Front Page Archive: 2025 - Rio Dell Times

Rio Dell Times
Front Page Archive: 2025

December 2025

12.25.25 Merry Christmas!

12.22.25 Monitor local weather conditions here - National Weather Service

Check road conditions before you travel with CalTrans

How a speeding ticket can be worse than killing someone with your car in California - CalMatters

12.19.25 Why homeownership in CA isn't nearly the financial slam dunk it once was - CalMatters 2nd lowest rate of homeownership in the country at 55%

12.15.25 California 2025 High-Risk Audit Assessment - CA State Auditor updated assessment of issues and agencies that pose a high risk to the state

12.11.25 Former Fortuna city councilmember pleads guilty to four federal fraud counts in Beacom Construction embezzlement case - Redheaded Blackbelt

40,000 people died on California roads. State leaders looked away - CalMatters

12.8.25 Rio Dell police arrest man on warrant, seize multiple firearms and equipment - Redheaded Blackbelt

California Capitol Annex project leaders won't say how much it costs taxpayers - KCRA over $1.5b so far despite massive state deficit

YouTuber Nick Johnson trains his lens on Eureka, calling it 'Northern California's Drug Capital' - Redheaded Blackbelt

California Housing Affordability Tracker 3rd Quarter 2025 - LAO median housing prices are double the national median

12.5.25 Rio Dell considers suspending its rental inspection program - Times Standard

The 12.16.25 Rio Dell City Council meeting has been cancelled

Bohn says misconduct complaint against him was filed by fellow Supervisor Steve Madrone - Lost Coast Outpost

2025 Report Card for California's Infrastructure - spoiler: it isn't good

12.1.25 The ruin of Scotia's lumber mill is in escrow with an unidentified buyer - Lost Coast Outpost

Recall: Former Pacific Lumber Company (Palco) Scotia Mill Roof Collapse

Report: Minnesota's social services programs engulfed in fraud - Deseret News the investigation began under the prior administration

Minnesota human services employees blame Walz for 'massive fraud' in state - Washington Examiner

November 2025

11.21.25 He built a nursing home empire despite state investigations. Now, lawsuits are piling up - CalMatters re. Shlomo Rechnitz

11.19.25 The 2026-27 CA Fiscal Outlook - Legislative Analyst Office projecting $18b deficit growing to $35b in 2027-28

11.14.25 Rio Dell City Council Meeting Tues Nov. 18th 6pm - Agenda Packet includes scond reading and approval of Wildwood Ave. parking restriction ordinance - requires permits for parking commercial trucks within the city

Industry stakeholders react to federal hemp product ban - Cannabis Business Times

Felon arrested in possession of sawed-off shotgun and narcotics

Human remains identified as missing McKinleyville man

11.11.25 Happy Veterans Day! Thank you to all who have served

11.10.25 Human remains identified as missing McKinleyville man

Felon arrested in possession of sawed-off shotgun and narcotics

11.6.25 Full SNAP benefits begin reaching North Coast recipients following court order - Redheaded Blackbelt

11.4.25 Gavinmander Election Day to retroactively approve breaking the state constitution for partisan political ambition - Humboldt County Vote Center Information

Humboldt County BOS votes to 'censure' 2nd District Supervisor Bushnell

11.2.25 Bushnell responds ahead of Tuesday's BOS vote on possible censure and removal as chair - Redheaded Blackbelt

Rio Dell City Council Meeting Tues Nov. 4th 6pm - Agenda Packet restricting commercial truck parking on Wildwood Ave and on residential streets is back on the agenda...

Three tough truths about climate - Bill Gates changes his tune on the climate doomsday scenario

Microsoft CEO says the company doesn't have enough electricity to install all the AI GPUs in its inventory - Tom's Hardware

October 2025

10.31.25 Happy Halloween!!

15 DUIs, still driving: California's failure to take repeat drunk drivers off the road - CalMatters we have some of the weakest DUI laws in the country by design

CA state retirement fund lost 71% of $468m put in clean energy, won't say how - The Center Square state taxpayers are on the hook to make up the losses

