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Humboldt Correctional Deputy Seriously Injured by Combative Inmate Wielding Sharpened Pencil, Says HCSO
Andrew Goff / July 27, 2021, 3:17 p.m. / Crime
… with injury on a custodial officer (PC 243(c)(1)), battery on a peace officer (PC 243(c)(2)), battery with serious bodily injury (PC 243(d)), causing great bodily injury in commission of a felony (PC 12022 …
Fifty-Seven-Year-Old Man is Humboldt’s Latest Drowning Victim After Getting Swept Under by the Current in the Eel Near Holmes Flat
LoCO Staff / July 27, 2021, 9:32 a.m. / News
OBITUARY: Dianna Hope Melton, 1949-2021
LoCO Staff / July 27, 2021, 7:01 a.m. / Obits
… and friends are invited to attend a celebration of life for Dianna Melton “Mema” on Saturday, August 14, 2021 from 1 to 3 p.m. at 1748 Thelma Street in Fortuna.###The obituary above was submitted …
Podcast: A Closer Look at the Competing Interests of California’s Housing Crisis
CalMatters staff / July 26, 2021, 5 p.m. / Sacramento
Rancher Ray Christie’s Attorney Asks For Yet Another New Trial On Top of His Client’s Already Impending Retrial
Rhonda Parker / July 26, 2021, 3:21 p.m. / Courts
MISSING: Sheriff’s Office Seeking Northern Humboldt Man Who Disappeared After Borrowing Friend’s Car
LoCO Staff / July 26, 2021, 2:41 p.m. / Crime
… on July 11 at about 1 a.m. when he borrowed a friend’s vehicle to drive home. Wright failed to return the vehicle at the agreed upon time. The vehicle was later found unoccupied at Wright’s residence …
California Orders Vaccine or Testing for Health Care Workers, State Employees
Ana B. Ibarra / July 26, 2021, 11:54 a.m. / Sacramento
… cannot yet be vaccinated.About 5.3% of all COVID-19 tests are coming back positive as of today; about six weeks ago, the state reopened its economy with a positivity rate under 1%.Conversations around …
Woman Drowns in Trinity River After Getting Swept Under by the Current at Kimtu Beach
Ryan Burns / July 26, 2021, 10:50 a.m. / News
Child Dies Following Reported Medical Emergency at the Carson Mansion Pool
John Ross Ferrara / July 26, 2021, 10:30 a.m. / Emergencies
MONDAYS WITH MICHAELE: Relay For Life is Back!
LoCO Staff / July 26, 2021, 7:45 a.m. / Mondays With Michaele
Fired: California Bill Aims to Decertify Police for Serious Misconduct
Robert Lewis / July 26, 2021, 7:15 a.m. / Sacramento
Why Are Key California Affordable Housing Bills Bottled Up?
Manuela Tobias / July 26, 2021, 7:01 a.m. / Sacramento
OBITUARY: Joseph ‘Les’ Miranda, 1934-2021
LoCO Staff / July 26, 2021, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
… .Les will be laid to rest at San Joaquin National Cemetery in Santa Nella on Friday August 6, 2021 at 1 p.m. In lieu of flowers the family requests donations made to Disabled American Veterans (DAV …
OBITUARY: Barbara Jean Slade, 1931-2021
LoCO Staff / July 26, 2021, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
(AUDIO) HUMBOLDT HOLDING UP: A River May Soon Not Run Through It? Kayak and Fishing Guide Eric Stockwell On the Health of Humboldt’s Waterways
LoCO Staff / July 25, 2021, 9 a.m. / Humboldt Holding Up
Homegrown Humboldt Fighter Orion Cosce to Compete in His First Official UFC Bout This Week
John Ross Ferrara / July 25, 2021, 8 a.m. / LoCO Sports!
GROWING OLD UNGRACEFULLY: July Trivia
Barry Evans / July 25, 2021, 7 a.m. / Growing Old Ungracefully
… to 1,048 feet elevation by the end of 2022, the lowest since it was filled in the 1930s. Any traveler who has suffered from chronic diarrhea (leading to potentially fatal dehydration) knows …
OBITUARY: Marlene Patenaude Hover, 1933-2021
LoCO Staff / July 25, 2021, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
… 95521 on August 14 at 1 p.m.. Please wear something bright and kooky in the spirit of Marlene. Masks will be required. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in Marlene's name to St. Alban's …
See Smoke in Your Air? It’s Moving in From the East
LoCO Staff / July 24, 2021, 1:40 p.m. / Fire
Boil-Water Advisory Issued for Klamath Community Services District Due to Violation of California Safe Drinking Water Act, Yurok Tribe Says
LoCO Staff / July 24, 2021, 11:30 a.m. / Public Safety
… these problems. We have offered nearly $1 million, plus staff time, to install a second drinking water tank and permanently increase storage capacity, but the KCSD Board of Directors refused our assistance …
ECONEWS REPORT: Charting a Course for Offshore Wind
The EcoNews Report / July 24, 2021, 10 a.m. / Environment
OBITUARY: Ramon Torres Delgado, 1941-2021
LoCO Staff / July 24, 2021, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
… at the same millsite, working for Georgia Pacific, Louisiana Pacific and finally retiring from Pacific Lumber in 2000. He was known as one of the #1 lumber graders in the Pacific Northwest and trained many …
OBITUARY: Charles L. Bean Jr., 1956-2021
LoCO Staff / July 24, 2021, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
… /celebration of life service at Eureka First Presbyterian Church in Eureka, California on Saturday, August 7, 2021 at 1 p.m. Anyone wishing to make a tax-deductible donation in Charlie’s memory may do so at: CICA181 …
(PHOTOS) Nordic Aquafarms Execs Lead Tour of the Corroding Remains of the Pulp Mill Property Where They Plan to Build a Big Land-Based Fish Farm
Ryan Burns / July 23, 2021, 5:01 p.m. / Business , Infrastructure
… water, which the Humboldt Bay Municipal Water District (HBMWD) has agreed to provide.Treated effluent — 12.5 million gallons per day — would get pumped out to the Pacific Ocean via an existing 1.55-mile …
MASKS BACK UP: Humboldt Public Health Joins 25 Other Counties to Recommend Masking Indoors, Regardless of Vaccination Status
LoCO Staff / July 23, 2021, 4:38 p.m. / COVID-19 and Humboldt
In Latest Audit Committee Meeting, Paz Dominguez Asks for Help and Gets It
Ryan Burns / July 23, 2021, 1:18 p.m. / Local Government
UC Students Turned a ‘Forever’ Tuition Hike Into a Five-Year Hike. Now What?
Mikhail Zinshteyn / July 23, 2021, 1:10 p.m. / Sacramento
… hike so that the system can raise more money to hire additional faculty. “The student-faculty ratios have gotten worse.” The UC Office of the President projects increased costs of $2.1 billion …
Public Health Urges Swimmers to Beware After Dog Dies, Person Sickened By Cyanobacteria on Local Rivers
LoCO Staff / July 23, 2021, 12:04 p.m. / Environment
(PHOTOS) WEED BUST BONANZA! Marijuana Enforcement Team Leads Multi-Agency Effort, Serving 23 Warrants at Grow Ops Illegally Diverting Water
LoCO Staff / July 23, 2021, 11:22 a.m. / Crime
… .The following statistics and photographs were recorded during these investigations.1. Redwood Creek WatershedOn July 19, 2021, teams served seven warrants on parcels in the Redwood Creek Watershed. During …
