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Crescent City People’s March Calls For Unity, Safeguarding the Vulnerable As Trump Starts Second Term

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Hilda Yepes Contreras fought back tears as she described how anti-immigration rhetoric during the first Trump administration reached her family.

“My grandson, he was 8 and he was in school and kids went up to him and said that he needed to go back to Mexico,” she said. “And he said, ‘But I don’t live there. I live here.’ And they said, ‘Well, you need to go back or you’re going to get your head cut off.’”

Speaking to more than 100 people at the Crescent City Cultural Center on Saturday — ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s second inauguration — Yepes Contreras said her family wasn’t alone in enduring the racist rhetoric that was the norm the last time Trump was in the White House.

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Supes Transfer $1 Million in CalPERS to PARS – Redwood Voice Community News

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January 20th, 2025 – For Redwood Voice Community News, a production of Redwood Voice Youth Media, today’s news: roadwork updates from CalTrans District 1; information on upcoming Elk Valley traffic delays; Del Norte supervisors discussed the current speed limit through Gasquet and Hiouchi; nautical news from Kenny Priest of Fishing the North Coast; this last month multiple threats have sent Del Norte Schools into lockdown; the Coquille Tribe will soon be opening their first off-reservation casino in Medford; Del Norte Supervisors approved the transfer of one million dollars from CalPERS to create a trust fund with the private firm PARS; and winter weather leads to several car accidents along 199. 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!

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Del Norte Supes Trade CalPERS Trust For Private Firm; CAO Says County Isn’t Leaving Pension Plan

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Del Norte County supervisors backed a proposal to transfer roughly $1 million out of a California Public Employees Retirement System-managed trust to a private firm after a representative assured them that the county wasn’t abandoning the state’s pension program.

Matt Spooner, senior consultant with Public Agencies Retirement Service (PARS), said Del Norte County wasn’t leaving CalPERS’ defined benefits program, which offers pension and other retirement benefits to its employees.

Instead, county officials are seeking to establish a trust fund with PARS that would offer greater flexibility when it comes to paying  its share of those pensions and other retirement benefits, Spooner told supervisors Tuesday.

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Sewer System Surveys Suspected to Slow Traffic – Redwood Voice Community News

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January 17th, 2024 – For Redwood Voice Community News, a production of Redwood Voice Youth Media, today’s news: roadwork updates from CalTrans District 1; upcoming surveys of the county’s sewer collection system will cause minor traffic delays; Del Norte County Board of Supervisors hopes to use its legislative platform to lower the speed limit through Hiouchi and Gasquet; the marine update from Fishing the North Coast; state regulations drive away harbor processing in Northern California; Oregon approves the state’s first off-reservation casino to the dismay of many tribes; Oregon State Laws you ought to know about; and watch out for icy roads in Josephine County. 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!

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Oregon’s New Laws – Redwood Voice Community News

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January 16th, 2024 – For Redwood Voice Community News, a production of Redwood Voice Youth Media, today’s news: roadwork updates from CalTrans District 1; the weekly update from the Superintendent of DNUSD; Del Norte High School Warrior wrestlers placed high in out of town tournaments; Del Norte County District 2 Supervisor loses nomination for Chair of Board of Supervisors; why did all the processing leave Crescent City Harbor; Charter Communications use drones to work on power lines until the 28th; upcoming Oregon laws you’ll want to know; and The IRS announce special rebate credit for those who didn’t receive a COVID stimulus payment. 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!

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Harbor’s New Code of Conduct for Public Comment – Redwood Voice Community News

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January 15th, 2024 – For Redwood Voice Community News, a production of Redwood Voice Youth Media, today’s news: roadwork updates from CalTrans District 1; a weekly update from the Superintendent of DNUSD; Del Norte High School Warrior wrestlers placed high in out of town tournaments; Del Norte County District 2 Supervisor loses nomination for Chair of Board of Supervisors; Crescent City Harbor Commission discuss a code of conduct for public comment; The Tolowa Dee-ni’ Nation ask for tribal citizens input on annual TTP funds; Charter Communications use drones to work on power lines until the 28th; the Biden Administration officially sign off two new national monuments in California; the IRS announce special rebate credit for those who didn’t receive a COVID stimulus payment; the Yurok Fire Department aids in ongoing SoCal fires; a report from The Climate Center unearths the truth on “Water’s Edge” tax policy; and nonprofit Trans Can Work expand operations after a near shutdown last year. 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!

