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… 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 …



… 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 …





… 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 …





… 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 …







… 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 …





THE ECONEWS REPORT: Bring Back Our Grizzlies!

The EcoNews Report / May 16, 2026, 10 a.m. / Environment





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









… 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. …



… 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



… 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 …





… : $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 …