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OBITUARY: Caterina Lucia Stagnoli, 1934-2024
LoCO Staff / Sept. 6, 2024, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
BEER and BALLOT MEASURES! Your Lost Coast Outpost and CalMatters Are Teaming Up to Throw a Study Party for This Year’s Batch of State Propositions, and You Are Invited!
Hank Sims / Sept. 5, 2024, 2:27 p.m. / Housekeeping
Cal Poly Humboldt Faces Funding Reduction After Failing to Meet CSU Enrollment Target for the Second Straight Year
Ryan Burns / Sept. 5, 2024, 1:06 p.m. / Cal Poly Humboldt
Blue Lake Rancheria Nabs $12 Million EPA Pollution Reduction Grant; Funds Will be Used to Acquire and Restore Local Coastal and Forest Land, Feds Say
LoCO Staff / Sept. 5, 2024, 12:26 p.m. / Environment
… dioxide by 2050 – equivalent to the carbon dioxide emitted from nearly 1.4 million homes' electricity use for one year.Today's announcement marks the latest investment under this first …
Redwood Acres Announces Immediate Cancelation of Year’s Remaining ‘Acres of Eats’ Events
Andrew Goff / Sept. 5, 2024, 12:05 p.m. / Event
[UPDATED with Response from Providence] Healthcare Workers’ Union Calls on Providence to Keep Eureka Rehab Center Open, Citing a Bill Awaiting Gov. Newsom’s Signature
LoCO Staff / Sept. 5, 2024, 12:04 p.m. / Health Care
… , there are several construction projects that need to take place to be fully compliant with seismic regulations. That work will take us well beyond the upcoming January 1, 2025, deadline, reinforcing our requirement …
How Are We Feeling About the City of Eureka’s Recreation Programs?
Dezmond Remington / Sept. 5, 2024, 11:53 a.m. / Local Government
California Schools Release a Blizzard of Data, and That’s Why Parents Can’t Make Sense of It
Carolyn Jones / Sept. 5, 2024, 7:08 a.m. / Sacramento
California Lawmakers Want to Ban Anti-Union Meetings at Work, but Will Newsom Go Along?
Jeanne Kuang / Sept. 5, 2024, 7:07 a.m. / Sacramento
OBITUARY: Eric William Zink, 1940-2024
LoCO Staff / Sept. 5, 2024, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
… . There will be a celebration of life on October 6, 2024, from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Samoa Women’s Club. In lieu of flowers make a small donation to Hospice of Humboldt, the American Cancer Society or any other charity …
OBITUARY: Dana Lewis Whitaker, 1959-2024
LoCO Staff / Sept. 5, 2024, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: Richard ‘Rick’ Motherwell, 1949-2024
LoCO Staff / Sept. 5, 2024, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
County Reports Outbreak of Shigella Bacterial Infection Traced to Dinner at Eureka Elks Lodge
LoCO Staff / Sept. 4, 2024, 4:44 p.m. / Health
New Indie Movie Featuring Humboldt County and Its Breweries to Screen in Arcata Thursday Followed by Q&A With Director and Writer/Star
Ryan Burns / Sept. 4, 2024, 3:50 p.m. / MOVIED!
MAYORVENGERS ASSEMBLE! Former Eureka Mayors Unite to Light Up Old Town This Holiday Season
Isabella Vanderheiden / Sept. 4, 2024, 3:37 p.m. / :) , Eureka Rising
Future California Senator Adam Schiff is in Town
Hank Sims / Sept. 4, 2024, 1:19 p.m. / D.C.
That Smoke Bubbling Up From Eureka Sewers is Not Foretelling the Imminent Arrival of Beelzebub, Nor is It a Sign of a Major Fire, But Rather It Is a Smoke Test
LoCO Staff / Sept. 4, 2024, 12:59 p.m. / Non-Emergencies
… of a smoke test. UPDATE, 1:26 p.m.: A City of Eureka press release sent just now has a bit more information: The City of Eureka will be performing smoke testing of the sanitary sewer system at the locations …
Eureka City Council Narrowly Passes Vacant Building Ordinance that Aims to Reduce Blight Across Town
Jacquelyn Opalach / Sept. 4, 2024, 12:12 p.m. / Local Government
… also seek an exemption. Otherwise, folks who let properties sit empty for 90 days or more will be subject to a fine of $1,000 per month. After a year, the fine jumps to $5,000 per month. “The …
Some Dude on the Cal Poly Humboldt Campus Tried to Forcibly Take a Backpack From an Employee, University Says
LoCO Staff / Sept. 4, 2024, 10:26 a.m. / Crime
… suspicious behavior: 9-1-1.Consider sharing your location or social plans with friends or loved ones, either through the Rave Guardian App or other means.If walking feels unsafe, consider calling some friends …
California Companies Wrote Their Own Gig Worker Law. Now No One Is Enforcing It
Levi Sumagaysay / Sept. 4, 2024, 7:33 a.m. / Sacramento
… represent just a fraction of the more than 1 million gig workers in California, they give a glimpse into what happens when workers turn to the state for help instead of the companies that backed Prop. 22 …
OBITUARY: Jacqueline Jo Stalcup Ford, 1937-2024
LoCO Staff / Sept. 4, 2024, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: Norma Sue Lewis, 1931-2024
LoCO Staff / Sept. 4, 2024, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
A New 42-Space Parking Lot is Being Built Along the Eureka Boardwalk
Ryan Burns / Sept. 3, 2024, 4:01 p.m. / Business , Local Government
DON’T PANIC, REDWAY! That Smoke You’ll Probably See Coming From the Conservation Camp Thursday is Only a Prescribed Burn
LoCO Staff / Sept. 3, 2024, 3:38 p.m. / Non-Emergencies
UNIVERSAL DONOR, DONATE! Blood Bank Issues Call for Donations Due to Dire Shortage of the Most Critical Type
LoCO Staff / Sept. 3, 2024, 10:52 a.m. / Emergencies
Measure F Could Wreak Legal and Financial Havoc on Eureka, California Housing Defense Fund Warns
LoCO Staff / Sept. 3, 2024, 10:37 a.m. / Local Government
… law. (See Gov. Code, § 65589.5, subds. (d)(5), (h)(5), (o)(1).) This statutory provision temporarily suspends the power of non-compliant municipalities to enforce their zoning rules against qualifying …
California Democrats Strike Back Against Local Conservative Rebellions on LGBTQ Rights, Abortion
Alexei Koseff / Sept. 3, 2024, 7:04 a.m. / Sacramento
What Californians Have at Stake in the Trump-Harris Election When It Comes to Health Care
Ana B. Ibarra / Sept. 3, 2024, 7:03 a.m. / Sacramento
Caltrans Completes Phase 1 of Indianola Undercrossing Project; New Traffic Restrictions to Take Effect Next Week
Isabella Vanderheiden / Aug. 31, 2024, 3:56 p.m. / Safety , Traffic
… Caltrans Completes Phase 1 of Indianola Undercrossing Project; New Traffic Restrictions to Take Effect Next Week Image: Caltrans District 1 Facebook###Caltrans District 1 …
Humboldt Progressive Democrats Endorse Candidates in Arcata, Eureka City Council Races, Urge ‘No’ Vote on Measure F
LoCO Staff / Aug. 31, 2024, 2:58 p.m. / Elections