Arline Claire Goade was born on August 17, 1943 and passed away on July 26, 2022.

Arline grew up in Fields Landing with her sisters and was a lifelong resident of Eureka. Arline was a majorette, beginning at Field Elementary School through high school with her sisters, Pat and Shirley. She was a member of the 4-H and won many awards for baking and sewing. After graduation from Eureka High School in 1961 she went to work at the Arcata Union newspaper and around this time she met the love of her life, Warren Goade. They were married June 9, 1962.

Arline also worked at LP Lumber Mill, helped Warren manage their local gas stations and later worked as a housekeeper for many of her friends. Arline loved spending time with her family and friends and enjoyed going to Bingo whenever she was able. She enjoyed picking blackberries, apples and making pies and jelly, which she was famous for.

She is survived by her daughters, Annette Goade-Wells (Bill) and Kim Brown; grandchildren Lisa Gutierrez (Ricky), Ryan Alden (Sherrie), Jessica Wilhelm (Thomas), Kyle Brown (Sarah), Matt Brown (Meegen); numerous great grandchildren; her sisters, Shirley Abbott, Nancy Armenta and Kathy Salizzoni (Buddy); and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband Warren Goade; son in laws Mark Brown and Richard Alden; sister Pat Perrett, brother in laws Loren Abbott and Tom Perrett; mother and father Specs and Mildred Samuelson; mother and father in law Wallace and Ruth Goade; aunt and uncle Gertie and Pete McCready; cousin Walter Weger; and special friend Mary Brazil.

Our family would like to extend our deepest appreciation to the Staff at Frye’s Care Home for taking such wonderful care of Arline and treating her like family. We would also like to thank the staff and doctors who also took great care of her through the PACE program at the Humboldt Senior Resource Center and Hospice of Humboldt.

A very special thank you to the staff at Ocean View Cemetery who were able to locate our father, Warren Goade’s, ashes after 22 years. Arline’s heart was broke when Warren passed away and it will be a heartfelt blessing to reunite them at Sunset Cemetery with her family.

There will be a celebration of life on Saturday August 13, 2022 at 4566 Excelsior Road, Eureka from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

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Dieter Hans Jauernig passed away peacefully in his sleep at 82 years of age on July 15, 2022. He was born to Margarete and Franz Jauernig on April 9, 1940 in Kaaden ad Eger, Czechoslovakia.

At the time of Dieter’s birth Czechoslovakia was under German control. At the end of World War II, he moved with his family to Germany. In 1953 Dieter emigrated to the United States with his parents. They joined his sister Helga, who had married a US serviceman and moved to Eureka. Dieter started at Eureka Junior High School knowing no English; by the time he graduated from Eureka High School in 1958, he was fluent.

Dieter served in the US Navy from 1958 to 1962 and became a US citizen on December 6, 1962. After returning to Eureka, Dieter met Donna Campbell, and they married on June 20, 1964. Together they raised a family with two children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Dieter worked for NCR before opening his own business, Capital Cash Register, with three other partners. As the business grew they changed the name to Capital Business Machines. Dieter was a businessman in Eureka for 40 years.

Dieter enjoyed sailing, woodworking, and building radio-controlled model boats, among his other hobbies.

Preceded in death by his parents, his sister Helga Griffith, and his son Mark Jauernig. Survived by his wife Donna; children Diena (Kevin) Fox, and Dieter (Kathy) Jauernig; grandchildren Iain and Kira Fox, Dustin, Ethan, and Logan Jauernig, Gregory, Bradley, and Caitlyn Still; and cousin Petra Miller.

There will be a celebration of life at the family home in Eureka on August 13, 2022 at 2 p.m.

The family would like to extend sincere thanks to Hospice of Humboldt, Humboldt Bay Fire and the Veterans Administration for their caring support in his last days. It is because of this support that he was able to stay at home until his passing.

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Ronald Charles Lake, 68, of Fortuna, died July 23, 2022. He was born March 21, 1954, in Bremerton, Washington to Ronald Dean Lake and Nadine Isabelle Lake. Ron, along with his three sisters, was raised in Santa Ana, California. He graduated in the Class of 1972 from Saddleback High School.

In l977 he moved to Humboldt County, where he met and married his wife of 44 years, Barbara Somerville. They raised their two children, Sarah and Chad, in Fortuna. Ron worked many years as a mechanic for Pacific Lumber Co. Natural Scapes was the company he developed for the design and maintenance of residential and commercial landscapes.

