Inmate Attack At Pelican Bay Leaves Corrections Officer Hospitalized

January 31, 2025 Jessica Cejnar Andrews Leave a comment

_{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 30, 2025 Redwood Voice Leave a comment

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.

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Del Norte Supervisors Endorse SitelogIQ’s Microgrid Proposal, Feasibility Still To Be Determined

January 29, 2025 Jessica Cejnar Andrews 1 Comment

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

January 29, 2025 Jessica Cejnar Andrews Leave a comment

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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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CCHD Court Washington-Based Seafood Buyers Though Space On Citizens Dock Is Limited

January 28, 2025 Jessica Cejnar Andrews Leave a comment

_{Thumbnail: Crescent City Harbor commissioners are working with two seafood buyers who hope to lease hoists on Citizens Dock. | Photo courtesy of the Crescent City Harbor District}

Crescent City Harbor commissioners are hoping to accommodate two Washington-based seafood buyers who submitted competing letters of intent to take over hoists Global Quality Foods had operated on Citizens Dock.

Commissioner Rick Shepherd, a long-time commercial fisherman, told representatives with Fathom Seafoods, of Tacoma, and Ocean Gold Seafoods, of Westport, that he hoped they could split the two hoists Global Quality Foods once operated.

“That would be the ultimate,” he said last week. “And it would only be for this winter and maybe next winter and the winter after next. Then you would [have] a permanent hoist with trucks being able to go right up to it. A state-of-the-art hoist on land instead of out on the dock.”

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CCHD Commissioners Allow Pacific Seafood To Keep Hoist, Building Leases Despite Ice Plant Controversy

January 28, 2025 Jessica Cejnar Andrews Leave a comment

_{Thumbnail: Harbor Commissioners last week decided against terminating hoist and building leases with Pacific Seafood despite the company’s decision in October to cease operating the ice plant. | Photo by Paul Critz}

Though they terminated one buyer’s lease due to delinquent rent, Crescent City Harbor commissioners decided against doing the same for Pacific Seafood despite their harbormaster’s concerns with the way they’ve conducted business lately.

In his staff report, Harbormaster Mike Rademaker had recommended terminating the processor’s building and hoist leases due to delinquent rent. At a Harbor District meeting last week, he said Pacific Seafood submitted a $43,000 check, thereby “curing the default,” but he still had concerns.

For one thing, the harbormaster said, the processor isn’t using one of the three hoists it leases. There’s a stipulation in their hoist lease with the Harbor District that 14-days of non-use could be viewed as breaching their contract. Rademaker also brought up Pacific Seafood’s decision in October to cease operating the ice plant at the end of Citizens Dock. The processor pulled their equipment out of the building in November.

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Whaler’s Groin Loses Out on FEMA Dollars – Redwood Voice Community News

January 27, 2025 Redwood Voice Leave a comment

January 27th, 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; FEMA dollars for Whaler’s Groin fall through; Curry County Commissioners file a declaratory judgement suit against their sheriff; last week the Tolowa Dee-ni’ Nation hosted the ribbon cutting for their new Regional Tribal Justice Center; fish related facts and figures from Kenny Priest of Fishing the North Coast; the potential for medication assisted treatment programs in Curry County remain in the air; with high winds forecast, the Oregon Department Of Forestry recommends double checking burn sites are completely extinguished; Southern Oregon firefighters return home after assisting in the fires in SoCal; and Brookings resident Katrina Thompson-Upton is chosen to be a Community Storyteller Fellow. All this and our regular segments from the Pacifica Radio Network and National Native News.

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Curry County Commissioners Seek Legal Help To End Dispute With Sheriff

January 24, 2025 Jessica Cejnar Andrews 2 Comments

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Curry County commissioners are seeking help from a judge to reopen communications with Sheriff John Ward.

The Board of Commissioners filed a declaratory judgment suit against the sheriff in Curry County Circuit Court on Jan. 13, the county announced Wednesday. Officials say they hope to “resolve long-standing disagreements” with the sheriff about their roles and responsibilities.

“Filing suit was an option of last resort that was taken after the Board and county legal counsel made multiple requests for cooperation, information and records from the sheriff’s office that were not satisfactorily fulfilled,” the county stated in its press release.

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The New Tolowa Dee-ni’ Regional Tribal Justice Center – Redwood Voice Community News

January 24, 2025 Redwood Voice Leave a comment

January 24th, 2025 – For Redwood Voice Community News, a production of Redwood Voice Youth Media, today’s news: Caltrans District 1 Update; information on traffic delays on Elk Valley Road; the Harbor District loses out on disaster grant money for the Whaler’s Island groin reconstruction; the Tolowa Dee-ni’ Nation opens a new Regional Tribal Justice Center; the update on Del Norte High School sports; medication assisted treatment programs come to Curry County Jail; with the local CSEA chapter not ratifying their contract, DNUSD and the teachers union reopen negotiations; CDFW announces 15 salmon and steelhead watershed projects that will receive funding; students in Happy Camp make blankets for victims of the fires down South; some of the items discussed at the Josephine County Board of Commissioners meeting; and cuts to Medi-Cal are expected to affect rural Californians the most. All this and our regular segments from the Pacifica Radio Network and National Native News.

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Crescent City Council Moves Forward with Preferred 2025 Downtown Farmers & Artisans Market Location

January 24, 2025 Monique Camarena Leave a comment

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The Wednesday farmers market will be under new management and in a new home when the season starts this June.

Crescent City councilors gave their blessing to the Del Norte and Tribal Lands Community Food Council to move the Downtown Farmers & Artisans Market to the old Bank of America parking lot at 2nd and H streets for the 2025 season.

“I just want to encourage everybody that in the Bank of America parking lot, there is great potential, great growth for that farmers market,” said Cristina’s Mexican Restaurant owner Claudia Hooper, who was a neighbor to its previous 3rd and K street location. “And an opportunity for a lot of people, who we don’t necessarily think of, that will be able to use that farmers market.”

During the start of its 2024 season, the downtown market, then operated by the Downtown Divas, was set up at the parking lot adjacent to the Del Norte County Library at Front and K streets. But due to the active construction along Front Street, the Divas determined it could no longer continue in that location, according to the city staff report.

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