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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 …
Topsy-Turvy Top-Two: Is California Primary System Keeping Its Promises?
Ben Christopher / June 13, 2022, 7:37 a.m. / Sacramento
Back From the Brink: A Fire Captain’s Journey From Terror to Trauma to Recovery — and Then More Terror
Julie Cart / June 13, 2022, 6:30 a.m. / Sacramento
… in the heat. 1 / 4 Capt. Noelle Bahnmiller’s post-traumatic stress was first triggered by the Lodge Lighting Complex fire, which was ignited by a lightning strike …
Ryan’s Story: A Hard-Charging California Firefighter Loses His Last Battle to Suicide
Julie Cart / June 13, 2022, 6:30 a.m. / Sacramento
… California firefighters, there is no data detailing the scope of the problem at Cal Fire. National data also is sparse, but suicides appears to be increasing nationwide: The alliance has verified 1 …
Overworked California Firefighters Struggle With PTSD, Suicide, Fatigue, Intensifying Wildfires
Julie Cart / June 13, 2022, 6:30 a.m. / Sacramento
… of times its employees and family members contact a peer-support team for help with an array of issues, primarily physical and mental health. And those numbers have been climbing: from 1,362 contacts in 2011 …
GROWING OLD UNGRACEFULLY: Your Blisters Are Your Sins
Barry Evans / June 12, 2022, 7 a.m. / Growing Old Ungracefully
THE ECONEWS REPORT: Power Grid Issues Limit Future Wind Development
The EcoNews Report / June 11, 2022, 10 a.m. / Environment
THE CANNABIS CONVERSATION: Loss Leadership
Jesse Duncan / June 11, 2022, 7:30 a.m. / Cannabis
… , as proposed for July 1, will shake things loose a bit and get a bit more capital moving around, but barring that, I expect prices to far surpass last year’s lows, until the point when so many operators fail …
(PHOTOS) Abortion Rights Supporters Rally at Old Town Gazebo to Defend Roe v. Wade
Isabella Vanderheiden / June 10, 2022, 5:52 p.m. / Activism
(UPDATE) CAL POLY H_ _BOLDT: Is Someone Stealing Letters From the New University Signs?
Stephanie McGeary / June 10, 2022, 4:59 p.m. / Cal Poly Humboldt
ELECTION UPDATE! Arroyo’s Lead Ticks Back Up After Elections Office Counts About 3,600 More Votes
Hank Sims / June 10, 2022, 4:32 p.m. / Elections
… , DISTRICT FOUR ARROYO1,52950.83% BERGEL44114.66% NEWMAN1,03834.61% Overall, about 650 ballots with valid votes for Fourth District Supervisor were tallied between Election Night and today.The other races …
Surface Transportation Board Rejects Shady Company’s Bid to Take Over NCRA Rail Line for Coal Exports
Ryan Burns / June 10, 2022, 3:49 p.m. / Government
Valley West is Getting Fruity! Neighborhood Improvements Underway, Including Planting Fruit Trees and Painting Murals
Stephanie McGeary / June 10, 2022, 2:10 p.m. / Community
North Coast Members of Congress Speak Out Against Potential Fraud in Federal Filing From Coal Train Interests
LoCO Staff / June 10, 2022, 12:29 p.m. / Government
… of the account appears to be closer to $1,000,” the letter states.In May, Rep. Huffman questioned Surface Transportation Board Chair Martin Oberman about his views on board reauthorizations during a House …
CalMatters Readers Share ‘Why I Voted’ in the 2022 Primary Election
Chelsea Le / June 10, 2022, 12:20 p.m. / Sacramento
… solutions (@ShellenbergerMD and @lanheechen). Unlike our current Gov who just wastes our tax dollars and then takes more (gas tax hike coming 7/1!).” – @darwindog96###CalMatters.org is a nonprofit …
Let’s Fix Up Hydesville! Caltrans Will Host a Public Meeting Next Week, and it Would Like Your Ideas on How to Spruce Up Highway 36 Through the Town That I Just Realized Has No Nickname
Hank Sims / June 10, 2022, 10:33 a.m. / Transportation
Former HSU Student Doug Thron Travels to Ukraine to Rescue Lost Pets in War-Torn Areas Outside of Kyiv
John Ross Ferrara / June 10, 2022, 7:21 a.m. / Animals , Cal Poly Humboldt
Electric Car Mandate: California Air Board Questions Cost, Practicality
Nadia Lopez / June 10, 2022, 7 a.m. / Sacramento
… infrastructure and home chargers is already a barrier that is frustrating for some electric car owners. About 1.2 million chargers will be needed for the 8 million electric cars expected in California by 2030 …
Prison Rehab: Can California Learn Anything From Norway?
Nigel Duara / June 10, 2022, 6:59 a.m. / Sacramento