‘A Paradigm Shift’
Local physicians screening for ACEs have seen an adjustment in pediatric care
Public Health Confirms Six New COVID-19 Cases, One New Hospitalization
Humboldt County Public Health confirmed six new COVID-19 cases today, as well as one new hospitalization. Public Health also announced today that it will not be releasing another testing report until Monday due to the Christmas holiday. Today’s cases — which make 558 so far this month — come after laboratories processed 142 samples with…
Public Health Confirms Another COVID-19 Death, 28 New Cases
Humboldt County Public Health confirmed 28 new COVID-19 cases today, while reporting one new death from the disease of a resident in their 60s. Today’s cases — which make 5552 so far this month — come after laboratories processed 103 samples with a test-positivity rate of 27.2 percent. After recording a test-positivity rate of 10.1…
Hoopa Man Arrested for Alleged Fentanyl Sale Tied to Woman’s Fatal Overdose
Yesterday, the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office arrested 30-year-old Hoopa resident James Charles Williamson II on suspicion of manslaughter, possession of fentanyl for sale and transportation of fentanyl for sale after the Humboldt County Drug Task Force launched an investigation into the fatal overdose of a Weitchpec woman in November. According to the press release, on…
Public Health Confirms One Death, Two Hospitalizations, 55 New COVID-19 Cases
Humboldt County Public Health confirmed 55 new COVID-19 cases, two new hospitalizations of a resident in their 60s and another in their 70s, and one additional death of a resident in their 80s. Today’s cases — which make 524 so far this month — come after laboratories processed 509 samples with a test-positivity rate of 11.2 percent. After recording…
Aquafarm’s Full Draft Environmental Study Released for Review
In an unusual turn for a developer, Nordic Aquafarm subjected itself to a full environmental impact report in its bid to build a big fish farm on the Samoa Peninsula. The draft report, released today, supplanted a draft review in which the county determined the aquaculture plant wouldn’t negatively impact Humboldt’s environment. The company’s new…
6.2 Earthquake Rattles Humboldt
UPDATE: We’re getting reports that the 6.2 earthquake that rattled Humboldt County at about 12:15 p.m. today shattered the windows of a number of businesses in Rio Dell and Ferndale. The USGS, meanwhile, reports there have been a string of aftershocks in the temblor’s wake, including a 3.0 around 12:40 p.m. and a 3.6 at…
34 People Infected in County Jail COVID Outbreak
The COVID-19 outbreak at the Humboldt County jail has now grown to infect 28 inmates and six correctional officers after a dozen more inmates tested positive for the virus over the weekend. Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Samantha Karges said in an email to the Journal the outbreak remains isolated in a single housing unit…
NCJ Preview: ACEs and Doctors, a Cafe’s Community
This week we’re looking at how local pediatricians are considering toxic stress and ACEs — adverse childhood experiences — in their diagnoses and treatments. In some cases, that means recommending other means of support and stress relief for kids and their families, instead of immediately turning to medication. It’s a holistic approach that’s seeing some…
Six More Jail Inmates Test Positive for COVID-19
Another six Humboldt County jail inmates tested positive for COVID-19 yesterday amid an outbreak that has now infected 21 people, including six correctional officers. Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Samantha Karges said in an email to the Journal that all the inmates who tested positive yesterday were in the same housing unit as the other…
Public Health Confirms 48 New COVID-19 Cases, One New Hospitalization
Humboldt County Public Health confirmed 48 new COVID-19 cases today — making 223 this week — and reported one new hospitalization. Today’s cases — which make 469 so far this month — come after laboratories processed 161 samples with a test-positivity rate of 29.8 percent. After recording a test-positivity rate of 10.1 percent in July…
Yurok Tribes Declares Emergency In Response to Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women
The Yurok Tribal Council has issued an emergency declaration in response to a large number of local missing persons and attempted human trafficking incidents involving Native women. The declaration also aims to raise awareness of the disproportionate number of the missing and murdered Indigenous women crisis. “Today, we are asking our local, state and federal partners…
Judge Exonerates HumCo Attorneys in Right-to-die Case
A California State Bar judge has exonerated two Humboldt County attorneys of charges that they committed serious ethics violations during their handling of a local right-to-die case that resulted in a $1 million settlement. In a 45-page written ruling filed yesterday, Judge Phong Wang found that Deputy County Counsel Natalie Duke and Blair Angus, who…
CHP Arrests Two Homicide Suspects Near Willow Creek
