California Attorney General Rob Bonta’s office filed a motion June 9 in Humboldt County Superior Court seeking a judge’s order enforcing a stipulation reached in a lawsuit brought against Providence St. Joseph Hospital last year requiring it to comply with state’s Emergency Service Law and provide emergency abortive procedures when they are deemed medically necessary. […]
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Judge Denies St. Joseph Motion to Dismiss AG Abortion Lawsuit
Humboldt County Superior Court Judge Timothy Canning has rejected Providence St. Joseph Hospital’s request to dismiss a landmark lawsuit brought by the California Attorney General’s Office alleging it violated state law when it refused to provide a medically necessary abortion in February 2024, putting the mother’s life at risk. Attorneys representing the hospital filed for […]
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St. Joseph Hospital Seeks Dismissal of Abortion Lawsuit, Cites Religious Freedom
Providence St. Joseph Hospital has filed a motion asking a Humboldt County Superior Court judge to dismiss the bulk of the lawsuit brought against by the California Attorney General’s Office alleging it illegally denied abortion services to a local woman, while asking that the rest of the suit be stayed pending a state investigation. The […]
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Union Calls on Providence to Reverse Decision to Close Rehab Unit
The National Union of Healthcare Workers is calling on Providence to reverse its decision to shutter its Acute Rehabilitation Unit at the old General Hospital, saying a bill on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk may delay the required seismic upgrades the healthcare giant cited as a reason for the closure. Providence St. Joseph announced last month […]
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Omicron Surge: Humboldt Officials Talk Hospital Preparation with Peak Expected in February
Omicron has arrived and is spreading in Humboldt County, with case numbers double and triple in a matter of days, as hospitals brace for potential impacts from the highly contagious virus. During a county COVID press conference today, Roberta Luskin-Hawk, CEO at Providence in Humboldt County — which includes St. Joseph and Redwood Memorial hospitals […]
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Forum Tonight on Plan to Close Redwood Memorial Maternity Services
Providence Health officials will be part of a 6 p.m. public forum tonight to discuss the healthcare provider’s controversial decision to close down the obstetrics program at Redwood Memorial Hospital and shift all deliveries 20 miles north to St. Joseph Hospital. It’s the second time in less than a decade that the hospital system overseeing […]
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Social Media Rumors of Local Coronavirus Case Are False, Per Official Sources
Rumors spreading on Facebook this evening about a confirmed Coronavirus case locally are categorically false, per multiple sources. The rumors began spreading around 8 p.m., warning that a case of the virus that originated in Wuhan, China, had been confirmed in a patient — or two — at St. Joseph Hospital. But they are false, according […]
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Top 10 Dick Moves of 2019
In the final weeks of the decade, instead of a plague of locusts, a beach full of floppy, pink innkeeper worms, aka “penis fish,” washed ashore at Bodega Bay. We get it, universe/God/all-powerful being/Baby Yoda: so many dicks. Here in Humboldt, we had our own tide of dick moves, with local actors making more than […]
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St. Joseph Hospital Fined by the State for Juggling Surgeries
An April 2014 incident in which a surgeon had to leave a hysterectomy to perform an emergency Cesarean section has resulted in a $40,000 fine for St. Joseph Hospital from the California Department of Public Health. In its press release, the CDPH stated “the hospital failed to ensure the health and safety of a patient […]
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UPDATED: Sheriff’s Office: Father Sought in Eureka Child Abduction Case
Update: Anthony Lux returned his 4-year daughter, Alison Shirey, to her legal guardian last night. Lux and his daughter were the subject of a three day search after he took her from her guardian’s home Sunday night. According to a press release from the Sheriff’s Office, Lux stated he had received advice that he had […]
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St. Joseph Nurses Allege Understaffing, Departure from Values
Representatives from the local chapter of the California Nurses Association and National Nurses United convened in front of St. Joseph Hospital last week to discuss concerns over the health system’s proposed merger with Providence Health & Services, as well as what they call a “shift in values” from its founding principles. The union rolled out […]