On Wednesday, April 9th, the Del Norte Child Abuse Prevention Council (CAPC) gathered community members at the Family Resource Center for a candlelight vigil and flag-raising ceremony. The ceremony was focused on honoring the lives of those affected by child abuse, remembering those lost, and raising awareness of prevention efforts within the community. It also marked the beginning of Child Abuse Awareness month.
The ceremony started off with the introduction of council members, and opening remarks followed by the lighting of candles symbolizing the past, present, and future of child abuse prevention. Members of the audience were handed electric tea candles before two local youths took the stage to read a short speech while the real candles were lit. Next was the raising of the Children’s Memorial Flag by the Crescent City Police Department Explorers, accompanied by a moment of silence. The original flag was designed by a 16 year old student from Alameda County. According to the CAPC Facebook page, “The Children’s Memorial Flag honors each lost child and serves as a symbol for the protection of children and young people from all forms of violence.”
Thumbnail photo courtesy of Redwood Voice Reporter Ethan Caudill-DeRego.
Friends, family, and other community members came together on March 13th to honor local law enforcement at the Cultural Center on Front Street. The award ceremony kicked off with the Pelican Bay Honor Guard bringing out the flags of the United States, State of California, and Yurok Tribe. Former Crescent City Mayor Blake Inscore followed up the pledge and anthem with a religious invocation.
Awards recipients included staff of the Del Norte County Sheriff’s Office, California Highway Patrol, Crescent City Hall, Del Norte County Probation Department, Redwood National & State Parks, Pelican Bay State Prison, California Department Of Fish & Wildlife, Yurok Tribal Police, and the Del Norte County District Attorney.
Flecked with dirt and soaked in sweat from the intense heat of fires burning all around, crew from the Del Norte Fire Safe Council and interested participants worked away with their drip torches, burning pre-collected debris piles on the hills overlooking Rock Creek Ranch.
March 5th was the first day of the Del Norte Fire Safe Council’s two day Prescribed Burn Workshop. This workshop helps teach local residents how to deal with the vegetation that builds up on their land and poses a threat during wildfires.
“This is our first workshop. It’s more about pile burning because that’s the time of year that we have right now,” said Aaron Babcock, Del Norte Fire Safe Council Coordinator. “It’s still pretty wet to do an actual real prescribed burn, but we’re hoping in April we’re gonna do another real workshop, where we’re gonna try to get some fire to carry.”
With the dams on the Klamath River coming down, this year’s Salmon Festival was an extra special event. Join Redwood Voice’s Ethan Caudill-DeRego and Monique Camarena as they explore the Klamath Salmon Festival, The Stick Games, and the river’s exciting renewal process.
If you’d like more information on the salmon festival, you can read more at https://www.yuroktribe.org/salmon-festival.
Credit to Monique Camarena for the video thumbnail.
Every year the Redwood Parks conservancy hosts a 5K at the Newton B Drury Scenic Parkway. I, Ethan Caudill-DeRego of Redwood Voice, was invited to attend and document the run on the 6th of April. In this video learn more about the 5K, and what goes into hosting an event of it’s kind.
Co-hosted by the Crescent City Harbor District, City of Crescent City, Del Norte Historical Society, and Community System Solutions, March 23rd was our town’s first Tsunami Resiliency Festival. In this video, Redwood Voice’s Ethan Caudill-DeRego is on the scene to cover the event, and the subsequent candle-lit vigil on the 28th.
On Monday, March 18, as part of the Klamath Promise Neighborhood Week Of Celebration & to commemorate the new Salmon Hatching Program at Crescent Elk Middle School, True North held a Family Resource and Cultural Sharing event with guest speakers from the Yurok and Tolowa Tribes. Redwood Voice’s Monique Camarena and Ethan Caudill-DeRego covered the event.
On the Eve of Christmas Eve, Crescent City’s car connoisseurs came along to the Del Norte County Fairgrounds for the very first Christmas Car meet. Hosted by Keegan Crabb, the Car Meet was a spectacular sight to see. Not all cars that showed up were decorated, but it was still cool to see (and hear) all these supped up sports cars speeding by.
In this video, take a look at Crescent City’s first ever Christmas Car meet with Redwood Voice’s Rory McCain, and Ethan Caudill-DeRego.
Over 400 people gathered in Crescent City harbor on December 16th the see the spectacular spectacle that was the Harbor’s first annual Boat Light Contest.
Join Redwood Voice’s Ethan Caudill-DeRego, and Rory McCain in this vibrantly colored video, as they cover the brightly bedazzled boats, with Rory’s close compatriot, Samuel Goodlin.
Redwood Voice’s Ethan Caudill-DeRego went up to Brookings, Oregon on December 18th to cover the Christmas Model Train show! With the trainfolk being camera-shy, the video consists of interviews with members of the Stout Mountain Model Railway club over B-Roll of the meticulously planned and put together sprawl of tiny towns, tracks, and choo choo trains.
