(Updated at 3:05 p.m. Thursday to correct the date of the Harbor District’s most recent meeting. Commissioners met on Wednesday.)
Eight months after a fireworks explosion sent 14 people to the hospital, Crescent City Harbor commissioners took official steps to try to curb the bedlam that spills over into their jurisdiction every Independence Day.
After learning that Del Norte County wouldn’t enforce its fireworks ordinance within the Harbor District without a memorandum of understanding, three commissioners approved a resolution Tuesday Wednesday authorizing the proposed agreement. But instead of calling for a ban on all fireworks, they decided that the safe and sane variety should be allowed in the marina while requiring a $5 fee for parking at the harbor.
Commissioners Dan Schmidt and Gerhard Weber voted against the proposed resolution.
March 12th, 2025 – For Redwood Voice Community News, a production of Redwood Voice Youth Media, today’s news: road work updates from Caltrans District 1; a weather update from the National Weather Service of Eureka; Del Norte governments and local organizations voice concerns on federal funding uncertainty; missing child from Lincoln County is found deceased; Curry County Commissioners partner with Wild Rivers Coast Forest Collaborative to secure wildfire mitigation funding; opportunities for community participation in the upcoming Kamome Festival; Josephine County Judge weighs in on lawsuit between former County Commissioners; Medford’s Holly Theatre reopens after over 10 years of restoration; thousands of California campsites see potential closure following mass Forest Service staff layoffs; and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture proposes backyard chickens as a potential answer to offset skyrocketing egg prices. All this and our regular segments from the Pacifica Radio Network and National Native News.
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March 11th, 2025 – For Redwood Voice Community News, a production of Redwood Voice Youth Media, today’s news: road work updates from Caltrans District 1; the school district has a surplus of creepy old baby dolls; the Yurok Tribe partners with the US Army Corps of Engineers for an ecosystem restoration feasibility study; Yurok Tribal Health and Wellness issues a measles outbreak advisory; information on Brookings’ US HWY 101 sidewalk and pedestrian crossing project; the Curry County Board of Commissioners is exploring a possible partnership with the Wild Rivers Coast Forest Collaborative; the search for Dane Paulsen enters its second week; a Josephine County judge weighs in on a lawsuit between two former Commissioners; with the firing of US Forest Service employees, campsites across California may close this summer; and US Secretary of Agriculture considers backyard chickens to assist with lowering egg prices. All this and our regular segments from the Pacifica Radio Network and National Native News.
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March 10th, 2025 – For Redwood Voice Community News, a production of Redwood Voice Youth Media, today’s news: road work updates from Caltrans District 1; a look at the Del Norte Fire Safe Council’s prescribed burn workshop; the school district has a surplus of creepy old baby dolls; DNUSD tables the discussion of the installation of a solar microgrid; the Yurok tribe partners with the US Army Corps of Engineers for a ecosystem restoration feasibility study; Yurok Tribal Health and Wellness issues a measles outbreak advisory; information on Brookings’ US HWY 101 sidewalk and pedestrian crossing project; items discussed at the Brookings City Council’s recent meeting; fishy facts and figures from Kenny Priest of fishing the North Coast; and just four mega corporations control a majority of America’s livestock production. All this and our regular segments from the Pacifica Radio Network and National Native News.
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March 7th, 2025 – For Redwood Voice Community News, a production of Redwood Voice Youth Media, today’s news: road work updates from Caltrans District 1; a hail warning from the National Weather Service of Eureka; a report on Del Norte Fire Safe Council’s Burn Workshop; despite community outcry DNUSD continues with layoff notices; DNUSD tables SitelogIQ proposal at recent meeting citing budget concerns; when and how to attend the Permanent Local Housing Allocation and Prohousing Incentive Program meeting; updates on Pacific Power’s Electric Mobility Grants; information on ODOT Construction in Brookings; DNACA is hosting Susan McKay’s “Light Upon the Water”; fishing information from Fishing the North Coast; the Trump Administration plans to sell Medford’s federal courthouse; the Josephine County Board of Commissioners voted to file an appeal against the statewide wildfire hazard map; and advocates for independent farmers warn about the effects of corporate agriculture. All this and our regular segments from the Pacifica Radio Network and National Native News.