Ron was an avid fly fisherman and hunter. He built many fly rods for family and friends. Tying flies was a favorite pastime of his. Every fall Ron could be found deer hunting with his son. Ron traveled extensively both in and outside of the US in pursuit of these passions.

Because of the care and support of the UCSF Lung Transplant Team and his family doctor, Dr. Estlin, he lived to see his grandsons shoot their first buck and catch their first fish. Every spring Ron could be found in the hills sitting on his back deck, watching the South Fork of the Trinity River and listening to the SF Giants play baseball.

Ron is survived by his wife, Barbara Lake, his daughter Sarah McWhorter (Ben) and his son Chad Lake (Nastassia). He was proud of his four grandsons: Dawson and Cooper McWhorter, and Ryker and Kesler Lake. Ron is also survived by his three sisters: Lonnie Leal (Tony) of Gover Beach, California; Sheri Goodner (Ralph) of Eugene,Oregon; Pam Colby (Jim) of Sandpoint, Idaho. He is also survived by many nieces and nephews.

Ron was preceded in death by his mother and father. His nephew, Davey H. Somerville, as well as his in-laws David and Elizabeth Somerville preceded him death.

He will have a private, family graveside service. (Arrangements by Ayers of Eureka.) A memorial reception will be held at the home of Barbara Lake, 2909 Hillside Dr. Fortuna Sat., Sept. 3, 2022 from 1 to 4 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions to

In memory of Ronald C Lake
Fortuna Union High School District
Baseball & Softball Program
735 13th Street Fortuna, CA. 95540
Attention: Glen Senestraro

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Hundreds — if not thousands — of caregivers at Providence hospitals throughout Northern California say they have not received adequate pay for the last month due to a widespread error in the hospital’s new payroll system.

Members of the National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW) have reported “reductions in base pay, missing or unpaid paid time off (PTO), unpaid hours of work [and] missing retirement contributions” among “many other errors” since the new payroll system went live at the beginning of July.

During a press conference this morning, Meredyth Diehlmann, a lab assistant at Redwood Memorial Hospital in Fortuna, said the payroll gaffe is “the last straw in a series of poor administrative choices that have squeezed our health care workers to a breaking point.”

“The truth is Providence would be unable to run the hospital and the medical centers that our communities rely upon without our caregivers, which is why we’re unable to understand how a multi-multibillion dollar company is unable to pay its workers fair wages for fair work in accordance with our contracts,” Diehlmann said. “For over six weeks, workers throughout the Providence Northern California region have experienced pervasive and crippling problems with their paychecks, severely impacting our daily lives and our ability to care for ourselves, our families and our community.”

On July 8, immediately after the payroll system was implemented, Patricia Flippen, a surgical technician at Redwood Memorial Hospital, noticed her paycheck was missing 137 hours of on-call pay. Flippen said she immediately contacted human resources but “didn’t hear from anyone for over a week.”

“Then on the following paycheck of July 22, I was missing another 82 hours of on-call pay and still hadn’t been paid the previous wages that I had been shorted,” she said. “At this time, I was very frustrated, stressed and the financial strain was spilling over into the rest of my life. …I had to make some hard choices like skipping bills to ensure that I could cover my children’s basic necessities.”

After weeks of being “stonewalled of all information” and being “completely ignored and lied to,” Flippen said she decided to start traveling. “I couldn’t continue to wonder when I would get paid.”

Under the union contract, Providence is required to fix payroll errors within 48 hours, according to the NUHW. Union members have filed class action grievances in the time since. Rather than fixing the problem, NUHW said Providence administrators have asked employees to submit “tickets” to address payroll errors.

Lesley Ester, Chief Nurse Representative for the California Nurses Association (CNA) and registered nurse at St. Joseph Hospital, asserted that Providence is “resolving [the tickets] without actually fixing the payroll errors or providing our health care heroes with their missing pay.”

“They currently have within the system over 20,000 unresolved tickets, and a single ticket can actually cover a problem that is impacting hundreds of employees,” Ester said. “I myself have put in over 10 [human resources] tickets representing 200 nurses at St. Joseph Hospital in Eureka and Redwood Memorial Hospital in Fortuna. After six weeks of this folks are really fed up and don’t know how much more we can take.”

In addition to local Providence hospitals, the payroll error has impacted Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital, Petaluma Valley Hospital and Queen of the Vally Medical Center in Napa County.

