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Even While Courting Moderates on Voter ID, GOP Leaders Still Push Debunked Fraud Narrative
Nadia Lathan / May 20, 2026, 7 a.m. / Sacramento
… to erect new barriers.” Voter suppression concerns tank voter ID support If passed, as many as 1 million eligible voters could be kept from voting. Another 500,000 aren’t registered and don’t have …
What Are They Trying to Hide? California Lawmakers Kill Lobbying Transparency Bills
Ryan Sabalow / May 20, 2026, 7 a.m. / Sacramento
… they are most valuable. For instance, CalMatters asked for the letters the Assembly received from Jan. 1 to Feb. 10. The Assembly provided them earlier this month. By then, many of the bills had advanced …
OBITUARY: Patricia ‘Pat’ Ann Wilsey, 1940-2026
LoCO Staff / May 20, 2026, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
… and recipes on the computer. A celebration of life will be held on Sunday, May 31, 2026, at 1 p.m. at 1774 Van Eaton Avenue, McKinleyville, where Pat lived for the last five years enjoying the birds …
OBITUARY: Betty Anne Hanson, 1940-2026
LoCO Staff / May 20, 2026, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
BMW Driver Goes Too Fast, Crashes into Three Other Cars
LoCO Staff / May 19, 2026, 3:41 p.m. /
… abruptly closed, apparently due to financial problems. The café went from the city's 'Business of the Year' to shut down without notice in six years. On May 1, the popular Old Town shop …
SHOWTIME! Candidates for Fifth District Supervisor are Going Live Tonight on the KEET/League of Women Voters Forum
Hank Sims / May 19, 2026, 8:29 a.m. / Elections
California Community Colleges Crack Down on Fake Students Stealing Financial Aid
Adam Echelman / May 19, 2026, 7:04 a.m. / Sacramento
… January and March 2025, scammers stole nearly $5.6 million in federal student aid and over $900,000 in state aid. By comparison, this spring colleges have reported losing just under $1.5 million in federal …
COURT ROUNDUP: Jake Combs Found Guilty of First Degree Murder (Again); Woman Charged in Death of Her 19-Month-Old Daughter; School Threats Suspect Submits Mental Health Petition
Sage Alexander / May 18, 2026, 12:52 p.m. / Courts
Eureka Man Arrested on Charges of Sexual Assault of a Minor, Child Pornography, False Imprisonment and More
LoCO Staff / May 18, 2026, 12:47 p.m. / Crime
… of force, violence, duress PC 287(b)(2) – Oral copulation with a person under 16 PC 288(c)(1) – Lewd acts with a child PC 288.2 – Distribution of Child pornography PC 288.3 – Contacting a minor …
St. Joseph Health and the Attorney General’s Office are Still Trying to Reach a Settlement in Emergency Abortion Care Case
Ryan Burns / May 18, 2026, 9:52 a.m. / Courts
California’s ‘Groundbreaking’ Fast Food Council Lacks a Leader, Hasn’t Met in Over a Year
Levi Sumagaysay / May 18, 2026, 7:32 a.m. / Sacramento
$6 Gas and Refinery Fears Collide With California’s Climate Ambitions
Alejandro Lazo / May 18, 2026, 7:31 a.m. / Sacramento
… the credit by as much as $1.7 billion under the proposal. A separate, bipartisan group including Assemblymember David Alvarez, a Democrat, and Senator Suzette Valladares, a Republican, argues the purpose …
OBITUARY: George Woodrow Bell, 1940-2026
LoCO Staff / May 18, 2026, 7:06 a.m. / Obits
… First Covenant Church. A Celebration of Life will be held on Saturday, May 30 at 1 p.m. at First Covenant Church, 2526 J Street, Eureka, CA 95501. Service will also be live streamed on You …
LIT BIT: An Excerpt From ‘Alpha House,’ an East Bay Noir by Local Author David Andrew Lee
David Andrew Lee / May 17, 2026, 8 a.m. / LoCO Lit Bit
THE ECONEWS REPORT: Bring Back Our Grizzlies!
The EcoNews Report / May 16, 2026, 10 a.m. / Environment
HUMBOLDT HISTORY: Coasties on Horseback?!? Remembering That Time When the Exigencies of War Took Our Valiant Sailors Out of Their Watery Element and Plopped Them Onto the Backs of Steeds
Dan Hoff / May 16, 2026, 7:30 a.m. / History
OBITUARY: Winifred Angelica Beal, 1948-2026
LoCO Staff / May 16, 2026, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
… caregiver, Lenore Weber. A celebration of life will be held on May 30 at 1 p.m., at her favorite place, amongst the Pepperwood trees at Camp Idylwilde in the Bear River Valley, 4779 Upper Bear River …
OBITUARY: Ethel May (Brinker) Wilcox, 1934-2026
LoCO Staff / May 16, 2026, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
… and love to all. Per Ethel’s wishes, there is to be a viewing at Goble's Mortuary on May 30, from 9 to 11 a.m., to be followed with a graveside service at Sunrise Cemetery in Fortuna at 1 p.m. Please …
OBITUARY: Letha May Kirkpatrick, 1939-2026
LoCO Staff / May 16, 2026, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: Albert Wayne Beissert, 1941-2026
LoCO Staff / May 16, 2026, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
Cal Poly Humboldt is Closing the Plaza Campus Store
LoCO Staff / May 15, 2026, 10:33 a.m. / Cal Poly Humboldt
(VIDEO) HUMBOLDT OUTDOORS: One Team’s Grueling (Yet Glorious) Quest for the Kinetic Grand Championship
Isabella Vanderheiden / May 15, 2026, 10:30 a.m. / Humboldt Outdoors , Kinetic
Woman Charged with Homicide for Child’s Death After Remains Found in Blue Lake
LoCO Staff / May 15, 2026, 9:25 a.m. / Crime
California Governor Debate: Rivals Gang Up on Democratic Frontrunner Becerra
Jeanne Kuang / May 15, 2026, 7:16 a.m. / Sacramento
… to specifically endorse the other, the only realistic way for a Republican to win in blue California is for both Republicans to come in Nos. 1 and 2 and shut Democrats out of the general election. …
California Lawmakers Rush $25 Million to Hospitals Without Knowing Who Qualifies
Yue Stella Yu and Ana B. Ibarra / May 15, 2026, 7:16 a.m. / Sacramento
… eligible hospitals over until July 1, when the new fiscal year begins, said Sen. John Laird, a Santa Cruz Democrat who chairs the Senate Budget Committee and championed the funding bill. The measure, put …
OBITUARY: Paul M. Wilson, 1948-2026
LoCO Staff / May 15, 2026, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
Trump Officials Hit California With ‘Largest Ever’ Freeze on Medicaid Funds
Ana B. Ibarra / May 14, 2026, 4:31 p.m. / Sacramento
… is suspending $1.1 billion in Medicaid funding from California’s home health program over fraud concerns, a move that state health officials and health advocates say could harm hundreds of thousands of seniors …
‘Duane Flatmo Alley’ Proposal Moves Forward, This Time With the Alley Next to His Giant Mural
Sage Alexander / May 14, 2026, 4:25 p.m. / Government
Though Delayed by a Few Months, the U.S. 101-Sunset Avenue Interchange Project’s Construction Will Probably Begin Next Summer
Dezmond Remington / May 14, 2026, 2:28 p.m. / Infrastructure
… : $14.9 million from a US Department of Transportation RAISE grant, $2.5 million from Cal Poly Humboldt, and $1.25 million from Caltrans. The city will kick in somewhere around $200,000 from Measure G …