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(VIDEO) Eureka Police Department Launches Upbeat New Video Series to Highlight Its Employees’ Work
LoCO Staff / Aug. 7, 2019, 1:11 p.m. / Community
City of Rio Dell Swears In New Councilmember
LoCO Staff / Aug. 7, 2019, 12:56 p.m. / Local Government
Drug Task Force Arrests Three at Fortuna Motel
LoCO Staff / Aug. 7, 2019, 11:40 a.m. / Crime
… , at approximately 1:00 p.m., Special Agents with the Humboldt County Drug Task Force served a search warrant at a motel located in the 800 block of Main Street, Fortuna. During their multi-week investigation, agents …
Woman Treated For Lacerations After Weaverville Sword Attack; Alleged Attacker Arrested
LoCO Staff / Aug. 7, 2019, 9:24 a.m. / Crime
… was placed under arrest and transported to the Trinity County Jail.Charges: 245(A)(1) PC- Assault with a Deadly Weapon422 PC- Criminal Threats 453- Manufacture an Incendiary DevicePersons Arrested …
OBITUARY: Joshua Soza, 1987-2019
LoCO Staff / Aug. 7, 2019, 6:45 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: Joe Pera, 1930-2019
LoCO Staff / Aug. 7, 2019, 6:45 a.m. / Obits
… OBITUARY: Joe Pera, 1930-2019 Gioabbo “Joe” Pera passed away on Thursday August 1, 2019. He was 89 years old.Joe immigrated to the United States in 1960 at the age of 30 from Italy. He married Anita …
Man Arrested After Fatal Humboldt Hill House Collision Charged With Gross Vehicular Manslaughter
Rhonda Parker / Aug. 6, 2019, 8:41 p.m. / Courts
Plenty of Road Games for Eureka, St. Bernard’s Football in 2019
Ray Hamill / Aug. 6, 2019, 6:15 p.m. / LoCO Sports!
Trump, Republicans Sue California Over the McGuire-Initiated Law Forcing Candidates to Release Tax Returns
Ryan Burns / Aug. 6, 2019, 2:35 p.m. / Politics
Some People Got Stuck on a Rock Near Trinidad When The Tide Came In, So They Waited For The Tide to Go Out
LoCO Staff / Aug. 6, 2019, 12:01 p.m. / Ocean
Trial Date Set for County Building Inspector Accused of Scamming People Into Investing in Imaginary Marijuana-Delivery Business
Rhonda Parker / Aug. 6, 2019, 10:06 a.m. / Courts
… theft from Kurtz, who owns a water company and gave McTigue $1,100 worth of water that McTigue claimed he was donating to children’s hospital. All of the alleged victims had the same experience: Mc …
OBITUARY: Patricia Gustafsen, 1940-2019
LoCO Staff / Aug. 6, 2019, 6:45 a.m. / Obits
Coastal Commission Preview: Trinidad Hotel, Arcata-Eureka Corridor Project on Agenda for Meeting in Eureka
Ryan Burns / Aug. 5, 2019, 5:39 p.m. / Government
… Wharfinger Building (1 Marina Way) this Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. (The monthly meetings take place up and down the state; last month's, for example, was held in San Luis Obispo …
Eureka Man Busted for Driving a Stolen Truck With a Stolen Motorcycle In the Bed and a Stolen Trailer Hitched to the Back, Arcata Police Say
LoCO Staff / Aug. 5, 2019, 5:24 p.m. / Crime
… Vehicle, PC 29880 (a)(1)- Felon in Possession of a Firearm and PC 12022.1- Felony Committed While Released on Bail. Dominguez was booked and lodged for H&S 11364- Possession of drug paraphernalia …
California Stretches Applicant Deadline to Draw Political Districts — Pool’s Too White, Too Male
Ben Christopher / Aug. 5, 2019, 5:10 p.m. / Sacramento
Opening Weekend for High School Football Season is Just Over Two Weeks Away
Ray Hamill / Aug. 5, 2019, 4:25 p.m. / LoCO Sports!
Firefighters Stop Weekend Car Fire From Growing Out of Control Near Weitchpec
John Ross Ferrara / Aug. 5, 2019, 2:10 p.m. / Fire
Suspected Heroin Dealer Arrested After McKinleyville Traffic Stop
LoCO Staff / Aug. 5, 2019, 12:54 p.m. / Crime
OBITUARY: Freddie Bottemiller, 1930-2019
LoCO Staff / Aug. 5, 2019, 10:30 a.m. / Obits
MONDAYS WITH MICHAELE: Sk8er Joy!
LoCO Staff / Aug. 5, 2019, 9 a.m. / Mondays With Michaele
Kayakers Help Sheriff’s Office Recover Body Near Trinidad State Beach
LoCO Staff / Aug. 4, 2019, 5:36 p.m. / Emergencies
GROWING OLD UNGRACEFULLY: The Homeless Crisis
Barry Evans / Aug. 4, 2019, 7 a.m. / Growing Old Ungracefully
… . In the Bay Area, some 35,000 people are homeless. (We have about 1,500 in Humboldt County, at least double the 2017 count.) California has 12% of overall US population but 25% of the national homeless …
Five Takeaways From the 2019 Summer Baseball Season
Ray Hamill / Aug. 3, 2019, 7:10 p.m. / LoCO Sports!
… of success to go around, and, of course, plenty of talking points. 1 — McKinleyville Little League steals the show No one made a bigger statement this summer than McKinleyville Little League, which claimed …
Body Found in Vehicle on Fourth and D Streets in Eureka Today
Stephanie McGeary / Aug. 3, 2019, 6:27 p.m. / News
(PHOTOS/VIDEO) Know Your 2019 Eureka Street Art Festival Artists
Andrew Goff / Aug. 3, 2019, 7:05 a.m. / Art
Proposed Food Stamp Reforms Could Cut Assistance to 1,200 Humboldt Residents, County Estimates
Freddy Brewster / Aug. 3, 2019, 7 a.m. / News
… Proposed Food Stamp Reforms Could Cut Assistance to 1,200 Humboldt Residents, County Estimates PREVIOUSLY:We’re Not Going to Be Able to Survive’: Why Californians Could Bear the Brunt of Trump Food …
OBITUARY: Douglas Frederick Twomey, 1941-2019
LoCO Staff / Aug. 3, 2019, 6:45 a.m. / Obits
… attention to today’s political current events. He was an active Democrat. He loved animals and children, in that order!Doug served dutifully in Vietnam from January 1966 to January 1968. He was with the 1st …
Prep2Prep Expecting Big Things From Will Omey — And Trevor Bell
Ray Hamill / Aug. 2, 2019, 7:30 p.m. / LoCO Sports!
… standout also ran the ball 233 times for 1,413 yards and 19 more TDs, leading the NCS in total offensive yards. This season, Omey is expected to continue that, and he talks about how he has matured …
Highway Patrol Find Missing McKinleyville Man Dead in Pickup Crash Near Big Lagoon
LoCO Staff / Aug. 2, 2019, 3:31 p.m. / Traffic