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OBITUARY: Sonja Dahlbacka, 1960-2022
LoCO Staff / Sept. 29, 2022, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: Ernest (Ernie) Victor Domenichelli, 1929-2022
LoCO Staff / Sept. 29, 2022, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
Supervisors Deny Appeal of Nordic Aquafarms Project
Ryan Burns / Sept. 28, 2022, 6:28 p.m. / Local Government
Big Housing Project in Westwood Neighborhood Bumps Gateway Talk From Arcata Planning Commission Discussion Last Night
Stephanie McGeary / Sept. 28, 2022, 5:02 p.m. / Local Government
Eureka Resident Arrested on Suspicion of Fentanyl Sales
LoCO Staff / Sept. 28, 2022, 2:52 p.m. / Crime
… .Agents conducted a probation search of King and his vehicle and located over 1 ounce of fentanyl and approx. ½ ounce of methamphetamine. Agents searched a hotel room King has been living in on Broadway St. in Eureka …
Drug Task Force Finds Meth, Illegal Weapons, Moonshine While Servicing Warrant at Father-Son Rio Dell Operation, Agents Say
LoCO Staff / Sept. 28, 2022, 2:31 p.m. / Crime
… charges. Elliott III was booked for the below charges: 11378 H&S Possession of methamphetamine for sale 11370.1 H&S Possess controlled substances while armed 11366.5 H …
The Old Boiler Room Space on Broadway is Now a Pile of Rubble After a Fire Last Night Rendered the Building a Total Loss
LoCO Staff / Sept. 28, 2022, 11:20 a.m. / Fire
Yurok Tribal Members Can Now Gather Plants and Minerals on State Park Lands Within Their Ancestral Territory
Andrew Goff / Sept. 28, 2022, 10:48 a.m. / Tribes
It Smells Quite Bad in Eureka Today
Andrew Goff / Sept. 28, 2022, 9:03 a.m. / Hardly News
Four in a Row: California Drought Likely to Continue
Rachel Becker / Sept. 28, 2022, 8:44 a.m. / Sacramento
… Department of Water Resources conducted a snow survey on April 1, 2022. Photo by Ken James, California Department of Water Resources###As California’s 2022 water year ends this week, the parched state …
Campus Advocates Provide Key Support to Sexual Assault Survivors — but “superheroes” Are in Short Supply
Mallika Seshadri and Zaeem Shaikh / Sept. 28, 2022, 8:39 a.m. / Sacramento
Governor Signs Contentious Nursing Home Licensing Bill That Splintered Advocates
Jocelyn Wiener / Sept. 28, 2022, 8:32 a.m. / Sacramento
… -average ratings from the federal government. Along with licensing facilities, the Department of Public Health is responsible for routinely inspecting the state’s 1,200 nursing homes. It also conducts complaint …
TODAY in SUPES: Board Approves a Budget and Takes Action on Homelessness, the Food Bank and Trails in the McKay Community Forest
Ryan Burns / Sept. 27, 2022, 5:45 p.m. / Local Government
… of the budget with $108.1 million (19 percent).Miller and the supervisors made some oblique references to the financial reporting gaps under former Auditor-Controller Karen Paz Dominguez. For example, Miller …
Next Up for Arcata’s Gateway Area Plan: Planning Commission to Discuss Building Heights, Hold Community Poll Tonight
Stephanie McGeary / Sept. 27, 2022, 4:39 p.m. / Local Government
(UPDATE: FIXED!) You’re Going to Have to Get Your Meatball Marinara Elsewhere For Now, Because the Health Department Has Shut Down the Fourth Street Subway Until it Can Get Its Toilet Fixed
LoCO Staff / Sept. 27, 2022, 4:22 p.m. / Health
Cal Poly Humboldt Says It Is Providing Support to a Student Who Was Traumatized by Police Questioning
