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Articles, Crime, Prison

PBSP Officials Investigating Inmate’s Death As A Homicide

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Thumbnail photo: Pelican Bay State Prison inmate Javier Torres (right) died following an altercation with Jose Zapian (left). | Photos courtesy of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

From the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation:

CRESCENT CITY – California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation officials are investigating the death of an incarcerated person at Pelican Bay State Prison (PBSP) as a homicide.

On Oct. 4, 2026, at approximately 8:24 a.m., correctional staff observed incarcerated person Jose Zapian attack incarcerated person, Javier Torres in the lower yard. Responding staff immediately intervened, quelling the attack.

Staff activated 911 and initiated life-saving measures. An improvised weapon was recovered at the scene.

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Articles, Crescent City, Infrastructure, Local Government

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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Articles, Crescent City, Local Government

New Swimming Pool ‘Modesty Policy’ Discourages Nudity In Locker Rooms

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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.”

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Articles, Crescent City, Economy

Crescent City, Chamber and Visitors Bureau Formalize Their Relationship For First Time In Decades

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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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Articles, CC Harbor, Infrastructure

Crescent City Harbor Aims To Have H Dock’s Water And Electric Systems Operable By Crab Season, Harbormaster Says

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Thumbnail photo: H Dock in the Crescent City Harbor District’s marina bore the brunt of the wave energy from the July 30, 2025 Kamchatka tsunami. | Photo courtesy of Mike Rademaker

More than a year after an 8.8 magnitude earthquake on the other side of the ocean sent a tsunami into Crescent City, the Harbor District is working to have H Dock available to the fishing community.

The goal is to allow vessels to tie up to H Dock and to access water and electricity by the start of the Dungeness crab season tentatively scheduled for Jan. 1, Harbormaster Mike Rademaker told Redwood Voice Community News on Monday.

The Crescent City Harbor District Board of Commissioners on Wednesday heard a report from GHD Senior Marine Structural Engineer Marc Percher on temporary and permanent fixes to H Dock, which sustained the most damage from the July 30, 2025 Kamchatka earthquake and tsunami.

But before Percher gave his presentation, CCHD Board President Rick Shepherd said he felt the proposed temporary solution would be too expensive. He suggested taking steps to allow vessels to tie up to H Dock and to tap into its water and electricity systems, thereby freeing up the port’s repair dock. 

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Articles, CC Harbor, Infrastructure, Local Government

Three Years After Getting Grant To Build Restrooms, CCHD Commissioners Can’t Agree On Location

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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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CC Harbor, Local Government

Crescent City Harbor Recap, Sept. 30, 2026

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Among the items discussed at the Crescent City Harbor District special meeting Wednesday.

Past censures: Resurrecting an old grievance, Harbor Commissioner Dan Schmidt said he’d been waiting “well over a year” to confront the accuser who sought to censure him — his colleague Gerhard Weber.

Schmidt included the censure in a list of procedural issues he said had been pushed aside for a year. Though he was puzzled, saying he had eliminated the censures of Schmidt, Nehmer and the three other members on the Board, current chairman Rick Shepherd agreed to put it on the Oct. 14 agenda.

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Articles, CC Harbor, Local Government

Crescent City Harbor Board Reduces Restricted Funds, Freeing Up $125,000, According To Fiscal Officer

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At the recommendation of Fiscal Officer Sandy Moreno, four Crescent City Harbor commissioners on Wednesday agreed to reduce the amount of money set aside in a restricted reserve account from $181,000 to $56,000.

The Board’s decision comes after Moreno had proposed creating a restricted reserve account in May to satisfy a loan payment to the U.S. Department of Agriculture and address its maintenance issues. 

The Board’s action on Wednesday unrestricted about $125,000, according to Moreno.

“It allows us to have use of that money,” she told commissioners.

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Articles, Elections

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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Articles, Arts & Culture, Crescent City, Just For Fun

35th-Annual Sea Cruise Rolls Into Town Friday, Saturday

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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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