Lunesta stocks surge on word of Gundersen release

Pharmaceutical company Sepracor, manufacturer of the popular sleep aid Lunesta, saw its stock value jump by more than 5 percent Tuesday morning, hours after investors learned that former Blue Lake police chief David Gundersen had been released from jail on bond. The stock spike followed Wall Street’s worst single-day sell-off in U.S. history. “I don’t [...]

Today in understatement:

“The prosecution has a real problem,” said UC Berkeley law professor Franklin Zimring. Oh, if only he knew…. Zimring was referring of course to District Attorney Paul Gallegos’ most recent predicament, this one involving David Gundersen’s conviction Tuesday on 11 misdemeanor counts of battery. Even as the ink on the jury’s verdict forms was drying, [...]

Gallegos found guilty of wankering another big case

In a related development, former Blue Lake police chief David Gundersen was found not guilty of raping his most recent wife. A big cheer anyway for our idiot district attorney. We say “douche,” you say “bag.” DOUCHE.

Cheri Moore: Evidently still dead

If there’s anything worse than beating a dead horse, it’s beating a dead crazy chick. But a big shout-out anyway to the Times-Standard for marking the important two-year, four-month anniversary of the police shooting death of Cheri Lynn Moore with a touching homage, courtesy of a couple of family members who are suing a long [...]

She might want to take another look at that ‘supporter’ list…

Still reportedly smarting from her brush with real employment during the 2006 campaign, our favoritest Humboldt County Supervisor Bonnie Neely is leaving nothing to chance next time around. Two separate e-mailers told the Humboldt Mirror that they received phone calls from Ms. Neely requesting campaign contributions for her anticipated return to the public trough–in 2010. [...]