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Eureka Target Employees Dispute Company’s Claims About Safety Precautions Following COVID Case
Ryan Burns / April 21, 2020, 4:15 p.m. / COVID-19 and Humboldt
(VIDEO) Sheriff Honsal Talks About (Slowly) Reopening the Economy in His Latest Round of Responses to Reporters’ Questions
Hank Sims / April 21, 2020, 4:14 p.m. / COVID-19 and Humboldt
… and keep themselves and others safe. Has it been hard to acquire that gear? (1:10) Yes. Even though a lot of protective gear is being reserved for first responders, it's still hard to get hold of …
HSU Club Organizing Video Game Tournament With Local High School Students to Help Fight COVID-Caused Boredom
John Ross Ferrara / April 21, 2020, 3:55 p.m. / COVID-19 and Humboldt , HSU , Labor , LoCO Sports!
… tournament, where four high school students will be paired with one HSU student in teams of five to compete for the tournament championship and a prize of 1,380 RP (League of Legends in-game currency). PC …
Humboldt Hero Sara Bareilles Sends Home Love, Hope and Money to Help Us Through the Crisis
LoCO Staff / April 21, 2020, 1:52 p.m. / COVID-19 and Humboldt
(VIDEO) Burglar Steals Coin Machine From Funky Monkey Pizza Restaurant in Fortuna, Tells Owner to Keep the Change
John Ross Ferrara / April 21, 2020, 1 p.m. / Crime
Some Arcata Marsh Trails Are Now One-Way to Help You Stay Six Feet Apart From Other Humans
Stephanie McGeary / April 21, 2020, 12:43 p.m. / COVID-19 and Humboldt , Local Government , Nature
Confined and In Conflict? Humboldt Mediation Services is Offering Help Via Videoconferencing During Shut-In
Ryan Burns / April 21, 2020, 11:19 a.m. / COVID-19 and Humboldt
(VIDEO) Supervisor Mike Wilson Recruits Friends for Quarantine Singalong ‘Alone Together’
Ryan Burns / April 21, 2020, 10:35 a.m. / COVID-19 and Humboldt
… ’s a link:https://m.youtube.com/watch?fbclid=IwAR2yZXTsDhVdAKDgCpAtzLga2rb-mjdCB1FTjS0t2vvvFXaUCUomzjwPjtg&v=JkzB3PX1EEE&feature=youtu.beJohn Elliott (www.thehereafterishere.com), Nigella Baur …
Fortuna City Council Gets New Land for Police Headquarters, Eyes Street Upgrades, Talks COVID Reopening
Freddy Brewster / April 21, 2020, 7:18 a.m. / Government
… the construction bid to RAO Construction for those road improvements, City Manager Merritt Perry said Fortuna received four bids for the project. Those four bids ranged from $630,085.50 to a little over $1 million …
At California’s Capitol, Lawmakers Want Information; Protesters Want to End Coronavirus Stay-At-Home
Laurel Rosenhall / April 21, 2020, 6:54 a.m. / Sacramento
… a day May 1st. What’s the number we need to return to some sort of more normalcy?” asked Ting, a San Franciso Democrat. “Is it 100,000? Is it 50,000? Is it a million? What is it?” The response from Marko …
Not Enough Patients: Health Clinics Struggle to Stay Open
Erica Hellerstein / April 21, 2020, 6:54 a.m. / Sacramento
… of the California Primary Care Association. There are about 1,300 community clinics and health centers (CCHCs) across California serving more than 7 million patients annually — nearly one-sixth of the state …
Predicting a Pandemic’s Path: What Models Can and Can’t Do
Barbara Feder Ostrov / April 21, 2020, 6:54 a.m. / Sacramento
OBITUARY: Freida Bannister, 1941-2020
LoCO Staff / April 21, 2020, 6:24 a.m. / Obits
