John Sepulvado, host of San Francisco public radio station KQED’s California Report, is reporting from KHSU this week. The California Report is broadcast on public radio stations across the state. This morning, KQED aired an interview with Humboldt County Sheriff William Honsal in which he talked about the impact of prison realignment on local jails, saying that people who would normally sober up and receive services in the Humboldt County correctional facility are instead being released onto the streets in the midst of mental health crises, creating a situation that looks like “the walking dead.”
Sepulvado also interviewed a man recently released from the jail, Earl Gordon, describing his face as “busted up, like he spent the night sleeping on a pillow that was made of fists.” Gordon begins crying during the interview, describing an overdose in 1997, and saying he is “very, very high” during the interview.
In a phone interview, Sepulvado says he doesn’t see Gordon as just “someone that’s high on the street and worthy of judgement” but, rather, as a person enduring a mental health crisis and not receiving the services he needs.
“The problem with methamphetamine has not gone away here,” Sepulvado told the Journal. Sepulvado studied at College of the Redwoods for a semester in 1998 and says he is invested in exposing the “disintegration of our rural communities.”
In a previous broadcast, aired Wednesday, Dec. 13, Sepulvado describes Humboldt County as being “rich in natural beauty and not much else.” Future broadcasts will include an interview with Michelle-Charmaine Lawson, the mother of slain HSU student Josiah Lawson, college students who are experiencing homelessness and a successful local fisherman. He also intends to “share a little serenity with the state” by broadcasting for 30 seconds from within the quiet of a local redwood grove.
“I want to make it clear that we’re not parachuting in and saying, ‘Humboldt County is so messed up,'” he told the Journal. “We believe that what happens in San Diego is just as important as what happens in San Francisco, as what happens in Arcata, Eureka, Trinidad. It’s really important to us to tell the story both of struggle and success. We are all connected. I think it’s important to highlight that.”
This article appears in Maria Garcia, Citizen.
He needs to talk to people trying to make a difference. Why focus 100% on failures?
Dr. Deb,
Good point, but the report focused on negativity.
It is so bad in Humboldt, local wannabe blog sites misrepresent the report……local negative outlets that misreport the facts……not good……
Kym Kemp (NCJ’S competition) deflected the report online to imply Eureka only has the problem, not southern humboldt…..not in her own back yard of dope dealings…… can’t have that….. typical bad public school teacher….. faking the facts to push a personal agenda (deceive folks that soho ain’t violent and drugged out)…..
Read How Kym Kemp takes a dictionary word and tells the world that she does not accept the word, and that she decides what the word means and how she wants a word used……bad teacher syndrome…..
Anyone out there ever have a teacher refer you to the dictionary……but then tell you that certan words are off limits…… did not know a simple dictionary was so taboo that words contained within a dictionary are not to be used in diction…..
The community is better off without these fake local media types……all these fake locals do is make situations worse…..enabled by those naive and overly wussified types not to hold the guilty cons accountable….
A wook is a hippie without any ambition, motivation, or drive other than drugs and image.
Kym Kemp is a wook enabler, ironic too since she is a wook herself…… Public school teaching wook….pull your kids out of schools who hire wooks as teachers that live double lives until coming out like a non binary generation has…..
Kym censors curse words too, but not when the curse word is directed to a commenter she disagrees with……arbitrary and capricious……Kym Kemp can’t be held accountable on her own blog site………let that sink in folks……..it exemplifies who she is….a butcher of peace……a butcher of facts…….a butcher of the community…….coddles the bad people dealing dope trying to protect this new permit system in Humboldt County because, ya know, it is fad now….growing dope for taxes in exchange for growing dope, such the discovery, lol….
Redheaded Blackbelt
HUMBOLDT COUNTY MAN ARRESTED WITH STONER STOCKING STUFFERS AND UNDERAGE HELPERS
December 24, 2017 Kym Kemp
Karl WittOn Friday, December 8, at approximately 11 a.m., the Ukiah California Highway Patrol stopped a vehicle containing Karl Witt, the owner of Eden Farms in Southern Humboldt. According to an article in the Anderson Valley Advertiser, Witt was arraigned last weekend in Mendocino County Superior Court on charges stemming from traveling to the Emerald Cup in Sonoma County with underage helpers and possession of marijuana.
