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After Federal Cuts, California Schools Could Lose Hundreds of Mental Health Clinicians
Vani Sanganeria / Sept. 25, 2025, 8:57 a.m. / Education
California Lawmakers Wanted to Get Tough on Data Centers. Here’s What Survived
Khari Johnson / Sept. 25, 2025, 8:03 a.m. / Sacramento
California Colleges Lost Millions in Humanities Purge. Their Projects Might Not Recover
Lylah Schmedel-Permanna / Sept. 25, 2025, 7:57 a.m. / Sacramento
… others were slated to start in the upcoming months. Canceled grants ranged from about $23,000 to over $500,000. USC’s canceled projects totaled over $1.2 million. UC researchers then sued federal …
OBITUARY: Justin Seth Talkington, 1998-2025
LoCO Staff / Sept. 25, 2025, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
… . The family will receive guests at 1:30 p.m., with the official service commencing at 2 p.m. Family, friends, and all who cared for Seth are warmly invited to attend his funeral and the celebration of his life …
(PHOTOS) Check Out the World’s Largest Water-Filled Cofferdam, Made by Scotia-Based AquaDam
Dezmond Remington / Sept. 24, 2025, 4:36 p.m. / Business
Driver for Local Transit Company Arrested For Alleged Sexual Assault of Woman He Picked Up on the Side of the Road, Sheriff’s Office Says
LoCO Staff / Sept. 24, 2025, 3:02 p.m. / Crime
… at the Humboldt County Correctional Facility on the following charges: P.C. 220(a)(1) Assault with intent to commit a specified felony P.C. 243.4(d) Sexual Assault This is an active criminal investigation …
Humboldt County’s Drug Overdose Deaths Dropped by Nearly 40 Percent in 2024
Isabella Vanderheiden / Sept. 24, 2025, 12:16 p.m. / Local Government
Judge Blocks Trump Administration From Imposing Anti-Woke Conditions on Federal Grants to the City of Eureka and Other Plaintiffs
Ryan Burns / Sept. 24, 2025, 11:59 a.m. / Courts
Next Week is The Week Without Driving, In Which You Are Invited to Imagine Living Without a Car for Seven Days
LoCO Staff / Sept. 24, 2025, 11:14 a.m. / Transportation
… Hamm, uxo architects worker-owner Frank Herrera, Cal Poly Humboldt Social Justice Equity & Inclusion Center coordinator Morgan King, Cal Poly Humboldt climate action analyst Maggie Kraft, Area 1 …
Smoke in Loleta? That’s Probably Just CalFire Torching Invasive European Beach Grass Near Table Bluff
LoCO Staff / Sept. 24, 2025, 10:04 a.m. / Fire
Multiple Collisions on Eureka Slough Bridge Back Up Traffic on Southbound Hwy. 101 Safety Corridor.
LoCO Staff / Sept. 24, 2025, 8:45 a.m. / Traffic
Homelessness Is Dropping in California Counties. But Funding Cuts Could Derail That Progress
Marisa Kendall / Sept. 24, 2025, 7:29 a.m. / Sacramento
… to fill what until then had been a void of state homelessness funds. For the past few years, that program gave cities and counties $1 billion each year. Those funds support programs such as Contra Costa …
OBITUARY: Gary Lee Gower, 1946-2025
LoCO Staff / Sept. 24, 2025, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
‘We Need to Cut the Cord’: Humboldt Supervisors Move Forward With Yee Haw Abatement After 25 Years of Stalled Enforcement Actions
Isabella Vanderheiden / Sept. 23, 2025, 4:26 p.m. / Local Government
Eureka Man Arrested on Attempted Murder, Street Gang Charges in Connection With March Drive-By Shooting
LoCO Staff / Sept. 23, 2025, 3:45 p.m. / Crime
NEW POSSUM JUST DROPPED: Cal Poly Humboldt Researcher Announces Confirmation of New Species Discovered During Trip to Peruvian Andes
Andrew Goff / Sept. 23, 2025, 12:06 p.m. / Wildlife
Local Racial Justice Group Sees ‘Racial Intimidation’ in Recent Hanging-Man Graffiti
LoCO Staff / Sept. 23, 2025, 10:17 a.m. / Crime
Two Humboldt Deputies, Patrol Vehicle Struck by Fleeing Driver During High Speed Chase That Ranged From Shelter Cove to Willits
LoCO Staff / Sept. 23, 2025, 9:59 a.m. / Crime
… ) – Felony EvadingPC 245(a)(1) – Assault with a Deadly WeaponPC 69(a) – Obstructing/Resisting an Executive OfficerThe case has been forwarded to the Humboldt County District Attorney’s Office for review …
OBITUARY: Mary Ann Wehmeyer (Dalton), 1947-2025
LoCO Staff / Sept. 23, 2025, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
Newsom Signs Cannabis Tax Relief Bill Into Law
Ryan Burns / Sept. 22, 2025, 2:20 p.m. / Cannabis , Government
… in the state excise tax on cannabis. That tax rate jumped from 15 percent to 19 percent on July 1, but the passage of this bill means it will drop back down to 15 percent on October 1 and remain there through …
(PHOTOS) Humboldt’s Paddleboarding GOATs (Literally)
Dezmond Remington / Sept. 22, 2025, 7:32 a.m. / Community
Newsom Signs Laws to Resist Trump’s Immigration Crackdown, Including Ban on Masks for ICE Agents
Cayla Mihalovich and Jeanne Kuang / Sept. 22, 2025, 7:03 a.m. / Sacramento
OBITUARY: Walter Sam Del Biaggio, 1933-2025
LoCO Staff / Sept. 22, 2025, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
TO YOUR WEALTH: Why You Need To Know That Stocks Will Drop
Brandon Stockman / Sept. 21, 2025, 7:45 a.m. / Money
THE ECONEWS REPORT: You Should Attend the Eel River Community Meeting
The EcoNews Report / Sept. 20, 2025, 10 a.m. / Environment
HUMBOLDT HISTORY: Memories of Lloyd H. Brubaker, an Early Weirdo in the Mountains of the Mateel
Stanley ‘Neb’ Roscoe / Sept. 20, 2025, 7:30 a.m. / History
… HUMBOLDT HISTORY: Memories of Lloyd H. Brubaker, an Early Weirdo in the Mountains of the Mateel Image: ChatGPT.The night after Eureka High School let out for the summer of 1939,1 …
OBITUARY: Nicholas Edward Davidson, 1989-2025
LoCO Staff / Sept. 20, 2025, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
Humboldt Planning Commission OKs ‘Heroic’ McKinleyville Town Center Ordinance, Forwards to Board of Supervisors for Review
Isabella Vanderheiden / Sept. 19, 2025, 5:01 p.m. / Local Government
Sheriff’s Office Releases Security and Body Camera Footage From June’s Fatal Shooting at Bear River Casino
LoCO Staff / Sept. 19, 2025, 4:26 p.m. / Crime
Someone Painted an Image of a Hanged Man Holding a Flower All Over Eureka and Arcata; Police Investigating
Ryan Burns / Sept. 19, 2025, 3:12 p.m. / Crime