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‘The State Won’t Work With You’; Long-time Shrimper Says Lack of Infrastructure Is Forcing Fleet, Processors Out of California

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Randy Smith says he understands why Pacific Seafood shuttered its facilities in Crescent City and Eureka.

The same regulations the Clackamas, Ore.-based processor gave as its reasoning for abandoning Humboldt and Del Norte counties have also forced Smith and other local fishermen to land their catch elsewhere.

Smith, owner of the Mistasea and member of the Crescent City Commercial Fisherman’s Marketing Association, the California Dungeness Task Force and, up until last year, the Newport, Oregon Board of Shrimp Producers, said he bought a house in Oregon about two years ago because “I’m up there more.” The harbors in California are a place to park a boat and do some repairs, he said, but there’s no infrastructure anymore.

“You can’t blame Pacific Seafood for doing what they did,” said Smith, whose father was one of the first fishermen to work with the company when its CEO opened the Eureka processing facility about 39 years ago. “You don’t know how many pots you’ll get to fish with and you don’t know when you’re going to get to fish…. The state won’t work with you and Fish and Game won’t work with you.”

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Starkey Snubbed For Board Chair, Nomination Fails To Get A Second

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Though she congratulated her colleague Joey Borges, Valerie Starkey didn’t hide her disappointment at being passed over for chair of the Del Norte County Board of Supervisors.

Starkey, who was sworn into her second term as representative of Del Norte County District 2 earlier this month, was nominated on Tuesday to preside over the Board’s meetings by District 1 Supervisor Darrin Short. That nomination died due to lack of a second.

“I’m only responsible for District 2 and District 2 has supported me and I know where I stand with them,” Starkey told Redwood Voice Community News. “But we go where the need is — we don’t just work in our districts. I have to say that if the supervisors in districts 3, 4 and 5 are not confident in my abilities, then that’s between them and their constituents.”

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The Providence Strike Perseveres – Redwood Voice Community News

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January 14th, 2024 – For Redwood Voice Community News, a production of Redwood Voice Youth Media, today’s news: roadwork updates from CalTrans District 1; Del Norte County is seeking Measure R Oversight Committee members; Crescent City Harbor District Commissioners discuss enforcing a code of conduct; Harbor Commissioners approved a resolution to start their meetings with a non-denominational invocation; the Tolowa Dee-ni’ Nation is requesting feedback from Tribal Citizens about the use of the annual Tribal Transportation funds; information on the upcoming Wild Rivers Film Festival; President Biden signs in two new officially designated monuments in the state of California; Yurok DNHS student James Junior Gensaw becomes the first Del Norte wrestler to be signed into a four year university straight out of high school; the Yurok Fire Department aids in firefighting efforts in Southern California; the Providence healthcare worker strike hits its fourth day; climate advocates push to eliminate Water’s Edge tax break for multinational oil companies; and the Trans Can Work foundation re-opens after receiving a 3 year grant. 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!

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Yurok Tribe Sends Aid for SoCal Fires – Redwood Voice Community News

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January 13th, 2024 – For Redwood Voice Community News, a production of Redwood Voice Youth Media, today’s news: roadwork updates from CalTrans District 1; the Measure R Citizens Oversight Committee is seeking new members; the first delegation from Rikuzentakata since COVID-19 arrived in Crescent City last week; harbor Commissioners approved a resolution to start their meetings with an non-denominational invocation; Nautical News from Kenny Priest of Fishing the North Coast; information on upcoming Wild Rivers Film Festival events; Yurok Fisheries Department Director Barry McCovey is named one of eleven indigenous change makers by Indian Country Today; Yurok DNHS student James Junior Gensaw becomes the first Del Norte wrestler to be signed into a four year university straight out of high school; Yurok Fire Department Engine 9434 makes its way to SoCal to aid in fighting the fires; and a California tax exemption saves oil companies millions. 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!

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