Janie Har, Associated Press Updated 1:09 pm CDT, Friday, August 3, 2018 Now Playing: Some people in Northern California are returning to their neighborhoods to find their homes reduced to rubble. Firefighters are having some success, and officials began allowing some people to go home. (Aug. 2) Media: Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — For the past week Robert Tierney Jr. has been registering patients at a Northern California hospital in the mornings and checking out possible rentals after work, trying to count his blessings even though his house is one of the more than 1,000 destroyed in a deadly wildfire. Tierney is among dozens of staff members, including doctors, nurses and others, at Dignity Health Mercy Medical Center in Redding keeping the hospital running despite losing their homes to the flames. Tierney, 57, choked up briefly as he recalled the moment he learned from a kid on a bicycle that his house and belongings were gone, save for a … [Read more...] about Hurting while healing: hospital staff displaced by wildfire
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Love of food, hospitality drive family behind Pearl restaurants
At the Table: Pearl of the Orient Photo by Peggy Turbett for Crain's A newly refurbished patio brings al fresco dining to Pearl of the Orient, an Asian specialty mainstay in Rocky River. Photo by Peggy Turbett for Crain's Chef Song Kwong rolls sushi rice in the main dining room at Pearl of the Orient in Rocky River. Photo by Peggy Turbett for Crain's An array of sushi is a hallmark of the Asian specialties that Pearl of the Orient has been bringing to Cleveland for over three decades. Photo by Peggy Turbett for Crain's Pearl of the Orient, under the ownership and management of George Hwang, has become a Cleveland dining mainstay, bringing wonton soup, sushi and authentic Szechuan cuisine to Northeast Ohio from its Rocky River location. Photo by Peggy Turbett for Crain's … [Read more...] about Love of food, hospitality drive family behind Pearl restaurants
Bringing peace and beauty to the sick: Kohala Hospital adds art display to emergency waiting room
North Hawaii News By Jan Wizinowich Special to West Hawaii Today | Monday, May 28, 2018, 1 a.m. Share this story Patients and families find comfort from the peaceful paintings while they wait. (COURTESY PHOTO/KHCF) Artist Patrick Chang stands with KHCF members in front of one of his murals that now adorns the waiting room walls. (COURTESY PHOTOs/KHCF) Ching adds red birds to the mural next to the exit sign for people walking out of the emergency room to enjoy the dance of red and green colors. NORTH KOHALA — Thanks to recently completed murals by artist Patrick Ching, Kohala Hospital’s new emergency waiting room is an oasis of beauty and calm. “I’m really into the psychology of what the people are going through when they are here. I use colors that are calming and soothing with horizontal lines,” Ching said. ADVERTISING The project is a collaboration anchored by the Kohala Hospital Charitable Foundation (KHCF) and … [Read more...] about Bringing peace and beauty to the sick: Kohala Hospital adds art display to emergency waiting room
There’s a problem at the state’s main psychiatric hospital: People ready for discharge can’t get out
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Throw out all romaine lettuce, CDC says. Idaho ranks 2nd for people ill from E. coli
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