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Arcata Mayor Atkins-Salazar Can’t Participate in Gateway Plan Work, Says State’s Fair Political Practice Commission in Response to City’s Request for Guidance
LoCO Staff / April 1, 2022, 1:57 p.m. / Local Government
HUMBOLDT BAYWATCH: Those Gray Whales are Hanging out in Humboldt Right Now, and We Should Talk About Them
Hank Sims / April 1, 2022, 12:09 p.m. / Wildlife
Sierra Snowpack Worsens, Falls to Lowest Level in 7 Years
Rachel Becker / April 1, 2022, 10:40 a.m. / Sacramento
… its dwindling stores. It’s a dismal end to a water year that began with great promise, with early storms in October and December. By Jan. 1, the plush snowpack was 160% of average for that date …
OBITUARY: David Matthew Dillon, 1929-2022
LoCO Staff / April 1, 2022, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: Rebecca (Becky) Lynn Davy. 1964-2022
LoCO Staff / April 1, 2022, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
… 9, at 1 p.m. Donations in her name can be made to Hospice of Humboldt, the Loleta Volunteer Fire Dept, or a charity of your choice.###The obituary above was submitted on behalf of Becky Davy's …
California Farmworkers March to Ask Newsom to Sign Voting Bill
Melissa Montalvo / April 1, 2022, 6:10 a.m. / Sacramento
Now They’re Selling KIEM-TV to An All-Western Cable Channel That Used to Be Jim and Tammy Faye’s ‘PTL Television Network’
Hank Sims / March 31, 2022, 4:11 p.m. / Media
Eureka Residents Weigh in on Proposed Rules For the City’s Gulches and Greenways
Isabella Vanderheiden / March 31, 2022, 2:36 p.m. / Local Government
ROCK HUNT! Northcoast Children’s Services Invites You to Search for Hand-Painted Stones Hidden Around Humboldt and Del Norte
Stephanie McGeary / March 31, 2022, 2:10 p.m. / Art , Community , Family
Fortuna Police Department Releases Statement on the Passing of Chief Bill Dobberstein
Andrew Goff / March 31, 2022, 12:20 p.m. / News
Without SAT, ACT, What’s Next for Cal State Admissions?
Mikhail Zinshteyn / March 31, 2022, 7:16 a.m. / Sacramento
… low-income students at a disadvantage. Both the UC and Cal State system are now “test-blind” — a rarefied club of 86 academic institutions and systems nationwide. Another 1,825 other campuses don …
OBITUARY: Patricia Ann Welsh, 1936-2022
LoCO Staff / March 31, 2022, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
… OBITUARY: Patricia Ann Welsh, 1936-2022 Patricia Ann Welsh was born on November 1, 1936 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Edward and Nan Maguire. She fondly remembered playing …
In the Interest of Public Safety, They’re Going to Chop Down Some Redway in the Coming Weeks
LoCO Staff / March 30, 2022, 2:35 p.m. / Fire
Eureka’s Uplift Program to Use $1 Million Grant to Find Housing and Emergency Shelters for Homeless, Expand Outreach and Health Services
Stephanie McGeary / March 30, 2022, 1:40 p.m. / Homelessness
… Eureka's Uplift Program to Use $1 Million Grant to Find Housing and Emergency Shelters for Homeless, Expand Outreach and Health Services The Community Access Project Eureka …
Sentencing Delayed for Man Who Bit Off Arcata Officer’s Thumb; Judge Decides to Wait For Out-of-State Mental Health Records
Rhonda Parker / March 30, 2022, 11:43 a.m. / Courts
… the thumb-biting incident occurred on Aug. 1, 2021. Officers, with great difficulty, were trying to take Malang into custody because they suspected he was high on methamphetamine. If Malang does have mental …
Suspect Calls 911 to Attempt to Divert Deputies’ Attention From Their Mobile Meth Party, Says HCSO
LoCO Staff / March 30, 2022, 9:19 a.m. / Crime
… substance paraphernalia (HS 11364(a)), obstruction of justice (PC 148(a)(1)) and misuse of 911 (PC 653x(a)).Elliot was arrested and booked into the Humboldt County Correctional Facility on charges …
MEET ARTICLE 34: How Eureka’s Old Fight Against Subsidized Apartments Led to One of the Nation’s Strongest Anti-Affordable Housing Laws, and What Legislators are Doing to Repeal It
Isabella Vanderheiden / March 30, 2022, 7:23 a.m. / Housing
… -income housing units at its Nov. 1, 1949, meeting. Led by local attorney Ernest Mitchell, disgruntled residents then circulated a petition to force the repeal of the resolution. By February 1950 …
OBITUARY: George Gredassoff, 1941-2022
LoCO Staff / March 30, 2022, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: Robert ‘Nick’ Mercado, 1930-2022
LoCO Staff / March 30, 2022, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
California Task Force: Reparations for Direct Descendants of Enslaved People Only
Lil Kalish / March 30, 2022, 6:10 a.m. / Sacramento
Vehicle Stolen During Humboldt Hill Burglary Recovered by Deputies; One Arrested
LoCO Staff / March 29, 2022, 4:20 p.m. / Crime
… (A)), driving with a suspended/revoked license (VC 14601.1(a)) and violation of probation (PC 1203.2(A)(2)).The female was determined to be uninvolved and was released at the scene pending further investigation …
Humboldtwide Sex Offender Compliance Sweep Results in Arrests, Citation, Issuance of Warrants
LoCO Staff / March 29, 2022, 9:42 a.m. / Crime
Investigating the Auditor-Controller’s Allegation That the County ‘Forged’ a Report to the State
Ryan Burns / March 29, 2022, 7:29 a.m. / Local Government
… operations, the county had paved the way for decades of financial mismanagement, leading to “confirmed cases of error and fraud.”A few days later, at the March 1 Board of Supervisors meeting, she …
VIDEO POSTCARD FROM ISTANBUL: Outside the Russia-Ukraine Peace Talks
Hank Sims / March 29, 2022, 7:16 a.m. / Letter From Istanbul
Will There Be Enough Teachers for California’s Ambitious Plans for Its Youngest Students?
Elizabeth Aguilera / March 29, 2022, 7 a.m. / Sacramento
… , in the northeastern corner of the state, the three school districts serve a total of only 1,300 students. So combo classes with kindergarteners and even first-graders are the norm for 4-year-olds. “We don’t have big …
Cop Cash: California Law Enforcement Gives Big to Campaigns
Jeremia Kimelman / March 29, 2022, 7 a.m. / Sacramento
… big this year in several high-profile races. So far in the 2022 election cycle, these groups have contributed more than $1 million to campaigns for the state Legislature and several statewide offices …
Newsom Imposes New California Water Restrictions, Leaves Details to Locals
Rachel Becker / March 29, 2022, 7 a.m. / Sacramento
OBITUARY: Leslie Norlene Lollich, 1959-2022
LoCO Staff / March 29, 2022, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: Eugene Philip Horning, 1958-2022
LoCO Staff / March 29, 2022, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: Louis Henry Walton, Jr., 1942-2021
LoCO Staff / March 29, 2022, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