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Del Norte County Unified School District Trustee Abbie Crist was absent. Among the items discussed at Tuesday’s meeting:
Surplus babies: Trustees authorized DNUSD staff to surplus more than 24 cases of Baby Think It Overs, realistic baby dolls that haven’t been used for more about 15 years and are taking up space in the school district’s warehouse.
However, they urged Tom Kissinger, assistant superintendent of curriculum and instruction, to reach out to local organizations such as the Family Resource Center of the Redwoods or CASA of Del Norte to see if anyone would care to adopt those baby dolls.
March 6th, 2025 – For Redwood Voice Community News, a production of Redwood Voice Youth Media, today’s news: road work updates from Caltrans District 1; beware that small hail and dark clouds are rolling in; Del Norte County Public Health encourages measles vaccination as cases rise country-wide; info on last week’s Bertsch-Oceanview water main break; DNOES invites the public for a Hazard Mitigation Plan meeting; Crescent City will be holding a meeting on the Permanent Local Housing Allocation; a local artist showcases the extraordinary beauty of the Smith River; Fred Endert Municipal Pool reopens this month after winter repairs; US Fish and Wildlife encourage eating invasive Nutria; Pacific Power awards 11 Oregon organizations Electric Mobility Grants; Northcoast Marine Mammal Center advises not to handle harbor seal pups; Trump’s Administration is looking to sell Medford’s Historic Courthouse; and the Josephine County Board of Commissioners voted to file an appeal against the statewide wildfire hazard map. All this and our regular segments from the Pacifica Radio Network and National Native News.
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March 5th, 2025 – For Redwood Voice Community News, a production of Redwood Voice Youth Media, today’s news: road work updates from Caltrans District 1; DNUSD staff see potential preliminary layoff notices; Del Norte County Public Health encourages measles vaccination as cases rise country-wide; info on last week’s Bertsch-Oceanview water main break; DNOES invites the public for a Hazard Mitigation Plan meeting; Fred Endert Municipal Pool reopens this month after winter repairs; a retrospect on this year’s MMIP Summit; the Tolowa Dee-ni’ Nation attend the annual TSOC Conference Meeting; US Fish and Wildlife encourage eating invasive Nutria; the ODFW adopts changes to sea urchin regulations; Northcoast Marine Mammal Center advises not to handle harbor seal pups; MINT buys one of their leased properties with grant help from AllCare Health; Grants Pass Police Department deploy a mobile surveillance trailer; Rogue Valley Law Enforcement want to remind drivers about Speed Awareness Month; and the Department of Fish & Wildlife are ordered to fire 400 employees by DOGE. All this and our regular segments from the Pacifica Radio Network and National Native News.
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Crescent City Public Works and Tidewater Contracting crews responded to a water main break on Elk Valley Road at about 6 a.m. last Wednesday and had drinking water restored to about 3,000 customers in the Bertsch-Oceanview area by approximately 5 p.m. the next day. | Photo by Amanda Dockter
A defect in a 20-year-old C900 PVC pipe may have caused the water main break that left taps dry for about 3,000 customers in the Bertsch-Oceanview area last week.
City Manager Eric Wier was notified of the big leak on Elk Valley Road at about 6 a.m. last Wednesday. He thought it was going to be a run-of-the-mill leak, but found that the break lifted the pavement and destroyed the sidewalk.
The water main was about 8 feet underground, below the city’s storm drain system, Wier told Redwood Voice Community News on Tuesday. Crews with Crescent City Public Works and Tidewater Contracting had to replace 20-feet of pipe, he said.
“Cannonball Chaos” will reign supreme when the Fred Endert Municipal Pool reopens on March 22.
There will be contests, games and giveaways, and a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the facility’s new flooring and heating systems. But the pool’s three-month closure this winter revealed a problem — actual rain was getting inside the building. Crescent City Public Works Director David Yeager blamed it on seagulls.
“We’ve had the roofer up there a couple times and the thought is what’s going on is we’ve got about 150 holes in the roof and they’re very small and so the water only comes through after long periods of rain,” he told councilors on Monday. “It rains a little bit, sheds off and gets trapped between the membrane, but it basically has become completely saturated under the shingles and the plastic there. If you get enough water it will actually create a little bit of pressure and come through the membrane.”
