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Federal Disaster Funding Won’t be Forthcoming for Victims of the January Floods, Office of Emergency Services Says
PREVIOUSLY:Sheriff Declares Local Emergency Due to Weekend Floods, Asks Public to Submit Damage Reports###Press release from the Humboldt County Office Emergency Services: The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office of Emergency…
Newsom, Legislature Get a $17 Billion Jump on California Budget Deficit
…The strategy faces criticism from Republicans, who called it “gimmicky,” though they do not have the votes to block the plan, which requires only a simple majority. “This deal is a swing…
Gavin Newsom Says Baseball Saved Him. But the Legend of His Career Doesn’t Always Match the Reality
For their 2004 home opener, the San Francisco Giants invited a special guest to throw the ceremonial first pitch: Gavin Newsom, then just a few months into his first term as mayor…
OBITUARY: Richard Patrick (Pat) Greene, 1935-2024
…Pat and Mary took the family on many beach adventures, camping trips in the redwoods, swimming at the local river bar and rock hunting in the desert. After retiring from College of…
POLL! Florida Just Barred Kids Under 14 From Social Media. Should We Be Doing That in California?
…Social media has had a devastating effect on the health and happiness of our young people. Florida's move, here, is a step in the right direction and a model for the…
Eureka Rank-and-File Police Officers Issue Statement Praising ‘Positive Working Relationship’ With City Government Following Successful Contract Negotiations
…Ultimately, the needs of the Citizens of Eureka are, and always have been, at the forefront of every EPD employee.To that end, the EPOA and the City of Eureka underwent contract…
Eureka Gym Owner Arrested for Allegedly Importing, Selling Black Market Chinese Testosterone, Drug Task Force Says
…PARR admitted to selling the various forms of testosterone and admitted to receiving it in the mail from China.Tyler PARR was transported to the Humboldt County Correctional Facility where he was…
Dangerous Cliffs, Collapsed Parking Lots: How a Relentless Winter Changed Our Coastal Landscapes
The parking lot at Bay Street on the Samoa Peninsula, often called simply "The T," partially collapsed down a steep cliffside late last week. | Photos and video by Ryan Burns.###PREVIOUSLY:(VIDEO…
OBITUARY: Naomi Neil ‘Neil’ Ogimachi, 1925-2024
…Rocketdyne, the company that supplied all the major engines for the Saturn Rocket, which propelled the Apollo missions, employed him in 1959 through 1969. His work was primarily in the development in…
SPEAKING OF TIKTOK: Eureka Police Department Urges Our Dumb-Ass Youth to Resist the Call of the #DoorKickChallenge
Press release from the Eureka Police Department: On Tuesday, April 2, 2024, at approximately 7:45PM, Officers with the Eureka Police Department were dispatched to the 3000 block of M Street on…
POLL! 10 Million People Have Allegedly Watched This TikTok Video of a Cat and a Dog Struggling to Co-Exist on a Humboldt Beach, So It's Time For Us to Choose Sides
The internet thrives on conflict, so it should not surprise us that the above clip of CAT vs. DOG would be scooped up by the algorithmic gods for mass distribution. What makes…
Despite Some Uncertainty and Pushback, Eureka City Council OKs Funding for Overlay Zone at Jacobs Campus
…The motion was seconded by Fernandez.Before voting on the item, Contreras-DeLoach warned the council that she would be voting against the item because she wasn’t comfortable with the precedent…
The Great Redwood Trail Agency Has Unveiled Its Draft Master Plan, and it Has Some Big Dreams for Alderpoint, Among Other Things
A future Loleta, as transformed by the Great Redwood Trail and envisioned in the Great Redwood Trail Draft Master Plan.Two and a half years after Gov. Gavin Newsom officially brought the…
Stinky, Phallic ‘Corpse Flower’ Blooms in Cal Poly Humboldt Greenhouse For the First Time in Three Years
Amorphophallus konjac, commonly known as the corpse flower or corpse plant, blooms in the Cal Poly Humboldt greenhouse. | Photos by Ryan Burns.###On Wednesday morning, students filed in, one or two at…
California’s Most Controversial Housing Law Could Get a Makeover
