Changes were made to California's disability access laws within the last year to help businesses battle "drive by" lawsuits, and a workshop on Friday aims to help local enterprises understand what they need to do.

The year was 1988 and, having just graduated from Eureka High School, Ronald Binion had a choice to make: He could work toward a traditional job, or he could pursue a life of puppetry.

Humboldt County Sheriff's Office deputies arrested a Eureka man early Wednesday after allegedly finding more than six grams of methamphetamine, five rifles and a handgun in his car.

The Eureka Police Department arrested a Eureka man Wednesday after serving a search warrant on the 700 block of Burrill Street.

Share + Feb 5, 2010 3:49 pm US/Pacific PETROLIA Humboldt County authorities say they've received no major damage reports a day after a magnitude-5.9 earthquake rattled the area -- and residents' nerves -- for the second time in a month.

The California Highway Patrol closed U.S. 101 South just north of Eureka early this morning, after a pedestrian was hit and killed.

A magnitude-6.0 earthquake rattled the nerves of some residents living in Eureka Thursday afternoon, but did little in the way of damage or injuries.

Residents of Northern California's Humboldt County were rocked by a magnitude-6.0 earthquake Thursday, but officials said there were no immediate reports of major injury or damage from the second large temblor to hit the area within a month.

The College of the Redwoods' potential purchase of the Jefferson School site has stirred up objections from some Eureka City Council members, who said their constituents want a site that will cater to school-aged children, not adults.

In San Francisco's Eureka Valley, just a little south of Market Street and west of the Castro, are a few twisty blocks full of surprises.

With the help of a Hurricane Katrina transplant, Eureka Springs is heating up in the middle of winter to celebrate Mardi Gras in true New Orleans style.

The Rotary Club of Southwest Eureka is at it again. On Saturday this Rotary club, which enjoys a reputation for organizing zesty and entertaining fundraising events, will present an evening of interactive mystery, good food, great music, high drama and low comedy.

It's time again for some young and supremely talented local musicians to take center stage at the Arkley Center for the Performing Arts.

The Sequoia Humane Society hosts its fourth annual "Humane Gourmet" fundraising event on Saturday from 6 to 9:30 p.m. at the Eureka Woman's Club, 1531 J St.

A detention hearing for a Rio Dell man indicted on one federal count of possessing child pornography was postponed Thursday so the magistrate, who was appearing by phone from San Francisco, could be in attendance.

The Greater Eureka Chamber of Commerce held its annual membership meeting and installation dinner on Thursday to celebrate its members and the chamber's 120th anniversary.

Authorities say human remains have been found in Kingman and could be those of a diabetic man from Peoria who's been missing since last month.

Two human femurs found in Eureka, one in 2006 and the other in 2007, have been identified as belonging to a man missing since 2003.