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Foster Clean Power: New Solar Energy and Battery Storage Project Launched Near Arcata
Photo via RCEA.###Press release from RCEA:Arcata, CA – Redwood Coast Energy Authority (RCEA) hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony on October 7 to celebrate the launch of Foster Clean Power, a new…
California Sheriffs and DAs Are Getting a Rare Political Perk — 6-Year Terms
…Emerson found that Corpus had “a close personal relationship outside the boundaries of a professional working relationship” with a subordinate, unlawfully ordered the arrest of the president of the sheriff’s deputies…
OBITUARY: Ricky Wright, 1939-2025
…She was unpretentious, and simple things in life brought her pleasure — like the smell of a pepperwood tree, laundry on the clothesline, the start of football season, and the feel of the…
(PHOTOS AND VIDEO) Large Pro-Palestine March on Cal Poly Humboldt’s Campus Goes Peacefully
Photos by Dezmond Remington.A vigil and march for Palestinians killed during the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas on Cal Poly Humboldt’s campus drew around 150 students today, who walked…
POLL! Which is Humboldt's Best Grange?
THE NINE: (L to R, Up and Down) Bayside, Dows Prairie, Fieldbrook, Freshwater, Humboldt, Mad River, Mattole, Redcrest, Van Duzen granges.As LoCO reported last week, state grange bigwigs and their groupies…
They’ve Canceled That Big Prescribed Burn Near Redway For Now, But Calfire Will Go North to Burn Up Some of Cuneo Creek Instead
…This burn is part of a multiyear plan to enhance prairie health and reduce the threat of uncontrolled wildfire. The treatment will help to enhance the health of the native plant communities…
TODAY in SUPES: Board Narrowly Approves Resolution Against Offshore Drilling and Mining
…In the meantime it got sent to the California Coastal Commission for certification. The commission made a few tweaks to the language, tweaks that Humboldt County Planning and Building Director John Ford…
Trump Administration Appears to Claw Back $88 Million Grant for Local Tribal Energy Resilience Project
…On October 2, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the termination of 321 financial awards supporting 223 projects nationwide. Among the rescinded awards is the Tribal Energy Resilience and Sovereignty…
Regulators Know PG&E, Edison Are Slow to Hook Up Solar. Why Are There No Penalties?
…State utility regulators are separately revisiting the process for connecting rooftop solar to the grid, including examining whether and how the utility commission should require utilities to comply with the timelines it…
OBITUARY: Roger Hardaway, 1939-2025
…He was raised in Galena until age four, when the family left for California. Grandma Joann got a job at the shipyard in Long Beach working on the ships during WWII. Dad…
OBITUARY: Timothy (Tim) Brent Mendoza, 1957-2025
…The family would often go on road trips and camping trips to explore the great outdoors. When he was a senior in High School the family moved to San Pedro, California. There…
OBITUARY: Avery Gallacci, 1956-2025
…Reception to follow at the Veterans Hall, 1425 J Street, Arcata.###The obituary above was submitted on behalf of Avery Gallacci's loved ones. The Lost Coast Outpost runs obituaries of Humboldt…
OBITUARY: Beverly Ann Dame, 1940-2025
Beverly was born in Klamath Falls, Oregon on January 18, 1940 to her mother, Ruth Kirkman, and her father Horace Hazen, who served in the Navy. After a long fight with dementia…
POLL! How Will You Be Voting on Proposition 50?
…Humboldt's new congressional district?EARLIER:Ballots for the Prop. 50 Special Election Mailed Out Today; Polls Show the Gerrymander Initiative in the LeadWe're less than a month out from California…
Humboldt’s Crabbing Fleet Faces New Regulations, Decreased Funding and the Rise of Whale-Safe Pop-Up Gear
Crabbers load pots onto their vessel in Trinidad Harbor on opening day of the season this past January. | File photo by Matt Filar.###Crab fishing in California has never been so complicated…
Ballots for the Prop. 50 Special Election Mailed Out Today; Polls Show the Gerrymander Initiative in the Lead
PREVIOUSLY:LOL! The Maps Have Been Leaked, So Check Out What Our New Congressional District Will Be if Texas Republicans and California Democrats Get Their Way###You could say California's Nov…
Humboldt Supervisors May Take a Stand Against Offshore Drilling at This Week’s Meeting
…If the changes are OK’d by the board, the ordinance will go to the Coastal Commission’s executive director for final approval before taking effect. If the board goes against the…
New Research Suggests That Trespass Grows Scar the Land for Longer Than You Might Have Thought
…The research, conducted by scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in partnership with the Integral Ecology Research Center (IERC) and with support from the U.S. Forest Service Law Enforcement…
Big Prescribed Burn Planned for the Redway Area This Week, and It’ll Likely Affect Highway Traffic
…The final phase of the project is an 84-acre prescribed burn located in the northeast portion of the treatment area. This carefully planned burn will further reduce residual fuels, enhance the…
California Braces for ‘Devastating’ Expected Cuts to Federal Homeless Housing Funds
…The state is bracing to lose hundreds of millions of dollars for permanent housing, which is the one thing experts agree on as the most effective way to solve homelessness. Across the…
Newsom Says He’ll Sue After Trump Sends California Guard to Portland Over Protests
…after a federal judge temporarily denied Trump the ability to federalize the Oregon National Guard, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Sunday. The governor said he will sue the federal government to halt the…
OBITUARY: Joe M. Avelar, 1938-2025
On August 12, 2025, Joe Avelar slipped away peacefully in the company of his two daughters, Helena and Paula, seven months after the passing of his wife, Natalia. A fixture in the…
WEEK WITHOUT DRIVING: What Did We Learn This Week?
…Not ideal alternative transportation weather.Today is the final day of the Week Without Driving. Throughout the week, local participants have reflected on their experiences in posts here on the Lost Coast…
OBITUARY: John Wiebe, 1930-2025
John Wiebe has passed on to the next part of his journey. He has joined his dear wife Carol to dance in the sunlight, starlight and rain.He was raised by Mennonite…
THE ECONEWS REPORT: Are Your Easter Lilies Poisoning the Smith River?
Lily fields just upstream from the mouth of the Smith. Image: Google Earth.For decades pesticide-intensive farming of Easter lily bulbs on the Smith River Plain has contaminated groundwater and surface…
WEEK WITHOUT DRIVING: I Have the Best Commute in Humboldt County
Sunrise on the trail. Photo.: Matt Simmons.Every morning I get to ride my electric bike through basically a National Wildlife Refuge on my way to work. I see wildlife, wave to…
HUMBOLDT HISTORY: Fixing the Earth With Music and Dance
…The number of elders who know the formulas and the proper way of doing the ceremonies is shrinking. The elders hope the young people will see the need to learn from the…
OBITUARY: Robert Dean McConkey, 1944-2025
…He served 3 years in the U.S. Army, and was stationed in South Korea as an Army Clerk during the Vietnam war. He spent most of the 1970s exploring the United…
OBITUARY: Ruth Morris, 1941-2025
…Born on March 25, 1941 in Andover, Mass., she was the daughter of the predeceased John & Doris Smith, and is survived by her son, Shannon Morris and grandson, Shane Morris of Rochester…
POLL! What is the First Day of the Week?
…What is the First Day of the Week? "Sunday!" "Monday!" "I am an insufferable contrarian who is going to attempt to convince you that some other day is first. Watch me rise…