A Better Life
Providers coordinate to stop the cycle of excessive emergency room use
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A Better Life
The seizures started in the spring of 2013, right after Linda Cosey had two surgeries to remove a tumor from her spine and then rebuild her neck. They continued for months. Each time, her son, with whom she was living at the time, called an ambulance or took her to the emergency room himself. Cosey…
Ready, set, squash
Time’s a’creepin’ up on you Humboldt gardeners planning to put a little GMO oomph into your winter gardens — some genetically modified beans or broccoli, cabbage or cauliflower, perhaps? (We’re mainly looking at you, rebel Nathan Rex, and your promised GMO squash garden.) On Dec. 2, the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors is set to…
Plane Crash Investigation Continues; Autopsy Scheduled for Tomorrow
The Federal Aviation Administration continues to investigate a small plane crash near Garberville on Friday that killed Jerold Phelps Community Hospital’s chief emergency room doctor. Humboldt County Deputy Coroner Roy Horton said an autopsy has been scheduled for tomorrow to determine the exact cause of death for Douglas Todd Pleatman, 59, an El Dorado County…
Judge Denies ‘Unseemly’ Motion in Kneeland Murder Case
The federal case against a Kneeland man accused of murdering a worker on his marijuana farm will continue to trial, a judge ruled this week. Through his attorney, J. Tony Serra, Mikal Xylon Wilde had argued that the six-count indictment charging him with cultivating more than 1,000 marijuana plants with intent to distribute and murder…
UPDATED: Bergel Takes Lead in Ward 3 Race; City on Cusp of History
UPDATE: The Humboldt County Elections Office has released its post-election update, which can be found here. The notables, other than Bergel’s apparent come-from-behind victory, are the passage of Eureka City Schools’ bond measure and the narrow failure of that of Jacoby Creek School District. PREVIOUSLY: It looks like Eureka’s going to seat what’s believed to…
No Criminal Charges Against Officer in Tommy McClain Shooting
There will be no criminal charges against Stephen Linfoot, the Eureka police officer who shot 22-year-old Tommy McClain to death on Sept. 17. A District Attorney’s office press release states, “After reviewing the [Critical Incident Response Team investigation] report in its entirety, the District Attorney’s Office concluded that the evidence does not prove beyond a…
Keep Biting Those Nails
The Humboldt County Elections Office is zeroing in final election tallies, and has inched closer to determining the final number of ballots outstanding in the nail-biter of a race for Eureka’s Ward 3 city council seat. When the dust settled from Election Day, incumbent Mike Newman led challenger Kim Bergel by 104 votes, having taken…
Down to Business
Some revivals use sweetly charming finesse and nearly neurotic attention to detail to evoke a wistful walk down memory lane. Others update the setting to modern times for satire and farce. North Coast Repertory Theatre’s adaptation of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying veers between the two paths, but it’s anchored by bullseye…
The Birdman Cometh
Reviews BIRDMAN or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance). I’ve been an admirer, if a casual, distanced one, of director Alejandro González Iñárritu since his feature debut, Amores Perros (2000). His visual style and penchant for visceral, multi-arced storytelling are undeniable. Much of his work though, heady and heavy as it is, lacks the humor and…
The Kelsey Trail
Ask Yahoo Maps for directions from Crescent City to Fort Jones, and you’ll be sent on a 180-mile semi-circular trek across State Route 199 and down I-5. You can, if you have the time, cut it down to 140 miles on backroads, but a focused crow could simply fly 70 miles due east. Such are…
spoke tightener
you got to let the crow lady into your heart no other way to say it. if she talks don’t say it’s you talking. that’s pretty rude. if she talks you just make sure you’re in tune. if the crow lady is a wolverine same thing.
Voter Turnaway
Elections ignite two passions in Americans: the desire to predict the winners and the need to fret about low voter turnout. The two are connected. The easiest prediction to make about United States elections is that turnout will be low. U.S. voter turnout consistently ranks among the lowest in the developed world. The United States…
Eureka, Meet Your Captains
Eureka Police Chief Andy Mills’ plans for overhauling the department, and the way it polices, will largely rest on the shoulders of two officers: Stephen Watson and Brian Stephens, two men Mills recently promoted to the rank of captain. Back in February — just a few months after he’d left the sunny streets of San…
McKinleyville Arts Night
A celebration of local art and artists, music, food and fun. McKinleyville Art Night is open for all McKinleyville businesses to display work from local artists on the third Friday of each month. For more information, call 834-6460 or visit www.mckinleyvilleartsnight.com. CALIFORNIA REDWOOD COAST AIRPORT 3561 Boeing Ave. “Women’s Work,” art by Elizabeth Berrien, Lynn…
Cannabis Commercialization
“Do I hear 2,000?” America’s first pot auction netted the Washington proprietor of Fireweed Farms about $600,000 on Saturday, Nov. 15. According to the Tri-City Herald, Randy Williams sold about 300 pounds of bud “so he could spend time with his grandson instead of packaging marijuana” all winter long. A state Liquor Control Board representative…
Winter Glow
Asian persimmons are festive: in shades from yellow to red-orange, depending on the variety, they glow in the crystalline light of the final months of the year. In neat rows at farmers’ markets and grocery stores, persimmons look like lanterns lit for a street celebration. Due to a poor season, local supplies are short, so…
Suggestions, Absurd & Otherwise
We are entering the holiday season. I know this because I have seen the jingle bells and singing Santas at the stores and my student friends are ricocheting between freaking out about finals and freaking out about visiting family. Fortunately, not only do we have the panacea of live music to help us through this…
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Buhned Out
Editor: Ryan Hurley spouts some very Demo-snarky comments about Republican Congressional candidate, SoHum resident Dale Mensing (“Buhne Tribune,” Nov. 13). Hurley strongly implies that Mensing’s candidacy was the hubris-laden work of power binging GOP bosses (I paraphrase). Hurley fails to mention that Mensing was chosen by Republican citizens in a primary election. His platform? The…
No Going Back
Editor: Regarding Thadeus Greenson and Grant Scott-Goforth’s Nov. 13 column (“Legalized It”), the days when politicians can get away with confusing the drug war’s tremendous collateral damage with a comparatively harmless plant are coming to an end. Marijuana prohibition is indefensible. If the goal of marijuana prohibition is to subsidize violent drug cartels and open…
Dune Messiah
Editor: I find myself surprised to be in agreement with Mr. Uri Driscoll, (“Mailbox,” Nov. 13). As a long standing member of the Friends of the Dunes, I often stand at opposite ends with him on the subject of dune habitat use and maintenance. Having said that, I would stand side by side with Mr.…
Aging Well
Editor: I read with interest your Nov. 6 article, “Sewing a Shroud,” about Dr. Michael Fratkin’s efforts to develop palliative care on the North Coast. As our local population of Baby Boomers ages we are all looking for better ways to maintain a good quality of life. That includes being able to age in our…
No Place Like Home
There are two kinds of families: the kind that hunkers down in front of the game on Thanksgiving, and the kind that hunkers down in front of The Wizard of Oz. If you’ve skipped the 1939 classic in favor of football, or if you’ve only ever seen it on the small screen, throw on your…
The Score on Spores
There you are, out in the wilds of your yard, and poking through the grass is a suede-y little specimen that’s both fairy-level magical and farm-to-table fragrant. Before you sauté your way to your insurance deductible, you might want to get that mystery fungus checked out by experts. Because a wild mushroom omelet shouldn’t echo…
