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… .”However, Scottish Power was in dire financial straits, and shortly after this 2004 shareholder meeting it sold PacifiCorp to Berkshire Hathaway's MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co. for $5.1 billion plus …
Rio Dell to Consider Legislation to Keep Rental Housing Up to Code, Post-Earthquake
LoCO Staff / Dec. 27, 2023, 3:24 p.m. / Local Government
… is scheduled to consider a Rental Housing Inspection ordinance at their meeting on Tuesday, January 2, 2024. The proposed ordinance is motivated by the December 20, 2022, Ferndale Earthquake and the January 1 …
The Top 25 Stories of 2023! It Was the Best of Years and it Was the Worst of Years, but Overall It Was a Pretty Normal Year
Hank Sims / Dec. 27, 2023, 1:50 p.m. / Housekeeping
… #2, is gone — wiped off the face of the Earth. Copco #1, Iron Gate and J.C. Boyle are soon to follow.6. Ferndale’s Foggy Bottoms Boys Say Local Business Owner Lobbed Anti-Gay Slurs at Their Employees …
California New Laws for 2024: Workers Get More Paid Sick Days
Sameea Kamal / Dec. 27, 2023, 7 a.m. / Sacramento
… . 1, up from the three days that employers are currently required to provide, thanks to Senate Bill 616. The bill, authored by Long Beach Democratic Sen. Lena Gonzalez, also extends protections …
California New Laws for 2024: Employees Get Protection for Using Cannabis
Levi Sumagaysay / Dec. 27, 2023, 7 a.m. / Sacramento
Surprise Ambulance Bills Put These Families in Debt. A New California Law Bans the Practice
Kristen Hwang / Dec. 27, 2023, 7 a.m. / Sacramento
… Jan. 1 targets the kind of “surprise” ambulance bills that put Miele’s family in debt even though they had medical insurance. These bills take the form of out-of-network charges for commercially insured …
OBITUARY: Paul R. Gierek, 1936-2023
LoCO Staff / Dec. 27, 2023, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
(UPDATE) Christmas is OVER! It’s Time to Have the Scouts Come By and Haul Away Your Tree
LoCO Staff / Dec. 26, 2023, 7:30 a.m. / Infrastructure
… (12/30 or 1/6). This is a community service project for the Scouts and there is no fixed cost to pick up a tree - donations are accepted and appreciated but not required. All donations will help fund …
GROWING OLD UNGRACEFULLY: Don Quixote’s Impossible Dream
Barry Evans / Dec. 24, 2023, 7 a.m. / Growing Old Ungracefully
PASTOR BETHANY: What if Christmas Were a Little Less Hectic and a Little More Holy?
Bethany Cseh / Dec. 24, 2023, 7 a.m. / Faith-y
HUMBOLDT HISTORY: How Did Humboldt Celebrate Christmas in the 19th Century?
Catherine Mace / Dec. 23, 2023, 7:30 a.m. / History
… the next best quarters on the fort — a story-and-a-half house, two rooms below and two above, with a kitchen at the side. Harriett found prices high in Humboldt County. Eggs were $1.25 a dozen, butter 75 …
Volunteers Needed for Point-In-Time Count of Humboldt’s Homeless Population
LoCO Staff / Dec. 22, 2023, 1:36 p.m. / Homelessness
Cinni, One of the Sequoia Park Zoo’s Much-Loved Red Pandas, Has Died
Isabella Vanderheiden / Dec. 22, 2023, 12:44 p.m. /
The Eureka City Schools Board Voted on a Resolution Last Week That Was Not Published Before the Meeting. Is That Legal?