Christian Hill, communications manager for Providence of Northern California, offered the following response to the pay discrepancies:

In early July, Providence implemented a new enterprise resource planning system to improve administrative processes, such as human resources, supply chain, finance, timekeeping and payroll. Previously, we had been using multiple systems, including some outdated technology, that created a fragmented experience and required manual processes.

Since going live on the new system, the vast majority of pay checks that have been issued are correct. However, there are some that have shown incorrect or partial pay. In most cases, this is due to routine issues, such as timecard correction forms submitted after the deadline, or no time submitted on a timecard. There have also been discrepancies related to recent changes to modernize the compensation program across the Providence family of organizations. In addition, there are some data configuration adjustments that need to be made to account for the nuances in the pay structure at various Providence locations.

Providing accurate and timely pay is one of the most fundamental roles that Providence plays as an employer, and we take any discrepancies in paychecks or missed pay incredibly seriously. Our caregivers work selflessly to provide the care that our communities depend on, and we are deeply sorry that we have missed the mark for some individuals or that we created any kind of hardship or anxiety for caregivers and their families.

We have been resolving these issues as quickly as we can by researching each discrepancy and running off-cycle paycheck batches, one to two times a day, with the correct retroactive pay. As of Aug. 5, most issues have been resolved and correct pay has been provided.
However, there are some discrepancies that we are continuing to investigate, particularly related to data configuration of shift differentials. In Northern California, we have identified a group of caregivers affected by this issue and are providing an immediate, one-time mitigation payment in the form of $500 for each of the 207 affected caregivers. This payment will be made today, Aug. 9, so caregivers have funds while the root cause is addressed.

We are absolutely committed to doing everything we can to resolve the remaining outstanding issues as quickly as possible. We also remain profoundly grateful to our caregivers for their patience and for all they do to serve patients in need.

Registered nurses at Providence St. Joseph Hospital are planning “an informational picket” on Thursday afternoon to protest ongoing payroll issues and “unsafe staffing” at the hospital, the California Nurses Association (CNA) announced this morning.

“In addition to the unsafe working conditions that jeopardize patient safety, nurses have been contending with egregious payroll errors since June 19, 2022, when Providence implemented a new payroll system, touted as an upgrade to the previous system,” according to a news release from the CNA. “Hundreds of nurses have been affected by these errors, which include missing pay for shifts, incorrect pay rates, incorrect deductions, and errors in paid time off. Since the new time-keeping system was implemented, Providence has received more than 77,000 HR requests systemwide from employees.”

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Mark your calendars, Arcata! There are several important public meetings coming up for the controversial Gateway Area Plan this month, one of which is tonight.

Why are these meetings so important, you ask? These conversations are going to set the stage for the big City Council/Planning Commission study session where a lot of significant decisions are going to be made about the Gateway project. If you have concerns about the project, now is the time to tune in and let city staff know before the big meeting on Aug. 23. 

If you’re not up to speed on the plan, here’s a quick rundown: The Gateway Area Plan is a big housing initiative by the City of Arcata designed to create lots and lots of housing to accommodate the town’s natural growth and the anticipated influx of people associated with the Cal Poly Humboldt transformation. The city plans to rezone a 138-acre chunk of underutilized land directly west of downtown Arcata, including and surrounding the Creamery District, to make way for high-density housing and mixed-use development for the next several years and decades.

Map of the Gateway Area from the City

(For additional information, scroll to the bottom of this post where you can find about a dozen stories LoCO has written about the Gateway Area Plan in the last year.)

During tonight’s meeting, the Arcata Planning Commission will consider a request from a group of concerned community members, dubbed Responsible Growth Arcata, to form an advisory committee in an effort to improve communication and public participation as the Gateway Area planning process continues.

“We’re just wanting to do what we can to help,” Chris Richards, a member of Responsible Growth Arcata, told the Outpost in a recent interview. “Staff is working their tails off and we really have a lot of respect for them. Getting the community involved has always been my main focus. People are busy or they don’t care. There are people I’ve spoken to who don’t even know this is happening!”

When asked about specific concerns with the draft Gateway Area Plan, Richards acknowledged that each member of the group has their own opinions about the proposal but emphasized that the group is “all for infill [housing]; we’re just trying to get some details worked out that weren’t in the draft plan.”

Fred Weis, on the other hand, sees a range of “gigantic to tiny issues” throughout the draft plan. Weis has written extensively on the subject on his website arcata1.com.

“There’s been lots and lots of outreach from the city staff but … no real information that would help anyone make a decision,” Weis told the Outpost in a recent interview. “This plan has lots of holes in it. … There are many people who feel that it can’t possibly deliver on its aspirations. I believe the [Responsible Growth Arcata] group is asking the city to be more realistic.”

