Articles, Community News, Humboldt, Local Government

Assemblyman Chris Rogers Visits Humboldt

Leave a comment

Thumbnail and other photos by Persephone Rose.

Dozens of constituents cornered Assemblyman Chris Rogers in what would have been an otherwise cozy nook of the Familia Cafe last week. 

They were packed so tightly that even gaining entry to the building proved to be a challenge, let alone getting close enough to hear the assemblyman’s responses to the crowd’s questions. Fortunately, Field Rep. Heidi McHugh asked the crowd to give others a chance to come forward, rescuing those who could hear little more than the murmuring crowd and bustle of a working cafe.

Rogers, former councilmember, and, for a time, the mayor of Santa Rosa, was elected to the California State Assembly’s 2nd district last year. His district covers Del Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino, Sonoma, and Trinity counties.

Continue reading Assemblyman Chris Rogers Visits Humboldt →
Newscast

Trout Season Opener Kicks Off This Weekend – Redwood Voice Community News

Leave a comment

April 24th, 2025 – For Redwood Voice Community News, a production of Redwood Voice Youth Media, today’s news: roadwork updates from CalTrans District 1; Del Norte County Supervisors greenlit the use of $2.4 million in Pacific Power work credits to underground utility lines around Crescent City’s Southern entrance; items discussed at Monday’s Crescent City Council Meeting; DNUSD is looking for future Special Education teachers; multiple local agencies work together to tackle a brush fire near the Lake Earl Wildlife Area; a summary of the CAPC flag raising and vigil that took place earlier this month; California’s trout season opener kicks off on Saturday; Brookings City Council adopts their proposed vacant property registration ordinance, charging owners of vacant properties a $25 annual fee; Business Oregon puts out a survey to gauge the impacts from tariffs; in addition to being responsible for global warming, climate change also influences pollen levels; the Oregon Department of Forestry invites Oregonians to weigh in on draft annual operations plans for state forests; and more than 50 Elected Officials signed onto the California Polluters Pay Superfund by Earth Day. All this and our regular segments from the Pacifica Radio Network and National Native News.

We’re broadcasting on KFUG 101.1FM and kfugradio.org every day at 12PM, with a rebroadcast at 5PM. We’re also airing on KZZH 96.7FM at 6AM, and KCIW 100.7FM at 6PM!

Today’s news card image is courtesy of the California Department of Fish & Wildlife, which has been edited.

Articles, Community News, Curry, Local Government

Curry County Commissioners Appoint Alcorn’s Replacement, Choosing Meeting Regular Lynn Coker

Leave a comment
Lynn Coker \ Photo courtesy of NAICascade

Jay Trost and Patrick Hollinger once again deferred to Brad Alcorn when it came to selecting his replacement on the Curry County Board of Commissioners.

Alcorn abstained from voting, but his colleagues appointed his pick — Gold Beach resident Lynn Coker — to the Board after agreeing with Alcorn that the commissioner position is, for now anyway, a full-time job.

“When you look at the totality of all of the people who have applied, the candidate that rises to the top is clearly Lynn Coker,” Alcorn said Wednesday, “and I would be very comfortable knowing that he stepped into my role and took my place.”

Continue reading Curry County Commissioners Appoint Alcorn’s Replacement, Choosing Meeting Regular Lynn Coker →
Articles, Community News, Crescent City, Youth

The Child Abuse Prevention Council’s Candlelit Vigil & Flag-Raising Ceremony

Leave a comment

Thumbnail Photo by Bryce Evans.

On Wednesday, April 9th, the Del Norte Child Abuse Prevention Council (CAPC) gathered community members at the Family Resource Center for a candlelight vigil and flag-raising ceremony. The ceremony was focused on honoring the lives of those affected by child abuse, remembering those lost, and raising awareness of prevention efforts within the community. It also marked the beginning of Child Abuse Awareness month.

The ceremony started off with the introduction of council members, and opening remarks followed by the lighting of candles symbolizing the past, present, and future of child abuse prevention. Members of the audience were handed electric tea candles before two local youths took the stage to read a short speech while the real candles were lit. Next was the raising of the Children’s Memorial Flag by the Crescent City Police Department Explorers, accompanied by a moment of silence. The original flag was designed by a 16 year old student from Alameda County. According to the CAPC Facebook page, “The Children’s Memorial Flag honors each lost child and serves as a symbol for the protection of children and young people from all forms of violence.”

Continue reading The Child Abuse Prevention Council’s Candlelit Vigil & Flag-Raising Ceremony →
Newscast

Yurok Tribe’s Restoration “Changing Planet” Feature Airs Tonight – Redwood Voice Community News

Leave a comment

April 23rd, 2025 – For Redwood Voice Community News, a production of Redwood Voice Youth Media, today’s news: roadwork updates from CalTrans District 1; Del Norte Senior Center faces funding uncertainty; DNUSD is looking for future Special Education teachers; Old Mill Road brush fire gets stomped out at 38 acres; California’s 2nd Assembly District Representative visits Crescent City; Del Norte County’s Assistant Administrative Officer is charged with a felony hit and run; California’s trout season opener kicks off on Saturday; California Fish and Wildlife Officials announce a third consecutive salmon season closure; Yurok Fire Department is hosting a Cultural Burning Seminar in June; PBS’s “Changing Planet” airs Yurok dam removal and restoration efforts episode tonight; Business Oregon puts out survey to gauge tariff impacts; and more than 50 Elected Officials signed onto the California Polluters Pay Superfund by Earth Day. All this and our regular segments from the Pacifica Radio Network and National Native News.

We’re broadcasting on KFUG 101.1FM and kfugradio.org every day at 12PM, with a rebroadcast at 5PM. We’re also airing on KZZH 96.7FM at 6AM, and KCIW 100.7FM at 6PM!

