Teresa Louise Miles, age 72, passed away on July 2, 2023 in Eureka, surrounded by loved ones. Possessing an extraordinary ability to form lasting friendships wherever she went, Teresa’s warmth and kindness made an enduring impression on those fortunate enough to know her. She harbored no negative thoughts, always seeing the good in others and any situation. Her trust in others was a defining quality, shaping her character and endearing her to all who encountered her.
Born on June 22, 1951, Teresa embarked on a journey filled with compassion and understanding. A lover of sweets and history documentaries, Teresa had an insatiable curiosity for the world. Her desire to explore new places and cultures left an indelible mark on everyone she encountered. With a craving for knowledge and a resolute belief in the transformative power of education, Teresa pursued higher education. After studying at Marylhurst College and the University of Salzburg, she earned a Bachelor of Art from the University of Montana.
Among her many passions, Teresa held a deep love for art. Her talent for creating realistic portraits that appeared like photographs captured the essence of her artistic abilities. Teresa’s artwork will forever be cherished and admired by those who were fortunate to experience its beauty.
Teresa, however, felt that her most important accomplishment was her adoption of Sophia, an orphaned child from China. Teresa was so proud to become a mother. Her boundless love and nurturing nature knew no bounds as she provided a loving home for Sophia, fostering a love of learning and travel, as well as a solid work ethic in her daughter.
Teresa approached every situation with patience, even when faced with unfamiliar circumstances. Even during her battle with cancer, Teresa maintained an unwavering positivity and resilience. Her steadfast mindset became a beacon of inspiration, not only for her loved ones but for anyone who had the privilege of witnessing her strength. She taught us the importance of maintaining a positive outlook, demonstrating the power of mindset in overcoming life’s challenges.
Teresa’s memory will continue to live on in the hearts of all who loved her. She leaves behind a legacy of kindness, resilience, and the importance of maintaining a positive perspective. The lessons she imparted and the love she shared will forever guide and inspire those whose lives she touched.
Teresa is survived by her beloved daughter, Sophia Miles; her brothers, Joseph Miles, Jim (James) Miles, and Steve Miles; her sister, Mary Marinaccio; along with many other family members, and friends. She was preceded in death by her father and mother, John and Ruth Miles; her brothers, John Miles, Jr., Michael Miles, Sr., and Thomas Miles; and her godchild, Jenifer Miles.
A memorial Mass with a reception following will be held later this year.
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Viola Louise Hague passed away at her Fortuna home on June 22, 2023.
She was born in Eureka on August 30, 1930, the third child of John
and Hilja Katvala. She graduated from Eureka High School as a CSF
member in 1948. She had been married for almost 60 years to Ira O.
Hague who passed away on January 23, 2008, in Fortuna.
Vi enjoyed
sewing, gardening, cooking, baking, shopping in local antique stores,
and being with her family and sharing in their activities. She was
an avid reader and enjoyed armchair mysteries. She enjoyed touring
open houses and seeing different floor plans. She designed two homes
that were then built. She was a talented interior designer and hung
wallpaper with a professional eye.
In the 1950s she
and her family moved to the Santa Clara Valley where she managed
fabrics and housewares departments at Macy’s until they returned to
Eureka in the 1970s.
She was
encouraging and proud of her large family’s many accomplishments in
4-H, sports, and the local music and theater communities. She was
always there to support whatever activity they were involved in at
the time.
She was known to
all as Gran and is survived by her daughter, Lael Morss and husband
Steven, her son James Hague and wife Jean, grandsons John Hague and
Anita, Matt Hague and wife Jaime, Jacob Morss and wife, Gigi,
granddaughters Katri Pitts and husband Larry, Anna Shoemaker and
husband, Stan, great-grandchildren, Shayla, Cameron, Katelynn, Jocie,
Aurora, Robbie, Emmie, Irie, Trillium, Rogan, Jacob and Isaac, and
great-great-grandchildren, Kingston and Addilyn.
