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Rio Dell Times
Front Page Archive: January – April 2026
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April 2026
4.29.26 Faced with painful budget cuts, Fortuna debates selling the River Lodge and closing the Depot Museum - Lost Coast Outpost
Understanding $100 Billion in spending growth: causes and fiscal implications - California Legislative Analyist's Office
Sham hospice schemes are bilking Medicare - and harming CA seniors - CalMatters
High-speed rail draft 2026 business plan - California Legislative Analyst's Office
projected costs are $231 billion now 4.28.26 Billionaire blitz: Steyer's $132 million campaign dwarfs rivals in CA governor race - CalMatters
4.20.26 Prop 64 at 10: why the illicit cannabis market still dominates California - Times-Standard
4.17.26 The 4.21.26 Rio Dell City Council meeting is cancelled
4.16.26 CA Teachers Association endorses Tom Steyer for governor - EdSource the white male oligarch billionaire is leading the pack of "progressive" candidates after Swalwell's collapse - who they also endorsed...
Steyer faces renewed scrutiny over past investments as governor's race heats up - The Hemet & San Jacinto Chronicle questions resurface on profitting from private detention facilities
How taxpayers are liable for sexual misconduct by members of Congress - Straight Arrow News
CA lawmakers must weigh long-term consequences before granting a tribe a state park - CalMatters
4.15.26 How gangs connected to India are terrorizing a California immigrant community - CalMatters
4.14.26 Ex-Swalwell campaign donor: 'I am no longer a Democrat' - Fox 11 Los Angeles
CA Teachers Association and SEIU strongly endorsed Eric Swalwell for Governor - they just pulled their support and webpages down
Just last week: Swalwell wins CA Teachers Association backing in governor's race - EdSource
California Democrats advance 'Stop Nick Shirley Act' to criminalize investigative journalism - California Globe
AB 2624 Privacy for immigration support services providers - this is the bill that bans reporting on certain groups
4.7.26 'This data center will come.' The fight over California's largest AI development - inewsource
4.6.26 Rio Dell City Council Meeting Tuesday April 7th 6pm - Agenda Packet
Medicare dips a toe into hemp for seniors - Axios
High cost of living suppresses CA population growth, UC Berkeley study finds - UC Berkeley News
4.5.26 Happy Easter!
March 2026
3.31.26 Happy CA State Holiday That Shall Not Be Named - Farmworkers Day has been on August 26th since 2021...
3.26.26 When the water stops: one rural community's crisis and the national problem behind it - Redheaded Blackbelt Alderpoint may be losing water service to residences which would make them uninhabitable
3.24.26 Digital tablets mellowed California prisons. Now tech migration is riling users - CalMatters
recall: California inmates claim over $1b in COVID-related unemployment scam - KCRA
Humboldt BOS approves changing Cesar Chavez Day to Farmworkers Day on March 31st
notable: California Farmworkers Day has been held each year on August 26th since 2021 (created by SB 721)
3.23.26 Live Well Humboldt! Complete the community health survey by Humboldt County Public Health
and you're eligible for a $30 gift card
California's $20 fast food wage yields higher prices, fewer jobs, more automation - CalMatters
Let them eat Big Macs, Crunch Wraps and Whoppers: a working paper describing the statewide impact of CA's $20 fast food minimum wage - UCSC Institute for Social Transformation
California spends millions on homelessness, but few reach permanent housing - Jefferson Public Radio
story features Southern Humboldt area
Pebble Beach golf, Maui resorts, European tours: how special interests woo California lawmakers - CalMatters
3.19.26 Farmworker advocate says many had to have known amid Chavez allegations - ABC10
3.18.26 'I exposed California's billion dollar fraud crisis' - Nick Shirley this video has been blocked on YouTube...
