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OBITUARY: Laurie Ann Jones, 1959-2020
LoCO Staff / Oct. 22, 2020, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
Arcata City Council to Consider Cap on Third Party Delivery Service Fees Charged to Restaurants During COVID-19
Stephanie McGeary / Oct. 21, 2020, 1:21 p.m. / Local Government
… , as a part of its Bar, Restaurants and Retail Support Program. Eureka’s ordinance subjects delivery companies in violation to a penalty fee of up to $1,000 per restaurant per day. ###In other business …
With the State’s Recycling Redemption Program in Shambles, Local Agencies Look to Develop a More Sustainable System
Ryan Burns / Oct. 21, 2020, 12:19 p.m. / Local Government
… traffic volumes.The state agency denied these requests and effectively gave HWMA an ultimatum: Reopen or face fines. And so, on Sept. 1, HWMA resumed its CRV buy-back program, only to shut down again two …
Human Remains Found on Garberville River Bar Earlier This Month Identified as 21-Year-Old Redding Woman
LoCO Staff / Oct. 21, 2020, 10:22 a.m. / Crime
Attorney General Becerra Takes Ballot Box Fight to Court
Michael Lozano / Oct. 21, 2020, 7:05 a.m. / Sacramento
Mutual Aid: When Neighbors Look to Each Other for Pandemic Relief
Orlando Mayorquin / Oct. 21, 2020, 7:05 a.m. / Sacramento
… provided over 1,000 meals to Riverside residents and raised over $5,200. Without an economic relief package from Sacramento or Washington D.C. in sight, and insufficient unemployment benefits for workers …
Good Policy or Ballot Blackmail? Union Takes Its Fights With Health Industry to Voters
Laurel Rosenhall / Oct. 21, 2020, 7:05 a.m. / Sacramento
OBITUARY: Barbara Deckert, 1942-2020
LoCO Staff / Oct. 21, 2020, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
… at Greenwood Cemetery - Redwood Chapel in Arcata. A viewing will be held from 12-1 p.m. Funeral services begin at 1:30 p.m. Flowers, photos and condolences can be sent to Greenwood Cemetery Arcata, CA 95521 …
(UPDATE) Health Department Orders the Alibi’s Restaurant to Shutter Due to a Broken Wastewater Disposal System
John Ross Ferrara / Oct. 20, 2020, 3:30 p.m. / Food
EUREKA CITY COUNCIL: Wiyot Land Acknowledgement, Affordable Housing on City-Owned Parking Lots, Police Chief Citizen Advisory Board All on Tonight’s Agenda
Stephanie McGeary / Oct. 20, 2020, 2:54 p.m. / Local Government
North Coast Tribes and Nonprofits Target Warren Buffett in Klamath River Day of Action
LoCO Staff / Oct. 20, 2020, 2 p.m. / Environment
Cause of Death Not Yet Determined for Local 38-Year-Old Man Who Had COVID-19, Sheriff Says
Ryan Burns / Oct. 20, 2020, 12:56 p.m. / COVID-19 and Humboldt
Arrest Warrant Issued For Former Humboldt Building Inspector Accused of Soliciting Bribes From Cannabis Growers
Rhonda Parker / Oct. 20, 2020, 9:36 a.m. / Courts
The ‘Speed of Trust’: California Wants Statewide Panel to Review Any COVID Vaccine
Ana B. Ibarra / Oct. 20, 2020, 7:14 a.m. / Sacramento
… officials to help plan for a large-scale rollout of a COVID-19 vaccine as early as Nov. 1. Some public health experts pushed back on the idea that a vaccine could be ready for safe distribution by then …
OBITUARY: Nonjua ‘Nonnie’ (Hesterlee) Ray, 1946-2020
LoCO Staff / Oct. 20, 2020, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: David Alexander Hayes, 1945-2020
LoCO Staff / Oct. 20, 2020, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: Robert Rose, 1940-2020
LoCO Staff / Oct. 20, 2020, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
(VIDEO) Serial Pumpkin Thefts Plague Arcata Porch; Man Caught Having Midnight Pumpkin Feast on Family’s Stoop
John Ross Ferrara / Oct. 19, 2020, 2:46 p.m. / Caught on Camera
MONDAYS WITH MICHAELE: Forest Escape
LoCO Staff / Oct. 19, 2020, 7:30 a.m. / Mondays With Michaele
Intrusive Drone Pilot Causes Firefighters to Temporarily Halt Water Drops Over Red Salmon Complex
LoCO Staff / Oct. 18, 2020, 10 a.m. / Fire
(AUDIO) HUMBOLDT HOLDING UP: A List! The Top 10 Movies Made in Humboldt*, According to Film Commission’s Cassandra Hesseltine and Nate Adams
LoCO Staff / Oct. 18, 2020, 7 a.m. / Humboldt Holding Up
GROWING OLD UNGRACEFULLY: The Time is Gone, The Song is Over
LoCO Staff / Oct. 18, 2020, 7 a.m. / Growing Old Ungracefully
Yurok Tribe Awarded $2.2 Million State Grant to House Homeless in Eureka Motel
LoCO Staff / Oct. 17, 2020, 10:13 a.m. / Homelessness , Tribes
… .This funding would provide $1.8 million in development and renovation, and $400,000 for operational support. The grant was formally announced in a press conference hosted by Governor Gavin Newsom today …
ECONEWS REPORT: Let’s Have Some Real Talk About the Green New Deal
The EcoNews Report / Oct. 17, 2020, 10 a.m. / Environment
OBITUARY: Ardene Catherine Shannon Janssen, 1931-2020
LoCO Staff / Oct. 17, 2020, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
Testing, Workplace Outbreaks, Staying in the Yellow: Humboldt County’s Health Officer Answers a Bumper Crop of COVID Questions in Today’s Media Availability
LoCO Staff / Oct. 16, 2020, 4:42 p.m. / Coastal Currents
Driver of Red Jeep That Struck Pedestrian During Eureka Protest Charged With Reckless Driving
LoCO Staff / Oct. 16, 2020, 1:28 p.m. / Crime
… .###PREVIOUSLY: Protesters Clash With Traffic, Demand Justice as They March Through Eureka, Demonstrating Against Racism and Police Brutality###UPDATE, 1:57 p.m.: According to the DA's office, the red jeep driver was Michael …
MEASURES B and I: Because of an Antiquated Clause in the State Constitution, Arcata and the County Have to Ask for Permission to Build More Affordable Housing
Stephanie McGeary / Oct. 16, 2020, 1:25 p.m. / Elections
… 1,500 people living unhoused in Humboldt County, more than double the previous count. And that number, Wade said, is likely an undercount. “We need housing badly,” Wade said in a phone interview …
(VIDEO) Gangly Teenage Nimrod Steals Biden Yard Sign, Trips, Gets Momentarily Spooked by Incoming Headlights
Hank Sims / Oct. 16, 2020, 11:18 a.m. / Crime
… . The purloined sign drops to the ground.[UPDATE, 1 p.m.: A tipster confirms what several eagle-eyed readers had supposed — namely, that the sign was secured by a cable to a immovable object. This means …
For Many Californians, the Pandemic Marks the End of ‘Barely Making It’
Laurence Du Sault / Oct. 16, 2020, 7:22 a.m. / Sacramento
… said: growing concentration of wealth, and government spending on social safety nets. In the Bay Area, the one-time federal check of $1,200 plus additional $500 per child barely made up one month …
