Ashley Hooks always planned to retire at Lakewood Regional Medical Center, where she has been a nurse for 12 years. But now, Hooks said, staffing issues are so bad and burnout so severe that she’s rethinking how she wants to spend the rest of her career. Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, the number of nurses […]
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County Offices Closed Monday
Humboldt County offices will be closed on Monday, Oct. 12, for staff training on subjects like the Americans with Disabilities Act, ethics, discrimination, sexual harassment and more. According to the release, this will mark the fifth straight year of the mandatory training. County offices will resume normal business hours on Tuesday, Oct. 13. Read the full […]
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EPD Officers Complete More De-escalation Training
The Eureka Police Department announced that it held its fourth in a series of de-escalation and tactical communications courses today, with 19 officers participating. The 10-hour training was offered by “senior” EPD officers who attended a “nationally recognized train-the-trainer course” last year, according to a press release. The training is modeled after the nonprofit Police […]
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CR Offering Frontline Workers De-escalation, Assertiveness Training
Many in the customer service industry and public sector jobs are bearing the brunt of resentment — and too often outright hostility — toward COVID-19 health and safety protocols meant to protect workers and the public as Humboldt County teeters on the precipice of becoming yet another California hotspot. To help employees and business owners […]
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Not to Worry: Training Exercises will be Putting More Coasties in the Air
If you start seeing a lot more Coasties in the air, not to worry. Coast Guard Sector Humboldt Bay will be increasing flights over the area for two weeks in March as part of annual training exercises and evaluations, according to a release. There will be a “significant increase” in flights around Eureka’s Murray Airfield, […]
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Four Local Starbucks Close in Nationwide Training Effort
Four Humboldt County Starbucks locations are closing at 2:30 p.m. today (May 29) for racial sensitivity training as part of a nationwide effort by the company following the highly-publicized arrest of two black men at a Philadelphia store after the manager called 911. In an open letter to customers, the company’s Executive Chairman Howard Schultz […]
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Run, Hide, Fight: EPD Prepares Residents for Active Shooter
“Don’t ever say it won’t happen here,” said Eureka Police Capt. Brian Stephens, who led a training on active shooter situations to a packed audience at the Sequoia Conference Center on Thursday afternoon. The presentation, which included several training videos and a demonstration with volunteers from the Eureka Boys and Girls Club, had practical advice […]
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CALFIRE Academy: Drama, Trauma & Baby Dolls
CALFIRE’s third and final seasonal firefighter training of the year took place last week at the Hilkfiker Training Site. What are they training for? Everything. Literally every scenario that might require their response, from a burning school bus to running up six flights of stairs in full protective gear. On the day we visited, returning […]