According to what one courthouse staffer told the Anderson Valley Advertiser, officers found 1,419 stoner stocking stuffers.
Witt is being held on $150,000 bond and is still currently in jail in the Mendocino Jail.
Silverlining December 24, 2017 6:45 pm
Dont cross the Jacksons I guess.
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Silverlining December 24, 2017 6:51 pm
Congratulations on your Emerald Cup awards Eden.
If only the crooked Jackson crime family got pulled over.
Life isnt fair.
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Nonna Jabiznis December 24, 2017 10:47 pm
I am a friend of Eden farms and just wanted to say we are thankful that people are remaining positive and focusing on the great job Eden farms is doing to provide the highest quality medicine to patients in need.
WiFi#43 took FIRST PLACE AT THE EMERALD CUP!
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Onelesspedophile December 24, 2017 6:52 pm
Hopefully them kids werent harmed by that monster.
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Nonna Jabiznis December 24, 2017 10:53 pm
He is not a monster. He is my friend, and he is a kind man with a good heart, a father, a son, a partner, a sponsor,a farmer, and a human being trying to make it through this bizarre existence as best he can. I gently suggest doing your part to make thingsbetter not worse, by being kind rather than judgemental You may find yourself on the other end of cruel and misdirected judgement during a painful traumatic time in your life. Please dont be a bully. A monster? What is not a part of us cannot effect us-the tao teh ching
May you perpetuate love, in love, all your days.
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Truthy December 25, 2017 9:12 am
Get better friends. Youre part of the problem. Eden Farms is a fraud.
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Gayredneck December 24, 2017 6:55 pm
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
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red tail hawk December 24, 2017 7:09 pm
Accchhhhhhhh!
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Deadbeatdeadhead December 24, 2017 7:15 pm
This guy used to brag about how he was untouchable and would even sell people if there was money in it.
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tseuG December 24, 2017 8:57 pm
A convicted felon can own a marijuana farm. Seriously? Are the regulations that lax or is it the county doesnt do their homework.
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? December 24, 2017 10:15 pm
My comment was deleted for pointing out that this guy had been arrested for manufacturing a controlled substance in a residential neighborhood a few years back?? Funny you also chose to leave out that hes a 2 time convicted felon from the AV article.
https://lostcoastoutpost.com/2013/oct/11/e…
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Kym Kemp December 24, 2017 10:32 pm
The term underage wooks was actually why you were deleted. Note: This info did not get deleted.
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? December 24, 2017 10:47 pm
So youre covering up the fact that he employees (illegally) [edit]..
Why defend his behavior by deleting information that is public knowledge?
Theres was nothing in my comment worthy of an edit let alone being deleted entirely. Sounds like collusion to me.
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La December 24, 2017 11:01 pm
I believe your comment was deleted due to your use of the colloquium, wook. You can go to war and kill people at 18 but you cant grow Gods gift and help to provide healing to people? Does that really make sense in your mind, body, spirit? Dont respond to me Gently Ask yourself. Really. Do it. Think about it. Take a moment.
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Sparklemahn December 25, 2017 9:23 am
Merry Christmas!
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Custy December 25, 2017 3:22 am
There is nothing wrong with the term wooks, most wooks wear their wook-ness as a badge of honor.
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Kym Kemp December 25, 2017 7:55 am
Maybe. But here it is perceived as a slur. Please do not use it.
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Dane December 25, 2017 7:42 am
What are stoner stocking stuffers and why do you think its cool to ridicule people who smoke cannibus? Maybe you voted against legalizing but you lost.
When a legal grower is attacked the Community should rally around him and his young family. The so called public knowledge is Trump type BS spin that was leaked by gov employees to wrongly trash someone in the press. Why repeat it? Thats not Christmas spirit.
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Kym Kemp December 25, 2017 7:53 am
I wrote the article which talks about underageso I am not covering up anything. However, wook is a slur. And underage wook means you are sneering at kids.
If you use the term again, Ill ban you.
