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Gimme Shelter: Why L.A. Apartments Don’t Come With Fridges
Manuela Tobias / June 16, 2022, 11:40 a.m. / Sacramento
Arcata High School Briefly Goes Into Lockdown as a Prankster Rides a Motorcycle Through Campus
Ryan Burns / June 16, 2022, 11:31 a.m. / Hardly News
OBITUARY: Tim Jarrells, 1971-2022
LoCO Staff / June 16, 2022, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: Mary Louise Smith, 1948-2022
LoCO Staff / June 16, 2022, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: James Walter Koch, 1941-2022
LoCO Staff / June 16, 2022, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
… with her husband Zach Shafer of Rio Dell, and their children, Berretta (8) and Remington (1.5) who called Jim ‘Grandpa’; and Mika Coursan with his partner Amy Terrones of Redway.Also mourning his loss is his …
OBITUARY: Leon Leroy Hamilton, 1936-2022
LoCO Staff / June 16, 2022, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
… . A memorial gathering will be held at Water Pump Park 1 on West End Road on June 26 at 2 p.m. There will be music and a hors d’oeuvre potluck. All who knew and loved Leon are welcome.###The obituary above …
State’s Juvenile Prison Workers Score $50,000 Bonuses
Byrhonda Lyons / June 16, 2022, 5:50 a.m. / Sacramento
… of Finance. The contracts represent one of the largest retention bonuses the state has ever offered to employees. A finance department spokesperson said the agreements estimate that 1,019 direct care …
Children’s Day Camps: Attend at Your Own Risk
Elizabeth Aguilera / June 16, 2022, 5:50 a.m. / Sacramento
… Association, a camp membership organization, estimates there are more than 700 day camps in California that enroll more than 1.2 million kids each summer. Day camps run for weeks or months during the summer …
YESTERDAY in SUPES: Influx of Funds for Homeless, Plus Grants for Weed-Impacted Watershed Restoration
Ryan Burns / June 15, 2022, 3:05 p.m. / Local Government
… of the California Center for Rural Policy (CCRP), told the board that the latest round of HHAP funding represents a $1 billion initiative to support regional coordination and a unified response …
Responding to Election Results, Paz Dominguez Tells Voters ‘Thank You’ and County Leaders ‘Be Better’
LoCO Staff / June 15, 2022, 1:12 p.m. / Elections
Two Arrested on Drug and Burglary Charges After Eureka Traffic Stop
LoCO Staff / June 15, 2022, 10:07 a.m. / Crime
… license (VC 14601.1(a)) and violation of promise to appear (VC 40508(a)).Martin was booked into the Humboldt County Correctional Facility on warrant charges of burglary (PC 459/461(b)) and grand theft (PC …
California Legislators Want to Help You Buy a House With Down Payment, ‘Shared Equity’
Alejandro Lazo / June 15, 2022, 7 a.m. / Sacramento
… . It was not included in the governor’s original budget nor in his May revised budget. A multi-billion dollar fund The housing proposal – which would call for issuing revenue bonds of $1 billion a year for 10 years …
OBITUARY: Robert Walter Cowell, 1962-2022
LoCO Staff / June 15, 2022, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: Cletis Gier, 1936-2022
LoCO Staff / June 15, 2022, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
Will California Make Up for UC Riverside Being Less Popular With Out-Of-State Students?
Mikhail Zinshteyn / June 15, 2022, 5:30 a.m. / Sacramento
… campuses with historically less funding in the upcoming state budget that’ll begin July 1. Leading the effort is Medina, a Democrat from Riverside, who’s in his final term in office and has marked additional …
A Plane Made an Emergency Landing in the Arcata Bottoms This Afternoon
Hank Sims / June 14, 2022, 4:19 p.m. / Emergencies
(PHOTOS) Eureka High School BIPOC Student Clubs Unveil Murals Representing Cultural Diversity
Stephanie McGeary / June 14, 2022, 1:59 p.m. / Art , Community , Education
CHP Seeking Suspect in Cutten Hit-and-Run Crash That Broke a Lady’s Arm Yesterday Morning
LoCO Staff / June 14, 2022, 11:43 a.m. / Crime
[UPDATE: Victims Identified] Two Killed on Highway 101 in SoHum After Vehicle Swerves Into Group of Oncoming Motorcycles
LoCO Staff / June 14, 2022, 8:31 a.m. / Traffic
California Budget: Big Surplus, Big Differences
Alexei Koseff / June 14, 2022, 7 a.m. / Sacramento
… will be sent this week to Newsom, who then has 12 days to sign or veto it — another critical deadline that should propel the two sides toward a deal. The start of the next fiscal year looms on July 1, less …
OBITUARY: Lotus Hubbard, 1933-2022
LoCO Staff / June 14, 2022, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
… great grandma, friend, and neighbor. Lotus will live on in our hearts! There will be a celebration of her life on August 21, 2022 at the Eureka Elks Club from 1-4 p.m. Lotus leaves us with a these words …
OBITUARY: Regina Ann Schwingler Forseth Hauger, 1923-2022
LoCO Staff / June 14, 2022, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
California’s Plan to Provide Food Assistance to Undocumented Residents Leaves Some Out
Melissa Montalvo and Jeanne Kuang / June 14, 2022, 6:10 a.m. / Sacramento
… at least $1.8 million from the Labor sector since she was elected to the legislature. That represents …
Calls Overwhelm Disability Benefits Call Centers
Grace Gedye / June 14, 2022, 6:10 a.m. / Sacramento
… wrote in an email. To sift through the influx of claims, verify medical provider and claimants’ identities, and answer an uptick in calls, the roughly 1,000 staff in the disability branch worked 22 …
Parent May Be Charged With Child Endangerment for Recent Weed Gummy Incident Among Third Graders
Ryan Burns / June 13, 2022, 5:33 p.m. / Crime
Blue Lake Man Arrested After Smashing Roommate’s Windshield With Baseball Bat, Sheriff’s Office Says
LoCO Staff / June 13, 2022, 1:43 p.m. / Crime
… and he was taken into custody without incident. Earhart-Stokes was booked into the Humboldt County Correctional Facility on charges of criminal threats (PC 422), brandishing a deadly weapon (PC417(A)(1 …
(VIDEO) Firefighters Scrambling to Put Out Series of Roadside Blazes Along Vance Avenue in Samoa
Hank Sims / June 13, 2022, 1:29 p.m. / Fire
40-Year-Old Woman Arrested for Attempted Murder After Shooting Her Relative in Dows Prairie Early Saturday Morning, Sheriff’s Office Says
LoCO Staff / June 13, 2022, 11:36 a.m. / Crime
Slow Burn: Cal Fire Has Failed to Fight PTSD, Heavy Workloads
Julie Cart / June 13, 2022, 8:08 a.m. / Sacramento
… five years alone, from $1.3 billion in 2017‑18 to $2.1 billion in 2021‑22. The total budget, which includes resource management and fire prevention, has also increased about 45% in the same period, to $3 …