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Long COVID in California: ‘A Pandemic of Loneliness and Social Isolation and Rejection’
Mindy Lym has been living with long COVID since the summer of 2022. After months of bed rest, she's now living in Camas, Washington, where her symptoms are improving but are…
HUMBOLDT TODAY with John Kennedy O’Connor | April 26, 2023
…Raelina Krikston Still Thinks the Rent is Too Damn High, and That's Just the Start of the ProblemHUMBOLDT TODAY can be viewed on LoCO’s homepage each night starting at 6…
Costs Up, Revenues Down: Measure Z Revenues Are Tanking After a Year of Economic Downturn
Screenshot of Tuesday's Humboldt County Board of Supervisors meeting.###The Humboldt County Board of Supervisors took its first look at this year’s list of Measure Z spending priorities for the…
Eureka High Athletics Boosters are Gonna Send Out The Glorious Old Jay Willard Gym in Style Before it is Torn Down
Inside the Jay Willard Gym at EHS | Photos Shayna Matteoli submitted by After more than 70 years of hosting Loggers’ games, rallies and other community and school events, Eureka High School’s…
POLL! What Kind of Fish Would You Grow in a Giant Complex on the Samoa Peninsula?
…what's in the butsugiri at Tomo? That!" Mr. Fish! "I realize that this is meant to be a fun poll, but I feel it necessary to again inform y'all that…
CONVERSATIONS: Raelina Krikston Still Thinks the Rent is Too Damn High, and That’s Just the Start of the Problem
…What we're seeing right now in Humboldt with the gross expansion of population and with the housing shortage already, is we will be seeing a mass exodus of many of the…
California Poised to Ban New Diesel Trucks
…But the most significant change in the proposal actually toughened the rules after an appeal by environmental justice advocates: The original proposal required 100% zero-emission truck sales in 2040; the air…
OBITUARY: Garrett James Sturdivànt, 1980-2023
…He loved and enjoyed his family, both the one he was born into and the group of friends known as the Thic Family. He was one of a kind and like his…
OBITUARY: Carolyn Oletia Lee, 1975-2023
Carolyn Oletia LeeJanuary 3, 1975- April 2, 2023Carolyn was a lifelong resident of Humboldt and surrounding areas, proud member of the Mono Tribe in Big Sandy, Calif. She was always the life…
HUMBOLDT TODAY with John Kennedy O’Connor | April 25, 2023
…Stolen Gun, Illegal Drugs and Burglary Tool Found During McK Traffic Stop, Sheriff's Office SaysMotorcycle Chase Near Hoopa Results in Meth Arrest and Also the Discovery That the Motorcycle Was Stolen…
CALLING ALL ARTISTS! There’s a New Arts Festival Coming to Eureka and the City’s Providing More than $40K in Grant Funding for Cool Projects
The Parade of Dreams on the Waterfront in August 2022 | Photo: Matt Filar###Have you always dreamed of creating a giant, interactive art installation in Eureka? Or maybe you have a vision…
POLL! "101" or "THE 101?"
…Another big ol' redwood is blocking the 101." "Uh oh. Another poll on which I refuse to have an opinion but still want to see the responses to."
