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OBITUARY: William Marshall Sellman, 1950-2026

LoCO Staff / Jan. 20, 2026, 8:01 a.m. / Obits



… on the bay.” Economic activities, like seafood harvesting and tourism, related to California’s coast brings in $1.7 trillion a year annually, Huffman claimed. Allowing offshore drilling would only increase …





THE ECONEWS REPORT: Climate Action Theatre

The EcoNews Report / Jan. 17, 2026, 10 a.m. / Environment





OBITUARY: Leonard (Lenny) Eugene Abbott, 1961-2025

LoCO Staff / Jan. 17, 2026, 6:56 a.m. / Obits





… a little later in the day. They’re crowding it this January, collectively spending hundreds of hours grinding out laps less than a fifth of a mile long. The record is 1,067. (As of publication. No, that …



California Counties Must Jump Through New Hoops to Get Homelessness Funds

Marisa Kendall and Ben Christopher / Jan. 16, 2026, 7 a.m. / Sacramento

… in a row, the state awarded $1 billion a year to be divvied up between counties, big cities and federally-recognized regional homelessness funding groups known as Continuums of Care. Each round of funding …



… to tech and AI workers interested in whistleblowing. A California law that went into effect January 1 protects whistleblowers inside AI companies but only if they work on catastrophic risk that can kill …



OBITUARY: Suanna Rowell (Bonhote), 1947-2026

LoCO Staff / Jan. 16, 2026, 6:56 a.m. / Obits









… at about 12:20 p.m., and leave the coastline just south of Shelter Cove at about 1:40 p.m. The plane’s loudspeaker system will announce that the flight is a test of the Civil Air Patrol’s public address …



The Fight Over How to Pay for Medi-Cal Puts Pressure on Newsom to Raise Taxes

Maya C. Miller and Jeanne Kuang / Jan. 15, 2026, 7:46 a.m. / Sacramento

… in the future to 1.8 million. His administration has said the state simply doesn’t have the money to pay for coverage for people who are booted off the program due to new federal laws. One union, the Service …





OBITUARY: Donald Edward Metaxas, 1937-2025

LoCO Staff / Jan. 15, 2026, 6:56 a.m. / Obits

… OBITUARY: Donald Edward Metaxas, 1937-2025 Donald Edward MetaxasDecember 1, 1937-December 31, 2025 Don was born in Fort Bragg on December 1, 1937, the third child of Harry and Carol …









… by a recidivism rate of less than 3% — meaning 97% of prisoners paroled never reoffend. Less than 1% return for crimes involving violence against another person. Over the last decade or so, California …



… the Senate Housing Committee by an 8-1 vote last week and heads to the Senate Appropriations Committee next week. Lawmakers are seeking to put the measure on the June primary ballot, which would require …



OBITUARY: Stephanie Farmer Witzel, 1952-2026

LoCO Staff / Jan. 14, 2026, 6:56 a.m. / Obits



OBITUARY: Alan Ramon Walters, 1968-2025

LoCO Staff / Jan. 14, 2026, 6:56 a.m. / Obits



OBITUARY: Ona Darlene O’Neal, 1933-2026

LoCO Staff / Jan. 14, 2026, 6:56 a.m. / Obits



Fortuna Seniors Say Mobile Home Park Ordinance Needs Work

Dezmond Remington / Jan. 13, 2026, 4:25 p.m. / Activism



… with DHHS, explained that the county received about $1.2 million in HUD CoC funds for the one-year period from last October through this September. These are the funds that pay for permanent supportive …