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The Britney Effect: How California Is Grappling With Conservatorship
Jocelyn Wiener / July 22, 2021, 5:10 a.m. / Sacramento
… major.” That doesn’t mean there are no statistics. According to the state Department of Health Care Services, data self-reported from counties showed that 1,459 people were on temporary Lanterman …
Judge Puts Larry Elder on Recall Ballot, Throws Out Tax Return Requirement
Laurel Rosenhall / July 21, 2021, 4:30 p.m. / Sacramento
Joe Biden’s Congress’s Demand for Tribute From Our Local Life-Giving Forests Has Been Fulfilled: ‘Sugar Bear’ the 84-Foot White Fir Will Serve as the 2021 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree
LoCO Staff / July 21, 2021, 2:45 p.m. / Nature , Our Culture
Betty Chinn’s Trailer Housing Project One Step Closer to Reality After Eureka City Council Approves Coastal Development Permit for Property off South Broadway
Stephanie McGeary / July 21, 2021, 1:48 p.m. / Local Government
… , a reevaluation of the site will be necessary. The housing development will also need to be elevated 1.5 to 2.5 feet above flood level and will require a site-specific tsunami evacuation plan, Goetz said …
New Nonprofit Wants a Humboldt Where Aging-Out Foster Youth and Other Young Adults Aren’t Destined for Homelessness
Jacquelyn Opalach / July 21, 2021, 7:47 a.m. / Homelessness
Gavin Newsom Report Card: What He Has Done, and What He Hasn’t
Ben Christopher and Sameea Kamal / July 21, 2021, 7:42 a.m. / Sacramento
… million kids, employ 300,000 teachers and oversee education policy across more than 1,000 districts — including L.A. Unified, the nation’s second largest. That all makes Newsom one of the country’s most …
Outgunned: Why California’s Groundbreaking Firearms Law Is Failing
Robert Lewis / July 21, 2021, 7:30 a.m. / Sacramento
OBITUARY: Molly van Zeumeren, 1929-2021
LoCO Staff / July 21, 2021, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
… the King in McKinleyville on Tuesday, July 27, 2021 at 5 p.m. Burial will be at Accension Cemetery in Lake Forest on Friday August 13, 2021 at 1 p.m. Molly will be buried and reunited with Baby Peter …
OBITUARY: Joann D. Stewart, 1943-2021
LoCO Staff / July 21, 2021, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: Gene Fisher, 1931-2021
LoCO Staff / July 21, 2021, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: Vivian Isola Bradford Long, 1927-2021
LoCO Staff / July 21, 2021, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
… of God on July 24, 2021, at 1 p.m. Please join the family for coffee and desert at 3 p.m. in the Church Fellowship Hall. Gobles Mortuary is handling the arrangements.###The obituary above was submitted …
TODAY in SUPES: County Proclaims Drought Emergency But Backs Away From Curbing Cannabis Cultivation
Ryan Burns / July 20, 2021, 5:44 p.m. / Local Government
(VIDEO) Super Bowl Champion Alex Cappa Visits White House, Hangs With President Biden
John Ross Ferrara / July 20, 2021, 4:40 p.m. / LoCO Sports!
