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(VIDEO) 69-Year-Old Man Drives His Vehicle Onto the County Courthouse Lawn and Sets It On Fire
LoCO Staff / Aug. 24, 2025, 12:25 p.m. / News
Multi-Agency Vehicle and Foot Chase Ends Thanks to a Spike Strip and K-9 Officer
LoCO Staff / Aug. 24, 2025, 11:36 a.m. / Crime
… Multi-Agency Vehicle and Foot Chase Ends Thanks to a Spike Strip and K-9 Officer Press release from the Eureka Police Department: On August 23, 2025, at approximately 1:18 p.m., an officer …
Artificial Intelligence Has Arrived in Humboldt Commercials, and People Have Opinions
Ryan Burns / Aug. 24, 2025, 7 a.m. / Business , Technology
… industry report found that, among marketers who spent more than $1 million on digital video ads last year, nearly 90 percent are using or plan to use generative AI in their video ads.Some of those companies …
THE ECONEWS REPORT: Talking CEQA Reforms
The EcoNews Report / Aug. 23, 2025, 10 a.m. / Environment
HUMBOLDT HISTORY: Just A Kindergartner Jumping Rope All the Way to the Old Marshall School, Where Generations of Eurekans Learned Their ABC’s
Naida Olsen Gipson / Aug. 23, 2025, 7:30 a.m. / History
… over on someone. To my right, across the street, I could see a yellow Victorian house with a sign “Kain Apts.” over the door. Perhaps, because I was near-sighted, or perhaps because 1 had …
OBITUARY: Kenneth Marshall Stoffer, 1930-2025
LoCO Staff / Aug. 23, 2025, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
Sequoia Park Zoo Black Bear Ishūng Has Dropped 100 Pounds and Learned to Love Green Bell Peppers (But She Still Hates Beets)
Isabella Vanderheiden / Aug. 22, 2025, 4:50 p.m. / Animals
(PHOTOS) Massive New Cal Poly Humboldt Dorms Officially Open
Dezmond Remington / Aug. 22, 2025, 4:40 p.m. / Cal Poly Humboldt
… of the two buildings will be open until the spring semester, which will add another 356 beds). Student enrollment at CPH is up 4.1% this year, a large increase over several years of consistent 1% growth …
POLLS! Who Makes the Best Mexican Food in Fortuna, Eureka, Arcata, McKinleyville and the Rest of Humboldt?
LoCO Staff / Aug. 22, 2025, 4:20 p.m. / POLLZ
Eureka Man to Sail Lost Fisherman’s Boat Back to Seattle
Dezmond Remington / Aug. 22, 2025, 12:06 p.m. / News
82-Year-Old Man in the Briceland Backwoods Deceased After Apparently Falling Off a Ladder; Southern Humboldt Technical Rescue Called In to Assist
LoCO Staff / Aug. 22, 2025, 11:40 a.m. / Emergencies
Democrats Wanted Someone to ‘Punch Back.’ They Got Him When Newsom Took on Texas
Adam Ashton / Aug. 22, 2025, 7:18 a.m. / Sacramento
OBITUARY: Robert Anderson, 1970-2025
LoCO Staff / Aug. 22, 2025, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
… in Company 1. Robert’s commitment to his community ran deep, and his leadership made a lasting impact on those he worked with and served.Outside of his work, Robert was a man of diverse passions. He could …
(WATCH LIVE) Governor Newsom and California Democrats Provide an Update on ‘Election Rigging Response Act’
Andrew Goff / Aug. 21, 2025, 3:56 p.m. / Sacramento
Arcata City Council Member Atkins-Salazar Proposes Pro-Palestine Aid Resolution at Meeting
Dezmond Remington / Aug. 21, 2025, 2:15 p.m. / Activism
The Fortuna Wastewater Treatment Plan is Going to Be a Bit Stinky for Most of the Rest of the Year, and You Can Blame That on Earthquakes
LoCO Staff / Aug. 21, 2025, 11:45 a.m. / Local Government
(UPDATED) Last Year, a Eureka Man Was Killed by a Driver High on Nitrous. Now His Daughter is Suing the Companies That Supplied It
Ryan Burns / Aug. 21, 2025, 11:13 a.m. / Courts
California Cities Lack Unified Response on Homeless Encampments
Marisa Kendall / Aug. 21, 2025, 6:48 a.m. / Sacramento
What About Texas? California Republicans Pressed for Answers in Redistricting Fight
Jeanne Kuang and Maya C. Miller / Aug. 21, 2025, 6:44 a.m. / Sacramento
48-Year-Old Santa Rosa Man Identified as Deceased Pilot in Last Weekend’s Shelter Cove Plane Crash
LoCO Staff / Aug. 20, 2025, 2:18 p.m. / Emergencies
Eureka City Council Narrowly Approves New Rules for Stolen Shopping Carts, Despite Concerns for Businesses Impacted by Theft
Isabella Vanderheiden / Aug. 20, 2025, 1:57 p.m. / Local Government
5 QUESTIONS for BRETT MCFARLAND, In Advance of His Big Show at the Humboldt County Fairgrounds This Weekend
Andrew Goff / Aug. 20, 2025, 12:30 p.m. / Music
HSCO Arrests Man Who Tried to Stab His Mother
LoCO Staff / Aug. 20, 2025, 12:28 p.m. / Crime
… to the 1900 block of Strawberry Ct. in McKinleyville for the report of an attempted homicide.The Humboldt County Emergency Communications Center received a series of text messages to 9-1-1 stating a male …
SAVE THE DATE! Eureka is Hosting a Pop-Up DUI Checkpoint on Friday, and if You Wrongly Feel That You Have to Drive Drunk Then You Are Invited to Attend
LoCO Staff / Aug. 20, 2025, 8:53 a.m. / Safety
… Plan ahead: designate a sober driver, use public transit, rideshare, or taxi.If you see an impaired driver on the road, call 9-1-1.Medications (including some over-the-counter and prescription drugs) can …
Why Many California Democrats Are Feeling Angst Over Newsom’s Redistricting
Jeanne Kuang / Aug. 20, 2025, 8:42 a.m. / Sacramento
… Republicans nearly 2-to-1. Recent polling shows voters favor independent redistricting by about the same margin. California vs. Texas To sell the redistricting measure to the public, Democrats have …
California Has a Fallback Plan for Trump’s Clean Car Attacks. Does It Go Far Enough?
CalMatters staff / Aug. 20, 2025, 7:10 a.m. / Sacramento
OBITUARY: Ethel Ruth Marshall Davis, 1931-2025
LoCO Staff / Aug. 20, 2025, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: Shirley Diane (Roberts) Wilson, 1935-2025
LoCO Staff / Aug. 20, 2025, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
TODAY IN SUPES: Board OKs ‘Dark Sky’ Rules to Limit Light Pollution in Unincorporated Humboldt
Isabella Vanderheiden / Aug. 19, 2025, 3:35 p.m. / Local Government
California Republicans Sue to Block Newsom’s Gerrymandering, Point to Legislative Gamesmanship
Maya C. Miller / Aug. 19, 2025, 1:20 p.m. / Sacramento