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(PHOTOS) Logging Truck Flips on Overpass Near Redding, Sends Logs Toppling Onto Freeway Traffic Below
Andrew Goff / June 18, 2019, 12:36 p.m. / Traffic
Scammers Claiming to Be With Social Security Department Con Humboldt Resident Out of $1,800
LoCO Staff / June 18, 2019, 11:55 a.m. / Crime
… Scammers Claiming to Be With Social Security Department Con Humboldt Resident Out of $1,800 Press release from the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office: Another phone scam targeting Humboldt County …
Sleepy Suspect Busted With Meth, Heroin and a Loaded Handgun, Says EPD
LoCO Staff / June 18, 2019, 10:03 a.m. / Crime
215-Acre Fire Burning in Klamath National Forest; Highway 96 Closed West of I-5
John Ross Ferrara / June 18, 2019, 9:59 a.m. / Fire
Eureka Man to Stand Trial for Murder of 62-Year-Old Old Town Resident; Detectives, Witnesses Lay Out Evidence Against Suspect in Preliminary Hearing
Rhonda Parker / June 18, 2019, 7:12 a.m. / Courts
… , trying to show it to the judge. His arraignment is scheduled for July 1.###PREVIOUSLY:EUREKA HOMICIDE: EPD Investigating; Victim’s Name ReleasedEureka Man Arrested in Connection With Old Town Homicide …
OBITUARY: Kenny Burns, 1984-2019
LoCO Staff / June 18, 2019, 6:45 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: Michael Robert Hilton, 1960-2019
LoCO Staff / June 18, 2019, 6:45 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: Richard Joseph Brazil, 1943-2019
LoCO Staff / June 18, 2019, 6:45 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: William Killeen Moore, 1924-2019
LoCO Staff / June 18, 2019, 6:45 a.m. / Obits
Monday Night Baseball — B52s Open Their Road Trip in Palo Alto
Ray Hamill / June 17, 2019, 9:45 p.m. / LoCO Sports!
… -game winning streak for the B52s, who are now 7-5. The B52s took a 1-0 lead in the top of the sixth inning, and scored again an inning later to tie the game at 2-2. But the home team had the final say with two …
(UPDATED) Reggae on the River Has Been Canceled
Ryan Burns / June 17, 2019, 5:56 p.m. / News
B52s, Crabs Hit the Road After Mixed Fortunes This Weekend
Ray Hamill / June 17, 2019, 4:10 p.m. / LoCO Sports!
… . The Crabs, meanwhile, dropped two of three at home to the San Luis Obispo Blues over the weekend, losing the opener 13-1 before bouncing back to win 4-0 on Saturday night and then falling in the rubber match …
Humboldt Eagles 19U Continue to Soar on the Road
Ray Hamill / June 17, 2019, 2:35 p.m. / LoCO Sports!
… taking their two league openers. The Eagles, who improved to 10-2, took two games at Red Bluff on Saturday, 9-0 and 9-2, and two more at Galena in Reno on Sunday, 2-1 and 14-1. And the common thread …
Why Fighting for Clean Water With Climate Change Money Worries Some California Lawmakers
Rachel Becker / June 17, 2019, 2:22 p.m. / Sacramento
… ’s a move that pits those committed to curbing greenhouse gases against environmental allies over $1.4 billion dollars of polluters’ money, even as the state boasts a $20.6 billion surplus. Environmentalists …
Activists Out at Rainbow Ridge, Attempting to Stop Humboldt Redwood From Logging Doug Fir on a 560-Acre Chunk of Its Land in the Mattole Watershed
Hank Sims / June 17, 2019, 11:58 a.m. / Activism
MONDAYS WITH MICHAELE: You Must See The Monkeys (Or Maybe They’re Apes)!
