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Del Norte Transportation Officials Seek Public Comment on Elk Valley CR Safety Plan
Jessica Cejnar Andrews / July 12, 2019, 7 a.m. / Transportation
… of the corridor. The 1.6 mile-long Elk Valley Cross Road corridor starts north of Crescent City where Elk Valley Road meets Parkway Drive, crosses U.S. highways 199 and 101 and ends at Lake Earl Drive. Drivers …
OBITUARY: Allison Louise (Herrick) Grundman, 1947-2019
LoCO Staff / July 12, 2019, 6:45 a.m. / Obits
… OBITUARY: Allison Louise (Herrick) Grundman, 1947-2019 Allison Louise (Herrick) GrundmanMarch 18, 1947 — July 1, 2019Family, friends and the community bid farewell to a remarkable …
OBITUARY: Michael Brian Hillegeist, 1974-2019
LoCO Staff / July 12, 2019, 6:45 a.m. / Obits
… Jazmynn Hillegeist of Florida; and numerous cousins.Please join us in celebrating Michael's life for a memorial service at Pierson Park 1608 Pickett Rd, McKinleyville on July 13, 2019 from 1-5 p …
Eureka Police, FBI Identify and Question 16-Year-Old Behind the ‘White Youth’ Recruitment Flyers Discovered Yesterday
LoCO Staff / July 11, 2019, 5:51 p.m. / Crime
Local Approach of Criminalizing the Homeless is Counterproductive, Grand Jury Report Finds
Ryan Burns / July 11, 2019, 5:38 p.m. / Courts , Homelessness
Trial Begins For Former County Planning Official Charged With Bilking Growers and Others Out of Tens of Thousands of Dollars
Rhonda Parker / July 11, 2019, 5:34 p.m. / Courts
Four Arrested in Eureka Home After Complaints of Squatting, Drug and Nuisance Activity
LoCO Staff / July 11, 2019, 4:44 p.m. / Crime
Humboldt Sheriff’s Office Seeking TRINIDAD’S MOST WANTED
LoCO Staff / July 11, 2019, 3:17 p.m. / Crime
Del Norte County Coalition Tackling the Opioid Crisis Receives $75k Grant to Expand Program
Jessica Cejnar Andrews / July 11, 2019, 2:37 p.m. / Health
… , Brubaker said Rx Safe Del Norte is still working on obtaining more Naloxone doses from the state. “I want to have at least 1,000 more doses because I feel like a lot of our first responders need it,” she …
Three Original College of the Redwoods Buildings Will Be Demolished, Mostly Because They Sit on a Fault Line
Stephanie McGeary / July 11, 2019, 2:23 p.m. / Education
… . Penny then presented the board with two options: the college could either demolish the buildings (estimated to cost roughly $1,000,000) or renovate them and bring them up to code (estimated to cost upwards of $5 …
OP-ED: Yes, Removing the Klamath Hydropower Dams Would Immensely Improve Water Quality on the River, Says Environmental Scientist
Clayton Creager / July 11, 2019, 9:33 a.m. / Guest Opinion
… as far away from this stuff as possible. In the reservoirs behind Copco 1, Copco 2, and Iron Gate dams, the concentrations of the toxic blue-green algae so often exceed levels considered safe that Public …
Coast Guard Members Killed During 1994 Shelter Cove Rescue to be Commemorated at Ceremony in Eureka Friday
LoCO Staff / July 11, 2019, 9:06 a.m. / Event
… :WHAT: Coast Guard personnel are scheduled to host the 25th memorial anniversary to honor the Coast Guard helicopter crew of the 6541WHEN: Friday at 10:00 a.m.WHERE: Coast Guard Plaza at 1 F St …
Yurok Tribe’s New Police Chief Meets Del Norte Supervisors: O’Rourke Says Cross-Deputation Agreement Will Increase Department’s Presence Off Reservation
Jessica Cejnar Andrews / July 11, 2019, 7:08 a.m. / Local Government
… District 1 Supervisor Roger Gitlin asked O’Rourke how many calls for service he expects his officers to be able to respond to off the Yurok Reservation as the tribe’s law enforcement footprint grows. Though …
A Black Mother Told Not to Scream in Labor Asks: Can California Fix Racism in Maternity Care?