(VIDEO) How is Humboldt’s Mental Health in the COVID-Era? Humboldt’s Behavioral Health Director Has Answers
Andrew Goff / April 20, 2020, 6 p.m. / COVID-19 and Humboldt
… available for all confirmed cases:• Contact to a Known Case: 23• Travel-Acquired: 20• Community Transmission: 8• Under Investigation: 1For the most recent COVID-19 …
All But Five of Humboldt’s 52 Confirmed COVID-19 Cases Have Recovered, Says County’s Joint Information Center
Hank Sims / April 20, 2020, 5:48 p.m. / COVID-19 and Humboldt
An Employee at Eureka Target Tested Positive for COVID-19; Worker Had No Contact With Customers, Public Health Says
Ryan Burns / April 20, 2020, 5:36 p.m. / COVID-19 and Humboldt
Sheriff’s Office Looking For Two Dudes in a Prius Who Allegedly Shot Random People With a BB Gun Friday Evening
LoCO Staff / April 20, 2020, 5:01 p.m. / Crime
420 LIVE! G. Love and (Allegedly) Don Carlos Are Playing a Live 4/20 Zoom Show for Like 15 Many, Many, Many Humboldt County Growers and Others
LoCO Staff / April 20, 2020, 4:20 p.m. / Weed Socialite
Man Arrested for Arson in Connection With Willow Creek Ace Hardware Fire
LoCO Staff / April 20, 2020, 3:45 p.m. / Crime
… )), felony vandalism (PC 594(b)(1)) and revocation of probation (PC 1203.2(a)). His bail is set at $75,000.Anyone with information about this case or related criminal activity is encouraged to call …
Eureka City Council Poised to Approve Emergency Homeless Shelter to be Run by Betty Chinn Foundation
Stephanie McGeary / April 20, 2020, 2:35 p.m. / Homelessness , Local Government
McGuire Named to Special State Senate Committee to Review California’s Coronavirus Response
LoCO Staff / April 20, 2020, 11:44 a.m. / Sacramento
Sheriff’s Office Investigating Early Morning Stabbing in Cutten
LoCO Staff / April 20, 2020, 10:59 a.m. / Crime
… Sheriff's Office Investigating Early Morning Stabbing in Cutten Press release from the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office: On April 20, 2020, at about 1:30 a.m., Humboldt County Sheriff …
Local Paramedic Featured on Today Show as One of Their #TodayHeroes
Freddy Brewster / April 20, 2020, 10:25 a.m. / :)
Newsom: Cities Blocking Hotels for Homeless Will Be ‘Judged’ by History
Matt Levin / April 20, 2020, 10:07 a.m. / Sacramento
… for the disease had ticked up 1.3%. The number being treated in intensive care units was little changed.###CALmatters.org is a nonprofit, nonpartisan media venture explaining California policies and politics. …
Lumberjack-Turned-NFL-Guard’s Idea to Support Businesses While Donating to the Needy Sparks Charitable Chain Reaction Inside Buccaneers Organization
John Ross Ferrara / April 20, 2020, 9:45 a.m. / LoCO Sports!
MONDAYS WITH MICHAELE: Rocks Rock!
LoCO Staff / April 20, 2020, 6:46 a.m. / Mondays With Michaele
(VIDEO) That Low-Flying Helicopter is Helping With Construction at the Humboldt County Courthouse
LoCO Staff / April 19, 2020, 9 a.m. / Government , Helicopters
(AUDIO) HUMBOLDT HOLDING UP: Arcata City Councilmember Misses Hugs, Adds Kale to Mac and Cheese to Make it More Palatable
LoCO Staff / April 19, 2020, 8:55 a.m. / Humboldt Holding Up
GROWING OLD UNGRACEFULLY: Shuttle
Barry Evans / April 19, 2020, 7 a.m. / Growing Old Ungracefully
… remembering, that way we can avoid doing the same dumb stuff over and over. Back on the savannah, c. 1,000,000 years ago, a few bad decisions and it was game over. Good decisions? Yeah, they felt great …