Report shows California leads in debt among all 50 states - The Center Square

10.30.25 Considering Medi-Cal in the midst of a changing fiscal and policy landscape - LAO Report

10.29.25 Vote NO on Prop 50: protect rural representation - CA Farm Bureau

10.21.25 CalFresh Frequently Asked Questions re. government shutdown and November benefits

10.20.25 Sign up for Track My Ballot here! Mailed ballots must be returned on or before Nov. 4th - or bring your mailed ballot to a polling location on election day to surrender it and cast your ballot in-person

10.19.25 Rio Dell City Council Meeting Tues. Oct. 21st 6pm - Agenda Packet

10.17.25 Woman killed in Valley West encampment overnight - Redheaded Blackbelt

California's chronic deficit looms again as Newsom prepares his last state budget - CalMatters

10.16.25 WIC funding extended through November, impacts to CalFresh still expected

As shutdown continues, impacts to CalFresh and WIC benefits expected

Trump to withhold $40m from California over English requirement for truckers - KTLA

10.10.25 California's Proposed Prop 50 Congressional Map Receives 'F' in Fairness - Princeton Gerrymandering Project

Prop 50 mapping: does it divide CA communities? - CalMatters

10.9.25 No on Prop 50 - we cannot save democracy by burning it down in California

10.8.25 County offices to close on Monday Oct 13th for mandatory training

In the biggest sex abuse settlement in US history, some claim they were paid to sue - Los Angeles Times

10.6.25 Rio Dell City Council Meeting Tuesday Oct. 7th 6:00pm - Agenda Packet

10.3.25 What Medi-Cal members need to know for upcoming state changes to coverage

10.1.25 Federal bill cuts funding for local health-related prevention programs

Burglary arrest leads to recovery of numerous stolen firearms

Sheriff's office implements Sublocade program to address opioid crisis

September 2025

9.25.25 Subject arrested for sexual assault

Marijuana enforcement team operation

9.21.25 Graffiti depicting hanging figures with political messages investigated as felony vandalism - Redheaded Blackbelt

9.18.25 Armed man arrested at Arcata City Council meeting last night - Lost Coast Outpost

These rural Californians want to secede. Newsom's maps would pair them with Bay Area liberals - CalMatters

9.16.25 Ronald C. Jenkins 1937-2025, a tribute by his daughter

Rio Dell City Council Meeting tonight 6pm - Agenda Packet

9.15.25 Area 1 Agency on Aging hosts Fall Prevention Awareness Event Sept. 23rd

9.4.25 Former CEO of Tribal Telecom Subsidiary Pleads Guilty to Embezzling Over $500,000 from Yurok Tribe

9.3.25 Rio Dell's Eel River Trail to become more accessible via $1.2m grant - Times Standard

Babylon Bee gets last laugh, federal judge finds CA 'deepfake' law unconstitutional - California Globe

9.2.25 Mountain Fire burns along Hwy 36, one structure destroyed [update: additional resources requested] - Redheaded Blackbelt

Missing McKinleyville man - public help sought

Newsom promised real progress on mental health with CARE Court. Here's what the numbers show - CalMatters

They were convicted of gang crimes. New California Supreme Court rulings trim their sentences - CalMatters

9.1.25 Secret service protection for Kamala Harris ends, how much for CHP to step in? - Fox 26 News

California Highway Patrol to provide security for Kamala Harris after Trump pulls secret service - Fox11 LA despite the massive state deficit, CA will pay for Harris' 15-city bookstop tour security

August 2025

8.29.25 Apply to receive Earthquake Brace & Bolt funds now through Oct 1st

for a reminder...2022 Earthquake Page with aftermath and response slideshow

Humboldt Bay Harbor District responds to termination of wind project grants totaling $679m

CalFire arson arrest of unidentified suspect made following fires near Swains Flat

Early data revision shows no job creation in CA during 2024 Q4 - Legislative Analyst's Office Rosy estimates prove to be untrue (again)

8.27.25 EPD vehicle on fire at Humboldt County Courthouse press release

Humboldt County voters: get ready for the Nov. 4, 2025 statewide special election

8.26.25 California schools brace for fallout from U.S. Supreme Court decision on religious rights - EdSource ruling that parents retain some rights over their own children upends current state policy

Ham radio technician classes begin Sept. 8

Here is the map that is contributing to the push to "temporarily suspend" the CA Constitution for partisan gerrymandering - the 2024 Presidential Election by County map... KTLA

Judge orders Utah legislature to draw new congressional maps - Utah News Dispatch the state legislature invalidated the public vote that created an independent redistricting committee and instead created their own partisan maps...sound familiar?