Today’s news card image is courtesy of the Yurok Tribe, which has been edited.

Articles, Community News, Crescent City, Infrastructure, Local Government

Del Norte Supervisors Agree To Work Credit Transfer, Moving City One Step Closer To Utility Project

Leave a comment

Thumbnail photo: Matthew Paul Argall via Wikimedia Commons. Creative Commons license

Del Norte County supervisors gave Crescent City the financial boost it needs to proceed with a project to underground most of the utility lines at its southern gateway.

Four members of the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday authorized the transfer of $2.4 million in Rule20 work credits the county has with Pacific Power to the city before they expire in about six weeks.

“Improvements to the city are improvements to the county,” District 2 Supervisor Valerie Starkey told City Manager Eric Wier, who went before the Board with City Attorney Martha Rice to provide a brief overview of the city’s plans for using those work credits. “We don’t have a current project earmarked for this and so I’m very much for this and hope that you meet the deadline.”

Continue reading Del Norte Supervisors Agree To Work Credit Transfer, Moving City One Step Closer To Utility Project →
Articles, Community News, Crescent City, Infrastructure, Local Government

Crescent City Council Recap: Proposed Housing Legislation, New Police Officer, Donation of K9 Cage From Yurok Tribe

Leave a comment

Thumbnail: Del Norte County supervisors Valerie Starkey and Dean Wilson join the former Crescent City Council at a groundbreaking ceremony of the new Battery Point Apartments in September 2024. | Photo by Jessica Cejnar Andrews

Among the items discussed at Monday’s Crescent City Council meeting:

Opposition to Housing Bill: Though nearly 300 new housing units are being constructed in Crescent City, the City Council opposed a bill the League of California Cities says streamlines development at the expense of local environmental and public review.

Assembly Bill 647 would allow for up to eight housing units — only one of which would be set aside for affordable housing — on lots housing single-family homes, City Manager Eric Wier said, citing the nonprofit organization that advocates for local municipalities.

Introduced by Los Angeles-area assemblyman Mark Gonzalez in February, the legislation would supersede “a lot of our planning ordinances,” Wier said, and would allow those housing units to be developed without review by the Planning Commission or the City Council.

Continue reading Crescent City Council Recap: Proposed Housing Legislation, New Police Officer, Donation of K9 Cage From Yurok Tribe →
Articles, Community News, Economy

Meat, Movies, McGuire — The 2025 Economic Summit

Leave a comment

“We are a place-based people,” Emily Reed said as a map of the Del Norte coast appeared on the screen behind her. Gone are the familiar landmarks, the names of local towns replaced with the traditional Tolowa names of the villages that came before. “And the locations of where we are and where we are going hold deep significance.” 

Reed is the Administrative Services Director for the Tolowa Dee-ni’ Nation as well as the current president of the Crescent City – Del Norte Chamber of Commerce. Either role could have landed her the gig as first presenter at the 2025 Del Norte Economic Summit, the yearly confab held by the Chamber in which local leaders gather to discuss the community’s collective economic future. 

As the Chamber’s executive director Cindy Vosburg explained, the economic summit is “an opportunity to bring the business community together and share what’s happening, what the city’s going to be working on, what the county’s working on. It’s a time to celebrate good things, it’s not the time to talk about what’s bad in our county, but to celebrate what’s good here. It also brings business people together and our local governments together and a lot of good things come out of that type of collaboration.”

Continue reading Meat, Movies, McGuire — The 2025 Economic Summit →
Newscast

Del Norte Senior Center Faces Funding Challenges – Redwood Voice Community News

Leave a comment

April 22nd, 2025 – For Redwood Voice Community News, a production of Redwood Voice Youth Media, today’s news: roadwork updates from CalTrans District 1; with the Del Norte Senior Center’s funding up in the air, the Area 1 Agency on Aging will contribute $96,000 to the program; Brookings Mayor Isaac Hodges turns down his appointment as Commissioner Brad Alcorn’s replacement; highlights from District 2 Assemblyman Chris Rogers’ Community Office Hours; Del Norte’s Assistant Administrative officer is charged with a felony hit & run whilst driving under the influence; Nautical News from Kenny Priest of Fishing the North Coast; this weekend the City of Brookings will be celebrating Elmo Williams Day at the Capella by the Sea; while California’s commercial salmon fishing season remains closed for the third year in a row, salmon and steelhead numbers in NorCal rivers are on the rise; the Yurok Fire Department will be holding a cultural burning seminar later this week; PBS and BBC cover the Klamath Dam removal in their documentary series “Changing Planet”; and a proposed California Bill will charge oil and gas companies a one time fee as compensation for the costs associated with pollution. All this and our regular segments from the Pacifica Radio Network and National Native News.

We’re broadcasting on KFUG 101.1FM and kfugradio.org every day at 12PM, with a rebroadcast at 5PM. We’re also airing on KZZH 96.7FM at 6AM, and KCIW 100.7FM at 6PM!

Today’s news card image is taken as a screenshot from Google Maps, which has been edited.

Articles, Arts & Culture, Community News, Education, Local Government, Youth

DNUSD Discusses AI Policy

Leave a comment

The AI Task Force Steering Committee came back to the Del Norte Unified School District Board of Trustees with a draft policy on the acceptable use of Artificial Intelligence, or AI, April 10. 

The policy is meant to outline the acceptable uses of AI within schools, with goals to foster safe and ethical use, enhance learning and teaching, and develop digital literacy. It also outlines guidelines for use by teachers, staff, and students. The criteria needed to vet AI tools, frequently asked questions, and the consequences for violating the policy are also included.

Continue reading DNUSD Discusses AI Policy →

Telling the untold stories of Del Norte and Tribal Lands through amplified youth voices.