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OBITUARY: Gloria Ann Allen (Benson), 1937-2026
LoCO Staff / March 5, 2026, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: Gail Fleming Turner, 1947-2025
LoCO Staff / March 5, 2026, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
Eureka Police Make Meth Sales Arrest Pursuant to OPERATION GATEWAY 101
LoCO Staff / March 4, 2026, 5 p.m. / Crime
CAKEWALK? Two County Supervisor Candidates (One Incumbent and One Newcomer) Are Running Unopposed as the Filing Deadline Fast Approaches
Ryan Burns / March 4, 2026, 4:45 p.m. / Elections
Eureka Police Department Launches New Initiative to Improve Safety, Reduce Blight Along Hwy. 101
Isabella Vanderheiden / March 4, 2026, 4:24 p.m. / Local Government
Cal Poly Humboldt Cut Ties With Racial Equity Program Amid Federal Investigation
Sage Alexander / March 4, 2026, 2:39 p.m. / Cal Poly Humboldt
‘Shocking’: What Supreme Court Ruling on Transgender Policy Means for California Students
Carolyn Jones / March 4, 2026, 7:53 a.m. / Sacramento
For California Democrats, Single-Payer Health Care Is Back. Voters Have Heard It Before
Jeanne Kuang / March 4, 2026, 7:49 a.m. / Sacramento
… peril from Trump administration cuts. More than 500,000 Californians are expected to lose Medi-Cal coverage this year, rising to 1.8 million in the future, and hundreds of thousands of others are expected …
OBITUARY: Roxanne Burgess, 1953-2026
LoCO Staff / March 4, 2026, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
… churches’ services.Roxy always valued learning new things and enjoying the experiences life brought. This outlook took her on many adventures with children and friends, like trips to NASCAR and Formula 1 …
OBITUARY: Matthew Robert Painter, 1948-2026
LoCO Staff / March 4, 2026, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: Janis Sue Anderson, 1938-2026
LoCO Staff / March 4, 2026, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
Eureka’s Lamplighter Inn Shuttered Indefinitely After Two Mysterious Deaths
Isabella Vanderheiden / March 3, 2026, 5:14 p.m. / News
TODAY in SUPES: Board Gets an Earful on Felled Old Growth, Tinkers Again With Tobacco Retail Ordinance and Revisits Code of Conduct Complaint Procedures
Ryan Burns / March 3, 2026, 4:31 p.m. / Local Government
Coastal Commission to Officially Deny Eureka’s Marina Center Application
Sage Alexander / March 3, 2026, 3:06 p.m. / Environment
DESPERATE SCAMMERS: New Online Scam Hypertargets People Who Have Applied to Serve on the McKinleyville Municipal Advisory Committee
LoCO Staff / March 3, 2026, 2:49 p.m. / Crime
Arcata Residents Sure Do Like Their Roads
Dezmond Remington / March 3, 2026, 2:33 p.m. /
Are YOU Going to Run for Elected Office in Eureka, or Serve on One of The City’s Committees or Commissions? Well, Then, You’re Going to Want to Be At This Meeting, Won’t You?
LoCO Staff / March 3, 2026, 2:24 p.m. / Local Government
… . The workshop will be held in the Council Chambers, 531 K Street.This workshop is designed for residents who are considering:Running for the office of Mayor or Council Wards 1, 3 & 5 in the November 2026 …
The City of Fortuna Will Return 236 Acres of Land to the Wiyot Tribe
Isabella Vanderheiden / March 3, 2026, 11:31 a.m. / Local Government , Tribes
… River.” A digital rendering of the proposed park layout for the 7.2-acre parcel. | Image: City of FortunaNilsen noted that the city has already secured $1.9 million in funding through …
Co-Founder of Shuttered Arcata Tea Business Faces Abuse Allegations
Sage Alexander / March 3, 2026, 7:23 a.m. / Business
… interested in forming a kind of successor to “The Thing,” a since-closed event space on the Arcata Plaza that offered ecstatic dancing nights. UniTea opened Feb. 1, 2025, and had closed by the end of November …
California’s Fire Safety Regulators Are Finally Out With a ‘Single Stair’ Report. They Don’t Love the Idea
Ben Christopher / March 3, 2026, 7:13 a.m. / Sacramento
… ’s building code would remain out of step with much of the world. The report is more than two months tardy, missing the January 1 deadline set by a 2023 bill authored by Milpitas Democratic Assemblymember …
These Public Documents Are Hidden From View. Two California Lawmakers Want to Change That
Ryan Sabalow / March 3, 2026, 7:04 a.m. / Sacramento
OBITUARY: Ward Michael Falor, 1951-2025
LoCO Staff / March 3, 2026, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
… us at the Blue Lake Fire Hall on March 14, 2026 at 1 p.m. to celebrate Mike and to hear more stories of his life. Preceding the memorial, starting in Blue Lake, there will be Mike's final …
OBITUARY: Harlan Raymond Lawler, 1948-2026
LoCO Staff / March 3, 2026, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
Humboldt Named a ‘CARE Court Champion’ by Gov. Gavin Newsom, Awarded $3.1 Million in State Funds to Expand Housing for the Homeless
Isabella Vanderheiden / March 2, 2026, 4:28 p.m. / Homelessness , Local Government
… Humboldt Named a 'CARE Court Champion' by Gov. Gavin Newsom, Awarded $3.1 Million in State Funds to Expand Housing for the Homeless Today's press briefing in Alameda …
Insurance Investigators Initiate Inspection
Dezmond Remington / March 2, 2026, 3:24 p.m. / Fire
Thirty-Year-Old Man Arrested After a High-Speed Chase is Brought to a Spike-Stripped Halt on Broadway This Morning
LoCO Staff / March 2, 2026, 1:48 p.m. / Crime
… 2800.2(a) – Evading a Peace Officer with Wanton Disregard for Safety • VC 2800.4(a) – Evading a Police Officer While Driving the Wrong Way • VC 14601(a) – Driving on a Suspended License • PC 148(a)(1 …
If You: A) Receive SNAP Benefits, and B) Lost Food Due to a Power Outage Last Month and C) Live in One of These Zip Codes, This Post is For You
LoCO Staff / March 2, 2026, 12:59 p.m. / Food
Two Months After the Arcata Fire, Dandar’s Lines Up a Temporary Location While Northtown Books Keeps Searching for a New Spot
Ryan Burns / March 2, 2026, 11:22 a.m. / Business
MILESTONE! The First North Coast Condors Have Built a Nest in an Old-Growth Redwood, and There Very Well May Be an Egg in It
LoCO Staff / March 2, 2026, 10:41 a.m. / Nature
… MILESTONE! The First North Coast Condors Have Built a Nest in an Old-Growth Redwood, and There Very Well May Be an Egg in It Condors A0 and A1 were close even as kids. Video: Yurok Tribe. ###Press …
(PHOTOS) I Saw the Shit Buckets. They Were Real. Inside Nelson Hall During the Occupation
Dezmond Remington / March 2, 2026, 9:41 a.m. / Activism
… as it possibly could be, and they wanted CPH to bite the hand that feeds it and throw its weight behind the skilled-labor arm of the Teamsters responsible for maintaining CSU campuses. Less than 1% of CPH’s $54 …
