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Governor Signs Contentious Nursing Home Licensing Bill That Splintered Advocates
Jocelyn Wiener / Sept. 28, 2022, 8:32 a.m. / Sacramento
… -average ratings from the federal government. Along with licensing facilities, the Department of Public Health is responsible for routinely inspecting the state’s 1,200 nursing homes. It also conducts complaint …
TODAY in SUPES: Board Approves a Budget and Takes Action on Homelessness, the Food Bank and Trails in the McKay Community Forest
Ryan Burns / Sept. 27, 2022, 5:45 p.m. / Local Government
… of the budget with $108.1 million (19 percent).Miller and the supervisors made some oblique references to the financial reporting gaps under former Auditor-Controller Karen Paz Dominguez. For example, Miller …
Next Up for Arcata’s Gateway Area Plan: Planning Commission to Discuss Building Heights, Hold Community Poll Tonight
Stephanie McGeary / Sept. 27, 2022, 4:39 p.m. / Local Government
(UPDATE: FIXED!) You’re Going to Have to Get Your Meatball Marinara Elsewhere For Now, Because the Health Department Has Shut Down the Fourth Street Subway Until it Can Get Its Toilet Fixed
LoCO Staff / Sept. 27, 2022, 4:22 p.m. / Health
Cal Poly Humboldt Says It Is Providing Support to a Student Who Was Traumatized by Police Questioning
LoCO Staff / Sept. 27, 2022, 4:20 p.m. / Education
Speedy Motorcyclist Arrested in SoHum After Crashing and Attempting to Flee Into the Brush, Says HCSO
LoCO Staff / Sept. 27, 2022, 4:10 p.m. / Crime
Sheriff William Honsal Offered Deputies a $40 Dutch Bros Gift Card to Find Supervisor Mike Wilson’s Stolen Vehicle
Hank Sims / Sept. 27, 2022, 3:10 p.m. / Local Government
As State Sets Higher Medi-Cal Contract Standards, Some Providers Predict Major Disruptions
Kristen Hwang / Sept. 27, 2022, 7:53 a.m. / Sacramento
… . Photo by Rahul Lal, CalMatters###More than 1.7 million Medi-Cal patients may get a new insurance provider in the coming months as a result of the state’s first-ever competitive bidding process …
OBITUARY: Betty L. Ehrheart, 1930-2022
LoCO Staff / Sept. 27, 2022, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
… and husband Mike, Britt and Kevin Frey and Jacque Ruszala. A special thanks to Dr. Han and Dr. Douglass for their loving care. A last pizza party will be held to celebrate Betty’s life on Saturday, October 1 …
OBITUARY: JoAnn Alma Vollenweider, 1934-2022
LoCO Staff / Sept. 27, 2022, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
… OBITUARY: JoAnn Alma Vollenweider, 1934-2022 JoAnn Alma VollenweiderMarch 31, 1934 – September 1, 2022Mom was born to Jon Arthur (Jake) Jacobson and Ethel Elizabeth (Nelson) Jacobson …
OBITUARY: Mary Salazar, 1929-2022
LoCO Staff / Sept. 27, 2022, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
… their grandchildren’s faces on their family trip to Disneyland. Services will be held for Mary with a Rosary at Goble’s mortuary in Fortuna on Sept. 30, 2022 at 7 p.m. A funeral mass will be held on Oct. 1 at St …
OBITUARY: Carolyn Louise Podratz, 1942-2022
LoCO Staff / Sept. 27, 2022, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
Supes Scheduled to Hear Appeal of Nordic Aquafarms Project at a Special Meeting on Wednesday
Ryan Burns / Sept. 26, 2022, 3:33 p.m. / Local Government
Yurok Tribe to Host Statewide Summit on Missing and Murdered Indigenous People in Arcata Next Week
LoCO Staff / Sept. 26, 2022, 12:22 p.m. / Crime
