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Marin County Assemblymember Damon Connolly Officially Joins Race to Succeed the Termed-Out Mike McGuire in the State Senate
Hank Sims / April 3, 2025, 11:41 a.m. / Sacramento
Humboldt Hill Family Displaced After Kitchen Fire at Spruce Point Trailer Park, Humboldt Bay Fire Says
LoCO Staff / April 3, 2025, 10:21 a.m. / Fire
Rural California, Reliant on the Trump Administration for Jobs, Braces for Cuts
Jeanne Kuang / April 3, 2025, 7:06 a.m. / Sacramento
… federal agencies employ far more people at offices in urban counties, they’re only responsible for 1-2% of the workforces there. “Things are magnified in a small community,” said Tonya Dowse, executive …
A ‘Missed Opportunity’: Does Newsom’s Plan to Get Californians Into Better Jobs Do Enough?
Adam Echelman / April 3, 2025, 7 a.m. / Sacramento
… , virtual records, she added: California’s mobile driver’s license pilot, which currently allows license holders to fly from certain airports or to buy liquor using a virtual ID. About 1.1 million people have …
OBITUARY: Ganasini Ananda Devi, 1954-2025
LoCO Staff / April 3, 2025, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
… celebration of life will take place at Beginnings, Inc. in Briceland on Saturday, April 26th at 1:00pm; all are welcome. If you’d like, bring a dish and something of honor (a picture, flowers, anything …
OBITUARY: Bobby Jay Ratzlaff, 1961-2025
LoCO Staff / April 3, 2025, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: Kelly Sanders Jenkins, 1962-2025
LoCO Staff / April 3, 2025, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: Jocelyn Ellen Schrum, 1940-2025
LoCO Staff / April 3, 2025, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
Eureka City Council Greenlights Women’s Residential Rehab Facility Planned for Henderson Center
Isabella Vanderheiden / April 2, 2025, 3:25 p.m. / Local Government
… would be considered a “Level 3.1” under the California Department of Development Services’ service level system, which ranks community care facilities on a scale of 1-4 according to the types of resources …
(UPDATED) Faculty Union Representative and University on the Program Cuts
Dezmond Remington / April 2, 2025, 1:56 p.m. / Cal Poly Humboldt
New Abortion Care Lawsuit Filed Against St. Joseph Hospital by the National Women’s Law Center
Ryan Burns / April 2, 2025, 1:15 p.m. / Courts , Health Care
… system accountable for violating California laws requiring hospitals to provide emergency abortion care without discrimination.Our LawsuitOn April 1, 2025, the National Women’s Law …
Xavier Becerra Jumps Into Crowded Race for California Governor
Alexei Koseff / April 2, 2025, 12:18 p.m. / Sacramento
… ,” Becerra told The New York Times. Becerra has more than $1.4 million left from an abandoned re-election bid for attorney general that he can use to launch his gubernatorial campaign. He will need to raise …
OBITUARY: Lurline Hatherill, 1929-2025
LoCO Staff / April 2, 2025, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: Dixie Lee Holder, 1963-2025
LoCO Staff / April 2, 2025, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
Cal Poly Humboldt Plans to Discontinue Several Majors, a Minor, and the Economics Program for this Fall
Dezmond Remington / April 1, 2025, 4:05 p.m. / Cal Poly Humboldt
Man Arrested With Large Quantities of Meth Following Report of Commercial Theft in McKinleyville, Sheriff’s Office Says
LoCO Staff / April 1, 2025, 1:28 p.m. / Crime
… Sheriff's Office: On March 28, 2025, around 1:40 p.m., a Humboldt County Sheriff’s Sergeant assigned to the McKinleyville area was dispatched to the report of a theft from a business located in the 1700 …
Democracy in the Dark: How California Lawmakers Are Trying to Shield Themselves From Public View
Sameea Kamal and Yue Stella Yu / April 1, 2025, 7:46 a.m. / Sacramento
OBITUARY: Josephine M. Ghilarducci, 1926-2025
LoCO Staff / April 1, 2025, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
… to celebrate Josephine’s life will follow these services at the Rio Dell Fire Hall from 1-4 p.m.Donations can be made to Rio Dell Volunteer Fire Department, 50 Center St., Rio Dell 95562 or a charity of your …
OBITUARY: James Arthur (‘Jim’) Smith, 1945-2025
LoCO Staff / April 1, 2025, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
[UPDATE: DECISION POSTPONED] College of the Redwoods Poised to Ditch ‘The Corsairs’ Mascot to Become ‘The Wolves’
Ryan Burns / March 31, 2025, 3:24 p.m. / Education
… [UPDATE: DECISION POSTPONED] College of the Redwoods Poised to Ditch 'The Corsairs' Mascot to Become 'The Wolves' File photo.UPDATE, April 1, 2025:Not so fast …
Man Engulfed In Flames During ‘Flare-Up’ at Scotia Power Plant
Ryan Burns / March 31, 2025, 10:17 a.m. / Breaking News
At a Packed Town Hall, Huffman Addresses the ‘Existential Threat to Democracy’ Posed by Trump and Responds to Critics of His Support for Israel
Ryan Burns / March 30, 2025, 5:33 p.m. / Government
(WATCH LIVE) Congressman Jared Huffman Faces Constituents in Eureka
Andrew Goff / March 30, 2025, 12:23 p.m. / Government
… at the Adorni Center on Sunday, where Jared Huffman is set to take center stage for a town hall meeting at 1 p.m. The congressman is expected to give constituents an update on how he sees the state of D …
LETTER from ANKARA: The Dawn of Something
James Tressler / March 30, 2025, 7 a.m. / Letter From Ankara
… arrest of the Istanbul mayor, the lira briefly fell to 40-1, before rebounding to about 35 – people say that the government sold a lot of dollars to help stabilize the currency. I could go on …
OBITUARY: Betty Jane Eberhardt, 1929-2025
LoCO Staff / March 30, 2025, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
McKinleyville’s Mary Burke Announces Run for Supervisor; Madrone to Step Away Next Year
LoCO Staff / March 29, 2025, 2:42 p.m. / Politics
THE ECONEWS REPORT: Celebrating Klamath Dam Removal Through Art
The EcoNews Report / March 29, 2025, 10 a.m. / Environment
HUMBOLDT HISTORY: The Ages and Bridges of Bridgeville, That Once-Promising Metropolis on the Banks of the Van Duzen
Jack L. Silvey / March 29, 2025, 7:30 a.m. / History
… for the newly acquired town seem grandiose at this time …He is planning to spend about $ 1.5 million the next year or so to turn the sleepy town into a throbbing re.sort area. Plans have been discussed …
[UPDATED] Humboldt County to Lose $1.2M in Lab Funding, Lay Off Seven Employees Due to the Trump Administration’s Cuts to State Health Services
Ryan Burns / March 28, 2025, 4:44 p.m. / Government , Health Care
… [UPDATED] Humboldt County to Lose $1.2M in Lab Funding, Lay Off Seven Employees Due to the Trump Administration's Cuts to State Health Services Humboldt County Public Health …
Flouting State Guidance, Blue Lake City Council Votes Not to Adopt Its Own Updated Housing Element
Ryan Burns / March 28, 2025, 1:15 p.m. / Local Government
