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Grant’s Pass Homeless Camping Ordinance Temporarily Suspended – Redwood Voice Community News

February 6th, 2025 – For Redwood Voice Community News, a production of Redwood Voice Youth Media, today’s news: roadwork updates from CalTrans District 1; with federal funding up in the air, Open Door braces for the worst; Walmart recalls contaminated broccoli; CDFW and their partners coordinate a fish evacuation; a Josephine County judge temporarily suspends enforcement of Grants Pass’ homeless ordinance; Brookings announces the promotion of their new fire chief; the Coastal Commission to discuss diverting Smith River water for Alexandre Dairy; Grants Pass organization U-Turn For Christ will be hosting a meeting to discuss ways to combat homelessness; and road safety updates from CalTrans and The California Highway Patrol. All this and our regular segments from the Pacifica Radio Network and National Native News.

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Yurok Tribe Mobilizes Showers & Laundry – Redwood Voice Community News

February 5th, 2025 – For Redwood Voice Community News, a production of Redwood Voice Youth Media, today’s news: roadwork updates from CalTrans District 1; retired DNUSD Principal faces accusations of sexual assault; FDA announces a recall for Walmart’s packaged broccoli florets; Del Norte County joins Sacramento and San Diego counties in lawsuit against Tech Giants; the CDFW rescue endangered steelhead trout after Southern California fires; PATH begins providing real-time crisis support for mental health and substance abuse crises; conditions of NorCal and Southern Oregon’s atmospheric river; Yurok Tribal Court officially launch their mobile showers and laundry facility in Del Norte County; California school districts reassure parents on immigration authority raids and student data safety; and weather and road condition updates from local services. 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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Former High School Principal Faces Sexual Assault Lawsuit – Redwood Voice Community News

February 4th, 2025 – For Redwood Voice Community News, a production of Redwood Voice Youth Media, today’s news: roadwork updates from CalTrans District 1; the DNUSD is taken to civil court over sexual assault accusations against a former principal; DNUSD joins several other counties in a lawsuit against social media companies; information on the new PATH services here in Del Norte; fish figures and factoids from Fishing the North Coast; Yurok revegetation crews plant native flora in the footprints of the JC Boyle and Iron Gate reservoirs; and information on winter weather conditions in Northern California and Southern Oregon. 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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Planting Trees in the Footprints of Dams – Redwood Voice Community News

February 3rd, 2025 – For Redwood Voice Community News, a production of Redwood Voice Youth Media, today’s news: roadwork updates from CalTrans District 1; a Pelican Bay corrections officer is injured in an attack; some of the items discussed at Tuesday’s Del Norte County Board of Supervisors meeting; Del Norte County joins several other counties around California in their public nuisance lawsuit against social media giants; two public lands bills reintroduced to the senate will make it easier to sell off BLM land; a disability rights advocacy group files suit against Grants Pass following their homeless camp policies; Fish related facts and figures from Kenny Priest of Fishing the North Coast; revegetation crews plant native plants in the footprint of the Iron Gate and JC Boyle reservoirs; and the Siletz tribe receives a grant to aid in the return of sea otters. All this and our regular segments from the Pacifica Radio Network and National Native News.si

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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Pelican Bay C.O. Left Hospitalized – Redwood Voice Community News

January 31st, 2025 – For Redwood Voice Community News, a production of Redwood Voice Youth Media, today’s news: roadwork updates from CalTrans District 1; the Del Norte County Board of Supervisors approves a letter of agreement for the microgrid project; a breakdown of the most recent Board of Supervisors meeting; a new sport fishing data platform is released by the CDFW in select regions; California advocates are speaking out for public access and and conservation of big game migration paths with two new bills; a disability rights advocacy group has sued the City of Grants Pass to stop the closure of a sanctioned homeless camp and the restriction of another; the US Forest Service is holding public meetings on the proposed changes to the Northwest Forest Plan; a Corrections Officer was attacked at Pelican Bay State Prison; and the Siletz Tribe is trying to bring back sea otters to the Oregon and Northern California coast. 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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DNUSD To Seek Public Guidance As It Continues To Develop AI Policies

DNCOE’s director of information network services showed the Board of Trustees this clip of a Morgan Freeman deepfake during a discussion last year about artificial intelligence in the classroom. Thumbnail courtesy of the Del Norte County Office of Education

A year after he showed trustees a YouTube clip featuring a Morgan Freeman deepfake, Ryan Bahten says Del Norte Unified School District will seek public input as it continues to draft policies around artificial intelligence.

