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OBITUARY: Jaydean Lee Parent, 1956-2024
LoCO Staff / Dec. 19, 2024, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
Fire in Myrtletown Home Quickly Knocked Down, Says Humboldt Bay Fire, Though it Did About $60,000 Worth of Damage
LoCO Staff / Dec. 18, 2024, 3:52 p.m. / Fire
Eureka City Council Appoints Mayor Pro Tem, Talks Design Standards, and More!
Isabella Vanderheiden / Dec. 18, 2024, 12:35 p.m. / Local Government
GUEST OPINION: The Newly Constructed Old Arcata Road Roundabout is Finally Complete and ‘It Is Marvelous’
Paul Nicholson / Dec. 18, 2024, 10:08 a.m. / Guest Opinion
BRING THE NOISE! The Victory Parade for Your Arcata High Football State Champs Rides This Afternoon
Ryan Burns / Dec. 18, 2024, 9:46 a.m. / LoCO Sports!
… Saturday's nail-biter, overtime victory in the state championship game with a procession through town. The parade will commence from Arcata High's campus at 1:30 p.m., proceed along 16th …
Biden Administration Approves California Electric Car Mandate
Alejandro Lazo / Dec. 18, 2024, 7:48 a.m. / Sacramento
… this year. Sales through the first nine months of this year were up only 1.2% over the same period last year, according to state data. That compares to a 56% increase in sales the previous year and 38 …
Troubled California Teens Gain Protections Under a New Law Championed by Paris Hilton
Lynn La / Dec. 18, 2024, 7:42 a.m. / Sacramento
… conference at the Capitol Annex Swing Space on April 15, 2024. Photo by Miguel Gutierrez Jr., CalMattersBeginning Jan. 1, hundreds of state-licensed residential treatment centers for children and youth up …
TODAY in SUPES: County Budget Outlook Slightly Less Dismal Than Expected, Though $15M Structural Deficit Persists
Ryan Burns / Dec. 17, 2024, 4:38 p.m. / Local Government
… in the county, [but] the passage of Measure O will allow them to begin to complete a backlog of road maintenance.” (Passed by voters last month, Measure O is a 1 percent sales tax measure expected …
FERNDALE FIRES BACK! ‘Redwood Trees are not Christmas Trees’ Says 4-H Group in Response to Zoo’s Foolhardy Tall-Tree Declaration
Hank Sims / Dec. 17, 2024, 2:46 p.m. / Our Culture
Huffman Named Ranking Member of the House Natural Resources Committee
LoCO Staff / Dec. 17, 2024, 9:28 a.m. / Government
OBITUARY: John Alan Montgomery, 1944-2024
LoCO Staff / Dec. 17, 2024, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: Edward Tucker Lee Spott, 1998-2024
LoCO Staff / Dec. 17, 2024, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: Dao Vang, 1991-2024
LoCO Staff / Dec. 17, 2024, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: Karen Lynn Hunter (Hughes), 1954-2024
LoCO Staff / Dec. 17, 2024, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: Joseph DeMello, 1932-2024
LoCO Staff / Dec. 17, 2024, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
… Avenue, Eureka at 1:30 p.m. All are welcome to join in any or all parts of the celebrations as we honor and remember Joe.###The obituary above was submitted on behalf of Joe DeMello's …
Here’s How California Plans to Get Millions of Adults Without College Degrees Into Better Jobs
Adam Echelman / Dec. 16, 2024, 3:53 p.m. / Sacramento
Eureka Smoke and Glass Shop Busted for Illegally Selling Weed After Employee Makes Sale to Underage Decoy, Sheriff’s Office Says
LoCO Staff / Dec. 16, 2024, 3:16 p.m. / Crime
Here’s Why U.S. Coast Guard Station Humboldt Bay Has Been Wrapped in Plastic for Weeks On End
Ryan Burns / Dec. 16, 2024, 3 p.m. / Government
Arcata High Tigers Win State Championship in Overtime
Ryan Burns / Dec. 16, 2024, 9:46 a.m. / LoCO Sports!
‘No Way, Not Possible’: California Has a Plan for New Water Rules. Will It Save Salmon From Extinction?
Alastair Bland / Dec. 16, 2024, 7 a.m. / Sacramento
… reshape how farms and cities draw water from the Central Valley’s Delta and its rivers. Backed by more than $1 billion in state funds, the rules, if adopted, would require water users to help restore rivers …
California New Laws for 2025: Cannabis Cafes and Entertainment Zones
Jenna Peterson / Dec. 16, 2024, 7 a.m. / Sacramento
… courtesy of Adriana Heldiz.Starting Jan. 1, alcohol and cannabis sales could expand in some parts of California thanks to two new laws that aim to increase central city foot traffic, which has yet to fully …
TINY FOOTPRINTS: Shampoo Bars, the Supreme Sustainable Stocking Stuffer!
Ashley Thomas / Dec. 15, 2024, 7 a.m. / Tiny Footprints
… .Luckily, there are ways to entirely forgo the need for plastic waste (or reduce it) whilst lathering your tresses with goodness. Let me name some options for you: 1. Bubbles: Located at 1031 H Street in Arcata …
(VIDEO) ‘Can’t Fight the Tide’: King Tides Flood Falafelove Eatery in King Salmon
Isabella Vanderheiden / Dec. 14, 2024, 12:56 p.m. / :)
THE ECONEWS REPORT: A Geological Perspective on Last Week’s Quake
The EcoNews Report / Dec. 14, 2024, 10:47 a.m. / Environment
Good Samaritans Use CPR to Save 4-Year-Old Injured in Multi-Vehicle Crash on Highway 101, CHP Says
LoCO Staff / Dec. 14, 2024, 10:03 a.m. / Traffic
… , Humboldt Communications Center (CHP Dispatch) received 9-1-1 calls for a multi-vehicle crash, where both vehicles were upside down in Rattlesnake Creek. Todd McKay, 47 years old of Garberville, CA …
HUMBOLDT HISTORY: Decembers in Humboldt Have Always Been Cursed
Kathryn L. Corbett / Dec. 14, 2024, 7:30 a.m. / History
… the shuttle to Arcata-McKinleyville to be put off for one night. The President and Dean got the American Red Cross in Redding to take over, and somehow nearly 1,000 students were put up over night in Redding …
OBITUARY: Kathryn ‘Kay’ Annette Hunter (Ambrosini), 1953-2024
LoCO Staff / Dec. 14, 2024, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
Facing Declining Enrollment, McKinleyville Union School District May Consolidate Sites, Eliminating Morris as an Elementary Campus
Ryan Burns / Dec. 13, 2024, 4:10 p.m. / Education
… school sites are only operating at about 50 percent of their student capacity. Enrollment across the three schools has declined by more than 40 percent over the past two decades, dropping from 1 …
Eureka Activates Extreme Weather Shelter
Isabella Vanderheiden / Dec. 13, 2024, 3:48 p.m. / Emergencies
Humboldt County Auditor-Controller Cheryl Dillingham to Resign at the End of January
Ryan Burns / Dec. 13, 2024, 2:06 p.m. / Local Government