LoCO Staff / Sept. 27, 2022, 4:20 p.m. / Education
Speedy Motorcyclist Arrested in SoHum After Crashing and Attempting to Flee Into the Brush, Says HCSO
LoCO Staff / Sept. 27, 2022, 4:10 p.m. / Crime
Sheriff William Honsal Offered Deputies a $40 Dutch Bros Gift Card to Find Supervisor Mike Wilson’s Stolen Vehicle
Hank Sims / Sept. 27, 2022, 3:10 p.m. / Local Government
As State Sets Higher Medi-Cal Contract Standards, Some Providers Predict Major Disruptions
Kristen Hwang / Sept. 27, 2022, 7:53 a.m. / Sacramento
… . Photo by Rahul Lal, CalMatters###More than 1.7 million Medi-Cal patients may get a new insurance provider in the coming months as a result of the state’s first-ever competitive bidding process …
OBITUARY: Betty L. Ehrheart, 1930-2022
LoCO Staff / Sept. 27, 2022, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
… and husband Mike, Britt and Kevin Frey and Jacque Ruszala. A special thanks to Dr. Han and Dr. Douglass for their loving care. A last pizza party will be held to celebrate Betty’s life on Saturday, October 1 …
OBITUARY: JoAnn Alma Vollenweider, 1934-2022
LoCO Staff / Sept. 27, 2022, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
… OBITUARY: JoAnn Alma Vollenweider, 1934-2022 JoAnn Alma VollenweiderMarch 31, 1934 – September 1, 2022Mom was born to Jon Arthur (Jake) Jacobson and Ethel Elizabeth (Nelson) Jacobson …
OBITUARY: Mary Salazar, 1929-2022
LoCO Staff / Sept. 27, 2022, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
… their grandchildren’s faces on their family trip to Disneyland. Services will be held for Mary with a Rosary at Goble’s mortuary in Fortuna on Sept. 30, 2022 at 7 p.m. A funeral mass will be held on Oct. 1 at St …
OBITUARY: Carolyn Louise Podratz, 1942-2022
LoCO Staff / Sept. 27, 2022, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
Supes Scheduled to Hear Appeal of Nordic Aquafarms Project at a Special Meeting on Wednesday
Ryan Burns / Sept. 26, 2022, 3:33 p.m. / Local Government
Yurok Tribe to Host Statewide Summit on Missing and Murdered Indigenous People in Arcata Next Week
LoCO Staff / Sept. 26, 2022, 12:22 p.m. / Crime
… .Press release from the Yurok Tribe: On Tuesday, October 4, the Yurok Tribe will host the first-ever statewide policy summit on Missing and Murdered Indigenous People (MMIP). The 1st Annual Northern California …
Man Wanted for Numerous Trinity River Area Crimes Arrested in Hoopa
LoCO Staff / Sept. 26, 2022, 10:20 a.m. / Crime
… into the Humboldt County Correctional Facility on charges of felon in possession of a firearm (PC 29800(a)(1)), assault with a deadly weapon (PC 245(a)(1)), shooting at an inhabited dwelling (PC 246), child …
‘Mandela’ Bill Would Limit Solitary Confinement in California Prisons and Jails
Nigel Duara / Sept. 26, 2022, 8:02 a.m. / Sacramento
… inspections. Costs disputed The projected cost to the California prison system is $1.3 billion up front, with another $200 million per year to pay for more staff. The costs to county jails would vary …
Reparations Task Force: State Could Owe Black Californians Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars
Lil Kalish / Sept. 26, 2022, 7:43 a.m. / Sacramento
GROWING OLD UNGRACEFULLY: The Little Man in Your Refrigerator
Barry Evans / Sept. 25, 2022, 7 a.m. / Growing Old Ungracefully
(PHOTOS/VIDEO) Saturday Morning Homeless Camp Eviction in Eureka Draws Protesters and Cleanup Crews
Stephanie McGeary / Sept. 24, 2022, 3:33 p.m. / Homelessness