League of Women Voters v. Utah State Legislature - here is the ruling that spells it out

8.25.25 Illegal migrant truck driver in deadly Florida crash failed tests despite California CDL - VisaVerge.com

8.24.25 69-year-old man drives his vehicle onto the county courthouse lawn and sets it on fire (video) - Lost Coast Outpost

Earthquake bolt & brace retrofit program opens enrollment Aug 20-Oct 1

8.22.25 Rio Dell teen advances street art beautification project - Times-Standard

8.21.25 CA legislature approves bills for special election; proposed Democratic Congressional maps no longer hinge on Texas - KCRA

Amid partisan sparring, California lawmakers send new map to Newsom's desk - The Sacramento Bee

2026 Medi-Cal Asset LImits Reinstatement Frequently Asked Questions - CANHR

8.20.25 What Medi-Cal Members Need to Know - changes for seniors and certain undocumented members begin Jan. 1, 2026 (regardless of any federal changes) due to the ongoing structural deficits created by the state

Update on Shelter Cove plane crash

Attempted homicide arrest in McKinleyville

8.19.25 Rio Dell City Council Meeting Tonight 6pm - Agenda Packet

North Coast to receive millions in transportation investments under $3 billion statewide package - Redheaded Blackbelt including the partial replacement of Eel River Bridge

CA's legislative leaders could secure their seats in Congress with approval of new maps - KCRA

Gavin Newsom wants an election in a hurry on his gerrymander. Here's what has to happen - CalMatters includes quotes from Humboldt County Registrar Juan Pablo Cervantes

8.18.25 Gavin Newsom warms to Big Oil in climate reversal - CalMatters

Shelter Cove airplane crash investigation

8.15.25 CA redistricting maps: see if your district is among proposed changes - CalMatters Humboldt County is proposed to be 'redistricted'

Dangerous levels of cyanobacteria toxins identified in Big Lagoon

Safety net provisions in H.R. 1 One Big Beautiful Bill - NACHSA includes an outline of changes and implementation timeline

Memo: recent federal agency actions restricting non-citizens' access to federal programs and services - NACHSA

8.14.25 League of Women Voters Opposition to Mid-Cycle Redistricting

8.8.25 California Supreme Court hands victory to rooftop solar panel owners - CalMatters

8.6.25 New fire along 101 north of Laytonville - Redheaded Blackbelt

CalFire Active Incidents Map

Democracy be damned: Texas and California plot dueling congressional gerrymanders - CalMatters

Lawsuit could force Humboldt County to regulate groundwater pumping in the Eel River Valley - Lost Coast Outpost

8.5.25 Schwarzenegger ready to fight Newsom on redistricting - Politico

8.4.25 Former deputy city attorney alleges abuse of power by Eureka city manager - Redheaded Blackbelt

Narcotics arrests after traffic stop by HCSO

Global estimates of lives and life-years saved by COVID-19 vaccination during 2020-2024 - Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)

Stanford-led study finds COVID vaccines saved far fewer lives than previously reported - Washington Times Hindsight is always 20/20...

8.1.25 Generation X is in the bullseye for lead exposure, harms to mental health - University of Virginia "People born between late 1960's and mid-1980's experienced high levels of lead exposure as children, due to the use of leaded gasoline"

July 2025

7.31.25 Wildwood Days kicks off! The fun starts today in Fireman'a Park...

7.29.25 Redwood Coast Tsunami Work Group - CalPoly Humboldt includes local tsunami maps

7.22.25 [Update: good news] Authorities searching for missing individual near Eagle Prairie Creek Bridge - Redheaded Blackbelt

EPD update on fatal traffic collision and fire on Broadway

Governor Newsom's flagship mental health court is failing in Orange County - Voice of OC