Jennifer Dart, Community Development deputy director for the City of Arcata, acknowledged the concerns of both Weis and members of Responsible Growth Arcata but said, “I think a lot of those concerns will be addressed here very soon during the City Council and Planning Commission study session later this month.”

The Arcata City Council will be tasked with final approval of the proposed advisory committee. If approved, Dart said the item will be added to the Arcata City Council’s agenda for Wednesday, Aug. 17.

During tonight’s meeting, the Planning Commission will also consider minor changes to the Arcata General Plan, which the city is currently updating as part of its 20-year planning period, to accommodate the Gateway Area Plan.

“Most General Plan Elements only require minor updates to be consistent with current planning law or community value,” the staff report states. “Some elements are new. The Gateway Area Plan is one such element.” There is no vote required for the item but commissioners will have the opportunity to provide comments and recommendations on the proposed changes.

Commissioners will also consider an update to the city’s Land Use Element to “strengthen existing policies, particularly related to infill housing development,” according to the staff report states. 

The agenda for tonight’s Planning Commission meeting can be found here. The meeting will take place at Arcata City Hall at 6 p.m. You can find instructions for remote attendance in the agenda packet.

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What’s next? Arcata’s Community Development Department will host another informational webinar surrounding the next steps in developing form-based code for the Arcata Gateway Area on Tuesday, Aug. 16 at 6 p.m. (Here’s a link to the previous webinar.) The big joint study session will take place at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 23.

You can email commissioners with your questions, comments and concerns, and be sure to copy Community Development Director David Loya to make sure that your email goes on the record. You can find all those email addresses at this link.

PREVIOUSLY:

• ARCATA’S GATEWAY PLAN: City Releases Draft Plan For Developing Housing in the 138-Acre ‘Gateway Area’ of Town, and Wants Your Input
• Arcata City Council Approves Plan to Convert Valley West Hotels to Homeless Housing, Reviews ‘Gateway Area Plan’ to Create High-Density Housing in Town
• GUEST OPINION: Gateway Plan Does Housing the Right Way
• ARCATA’S GATEWAY PLAN: Planners Propose Converting K and L to One-Way Streets; Transportation and Safety Committee Will Review Plan This Evening
• Confused About Arcata’s Gateway Area Plan? There are Still Opportunities to Learn More and Provide Feedback About How You Want the City to Create More Housing
• Arcata Mayor Atkins-Salazar Can’t Participate in Gateway Plan Work, Says State’s Fair Political Practice Commission in Response to City’s Request for Guidance
• (UPDATE) Arcata’s Mayor Can’t Participate in the City-Defining Gateway Area Plan; These Two Current Candidates for City Council Probably Can’t Either, for the Same Reason
• HUMBOLDT HOLDING UP: Catching Up on the Arcata Gateway Plan With Senior Planner Delo Freitas
• Want to Learn More About Arcata’s Gateway Plan? City Holding Public Meeting on Wednesday to Answer Your Questions
• A Big Week for the Arcata Gateway Area Plan: Planning Commission, Historical Landmarks Committee to Look at the Area’s Past and Future 
• A Big Public Meetings on Nordic Aquafarms and Arcata’s Gateway Area Plan Tonight

Overview of the boundaries of the Six Rivers Lightning Complex as of the morning, with individual fire names.

Press release from the Six Rivers National Forest:

Six Rivers National Forest Crews working the fires last night were able to hold a majority of the work accomplished by the day shift. High overnight humidity helped slow any progress. The incident will enter into unified command with Cal Fire at 7:00 am today. Additionally, the Trinity County Sheriff’s Department, Humboldt County Sheriff’s Department, California Highway Patrol and CalFire are also in unified command with the Forest Service.

All uncontained fires within the complex continue to have potential to increase in size with uphill runs, moderate range spotting, as well as extreme fire behavior.

Much of the steep and nearly inaccessible terrain has heavy ground fuel accumulations from the winter ice storm which could result in uncharacteristic fire behavior. The active fire area has has little recent fire history

Given the full-suppression tactics on this fire, crews will continue to fight fire aggressively in order to keep fire as small as possible. Personnel are working to find areas to fight fire directly while continuing to provide community defense for Willow Creek, Seely, Mcintosh, Salyer Heights and other areas along the Trinity River.

Thanks to the hard work of many firefighter personnel, zero structures have been lost.

Additional crews, engines, and other resources are arriving continually.

