This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Legislators this week approved a health tax bill meant to continue critical federal funding for the state’s Medicaid program, also known as Medi-Cal. Their approval comes despite warnings from health industry leaders that the tax, as designed, will raise premiums for privately insured […]
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Local Whooping Cough Case Confirmed
The Humboldt County Department of Health and Human Services reports a local case of pertussis, more commonly known as whooping cough, has been confirmed, and is warning people may have been exposed to the illness at four locations this month. Those locations are: Public health officials are monitoring what “may be the beginning of a […]
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Miranda’s Rescue Under Scrutiny, Part 1
On the night of April 12, Jennifer Raymond crawled through a tunnel she’d cut in the thick hedge wound with blackberry vines that separated her property from Miranda’s Rescue and clipped the wire fencing. She found the fresh mound of dirt she’d been watching and started digging with her hands. “I dug and got 2 […]
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Targeting the Sharpshooters
When the Humboldt County Department of Agriculture put out a call for assistance to help recover grape vines potentially harboring an invasive insect never before detected in the area, the community responded. The result of a Fresno-based nursery breaching protocol meant to prevent the pest’s expansion, a total of 60 plants with glassy-winged sharpshooters possibly […]
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Duane Flatmo Wants to Wow
Standing in the glow of El Pulpo Magnifico — artist Duane Flatmo’s massive, motorized, flame-shooting, scrap metal octopus — is a physical experience. As anyone who’s encountered it in the desert plain of Burning Man or its December Arts Alive appearance in 2022 will recall, the plumes of propane flame turn its silver body a […]
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New California Law Bans Law Enforcement from Interfering in State Elections
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Law enforcement officers will be banned from interfering with California elections under a new law Gov. Gavin Newsom signed May 27, just in time for the June 2 primary election. The law, which takes effçect immediately, criminalizes the act of taking cast ballots from the custody of a […]
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Cowbells and Crab Hands
Jason Arriola stands at the plate, bat ready to swing, and the crowd’s humming dims briefly as everyone watches. The Novato Knicks player facing him throws the ball and Arriola’s arms move like rubber as he swings, sending the ball into the far corner of the field. The crowd grows louder the farther he runs, […]
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Becerra, Hilton Leading in Most Uncertain California Governor’s Race in Years
Democrat Xavier Becerra and Republican Steve Hilton were leading in the race for California governor in early returns Tuesday night, a nailbiter befitting the most unsettled gubernatorial race in recent memory. The two were neck-and-neck after about 4.8 million ballots, or about 55 percent of the votes, were counted statewide. It could be days or […]
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Who’s Winning California’s Statewide Races? Here’s What We Know So Far
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. California’s primary election included more than just deciding who voters want to see in the governor’s office. Californians also voted on several statewide offices, ranging from the governor’s second in command to the regulator for the state’s embattled insurance market. The top two vote-getters will go […]
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California Voting Ends Tuesday. The Results? Don’t Expect Them Anytime Soon
Even after all the ballots have been cast on Tuesday, it might be a while before Californians know the results of some significant races this election, given the state’s notoriously slow counting. California has made headlines for trailing other states when it comes to tallying its votes. Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom sent a letter last […]
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Supreme Court Upholds Death Penalty in Eureka Family’s Slaying
Twenty-four years after a Yosemite lodge handyman was sentenced to death for the brutal murders of a Eureka mother, her daughter and a family friend from Argentina during what was supposed to be a sightseeing trip to the iconic park, the California Supreme Court has denied his appeal. A jury found Cary Stayner, now 64, […]
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In it for the Glory
The 2026 Kinetic Grand Champions who made it across the finish line on Ferndale’s Main Street arrived soaked, sandy, sweaty and swathed in Glory. The three-day pedal and paddle 50 miles in a human-powered contraption race from Arcata to Ferndale with side quests in the dunes and Humboldt Bay drew to a close on Monday. […]