Graveside
services were held on Friday, June 30, 2023, at the Rohnerville
Catholic Cemetery.
The family thanks Hospice of Humboldt and Gobles Mortuary of Fortuna.
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The obituary above was submitted on behalf of Viola Hague’s loved ones. The Lost Coast Outpost runs obituaries of Humboldt County residents at no charge. See guidelines here. Email news@lostcoastoutpost.com.
As part of our commitment to providing customers with safe, reliable and affordable energy, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) announced today a new and innovative pilot project to increase capacity for new customers in Southern Humboldt County.
In November 2022, PG&E shared plans for capacity projects in the Eel River Valley and Southern Humboldt. We obtained approval for several Transmission, Distribution and Substation Capacity upgrades that will enable PG&E to serve customer applications in the Eel River Valley (which includes Rio Dell, Fortuna and surrounding areas), to be completed no later than end of year 2024.
Additionally, planned system upgrades from Bridgeville to Alderpoint were approved to enable new business customers in that area to be in service by end of year 2026. We identified transmission projects into Garberville that have since been approved by the CAISO, and incremental projects at the Garberville Substation that will increase capacity and ensure that new loads near the substation like the upcoming hospital upgrade can be served. These projects are all on track to meet commitments made to the community.
At the same time last year, PG&E identified capacity upgrades needed with costs upward of $300 million dollars (and ten years) to serve 37 customers on the distribution line between Garberville and Petrolia and create additional capacity at the substation for future growth. We shared our intention to investigate an alternative solution and since then PG&E engineering teams, working with technology specialists, have identified a promising solution that could allow current new business applicants to come online much sooner, and at a far lower cost to ratepayers, while also increasing system resiliency.
This proposed solution is a pilot project that will require testing. PG&E will take a conservative approach to installing the system, testing it thoroughly and proving it can provide the increased capacity as designed prior to connecting customers.
PG&E has acquired three Tesla Megapack batteries to control voltage on an extended distribution line in rural southern Humboldt. Construction will begin in 2024, followed by testing and validation. PG&E is also completing capacity upgrades at the Garberville substation. The new battery system, along with the upgrades, could enable PG&E to begin serving some new customers by the end of 2024 and the remaining new business applications starting in 2027.
“We understand the real-world impacts that capacity constraints can have on our customers. This creative solution, in addition to the work we have already committed to, will help meet these capacity needs,” said Ron Richardson, Vice President of PG&E’s North Coast Region.
PG&E plans to begin construction and testing on the Southern Humboldt County distribution project in 2024. As work progresses, PG&E plans will bring a number of new business customers online throughout the project, and all existing applicants online by 2027 when the substation upgrades are completed.
Volunteers working in conjunction with the Humboldt Arts Council are pulling out the art from the Romano Gabriel Sculpture Garden exhibit on Eureka’s Second Street, in the heart of Old Town, to give it all a good cleaning.
Jemima Harr, the Arts Council’s executive director, was pacing around this afternoon fretting about the work, which was being laid out on the sidewalk for dusting — though “dust,” she said, isn’t quite the right word. It’s almost like a very fine silt that somehow makes it through the glass panels of the exhibit and collects on the world-famous folk art.
“It’s unbelievable how dirty this gets,” Harr said.
This week’s deep cleaning is prompted, in part, by a forthcoming documentary on the artist, who in the 1950s and 1960s filled the front yard of his Pine Street home with thousands of carved and painted wood sculptures, until the whole installation was widely recognized as an important piece of Italian-American folk art, akin to the Watts Towers. (SPACES magazine has some good photos of the Gabriel sculptures in situ.) After his death, a good portion of the garden was stuffed into the gallery space at 315 Second Street for permanent exhibition, where it remains a popular tourist attraction to this day.
Reinus (left) and Harr.
