May 30th, 2025 – For Redwood Voice Community News, a production of Redwood Voice Youth Media, today’s news: prescribed burns near the 101 to begin June 2nd; an attempted shooting occurred Wednesday night and what we know about it now; the marine update from Fishing the North Coast; problems with bus routes spark debate whether schoolchildren should have an Arcata field trip; the Steven’s Prairie Restoration Project is off to a big start; insights on the Tolowa Dee-ni’ general election; West Coast salmon fishing regulations have been announced; Pacific Power encourages customers to prepare for wildfire season; how HR1 affects rural hospitals; and a report from the California Department of Technology about California’s automated systems. All this and our regular segments from the Pacifica Radio Network and National Native News.
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May 29th, 2025 – For Redwood Voice Community News, a production of Redwood Voice Youth Media, today’s news: roadwork updates from Caltrans District 1; a suspect has been identified in Wednesday night’s shooting; a safety update from the Del Norte Unified School District; items discussed at last week’s Del Norte Unified School District Board of Trustees meeting; with DNUSD bus routes being regularly delayed or cancelled, the feasibility of upcoming field trips is questioned; an update on the Blue Creek Prairie Restoration from the Yurok Tribe; stats from the Tolowa Dee-ni’ Nation’s May 17th General Election; the National Marine Fisheries Service publishes the West Coast salmon fishing regulations for 2025; Pacific Power encourages customers to prepare for wildfire season; if proposed Medicaid cuts are approved rural health centers and hospitals may have to shut their doors; and agencies across California use what can be classified as high risk AI systems without reporting them as such. All this and our regular segments from the Pacifica Radio Network and National Native News.
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May 28th, 2025 – For Redwood Voice Community News, a production of Redwood Voice Youth Media, today’s news: roadwork updates from Caltrans District 1; info on last Thursday’s DNUSD Board of Trustees meeting; Curry County voters reject property tax levy to further fund local patrol deputies and dispatchers; items discussed at the Brooking City Council meeting; the Yurok Tribe hosts a Upriver Community Project Update meeting tomorrow; local condors get showcased on NBC’s “Wild Kingdom”; the National Marine Fisheries Service has published updated fishing regulations; the Journal of the American Medical Association finds women are now binge drinking more than men; and an update on potential birthing center closures in rural Oregon. All this and our regular segments from the Pacifica Radio Network and National Native News.
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Thumbnail photo: Members of Del Norte Unified School District’s AI Task Force discuss a draft policy with the Board of Trustees in this April photo. | Photo by Guiming Xiong
Superintendent Jeff Harris was absent. Among the items discussed at Thursday’s Del Norte Unified School District Board of Trustees meeting.
DNTA negotiations begin:
Del Norte Unified School District is not in a position to offer salary increases to teachers during the 2025-26 fiscal year, Superintendent of Business Jeff Napier told trustees.
Napier presented DNUSD’s first proposal for its 2025-26 contract with the Del Norte Teachers Association a little more than two months after a stalemate between the two parties concluded with help from state mediators.
May 27th, 2025 – For Redwood Voice Community News, a production of Redwood Voice Youth Media, today’s news: roadwork updates from Caltrans District 1; a proposed ordinance to restrict camping or loitering on sidewalks is turned down by Eureka City Councilors; Curry County voters reject a law enforcement levy for the second year in a row; items discussed at the recent Brookings City Council Meeting; the Yurok Tribe will be holding an Upriver Community Development Project Update Meeting this week; last weekend NBC aired an episode of Mutual of Omaha’s “Wild Kingdom” featuring the Northern California Condor Restoration Program; a proposed California Bill, Assembly Bill 55, would allow Birth Centers to take Medi-Cal; a recent study shows women are more prone to binge drink than men; the potential closure of two Oregon hospitals is announced following Medicaid cuts; and Green Point School District in Humboldt County is to cease operating July 1st. All this and our regular segments from the Pacifica Radio Network and National Native News.
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May 22nd, 2025- For Redwood Voice Community News, a production of Redwood Voice Youth Media, today’s news: Roadwork Updates from Caltrans District 1; Del Norte’s illegal fireworks committee announces their “No Tolerance” Campaign; Items discussed at Monday’s Del Norte Library District Board Meeting; Local transportation officials will hold a meeting Thursday to unveil The South Beach Climate Resilience Plan; The Del Norte Sheriff’s Office warns of scammers calling about unpaid jury duty fines; An update from DNUSD superintendent Jeff Harris; Topics discussed by the Tolowa Dee-’ni Nation during the 2025 Economic Summit; The California Fish & Game Commission adopts the sports fishing regulations for the 2025 season; The Save the Redwoods League recently planted several Sequoia tree seedlings that had orbited the moon; A proposed funding bill will result in cuts to Medicaid, affecting rural hospitals; Governor Gavin Newsom proposes freezing Medi-Cal Enrollment, among other changes; Jackson County Fire District 4 seeks to increase it’s levy by eleven cents; The possibility of a nuclear reactor being constructed in Umatilla County sparks controversy; California State Parks is offering free admission in participating park units this Memorial Day; and Humboldt County Supervisors will appoint a new Director Of Aviation at their next meeting. All this and our regular segments from the Pacifica Radio Network and National Native News.
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Transportation officials will unveil a plan on Thursday they say will help local and state governments prepare for the more intense storms expected to hit Del Norte County as a result of climate change.
The South Beach Climate Resilience Plan focuses on U.S. 101, Anchor Way and the Crescent City Marsh area, said Tamera Leighton, executive director for the Del Norte Transportation Commission, one of the partners on the project.
The DNLTC has been working with the Crescent City Harbor District, Elk Valley Rancheria, Caltrans District 1, Del Norte County and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife for about a year and a half to create the first step in addressing a “big infrastructure problem” for South Beach, Leighton said.
I recently accepted an invitation from Jermaine Brubaker to join Rx Safe Del Norte Coalition’s quarterly call. During the call, Michelle Greene from the Del Norte County Coroner’s Office presented opioid overdose data that challenged many of my own misconceptions.
Del Norte’s Drug Problem – 2024 By the Numbers:
198: calls to emergency services for suspected overdose
65: times Naloxone was administered to reverse a suspected overdose
Thumbnail photo courtesy of the Crescent City-Del Norte County Chamber of Commerce
Del Norte County’s sheriff plans to come down heavy on criminal charges against those who test the community’s resolve on curtailing the use of illegal fireworks.
Though a new social media campaign launched last week mentions increased administrative fines and penalties for the sale, possession and use of mortars, sky rockets and other unsafe pyrotechnics, those who flout state law could face misdemeanor or felony charges, Sheriff Garrett Scott said.
“The bottomline is it’s easier for us to focus more on state laws than it is on local laws just for the teeth,” Scott said Monday. “This time we’re trying to make an impact and make this community safe. And so this year, we’re not going to be giving a lot of breaks.”
Nearly six months after Del Norte County rolled out its new Providing Access to Hope program, Behavioral Health Director Shiann Hogan briefly mentioned Sutter Coast Hospital’s new EmPATH unit.
Hogan had brought her staff and the clients they serve before the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday to commemorate May as Mental Health Awareness Month. In addition to thanking her team — “the ones doing the daily work to improve lives” — Hogan said the hospital’s latest development is one of several new treatment options that will be available on the North Coast.
“Yesterday it was announced by the governor many projects that are going to be funded through the Prop 1 BCHIP funds,” she said, referring to the Proposition 1 Bond Behavioral Health Continuum Infrastructure Program.