The district will deploy a community survey starting next week, said Bahten, the Del Norte County Office of Education’s director of information network services. The input provided will guide him and other district and DNCOE employees as they differentiate between AI as a tool in the classroom and AI as a potential risk to student privacy.

Bahten said he is aiming to get a policy before the Board of Trustees in time for teachers to begin learning how to use AI next school year.

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Inmate Attack At Pelican Bay Leaves Corrections Officer Hospitalized

Above: Inmates Jose Gonzalez (left), Richard Wilson (center) and Luis Torres (right) are accused of attacking a Pelican Bay State Prison corrections officer in the dining hall on Thursday. | Photos courtesy of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

A Pelican Bay State Prison corrections officer is in the hospital after three inmates attacked him in a dining hall at about 7:15 a.m. Thursday.

Anthony Rivera is being treated for multiple injuries and is in the intensive care unit, according to a GoFundMe campaign created to support his family.

According to a news release from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Rivera sustained a laceration and puncture wounds. Prison staff used OC pepper spray to halt the attack and found an inmate-manufactured weapon at the scene. The inmates allegedly involved, Jose Gonzalez, Richard Wilson and Luis Torres were transferred to another institution to be placed in restrictive housing, according to the news release.

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SitelogIQ’s Microgrid Proposal Endorsed – Redwood Voice Community News

January 30th, 2025 – For Redwood Voice Community News, a production of Redwood Voice Youth Media, today’s news: roadwork updates from CalTrans District 1; information on Elk Valley roadwork; the Crescent City Harbor Commission view buyer presentations for operating hoists on Citizen’s Dock; the California Department of Fish and Wildlife announces a new sport fishing data platform; the Harbor Commission continue to discuss hoist operations and concerns; the US Forest Service is holding public meetings on the proposed changes to the Northwest Forest Plan; and the Board of Commissioners approves a letter of agreement with SiteLogIQ for their microgrid project. 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 Supervisors Endorse SitelogIQ’s Microgrid Proposal, Feasibility Still To Be Determined

Thumbnail: SitelogIQ laid out two proposed microgrid projects to supervisors back in September. | Screenshot.; Above: Pacific Power brought in large generators to restore power to Del Norte County during the Smith River Complex wildfires in August 2023. | Photo courtesy of Valerie Starkey

Four Del Norte County supervisors endorsed a plan to connect county facilities, including the sheriff’s office and jail, to community solar generation and microgrid projects that could provide backup electricity during emergencies.

But with SitelogIQ in early conversations with the utility serving Del Norte residents and other local potential partners, District 4 Supervisor Joey Borges was skeptical. He said he doubted that Pacific Power would be “OK with our microgrid running through their lines” during a major catastrophe.

“If they’re shutting down [electricity] for a safety reason, it’s going to be shut down, period,” Borges told Redwood Voice Community News on Tuesday after voting against a letter of agreement with SitelogIQ, the national energy efficiency provider spearheading local microgrid and solar projects.

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Starkey, Howard Will Represent Del Norte at NACo Conference In July; Supes Set Cannabis Tax Rates

Thumbnail photo by Paul Critz

Among the items discussed at Tuesday’s Del Norte County Board of Supervisors meeting:

NACo Conference: District 2 Supervisor Valerie Starkey will go to Philadelphia in July as one of two Del Norte County representatives at the National Association of Counties annual legislative conference.

Starkey’s District 3 colleague, Chris Howard, will also attend the conference, which will be held July 11-14. The full Board unanimously approved the use of budgeted county travel dollars for the trip, though an estimated cost for attending the conference wasn’t included on the meeting agenda.

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