Lori Dengler said she wasn’t surprised that Thursday’s magnitude 7.0 earthquake only produced a tsunami that topped out at roughly 8 inches in Crescent City.
But, while Dengler, geology professor emeritus at Cal Poly Humboldt, is still going through the reports and is speaking with the media about today’s temblor, she said one of the outcomes might be a rethinking of how the U.S. approaches tsunami evacuations.
“The Tsunami National Warning Center in Palmer, Alaska has developed a template for if an earthquake happens here and it’s in this magnitude range, this is what we do,” Dengler, whose expertise is in geophysics, earthquake and tsunami hazards and hazard reduction, told Redwood Voice Community News on Thursday. “Because this earthquake was so relatively close to the coast and their preliminary magnitude was 7.3, it immediately triggered a tsunami warning from basically Santa Cruz to Central Oregon.”
December 5th, 2024 – For Redwood Voice Community News, a production of Redwood Voice Youth Media, today’s news: a tax reminder for Del Norte property owners; following the success of St. Timothy’s lawsuit Brookings City Councilors are forced to repeal their benevolent meal service ordinance; Crescent City Police K9 Lt. Kai retires; a list of Del Norte’s prime whale watching locations; the Yurok tribe lifts a boil water notice; local environmental organizations will be hosting a webinar to discuss the connections between forest and marine ecosystems; holiday health tips from the Yurok Tribe; vaccination information for this winter; over a thousand organizations try to beat back budget cuts to California’s children’s programs; 2025 will see a record number of women in legislative positions nationwide; recalls on certain products from Albertsons and Safeway locations; and the West Coast is once again open to recreational crabbing. All this and our regular segments from the Pacifica Radio Network and National Native News.
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December 4th, 2024 – For Redwood Voice Community News, a production of Redwood Voice Youth Media, today’s news: a reminder for property owners about the upcoming deadline for Secured Property taxes; this week’s DNUSD update; Brookings finally repeals their benevolent meal service ordinance; CCPD retires their K9 Lt. Kai; spots for Gray Whale sightings this Winter; groundfish regulations from the California Department of Fish & Wildlife; DNUSD struggles with vehicle maintenance; local environmental organizations host a series of webinars about our interwoven environments and their critical conservation; the Yurok Tribe gives a reminder on staying healthy this Holiday season; the CDPH reminds Californians to get vaccinated for Winter Viruses; and more than 1,000 organizations join together to protect Children’s programs from budget cuts. All this and our regular segments from the Pacifica Radio Network and National Native News.
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December 3rd, 2024 – For Redwood Voice Community News, a production of Redwood Voice Youth Media, today’s news: the upcoming deadline for Del Norte County property owners to pay your secured property taxes; the Del Norte County Unified School District’s update to the community; local transportation officials are holding a meeting today on the South Beach Climate Resilience Plan; Crescent City Police Department’s K9 Lt. Kai gets formally retired by the City Council; gray whale watching season is reaching its peak in Crescent City; an update on the groundfish and lingcod fishery from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife; DNUSD staff raise concerns regarding the safety of transportation for the DNHS marching band; the Yurok Tribe emphasizes the importance of maintaining health and well-being among its members during the holiday season; the California Department of Public Health recommends to get vaccinated for the holiday cold and COVID-19; a Curry County citizens group continues to coax commissioners into approving a tax levy that would bring $1.2 million to the general fund; and Nautical news from Kenny Priest of Fishing The North Coast.
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Nine months after a federal judge sided with St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church, the Brookings City Council last week repealed the ordinance that prompted the church to sue back in 2022.
Councilors unanimously approved an ordinance repealing its benevolent meal service ordinance without comment at their Nov. 25 meeting. The decision comes after the city reached a settlement agreement with St. Timothy’s that had it paying $357,000 to Stoel Rives LLP, the law firm that represented the church before U.S. Magistrate Mark D. Clarke in Medford on Feb. 15, and $43,000 to the Oregon Justice Resource Center.