7.21.25 Navigating federal cuts to Health and Human Services in California: a presentation with CalHHS

7.20.25 Wildwood Days is coming!! July 31st - August 3rd in Rio Dell

City of Fortuna pilots 34-hour work week with most offices closed on Fridays

Humboldt County Fair starts on August 16th in Ferndale

7.17.25 Napa man charged with murder for body found under bridge - KRON4 the alleged murderer was dismissed from mental health diversion court just three days prior due to CA law

California's most ambitious trail project has a policing problem - SFGate re. the Great Redwood Trail

7.15.25 A new invader threatens California water supplies. Can the state stop its spread? - CalMatters

7.14.25 In Gratitude by Thadeus Greenson - North Coast Journal thank you for all your good work!

Rio Dell City Council Meeting Tuesday July 15th 6pm - Agenda Packet

Arrests made on Glendale homicide

Trespassing arrests in Blue Lake

7.12.25 Search warrant at Rio Dell property yields marijuana grow and illegal firearms - Redheaded Blackbelt

The Disappearing Registrants: one woman's fight to amend a law allowing offenders to quietly disappear from state sex registry - North Coast Journal

7.11.25 Immigration raid at cannabis farm leads to violence in Camarillo as hundreds protest - SF Gate

Protester appears to fire gun at federal immigration agents near Camarillo - ABC7 News

Man on life support from injury during immigration raid in Ventura County, family says - ABC7 News

7.10.25 Meals and Bloodmobiles - North Coast Journal

7.9.25 Judge vacates his earlier order releasing sexually violent predator in Humboldt

Homicide investigation in Glendale

7.8.25 'Rogue cop' on trial for extorting marijuana from drivers on Hwy 101 - Courthouse News Service

7.6.25 CalFire Current Incidents Map - includes Bridge Fire near Alderpoint

Bridge Fire ignites near Alderpoint; aircraft and land crews responding - Redheaded Blackbelt

Could California start producing more oil? Gov. Newsom is considering - KCRA

7.4.25 Happy Birthday America!

New Rio Dell shop EmeraldZ blends Humboldt gifts with game room fun - Redheaded Blackbelt Grand opening is tomorrow...

7.3.25 A Place to Stop and Rest: Wiyot youth housing project breaks ground aiming to provide a safety net - North Coast Journal

June 2025

6.30.25 Rio Dell City Council Meeting Tues July 1st 6pm - Agenda Packet includes update on water capital improvement project, zoning changes and more...

Rio Dell would like to remind you they also have a spiffy, new trail for your non-motorized needs - Lost Coast Outpost

Great Redwood Trail Interactive Map

6.28.25 Car fire beneath Hwy 101 at Stafford overcrossing could be causing structural damage - Redheaded Blackbelt

6.27.25 State threatens Blue Lake with hefty fines and legal action for failure to adopt a compliant housing element - Lost Coast Outpost

Trump still would have won in 2024 even if everyone had turned out to vote, Pew finds - NPR

6.26.25 California budget deal cooks the books again to hide big 'structural' deficit - CalMatters

6.24.25 California 2025 Budget Compromise Summary

6.23.25 Dried-up California farmland to become site of world-record solar facility - SF Gate

6.16.25 Rio Dell City Council Meeting June 17th 6pm - Agenda Packet includes Recology rate increase, adoption of nitrous oxide sales ban and more...

6.14.25 Happy 250th Birthday U.S. Army!

America's 250th Anniversary Celebration - events to be held leading up to July 4, 2026

California Budget Subcomm #3 HHS discussion of Governor's May Revise proposal has been moved here

6.12.25 Summer Community Meals 2025 by Eureka City Schools (includes Fortuna and Rio Dell)

6.10.25 California poorly trains and supports teaching math, report concludes - EdSource "the analysis shows California programs perform among the lowest in the country"

CA legislature releases their budget plan which will be approved before the 15th to ensure lawmakers get paid - this is a placeholder budget...

6.7.25 $2.2B Obama-era Ivanpah Project shutting down, leaving behind 172K thermal collectors - Christina Aguayo who gets to pay to clean this up...

6.6.25 Effects of the Surge in Immigration on State and Local Budgets in 2023 - Congressional Budget Office $9.8B for an estimated 4.4 million immigrants from 2021-2023 (does not include the millions of lawful permanent residents, those on visas, temporary protected status, etc.)

