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A Trail in the Bottoms and Valley West Community Center Update — Last Night’s Arcata City Council Meeting
Dezmond Remington / Dec. 18, 2025, 11:57 a.m. / Cal Poly Humboldt , Government
Human Trafficking Investigation Prompts Raid on Cannabis Operation in Petrolia, Sheriff’s Office Says
LoCO Staff / Dec. 18, 2025, 11:29 a.m. / Crime
2,700 Acres Behind McKinleyville Community Forest Conserved; Green Diamond, Northcoast Regional Land Trust Sign Easement That Will Keep the Land for Sustainable Logging, Wildlife Habitat
LoCO Staff / Dec. 18, 2025, 11:17 a.m. / Environment
How Does Newsom’s New Mental Health Court Work? Here’s What Real People Involved Say
Marisa Kendall and Jocelyn Wiener / Dec. 18, 2025, 7:25 a.m. / Sacramento
… for privacy, looks out at the San Francisco Bay at Jack London Square, where he walks almost daily for exercise and because he enjoys looking at the water, in Oakland on Dec. 1, 2025. JM received housing …
CARE Court Was Created to Help California’s Toughest Homeless Cases. Why That’s Been So Hard
Marisa Kendall / Dec. 18, 2025, 7:17 a.m. / Sacramento
… at Jack London Square, where he walks almost daily for exercise and because he enjoys looking at the water, in Oakland on Dec. 1, 2025. JM received housing support through CARE Court and now lives within …
OBITUARY: John DeMatos, 1937-2025
LoCO Staff / Dec. 18, 2025, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: Shirley Elizabeth Sutton-Wight, 1944-2025
LoCO Staff / Dec. 18, 2025, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: Ellen Margarette Crump, 1929-2025
LoCO Staff / Dec. 18, 2025, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
Trump is About to Reclassify Cannabis, Easing Restrictions on Banking, Taxes and Research, According to Multiple News Outlets
Ryan Burns / Dec. 17, 2025, 1:30 p.m. / Cannabis
No More Gas in Orick! Shoreline Market to Close Jan. 1 as Yurok Tribe Firms Up Design Plans for Brand-New Fuel Mart
LoCO Staff / Dec. 17, 2025, 1:02 p.m. / Transportation , Tribes
… No More Gas in Orick! Shoreline Market to Close Jan. 1 as Yurok Tribe Firms Up Design Plans for Brand-New Fuel Mart RIP Shoreline Market. | Photo: Andrew GoffPREVIOUSLY: Yurok …
‘False Hope’: Why Families Who Celebrated California’s New Mental Health Court Feel Let Down by It
Jocelyn Wiener / Dec. 17, 2025, 7:17 a.m. / Sacramento
OBITUARY: Daniel Patrick Adams, 1991-2025
LoCO Staff / Dec. 17, 2025, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: Melinda Elaine Petersen, 1958-2025
LoCO Staff / Dec. 17, 2025, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
Humboldt County Supervisors Adopt Long-Awaited Climate Action Plan, Set Greenhouse Gas Emissions Threshold
Ryan Burns / Dec. 16, 2025, 4:23 p.m. / Local Government
… emitted roughly 1.5 million metric tons of carbon dioxide in 2022, according to Planner Megan Acevedo, with road transportation sources accounting for 73 percent of that. The second-highest contributor …
Tonight’s Eureka City Council Meeting Has Been Canceled
LoCO Staff / Dec. 16, 2025, 3:46 p.m. / Local Government
… in the community to lend a helping hand throughout the holiday season. To learn more about the Rotary Club of Eureka or to make a donation, visit www.rotary1.org. …
Republicans Ask Federal Court to Overturn California’s New Prop. 50 Maps
CalMatters staff / Dec. 16, 2025, 2:36 p.m. / Sacramento
More Adults Return to College in California as Inflation and Job Fears Rise
Adam Echelman / Dec. 16, 2025, 7:32 a.m. / Sacramento
OBITUARY: Richard George Kinney, 1938-2025
LoCO Staff / Dec. 16, 2025, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
(UPDATE) Pending Eviction, the Kinetic Sculpture Lab is Struggling to Find a Way Forward
Dezmond Remington / Dec. 15, 2025, 7:31 p.m. / Community , Kinetic , Kinetic Sculpture Racing
… , their chassis, the mind-boggling amount of tools and supplies that take up almost all of the floor space and stacks to the soaring ceiling — must be gone by January 1, 2026. It’s taken years to fill. Even on its …
Meet Your Next Humboldt County Planning Commissioner: Former Sheriff’s Investigator Todd Fulton Set to Replace Thomas Mulder as Supervisor Bushnell’s Second District Appointee
Ryan Burns / Dec. 15, 2025, 3:46 p.m. / Local Government
A Campground in Manila is Just One Possibility After Friends of the Dunes Secures $430K Grant Land Trust
Isabella Vanderheiden / Dec. 15, 2025, 1:45 p.m. / Environment
Sheriff’s Deputies Allegedly Find Homemade Explosive Device, Drugs, Guns and Ammo After Searching a Jeep ‘Associated With’ a Passenger on Probation
LoCO Staff / Dec. 15, 2025, 12:53 p.m. / Crime
… Sheriff's Office: On Dec. 13, 2025, at 1: 02 a.m., a Humboldt County Sheriff’s deputy was patrolling the area of Broadway St. and Sunset St., in Eureka when he observed a white Jeep Cherokee parked …
Humboldt County Elections Office Sends Blue Lake Voters Slightly Belated Ballot Info on Upcoming Recall Election
Ryan Burns / Dec. 15, 2025, 12:09 p.m. / Elections
… , no longer feel you have our best interests at heart and demand that you vacate your positions either thru resignation or recall. The printed names of the proponents are as follows: 1. Elissa Rosado 2.Charis …
Eureka Police Vow to be On the Hunt for DUI Drivers This Holiday Season, and There’ll be a Checkpoint Somewhere in Town This Thursday
LoCO Staff / Dec. 15, 2025, 11:46 a.m. / Crime
… season can be dangerous for people on the roads. In December 2023 alone, 1,038 people were killed in the U.S. in alcohol-impaired-driving crashes, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety …
‘A New Era of Earthquake Detection’: Cal Poly Humboldt Participates in Project Using Fiber Optic Lines to Measure Seismic Activity
LoCO Staff / Dec. 15, 2025, 10:29 a.m. / Cal Poly Humboldt
… sensitive, it can detect earthquakes as small as magnitude 1 on the Richter scale.“This is a major leap in seismology research capability,” explains Eric Riggs, co-lead on the project and Dean of the College …
ORCA UPDATE: The Orcas Who Visited Humboldt Bay Over the Weekend Were a 27-Year-Old Female Fish Named ‘Lester’ and Her Kids
Hank Sims / Dec. 15, 2025, 8:45 a.m. / Nature
… Killer Whales — roaming orcas — from the T035A group, led by a 27-year-old matriarch named “Lester.” With Lester were her kids: 15-year-old Opal (T035A1), 12-year-old Topaz (T035A2), 7 …
Prison Health Workers Are Among the Best-Paid Public Employees. Why Are So Many Jobs Vacant?
Kristen Hwang / Dec. 15, 2025, 7 a.m. / Sacramento
… and staff turnover. “A high vacancy rate is a self-fulfilling prophecy,” said Dr. Stuart Bussey, president of the Union of American Physicians and Dentists, which represents about 1,300 state psychiatrists …
OBITUARY: Michael Avelar, 1983-2025
LoCO Staff / Dec. 15, 2025, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: Glenn Edward Martella, 1942-2025
LoCO Staff / Dec. 15, 2025, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
