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GROWING OLD UNGRACEFULLY: Death With Dignity
Barry Evans / April 7, 2024, 7 a.m. / Growing Old Ungracefully
… in Psychology Today### Neil Gaiman’s “Death of the Endless,” drawn by Chris Bachalo in Death: The Time of Your Life #1, DC Comics. (Lo-res version qualifies as fair use under United States …
Humboldt Bay Firefighters Extinguish Eureka House Fire; Damages Estimated at $75,000
LoCO Staff / April 6, 2024, 3:22 p.m. / Fire
… Structure Fire at 1404 14th St. in Eureka. Humboldt Bay Fire responded with 1 Chief Officer, 3 Engines and 1 Truck for a total of 13 fire service personnel. Additionally, 2 volunteer Fire Support personnel …
THE ECONEWS REPORT: Coping with Climate Anxiety
LoCO Staff / April 6, 2024, 10 a.m. / Environment
CULTURE PLAYER: The Cowtown Serenaders Prepare to Hit the Road With a New Show About Community in Times of Natural Disaster
Gabrielle Gopinath / April 6, 2024, 7:45 a.m. / Culture
HUMBOLDT HISTORY: The Wrecked Russian Tanker Ship That Powered Eureka for a Decade
R. Chalmers Crichton / April 6, 2024, 7:30 a.m. / History
… was designed as a tanker of the T2-SE-A1 type, one of many that the USA had built for the war effort. At her christening, she was named the Beacon Rock, a turboelectric ship with a name that was to be hers …
Judge Rules Arcata Can’t Let Its Freak Earth Flag Fly Above Old Glory on City Pole
Ryan Burns / April 5, 2024, 12:13 p.m. / Courts , Local Government
Federal Disaster Funding Won’t be Forthcoming for Victims of the January Floods, Office of Emergency Services Says
LoCO Staff / April 5, 2024, noon / Crime
… or households.The threshold for a federal disaster declaration in California is approximately $74 million, or roughly 1,200 homes destroyed or with major damage. The state’s threshold is exceedingly high because …
Newsom, Legislature Get a $17 Billion Jump on California Budget Deficit
Alexei Koseff / April 5, 2024, 7:03 a.m. / Sacramento
… the state to draw matching federal funds; delaying $1 billion for transit infrastructure and $550 million for preschool, transitional kindergarten and full-day kindergarten facilities; shifting $1.8 billion …
Gavin Newsom Says Baseball Saved Him. But the Legend of His Career Doesn’t Always Match the Reality
Alexei Koseff / April 5, 2024, 7 a.m. / Sacramento
OBITUARY: Richard Patrick (Pat) Greene, 1935-2024
LoCO Staff / April 5, 2024, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
Eureka Rank-and-File Police Officers Issue Statement Praising ‘Positive Working Relationship’ With City Government Following Successful Contract Negotiations
LoCO Staff / April 4, 2024, 10:57 a.m. / Local Government
Eureka Gym Owner Arrested for Allegedly Importing, Selling Black Market Chinese Testosterone, Drug Task Force Says
LoCO Staff / April 4, 2024, 8:45 a.m. / Crime
Dangerous Cliffs, Collapsed Parking Lots: How a Relentless Winter Changed Our Coastal Landscapes
Ryan Burns / April 4, 2024, 7:30 a.m. / How ‘Bout That Weather
OBITUARY: Naomi Neil ‘Neil’ Ogimachi, 1925-2024
LoCO Staff / April 4, 2024, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
SPEAKING OF TIKTOK: Eureka Police Department Urges Our Dumb-Ass Youth to Resist the Call of the #DoorKickChallenge
LoCO Staff / April 3, 2024, 4:35 p.m. / Crime
Despite Some Uncertainty and Pushback, Eureka City Council OKs Funding for Overlay Zone at Jacobs Campus
Isabella Vanderheiden / April 3, 2024, 3:36 p.m. / Local Government
… ’s regular meeting, the Eureka City Council voted 4-1, with Councilmember Renee Contreras-DeLoach dissenting, to direct staff to develop a “Mixed Neighborhood” overlay zone that would “add special requirements …
The Great Redwood Trail Agency Has Unveiled Its Draft Master Plan, and it Has Some Big Dreams for Alderpoint, Among Other Things
Hank Sims / April 3, 2024, 3:35 p.m. / Tourism
Stinky, Phallic ‘Corpse Flower’ Blooms in Cal Poly Humboldt Greenhouse For the First Time in Three Years
Ryan Burns / April 3, 2024, 12:14 p.m. / Cal Poly Humboldt , Plants
California’s Most Controversial Housing Law Could Get a Makeover
Ben Christopher / April 3, 2024, 7:12 a.m. / Sacramento
Progressive Democrats Propose a Different Path on Crime
Yue Stella Yu / April 3, 2024, 6:52 a.m. / Sacramento
Large Earthquake Shakes Taiwan; No Tsunami Threat to Humboldt
Andrew Goff / April 2, 2024, 6:21 p.m. / News
Thinking About an E-Bike? The Redwood Coast Energy Authority Has a New Voucher Program That Can Knock Down the Price a Bit
LoCO Staff / April 2, 2024, 4:35 p.m. / Transportation
… customers can receive a $500 - $700 voucher, and eligible adaptive E- Bike riders may receive a $1,000 voucher. Using E-Bikes instead of cars to go to work, visit friends and run errands can help reduce …
Everyone Hates Eureka’s Potholes and the City is Preparing to Fill ‘Em
Isabella Vanderheiden / April 2, 2024, 2:09 p.m. / Infrastructure , Local Government
… proximity so we can have all of the hot mix and equipment in one place.”In the years following the passage of Measure H, the voter-approved 1.25 percent sales tax for road repairs, the city has spent over $2 …
Homeowner Detains Late-Night Burglary Suspect at Trinidad House While Deputies Arrive, Sheriff’s Office Says
LoCO Staff / April 2, 2024, 2 p.m. / Crime
(UPDATE: FOUND) Sheriff’s Office Seeks Help Locating Missing Woman, Last Seen in Alderpoint, Who May be Living ‘Transient Lifestyle’
LoCO Staff / April 2, 2024, 12:50 p.m. / Crime
Two Boys Arrested in Eureka for Calling in Bomb Threat to Their School
LoCO Staff / April 2, 2024, 12:35 p.m. / News
Zane Middle School on Lockdown, Says EPD
Andrew Goff / April 2, 2024, 9:36 a.m. / News
Tracy Man Killed in Solo Vehicle Crash Near Fernbridge
LoCO Staff / April 2, 2024, 9:21 a.m. / Traffic
Foster Kids Miss Out on Sports and Music. A New California Plan Aims to Help Them Catch Up
Ana B. Ibarra / April 2, 2024, 7 a.m. / Sacramento
… pay rates by Jan. 1, although the changes would not roll out until 2026. Aside from the money for activities, the proposal includes a new scale for payments to foster families and money earmarked …
OBITUARY: Evelyn Paine, 1929-2024
LoCO Staff / April 2, 2024, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