6.5.25 Deputy involved shooting near Bear River Recreation Center

6.4.25 Newsom's push to block law could save California nursing homes over $1 billion - KFF Health News

6.3.25 Sheriff's office identifies contractor killed in landslide as former police sergeant - North Coast Journal

6.2.25 Rio Dell City Council Meeting Tuesday June 3rd 6pm - Agenda Packet includes nitrous oxide sales ban ordinance, purchase of two trucks, adoption of council priorities and more...

Humboldt County man sentenced to 30 years for sexual abuse of three young girls

More Californians face legal issues, but get less help - Law360

California Justice Gap Study - The State Bar of California

May 2025

5.30.25 Raise your coffee cup for 37th annual World No Tobacco Day

5.29.25 'I'm really scared': Elderly and disabled Californians with more than $2,000 could lose Medi-Cal - CalMatters article fails to mention the other contributor to the skyrockeeting enrollment rates, the expansion of full-scope Medi-Cal to all undocumented immigrants

CMS increasing oversight on states illegally using federal Medicaid funding for health care for illegal immigrants - CMS.gov

PG&E customers face $532m bill for dam removal some don't want - SF Gate

California lawmakers, regulators clash over closure of oil refineries - KCRA Channel 3

5.28.25 California's report on AI risks in government somehow finds none - CalMatters

Should older sex offenders be eligible for early release from prison? - Capitol Weekly

5.27.25 California 2025-26 Multiyear Budget Outlook - Legislative Analysts Office (LAO)

5.26.25 Memorial Day - thank you!

Vets in LA hope, with Trump order, that they can finally come home - LAist

5.25.25 Arcata man sentenced to 50 years for sexual abuse of three children

One night, five victims: suspected drink tampering at Eureka bar - Redheaded Blackbelt

Humboldt County man sentenced to 16 years in state prison for fentanyl trafficking

5.23.25 OC health officials allege state regulator threatened board member to help powerful private interests - LAist one piece to a major public corruption scandal still unfolding...

Sex offender arrested for indecent exposure

Parolee arrested for burglary

5.22.25 The 5.20.25 Rio Dell City Council Meeting is online!

Gavin Newsom's off-the-mark budget numbers undermine his credibility again - CalMatters

MAHA commission unveils landmark report exposing root causes of childhood chronic disease crisis - HHS

5.21.25 Humboldt's attorneys warn of staffing 'crisis' - Redheaded Blackbelt

Rio Dell City Council votes 3-2 to eliminate the existing RDPD Records Technician position...video of the meeting is coming soon...

5.19.25 Rio Dell City Council Meeting Tuesday May 20th 6pm - Agenda Packet includes recognition of local citizen who saved their neighbor from a house fire and more...

At open house, Rio Dellers check out CalFire's plans for their town - Lost Coast Outpost

5.16.25 'I'll never get out of this hole': Older Americans brace as DOE begins Social Security garnishments - Fast Company

5.14.25 California May Revise Budget Summary - $12 Billion Dollar Deficit and that is before a single federal dollar is cut

Newsom proposes to freeze Medi-Cal enrollment for undocumented immigrants - LAist

5.13.25 CalFire Humboldt-Del Norte Headquarters Facility in Rio Dell Public Meeting tomorrow at Rio Dell Elementary

After promising universal health care, California governor must reconsider immigrant coverage - KFF Health News

5.12.25 County receives $43.5m grant for new Sempervirens

5.11.25 Happy Mother's Day!!

5.8.25 Fatal residential fire on Riverside Drive in Rio Dell

One dead, one injured in Rio Dell structure fire - Redheaded Blackbelt

Marijuana enforcement team uncovers unlicensed grow and labor exploitation in Redway

Conviction overturned in Humboldt County murder case, victim's family calls for community action - Redheaded Blackbelt

California's fourth-ranked economy is also tops in unemployment, poverty and deficits - CalMatters

5.7.25 Combating the Crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous People in California - State Assembly Hearing including Sheriff Honsal (forward to 51:50, they started late)

