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Ignore Those Fake Ads; Humboldt Houseplants is Not Going Out of Business
Isabella Vanderheiden / Jan. 4, 2024, 1:14 p.m. / Business
New Community Center Coming to Willow Creek! Local Nonprofit Dream Quest Will Break Ground on the Long-Planned Project Next Week
Stephanie McGeary / Jan. 4, 2024, 12:17 p.m. / Community
The New Yorker Checks in on a Scotia Still in Transition
Hank Sims / Jan. 4, 2024, 8:35 a.m. / @Eel River Valley
California Legislature Starts 2024 Session With Big Budget Deficit and Big Protest
Jeanne Kuang and Sameea Kamal / Jan. 4, 2024, 7 a.m. / Sacramento
… -income undocumented immigrants, citing the deficit. The expansion went into its final phase (immigrants aged 26-49) this month at a cost of $1.2 billion this year, estimated to grow to nearly $3 billion …
OBITUARY: Katherine ‘Kathy’ Diane Sharpe, 1952-2023
LoCO Staff / Jan. 4, 2024, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: Curtis Lane Lindley, 1943-2023
LoCO Staff / Jan. 4, 2024, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
Mad River Community Hospital Welcomes Its Own New Year’s Newborn
LoCO Staff / Jan. 3, 2024, 4:13 p.m. / :)
… on January 1, 2024 at 9:49 p.m., weighing in at 6 pounds, 14 ounces and 20 inches long.MRCH Staff, the Volunteer Gift Shop, and community members took this opportunity to donate gifts to welcome the First Baby …
Eureka Police Identify Body Found Behind Bayshore Mall as 27-Year-Old Man
LoCO Staff / Jan. 3, 2024, 3:50 p.m. / News
Cop Car Smashed on Eureka’s I Street Last Night; K-9 Officer ‘Odin’ Transported to Vet for Evaluation
LoCO Staff / Jan. 3, 2024, 3:35 p.m. / Traffic
MISSING: Southern Humboldt Woman Reported Missing by Fiancé
LoCO Staff / Jan. 3, 2024, 12:46 p.m. / Missing
OBITUARY: Charles Steven Hetrick, 1950-2023
LoCO Staff / Jan. 3, 2024, 8:17 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: Charles Burton King, 1944-2023
LoCO Staff / Jan. 3, 2024, 8:06 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: Judy Ann Gray, 1953-2023
LoCO Staff / Jan. 3, 2024, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
Theo Lengyel, Founding Member of Eureka’s Mr. Bungle, Arrested in Connection With Girlfriend’s Murder
Ryan Burns / Jan. 2, 2024, 3:56 p.m. / Crime
St. Joseph Hospital Welcomes Its First Newborn of 2024
Ryan Burns / Jan. 2, 2024, 2:38 p.m. / :)
California New Laws for 2024: Cheaper Vasectomies and Birth Control
Ana B. Ibarra / Jan. 2, 2024, 8:21 a.m. / Sacramento
… . 1, 2024 will make contraception cheaper for millions of Californians by requiring insurers to cover more of the cost of vasectomies and birth control. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for Cal …
New California Laws for 2024: Nursing Homes Must Provide More Information Before Evictions
Jocelyn Wiener / Jan. 2, 2024, 8:14 a.m. / Sacramento
… reported to California’s Long Term Care Ombudsman programs. In the past five years, the state’s nursing homes have also been cited more than 1,800 times for problems with discharges. Chicotel says …
New California Housing Laws Aimed to Streamline Building Process Take Effect in 2024
Ben Christopher / Jan. 2, 2024, 8:11 a.m. / Sacramento
… legislative session going into effect on Jan. 1 promise to ease or eliminate some of the other burdens. Among the batch of fresh housing laws are an especially high profile set by San Francisco Democratic …
GROWING OLD UNGRACEFULLY: End-of-Year Potpourri
Barry Evans / Dec. 31, 2023, 7 a.m. / Growing Old Ungracefully
… GROWING OLD UNGRACEFULLY: End-of-Year Potpourri Local trivia #1: You know that Humboldt’s first church was the little wooden shed on Tuluwat Island, directly across from the F Street dock …
HUMBOLDT HISTORY: All the Good Things Were Offered by Nature. Humboldt Was Once a Horn of Plenty
Evelyn Mansfield / Dec. 30, 2023, 7:30 a.m. / History
OBITUARY: Jerry Nusbaum, 1941-2023
LoCO Staff / Dec. 30, 2023, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
… . The Farallons are a special place, sitting as they do on the Continental shelf, and Jerry quickly picked up the way of the work there and gradually took on more responsibility. At one point he’d spent nearly 1 …
OBITUARY: Kathryn Renee Conlee (Syvertson), 1953-2023
LoCO Staff / Dec. 30, 2023, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
POLL! It’s Time to Reveal Your Ardent Desires and Deep Fears in Our Year-End Humboldt ‘Would You Rather’ Extravaganza!
LoCO Staff / Dec. 29, 2023, 4:20 p.m. / POLLZ
PG&E Rates Will Rise by Nearly 13 Percent on Jan. 1
Isabella Vanderheiden / Dec. 29, 2023, 12:32 p.m. / Energy
… PG&E Rates Will Rise by Nearly 13 Percent on Jan. 1 Humboldt Bay Generating Station at King Salmon. File photo: Andrew Goff###Get ready to pay more on your electric bill. PG …
All County Planning and Building Permit Applications Must Be Submitted Online Starting Jan. 10
LoCO Staff / Dec. 29, 2023, 12:03 p.m. / Local Government
FYI, the California Highway Patrol is Going to Conduct a DUI Checkpoint Somewhere in the County Tomorrow
LoCO Staff / Dec. 29, 2023, 10:26 a.m. / Crime
ARMORED DOG! Eureka Police K-9 Unit ‘Bolo’ Will Soon be Decked Out in Bullet- and Stab-Proof Armor Thanks to Charitable Giving
LoCO Staff / Dec. 29, 2023, 10:03 a.m. / Crime
California New Laws for 2024: Tougher Penalties for Child Trafficking
Nigel Duara / Dec. 29, 2023, 8:18 a.m. / Sacramento
… effect Jan. 1, less than six months after debate around the bill roiled the Capitol. Under current law, human trafficking of a minor for purposes of commercial sex incurs a sentence of up to 12 years …
California New Laws for 2024: Alerts for Missing Black Children
Lynn La / Dec. 29, 2023, 8:14 a.m. / Sacramento
… California New Laws for 2024: Alerts for Missing Black Children To bring more attention and resources to missing Black youth, a new law that establishes “Ebony Alerts” takes effect Jan. 1 …
