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Californians: Your Rent May Go Up Because of Rising Insurance Rates
Levi Sumagaysay / Aug. 13, 2024, 7 a.m. / Sacramento
BOISE FIRE UPDATE: Wildfire Near Orleans Ballooned to 1,600 Acres Over the Weekend, Still No Containment; Facebook Live Community Meeting This Afternoon
LoCO Staff / Aug. 12, 2024, 10:26 a.m. / Fire
… BOISE FIRE UPDATE: Wildfire Near Orleans Ballooned to 1,600 Acres Over the Weekend, Still No Containment; Facebook Live Community Meeting This Afternoon Press release from Six Rivers National Forest …
60th Klamath Salmon Festival (This Weekend) Marks Second in a Row Without Salmon, But Dam Removal Brings New Hopes for Runs’ Recovery
LoCO Staff / Aug. 12, 2024, 10:14 a.m. / Event
THIS WEEK IN SUPES: Grand Jury Recommendations for Aging County Facilities, Leased Properties, Civilian Oversight of Sheriff’s Office
Isabella Vanderheiden / Aug. 12, 2024, 7:41 a.m. / Local Government
… implementation goals.By no later than July 1, 2025, to evaluate funding alternatives for future property acquisitions.To accelerate consolidation of county operations rather than leasing new facilities.The second …
‘We Gotta Be Somewhere’: Homeless Californians React to Newsom’s Crackdown
Marisa Kendall / Aug. 12, 2024, 7:24 a.m. / Sacramento
… has provided an influx of money for shelter beds and other services in recent years — including $1 billion in this year’s budget for Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention funds that cities …
Why Silicon Valley Wants to Kill This AI Bill
Khari Johnson / Aug. 12, 2024, 7:05 a.m. / Sacramento
… and former Google Cloud chief AI scientist Fei-Fei Li, who is often called the “godmother of AI” came out against SB 1047. The bill, approved 32-1 by the state Senate in May, must survive the Assembly …
OBITUARY: John William McKeown, 1946-2024
LoCO Staff / Aug. 12, 2024, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
(UPDATE: EVACUATION ORDER EXPANDED) Boise Fire Near Orleans Explodes to 915 Acres With 0% Containment; Evacuation Order in Effect
Isabella Vanderheiden / Aug. 10, 2024, 9:22 a.m. / Fire
Michael E. Spagna to Serve as Acting President of Cal Poly Humboldt
LoCO Staff / Aug. 10, 2024, 9:01 a.m. / Cal Poly Humboldt
They’re Gonna Torch a Building on Tompkins Hill Road Sunday Morning So’s to Train Up New Eel River Valley Firefighters
LoCO Staff / Aug. 10, 2024, 8 a.m. / Non-Emergencies
HUMBOLDT HISTORY: The Story of Five Families. Or, How World Events Pushed Enterprising Youngsters From One Tiny Community in the Italian Alps to Put Down Roots in Ferndale
James Pegolotti / Aug. 10, 2024, 7:30 a.m. / History
… in Italy — my father had died and my mother was incapacitated by a stroke. Fortunately, over the years. I had worked on my Italian. In 1964, 1 began what was to be a series of trips to Italy to meet several …
Boise Fire Near Orleans Burns 75 Acres; Evacuation Order in Effect
LoCO Staff / Aug. 9, 2024, 8:27 p.m. / Fire
LET’S GET READY TO RUMBOLDT! Air Show Takes to the Humboldt Skies for the First Time in Ages This Weekend
Gillen Tener Martin / Aug. 9, 2024, 6 p.m. / Event
Seven People Have Qualified for Arcata’s City Council Election
Jacquelyn Opalach / Aug. 9, 2024, 5:14 p.m. / Elections
How Will the Collapse of the Jacobs Campus Deal Impact Measure F? It Won’t, Backers Insist.
