Press release from the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office:
A second suspect has been arrested in connection to a homicide occurring last month in Samoa.
Last week, Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office investigators received information that a second suspect wanted in connection to the homicide of 34-year-old Perry Bailey on Nov. 15, 2020, was possibly staying in Del Norte County. The suspect, identified as 30-year-old Ian Rose, also known as Ian Pease, was located in Crescent City on December 18. When California Highway Patrol officers attempted a traffic stop on Rose, he fled. Rose was taken into custody following a brief pursuit.
Rose was booked into the Del Norte County Correctional Facility on a felony warrant for accessory to murder, in addition to evading a peace officer (VC 2800.2), driving without a license (VC 12500(A)) and resisting a peace officer (PC 148).
This case is still under investigation. Anyone with information about this case is encouraged to call the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office at (707) 445-7251 or the Sheriff’s Office Crime Tip line at (707) 268-2539.
This dam removal, which will be the largest in U.S. history, is currently scheduled to commence in 2023 thanks to an agreement reached last month between utility company PacifiCorps and the states of Oregon and California, along with the Yurok and Karuk tribes.
Anderson tells the Outpost via email that he has already begun filming for a feature-length documentary that will follow the dam-removal project from beginning to end.
“Every year I will release a short piece leading up to the big day, and this past fall I partnered with American Rivers and members of the Yurok tribe to produce a short 15 minute piece that was released,” he wrote.
That piece, called Guardians of the River, can be viewed in full at the top of this post.
Anderson also forwarded a press release, which we’ve published below. And in case you don’t currently have 15 minutes to watch the documentary short posted above, allow this trailer to whet your appetite:
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In a new film by American Rivers and Swiftwater Films, Indigenous leaders share why removing four dams to restore a healthy Klamath River is critical for clean water, food sovereignty and justice.
The film, “Guardians of the River,” features Frankie Joe Myers, Vice Chair of the Yurok Tribe, Sammy Gensaw, director of Ancestral Guard, Barry McCovey, fisheries biologist with the Yurok Tribe, and members of the Ancestral Guard and Klamath Justice Coalition.
“Without these salmon, our way of life is impossible,” Sammy Gensaw, Yurok tribal member and director, Ancestral Guard, says in the film. “We’ve dedicated years of our lives — our young lives — to give opportunity for the next generation to live on a healthy, dam-free river.”
“This river is our umbilical cord. What feeds us, what nurtures us,” Annelia Hillman, Yurok tribal member and member of the Klamath Justice Coalition, says in the film. “This reciprocal relationship that we have with it — I would do anything for this river, just like I would my own children.”
Following an agreement signed in November by the Yurok and Karuk tribes, the states of Oregon and California, Berkshire Hathaway and the Klamath River Renewal Corporation, dam removal on the Klamath River is scheduled to begin in 2023.
The four dams – Copco 1, Copco 2, Iron Gate and JC Boyle — block habitat and have devastated salmon populations. The reservoirs behind the dams encourage growth of algae that is toxic to people, fish and wildlife. Removing the dams will restore salmon access to more than 400 miles of habitat, improve water quality and strengthen local communities that rely on salmon for their food, economy and culture.
“The Klamath River Restoration wouldn’t be where it is today without the leadership of the river’s Indigenous people. They are showing the nation and the world what it means to care for a place, and each other,” said Brian Graber, senior director of river restoration for American Rivers.
“As a filmmaker it was an honor and privilege to spend time with such an inspirational group,” said Shane Anderson with Swiftwater Films. “We look forward to spending the next several years with this community as we document the dam removal for a feature film about the restoration of the Klamath River.”
The City of Rio Dell’s wastewater treatment facility. Photo: City of Rio Dell.
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Press release from the City of Rio Dell:
Since October 1st of this year, the City of Rio Dell has been
conducting COVID‐19 surveillance testing at its Wastewater
Treatment Plant. The testing, through Biobot Analytics, samples the
inflow of untreated wastewater in order to isolate the unique genetic
signature of SARS‐CoV‐2 (COVID‐19) and analyze the amount of
the virus present. The Biobot Analytics testing is done independently
and results have been forwarded to the Public Health Officer since
the inception of the program. Between October 1st and December 3rd
test results have ranged from ‘non‐detect’ to detection at
levels below the national average.
On December 17, 2020
the City of Rio Dell conducted its latest test showing higher
concentration levels than 84% of all quantifiable samples collected
nationwide by Biobot Analytics in the past six weeks. This level is
well above the median national average.
“This information
further supplements and confirms the observations of the County
Health Department.” Stated Rio Dell City Manager Kyle Knopp. “The
virus is present in this small community at high levels. We provide
this information as another tool residents can use when making their
plans over the holiday season and near future.”