Weather:

Smoke and inversion strength will be the main weather drivers across the complex today. Tonight winds are expected to be light with good humidity recovery.

Evacuations:

The fire threatens communities along the Trinity River. Five main fires burn North and South of Highway 299. Primary areas of focus are the communities along the 299 corridor, Waterman Ridge, Friday Ridge Road, and Ammon Ridge.

Evacuations continue around Willow Creek, Friday Ridge, Salyer and Trinity Village. Additional fire growth could impact communities and residences along the Route 1 road. To find the latest evacuation information go to Humboldt County Office of Emergency Services (https://humboldtgov.org/2383/) or Trinity County Office of Emergency Services (https://www.trinitycounty.). Evacuation zones can be found at https://community.zonehaven. If you are under an evacuation warning, take the necessary steps to be ready to leave.

Evacuation Center:

American Red Cross
Trinity Valley Elementary School
730 Highway 96, Willow Creek, CA 95573

Animal Evacuation Center:

Hoopa Rodeo Grounds
1767 Pine Creek Rd., Hoopa, CA 95546
(707) 492-2851

**The Hoopa Rodeo Grounds has several single pens and larger pens for whole herds. Call directly if you need directions or help transporting your large animals. They cannot house sheep, goats, poultry, or small animals, but they can potentially help arrange for temporary foster placement. If you can foster, please reach out regarding your availability and capacity.

Road Closures:

State Route 299, State Route 96, and Route 1 remain open to through traffic. Residents are encouraged to visit http://quickmap.dot.ca.gov/ to check for state highway closures.

The following roads into evacuation zones have been closed. Residents may still use these roads to travel out of evacuation order zones:

• Horse Linto Creek Road at Saddle Lane

• Country Club Road at Kimtu Bridge

• Friday Ridge Road at Hwy 299

Smoke:

Heavy smoke and strong inversions continue to affect the health of those who are not yet evacuated. Please check https://www.ncuaqmd.org for air quality resources.

Incident Information:

For more information on the Six Rivers Lightning Complex go to our Inciweb page at:

• InciWeb http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/

• Six Rivers National Forest Facebook: www.facebook.com/SixRiversNF

• Six Rivers Forest Website: www.fs.usda.gov/srnf

• Fire Information Call Center: (707) 356-9442 (8 am-8pm daily)

• email 2022.lightningcomplex@firenet.gov

Convicted murderer Demetrius Coleman and his girlfriend Alma Ahumada-Mendoza were sentenced today for defrauding the state of thousands of dollars in unemployment insurance while Coleman was sitting in jail.

Coleman.

This morning Judge Kaleb Cockrum sentenced Coleman to three years in state prison, with the term running concurrently with his sentence of life without the possibility of parole. Ahumada-Mendoza was placed on six months of informal probation and may be required to repay the stolen money.

The couple admitted receiving $31,800 in unemployment benefits as Coleman was behind bars awaiting trial for the August 2019 drive-by shooting of Johnny Mack Renfro. Renfro, 26, died in the driveway of a Rio Dell residence.

Deputy District Attorney Carolyn Schaffer said outside court this morning that the couple “filled out a fraudulent application” for unemployment insurance.

Coleman was sentenced last month for the murder but has not yet been transported to state prison. Ahumada-Mendoza is out of custody.

Attorney Joe Judge represents Ahumada-Mendoza, with attorney Zack Curtis representing Coleman.

The restitution hearing is scheduled for Aug. 30.

PREVIOUSLY:

• LIFE: As He Continues to Protest His Innocence, Convicted Rio Dell Murderer Demetrius Coleman Sentenced to Life in Prison With No Possibility of Parole

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Also in Cockrum’s courtroom this morning, attorneys confirmed they are ready to start trial on Sept. 5 in the case of murder and torture suspect Daniella Patricia Moore.

Moore.

Both Deputy District Attorney Stacey Eads and Public Defender Luke Brownfield, standing in today for Deputy Public Defender Casey Russo, told the judge they are prepared for trial to begin as scheduled.

The trial is expected to last several weeks, with the jury first deciding on guilt. If Moore is convicted, jurors must then decide whether she was legally insane when 19-year-old Hannah Hayhurst was killed in July 2019.

Moore was arrested for the alleged torture and murder when her infant twins were just four months old. No connection between Moore and Hayhurst was revealed during Moore’s preliminary hearing. Hayhurst was allegedly tortured and killed with a pair of scissors, and it appeared some of her organs had been yanked out of her body.

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