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Alerts, CC Harbor, Community News, Infrastructure

Crescent City Harbor Workshop, Tour To Focus On Development Opportunities

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Two weeks into their renewed contract with the Crescent City Harbor District, representatives of Community System Solutions will lead a workshop and a tour of the port on Wednesday.

CSS representatives will be joined by Moffat & Nichol project managers and Steve Opp, managing director for Commercial Real Estate Development Enterprises, or CREDE.

The workshop’s goal is to provide commissioners and the public a “complete overview” of the construction projects underway at the harbor and to help the Harbor District Board figure out how to spend $1 million in leftover federal Hazard Mitigation Grant Program dollars.

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Alerts, Articles, Community News, Crescent City, Law

CCPD Are Searching For An Alleged Carjacking Suspect

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A man whose “possible first name” is Andrew is wanted after allegedly brandishing a firearm and stealing a car at the Safeway parking lot, according to CCPD Chief Richard Griffin. | Photo courtesy CCPD

Crescent City police are searching for a man they brandished a firearm in the Safeway parking lot before encountering police this morning and then stealing a vehicle with an 18-year-old man inside of it.

The vehicle and 18-year-old was later found at Foursquare Church, according to Crescent City Police Chief Richard Griffin. He said the incident took place just after 8 a.m. on Wednesday.

The suspect’s possible first name is Andrew, Griffin said. According to the police chief, the suspect had fled west on Macken Avenue after abandoning the stolen vehicle. The suspect is considered armed and dangerous and should not be approached.

Police are urging the public to call dispatch at (707) 464-4191 to report any sightings.

Alerts, Crescent City, Economy, Local Government

Crescent City Featured Magazine That Generates 7.9 Million Digital Page Views Annually; And Other Crescent City Council Actions On Dec. 4, 2024

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Castle Rock is one of the photos featured in an article in the Yosemite National Park Journal. | Photo courtesy of Visit Del Norte

Though it wasn’t an item they were asked to approve, Crescent City councilors learned that $3,700 in money set aside to market the community paid for an ad in a magazine with a 550,000 annual print circulation.

The half-page ad and an article featuring photos of Castle Rock, the redwoods and Battery Point Lighthouse will appear in the Yosemite National Park Journal, City Manager Eric Wier told councilors on Monday.

Published by Outside Interactive Inc., the magazine aims to help readers plan a road trip to Yosemite National Park and other communities in the region, including the California coast.

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Alerts, Articles, CC Harbor, Community News, Humboldt

Coastal Del Norte Evacuates Following M7.0 Earthquake Off Humboldt Coast; Tsunami Warning Lifted An Hour Later

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Map courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey

Coastal Del Norte County sought higher ground late Thursday morning after a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck near Humboldt County at about 10:44 a.m. and generated tsunami warnings in Northern California and Southern Oregon.

The earthquake struck about 61.5 miles off the coast of Ferndale at a depth of 6.21 miles, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

As of about 11 a.m., the Del Norte County Office of Emergency Services were advising people in the inundation zone to evacuate to an area north of 9th Street in Crescent City, Emergency Services Manager Deborah Otenberg told Redwood Voice Community News on Thursday. At the time, she said, surges were predicted to come ashore at about 11:20 a.m.

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Winds Topple Trees and Light Fixtures, Blow Out Windows in Del Norte County; Storm System Expected To Bring 4-5 Inches of Rain, NWS Says

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Del Norte County Sheriff Garrett Scott saw the tree limb coming before it shattered his windshield.

Scott was on the 5700 block of Kings Valley Road at about 10 p.m. Tuesday guiding vehicles away from another large tree that had fallen across power lines.

After seeing those motorists safely up Wonder Stump Road to U.S. 101 he returned to Kings Valley where he almost became a casualty of the atmospheric river blowing through Del Norte County. The passenger side took most of the impact from that tree limb, the sheriff told Redwood Voice Community News on Wednesday.

“Glass blew all over the inside. It was a brand new truck too,” he said. “It’s dangerous out there. I feel for those road crews and the people out there with those limbs coming down on them, and the firefighters, I hope everybody stays safe.”

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Alerts, Articles, Community News, Curry, Elections

75-Year-Old Woman Injured After Someone Threw an Apple at a Harris/Walz Rally in Brookings

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A 75-year-old Brookings woman sustained facial injuries after someone threw an apple into the crowd at a Harris/Walz rally Friday.

The woman, who asked that her name not be used for fear of harassment, said the apple hit her left eye and fractured the orbital bone. She said she sustained scratches to her cornea and has had to put off cataract surgery. She said she had just had surgery on her right eye.

“I was just standing there waving the Harris/Walz sign and, bam!” She told Redwood Voice Community News on Monday. “We were getting some fair response — people honking horns and waving, so we were all waving back and stuff — and then, wham!”

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Alerts, Articles, Environment

Severe Geomagnetic Storm May Light Up The Skies & Interfere With Communication Technology

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Graphic presented during a SWPC / NOAA press briefing regarding the threat of severe space weather.

The Space Weather Prediction Center of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, also known as SWPC, held a press conference on Wednesday October 9th to alert the media about a Severe Geomagnetic Storm Watch. This storm was ignited by a Coronal Mass ejection that erupted from our sun on the evening of October 8th, 2024.

Video coronagraph footage from the SWPC shows the Coronal Mass Ejection alongside a coincidental photobomb from the Tsuchinshan-ATLAS Comet

This fast-moving solar flash sent radiation particles hurdling towards earth, with the potential to envelop earth’s magnetic field causing a G4 Class or severe Geomagnetic Storm. This particular storm was analyzed and anticipated to reach earth on October 10th. Indeed the CME arrived Thursday at 11:15 AM Eastern Time, causing SWPC to upgrade its Storm Watch to a Storm Warning.

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