The City continues
to encourage mask wearing, social distancing, regular hand washing,
regular surface cleaning, testing and staying home when sick as good
methods to slow the virus and protect the community’s fragile
health systems.
Rio Dell residents
have nearby access to testing:
Palco Pharmacy
(appointment required) 113 Main St Suite D,
Scotia, CA 95565 (707) 764‐3591
Southern Trinity
Health Services, Scotia Bluffs (call first) 500 B Street,
Scotia, California 95565 (707) 764‐5617
By Friday afternoon, Applebee’s appeared to have fully transitioned to outdoor-only dining. Video: Andrew Goff.
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Eureka city government has fined the Applebee’s restaurant on Broadway $1,500 for allegedly serving customers indoors on at least three occasions over the last few weeks.
Humboldt County was placed in the state’s “purple tier,” which bars indoor dining in restaurants, on Nov. 24.
In a citation dated Friday and addressed to J&A Food Service, a Redding company that operates the local Applebee’s, the City of Eureka’s code enforcement unit says that it warned the restaurant a few times last week before taking the action.
“On multiple occasions including 12/15/20 and 12/16/20, you were contacted and advised that if action was not taken to
correct the code violations at the above referenced address immediately, additional enforcement action would be
taken,” writes city Code Enforcement Manager Matthew Morgan in the citation. “Despite these conversations with you and your local manager, you continue to operate your establishment in
direct violation of the orders of public health officials and City of Eureka Ordinance No. 897-C.S. requiring all persons
within the city of Eureka to adhere to those orders.”
The city says that it first became aware of these alleged violations through calls to the county’s COVID tip line.
The city’s citation — which threatened additional $500 fines for every day the business continued to serve indoors — seems to have had the desired effect. On Friday evening the restaurant was only serving in its outdoor tent, and Brian Gerving, the city’s public works director, said this morning that the restaurant was not seen to serve indoors throughout the weekend.
This is the first time during the pandemic that the city’s code enforcement unit has taken punitive action against a local business for not following health orders, Gerving said. Code enforcement officers have had productive educational conversations with several local businesses throughout the last few months; this is the first time that this approach has not worked, he said.
Gerving said that the city does have “other enforcement tools” at its disposal in the event that fines don’t work. But he hoped that those tools nor further citations will be necessary.
“We completely understand the impact that all of these restrictions are having on local business, and we are trying as hard as we can to make sure people stay safe while businesses continue to operate,” he said. “We hope that people continue to do that and that people hope to give local business their patronage.”
The Outpost reached out to J&A Food Service for comment this morning. We’ll update if we hear back.
The Humboldt Area Center for Harm Reduction. | Google Street View.
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In a press release issued Monday morning, the Humboldt Area Center for Harm Reduction (HACHR) announced that it will not set up syringe exchange locations just outside Eureka city limits — a plan the group had announced shortly after the Eureka City Council voted 3-2 to temporarily ban syringe exchange programs (SEPs) in the city. Instead, HACHR will offer syringe exchange and other services via home delivery, as allowed through its authorization from the California Department of Public Health.
Speaking to the Outpost by phone Monday morning, HACHR Executive Director Lasara Firefox Allen said the decision was made after discussing the situation with Sheriff Billy Honsal and closely examining the rules of the group’s state authorization, which currently allows for home delivery and pickup by appointment. Deliveries can be arranged for people living in RVs, cars, tents or homeless camps, Allen said.
“We’ve become really well-versed in exactly what’s expected of us as far as compliance with our [state] authorization goes,” Allen said. “CDPH has been very helpful in the process. … We don’t want to do anything to jeopardize our authorization, in addition to jeopardizing the safety of our participants or staff.”
As for program participants, Allen said traffic at HACHR’s Third Street Eureka headquarters has dropped by more than 80 percent since the city’s temporary ban took effect, “which of course means that people aren’t availing themselves of the basic services we provide, including overdose preventions and medication-assisted treatment.”
The majority of people served by HACHR live in and around Eureka, and Allen said the steep decline in visitors is worrisome from a public health standpoint.
“Our assumption is that a vast majority [of former clients] are not getting access to sterile syringes, which means we will likely see a community-wide uptick in blood-borne pathogen transmissions, including HIV, hepatitis C and syphilis,” Allen said. “Additionally, it’s likely that in a short amount of time the emergency medical services will see an increase in endocarditis, sepsis and abscesses, all resulting from use of non-sterile equipment.”
The defiance and outrage the group expressed earlier this month appeared to have dissipated, judging by Allen’s calm tone of voice, but they made it clear that a certain mournfulness remains
“It’s a tragedy, an absolute tragedy — and I’m exhausted,” Allen said.
HACHR will be offering a hot Christmas Eve meal to go for participants or anyone else needing a hot meal on Dec. 24th. “And we’re trying to just do our best to make sure folks don’t fall through the cracks during this pretty tragic turn of events,” Allen said.
