In March, I had spinal fusion surgery to align and stabilize misaligned vertebrae and reduce pain from stenosis. And so begins another “organ recital” — a sharing of my aches and pains that come with the territory of aging body parts that don’t function the way they used to. It’s not my intent to bitch and mo...

Nutritious food is essential for health, but for individuals managing chronic illness or recovering from serious medical conditions, the right food can be as important as medicine. The Humboldt Senior Resource Center’s Senior Nutrition Program originally provided medically tailored meals designed by registere...

A Memory Café is a fun, welcoming gathering for people experiencing memory loss and for those who care about them — caregivers, family members and friends. These informal get-togethers are a place to relax, connect with others who have shared life experiences and challenges, and to enjoy companionship in a co...

Once again, the Senior Nutrition Program at Humboldt Senior Resource Center (HSRC) is grateful for the generous support from McCrea Subaru in Eureka and Subaru of America.

The 2026 Supporting Healthy Aging Conference, sponsored by the Humboldt Senior Resource Center, will take place on Thursday, May 14, at the Sequoia Conference Center in Eureka.

If you live on the North Coast, you’ve likely experienced how challenging it can be to access healthcare services. The state designates our region as a “health professional shortage area,” meaning there simply aren’t enough providers to meet the needs of our population. Across the Redwood Region — Del Norte, ...

Have I got an exercise plan for you! No health club, no barbells, no cute leotards. No fancy equipment. And just 10 minutes. No sweat. It started with office workers who ran from one meeting to the next, or at-home telecommuters with days full of Zoom sessions. For people with neither the time nor the inclina...

Join the Redwood Interfaith Gospel Choir with special guests, the 50-member Oakland Interfaith Community Choir, on Saturday, May 30, for a night of high-energy gospel and spiritual music.

Is it money? Inertia? Lack of political will? Is it corporate domination? All of these are impediments to changing our degraded, torturous healthcare system, but the underlying dysfunction has more to do with our national perception of who should have health care and why. Until we see a fundamental change tha...

Last July 4, President Trump signed the “One Big Beautiful Bill” (H.R. 1) into law. This bill creates a difficult new environment for California’s working families, hospitals and health systems, and state and local governments. More than one-third of Californians (and 44% of Humboldt residents) rely on Medi-C...

Dear John Heckel: I am an avid reader of the Senior News here in Santa Cruz. I, too, am a carepartner. I am so truly sorry for your loss. I am so happy, however, that Lucy has come into your life [“Lucy the Lifesaver,” April Senior News]. We have two dogs and five cats, and they are a great addition to our li...

I have a date with Death, It cannot be postponed, He’s walking up my steps, He’s come to take me home. I have a date with Death, It cannot be ignored, He’s calling out my name, He’s knocking on my door. I have a date with Death, I try to hide my fear, I smile as I let him in, I know the time is near. I have a...

To the Editor: Throughout various professional and civic roles, Mary Burke has shown that she knows how to bring people together to improve our environment and our communities. One of her recent accomplishments here in McKinleyville is the Baduwa’t Project at the end of School Road, which improved salmon habi...

We usually have a hard time finding good things to say about a person we find humorless. Beyond acknowledging that he or she is, perhaps, “hardworking” or “dependable as the day is long,” we end up at a descriptive loss for these folks pretty quickly. Since we know, as Thumper the rabbit used to say, if you d...

Just saying “April Fools’ Day” makes me smile. In my life, every day is already pretty darn foolish. But it’s nice to have a special day to laugh — an especially rare commodity over the past year or so, given that the world feels like it’s going to hell in a handbasket. I never did understand that saying, but...

The announcement arrived quietly, the way fog rolls into Humboldt Bay — soft at first, then everywhere. At exactly 9:00 a.m., every screen lit up with a cheerful message from TechGov, the benevolent administrative intelligence that now managed the nation’s well-being.

It’s 1961. Lewy, Larry, Gene and I are leaving Illinois for Florida. Maybe we’ll get to Fort Lauderdale where we imagine the beaches are lined with bikini-clad coeds. We will travel in Lewy’s well-primered ’52 Plymouth, which runs fine but needs regular refills of oil. We have virtually no money. We’ll be sle...

One of my prize sweatshirts, from an 1985 anti-war dance festival, says, “Give Peace a Dance.” A slogan for today’s decidedly dire days might read, “Give Laughter a Chance!” For years, Kathleen Krauss, Joy Hardin and I led regular Laughter Yoga groups. The groups have ceased, but we still talk regularly and a...

If you’ve enjoyed KEET’s local programming like “What’s on Your Bucket List?” and “Studio Space,” as well as the national PBS programming as much as I have over the years, you’ve likely been aware of how very challenging 2025 was for our small but mighty PBS station. At times it seemed like everything that co...

“Together for health. Stand with science.” On April 7, the World Health Organization (WHO) celebrates World Health Day, marking the founding of WHO in 1948. The focus this April and for the coming year celebrates scientific collaboration as key to good health for all people and the planet. It even has a hasht...