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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
(VIDEO) LoCO SPORTS! A Humboldt Kid and a Speedy* Turtle Just (Shell)Shocked the World
Andrew Goff / Aug. 19, 2025, noon / LoCO Sports!
Gavin Newsom Wants an Election in a Hurry on His Gerrymander. Here’s What Has to Happen
Maya C. Miller / Aug. 19, 2025, 7 a.m. / Sacramento
OBITUARY: Hazel Jean Petty, 1936-2025
LoCO Staff / Aug. 19, 2025, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: Jerry Lowitz, 1954-2025
LoCO Staff / Aug. 19, 2025, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: Joyce Novelo-Clark, 1957-2025
LoCO Staff / Aug. 19, 2025, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
… , Christopher Clark, and Clayton Clark; along with many cousins and great-nieces and great-nephews.A celebration of life will be held at Trinidad Town Hall on August 23, 2025, at 1 p.m.###The obituary above …
OBITUARY: Patrick Martin O’Shea, 1944-2025
LoCO Staff / Aug. 19, 2025, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
Fishing Vessel of a Man Lost at Sea Gets Towed Into Humboldt Bay; Coast Guard Suspends Its Search
LoCO Staff / Aug. 18, 2025, 3:29 p.m. / News
… around 1:30 p.m. Wednesday.Missing is a 65-year-old man. [NOTE: Kawahara was 70, according to his memorial website.]Coast Guard crews searched over 18 hours, scouring an area of 2,100 sq. miles, including …
GUEST OPINION: Humboldt is Aware Enough to Recycle, But What About the Pollution Created by Our Recycling Bins?
Dan Zev Levinson / Aug. 18, 2025, 11:18 a.m. / Guest Opinion
The Winners of Humboldt’s Design-An-‘I Voted’-Sticker Contest Have Been Announced, and Outpost Readers’ Taste in Art Has Been Confirmed
LoCO Staff / Aug. 18, 2025, 10:38 a.m. / Elections
One Killed, One Injured in Shelter Cove Plane Crash, Sheriff’s Office Says
LoCO Staff / Aug. 18, 2025, 10:22 a.m. / Emergency
Gavin Newsom Warms to Big Oil in Climate Reversal
CalMatters staff / Aug. 18, 2025, 8:10 a.m. / Sacramento
… average about $4.49 per gallon in California, according to AAA, $1.33 higher than the national average but lower than they’ve been since January. The Western States Petroleum Association …
OBITUARY: Paul Scott Ostrom, 1947-2025
LoCO Staff / Aug. 18, 2025, 7:17 a.m. / Obits
THE ECONEWS REPORT: Electrifying Your Home is Cheaper Than You Think It Is, and You Can Find Out About It All at Tuesday’s Electrification Fair
LoCO Staff / Aug. 16, 2025, 10 a.m. / Environment
HUMBOLDT HISTORY: Fishing at Fernbridge Pool, the Most Famous Salmon Hole in the West
Alan Lufkin / Aug. 16, 2025, 7:30 a.m. / History
OBITUARY: Beverly ‘Betty’ Jean Shamberger, 1945-2025
LoCO Staff / Aug. 16, 2025, 7 a.m. / Obits
BEWARE, BIG LAGOON-GOERS! The Cyanobacteria is Back With a Fury, and It’s Been Spotted On the South Fork of the Eel Too
LoCO Staff / Aug. 15, 2025, 4:36 p.m. / Health
LOL! The Maps Have Been Leaked, So Check Out What Our New Congressional District Will Be if Texas Republicans and California Democrats Get Their Way
Hank Sims / Aug. 15, 2025, 4 p.m. / Elections
Long-Delayed Habit Burger Is, In Fact, Still Coming to Eureka, as Is a LOCAL Smashburger Joint
Ryan Burns / Aug. 15, 2025, 3:19 p.m. / Food
… it forsaken us?!Fear not: The home of the Double Char — recently rechristened as USA Today's No. 1 best fast food burger — is still headed our way. A Eureka location recently …
Longtime Painter, Aspiring Muralist Aimée Woods Brings New Life to Long-Barren Retaining Wall in Eureka’s Pine Hill Neighborhood
Isabella Vanderheiden / Aug. 15, 2025, 2:47 p.m. / Art , Community
