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Hoopa High Honors Student Selected to Play in Third Annual ‘Indigenous Bowl’ Next Month
LoCO Staff / Nov. 18, 2021, 7:40 a.m. / LoCO Sports!
OBITUARY: Donald Earl Badgley, 1932-2021
LoCO Staff / Nov. 18, 2021, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
California Redistricting: Which Incumbents Are in Tough Spots?
Sameea Kamal / Nov. 18, 2021, 5:40 a.m. / Sacramento
SOLD! Conservation Groups Close Escrow on Mogul’s Massive Ranch in the Eel River Canyon
LoCO Staff / Nov. 17, 2021, 3:48 p.m. / Environment
… , and access to nature. The Wildlands Conservancy recently led the campaign to have land it previously donated to the U.S. Interior Department designated as the 1.6 million-acre Mojave Trails National Monument …
Humboldt Resident Recognized as Hero For Efforts to Save Man Who Crashed Vehicle Into Humboldt Bay
LoCO Staff / Nov. 17, 2021, 3 p.m. / News
Bureau of Reclamation Awards Additional $2.7 Million to Improve Recovery of Threatened Coho Salmon in the Klamath River Basin
John Ross Ferrara / Nov. 17, 2021, 3 p.m. / Environment , Government , Salmon , Tribes , Wildlife
… tributaries from the river’s mouth to 190 miles inland.The Bureau of Reclamation said it plans to award $1.2 Million of the grant during the 2021 fiscal year, and as much as $500,000 per year between 2022 …
Eureka City Council Approves New Ward Map, Ranked Choice Voting; Bans Coal on City-Owned Property
Stephanie McGeary / Nov. 17, 2021, 2:39 p.m. / Local Government
… 496d(a)) and failure to register as a sex offender (PC 290(g)(1)).Anyone with information about this case or related criminal activity is encouraged to call the Humboldt County Sheriff …
(AUDIO) Do You Need to Listen to Dick Wolf’s Creepy, Set-in-Humboldt Scripted Podcast Drama?
Andrew Goff / Nov. 17, 2021, 1:35 p.m. / Our Culture
(PHOTOS) Would-Be Burglar at Eureka Safeway Refuses to Pay For Half-Eaten Donut Before Brandishing Gun at Store Clerk Who Wasn’t Having It
Andrew Goff / Nov. 17, 2021, 12:28 p.m. / Crime
Two Fortuna Residents Arrested for Allegedly Trafficking Fentanyl, Says DTF
LoCO Staff / Nov. 17, 2021, 11:22 a.m. / Crime
… :Approx. 1 ounce of fentanyl (green and orange in color)Digital ScalePackaging materialsSmith & Wesson 9mm handgun Scoville and Allen were both arrested for the following charges …
Scammers Targeting Local Residents With Disturbing Images, Fake Claims About Cartel Membership, Sheriff’s Office Says
LoCO Staff / Nov. 17, 2021, 10:41 a.m. / Crime
… protect yourself from fraud:1. Spot impostersScammers often pretend to be someone you trust, like a government official, a family member, a charity or a company with which you do business. Don …
UC Lecturers Win Raises, Concessions in Deal That Averts Two-Day Strike
Mikhail Zinshteyn / Nov. 17, 2021, 10 a.m. / Sacramento
… unfair labor practice gripe. Lecturers will now get four weeks of paid family leave at 100% of pay; previously the UC was offering paid leave at 70% and only for lecturers who worked more than 1,250 hours …
Cal State Requires Students to Be Vaccinated for COVID-19 — but It’s Not Evenly Enforced
CalMatters staff / Nov. 17, 2021, 9:40 a.m. / Sacramento
… exempted 1,113 students and staff who are not accessing campus this semester, a university spokesperson said. Three campuses – Cal Poly Pomona, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and Cal State Monterey Bay …
OBITUARY: Randy Gene (‘Rats’) Clark Sr., 1972-2021