… .Press release from the Yurok Tribe: On Tuesday, October 4, the Yurok Tribe will host the first-ever statewide policy summit on Missing and Murdered Indigenous People (MMIP). The 1st Annual Northern California …
Man Wanted for Numerous Trinity River Area Crimes Arrested in Hoopa
LoCO Staff / Sept. 26, 2022, 10:20 a.m. / Crime
… into the Humboldt County Correctional Facility on charges of felon in possession of a firearm (PC 29800(a)(1)), assault with a deadly weapon (PC 245(a)(1)), shooting at an inhabited dwelling (PC 246), child …
‘Mandela’ Bill Would Limit Solitary Confinement in California Prisons and Jails
Nigel Duara / Sept. 26, 2022, 8:02 a.m. / Sacramento
… inspections. Costs disputed The projected cost to the California prison system is $1.3 billion up front, with another $200 million per year to pay for more staff. The costs to county jails would vary …
Reparations Task Force: State Could Owe Black Californians Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars
Lil Kalish / Sept. 26, 2022, 7:43 a.m. / Sacramento
GROWING OLD UNGRACEFULLY: The Little Man in Your Refrigerator
Barry Evans / Sept. 25, 2022, 7 a.m. / Growing Old Ungracefully
(PHOTOS/VIDEO) Saturday Morning Homeless Camp Eviction in Eureka Draws Protesters and Cleanup Crews
Stephanie McGeary / Sept. 24, 2022, 3:33 p.m. / Homelessness
THE ECONEWS REPORT: New Research Calls Into Question Carbon Offsets From Northwest California Forests
The EcoNews Report / Sept. 24, 2022, 10 a.m. / Environment
Residents of Sizable Eureka Homeless Encampment to Be Removed Tomorrow Morning
Andrew Goff / Sept. 23, 2022, 5:30 p.m. / Homelessness
Adorable Ringtail Who Fell Down a Chimney in Hoopa Released Back to Nature by the Humboldt Wildlife Care Center
Stephanie McGeary / Sept. 23, 2022, 5:15 p.m. / Animals , Wildlife
Uh, Check Out This Goofy Photo of One of the Sequoia Park Zoo’s Greater Rheas (And Also Note the Zoo Foundation Has a New Executive Director)!
Andrew Goff / Sept. 23, 2022, 2:57 p.m. / Wildlife
‘Fridays for Future’ Climate March and Rally to Take Place on the Arcata Plaza
Stephanie McGeary / Sept. 23, 2022, 2:28 p.m. / Activism
Yurok Tribal Leaders Join Gov. Newsom for Signing of Feather Alert Bill Creating a System to Report Missing Indigenous People
LoCO Staff / Sept. 23, 2022, 2 p.m. / Tribes
… . On Tuesday, October 4, the Yurok Tribe will host the first-ever statewide policy summit on MMIP. The 1st Annual Northern California Tribal Summit on MMIP will bring together tribal leaders, law …
Domestic Violence Call Leads to Bayside Man’s Arrest for Kidnapping, False Imprisonment
LoCO Staff / Sept. 23, 2022, 10:01 a.m. / Crime
… , at about 1:41 p.m., an adult female contacted the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office Emergency Communications Center to report a domestic violence incident that had occurred at a residence on the 2300 block …
Preparing for ‘The Big One’: Emergency Responders Gather for Cascadia TsunamiCon in Blue Lake
LoCO Staff / Sept. 23, 2022, 9:47 a.m. / Emergencies
Humboldt Brewing Company Returns to Arcata, Opening Café and Brewery in Old Mosgo’s Space
Stephanie McGeary / Sept. 23, 2022, 7:49 a.m. / Beer , Business
… the space will have a license to sell alcohol, which will go into effect mid-October. If all goes to plan, the owners are hoping the café can open and serve food and coffee as early as Oct. 1. But that might …
OBITUARY: Jonathan Daniel Taggart, 1979-2022
LoCO Staff / Sept. 23, 2022, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: Ethlyn Vera Chaffee, 1930-2022
LoCO Staff / Sept. 23, 2022, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