Stephanie McGeary / Dec. 22, 2023, 10:40 a.m. / Local Government
… the Jacobs Campus, an eight-acre property estimated at a value of $6 million, for 3553 I Street, a tiny home on an 1/8 of an acre lot south of Harris. The party entering into the exchange — “AMG Communities …
State’s End-Of-Year Affordable Housing Bonanza Likely to Leave Dozens of Near-Ready Projects ‘Mothballed’
Ben Christopher / Dec. 22, 2023, 8:05 a.m. / Sacramento
… 1 went to the Multifamily Housing Program. That fund is now running low, which prompted state lawmakers last year to begin mulling a new bond for 2024. That discussion was left on hold when …
OBITUARY: Ernest Michael Cobine, 1947-2023
LoCO Staff / Dec. 22, 2023, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: George Nathaniel Ponnay, 1934-2023
LoCO Staff / Dec. 22, 2023, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
Two People Shot Following Youth Altercation at Cooper Gulch Last Night, Eureka Police Say; Suspects Still Unidentified
LoCO Staff / Dec. 21, 2023, 6:33 p.m. / Crime
Hundreds of Cal Poly Humboldt Faculty Set to Strike in January Over Ongoing Salary Dispute with Cal State Administrators
Isabella Vanderheiden / Dec. 21, 2023, 2:48 p.m. / Cal Poly Humboldt
OPINION: It’s Time for the Offshore Wind Industry to Commit to Community Investments
LoCO Staff / Dec. 21, 2023, 1:28 p.m. / Opinion
Cal Poly Researcher Hopes to Find New Home For Endangered Lassics Lupine
LoCO Staff / Dec. 21, 2023, 10:35 a.m. / Nature
Mental Health Programs That Served Hundreds of Kids — Including in Humboldt — to Close After California Payment Changes
Jocelyn Wiener / Dec. 21, 2023, 7:45 a.m. / Sacramento
… and currently serve around 650 people, though they reach about 1,500 people during the course of a year. Sherri Terao, director of Santa Clara County’s behavioral health department, said in an email …
California Is Raising the Minimum Wage for 2 Industries. Others Could See Pay Hikes, Too
Levi Sumagaysay and Shreya Agrawal / Dec. 21, 2023, 7:40 a.m. / Sacramento
… that will be effective Jan. 1. In June, health care workers will earn a minimum of $18, $21 or $23 an hour, depending on what type of facility employs them and where they work. The industry-specific wage increases …
Eureka City Council Scraps Contentious Bike Lane Proposal for Myrtle Avenue
Isabella Vanderheiden / Dec. 20, 2023, 3:29 p.m. / Local Government
… of transportation? 329 people responded ‘no’ and 10 people responded ‘yes’. That is 97.1 percent of people in Eureka saying they don't ride bikes as a primary transportation. Next question: Would you consider …
Commercial Dungeness Crab Season to Open Locally on January 5
LoCO Staff / Dec. 20, 2023, 2:20 p.m. / Wildlife
… Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) will open the commercial Dungeness crab fishery from the Oregon state line to the Sonoma/Mendocino county line (Fishing Zones 1 and 2) under a Fleet Advisory beginning …
Judge Dismisses Rory Kalin’s Lawsuit Against Humboldt County, Public Defender’s Office Employees
Ryan Burns / Dec. 20, 2023, 1:20 p.m. / Courts
Hoopa Valley Tribe Announces Largest Land Reacquisition in Tribal History — 10,000 Acres in the Pine Creek Watershed
LoCO Staff / Dec. 20, 2023, 12:27 p.m. / Local Government
… . The Tribe’s $14.1 million purchase of the land rightfully returns management, conservation and use of the land to Hupa People. “Today is a day of intense celebration for our Tribe,” said Hoopa Valley Tribal …
(UPDATE: FUTONS OK!) Got a Junky Mattress Lying Around? Caltrans Will Recycle it for You if You Can Get it to McKinleyville in a Couple of Weeks
LoCO Staff / Dec. 20, 2023, 10:38 a.m. / News
Environmental Review Period Begins for California Offshore Wind Lease Areas
LoCO Staff / Dec. 20, 2023, 10:01 a.m. / Energy , Offshore Wind
Domestic Violence Shelters, a Guardrail Against Homelessness, Face Steep Funding Cuts
Jeanne Kuang / Dec. 20, 2023, 7:37 a.m. / Sacramento
… grants to counties and nonprofits beginning in the next state fiscal year, which begins July 1. A spokesperson for the state Department of Finance declined to comment on California’s plan to address …