Fatal vehicle vs bicycle collision on W. Harris

Cold homicide case skeletal remains identified

Humboldt County Board of Supervisors Budget Presentations Special Meeting - video from 5/5 special meeting

Whistleblowers say LA's top homeless official hired unqualified friends, tried to destroy public records - LAist

5.5.25 Humboldt County 2025 General Fund Financial Forecast

Humboldt County 2025 Strategic Plan Implementation Update

Rio Dell City Council Meeting Tuesday May 6th at 6pm - Agenda Packet

5.2.25 New cannabis excise tax rate effective July 1, 2025 - rate increases from 15% to 19%

Fear and frustration in Manila: residents decry proposal to house a convicted serial rapist in their community - North Coast Journal

April 2025

4.30.25 Fraud Alert! Scammers targeting City of Rio Dell permit applicants

CalFire is moving forward with its plan to move its HQ to downtown Rio Dell; public meeting scheduled for May 14th - Lost Coast Outpost

Notice of preparation of an environmental impact report - CalFire Humboldt - Del Norte Unit Headquarters Relocation

Welfare fraud decriminalization bill passes senate committee - California Globe

4.29.25 Reminder to travelers: you'll need a REAL ID to fly starting May 7th

Parolee arrested in McKinleyville

4.28.25 Homeowner arrested again in McKinleyville drug house bust - Redheaded Blackbelt

4.26.25 Unlikely cafe hybrid lets you grab your coffee and joint without leaving your car - SF Gate Eureka's own Gold Rush Coffee

4.25.25 'Brighter Days Ahead': locals rally to save the historic Fortuna theatre - Lost Coast Outpost

4.24.25 Fortuna council mulls opening to cannabis industry as city struggles with revenue - Times-Standard

4.23.25 'Unprecedented' toxic algae bloom continues to kill So. California whales and other wildlife - LAist

Why is a new office building for CA lawmakers costing as much as an NFL stadium? - KCRA

4.20.25 Happy Easter!

4.17.25 Bridge south of Rio Dell named in honor of murdered CalTrans employee - Lost Coast Outpost

4.16.25 Protect what's ours: keep the Eel River Trail clean and safe - a message from Rio Dell Police Chief Josh Phinney on recent damage

Opposition of violent sexual predator placement in Humboldt County (public hearing)

CMS refocuses on its core mission and preserving the state-federal Medicaid partnership - Notice of Nonrenewal for California's 1115 waiver (CalAIM) which expires in 2026

UK Supreme Court backs 'biological' definition of woman - BBC

4.15.25 Medi-Cal and Seniors - policy at a glance - California Health Care Foundation

4.14.25 Terry's Take: Rio Dell gets the shake, not the support - Redheaded Blackbelt

4.13.25 Rio Dell City Council Meeting Tuesday April 15th, 6pm - Agenda Packet includes approval of Eel River Trail grant application for accessible ramp, first reading of ordinance to ban motorized vehicles other than disabled mobility devices on Eel River Trail and create fines for misuse, and more...

4.7.25 Fake student aid: California colleges detect more fraudsters stealing millions - CalMatters

Federal task force to investigate potential fraud and misuse of homelessness funding - LAist

4.5.25 Former preschool administrator exonerated by state investigation into the reporting of a child abuse incident at Winzler Children's Center lasst year - Lost Coast Outpost

Drug Task Force alleges local business knowingly sent drug trafficking profits out of the country - Northcoast Journal

4.3.25 Northern CA town hall erupts over PG&E's 'dangerous' reservoir plan - SFGate

4.1.25 California just blew a deadline for voter-approved health care measure - losing millions of federal dollars - CalMatters

March 2025

3.31.25 The Most Immediate Threat to Medicaid/Medi-Cal in California (audio) - Opinion by Sharon Wolff

Why can't we have nice things with Ezra Klein - the Weekly Show with Jon Stewart re. all that infrastructure funding

Man engulfed in flames during 'flair-up' at Scotia power plant - Lost Coast Outpost

New sales tax increases go into effect tomorrow throughout Humboldt County

3.30.25 Rio Dell City Council Meeting Tues. April 1st 6pm - Agenda Packet includes status update on 2022 earthquake recovery projects, ordinance establishing fire hazard severity map and more...

