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The hospital plans a $12.1 million renovation and expansion of its emergency department.
The festivities began with a reception followed by a variation of the traditional groundbreaking, in which hospital executives and physicians wielding golden sledge hammers broke through a symbolic emergency department wall, signaling commencement of the long-awaited renovation project.
Participants in the ceremony included Jennifer Swenson, vice president of operations; members of the hospital’s governing board and medical staff; and St. Helena Hospital President and Chief Executive Officer Terry Newmyer.
“This is an exciting event for us, and we want to share it with everyone,” said Newmyer. “A modernized and expanded emergency department is a critical milestone in our commitment to delivering excellence here in our community.”
The renovation will create 12 state-of-the-art patient monitoring rooms, two of which will be for trauma patients.
The project also will improve the configuration of the emergency department, providing a private ambulance entrance, a welcoming entrance for walk-in patients and visitors, and a pleasant, comfortable environment in the larger remodeled waiting area.
The triage area will be redesigned so that patients can go directly from the emergency department lobby to a private bed, if necessary.
St. Helena Hospital Clearlake is a 25-bed acute care Critical Access Hospital serving South Lake County.
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MENDOCINO COUNTY, Calif. – The search for a wanted parolee ended on Wednesday after the man was shot by a Mendocino County Sheriff's deputy.
Thirty-two-year-old Shane Hutchins, a transient that officials said had been on the run for several months, died following the shooting on Wednesday night, according to Capt. Kurt Smallcomb.
Smallcomb said Hutchins was wanted on numerous felony charges and had been reported or observed to be in possession of both firearms and knives.
On Wednesday deputies, Ukiah Police officers, Major Crimes Task Force agents and California State Parole officers were continuing their search for Hutchins when they received information from several sources that he was in a residence in the 18900 block of Lahmon Lane, located just east of Fort Bragg and off of Highway 20, Smallcomb said.
Deputies and Major Crimes Task Force agents proceeded to the residence and established a perimeter, and just before 9 p.m. Wednesday they entered the residence in an attempt to apprehend Hutchins, according to Smallcomb.
Smallcomb said Hutchins fled the residence and went into the brush, where the deputies and officers pursued him.
One of the deputies confronted Hutchins and shot him, Smallcomb said.
Emergency medical aid was summoned, but by the time they arrived Hutchins had died, Smallcomb said.
Smallcomb said the deputy who shot Hutchins has been placed on administrative leave.
The California State Department of Justice is investigating the incident, said Smallcomb.
He said an autopsy of Hutchins is pending.
Smallcomb said additional information directly about the shooting will be released from the California Department of Justice Bureau of Investigations Unit.
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LUCERNE, Calif. – A woman whose vehicle rolled over on Highway 20 Wednesday was arrested on charges of driving under the influence.
The crash occurred at about 6:45 p.m. on Highway 20 just west of Foothill Drive in Lucerne, according to initial reports from the California Highway Patrol.
The woman, whose name was not immediately available, was driving a newer model pickup when she was involved in a single-vehicle crash that rolled the pickup over, according to Northshore Fire Battalion Chief Steve Hart, who was pulled from a rescue on the hills above Lucerne to respond to the crash.
Hart said the woman was uninjured.
She was accompanied by three dogs, who also appeared uninjured and were removed from the scene by Lake County Animal Care and Control, Hart said.
Hart said the roadway was blocked for about 10 minutes. CHP and Lake County Sheriff's officials responded to the scene along with Northshore Fire, which sent a total of four units.
The woman was determined to have been driving under the influence of prescription drugs, according to reports from the scene. The CHP arrested her after she failed a sobriety test.
CHP reported the roadway was cleared just before 8 p.m.
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Nineteen-year-old Jeremy Michael King climbed up the 60-foot face of Castle Rock – located on the west side of Lucerne near Roland Drive – Wednesday afternoon, according to a report from Sgt. Dave Thompson of the Sonoma County Sheriff's Office, which assisted with the rescue.
King was on the rock about two hours and when evening arrived and it got dark he panicked, Thompson said.
Northshore Fire Battalion Chief Steve Hart said the district received the call at around 6 p.m.
Hart said he, Chief Jim Robbins and Battalion Chief Pat Brown responded, along with medic and heavy rescue units, an attack vehicle, a light unit and a utility vehicle.
Reports from the scene indicated fire officials were concerned about endangering personnel and equipment in trying to get to King. They noted that the ground was wet due to recent rains.
So Hart said the Sonoma County Sheriff's Office's Henry-1 helicopter was called in to conduct a long line rescue.
Firefighters at the scene reportedly helped light up the rock where the climber was located in an effort to help guide the helicopter in.
Once the helicopter arrived, Hart said it took about five minutes to rescue King.
Thompson said a trained Henry-1 crew member rescued the teen using a “horse-collar” rescue “strop.” King was then flown with the rescuer via the 100-foot long-line to awaiting fire crew members. He was uninjured.
Thompson said the Henry-1 is equipped with state-of-the-art night vision goggles and a 50-million candle-power Night Sun spotlight.
That equipment, plus ample nocturnal rescue training, enables the Henry-1 crew to be available to perform these nighttime long-line rescues, which are generally not conducted elsewhere throughout the nation, Thompson said.
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