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Forever Chemicals: California Unveils Health Goals for Contaminated Drinking Water
Rachel Becker / July 23, 2021, 8:16 a.m. / Sacramento
… for negligible risk,” Delson said. The proposed targets are 0.007 nanograms per liter of water for perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), which was used to manufacture Teflon, and 1 nanogram …
OBITUARY: Elsie Francis Moore, 1921-2021
LoCO Staff / July 23, 2021, 7:44 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: Janice Hartman, 1952-2021
LoCO Staff / July 23, 2021, 7:24 a.m. / Obits
How to Help Protect Your School From Ransomware Attacks
Zayna Syed / July 23, 2021, 5:40 a.m. / Sacramento
… without a playbook for this new problem. Nearly 1,700 schools across the country were affected by ransomware attacks last year, according to New Zealand-based software company Emsisoft. In California …
SCOOTER CANNONBALL: Riders Roll into Eureka After Grueling 10-Day Race Across the Country
Stephanie McGeary / July 22, 2021, 4:08 p.m. / Culture
TACOS Y VACUNAS: Eureka Nonprofit Works to Ensure Latinx Residents are Comfortable Getting Vaccinated
Iridian Casarez / July 22, 2021, noon / COVID-19 and Humboldt
Arcata City Council Candidates Announced; Seven Qualifying Applicants Will Be Publicly Interviewed Next Week
Stephanie McGeary / July 22, 2021, 11:40 a.m. / Local Government
For 3.5 Million California Families, Jobs Don’t Cover High Cost of Living
Erika Paz / July 22, 2021, 6:10 a.m. / Sacramento
… is the cost of living so high in California? Child care and housing Housing costs are the primary burden for households who struggle to make ends meet, according to the report. About 4.1 million households …
Bullet Train Budget Battle: Should California Spend More on Urban Transit, Not High-Speed Rail?
Marissa Garcia / July 22, 2021, 6:10 a.m. / Sacramento
… , the Trump administration yanked $1 billion — funding that was only recently restored by President Biden. “We are going to bat at the federal level for the funding necessary to build this first …
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 …