It’s still dark out. The sun isn’t due up for an hour yet, but I’m already sitting in my front window watching Elk Valley Road slowly awaken. The occasional logging truck screams by in the growing light, bypassing Crescent City on the way down the hill from last year’s fire scars. In the trees all around the house – it’s called The Swamp – there are dozens, maybe hundreds of people stirring. Soon, the long slog to the recycling center or the showers at Open Door or whatever will begin. Across the street, a lone bachelor elk pauses beside the nursery, eyeing the fulgid, fertilized bounty just beyond the chain link. It looks like any other day just about to begin in the Heart of the Meth District. But I know the truth: Today, everything changes.
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Beyond Waste Salvage Yard/Gabriel Machinery Catches Fire
On Tuesday morning, at around 8:30am, a fire broke out at the location of the Beyond Waste Salvage Yard/Gabriel Machinery, on the 2600 Block of Lake Earl Drive at the north end of Crescent City.
The fire was started just outside of the building on its southeast side, according to a conversation with Battalion Chief of Crescent City Fire & Rescue Darrin Short.
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Del Norte County Sheriff Presents Plan to Deal With Deputy Vacancies
Back on the September 10th County Board Of Supervisors meeting, Del Norte County Sheriff Garrett Scott was told to bring a budgeting plan back to the board in 14 days that would detail the Sheriff’s Office staffing changes. During the County Board of Supervisors meeting Tuesday, Sheriff Scott showed this plan to the Board.
Sheriff Scott gave a PowerPoint presentation that listed off some of the issues the Sheriff’s Office is having when it comes to hiring and retaining, highlighting the hiring process when it comes to getting Deputies, taking months to get someone to the academy and out onto the streets. Sheriff Scott also noted that most people drop out along this process, with only two participants who graduated last time.
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Del Norte Board of Supervisors Discuss Energy Redundancy
During the Del Norte Board of Supervisors meeting — September 24th, at the Flynn Center in Crescent City — the Board received a presentation on how Del Norte County can implement microgrids to provide sustainability and resilience to our electricity in times of crisis. SitelogIQ’s presentation explained what a microgrid is to the Board as an interconnected, self-sufficient energy system within a clearly defined electrical boundary that can act as a single controllable entity.
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CCHD Board of Commissioners Meeting Gets Heated Amidst Transitionary Period
Tuesday, September 17th marked the 2nd semi-monthly Crescent City Harbor District (CCHD) Board of Commissioners meeting, which was the only meeting of the month as the first (of two) had been canceled without notice, due to Labor Day being the day before.
Tensions seemed high in the meeting room, most likely due to an ongoing Grand Jury investigation, not to mention the fact that 3 out of 5 commissioners are not running for re-election during the upcoming election in November.
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Del Norte County Board of Supervisors Run Afoul of Their Deputy Directors and Their Budgets
The Del Norte County Board of Supervisors meeting held on Tuesday, September 10th, started with an air of joy. At the beginning of the meeting, after standard opening procedures, the Board honored Mike Peeples for his 25 years of service as a County Employee. District 5 Supervisor Dean Wilson read out the resolution:
“Mike began his career with Del Norte County on February 2, 1999, when he was appointed as a Correctional Officer Recruit by the Sheriff’s Office. His dedication and commitment were evident early on as he took on the roles of Deputy Sheriff I and Correctional Clerk before making a career transition to the Community Development Department on June 26, 2001, as an Engineering Technician Trainee[.]”
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4th of July Retrospective: South Beach Mortar Misfire, Chaos, & Our First Pride Float
Listen to the full audio version of this report, as taken from the Redwood Voice Community Newscast—or read it below! Thumbnail courtesy of Cory AG via Facebook, as a screenshot from a video taken at the time of the incident.
Forbes described Independence Day as the 3rd most dangerous holiday in the United States. This year has lived up to that reputation, with many incidents occurring throughout the night. The largest event was the explosion on South Beach at approximately 11PM, which injured 14*¹ people and left a 3 year old in critical condition, according to a post in the Del Norte and Curry County Scanner Feed Facebook group. The 3 year old has a crowdfunding campaign on his family’s behalf which has steadily gained support since the incident. Redwood Voice’s Monique Camarena was nearby and described the scene.
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