… .twitter.com/1SRGRcx8yH— Tampa Bay Buccaneers (@Buccaneers) July 20, 2021 …
Eureka City Council Poised to Finalize Permitting for Betty Chinn Trailer Village Near Hikshari Trail; Project Could Be Completed Soon, Unless Someone Files an Appeal
Stephanie McGeary / July 20, 2021, 4:20 p.m. / Local Government
(UPDATE: FOUND) Sheriff’s Office Seeking 20-Year-Old At-Risk Eureka Woman
Andrew Goff / July 20, 2021, 3:58 p.m. / Crime
… 17 at approximately 1 p.m. She last contacted a family member by phone at 4 p.m. that day.Vrbas is described as a white female adult, approximately 5 feet 1 inch tall, 140 pounds, with brown medium …
Arcata Man Arrested On Attempted Murder Charges for Stabbing His Roommate, Police Say
John Ross Ferrara / July 20, 2021, 2 p.m. / Crime
(UPDATE) Missing Ferndale Horse Found in a Thicket
John Ross Ferrara / July 20, 2021, 9:55 a.m. / Animals
Four Inmates at the Humboldt County Jail Overdosed on Fentanyl Over the Weekend, Says Sheriff’s Office; All Were Saved by Emergency Doses of Narcan
LoCO Staff / July 20, 2021, 8:18 a.m. / Crime
… Administration, a lethal dose of fentanyl consists of two milligrams, equal in size to a few grains of salt. As of July 1, 2021, the Humboldt County Coroner’s Office has responded to 15 fentanyl overdose deaths …
Thieves Are Stealing California’s Scarce Water. Where’s It Going? Illegal Marijuana Farms
Julie Cart / July 20, 2021, 7:25 a.m. / Sacramento
… track water diversion and theft from California’s rivers and streams, cannot begin to keep up with the epidemic of stolen water. Nor is the agency’s $1,000 a day fine for water theft proving …
Six Things to Know About the Newsom Recall Candidates’ Tax Returns
Laurel Rosenhall and Sameea Kamal / July 20, 2021, 7:10 a.m. / Sacramento
… businessman John Cox has poured $5 million into his second run for governor, but he and his wife Sarah Hall Cox reported a taxable income of zero in 2019. Even though Cox reported receiving more than $1 …
OBITUARY: Dorvin Valgene Phillips, 1935-2021
LoCO Staff / July 20, 2021, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
… Sonja Sue Phillips, and Frances Leonora Brewer (Howard).A memorial service is being held on July 24 at Eureka First Presbyterian Church at 1 p.m. There is a second memorial service being held on September …
OBITUARY: Jamison Sequoia Sullivan, 2021-2021
LoCO Staff / July 20, 2021, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
… that required open heart surgery on July 1, 2021. His heart defect was different than the doctors had seen before. A couple days prior to Jamison’s passing, his mom talked to him and touched …
OBITUARY: Howard Edwin Biggs Jr., 1933-2021
LoCO Staff / July 20, 2021, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
… had many assignments including McChord AFB in Tacoma,Washington where he was the Flight Surgeon for the 318th Fighter Interceptor Squadron and joined an elite group in flying beyond Mach 1, the speed …
How California Schools Are Fighting Ransomware Attacks
Zayna Syed / July 20, 2021, 5:40 a.m. / Sacramento
… : Sierra College had some systems shut down during finals week, Newhall School District’s 10 elementary schools went a week without online school during the pandemic, and UC San Francisco paid a $1 …
County Supervisors to Consider Declaring Drought Emergency, Curtailing Cannabis Cultivation
Ryan Burns / July 19, 2021, 2:55 p.m. /
Woman Arrested in Myrtletown After Leaving Infant in Vehicle to Go Drink Alcohol, Says Sheriff’s Office
LoCO Staff / July 19, 2021, 11:51 a.m. / Crime
… , deputies learned that Sheets had left the infant in the vehicle and entered the business to consume alcohol. The infant was left unattended in the vehicle for approximately 1-2 hours.Sheets was arrested …
Throwing Knives, 14 Grams of Meth Seized During Traffic-Stop Arrest in McKinleyville, Sheriff’s Office Says
LoCO Staff / July 19, 2021, 11:25 a.m. / Crime
… , at about 1:47 a.m., Humboldt County Sheriff’s deputies on patrol in the area of U.S. 101 and Central Avenue near McKinleyville observed a vehicle traveling with a suspended registration …
Were You Hoping to Get Vaccinated at the Fortuna Redwood AutoXpo? You Can!
LoCO Staff / July 19, 2021, 11 a.m. / COVID-19 and Humboldt
MONDAYS WITH MICHAELE: A Place For the Fallen
LoCO Staff / July 19, 2021, 7:30 a.m. / Mondays With Michaele
Newsom Promised Big on California Health Care. Where Do His Bold Plans Stand Now?
Ana B. Ibarra / July 19, 2021, 7:16 a.m. / Sacramento
… at their Livermore home. Eleanor, who was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes when she was 1, has been doing her own finger pricks since she was 2 and wears an insulin pump on her arm to manage her blood sugar. The family …