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California’s Food Insecurity Rises as Pandemic Aid Ends
Volunteers Terry Scovil, center, and Shendi Klopfer load the car of a community member with food from the Trinity County Food Bank at the Trinity County Fairgrounds on Feb. 8, 2023. Photo…
Dolly Parton Has Teamed Up With the Bridgeville Community Center to Bring Free Books to a Thousand Local Toddlers
Graphic courtesy Dolly.Press release from the Bridgeville Community Center: The Bridgeville Community Center is pleased to announce that we now have 1,000 young readers who are signed up for the…
POLL! Why Don't People Want to Be Eureka Police Officers?
Earlier this week, the Eureka Police Officers Association issued an open letter to the community sounding the alarm on the EPD's recent understaffing issues which resulted in current officers working overtime…
HUMBOLDT GRINCH PINCHED? EPD Makes Arrest in Connection With Toys For Tots Caper
…In addition to the theft, the suspect(s) caused approximately $2000 worth of damage to the gate that secures the property.Also, on December 9, 2023, EPD responded to the 4100 block…
BREAKING: Supervisor Mike Wilson Has Vowed to Curb His Usage of the Phrase ‘With Relationship To’
Soon Outpost reporter Isabella Vanderheiden will have her usual wrap-up of this week's Board of Supervisors meeting, which is underway at the courthouse now.But there is some breaking news…
OBITUARY: Barbara Deanna Wayland, 1954-2023
Barbara passed away at home in McKinleyville on November 15, 2023 at the age of 68. She was born to Robert and Phyllis Wayland in Pasadena on December 27, 1954. Barbara grew…
Remote Controlled Car Battery Believed to Be Cause of McKinleyville Trailer Blaze, Says AFD
…The fire was controlled within 10 minutes, and the trailer was searched for any victims, none being found. The cause of the fire is suspected to be a ‘LiPo battery’, or a…
POLL! Are You Dreading the Upcoming Election Season?
Election season is here, kids! As such, LoCO has decided to touch base and gauge the electorate's collective pulse. Are you brimming with anxiety as we brace for a year-long…
Stage Set for County’s March Primary Election: Five Challengers Face Three Incumbent Supervisors
…That includes the three incumbents along with five challengers. Map of the county supervisorial districts, cropped to highlight those in contention this cycle. | County of Humboldt.Politically, at the county level, the…
In Open Letter to the City, Eureka Police Department Rank-and-File Ask For Public’s Understanding and Help in Face of Severe Understaffing
…In an open letter sent out over the weekend, the EPOA enumerated the challenges the department is facing with, it says, only 60 percent of the normal sworn officer positions filled. “We…
Judge Gregory Kreis Announces Re-Election Campaign, Will Hold Rally at the Gazebo Wednesday
…Old Town Eureka Gazebo The opening rally will serve as a platform for Judge Kreis to connect with the community, share his vision for the future of the Humboldt County Superior Court…
Getting Car Insurance Gets Harder: California Drivers Face Delays, Higher Rates
…The auto-insurance marketplace in the state is not the same as the homeowner- and fire-insurance marketplace, and with a couple of exceptions, auto insurers are not leaving the state. For…
These Californians Live in Affordable Housing. Why Did Their Rent Skyrocket?
