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(WATCH) Security Footage Shows Vehicle Apparently Running Red Light Before Slamming Into Don’s Rent-All Last Night
Andrew Goff / Dec. 8, 2021, 1:48 p.m. / Traffic
TODAY in COURT: SoHum Murder Suspect Gets Trial Date for Separate Kidnapping Case; Man Convicted of Rio Dell Murder Will be Tried For Welfare Fraud Allegedly Committed While in Jail
Rhonda Parker / Dec. 8, 2021, 1:18 p.m. / Courts
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office is Giving You Four Potential Names to Choose From For Its New Cop Dog, If That’s Something You’d Like to Weigh In On
Andrew Goff / Dec. 8, 2021, 11:34 a.m. / Community
MORNING COMMUTERS! A Bad Crash Wrecked Broadway Last Night, So This Morning’s Drive is Gonna be
LoCO Staff / Dec. 8, 2021, 7:47 a.m. / Traffic
From Street Vendor to Crypto Artist: How Digital Assets Offer Minorities New Opportunities
Jacqueline Garcia / Dec. 8, 2021, 7:32 a.m. / Sacramento
… as early as 2012 but didn’t dive into digital assets until this year. He published his first digital artwork in May and has sold about eight pieces ranging from 1,000 to 3,000 NFTs. The most expensive …
Why Is California’s Redistricting Commission Under Increasing Scrutiny?
Sameea Kamal / Dec. 8, 2021, 7:30 a.m. / Sacramento
… .3 million donated by a private foundation for public outreach. Of the $20 million state appropriation for the current commission, it had received $8.4 million as of July 1, according to budget documents …
OBITUARY: Mark Leslie Rios, 1956-2021
LoCO Staff / Dec. 8, 2021, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: Doug Collard, 1946-2021
LoCO Staff / Dec. 8, 2021, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
Longtime Ag Commissioner Retires; Supervising Inspector Appointed to Serve as Interim Commissioner
LoCO Staff / Dec. 7, 2021, 5:01 p.m. / Local Government
… Weylan Shaw. Photos: County of Humboldt.From the County of Humboldt:The Humboldt County Board of Supervisors today appointed Weylan Shaw as the Interim Agricultural Commissioner, effective Jan. 1. Shaw …
TODAY in SUPES: Board Finalizes New District Map (Same as the Old Map), Names Next Year’s Chair (Same as Last Year’s Chair) and Ponders Its Responsibility to Counter COVID Misinformation
Ryan Burns / Dec. 7, 2021, 4:42 p.m. / Local Government
Local Photography Legend Who Helped Establish Redwood National and State Parks Sets Out to Complete His Life’s Work
John Ross Ferrara / Dec. 7, 2021, 3:55 p.m. / Our Culture
… than 1,000 miles and took more than 5,000 photographs, which he later donated to the Parks Service. In the midst of his golden years, Van De Mark hopes to recapture 50 of these images. “One of the major …
IT’S A DEAN: New HSU Hire Will Head College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences
LoCO Staff / Dec. 7, 2021, 11:32 a.m. / Education
Hiring a Waterfront Development Consultant, Cracking Down on Shopping Carts, COVID Bonus Pay for City Workers and More Highlights From Tonight’s Eureka City Council Agenda
Hank Sims / Dec. 7, 2021, 9:11 a.m. / Local Government
OBITUARY: James Holland, 1944-2021
LoCO Staff / Dec. 7, 2021, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: Robert Wayne Bronnenberg, 1951-2021
LoCO Staff / Dec. 7, 2021, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: Christopher Ryan Sanderson, 1983-2021
LoCO Staff / Dec. 7, 2021, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
Eureka One of Few U.S. Cities to Experience Colder Winters Since 1970, Climate Change Organization Says
John Ross Ferrara / Dec. 6, 2021, 3:55 p.m. / How ‘Bout That Weather
… cold events in winter, sometimes severe ones.” During the last 51 years, Eureka’s average winter temperature has dropped by 1.3 degrees Fahrenheit. While experts were unable to give a more definitive …
Leslie Castellano Named New Executive Director of Ink People Center for the Arts
LoCO Staff / Dec. 6, 2021, 11:34 a.m. / Art
… at Trajectory, a career development program in Eureka for visual, performing, and literary artists and fine artisans with disabilities. As a current member of the Eureka City Council, representing Ward 1, she …
MONDAYS WITH MICHAELE: Humboldt Kids Once Again Need Toys!
LoCO Staff / Dec. 6, 2021, 7:15 a.m. / Mondays With Michaele
Controversial Math Guidelines Have Had Mixed Results at San Francisco Unified
Joe Hong / Dec. 6, 2021, 7 a.m. / Sacramento
… Unified School District requires students to wait until 9th grade to take Algebra 1, Joselyn enrolled in both Algebra 1 and Geometry at the same time so she can make it to AP Calculus by her senior year …
From Maggots to Sex Abuse, Nursing Homes Sue California to Overturn Citations, Fines
Barbara Feder Ostrov / Dec. 6, 2021, 6 a.m. / Sacramento
… sanctions in court. Beginning Jan. 1, the state must demonstrate that the nursing home’s actions were “a substantial factor” in the resident’s death, rather than a “direct proximate cause …
Sector Humboldt Bay Rescues Lost Coast Hiker With Broken Leg
LoCO Staff / Dec. 5, 2021, 2:30 p.m. / Emergencies
(AUDIO) HUMBOLDT HOLDING UP: Miranda’s Rescue Founder Shannon Miranda Discusses His Work Caring For Animals (And People Too)
LoCO Staff / Dec. 5, 2021, 8 a.m. / Humboldt Holding Up
GROWING OLD UNGRACEFULLY: Making Sense of Bitcoin
Barry Evans / Dec. 5, 2021, 7 a.m. / Growing Old Ungracefully
… day supersede fiat currency? Judging by how fast it’s been accepted, that’s a real possibility. It took just 12 years for the market cap of Bitcoin to reach $1 trillion. Compare that with Microsoft (44 …
LETTER FROM ISTANBUL: My Old Neighborhood
James Tressler / Dec. 5, 2021, 7 a.m. / Letter From Istanbul
… finding a bottle for less than three digits, and the imported wines cost several hundred lira.“Imagine if we wanted to have dinner here for your birthday,” Özge said. “We’d end up paying nearly 1,000 lira …
OBITUARY: John (‘Jack’) Edward Johnson, 1938-2021
LoCO Staff / Dec. 5, 2021, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
ECONEWS REPORT: Enviros Challenge County Over Cannabis
The EcoNews Report / Dec. 4, 2021, 10 a.m. / Environment
OBITUARY: Ronald ‘Dean’ Antonsen, 1957-2021
LoCO Staff / Dec. 4, 2021, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: James Lee Kirk, 1951-2021
LoCO Staff / Dec. 4, 2021, 6:56 a.m. / Obits