California Highway Patrol officers arrested two suspects in an Oregon homicide this morning east of Willow Creek. According to the CHP, an officer on patrol recognized one of two vehicles from a be-on-the-lookout broadcast from the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office regarding the homicides suspects and began following it on State Route 299 east of Willow…
Public Health Confirms 27 New COVID-19 Cases, One New Hospitalization
Humboldt County Public Health confirmed 27 new COVID-19 cases today — making 175 so far this week — and reported one new hospitalization. Today’s cases — which make 421 so far this month — come after laboratories processed 310 samples with a test-positivity rate of 8.7 percent. After recording a test-positivity rate of 10.1 percent…
HumCo Jail Outbreak Infects at Least 15 People
At least nine inmates at the Humboldt County jail have tested positive for COVID-19 as the Sheriff’s Office works to contain on outbreak. Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Samantha Karges said in an email to the Journal that the inmates — who all reside in the same housing unit — have been relocated to the jail’s medical…
Old Town Coffee and Chocolates Up for Sale
Outside it’s chilly and misting, but inside the brick-walled Old Town Coffee and Chocolates, it’s cozy. The steamer and the knock of a portafilter drown the low music for a moment and the barista behind the Plexiglas coos at the dog of a regular, scolding it lightly for putting its paws on the counter. In…
A Feast for Feathered Friends
When you love watching birds, you’re often willing to sacrifice the comfort of your cushy armchair for an hours-long vigil under a Humboldt downpour in pursuit of your hobby. But suppose you could have both — what if the birds came to you? That was my vision a few years ago when I decided to…
Coastal Rivers Primed for Steelhead
After a very wet weekend that saw all our coastal rivers receive a good soaking, fishable rivers should begin to come into play this week — at least a few of them. Both the Smith and Chetco rivers were high and off-color Tuesday, but that will soon change. They should come down to high-but-fishable levels…
Going Home Again
THE UNFORGIVEABLE. Despite the occasional — frequent? — foray into forgettable, if not regrettable, studio pap, Sandra Bullock continues to build on a career as one of the hardest working, most dependable, most bankable stars in Hollywood. And, like fellow stalwart Halle Berry, she persists in doing so despite the active, often aggressive, always malignant…
Not So Simple
Editor: Is the solution and/or problem to the world’s woes simple (Mailbox, Dec. 2)? Or, are these proclaimed issues rather just the stasis of the human condition? Are we evil brutes ruled by “biological” nature as Thomas Hobbes would so claim, or are we righteous and divine as John Locke would say some are? Either way,…
‘Yes, Please’
Editor: What is the genesis of greed? What is the antithesis of greed? We can explore these questions together. I read a letter to the editor in the current (Dec. 9) North Coast Journal — the only letter to the editor — in which Martin Smukler is thanked for his letter. He is quoted as…
Seal Spotting and Santa
I was already sad on Christmas morning when I found Santa Claus washed up naked on the beach. At first, I thought I’d found a dead marine mammal. But then I noticed the white beard, the nose like a cherry, the bowl full of jelly belly and a surprisingly tight ass. No tiny reindeer or…
BOTH
We be all Both feeder and feed, Be we corn or puma Or the long-limbed bittern Posed now among the cattails, Reluctant to be seen. By Doug Ingold
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Key questions for you, beginning now and throughout 2022: 1. What do you need to say, but have not yet said? 2. What is crucial for you to do, but you have not yet done? 3. What dream have you neglected and shouldn’t neglect any longer? 4. What sanctuary is essential…
‘A Paradigm Shift’
Within the past year Mike Mangahas, a pediatrician at Open Door Community Health Clinic in Eureka, has seldom prescribed medications to patients with serious behavioral issues. Instead, he’s using information from a survey about patients’ childhood traumas — known as adverse childhood experiences, or ACEs — to inform a more holistic model of care. “I…
Eureka Looks to Discipline Five Officers After Texting Probe
The city of Eureka is moving forward with taking disciplinary actions against five police officers stemming from the months-long investigation into the text messaging scandal that rocked the department earlier this year, when a unit of officers was revealed to have shared a host of vulgar, misogynistic, violent and dehumanizing text messages. Eureka City Manager…
The Atomic Priesthood,Giant Rutabagas andWhat’s Next for Humboldt’s Decommissioned Nuke Plant
Humboldt’s nuclear power plant is strictly prohibited by federal authorities (Nov. 4), celebration of the final decommissioning of the reactor site at King Salmon Nov. 18 was cut short. After environmentalists put down their sparkling beverages, they suddenly realized that with decommissioning done and the feds basically out of the picture, there’s no reliable entity…