Bay Area tenants from the KDF Tenants Association protest housing conditions and rent increases outside the office complex that houses KDF Communities LLC's office in Newport Beach, on Oct. 26, 2023…
Real-Life Grinch Breaks Into Toys for Tots Warehouse, Drives Off With Truck-Load Full of Christmas Gifts
###On Friday night, a real-life Grinch stole a truck-load full of toys from a warehouse north of Eureka where the local Toys for Tots organization was storing toys to be…
PASTOR BETHANY: Anger is a Gift, But Only If…
A line from the song "Freedom," by Rage Against the Machine, tells us that “anger is a gift.” How often do we try to tamp down our anger, like it’s an…
GROWING OLD UNGRACEFULLY: Memories: Imaginative Reconstructions
…In particular, she offers the thought that we are incapable of distinguishing accurate memories from false ones: All memories feel true!She cites a study by the late psychiatrist-researcher Daniel Offer…
Sheriff’s Office Actively Searching for Missing Man Near Piercy
…It did not appear Scott had left the property as the majority of his personal belongings and vehicle were at the property. On 12-07-2023 at about 11:00 PM, Deputies…
Fieldbrook Market & Eatery to Close ‘For the Forseeable Future’
The Fieldbrook Market & Eatery, located at 4636 Fieldbrook Road, is closing at the end of next week. Photos by Andrew Goff.###After more than 70 years of service, off and on, the…
ECONEWS REPORT: The Bird Buzz with Ken Burton
…Photo (c) Kim Cabrera, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND) On this week's EcoNews Report, Humboldt's preeminent bird nerd, Ken Burton, drops by the show to discuss the bird…
HUMBOLDT HISTORY: How a Survivor of the Disastrous and Possibly Cannibalistic Greely Expedition Blackmailed His Way Into a Job as a Eureka Weatherman
The six survivors of the Greely Arctic Expedition. Back: Fredericks, Connell, Long. Front: Biederbick, Greely, Brainard. Circa 1885.In 1888, Maurice Connell was appointed observer at the Eureka weather station, located in…
OBITUARY: Eric Matilton, 1985-2023
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Eric Michael Matilton, of Hoopa, CA. He passed away with his family by his side on December 2, 2023, at the…
OBITUARY: Dorothy Joyce Lyman Mather, 1930-2023
…until her marriage to Deane Mather in 1952, when she became a full-time homemaker.Joyce held various offices and served on the executive boards of Humboldt Sponsors, Jacoby Creek P.T…
The LITTLE CAESAR’S That COULD! After Causing a Stir Online, the Pizza Chain’s Fortuna Location is Really Opening … On a Tuesday
…In fact, the posts about the Little Caesar’s became so prevalent that, just recently, the group admin decided that enough was enough, began removing posts about the business and suggested that…
McK High Parents Express Frustration and Fear in Face of Lockdowns; Sheriff’s Office Says it Believes That It’s Close to Identifying a Suspect
…The Humboldt County Sheriff's Office and allied agencies believe they are "extremely" close to identifying suspects in the rash of threats leveled at McKinleyville High School over the last two weeks…
Humboldt Holiday Food Drive ‘Smashes All Records’
Release from the Office of California State Senator Mike McGuire:McGuire’s Holiday Food Drive Smashes All Records, Collects A Staggering 14 Tons of Food and $52,000 (and Still Counting)Partnering…
POLL! Which Humboldt Restaurant Do You Go To If You Want to Eat Outside?
Gil's by the Bay Eel River Brewery Cafe Marina Septentrio Winery Mad River Brewery Sushi Spot, Eureka Six Rivers Brewery Fieldbrook Market Gyppo Ale Mill Benbow Inn
Eureka Police Department Release the Names of Officers Involved in Old Town Shooting Death
The Eureka Police Department today released the names of the two officers involved in the shooting death of 31-year-old Cutten man Matthew Williams, an incident that followed a pursuit and…
POLL! Where is the Best Place in Humboldt to Do Your Christmas Shopping?
'Tis the season to scurry around during all what-would-otherwise-be-free hours in an attempt to find the perfect gifts for friends and loved ones. It's Christmas, you eager…
CDFW to Lift Recreational Dungeness Crab Restrictions for North Coast on Dec. 16; Commercial Fishery Remains Closed
Outpost file photo.###Press release from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife:The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is continuing the temporary recreational crab trap restriction from the Sonoma…
OBITUARY: Norma Lee Nored, 1934-2023
…to Arcata, seeking opportunities in the lumber mills. The love of her life, Gene Nored, also followed to Arcata and they were married as high school seniors! Together, they shared the joy…