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HUMBOLDT HISTORY: When Blimps of War Dotted the North Coast Skies
Glen Nash / March 25, 2023, 7:30 a.m. / History
… on each side of the car or gondola. They boasted a maximum air speed of 67.5 knots per hour (speed varied with wind conditions). They cruised about 50 knots per hour. The ships carried 1,500 gallons …
OBITUARY: Darcy Ellen Baker (Foster), 1962-2023
LoCO Staff / March 25, 2023, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
HUMBOLDT TODAY with John Kennedy O’Connor | March 24, 2023
LoCO Staff / March 24, 2023, 4:20 p.m. / Humboldt Today
State Lifts Target for 15% Water Conservation
Alastair Bland / March 24, 2023, 11:08 a.m. / Sacramento
… -thirds the volume of Folsom Reservoir and enough water to serve 1.2 million households in a year. Crowfoot stressed that the drought is not over, noting that drought status “is not a completely binary situation …
Sheriff’s Office Makes Arrest in 2018 Dinsmore Homicide
LoCO Staff / March 24, 2023, 10:57 a.m. / Crime
EVERYONE’S MICRODOSING! Inside the Health Craze That Has Your Friends Regularly Ingesting Very Small Quantities of Psychedelic Mushrooms
Maranda Vargas / March 24, 2023, 7:38 a.m. / Our Culture
OBITUARY: Frank Aaron Henry Jr., 1983-2023
LoCO Staff / March 24, 2023, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
HUMBOLDT TODAY with John Kennedy O’Connor | March 23, 2023
LoCO Staff / March 23, 2023, 4:20 p.m. / Humboldt Today
Ground Has Been Broken on Klamath River Restoration, the World’s Largest-Ever Dam-Removal Project
Ryan Burns / March 23, 2023, 2:46 p.m. / Environment , Infrastructure
… tall) and Copco No. 1 (225 feet tall). Bransom said the water release will be very controlled, allowing workers to draw down the reservoirs slowly enough to ensure that there's no over …
Redwood Curtain Theatre Will Soon Close Its Doors, After 15 Years On Eureka Waterfront
Stephanie McGeary / March 23, 2023, 2:30 p.m. / Theater
CONVERSATIONS: Offshore Wind’s Long Game, With Matthew Marshall of the Redwood Coast Energy Authority
LoCO Staff / March 23, 2023, 1:01 p.m. / News
California Workers Can’t Get Timely Hearings on Wage Theft Claims. State Orders Audit.
Alejandro Lazo and Jeanne Kuang / March 23, 2023, 7:59 a.m. / Sacramento
… claims, issues highlighted in a series of articles last year by CalMatters. The audit would start Sept. 1 — that is if budget hearings before then don’t first address the agency’s problems …
OBITUARY: Nancy Carol Woodward, 1945-2023
LoCO Staff / March 23, 2023, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
HUMBOLDT TODAY with John Kennedy O’Connor | March 22, 2023
LoCO Staff / March 22, 2023, 4:20 p.m. / Humboldt Today
Jon Moscone of the California Arts Council Experiences Some Humboldt Arts and Culture
Stephanie McGeary / March 22, 2023, 3:17 p.m. / Art , Government , Our Culture
Sheriff’s Office Ask for Public’s Help Seeking Out Missing McKinleyville Man
LoCO Staff / March 22, 2023, 3:04 p.m. / Crime
Eureka Names Fresh Freeze Drive-In as Business of the Year, Local Drag Queen Ultra Payne as Artist of the Year for 2022
Isabella Vanderheiden / March 22, 2023, 2:09 p.m. / Art , Business
McKinleyville High Students Cause Alarm With Photo of Themselves Holding a Gun That Turned Out to Be a Toy
Ryan Burns / March 22, 2023, 1:52 p.m. / News
Yurok Tribal Judge Abby Abinanti Named Sen. McGuire’s ‘North Coast Woman of the Year’
LoCO Staff / March 22, 2023, 10:32 a.m. / Local Government
… Guire.###PREVIOUSLY:Doing Justice: An Interview With Abby Abinanti, Chief Judge of the Yurok Tribe (Part 1)Life and the Law: An Interview With Abby Abinanti, Chief Judge of the Yurok Tribe (Part 2)On the Yurok Tribe: An Interview …
State May Scale Down Its New Home Loan Program Designed to Assist First-Time Homebuyers
Alejandro Lazo / March 22, 2023, 8:27 a.m. / Sacramento
… . “No one should expect the program to be cut, and we should all fully expect additional funds – perhaps as much as $1 billion – to be allocated in the 2023-24 Budget Act.” “With interest rates rising …
TODAY in SUPES: Board Postpones Decision on F Street Signal, Approves Trail to CR Study, Hears Report on Code Enforcement Activity
Ryan Burns / March 21, 2023, 4:40 p.m. / Local Government
… in 2021. | Photo by Zena Bardelas.###The Board of Supervisors today postponed a decision over whether to spend more than $1.26 million to install a traffic signal at the accident-prone intersection of F …
HUMBOLDT TODAY with John Kennedy O’Connor | March 21, 2023
LoCO Staff / March 21, 2023, 4:40 p.m. / Humboldt Today
Sal’s Myrtlewood is Closed For Now After A Car Rammed It This Afternoon
Hank Sims / March 21, 2023, 4:16 p.m. / Traffic
One of the Most Bullshit Things About Humboldt is That We Don’t Have Any Flags
Hank Sims / March 21, 2023, 1:05 p.m. / Our Culture
Homelessness, Rehabilitation and Health Care: What to Know About Newsom’s Legacy Tour
Sameea Kamal and Alexei Koseff / March 21, 2023, 7 a.m. / Sacramento
… in Sacramento, on March 16, 2023. Photo by Miguel Gutierrez Jr., CalMatters Day 1: Homelessness in Sacramento One area where California does lead the way is homelessness — but on the sheer numbers …
OBITUARY: Christopher Justin Hayes, 1975-2023
LoCO Staff / March 21, 2023, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: Michael Andrew Scott, 1969-2023
LoCO Staff / March 21, 2023, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
… . Services will be held on Saturday, May 6th, at 1 p.m. at the Pavlich Ranch -3745 Pennsylvania Avenue in Eureka. A memorial golf tournament will be held the day prior, with details to come. [UPDATE …
OBITUARY: Maryann Hatfield, 1932-2023
LoCO Staff / March 21, 2023, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
HUMBOLDT TODAY with John Kennedy O’Connor | March 20, 2023
LoCO Staff / March 20, 2023, 4:29 p.m. / Humboldt Today
PLANNING SUMMER TRIPS? Know That ACV Is Going to Be Completely Shut Down for Two Weeks in August
LoCO Staff / March 20, 2023, 12:49 p.m. / Local Government
… to perform some upgrades.Press release from the County of Humboldt: The Humboldt County Department of Aviation will begin Phase 1 of the California Redwood Coast-Humboldt County Airport (ACV) Runway …