Monthly Archives: March 2025

Articles, Community News, Health, Youth

Del Norte Service Providers Are In Limbo Over The Federal Dollars That Feed Seniors, Support Foster Youth And Make Accessing Healthcare Easier

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Thumbnail: Del Norte County service providers worry about the fate of federal dollars that fund nutritious meals for senior citizens, advocates for foster youth and easier access to healthcare for those who are homeless. | Photo by Persephone Rose

Charlaine Mazzei says the uncertainty surrounding whether or not the federal dollars her organization relies on is more worrying than a freeze itself.

Mazzei is the executive director for the Del Norte Senior Center and Del Norte Mission Possible. Part of the Community Action Partnership of Del Norte, those organizations rely on federal dollars to feed and house the elderly and provide access to healthcare for individuals experiencing homelessness. 

All told, the Community Action Partnership receives $2.15 to $2.4 million in federal dollars annually to provide those services. Without more definitive information about the Trump administration’s attempt to freeze federal grant funding, Mazzei says it’s difficult to plan for their potential loss.

“If you told me your program’s going to get a 20 percent cut, I can plan for that,” she told Redwood Voice Community News last week. “If we say this program’s going away, it’s not going to be fun, but I can plan for that. I don’t know how to plan for, ‘We don’t know what’s going on.’”

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The School District’s Doll Surplus – Redwood Voice Community News

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March 11th, 2025 – For Redwood Voice Community News, a production of Redwood Voice Youth Media, today’s news: road work updates from Caltrans District 1; the school district has a surplus of creepy old baby dolls; the Yurok Tribe partners with the US Army Corps of Engineers for an ecosystem restoration feasibility study; Yurok Tribal Health and Wellness issues a measles outbreak advisory; information on Brookings’ US HWY 101 sidewalk and pedestrian crossing project; the Curry County Board of Commissioners is exploring a possible partnership with the Wild Rivers Coast Forest Collaborative; the search for Dane Paulsen enters its second week; a Josephine County judge weighs in on a lawsuit between two former Commissioners; with the firing of US Forest Service employees, campsites across California may close this summer; and US Secretary of Agriculture considers backyard chickens to assist with lowering egg prices. 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 Magda Ehlers via Pexels, which has been edited.

Articles, Community News, Environment

Del Norte Fire Safe Council Hosts Prescribed Burn Workshop

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Thumbnail photo by Ethan Caudill-DeRego.

Flecked with dirt and soaked in sweat from the intense heat of fires burning all around, crew from the Del Norte Fire Safe Council and interested participants worked away with their drip torches, burning pre-collected debris piles on the hills overlooking Rock Creek Ranch.

March 5th was the first day of the Del Norte Fire Safe Council’s two day Prescribed Burn Workshop. This workshop helps teach local residents how to deal with the vegetation that builds up on their land and poses a threat during wildfires.

“This is our first workshop. It’s more about pile burning because that’s the time of year that we have right now,” said Aaron Babcock, Del Norte Fire Safe Council Coordinator. “It’s still pretty wet to do an actual real prescribed burn, but we’re hoping in April we’re gonna do another real workshop, where we’re gonna try to get some fire to carry.”

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The Del Norte Fire Safe Council’s Prescribed Burn Workshop – Redwood Voice Community News

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March 10th, 2025 – For Redwood Voice Community News, a production of Redwood Voice Youth Media, today’s news: road work updates from Caltrans District 1; a look at the Del Norte Fire Safe Council’s prescribed burn workshop; the school district has a surplus of creepy old baby dolls; DNUSD tables the discussion of the installation of a solar microgrid; the Yurok tribe partners with the US Army Corps of Engineers for a ecosystem restoration feasibility study; Yurok Tribal Health and Wellness issues a measles outbreak advisory; information on Brookings’ US HWY 101 sidewalk and pedestrian crossing project; items discussed at the Brookings City Council’s recent meeting; fishy facts and figures from Kenny Priest of fishing the North Coast; and just four mega corporations control a majority of America’s livestock production. 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 Redwood Voice Reporter Ethan Caudill-DeRego, which has been edited.

In Media Res

What Does In Media Res Mean?

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Redwood Voice’s Persephone Corvid Rose filed a piece last week, Student Activists Accuse CPH of Suppressing Dissent After Harassment & Arrests, and the comments it’s garnered online deserve a response. Those comments, at least on the Facebook pages it’s been shared to, have been mostly negative. Understandable, in our little red county. But one in particular needs to be addressed. In it, the commenter thought they were pointing something out by saying the piece isn’t “reporting,” and that no article should start with a press release. I agree, in a sense, this piece is not “reporting” in the inferred sense the commenter seems to have meant. It has a point of view, takes a stand, and ends with a “call to action” — all things that would have both purists and partisans up in arms if they occurred above the fold in the Times or Post. 

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Advocates for Small Farmers Speak Against Big Ag – Redwood Voice Community News

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March 7th, 2025 – For Redwood Voice Community News, a production of Redwood Voice Youth Media, today’s news: road work updates from Caltrans District 1; a hail warning from the National Weather Service of Eureka; a report on Del Norte Fire Safe Council’s Burn Workshop; despite community outcry DNUSD continues with layoff notices; DNUSD tables SitelogIQ proposal at recent meeting citing budget concerns; when and how to attend the Permanent Local Housing Allocation and Prohousing Incentive Program meeting; updates on Pacific Power’s Electric Mobility Grants; information on ODOT Construction in Brookings; DNACA is hosting Susan McKay’s “Light Upon the Water”; fishing information from Fishing the North Coast; the Trump Administration plans to sell Medford’s federal courthouse; the Josephine County Board of Commissioners voted to file an appeal against the statewide wildfire hazard map; and advocates for independent farmers warn about the effects of corporate agriculture. 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 Tom Fisk via Pexels, which has been edited.

