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Cargo Vessel Loses Six Shipping Containers Overboard; Coast Guard Warns They May Still Be Floating Off the Humboldt County Coast
Ryan Burns / Dec. 2, 2020, 2:51 p.m. / News
… accidentally dumped six shipping containers overboard off the Humboldt County coast last week. | Image source.###Last Wednesday, shortly after 1 p.m., the Portuguese cargo vessel MSC ROMANE was chugging …
Calfire Is Getting Ready to Burn Up Some Kneeland
LoCO Staff / Dec. 2, 2020, 12:22 p.m. / Non-Emergencies
CDFW Warden Shoots Fortuna Family’s Puppy to Death in Front of 10-Year-Old on Thanksgiving; Warden Says the Dog Was Killing His Livestock
John Ross Ferrara / Dec. 2, 2020, 9 a.m. / Animals , Community
OBITUARY: Diane Brocco Clark, 1950-2020
LoCO Staff / Dec. 2, 2020, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
Dr. Frankovich’s Final Address on the Pandemic: ‘I’m Hopeful We Will Celebrate Its End Soon, and We’ll Celebrate it Together, All of Us’
Hank Sims / Dec. 1, 2020, 5:44 p.m. / COVID-19 and Humboldt
… up internally hugely as well, I think our lab had over 1,200 specimens last week that they received. And we continue to work on our regional testing partnership to increase testing further. Finally …
FINAL ELECTION RESULTS: Michelle Bushnell Seals Win Over Two-Term Incumbent Supervisor Estelle Fennell
Hank Sims / Dec. 1, 2020, 3:22 p.m. / Elections
Eureka Council Set to Give Interim City Manager Miles Slattery the Full-Fledged Gig
Ryan Burns / Dec. 1, 2020, 3:15 p.m. / Local Government
… sales tax with a 1.25 percent sales tax, Slattery said there should be more money for roads, public facilities, public safety and quality-of-life projects such as the Redwood Sky Walk at Sequoia Park …
Law Enforcement Seeking Woman and 3-Year-Old Who Went Missing After Serious Highway 101 Wreck Near Confusion Hill
Andrew Goff / Dec. 1, 2020, 2:01 p.m. / Traffic
Murder Trial Scheduled For Suspect in 2018 Arcata Bar Stabbing, Even Though Pandemic May End Up Delaying It
Rhonda Parker / Dec. 1, 2020, 11:41 a.m. / Courts
Eureka City Council Set to Finalize Agreement With Needle-Exchange Program, Clear Remaining Red Tape on Betty Chinn Trailer Village off South Broadway
Stephanie McGeary / Dec. 1, 2020, 10:38 a.m. / Local Government
How California Moved to the Future of Voting During a Pandemic
Michael Lozano / Dec. 1, 2020, 6:45 a.m. / Sacramento
… and needed less voting equipment. Nevada County’s registrar anticipated savings this year of $1 million before the pandemic hit. For the 2020 election cycle, counties found even greater relief: $18 million …
OBITUARY: Barney Strohm, 1926-2020
LoCO Staff / Dec. 1, 2020, 6:45 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: Cheryl Louise Hartman-Bender, 1945-2020
LoCO Staff / Dec. 1, 2020, 6:45 a.m. / Obits
BREAKING: State Won’t Pursue Charges in Corruption Investigation Into Humboldt County Coroner-Public Administrator Bureau
Ryan Burns / Nov. 30, 2020, 4:13 p.m. / News
… by a $1,000 fine, imprisonment of up to a year or both. The practice dated at least as far back as 2013. District Attorney Maggie Fleming launched her own investigation into the matter, though she …
Can Gov. Newsom Use the Pandemic to Beat Back Homelessness?
Matt Levin / Nov. 30, 2020, 1:46 p.m. / Sacramento
COVID-19 Infections Hit Record High in California Prisons
Byrhonda Lyons / Nov. 30, 2020, 12:37 p.m. / Sacramento
… ’s unclear if any of the infected inmates were state prisoners. San Joaquin County has a similar problem. On Oct. 31, the county jail reported a little over 1,500 inmates, its highest inmate population …
Bodies of Two Previously Missing Persons Discovered in Remote Part of Northern Mendocino County
LoCO Staff / Nov. 30, 2020, 12:10 p.m. / Crime
Video Captures Unidentified Bozos Illegally Dumping a Truckload of Garbage Near Manila
Ryan Burns / Nov. 30, 2020, 11:31 a.m. / Crime
… . Photos courtesy Manila resident.###UPDATE, 1:25 p.m.: Halstead sent along the following post-cleanup photo, and she said the sign has since been straightened. …
Man Arrested in Loleta on Firearm, Drug Charges
LoCO Staff / Nov. 30, 2020, 10:25 a.m. / Crime
… felon in possession of a firearm (PC 29800(a)), person prohibited in possession of ammunition (PC 30305(a)), possession of a controlled substance while armed (HS 11370.1(a)), possession of a narcotic …
MONDAYS WITH MICHAELE: Back in the Backyard!
LoCO Staff / Nov. 30, 2020, 8 a.m. / Mondays With Michaele
GROWING OLD UNGRACEFULLY: Bad News, Good News
Barry Evans / Nov. 29, 2020, 9:50 a.m. / Growing Old Ungracefully
… news comes in three parts: (1) the vaccine seems to be stable for six months at normal fridge temperatures; (2) AstraZeneca claims it can deliver three billion doses by the end of 2021 (exceeding Pfizer …
(AUDIO) HUMBOLDT HOLDING UP: Better Know a New Eureka City Councilmember, Kati Moulton Edition
LoCO Staff / Nov. 29, 2020, 7:15 a.m. / Humboldt Holding Up
Stars Hamburgers in Arcata Closed After Employee Tests Positive for COVID-19
Stephanie McGeary / Nov. 28, 2020, 1:30 p.m. / COVID-19 and Humboldt , Food
… last week. Wildflower has already reopened its doors after all employees tested negative, and Salt recently posted plans to reopen for outdoor service on December 1. Earlier this month, Septentrio Winery …
OBITUARY: Burt Hoyle, 1919-2020
LoCO Staff / Nov. 27, 2020, 6:58 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: Gloria Thompson, 1939-2020
LoCO Staff / Nov. 27, 2020, 6:58 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: Richard Henry Anderson, 1975-2020
LoCO Staff / Nov. 27, 2020, 6:45 a.m. / Obits
(VIDEO) Thanksgiving Day Fire Causes $100,000 in Damages to Eureka Home, Humboldt Bay Fire Says
LoCO Staff / Nov. 26, 2020, 3:58 p.m. / Fire
