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HOORAY! Humboldt Holiday Food Drive Collects Over $45,000 and 9,000 Pounds of Food for Food For People
LoCO Staff / Dec. 11, 2020, 3:12 p.m. / Community
Two Arrested, One at Large After Officers Spike-Strip Speeding Car at Richardson Grove and Find a Pound of Suspected Meth, CHP Says
LoCO Staff / Dec. 11, 2020, 1:56 p.m. / Crime
HACHR Blasts Eureka Council Majority in Wake of Last Night’s Decision; Vows to Keep Fighting; Says ‘The Time For Compromise is Over’
LoCO Staff / Dec. 11, 2020, 12:49 p.m. / News
… that HACHR has been uncooperative and non-compliant for the last 4 years. But the ordinance has only been in place since 2018, with the absence of quarterly reports only being an issue for 1 year, during …
High-Risk Inmates Aren’t Prioritized in State’s Early Releases
Byrhonda Lyons / Dec. 11, 2020, 12:20 p.m. / Sacramento
Eureka City Council Temporarily Bans Syringe Exchange Operated by HACHR
Stephanie McGeary / Dec. 11, 2020, 11:33 a.m. / Local Government
Fresno County Tracks COVID-19 Outbreaks at Workplaces. Why Keep It Secret?
Manuela Tobias / Dec. 11, 2020, 11:10 a.m. / Sacramento
… identical message in their work app inbox, according to dozens of screenshots Amazon employees have shared with The Bee. “We were recently notified that individuals who work at FAT1 has (sic) received …
COVID Tests Lagging: Slower Turnaround Times Creeping Back for Californians
Barbara Feder Ostrov / Dec. 11, 2020, 8:30 a.m. / Sacramento
… sites and hours and Californians flocked to get tested before Thanksgiving. The average turnaround time for test results has risen by 30% from the first week in November to the last week, or from 1 …
Midway Through Plagued First Term, Newsom’s Career Hits Make-Or-Break Point
Laurel Rosenhall / Dec. 11, 2020, 7 a.m. / Sacramento
… struggled to get unemployment payments from a state agency plagued by problems, including accusations that it paid at least $1 billion to crime rings involving prison inmates. Most schools remain shuttered …
OBITUARY: Dona ‘Marie’ Hough, 1937-2020
LoCO Staff / Dec. 11, 2020, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
… heaven with a shout…and the dead in Christ shall rise…” 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 There will be a private graveside service for family and a public memorial when COVID restrictions have eased.###The obituary …
OBITUARY: Donna ‘Bomba’ Elaine Willburn, 1947-2020
LoCO Staff / Dec. 11, 2020, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
Poor and Diverse Voters Fuel California’s Record Ballots Cast
Phillip Reese and Lewis Griswold / Dec. 10, 2020, 7:30 p.m. / Sacramento
How Votebeat Analyzed the Election Data
Phillip Reese / Dec. 10, 2020, 7:30 p.m. / Sacramento
… to be safe.”Her family and a couple other properly socially distanced friends have been playing some music recently, though. Weather permitting, they’ve been playing Dixieland jazz tunes most Sundays around 1 …
Deputy Health Officer Answers Questions on the COVID Outbreak at Granada and the Coming Vaccine
LoCO Staff / Dec. 10, 2020, 4:22 p.m. / COVID-19 and Humboldt
… completely understand that. This fits in more with phase 1B, and right now we’re in the very beginning here, phase 1A as it’s called by the CDC, is really going to focus on health care workers. To give …
IN WITH THE NEW! Arcata City Councilmembers Sworn in During Special Meeting Today
Stephanie McGeary / Dec. 10, 2020, 3:57 p.m. / Local Government
Trinidad May Reinstate a Moratorium on Short-Term Rentals at a Special Meeting Thursday Evening
Ryan Burns / Dec. 10, 2020, 3:45 p.m. / COVID-19 and Humboldt
(AUDIO) Local Experts Record Chorus of Humpback Whales Singing Same Song Off the Humboldt Coast
John Ross Ferrara / Dec. 10, 2020, 2:50 p.m. / Nature , Ocean , Wildlife
New Data Sheds Light on Parent Debt Burden for College Students
Mikhail Zinshteyn / Dec. 10, 2020, 2:40 p.m. / Sacramento
(PHOTOS) Local Artist Turns Humboldt Preschoolers’ Christmas Drawings Into Light-Up Displays to be Featured in Saturday’s Truckers’ Parade
Andrew Goff / Dec. 10, 2020, 1:44 p.m. / :) , Art , Community
Humboldt Bay Fire Recaps Flame-Filled Morning Along the South Eureka Shore
LoCO Staff / Dec. 10, 2020, 11:46 a.m. / Fire
Toys for Tots is Happening This Year, Despite COVID! Here’s What You Need to Know if Your Tot Needs a Toy, or If You Want to Give
Jacquelyn Opalach / Dec. 10, 2020, 10:07 a.m. / Our Culture
Early Morning Fire Breaks Out in Apartments Behind Chin’s Cafe
Hank Sims / Dec. 10, 2020, 9:16 a.m. / Fire
OP-ED: Path to Reconciliation for Native People in California Begins With Truth and Healing
Frankie Myers / Dec. 10, 2020, 7:05 a.m. / Guest Opinion
Playgrounds Stay Open: State Backtracks on Outdoor Play Area Ban
Elizabeth Aguilera / Dec. 10, 2020, 7 a.m. / Sacramento
Coronavirus Study: Lifting Eviction Moratoriums Leads to Higher COVID-19 Case Rates, Deaths
Laurence Du Sault / Dec. 10, 2020, 7 a.m. / Sacramento
… , we’re talking of a bunch of states losing those protections all at once and we’re talking of a phase of the pandemic where we’re getting 1 million cases a week.” The researchers noted …
OBITUARY: Walter Alexander ‘Alex’ Painter, 1963-2020
LoCO Staff / Dec. 10, 2020, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
To Spring Break or Not? California Colleges Weigh Options as Pandemic Worsens
LoCO Staff / Dec. 10, 2020, 6:20 a.m. / Sacramento
… days, more than 1,500 individuals signed a petition calling for the reinstatement of the traditional week-long spring break. Pitzer Student Senate President Becca Zimmerman helped organize …
‘A Curriculum That Empowers’: Virtual Roundtable Focuses on Need for Better Education Outcomes for Native Youth
Iridian Casarez / Dec. 9, 2020, 2:47 p.m. / Education