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Here’s the press release:
HACHR currently offers home delivery outside the city of Eureka by appointment only, as per our CDPH authorization. We are not setting up standing exchange locations inside or outside of city limits. We continue to perform outreach services at designated times and locations as allowed by our authorization.
HACHR is NO LONGER ABLE TO provide these services in the city of Eureka, CA:
Syringe exchange
Safer smoking kits and safer snorting kits
Injectable Narcan
HACHR will CONTINUE to provide the following services from our 3rd street location in Eureka, CA:
Where can people get syringe exchange services in Humboldt County?
Visit the Humboldt County syringe exchange located at 908 Seventh St. in Eureka, CA. The county’s current hours are: Thursdays and Fridays from 1PM to 4PM. For more information call 707-559-6318.
HACHR’s home delivery outside of Eureka: HACHR is currently state authorized to do home delivery outside of the city of Eureka by appointment. To coordinate a home delivery call 707-407-6013.
What does “home delivery” mean if you are unhoused? As outlined in HACHR’s state authorization amendment, home deliveries include non-traditional housing such as recreational vehicles, cars, and tents.
Onward While our program participation has declined by over 80% in the first week since the ban— including reduced access to and participation in our medication assisted treatment (MAT) program, overdose prevention, and basic needs—we continue to do our best to serve our program participants, protect the Humboldt community from an outbreak of HIV and/or Hep C, and lessen the potential load on emergency medical services through prevention of illnesses related to use of non-sterile injection equipment.
We will also be serving a to-go Christmas Eve meal at 11AM on Thursday, December 24, for program participants and others in need of a hot holiday meal at our 3rd Street location. Our 3rd Street location is also a great place for you to drop off a holiday donation. Our wish list includes blankets, sleeping bags, other camping gear, grab-and-go food items (like chewy granola bars) and drinks (sports drinks, water, juice), socks, underwear, and warm clothing items. As always, you can also make a cash donation onsite, or electronically at our facebook page or website - you can find both by searching HACHR707.
Want to be kept up to date on our programmatic changes? Follow us on Instagram and/or like us on Facebook at HACHR707.
Cappa pens his NFL contract. | Photos provided by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
UPDATE, 4:15 p.m.:
Despite leading all NFC guards in fan voting, Alex Cappa was not selected to play in the 2021 Pro Bowl.
The NFL announced minutes ago that players and coaches opted to select guards Brandon Scherff (Washington Football Team) Elgton Jenkins (Packers) and Andrus Peat (Saints) instead.
Cappa might still have a chance to make the Pro Bowl if one of these players reaches the Super Bowl, is injured, or opts out of the game. But as it stands, Cappa has been snubbed from his first NFL Pro Bowl appearance.
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Former Lumberjack turned Tampa Bay Buccaneer Alex Cappa officially received more fan votes for the NFL Pro Bowl than any other guard in the National Football Conference this year with 95,058 votes.
The NFL announced its final fan voting results today after online polls closed on Thursday. While fan voting is a crucial part of the Pro Bowl selection process, Cappa will still need nominations from his NFL peers to make the final roster.
“Roster selections are determined by the consensus votes of fans, players and coaches,” the NFL stated. “Each group’s vote counts one-third toward determining the 88 All-Star players.
Cappa received support from his former Lumberjack teammate Ja’Quan Gardner on Twitter last month. Gardner Tweeted that Cappa was the greatest of all time when the NFL initially announced that Cappa was leading fan voting in November.
Cappa fans won’t have to wait long to find out if he makes the cut. The NFL will announce the final Pro Bowl rosters live this evening at 4 p.m. on the NFL Network.
Cappa celebrates with future Hall of Fame quarterback Tom Brady.
Press release from the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office:
On Dec. 17, 2020, at about 5:20 p.m., Humboldt County Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to the 300 block of Road D near Garberville to conduct a welfare check on a 76-year-old male resident of the property. A neighbor of the man told deputies that he had not seen or heard from the man in approximately two months.
Deputies arrived at the missing man’s residence and conducted a search, however, due to darkness and the expansive associated property, deputies suspended the search until daylight the next day. On Dec. 18, deputies conducted a thorough search of the property. Utilizing a search and rescue K9 with the Sheriff’s Search and Rescue Posse, deputies located skeletal remains on the property.
Due to the state of the remains, a positive identification has not been made at this time. However, after considering all information and evidence found on scene, the deceased is believed to be the person for which deputies were searching. Foul play is not suspected at this time.
Identification of the deceased will be released to the public once it is confirmed.
Anyone with information about this case is encouraged to call the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office at (707) 445-7251 or the Sheriff’s Office Crime Tip line at (707) 268-2539.