Stolen Gun, Illegal Drugs and Burglary Tool Found During McK Traffic Stop, Sheriff’s Office Says
Goodwin (left) and McKenney.Press release from the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office: On April 24, 2023, at about 11:11 p.m., Humboldt County Sheriff’s deputies on patrol in the…
Motorcycle Chase Near Hoopa Results in Meth Arrest and Also the Discovery That the Motorcycle Was Stolen, Sheriff’s Office Says
Press release from the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office: On April 24, 2023, at about 7:04 p.m., Humboldt County Sheriff’s deputies on patrol in the Hoopa area attempted to…
Body Cam Footage Shows Sheriff’s Detective Saving an Infant’s Life by Administering CPR
From the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office's social media pages:On April 13, an HCSO detective and deputy were working a special assignment in the Eureka area when they saw a…
Several Days of Sunshine and Warmth are Forecast for Humboldt County, and We’ve Sure as Hell Earned Them
…Temperatures on the coast are gonna climb into the 70s, and in the inland areas they could spike all the way into the 90s!After that: More sun, but chillier. Here's…
California’s Lowest Paid Health Workers Want a Pay Boost. Why Industry Leaders Are Pushing Back
A medical personnel working on her computer in the corridor of Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital in Hollister on March 30, 2023. Photo by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters/CatchLight LocalSupporters of a proposal to…
OBITUARY: Brandon Lee Taylor, 1972-2023
…The company sent him to Oxnard to teach another farm how to operate more smoothly, efficiently, and mostly in the black. He worked for Sun Valley nearly 20 years. Brandon then went…
OBITUARY: Billie Rose Lichti, 1937-2023
…Billie served some of the best Prime Rib in Humboldt County. The locals loved that they could get their own beers out of the fridge and pay on the honor system. It…
OBITUARY: Rebecca Bair Kurwitz, 1941-2023
…She lived most of her youth at the Bair Family ranch in the Arcata Bottom, and resided in McKinleyville at the time of her death.She is survived by her husband, George…
OBITUARY: Daniel Esmond Forbes, 1937-2023
…The family lived in a house on upper B Street, now part of the Cal Poly Humboldt campus, as well as the historic Bair-Stokes House on 13th Street, before building a…
HUMBOLDT TODAY with John Kennedy O’Connor | April 24, 2023
…Fentanyl, Illegal Guns Following Vehicle Investigation on Little Fairfield, Sheriff's Office SaysMan Asleep Behind the Wheel While Parked in Blue Lake Intersection Discovered With Drugs, Pepper Spray, Burglary Tools, Sheriff's…
Once Poster Boys for Legal Weed in Humboldt, Emerald Family Farms is Being Sold for Parts
Co-owners and employees of Emerald Family Farms, LLC, in 2016. | File photo by Andrew Goff.###In the fall of 2016, the owners and operators of Emerald Family Farms, LLC, offered a…
POLL! What Would You Like to See Go Into Bed, Bath and Beyond's Bayshore Mall Location?
Bed, Bath and Beyond has announced they will be closing all their stores at some point in the not-too-distant future, which will leave a gaping hole in our beloved Bayshore…
During a Welfare Check, EPD Officers Find Two People Dead Inside a House on Fairfield Street
…EPD’s Criminal Investigations Unit was contacted and authored a search warrant for the residence. The search warrant was executed by EPD Detectives and the Humboldt County Coroner’s Office. The search…
Man Dies After Being Ejected From His Ford Van While Speeding on Eureka Waterfront Trail, EPD Says
Press release from the Eureka Police Department: On April 23, 2023 at approximately 11:30 p.m., the Eureka Police Department received information of a traffic collision off the Eureka Waterfront Trail…
Two Arrested for Fentanyl, Illegal Guns Following Vehicle Investigation on Little Fairfield, Sheriff’s Office Says
Maggio (left) and Moore.###Press release from the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office: On April 22, 2023, at about 9:47 a.m., Humboldt County Sheriff’s deputies on patrol in the…
Man Asleep Behind the Wheel While Parked in Blue Lake Intersection Discovered With Drugs, Pepper Spray, Burglary Tools, Sheriff’s Office Says
Press release from the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office: On April 23, 2023, at about 11:10 a.m., Humboldt County Sheriff’s deputies on patrol in the Blue Lake area observed…
Salmon OUT, Yellowtail IN: Nordic Aquafarms Announces Species Switch-Up at its Planned Humboldt Facility
…Samoa Fish Farm Proposal Looks Good So Far, But the Devil Will Be in the DetailsLet’s Take a Closer Look at This Big Fish Farm Proposal for the Samoa PeninsulaHumboldt Supervisors…
Cracks in California Labor Coalition Raise Hopes for YIMBY Breakthrough on Housing Bill
…Even with these add-ons, the change in approach earned the bill the fierce opposition of the building trades and Wiener the ire of many in organized labor. “Please tell me the…