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OBITUARY: Dee Meitner, 1963-2022
LoCO Staff / Feb. 20, 2022, 6:45 a.m. / Obits
… ;amp; Grandpa Acorn. Last but not least her nephew Sawyer Hawkins. Dee's memorial will be held at Paul’s Funeral Chapel in Arcata on Saturday, Feb. 26th at 1 p.m. In lieu of flowers please make a donation …
THE ECONEWS REPORT: Is California’s Carbon Credit System a Failure?
The EcoNews Report / Feb. 19, 2022, 10 a.m. / Environment
THE CANNABIS CONVERSATION: Hill Life
Jesse Duncan / Feb. 19, 2022, 9 a.m. / Cannabis
(PHOTOS) Anybody Wanna Buy That 600-pound Predator Statue You Drive Past on Your Way to Target?
Stephanie McGeary / Feb. 18, 2022, 1:16 p.m. / Hardly News
Heroin, Meth, Weed, Prescription Pills, Mushrooms and Cache of Weapons Found in Arcata Home, Drug Task Force Says
LoCO Staff / Feb. 18, 2022, 11:49 a.m. / Crime
… H&S 11352(a) Transportation of heroin HS11359(b) Possession for sales of marijuana HS11378 Possession of methamphetamine for salesPC21810 Manufacture deadly weapon- Metal KnucklesHS11370.1 …
Out of the COVID Crisis, But California Is Still in a State of Emergency
Alexei Koseff / Feb. 18, 2022, 7:14 a.m. / COVID-19 and Humboldt
Cal State Chancellor Resigns After Criticism Over Handling of Sexual Assault Case
Mikhail Zinshteyn / Feb. 18, 2022, 6:56 a.m. / Sacramento
If UC Berkeley Must Cut 3,000 Students, Should It Spare Californians?
Mikhail Zinshteyn / Feb. 18, 2022, 6:44 a.m. / Sacramento
… and turn away out-of-state newcomers entirely. The upshot: Only about 1,000 Californians would lose a spot in Berkeley incoming fall 2022 class. Here’s the math: Without Seligman’s order, UC Berkeley …
OBITUARY: Dorothy Shaffer Scalvini, 1932-2022
LoCO Staff / Feb. 18, 2022, 6:39 a.m. / Obits
Arcata City Council Approves Long-Planned Old Arcata Road Improvement Project, Including Installation of Controversial Roundabout
Stephanie McGeary / Feb. 17, 2022, 3:18 p.m. / Local Government
… to his concern over the letter from Bayside Cares, Watson said that he did not feel he had adequate time to digest the 1,000-page EIR and complained that he was not granted enough access to staff to go …
‘SMARTER’: Newsom Administration Outlines Future Plans for COVID Management
Ana B. Ibarra and Kristen Hwang / Feb. 17, 2022, 3 p.m. / Sacramento
… in the early months of the pandemic prompted partnerships with UC labs and the rushed building of a $25-million lab. The Valencia Branch Laboratory’s $1.7-billion no-bid contract has yet to deliver on its lofty …
What if California’s Women on Boards Law Is Overturned?
