $6 million in funding for wildfire prevention efforts throughout the North Coast, with nearly $1 million of that earmarked for Humboldt County. These funds …
Record Numbers of People Have Died in California Jails. Now Lawmakers Could Crack Down
Nigel Duara / Aug. 9, 2023, 7:27 a.m. / Sacramento
Making Borrowing Easier: Amendment to State Constitution Could Unlock Billions of Dollars for California Housing
Ben Christopher / Aug. 9, 2023, 7:26 a.m. / Sacramento
TODAY in SUPES: Aviation Officials Discuss Plans to Reduce Flight Delays at the Humboldt County Airport; Board Narrowly Agrees to Support Fossil Fuel Divestiture; and More!
Isabella Vanderheiden / Aug. 8, 2023, 4:59 p.m. / Local Government
… accommodate a minimum visibility of 1,200 feet (just under a quarter-mile) and a 100-foot cloud ceiling.Paul Hannah, Chief Flight Operations Engineer for Lean Technology Corporation, one of the entities …
Group Circulating Eureka Housing Petition Says the Wiyot Tribe’s Projects Are OK, Clarifies That Parking Lot Conversions Will Be Allowed So Long as Developers Build Even More Parking Than Before
LoCO Staff / Aug. 8, 2023, 10:49 a.m. / Infrastructure
… that allows the campaign to begin collecting signatures for the ballot initiative. Approximately 1,600 valid voter signatures are needed to place the measure on the ballot. The Housing for All ballot …
SLOW NEWS DAY: Can You Believe There Is Now a Third Mountain Mike’s Pizza in Humboldt? Is That Interesting?
LoCO Staff / Aug. 8, 2023, 10:40 a.m. / Hardly News
… to root for. The new location also includes an all-you-can-eat pizza and salad lunch buffet, wine, domestic beer and local craft beer on tap, a 1,000-square-foot kids’ arcade, complimentary Wi …
California Prisons Have a Drug Problem. A Strip Search Policy Takes Aim at Visitors
Anabel Sosa / Aug. 8, 2023, 7:15 a.m. / Sacramento
… of narcotic-detecting canines. California state prisons recorded 1,274 overdoses between March 2019 and February 2020. In the following 12 months — after pandemic restrictions took effect — overdoses …
GET YOUR CLAM ON! California Fish and Wildlife Says it is Once Again Safe and Legal to Harvest Razor Clams in Humboldt County
LoCO Staff / Aug. 7, 2023, 12:34 p.m. / Fish
‘60 Minutes’ Pays a Visit to the World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm, Which is Located Near an English Town Not Completely Unlike Eureka
Hank Sims / Aug. 7, 2023, 11:07 a.m. / Energy , Offshore Wind
Those Great Big Booms Last Night Were the Sheriff’s Office Exploding a Shell Someone Found in Their Yard
LoCO Staff / Aug. 7, 2023, 10:06 a.m. / Emergencies
How Many Cal State Employees Are Accused of Sexual Harassment? Here’s Why It’s Hard to Know
Mikhail Zinshteyn / Aug. 7, 2023, 7:19 a.m. / Sacramento
… a huge discrepancy in how many Cal State employees at the 23 campuses were accused of some kind of improper sexual conduct — 1,246 across five years according to the audit and 452 in four academic years …
Waiting Game: Asylum Seekers at California Border at More Risk During Court Fight
Wendy Fry / Aug. 7, 2023, 7:17 a.m. / Sacramento
… , with “temporary services and travel coordination,” and spent $1.3 billion since 2019, helping the federal government provide humanitarian services to new arrivals at the border. “While the federal government …
OBITUARY: Bettie Mae (Praus) Marcum-Albright, 1932-2023
LoCO Staff / Aug. 7, 2023, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: Richard Danford Ecker, 1938-2023
LoCO Staff / Aug. 7, 2023, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
… many other special dog companions throughout his lifetime and is pre-deceased by Duke, Rebel 2, Butch & Eubie, Rebel 1, Shadow, Rebel, Sandi and Boo-Boo. Please consider making a donation to one …
OBITUARY: Robert Allen Rode, 1925-2023
LoCO Staff / Aug. 7, 2023, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
GROWING OLD UNGRACEFULLY: Dover, 18 Years On
Barry Evans / Aug. 6, 2023, 8:17 a.m. / Growing Old Ungracefully
OBITUARY: Frank X Gloeggler Jr., 1943-2023
LoCO Staff / Aug. 6, 2023, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
THE ECONEWS REPORT: Are Environmental Laws in the Way?
LoCO Staff / Aug. 5, 2023, 10 a.m. / Environment
Fire Crews Quickly Contain Fast-Moving Wildfire North of French Gulch in Western Shasta County
Isabella Vanderheiden / Aug. 5, 2023, 9:26 a.m. / Fire
HUMBOLDT HISTORY: The Last Days of Chief Lassik
James Roscoe / Aug. 5, 2023, 7:30 a.m. / History
(PHOTOS) Know Your 2023 Eureka Street Art Festival Artists
Andrew Goff / Aug. 5, 2023, 7:15 a.m. / Art
OBITUARY: Gina Francine Bryant Parrish, 1956-2023
LoCO Staff / Aug. 5, 2023, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: Genevieve G. “Jenny” Blaha, 1944-2023
LoCO Staff / Aug. 5, 2023, 6:56 a.m. / Obits