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Bushytails December 25, 2017 8:26 am
I had to google wook. I know nothing about this persons helpers, but it seems to fit a non-trivial portion of people around here
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? December 25, 2017 8:40 am
Theyre called W***s. They self identify with the term proudly. Thats what they are. In no way is the term derogatory, a simple google search would reveal that.
Eden Farms comes across more of a Cult than anything.
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Nonna Jabiznis December 24, 2017 10:42 pm
And he who has not sinned shall cast the first stone. You know nothing about a person and yet are so quick to add to their vilification and crucifuction? You must be a very busy, loving, and helpful personMerry Christmas Peace on Earth Forgiveness Brotherhood/sisterhood and hope to you. Marijuana is not a controlled substance. It is a plant that grows by Gods Will and provides incredible healing when used correctly as medicine.
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Truthy December 25, 2017 9:18 am
This creeps record speaks for itself. Of course, theres always someone to defend any loser, no matter what they do, in this county.
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Doh! December 25, 2017 7:54 am
Maybe it was deleted because youre a sick fuck who makes fun of children.
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Perspective December 24, 2017 10:47 pm
Wisconsin green rusher
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Dnol December 24, 2017 11:06 pm
Can anyone elaborate on what a stoned stocking stuffer is?
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at a loss December 24, 2017 11:45 pm
Nit witt
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Dude December 25, 2017 6:13 am
So this is Eden farms I would never buy his weed if I saw a pic of this guy. That mullet , COME ON
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Tanuki December 25, 2017 6:32 am
Wisconsin [edit] king. Everyone that works for him is a transplant/ trimmigrant. He had a booth at the cup in 2016, lots of Eden Farms swag, crappy herb. When you hear of bad players who ruin things for everyone else, this is a prime example. Hes been busted for much more than herb in the past which makes me wonder how he was able to get permitted.
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Dane December 25, 2017 8:02 am
Fake News by DA Eyster. The so called underage workers were 19 and 20. They were supposed to be helping at at a booth and were approved by the Emerald Cup to do so. Why is it ok for the DA Eyster to leak this fabricated stuff and for newspapers to imply they were minors? Thats just fake news from the DA, isnt it? Someone on this thread actually thought it was cool to call Witt a child molester because of the underage comment with no facts attached. Really? Since when is Eyster our friend? Why isnt the focus on why Eyster is attacking a legal Humboldt grower? The Emerald Cup announced this as a travesty of justice by the DA and they are supporters for Eden Farms. The Community should rally around growers who are treated like this, and their families, not be PR helpers for the Eyster.
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Scooter December 25, 2017 7:00 am
Well, it says he had herb, in the form of 1400 stocking stuffers. If they were a gram each, he had 3 pounds with him. If they were an eighth each he had almost 11 pounds with him. I doubt they were gifts. They were for sale.
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john December 25, 2017 8:20 am
Merry Christmas Kim, and Merry Christmas to everyone else, even the ones I (sometimes) disagree with. May we all have one day of peace and love and get so addicted to it that we crave it for every day afterwards
Just so you know, if we all talked nice to each other, we might find common ground by coming together and we might solve some of our more serious problems
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Paperwork and Laptops December 25, 2017 8:58 am
Look this guy up. Check the timelines. He came here as a greenrusher opportunist who played the medical co-op card in order to blow up huge grows. He will claim he was here in 91 but that was like hanging out for a year and then bailing back to WI. He only returned when our local law stopped busting anybody- but even then he pushed it so blatantly that he got popped. He was convicted of assault back in Wisconsin so there goes the peaceful claims. Hes not awesome. Not a molester but he is employing underage workers and so Eden Farms should have their permit revoked. Yes he will have people saying he is wonderful but thats because there are always stoners here that are easily bamboozled by a manipulative personality. Im glad Eyster pressed charges. At least in Mendocino they have some standards for behavior.
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Truthy December 25, 2017 9:20 am
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Gazoo December 25, 2017 9:02 am
Nobody is above the law
merry Christmas everybody!!
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Just saying December 25, 2017 9:15 am
Theyre are not 21yrs. of age this is why theyre under age helpers,it didnt say they were juveniles
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