LoCO Staff / Nov. 17, 2021, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: Debra Marie Fontaine, 1958-2021
LoCO Staff / Nov. 17, 2021, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
… to Virgil Maldonado and Joan Terry on December 1, 1958. She went to school at Eureka High School. She married Paul Fontaine on April 30, 1976 in Las Vegas. Debbie worked for Renner Petroleum as Mike Renner …
Outgunned: The Story of a Woman, an Abuser, and California’s Failing Gun Control
Robert Lewis / Nov. 17, 2021, 6:30 a.m. / Sacramento
… that helped arrange for a hotel room for Calley and the boys, then ages 1,4, and nearly 6. The day of the escape would be May 15, 2020, when Julio, a truck driver for Save Mart, was working in Monterey …
TODAY in SUPES: Board Sticks With Existing District Map, Rejecting Madrone’s Pitch to Add Blue Lake to the Fifth
Ryan Burns / Nov. 16, 2021, 4:25 p.m. / Local Government
Free Legal Services for People Undergoing Immigration, Visa Process in Humboldt and Del Norte Counties Extended Through $15,000 Grant
LoCO Staff / Nov. 16, 2021, 2 p.m. / Community Services
TONIGHT at EUREKA CITY COUNCIL: Ward Redistricting, Ranked Choice Voting Implementation, Anti-Coal Ordinance and More
Stephanie McGeary / Nov. 16, 2021, 1:46 p.m. / Local Government
… municipal elections in California. These are either (a) a primary election followed by a potential separate run-off election in order to achieve a 50%+1 winner or (b) a single election with the highest …
Frequent McKinleyville Burglary and Robbery Suspect Arrested in McKinleyville on Suspicion of Burglary, Sheriff’s Office Says
LoCO Staff / Nov. 16, 2021, 12:48 p.m. / Crime
… )(1)), resisting a peace officer (PC 148(a)(1)) and parole hold (PC 3000.08(c)).This case is still under investigation.Anyone with information about this case or related criminal activity is encouraged …
GO SLOW, WATCH THE ROAD! Big Press Conference Tomorrow at Eureka City Hall Will Ask People to Drive Better
LoCO Staff / Nov. 16, 2021, 12:05 p.m. / Traffic
Will California’s Plan for Clearing Homeless Camps Work?
Manuela Tobias / Nov. 16, 2021, 7:22 a.m. / Sacramento
… .” William Brown, 42 , in the woods in San Clemente on Nov. 6, 2021. Brown said he lost $1,000 worth of belongings while being removed from an encampment on Caltrans property and was left with only a backpack …
OBITUARY: Audrey Lourenco, 1923-2021
LoCO Staff / Nov. 16, 2021, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: Janice S. Bloch, 1927-2021
LoCO Staff / Nov. 16, 2021, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: Ethyl Rose Hall, 1940-2021
LoCO Staff / Nov. 16, 2021, 6:45 a.m. / Obits
… husband Bruce Hall, her father Edward Martin Sr and mother Agnes Mae Martin. A celebration of life will be held November 20, 2021 from 1 to 3 at the Eureka Moose Lodge.###The obituary above was submitted …
UC Lecturers Will Strike Wednesday, Halting Instruction for Thousands of Students
Mikhail Zinshteyn / Nov. 16, 2021, 5:40 a.m. / Sacramento
Stakeholders in Klamath Dam Removal Plan Prepare Final ‘Sprint’ to Meet 2023 Target for River Restoration
Ryan Burns / Nov. 15, 2021, 5:05 p.m. / Environment , Tribes
Massive, Multi-Site Unpermitted Indoor Grow Operation Taken Down By Sheriff’s Office’s Marijuana Enforcement Team
LoCO Staff / Nov. 15, 2021, 4:25 p.m. / Crime
Eureka Police Arrest ‘Serial Burglary’ Suspect After Foot Chase; Several Businesses in Old Town and Downtown Believed to Have Been Hit
LoCO Staff / Nov. 15, 2021, 4:18 p.m. / Crime