Slashing Greenhouse Gases: California Revises Climate Change Strategy

By Nadia Lopez/CalMatters on November 18, 2022 at 10:09AM

California has a long way to go to meet the new 48 percent goal in just eight years. By 2020 it had cut emissions only about 14 percent below 1990 levels, according to air board officials.

Condor A6 Joins Growing North Coast Flock in the Wild (with Video)

By Kimberly Wear on November 17, 2022 at 5:12PM

Find out more about the effort here.

Feds OK Klamath Dam Removal

By Thadeus Greenson on November 17, 2022 at 2:27PM

FEDERAL REGULATORS GREEN LIGHT LARGEST RIVER RESTORATION PROJECT IN US HISTORY Removal of Four Klamath River Dams to Begin in 2023

Caution Urged After Second Fox Bite Report

By Kimberly Wear on November 16, 2022 at 2:51PM

The Department of Health and Human Services is urging people who live, work or are visiting places in the area between Manila and Mad River Beach to use caution and be aware of any animal acting strangely after a second fox bite report in less than a month. According to a news release, a Manila resident received the bite over the weekend and is currently undergoing treatment for possible exposure to rabies.

HWMA Moving Forward With Organic Waste Facility, Opening Date TBD

By Iridian Casarez on November 16, 2022 at 10:36AM

Keller-Heckman couldn’t provide a timeline of when the organic waste processing center would open, which may cause some hiccups for cities that passed ordinances stating organic waste curbside recycling service would start by Jan. 1, 2023. With an unknown timeline of when the sorting facility at HWMA will be open, it’s unclear if cities will meet that deadline.

Arcata Homicide Suspect Arrested by APD, SWAT

By Kimberly Wear on November 16, 2022 at 9:59AM

Fair Bookkeeper Arrested on Embezzlement Warrant

By Thadeus Greenson on November 16, 2022 at 9:36AM

Ferndale police arrested the Humboldt County Fair Association's bookkeeper yesterday morning and booked her into jail on suspicion of having embezzled from the fair and another nonprofit. Ferndale Police Chief Ron Sligh confirmed that he personally took Nina Tafarella, 47, into custody yesterday morning at the Bear River Casino.

Remains Identified as Missing Bridgeville Resident

By Kimberly Wear on November 15, 2022 at 3:34PM

SCOTUS Probes Constitutionality of Indian Child Welfare Act

By The Imprint on November 15, 2022 at 2:37PM

That argument was met with a barrage of questions from justices across the ideological spectrum. Justice Amy Coney Barrett noted that the court has “allowed Congress to far exceed anything that we would think of as just commerce and the sense of trade.”

Will This Be the Most Diverse California Legislature Ever?

By Ariel Gans/CalMatters on November 14, 2022 at 2:42PM

In the June primary, an unprecedented 113 women ran for legislative seats, 38 percent of all candidates, and 80 made it to November. In districts without an incumbent, 61 percent of female candidates advanced out of the primary — nearly double the success rate of 33 percent in 2020, according to Close the Gap, a political advocacy group that works to elect Democratic women.