Later that day...'I exposed California's billion dollar fraud crisis' - Nick Shirley on YouTube
Refresher: California State Hospice Licensure and Oversight Audit (2021) - 'numerous indicators of such fraud and abuse'
and: Statewide Program Integrity and Anti-fraud efforts in In-Home Supportive Services FY 2023-24
- loss identified by the state is $8,033,669
CHP Officer's Fortuna home searched in large-scale drug trafficking investigation - Redheaded Blackbelt
United Farmworkers union won't be part of Cesar Chavez Day activities after 'troubling allegations' - NBC Los Angeles
Civil rights leader Dolores Huerta issues statement accusing Cesar Chavez of sexual abuse - NBC Los Angeles
'Profoundly shocking' allegations against Cesar Chavez spark soul-searching in movement - LA Times
Reminder - Cesar Chavez Day is March 31st
3.16.26 Rio Dell City Council Meeting Tues. 6pm - Agenda Packet
10 projects from Newsom's mental health bond were supposed to open in 2025. That didn't happen - CalMatters
3.15.26 Lawmakers question CA State Library over missing funds tied to children's literacy program - ABC10 News
re. Dolly Parton's Imagination Library project
California Hospice Oversight Audit Report (2022) - CA State Auditor 'the state's weak oversight of hospice agencies has created opportunities for large-scale fraud and abuse'
Hospice scams in California: what the state audit found and how new regulations protect seniors - California Health Advocates
Hundreds of businesses registered in California may be fraudulent, investigation finds - CBS LA
Person with 'history of sleeping on the job' held critical role during Eaton Fire, complaint alleges - LAist
3.14.26 Death of Hoopa shooting victim Friday night leads investigators to seek murder charges against three suspects - Redheaded Blackbelt
We visited 'ground zero' for hospice fraud: Los Angeles, CA - CBS News
3.10.26 She directed $2.7m from her elderly clients to her husband's company. The judge approved every penny - CalMatters
Medi-Cal adult full-scope expansion regardless of immigration status data by county
- includes the numbers of how many people with 'unsatisfactory legal status' are currently receiving this state benefit
(entirely from the general fund) 3.9.26 How Trinidad's big water leak highlights a much bigger quandary - Lost Coast Outpost
Willits faces night of reckoning as city council considers declaring a financial emergency - Redheaded Blackbelt
After his crash killed a child, the DMV renewed his license - then it hid his records - CalMatters
California has 40,000 affordable housing units ready to break ground. One setback is holding them back - CalMatters
3.6.26 Scotia CSD: water is safe, but boil it for drinking - Times Standard
3.5.26 Rio Dell to cut down potentially hazardous trees in park - Lost Coast Outpost
3.4.26 What really gets recycled in Humboldt - and what you're doing wrong - Redheaded Blackbelt
3.3.26 Making a splash in Fortuna: long-dreamed community pool moves forward - Redheaded Blackbelt
The City of Fortuna will return 236 acres of land to the Wiyot Tribe - Lost Coast Outpost
Supporters of California voter ID initiative submit 1.3 million signatures to get proposal on ballot - East Bay Times
February 2026
2.27.26 Wave of California teacher strikes 'is no coincidence' - CalMatters
2.21.26 Child molestor granted elderly parole in Sacramento County - Fox40 News
despite being convicted to 3 life sentences for crimes against children under the age of 7.
2.17.26 Scotia Lodge bought by SoCal-based hotel chain 'focused on unique boutique properties': restaurant, bar to launch this weekend - Lost Coast Outpost
2.11.26 Report says California's bond debt load exceeds $99 billion - The Center Square
2.10.26 Locals outraged as court OKs Skunk Train's eminent domain request - SF Gate
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ABC News' Good Morning America is coming to Eureka! - Redheaded Blackbelt
2.6.26 Catholic Diocese of Santa Rosa selling eight acres in Rio Dell as part of bankruptcy proceedings amid sex abuse claims - Lost Coast Outpost
2.5.26 Newsom walks thin line on immigrant health as he eyes Presidential bid - KFF Health News
2.3.26 Appeals court overturns former UCLA gynecologist's sex abuse conviction - APNews an individual who 'lacked sufficient English' was allowed on the jury in California
These California trucking schools broke state laws. Regulators couldn't do anything about it - CalMatters
Why California is years late on mandated disaster reports - and why it matters for the next disaster - LAist
2.2.26 Rio Dell City Council Meeeting Tuesday Feb. 3rd 6pm - Agenda Packet
2.1.26 LAPD issues tactical alert as rioters attack federal building (again) - ABC7 News
Eugene police declare riot as federal building is breached - KVAL News
A look at the economic impact that Valero refinery shut down in Benicia could have - KPIX
California Republicans oppose mileage-based fee proposal that is quickly moving through the legislature - KCRA 3
pay attention to AB 1421 as the state searches for every new source of revenue possible January 2026
1.30.26 Amazon is building a new delivery center just outside of Ukiah: what could it mean for the community? - The Mendocino Voice
1.28.26 California lawmakers ignore most state audit warnings, costing billions - CBS News 'billions lost to fraud and broken oversight'
1.22.26 Inside Cartel Infiltration in California Growing Areas: Humboldt County Sheriff Honsal - California Insider
1.20.26 Rio Dell City Council Meeting Tonight 6pm - Agenda Packet
Humboldt County volunteers needed for Point in Time Count on Friday Jan. 23rd
Viral Gold's Gym women's locker room whistleblower announces run for LA Mayor - ABC13
1.8.26 Revised 2026 County of Humboldt Offices Hours - many departments will be closed to the public on Friday
1.7.26 Newsom's final year in office begins with an $18 billion deficit. How will he address it? - CalMatters
January budget proposal comes out this week
How a Yurok housing matter landed in Shasta County court - Redheaded Blackbelt
1.3.26 Flood advisory issued for So. Humboldt
Rio Dell City Council Meeting Tues. Jan. 6th 6pm - Agenda Packet includes possible ending of rental inspection program, discussion of $1.5 million dollar award to the city to "purchase land to support the CalFire Regional Headquarters" and more...
1.2.26 Fully involved structure fire in downtown Arcata; ruptured gas main reported - Redheaded Blackbelt
1.1.26 Happy New Year's!
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