Adria Watson / July 11, 2019, 7 a.m. / Sacramento
… organization with more than 1 million members, physicians say the bill is too abstract and unwieldy to implement. “It’s not a question of whether this training is needed, just how best to do it,” said Anthony …
OBITUARY: Darrell Eugene ‘Jimmy’ Evenson, 1932-2019
LoCO Staff / July 11, 2019, 6:45 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: Virgil Euland Thompson, 1938-2019
LoCO Staff / July 11, 2019, 6:45 a.m. / Obits
Eagles 19U Hold on at Bomber Field
Ray Hamill / July 10, 2019, 11:15 p.m. / LoCO Sports!
Crabs Shut Out the San Leandro Ports
Ray Hamill / July 10, 2019, 10:35 p.m. / LoCO Sports!
Eureka Sets New Heat Record on This Warm, Warm Wednesday
John Ross Ferrara / July 10, 2019, 6:19 p.m. / How ‘Bout That Weather
The Governor’s Deadline to Pick a Local Rep for the Coastal Commission Has Expired With No Selection
Ryan Burns / July 10, 2019, 4:54 p.m. / Government
Bat Killing Fungus Spreads to California; Humboldt Bat Expert Says Local Bats More Likely to Survive Contact With Deadly Spores
John Ross Ferrara / July 10, 2019, 4:51 p.m. / Wildlife
Cops Swarm Eureka’s West Side Fearing a Shooting, Discover BB Gun
Hank Sims / July 10, 2019, 4:19 p.m. / Non-Emergencies
Crescent City Teenager Killed in Collision With Heavy Equipment Last Night
Jessica Cejnar Andrews / July 10, 2019, 3:54 p.m. / Traffic
… from the California Highway Patrol:On July 9, 2019, at approximately 2105 hours, Party #1 (P-1, Cervantes) was traveling in Vehicle #1 (V-1, Ford) northbound on Lower Lake Road north of Mud Hen Village …
‘White Youth’ Recruitment Flyers Spotted Around Humboldt
Andrew Goff / July 10, 2019, 2:22 p.m. / News
Time to Get WET and WEIRD! The 50th Anniversary Gasquet Raft Races are This Weekend, and They’re Looking for More Participants
Jessica Cejnar Andrews / July 10, 2019, 1:57 p.m. / Our Culture
Yak on the Loose! Sneaky Bayside Yak Slinks Away From Sheriff’s Deputies.
John Ross Ferrara / July 10, 2019, 1:40 p.m. / Animals
Held at Gunpoint, Ziptied and Locked in a Trailer: A Local Security Guard Tells His Tale of Being Held Up During a Cannabis Heist
Freddy Brewster / July 10, 2019, 12:17 p.m. / Crime
… of my [car] windows open and do a lot of laps,” Lawrence said. “Presence is the whole thing.” Things started to go south for Lawrence at around 1 a.m. It was about halfway through his shift and he …
Even Robots are Mad at KHSU: Ransomware Responsible for Station’s Computer Woes, Says HSU
Andrew Goff / July 10, 2019, 9:44 a.m. / Education
… Communications Commission.KHSU programming has been interrupted since the station began experiencing computer problems on July 1.The attack exploited a vulnerability in KHSU’s system. The University is grateful …
California Wants to Allow Credit Cards at the DMV, but It’ll Cost You a Fee
Judy Lin / July 10, 2019, 7 a.m. / Sacramento
… once the DMV adds field offices and expands self-service terminals. In a state with 27.1 million drivers, that works out to about $2.65 per driver. DMV spokesman Jaime Garza confirms the change …
OBITUARY: Marian Louise Qualls, 1947-2019
LoCO Staff / July 10, 2019, 6:45 a.m. / Obits