Local resident Jeffrey Reinus is directing the documentary, which is being produced in conjunction with KEET-TV and an art historian. He told the Outpost this afternoon that he’s been a fan of Gabriel’s art for a very long time, and upon retirement he set himself the challenge of making a film about it. (He used to be an underwriting executive at KEET.) And to make it, he needed some good photographs of the work.
The Arts Council was happy to comply. They try to clean up the work every year or so, Harr said, but they haven’t done a full-on deep cleaning in a while. It was overdue. While they’re taking everything out and laying it on the sidewalk, Reinus is running around tagging the things that he particularly wants photographed.
It’s a nice spectacle for passersby, who are stopping on the street to check out the pieces up close for maybe the first time. Harr said that the Arts Council still gets about a call a week from out-of-towners planning their trips to Eureka, who want to be assured that they’ll be able to visit Gabriel’s sculptures while they’re in town.
If you want to check out the operation, cleaning is expected to go on for another day or two. Come on down. Photos from this afternoon follow.
On July 10, 2023, at 8:15 A.M. firefighters from the Arcata Fire Protection District responded to a reported vehicle fire on the 1200 Block of Old Arcata Road in Bayside.
The first arriving firefighters found a 2005 Porsche Cayenne fully engulfed in flames. The fuel tank had ruptured, causing the fire to spread down the street which created additional exposures for the engine teams to suppress.
Two engines and a chief officer, California Highway Patrol, Arcata Police and the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Department assisted with stopping through traffic on Old Arcata Road while the firefighters suppressed the fire.
The cause of the fire is still unknown and under investigation by the Arcata Police.
Eagle-eyed proofreader and Somoa Samoa Peninsula resident Jennifer Savage sent in these photos (above and below) this morning.
“Are we going to have signs that say UREKA and ARKATA next?!” she quipped.
When we called the county to inquire about the misspelled signage, Humboldt County Public Works Director Tom Mattson sounded a bit bummed. He had yet to be informed about the mistakes.
“It does happen every now and then,” he said with a sigh.
Of course, we at the Outpost certainly commit our share of typos, so we feel you, Tom. Ours are easier to correct, though.
The signs have been up for about a month or two, according to Mattson. He said correcting the errors will cost about $75 per sign. The metal backing will be reused, with the correct lettering stenciled on, silkscreen-style.
“At least they are consistent,” Mattson deadpanned.
On July 8, 2023 at about 8:35 PM the Fortuna Police Department received a report of a male subject in the 700
block of S. Fortuna Blvd, walking around with what appeared to be a firearm.
Officers quickly arrived on scene and located a male subject, matching the description. Upon attempted contact
with the subject, he immediately fled on foot. Officers observed an object protruding from the subject’s
waistband area and pursued the subject. While in pursuit, the subject kept reaching towards his waistband. The
subject was ordered to stop numerous times while being pursued. The subject disregarded the officer’s
commands fleeing into a residential area and began jumping fences into the backyards of residences.
Munoz-Maceda. Photos: FoPD.
Officers established a perimeter around the 600 block of Summer St in Fortuna where the subject had fled.
Officers located the subject hiding under a vehicle and he was taken into custody without further incident.
Officers conducted a search of the area where the subject was located and they recovered a loaded 9mm semi-
automatic pistol that had been thrown over a fence by the subject into the driveway of a nearby preschool. The
loaded firearm had the serial number removed. The firearm was secured and booked into evidence.
The subject in custody was identified as Alfredo Munoz-Maceda (age 18).
Munoz-Maceda was transported to the Humboldt County Correctional Facility where he was booked on the
following charges:
California Penal Code section 148(a)(1), resisting arrest/lawful command
California Penal Code section 25400(a)(2), carrying concealed firearm
California Penal Code section 23920, possession of firearm with removed serial number
California Penal Code section 25850(a), possession of loaded firearm
California Penal Code section 29610(a), possession of firearm under 21 years of age
California Penal Code section 29650, possession of ammunition under 21 years of age
The Fortuna Police Department remains committed to public safety and transparency.