Repealing the benevolent meal service ordinance was part of that settlement agreement, the church’s pastor, Rev. Bernie Lindley told Redwood Voice Community News on Monday.
The spokesperson for a Curry County citizens’ group behind a proposed law enforcement levy broke the numbers down for elected officials on Monday, stating if voters approve the measure, $1.2 million could go back into the general fund.
But commissioners were no closer to supporting a levy than they were at last Thursday’s regular meeting when they said they were uncertain about how many patrol deputies it would fund.
On Monday, commissioners, staff and the few residents who showed up to the workshop had more questions for Georgia Cockerham, who spoke along with Sheriff’s Lt. Jeremy Krohn, in favor of the levy. They asked if they would consider using the levy to fund correctional deputies or if they thought about paying for a detective who could follow up on cases patrol deputies initially respond to.
November 27th, 2024 – For Redwood Voice Community News, a production of Redwood Voice Youth Media, today’s news: roadwork updates from Caltrans District 1; Crescent City Harbor locks Pacific Seafood out of the ice plant; some of the items discussed at the Crescent City Harbor Commissioners November 19th meeting; with the Curry County Sheriff only open certain hours on weekdays, smaller crimes go unaddressed; the Tolowa Dee-ni’ Nation, Pulikla Tribe of Yurok People, and Cher-Ae Heights Indian Community of the Trinidad Rancheria recently signed an inter-tribal treaty of stewardship and responsibility; another stretch of the Klamath river is sown with native flora; and Brookings Fire & Rescue gets a cool new fire engine. All this and our regular segments from the Pacifica Radio Network and National Native News.
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November 26th, 2024 – For Redwood Voice Community News, a production of Redwood Voice Youth Media, today’s news: roadwork updates from Caltrans District 1; storm information from the National Weather Service in Eureka; Crescent City councilors approved an agreement with Del Norte County to receive dispatch services from the sheriff’s office; Counselors also planned the “all inclusive” entry plaza to Front Street Park; with Curry County Sheriff’s availability limited to weekdays, smaller crimes like vandalism go under the radar; the Tolowa Dee-ni’ Nation signed an inter-tribal treaty of stewardship with two other federally recognized tribes; the Yurok Fisheries Department finishes planting native seeds on another stretch of the Klamath River; Brookings recently hosted the Wild Rivers Mushroom Festival; and nautical news from Kenny Priest of Fishing The North Coast.
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November 25th, 2024 – For Redwood Voice Community News, a production of Redwood Voice Youth Media, today’s news: roadwork updates from Caltrans District 1; weather updates from the National Weather Service in Eureka; the Tolowa Dee-’ni Nation’s Natural Resources Department has been training divers as “kelp guardians”; Crescent City councilors approved an updated agreement with Del Norte County on Monday to receive dispatch services from the Sheriff’s Office; Counselors also discussed plans for an entry plaza to Front Street Park; the Commercial Dungeness Crab Fishery in Oregon will be closed until at least December; Brookings hosted the Wild Rivers Mushroom Festival earlier this month; and nautical news from Kenny Priest of Fishing The North Coast.
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Right after the Curry County Board of Commissioners heard a proposal to send another law enforcement tax levy before voters, a North Bank Chetco River Road resident said “unsavory people” frequenting Social Security Bar were destroying his property.
The property owner, whose name is Rob, said those “unsavory people” are known to Oregon State Police and are drug addicts. They have cut down his trees and left their refuse, including needles, behind. He asked commissioners on Thursday if they planned to install gates, recruit hosts or institute “any of that campground stuff” for the gravel bar that’s on the Chetco River four miles from U.S. 101 near Brookings.
“I’m at the point now, when it dries up, I’m going to import some riprap and I’m going to block the lower section of Social Security Bar to vehicle access,” Rob said, adding that the sheriff’s office doesn’t pick up his calls. “I’m at my wits’ end and I was wondering if there’s anything in the works.”