3.28.25 Traffic collision on Blue Slide Road: driver suspected of DUI - Redheaded Blackbelt

Despite California opposition, ICE, federal agents arresting violent criminals - The Center Square

If California bails out LA's $1 billion budget deficit, beware the slippery slope - CalMatters

California high speed rail needs $7 billion bailout, could lose federal funds - The Center Square

3.26.25 EPD investigating a series of stolen vehicles and carjackings

3.25.25 Happy 204th Greek Independence Day!

3.20.25 A loophole in CA law makes it hard to prosecute threats against schools. Will lawmakers close it? - CalMatters

3.19.25 HCDTF arrests two after 4-month investigation into Guatemalan drug trafficking organization

California reflects on five years since Covid-19 stay-at-home order - KRCR ABC7

What was learned from the first stay-at-home order of the COVID pandemic 5 years ago - NPR

3.18.25 Fortuna Police Chief Casey Day to leave for Pacific Grove - Times Standard

California's Medi-Cal shortfall hits $6.2 billion with 'unprecedented' cost increases - CalMatters expansion of full-scope Medi-Cal to all undocumented immigrants costs $8.5 billion annually, entirely out of the General Fund.

Biden Administration's Census Bureau quietly 'announced' 2.8 million people migrated into the U.S. between 2023-2024

Newsom's office seeks another $2.8 billion to plug Medicaid gap - Politico

California's insurance-tax shuffle: how federal money ends up paying for Medicaid for illegal immigrants - Paragon Health Institute

German intelligence concluded Covid virus came from Chinese lab, govt blocked findings: Report - Firstpost

March 11, 2025 was the Fifth Anniversary of Covid-19 being declared a pandemic

3.17.25 Happy St. Patrick's Day!!

3.16.25 Rio Dell City Council Meeting Tuesday March 18th 6pm - Agenda Packet includes mid-year fiscal report and more...

Medi-Cal loan: California borrows over $3 billion to cover costs - LAist

Providing health care for immigrants is costing California more than expected. Is coverage at risk? - CalMatters Medi-Cal expansion to undocumented immigrants costs $8.5 Billion annually according to the state

Vehicle investigation leads to arrest

3.7.25 Help shape Humboldt County's economy: take the Humboldt CEDS Community Survey

How America lost control of the bird flu, setting the stage for another pandemic - CNN & KFF Health News

3.3.25 US Justice Department busts human trafficking smuggling ring, 2 arrested in Los Angeles - KCAL News

3.2.25 Rio Dell City Council Meeting Tues. March 4th 6pm - Agenda Packet

Humboldt County cities updated CalFire maps

California's new fire risk maps have huge impacts for homeowners- Newsweek

'A volunteer jail:' inside the scandals and abuse pushing California's homeless out of shelters - CalMatters

February 2025

2.24.25 Providence St. Joseph kicks in $2 million for new behavioral health triage center in Arcata - Lost Coast Outpost

2.18.25 Coffee with the Chief - let's talk Rio Dell! Come meet Chief Joshua Phinney and let him know your concerns

NPR spotlights Scotia biomass plant as debate over its future grown - Redheaded Blackbelt

2.17.25 Happy Washington's Birthday! history of this federal holiday that we call President's Day

Rio Dell City Council Meeting Tuesday Feb. 18th 6pm - Agenda Packet Includes total compensation study draft report and more...

2.13.25 Ten days after Martinez Refinery fire, new details of toxic chemicals released - KQED

2.8.25 Swearing-In Ceremony of New Rio Dell Chief of Police Joshua Phinney

2.6.25 Rio Dell Times 2, local attorney Chris Hamer 0, CA appeal court affirms local ruling which is a victory for all journalists - John Chiv Words Worth

California Appeals Court upholds ruling siding with local journalists against major Humboldt law firm in 'unique' defamation case - Redheaded Blackbelt

Former Fortuna Councilmember Mobley indicted for fraud - North Coast Journal

2.4.25 The 2.3.25 Rio Dell City Council Special Meeting re. commercial truck parking ban is online!

Scotia missing person investigation - Feather Alert issued

California schools continue to struggle with test scores in reading and math - CalMatters

