Redwood Voice has received and is sharing body worn camera footage provided by the Del Norte County Sheriff’s Office related to the October 12, 2026, incident at the Del Norte County Courthouse involving Amanda Dutton. The incident has raised allegations of excessive force, which Sheriff Garrett Scott disputes. We are sharing this footage in the interest of public information and transparency. We encourage viewers to consider the video alongside the statements from both sides and the full context of the incident.
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County Donation Helps Lighthouse Preservation Society Ensure Helicopter Flights For Volunteers, Visitors Will Continue
Thumbnail photo courtesy of the Del Norte County Historical Society; 2023 video by Aisling Bludworth
The weather in Del Norte County is notoriously fickle, which makes chartering helicopters a costly proposition for a nonprofit business.
With no local helicopter services willing to go to the St. George Reef Lighthouse on a touring schedule, perched six miles off the Del Norte coast. The preservation society that cares for the 134-year-old structure has to contract with agencies from Red Bluff, California or Molalla, Oregon to get there.
These agencies charge repositioning fees to fly the helicopter to Crescent City and back, which must be paid regardless of if a tour to the lighthouse occurs or not. Repositioning fees pay for fuel, crew hours, airport fees, and applicable taxes. Usually these fees are paid by the preservation society through ticket sale revenue, but it is always a gamble with the weather according to President John Zimmerman, of the St George Reef Lighthouse Preservation Society. With lighthouse tours anticipated to start again in March of 2027, these fees come to the forefront of the budgeting process.
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City Pilot Project — A Response to State Water Board Fine — Aims To Reduce Groundwater Infiltrating Sewage Pipes, Treatment Plant During Wet Season
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Noting that Crescent City has five to 10 years to ensure its sewer plant meets stricter regulations governing its effluent, City Manager Eric Wier introduced a pilot project aimed at fixing the system’s defects.
The pilot project involves making spot repairs to a handful of areas within the city’s 17-mile network of sewage pipes to prevent groundwater from getting into the system during the rainy season.
It’s this groundwater infiltration coupled with aging equipment that prevents the plant from meeting National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit rules governing total coliform and enteral cocci bacteria, according to the city manager. But instead of paying a $258,000 fine, the North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board is allowing Crescent City to apply that figure to the pilot project, Wier said.
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New Swimming Pool ‘Modesty Policy’ Discourages Nudity In Locker Rooms
Thumbnail image courtesy of the Fred Endert Municipal Swimming Pool Facebook page
A new policy requiring patrons to go behind curtained off partitions in the Fred Endert Municipal Pool locker rooms to undress is about safety and comfort, not discrimination, Crescent City Manager Eric Wier said.
Wier introduced the public to the pool’s new modesty policy, or “no-nude policy,” at Monday’s City Council meeting. The policy was implemented about two weeks ago, he told Redwood Voice Community News on Wednesday.
“There have been some concerns just over the course of time and as things change,” Wier told Redwood Voice. “You have a mixing of ages, especially young children with adults and strangers and you have them changing together — that’s really what is driving some of this. It’s about the comfort for all the patrons and a little bit about safety for our youth.”
Crescent City, Chamber and Visitors Bureau Formalize Their Relationship For First Time In Decades
Thumbnail photo: Among its contribution to the chamber this year was an extra $5,000 to help pay for the July 4th fireworks. | Photo courtesy of the Crescent City-Del Norte County Chamber of Commerce
Two days after the local chamber of commerce and visitors bureau brought 300 classic cars to Del Norte County, the Crescent City Council approved the first formal agreement the two agencies have had in decades.
The memorandum of agreement between the Crescent City-Del Norte County Chamber of Commerce and the city formalizes its $107,000 total contribution to the chamber.
But councilors weren’t sure they could swing an additional $3,000 allocation for the visitors center even after Chamber Executive Director Cindy Vosburg said that hasn’t increased in about 11 years.
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Crescent City Council Recap, Oct. 5, 2026
Thumbnail photo of the Fred Endert Municipal Pool by Andrew Goff
Among the items discussed at Monday’s Crescent City Council meeting:
City Attorney employment agreement: City councilors unanimously approved a five-year extension to an employment agreement they have with City Attorney Martha Rice.