LoCO Staff / June 17, 2019, 4:30 a.m. / Mondays With Michaele
GROWING OLD UNGRACEFULLY: Eating the Roses
Barry Evans / June 16, 2019, 7:20 a.m. / Growing Old Ungracefully
… .’” Unfortunately, Patrick picked a bad time to declare for any sort of optimism: his essay was published in Popular Science Monthly in May 1913, the year before WW1 broke out.In the same vein, Bill Gates, in a piece …
LETTER FROM ALSACE: Our Ghost Town
James Tressler / June 16, 2019, 7:05 a.m. / Letter From Istanbul
… to our last 150 euros (remember, for us, coming from Turkey, the Exchange rate was 6-to-1, so this was a rich holiday for us), we found a patio restaurant near the canals and the Tanner District …
(PHOTOS) O Yeah! Another Exciting Oyster Fest
Stephanie McGeary / June 15, 2019, 4:48 p.m. / Our Culture
HSU: Fortuna Man Arrested for ‘Specific Threats of Violence’ to a Group Scheduled to Visit Campus
LoCO Staff / June 15, 2019, 8:14 a.m. / Crime
OBITUARY: John Howard Jewett IV, 1958-2019
LoCO Staff / June 15, 2019, 6:45 a.m. / Obits
… . Please join us Monday, June 17, for graveside services at the Jewett Family Cemetery at 10:30 a.m. Also we'll have a Memorial Service at The Redway Baptist Church from 1 to 5 p.m. as we share our stories …
OBITUARY: William Farrer Taylor, M.D., 1927-2019
LoCO Staff / June 15, 2019, 6:45 a.m. / Obits
… — Natalie, Sarah, Andrea, Sandy, William, Russell and Jack Taylor — and his faithful dog, Duke. A member of the Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka, a memorial service will be held there on June 22 at 1 p …
OBITUARY: Mary I. Ferreira, 1924-2019
LoCO Staff / June 15, 2019, 6:45 a.m. / Obits
Crabs No Match for the Blues in Series Opener
Ray Hamill / June 14, 2019, 10:35 p.m. / LoCO Sports!
… . On Friday night, the Crabs opened a three-game weekend stand with the San Luis Obispo Blues, and got blown out 13-1. The loss was their seventh in nine home games this season and drops them to 4-7 overall …
Stellar Pitching Leads NH Giants Past Brookings
Ray Hamill / June 14, 2019, 6:30 p.m. / LoCO Sports!
In California, a Blue Wave and Progressive Governor: So Why Are So Many Leftist Plans Going Under?
Ben Christopher / June 14, 2019, 4 p.m. / Sacramento
… , causing Black Lives Matter to remove its support. The American Civil Liberties Union remains a key supporter and the group spent heavily lobbying the statehouse — nearly $1.2 million in the first three …
That Gap in Eureka’s Waterfront Drive is Finally Getting Closed, and it Kicks Off With a Party Next Week
LoCO Staff / June 14, 2019, 2:18 p.m. / Infrastructure
… , 2019 at 1:30 p.m. at the intersection of I Street and Waterfront Drive to break ground and start this eagerly anticipated project. …
A Eureka Man Killed During the Korean War Has Finally Been Accounted For; Remains to be Buried in Arcata
LoCO Staff / June 14, 2019, 1:09 p.m. / News
… POW/MIA Accounting Agency: Elden C. JustusThe Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Army Sgt. 1st Class Elden C. Justus, 23, of Eureka, California, killed during the Korean War …
Local Nonprofit Gets Grant to Build Portable Shower Facility for Homeless Folks; Trailer Should Hit Streets Later in the Summer
Freddy Brewster / June 14, 2019, 1 p.m. / Homelessness
… around 1,500 people experiencing homelessness, according to the most recent Point-In-Time Count — a rate that is about three times the state average and six times the national average. Wade got involved …
Eureka Police Arrest Suspected Meth Dealer at Broadway Motel
LoCO Staff / June 14, 2019, 12:54 p.m. / Crime
… Eureka Police Arrest Suspected Meth Dealer at Broadway Motel Eureka Police Department press release: On June 12, 2019 at approximately 1:40 pm …