California improperly claimed $52.7 million in federal Medicaid reimbursement for capitation payments made on behalf of noncitizens with unsatisfactory immigration status - HHS Office of Inspector General

2.2.25 Appeals Court Upholds Unique Humboldt County Ruling re. First Amendment and Conservators (audio) pitting the RioDellTimes against the senior partner of the largest law firm in Humboldt County

2.1.25 Rio Dell City Council Special Meeting Monday Feb. 3rd 6:00pm - Agenda Packet study session re. commercial truck parking ban ordinances

Rio Dell City Council Regular Meeting Tuesday Feb. 4th 6:00pm - Agenda Packet includes introduction of Police Chief Joshua Phinney and more...

January 2025

1.29.25 Fortuna Councilmember Mobley resigns amid FBI investigation - North Coast Journal

Southern California wildfires could be a double whammy for the state's shaky budget - CalMatters

Where are the lithium batteries, paint and other hazardous materials from the Eaton and Palisades fires going? - LAist

1.27.25 Welcome New Rio Dell Police Chief Joshua Phinney!

1.26.25 Rio Dell Commerical Truck Parking Ban - KMUD Reports the matter will now go to the City Council to resolve

1.24.25 Video of Traffic Committee Meeting re. commercial truck parking ban

Rio Dell to swear in Joshua Phinney as new Chief of Police on Monday

1.23.25 Rio Dell says "never mind" to commercial truck parking ban enforcement efforts, for now... video of the packed traffic committee meeting coming soon

Video from Nuisance Advisory Committee Meeting re. commerical truck parking ban

1.22.25 Rio Dell Traffic Committee Mtg. Jan 23rd 4pm - Agenda Packet re. commercial truck parking ban within the city

1.21.25 Rio Dell Nuisance Advisory Committee Mtg. Jan. 22nd 3pm - Agenda Packet re. commercial truck parking within the city

1.20.25 Happy Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Day!

1.19.25 Rio Dell City Council Meeting Tues. Jan. 21st 6pm - Agenda packet is not currently posted

Rio Dell Nuisance Abatement Committee meeting Weds. Jan. 22nd 3pm re. banning commerical vehicle parking within the city

1.17.25 Court battle between former Judge Gregory Kreis and blogger John Chiv raises First Amendment questions - Lost Coast Outpost

World's largest battery plant on fire in Central California - Politico

1.16.25 Humboldt County Human Rights Commission meeting tonight 5pm re. sanctuary ordinance - includes online link

Humboldt County Sanctuary Ordinance (2018)

1.15.25 California abandons diesel truck ban and 3 other clean-air rules before Trump is sworn in - CalMatters

from 2020 archives: L.A. to pay $1.9m for utility crew damage to endangered plants - Courthouse News Service re. Pacific Palisades and attempts to harden infrastructure in high risk fire zones like Topanga Canyon

1.14.25 Rio Dell response re. parking of commercial vehicles, RVs, trailers and boats - related to upcoming nuisance hearing on parking restrictions

Fentanyl, paraphernalia and cash seized in arrest

Slow speed pursuit in Eureka

Vehicle pursuit ends in arrest on Samoa

1.13.25 Accessing health care services during a public health emergency for Medi-Cal recipients

L.A. fires ongoing coverage at LAist

Rio Dell Nuisance Abatement Committee meeting Jan. 22nd 3pm at City Hall re. semi-truck parking ban within Rio Dell - the agenda has not posted yet. 'Protect Truckers Parking Rights' petition available here

Federal judge vacates Biden Title IX rule scrapping protections for LGBTQ+ students nationwide - Stateline

1.9.25 The Battle Over Bear River: how a power struggle over tribal policing authority derailed an officer's career - North Coast Journal

1.8.25 Request to publish Appeals Court opinion upholding ruling against prominent Arcata attorney and client

CalFire Incidents - most up to date resource for current fire information

California's $20 billion unemployment debt is looking like a political hot potato - CalMatters

1.5.25 Rio Dell City Council Meeting Tues Jan. 7th 6pm- Agenda Packet includes election of Mayor, grant application for regional food hub at Humboldt Rio Dell Business Park and more...

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