Rice became the city’s full-time lawyer in January 2022 though she had already worked for the city as a contract deputy attorney and attorney since 2009, according to City Manager Eric Wier. Calling the decision to authorize an in-house attorney a game changer for staff, Wier praised the work Rice has been doing as well as her innate knowledge of the community as a Del Norte County native.
According to Wier, the new agreement will be extended through January 2032. Rice’s continued employment also comes with a step increase in the salary schedule from Step 5 to Step 6, according to a staff report from Human Resources Manager Sara Barbour.
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Three Years After Getting Grant To Build Restrooms, CCHD Commissioners Can’t Agree On Location
A proposed new location for public restrooms and showers — shown in green — is on Starfish Way about half a block from South Beach. | Images courtesy of the Crescent City Harbor District
Three years after receiving a California Coastal Conservancy grant to build public restrooms near South Beach, the Crescent City Harbor District may have to abandon the plan if commissioners can’t agree on a location.
Not building a public restroom was “the other alternative” to a proposal to build the facility on Starfish Way across the street from Redwood RV Park, Community System Solutions CEO Mike Bair, CCHD’s grants manager, said at a special meeting Wednesday.
But with Commissioner Annie Nehmer arguing that the new location benefits RV park leaseholder Daniel Dahan more than the public, the Board was unable to reach an agreement.
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With Volatility Surrounding Elections This Year, Del Norte County Clerk Urges Voters To Call Or Visit If They Have Questions
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Days after the U.S. Supreme Court made a decision some worry could lead to a mass purge of valid voters ahead of the midterm election, Alissia Northrup sought to allay any concerns Del Norte County voters may have.
Though she hasn’t received guidance from the California Secretary of State as of Tuesday, the county clerk, who was elected to her fourth term in June, says she can’t start kicking people off the voter roles this close to an election.
Still, with her office set to start mailing out ballots in less than a week, Northrup acknowledged that voting is fraught this year. Mentioning worries people have about the U.S. Postal Service potentially rejecting their ballots — gleaned from articles on the Internet earlier — she urged people to call or visit her office.
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Art Scene: Soundbath, Community Drum Circle, Art in Public Places, Free Drawing Classes
Here are this week’s Arts Notes from the Del Norte Association of Cultural Awareness (DNACA):
- Oct. 10: DNACA presents Echoes Within: A Soundbath by Oren Selah at 4 p.m. in the Tapestry Arts Center, 224 F. St. in Crescent City. The soundbath will be a guided meditation in a relaxing acoustic soundscape, featuring gongs, chimes, flutes, and a sound bowl. Chairs will be provided, but you may bring yoga mats, blankets and pillows for more comfort. This is a free event, but donations are appreciated.
- Oct. 17: DNACA is hosting a Community Drum Circle instructed by Mombo Hernandez at 1:30 p.m. in the Tapestry Arts Center. Hand drums and percussion instruments will be provided or you may bring your own. All ages are welcome.
- On display until Oct. 22: DNACA presents a variety of local artwork at the 35th Annual Juried Multimedia Exhibition in the Del Norte County Courthouse, 450 H St. in Crescent City. The courthouse is open 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.
35th-Annual Sea Cruise Rolls Into Town Friday, Saturday
Thumbnail photo: Last year’s Sea Cruise car show drew 298 participants to Crescent City. | Photo courtesy of the Crescent City-Del Norte County Chamber of Commerce
Whether it purrs like a kitten or roars like a lion, Del Norte’s celebration of all things that go vroom starts its engines on Friday.
Roughly 85 people have signed up to flaunt their ride at the annual Sea Cruise car show this weekend, Cindy Vosburg, executive director of the Crescent City-Del Norte County Chamber of Commerce told Redwood Voice Community News on Monday. Between 250 and 300 cars are expected to fill Crescent City’s downtown on Friday and Beachfront Park on Saturday, she said.
“The early registrations are usually from out of the area,” Vosburg said, adding that last year, 298 cars were entered into Sea Cruise. “We’ve got somebody coming in from Colorado, folks coming from the Bay Area and somebody coming all the way up from San Diego. There’s a lot of Oregon — I believe I entered a couple from Portland and some towns up around the gorge.”
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