A building set to have 40 apartment units with four retail stores is under construction at the intersection of Wilshire and 6th Street in Santa Monica. May 24, 2023. Photo by Zaydee…
Progressive Democrats Propose a Different Path on Crime
…The proposals come amid the ongoing tension among Democrats, who are split over how to address the growing public concern about crime, even though statistics paint a mixed picture. For example, retail…
Large Earthquake Shakes Taiwan; No Tsunami Threat to Humboldt
…PST., causing buildings to collapse and prompting tsunami warnings in Japan, China and the Philippines. The quake was the strongest to affect the island in 25 years. Here stateside, the Humboldt County…
Thinking About an E-Bike? The Redwood Coast Energy Authority Has a New Voucher Program That Can Knock Down the Price a Bit
…About RCEA In 2003, the County of Humboldt, the seven cities within the County and Humboldt Bay Municipal Water District formed the Redwood Coast Energy Authority (RCEA). The Yurok Tribe and Blue…
Everyone Hates Eureka’s Potholes and the City is Preparing to Fill ‘Em
…One playful individual sent us a picture of the drainage hole at the bottom of their terracotta pot. That’s not the kind of pothole we’re talking about, dude!What is…
Homeowner Detains Late-Night Burglary Suspect at Trinidad House While Deputies Arrive, Sheriff’s Office Says
Press release from the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office: On 3/31/2024, at about 04:30 a.m., Humboldt County Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to the 500 block of Pacific…
(UPDATE: FOUND) Sheriff’s Office Seeks Help Locating Missing Woman, Last Seen in Alderpoint, Who May be Living ‘Transient Lifestyle’
…The Sheriff's Office says:Dellena Wyatt has been located safe. ###Press release from the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office: Dellena Wyatt, Age 36 In December of 2023 the family of 36…
Two Boys Arrested in Eureka for Calling in Bomb Threat to Their School
…Officers and Detectives responded to the school to secure the campus and conduct the investigation. School officials and Law Enforcement quickly identified three (3) juveniles believed to have been involved in the…
Zane Middle School on Lockdown, Says EPD
…Please do not come on campus until advised, as Eureka Police Dept is investigating," the department said on Facebook. "Again, there is no immediate danger."LoCO will update when we know more.
Tracy Man Killed in Solo Vehicle Crash Near Fernbridge
Press release from the California Highway Patrol: On March 31, 2024 at approximately 4:48 P.M., CHP Humboldt Communications Center received a report of an overturned vehicle on Northbound US-101…
Eureka City Council to Discuss Jacobs Campus Options, Long-Range Capital Improvement Plans and More at Tonight's Meeting
…At its last meeting on March 19, the city council looked at two options to change the zoning designation of the former school site to guide future development on the property. The…
Foster Kids Miss Out on Sports and Music. A New California Plan Aims to Help Them Catch Up
…As proposed, the state would pay the nonprofits $1,610 a month for most children and up to $7,213 for kids with the greatest needs. The alliance representing the nonprofits says…
OBITUARY: Evelyn Paine, 1929-2024
…In the early 1960s Evelyn and Timer started attending the Bear River picnics at Earl Ambrosini’s cabin. The Sweets, the Bryants, the Lorenzos all had generations of family attending those picnics…
OBITUARY: Nicol Eileen Roby, 1985-2024
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved sister, Nicol Eileen Roby, who passed away on February 22, 2024 the age of 38. Nicci, as she was…
POLL! Are You Excited for the NEW Daily LoCO Print Edition, the First Issue of Which Drops TODAY?!?
…This'll get the youth off their phones and back out into the streets where they belong. A welcome change." "If you think about it, this could reinvigorate the local timber industry…
Starting Today, Berry Summit Vista Point Will Be Closed to Highway 299 Travelers Until Summer
…Caltrans partnered with several Humboldt County tribes to break ground recently on a project that will improve welcoming amenities for visitors to the popular Berry Summit Vista Point and honor the lives…