Activism, Alerts, Humboldt, In Media Res

Student Activists Accuse CPH of Suppressing Dissent After Harassment & Arrests

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Thumbnail image courtesy of the Redheaded Blackbelt’s livestream of the Jan. 21st protest, taken as a screenshot and edited.

Update, 1:23 p.m. March 7: An anonymous source reached out to inform us that the date for Raymond Evans’ arraignment has been pushed back, before clarifying the case is still being reviewed and the court date has not yet been set. Redwood Voice reached out to the Humboldt County District Attorney’s office to verify, which confirmed that Evans’ court date is still pending. They gave no estimation for when it may be set.

Update, 1:30 p.m. March 20: Redwood Voice reached out to the Humboldt County District Attorney’s office again to check on Maggie Rasch’s court date, and found that her case is also pending review. Evans’ court date is also still pending review.

On the evening of March 1st, Redwood Voice received the following press release via email, from the Friends of Raymond and Maggie:

“Cal Poly Humboldt Orders Arrests of Activists, Seeks to Quietly Criminalize Dissent. Don’t Let Them!”

In their latest flailing attempt to supress any dissent, Cal Poly Humboldt and the University Police Department (UPD)  have leveled charges against community members Maggie Rasch and Raymond Evans, accusing the two activists of felony “conspiracy to commit a crime,” “vandalism,” and “unlawful use of a mask” just over a week after a January 21st protest. When Evans asked what vandalism he was accused of, the arresting officer Joseph Conlin stated that he witnessed Evans loading signs, drums, and a wagon into his pickup truck after the protest, and that this constituted criminal conspiracy. Is this a reasonable basis for a felony arrest warrant?

In the week prior to obtaining warrants, police twice appeared outside a local house at odd hours of the night, stalking and surveiling anyone they assumed to be associated with the residence. In the first instance, two UPD officers arrived outside the house around 10 PM, shined flashlights into cars parked on the street outside, and knowingly deadnamed Maggie (a trans woman). In the second instance, an Arcata Police cruiser and a Humboldt County Sheriffs vehicle were spotted around 10 PM staking out a street corner one block from the house. Upon leaving, one friend was tailed by the sheriff all the way home.

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Articles, Community News, Education

Del Norte Unified School District Recap, March 4, 2025

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Del Norte County Unified School District Trustee Abbie Crist was absent. Among the items discussed at Tuesday’s meeting:

 Surplus babies: Trustees authorized DNUSD staff to surplus more than 24 cases of Baby Think It Overs, realistic baby dolls that haven’t been used for more about 15 years and are taking up space in the school district’s warehouse.

However, they urged Tom Kissinger, assistant superintendent of curriculum and instruction, to reach out to local organizations such as the Family Resource Center of the Redwoods or CASA of Del Norte to see if anyone would care to adopt those baby dolls.

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Articles, Community News, Education, Infrastructure, Local Government

DNUSD Tables SitelogIQ Proposal, Cites Budget Concerns, Need For More Info

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Thumbnail: SitelogIQ representatives presented a microgrid project proposal to the Del Norte County Board of Supervisors in January. On Tuesday SitelogIQ representatives spoke with the Del Norte County Unified School District Board of Trustees.

After voting to issue pink slips to library technicians, paraprofessionals and teachers, trustees were reluctant to endorse a SitelogIQ proposal its representatives say will make Del Norte Unified School District facilities more energy resilient.

Though their counterparts with Del Norte County signed a letter of agreement with SitelogIQ in January, DNUSD trustees tabled the issue until they could consult with Superintendent Jeff Harris, who was absent from Tuesday’s special meeting.

They also weren’t thrilled at the idea of being charged a $65,000 fee should they decide against installing a solar electricity generation system or energy efficiency improvements to school campuses.

“My concern is that $65,000 will put a librarian in a library,” Trustee Area 5 representative Michael Greer said. “Right now we’re trying to cut our budget instead of adding to it and you can’t guarantee how much that [energy] savings will be.”

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Save a Swamp, Sauté a Nutria – Redwood Voice Community News

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March 6th, 2025 – For Redwood Voice Community News, a production of Redwood Voice Youth Media, today’s news: road work updates from Caltrans District 1; beware that small hail and dark clouds are rolling in; Del Norte County Public Health encourages measles vaccination as cases rise country-wide; info on last week’s Bertsch-Oceanview water main break; DNOES invites the public for a Hazard Mitigation Plan meeting; Crescent City will be holding a meeting on the Permanent Local Housing Allocation; a local artist showcases the extraordinary beauty of the Smith River; Fred Endert Municipal Pool reopens this month after winter repairs; US Fish and Wildlife encourage eating invasive Nutria; Pacific Power awards 11 Oregon organizations Electric Mobility Grants; Northcoast Marine Mammal Center advises not to handle harbor seal pups; Trump’s Administration is looking to sell Medford’s Historic Courthouse; and the Josephine County Board of Commissioners voted to file an appeal against the statewide wildfire hazard map. 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 Petr Ganaj via Pexels, which has been edited.