Grace Gedye / Feb. 17, 2022, 2 p.m. / Sacramento
Rainy March Forecast to Ease Drought Conditions in Humboldt County After Dry Start to 2022
John Ross Ferrara / Feb. 17, 2022, 1:15 p.m. / How ‘Bout That Weather
MORE FENTANYL: After Brief Tussle, Fortuna Police Arrest Eureka Man on Suspicion of Narcotics Sales, Says FPD
LoCO Staff / Feb. 17, 2022, 12:59 p.m. / Crime
… , 69 PC-Preventing an officer from performing his duty using violence, 148(a)1 PC-Resisting arrest, 1203.2 PC- Violation of Probation, and the outstanding Felony Warrant. Additional charges will be filed …
Mills-Northeastern Merger a Sign of Challenges Facing Women’s Colleges
Juhi Doshi / Feb. 17, 2022, 9:50 a.m. / Sacramento
… as The Young Ladies Seminary in 1852. Northeastern University will be the name on all degrees awarded after June 30. Northeastern students will make up about half of the projected 1,000 students on the Mills …
OBITUARY: Chase Evan Kirtley, 1989-2022
LoCO Staff / Feb. 17, 2022, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: Suzanne Irene Richardson, 1950-2022
LoCO Staff / Feb. 17, 2022, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
California Eyes End to Medi-Cal Premiums for Children, Vulnerable Adults
Elizabeth Aguilera / Feb. 17, 2022, 6:10 a.m. / Sacramento
… are charged 1.5% of their annual household income, and working disabled adults pay between $20 and $350 a month, depending on their income and household size, according to the Department of Health Care Services …
‘Just Transition’ Bill for Oil Industry Workers Exposes Labor Rift
Jesse Bedayn / Feb. 17, 2022, 6:10 a.m. / Sacramento
… and Long Beach. And they fix pipes and repair machinery in refineries that convert 1.7 million barrels of crude into petroleum, such as Chevron’s refinery that looms over the city of Richmond. California has …
Eureka Gets a Look at the Road Work Coming Up Over the Next Several Months, Then Approves a Deal With a Police Auditing Firm
Isabella Vanderheiden / Feb. 16, 2022, 5:18 p.m. / Local Government
… Measure I, because we got a lot of wonderful things happening.” Measure H, which was passed by Eureka residents in 2020, enacted a 1.25% city sales tax to generate an estimated $9.6 million per year …
What’s on the Priority List for Top California Legislators?
Sameea Kamal / Feb. 16, 2022, 4:20 p.m. / Sacramento
… $1.8 million from the Labor sector since she was elected to the legislature. That represents 20 …
Beloved Local Activist Betty Chinn to Receive Honorary Doctorate from Cal Poly Humboldt
Ryan Burns / Feb. 16, 2022, 3:17 p.m. / Activism , Cal Poly Humboldt , Homelessness
Bear River Triple Murderer Gets 150-to-Life Sentence as Relatives of the Deceased Speak Their Truths; Killer Can Apply For Parole in 25 Years
Rhonda Parker / Feb. 16, 2022, 3:16 p.m. / Courts
Multiple Arrests at Fourth Street Eureka Motel Related to Fentanyl Trafficking Investigation
LoCO Staff / Feb. 16, 2022, 10:09 a.m. / Crime
… of fentanylH&S 11351 Possession of fentanyl for salesPC 182(a)(1) Conspiracy to commit a crimeJared Johnson was also found to be on parole for PC245- assault with a deadly weapon and was placed under …
WOULD YOUR SUMMER BE IMPROVED BY A SWEET POOCH?: Reduced Rate Adoptions at the Humboldt County Animal Shelter
LoCO Staff / Feb. 16, 2022, 9:37 a.m. / Animals
Eureka Woman Arrested on Suspicion of Trafficking A Rainbow of Fentanyl Into Humboldt
LoCO Staff / Feb. 16, 2022, 9:24 a.m. / Crime
Here, We Propose, is the New Rule: If a Worker is Wearing a Mask, Then You are Wearing a Mask
Hank Sims / Feb. 16, 2022, 7:42 a.m. / Opinion
OBITUARY: John Robert Winzler Sr., 1930-2021
LoCO Staff / Feb. 16, 2022, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
… and Hospice for your much needed care and helpFamily and friends and business associates are invited to attend a celebration of life, February 26, 2022 1-4 p.m. at the Ingomar Club in Eureka. Donations in John …
OBITUARY: Donna Ann Mitchell, 1940-2022
LoCO Staff / Feb. 16, 2022, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
… -nieces and -nephews. She truly was the best grandma, and she was our grandma. Donna's memorial service will be held at the Sapphire Palace in Blue Lake On March 5, 2022 from 1 to 4 p.m. We ask that masks be worn …
OBITUARY: Linda Rue Friend, 1957-2021
LoCO Staff / Feb. 16, 2022, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
