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OBITUARY: Jerald Bryant, 1958-2021
LoCO Staff / April 25, 2021, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
Seascape Restaurant Closed due to COVID ‘Superspreader Event’; Recent Guests Asked to Get Tested
LoCO Staff / April 24, 2021, 5:03 p.m. / COVID-19 and Humboldt
(PHOTOS) Volunteers Spruce Up Old Town During Community Cleanup and ‘Project Eureka’ Events
Stephanie McGeary / April 24, 2021, 3:30 p.m. / Community
… community and wanted to do something to brighten things up.” Castellano said she is also working with Eureka’s Community Services department to do a cleanup of Wabash next Saturday, May 1. Though that cleanup …
ECONEWS REPORT: Sea Level Rise – Is California Doomed?
LoCO Staff / April 24, 2021, 10 a.m. / Environment
OBITUARY: Earl Leroy Moranda, 1937-2021
LoCO Staff / April 24, 2021, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: Shirley Jean Miner, 1934-2021
LoCO Staff / April 24, 2021, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: Fayrene Joyce Dockins Peters, 1935-2021
LoCO Staff / April 24, 2021, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
Podcast: The Push for Police Reform in California
CalMatters staff / April 23, 2021, 6 p.m. / Sacramento
Battered, Burned but Alive: Time Will Heal Park’s Wounds, but It Needs Big Money, Too
Julie Cart / April 23, 2021, 5 p.m. / Sacramento
Planning Commission Approves Sun Valley’s 8-Acre Weed Farm in the Arcata Bottoms, a Crucial Step Forward for the County’s Largest Cannabis Cultivation Project
Hank Sims / April 23, 2021, 3:47 p.m. / Cannabis , Local Government
Local COVID ‘Superspreader Event’ Linked to Eureka Pentecostal Church
Ryan Burns / April 23, 2021, 3:03 p.m. / News
… says, “With churches and regulations being at only 25 percent [capacity] as of this moment, we are only going to allow 1,200 registrants in per service.” He also says, “All safety …
Newsom Orders Ban on New Oil Fracking by 2024
Rachel Becker and Laurel Rosenhall / April 23, 2021, 12:30 p.m. / Sacramento
One Arrested After Meth, Fentanyl, Firearm Discovered in McK Raid, Drug Task Force Says
LoCO Staff / April 23, 2021, 12:26 p.m. / Crime
… correctional deputies located approx. $5,000 cash and 20 additional M-30 Fentanyl pills hidden inside Bryan’s shirt. Bryan was booked for the following charges: H&S 11370.1 Possession …
Humboldt County Receives Grant to Develop Water Management Plan to Finally Deliver the Trinity River Flow We’re Due
LoCO Staff / April 23, 2021, 11:39 a.m. / Government , Tribes
… Quality, Supply, and Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2014 (Proposition 1) which was approved by California voters in November, 2014. Humboldt County will collaborate with tribes and state and federal …
County Declares No Significant Environmental Impact for Proposed Samoa Fish Farm; Will Receive Comments, Critiques Through May 24
LoCO Staff / April 23, 2021, 11:25 a.m. / Business
Someone Broke Into an Orick Gas Station to Turn on the Pump So They Could Steal Gas … But Who?
LoCO Staff / April 23, 2021, 9:26 a.m. / Crime
Expanding Cal Grant Would Help a Quarter Million Older Students — and Cost Hundreds of Millions More Dollars
Mikhail Zinshteyn / April 23, 2021, 7:09 a.m. / Sacramento
… is long overdue. The $1,656 a year a Cal Grant gives community college students would have been meaningful for Kodur. When he was attending Reedley College in Fresno County in 2014-15, Kodur tried …
More Than 2 Million Missing Stimulus Checks
Nigel Duara / April 23, 2021, 7:05 a.m. / Sacramento
… are missing their stimulus checks, they had one goal: help residents file tax returns so they can claim the latest round of $1,400 stimulus payments. There are 8.8 million Californians receiving state …
OBITUARY: Jean Register Turner, 1928-2021
LoCO Staff / April 23, 2021, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
Driver of Semi-Truck Strikes Pedestrian on Broadway in Eureka, Causing Serious Injuries
LoCO Staff / April 22, 2021, 4:58 p.m. / News
CSU Will Likely Require All Students, Staff and Faculty to be Vaccinated Before Using Campus Facilities, Humboldt State Announces
LoCO Staff / April 22, 2021, 1:31 p.m. / COVID-19 and Humboldt
(PHOTOS/VIDEO) At the Cannabis Lounge: Papa and Barkley Social Set to Open in Eureka Next Month
Andrew Goff / April 22, 2021, noon / Cannabis
Man Assaulted and Robbed After Falling Asleep in His Vehicle in McKinleyville, Sheriff’s Office Says
LoCO Staff / April 22, 2021, 9:37 a.m. / Crime
… . The suspects stole personal belongings from the victim and then reportedly fled the area in a white SUV. The suspects are described as follows:Suspect #1: A white male adult, approximately 5 …
Eureka Man Arrested, Suspected of Trafficking Fentanyl Into Humboldt From Bay Area
LoCO Staff / April 22, 2021, 8:27 a.m. / Crime
… agents located approx. 1.5 ounces of Fentanyl and a replica handgun in the vehicle. Jones was currently out of jail on bail for a previous arrest. Jones was arrested and booked at the Humboldt County Jail …
Washington Man Arrested for Allegedly Driving Boat Under the Influence in Humboldt Bay Marina After Crashing Into Another Vessel, Piling
John Ross Ferrara / April 22, 2021, 7:55 a.m. / Crime
State’s ‘MyTurn’ Website Bypassed for Most Vaccine Appointments
Barbara Feder Ostrov / April 22, 2021, 7 a.m. / Sacramento
Bonta Vows as California’s Top Cop He’d Be Tougher on Policing
Robert Lewis / April 22, 2021, 7 a.m. / Sacramento
… the Assembly hearing. That Assembly committee moved his nomination forward on an 8-1 vote; two Republicans voted with the Democrat majority, and one — Megan Dahle from Bieber — opposed him. The Senate …
OBITUARY: Taos Proctor, 1981-2021
LoCO Staff / April 22, 2021, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
The City of Arcata Wonders: Should Papa Murphy’s and Chester’s Chicken Really be Considered ‘Formula Restaurants’?
Stephanie McGeary / April 21, 2021, 3:51 p.m. / Food , Local Government
King Salmon Stabbing Suspect Booked for Attempted Murder; One Child Airlifted to Out-of-Area Hospital Due to Severity of Injury
LoCO Staff / April 21, 2021, 2:14 p.m. / Crime
… to this morning’s stabbing investigation. Leen was booked into the facility on charges of attempted murder (PC 664/187(a)), assault with a deadly weapon other than a firearm (PC 245(a)(1))& …