Ryan Burns / Aug. 9, 2024, 5:04 p.m. / Elections , Local Government
… Confirms Death of Jacobs Campus Deal, Vows to Try Again After Election ResultsSecurity National Just Dropped Another $286K Into Measure F, Bringing Its Total Spending to Nearly $1M …
EUREKA CITY COUNCIL RACE: Four Candidates Have Officially Qualified for the November Ballot
Isabella Vanderheiden / Aug. 9, 2024, 4:50 p.m. / Elections
Security National Just Dropped Another $286K Into Measure F, Bringing Its Total Spending to Nearly $1M
Ryan Burns / Aug. 9, 2024, 4:03 p.m. / Elections
… Security National Just Dropped Another $286K Into Measure F, Bringing Its Total Spending to Nearly $1M File photo.###Apparently the implosion of the Jacobs Middle School property …
Eureka Man Arrested for Felony DUI After This Morning’s Wreck at Henderson and K Streets, Says EPD
LoCO Staff / Aug. 9, 2024, 3:57 p.m. / Traffic
Don’t Mind the ‘Walls of Fire and Explosions’ Near the Airport This Weekend, That’s Just the Rumble Over The Redwoods Airshow; Central Avenue to Be Closed
LoCO Staff / Aug. 9, 2024, 3:32 p.m. / Airport
Anonymous AMG Communities Confirms Death of Jacobs Campus Deal, Vows to Try Again After Election Results
Ryan Burns / Aug. 9, 2024, 1 p.m. / Housing , Local Government
In Letter to Industry Colleagues, Sun Valley Floral Farms CEO Explains the Factors That Led to the Company’s Demise
LoCO Staff / Aug. 9, 2024, 11:33 a.m. / Business
Republicans Target Kamala Harris’ ‘California-Ness.’ Do Swing-State Voters Care?
Yue Stella Yu / Aug. 9, 2024, 7 a.m. / Sacramento
… Donald Trump’s campaign. In a new 1-minute ad released Thursday, Harris leaned heavily into her Oakland upbringing and her California prosecutor career. She also agreed to the first debate with Trump …
OBITUARY: Paula Casillas Taizan, 1927-2024
LoCO Staff / Aug. 9, 2024, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
Eureka City Schools’ Deal With a Mystery Developer for the Jacobs Campus is Dead
Ryan Burns / Aug. 8, 2024, 7:16 p.m. / Local Government
… Eureka City Schools' Deal With a Mystery Developer for the Jacobs Campus is Dead UPDATE, Aug. 9, 1 p.m.: The day after the Board of Trustees' decision reported below, AMG …
Under Majestic North Coast Redwoods, 50 People From 22 Countries Became Citizens of the United States Yesterday
LoCO Staff / Aug. 8, 2024, 6:35 p.m. / :)
(UPDATE) Two Arrested in Eureka on Felony Vandalism Charges After Spray Painting Racist Slurs on Home, Vehicles
LoCO Staff / Aug. 8, 2024, 2:23 p.m. / Crime
Arcata Mathematician/Accidental Radical Phyllis Zweig Chinn Reflects on a Lifetime of Teaching and Trailblazing
Gillen Tener Martin / Aug. 8, 2024, 9:54 a.m. / Education
$88 Million in Federal Funds Headed to North Coast Tribes for Renewable Energy Projects, Huffman Announces
LoCO Staff / Aug. 8, 2024, 9:53 a.m. / Energy , Infrastructure , Tribes
… than 20 MW of new renewable energy capacity. The project is cost effective compared to the $1 billion cost to underground and harden the Hoopa 1011 circuit through conventional means …
TikTok, Brat and Kamala Harris: Will Newly Fired-Up Young Voters Flip Elections in California?
Matthew Reagan and Jenna Peterson / Aug. 8, 2024, 7:20 a.m. / Sacramento
OBITUARY: Steven Smith, 1955-2024
LoCO Staff / Aug. 8, 2024, 7:13 a.m. / Obits
