May 13th, 2025 – For Redwood Voice Community News, a production of Redwood Voice Youth Media, today’s news: roadwork updates from Caltrans District 1; Curry County Commissioners discussed approving ICE detainer requests; with recent unauthorized changes made to Curry County’s official website, many County employees see their editing privileges revoked; “Brookings’ Got Talent” is looking for more talent show contestants; another condor has been found to have concerning amounts of lead in it’s blood; local youth Isaiah Hodges prepares to compete nationally in 4-H’s Shooting Sports Championship; an announcement from California Governor Gavin Newsom reveals a model homelessness ordinance for cities and towns; a study shows the Parent and Youth Helpline to be effective in its role; Proposed California legislature will require savings be passed on to utility customers; and Oregon families gathered at the State capital to urge lawmakers to pass the Food For All Oregonians bill. All this and our regular segments from the Pacifica Radio Network and National Native News.
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May 12th, 2025 – For Redwood Voice Community News, a production of Redwood Voice Youth Media, today’s news: roadwork updates from Caltrans District 1; Curry County Commissioners discussed approving ICE detainer requests; the Yurok Tribe celebrated its second annual Elder Summit; Condor A7 is hospitalized for lead poisoning; local teen Isaiah Hodges is preparing to compete at the National 4-H Shooting Sports Championship in Nebraska; the future of parks in Del Norte and Humboldt County was discussed at the recent Redwood Park Conservation Panel at the fairgrounds; a study on the California Parent and Youth helpline shows it to be an effective service; federal cuts to public land agencies put the Pacific Crest Trail in peril; and as Rite Aid declares bankruptcy, the whole company slowly churns to a stop. All this and our regular segments from the Pacifica Radio Network and National Native News.
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Though he didn’t speak up earlier, Curry County’s director of operations said complying with a detainer request from Immigration and Customs Enforcement would be “a lot to ask” when there’s only 16 beds in the jail.
About a month after the discovery of lead paint in its bunk beds prompted the Board of Commissioners to cut the jail’s capacity from 35 to 16 beds, Ted Fitzgerald, who also acts as county counsel, said the county was still waiting on permanent replacements.
“We still have the temporaries in there until we get the permanence delivered,” he said, referring to temporary bunk beds Curry County borrowed from Josephine County shortly after he notified commissioners of the lead paint concerns at an emergency meeting April 4. “The old bunks have been cleared. Maintenance went in there and cut them out. They were metal, installed directly into the concrete, and so, in order to keep things safe, we had to cut the metal and then grind the concrete down…”
Curry County’s director of operations said he withdrew administrative and editing privileges from nearly all employees after an individual made “unauthorized changes” to the county’s website.
Ted Fitzgerald, who is also county counsel, asked the Board of Commissioners on Wednesday to approve a new policy that limits administrative privileges to one person. The new policy also requires those manning Facebook pages for individual departments to register with Human Resources so the county can vet information being posted.
Fitzgerald said he included a social media component to the policy after determining that statistics posted to the Curry County Justice Facebook page were inaccurate.
Curry County Commissioner Patrick Hollinger said he didn’t intend for his colleagues to take official action on a resolution honoring detainer requests from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Taken verbatim from a similar resolution Coos County commissioners have been discussing since January, Hollinger asked his colleagues to consider Oregon’s status as a sanctuary state and the possibility that the Trump administration may cut its federal funding as a result.
“That will directly affect our county as well,” Hollinger said Wednesday. “We use those funds for our DA office. We use those funds for our sheriff’s office. And it’s those two offices that can help with the human trafficking and drug trafficking [occurring] throughout our county.”
May 9th, 2025 – For Redwood Voice Community News, a production of Redwood Voice Youth Media, today’s news: roadwork updates from Caltrans District 1; Crescent City Council approves a four way stop at the junction of A and 5th Street; other items discussed at Monday’s Crescent City Council meeting; the Yurok Tribe hosted their 2nd Annual Elder Summit; what the “Immediate Expansion of American Timber Production” order means for local agencies and forests; Crescent City Fire and Rescue celebrates ten years of collaboration; the Curry Health Foundation opens their 2025-26 grant cycle for Curry County nonprofits; the San Francisco 49ers announces a partnership with the Faithful to the Planet initiative; elected officials push back on climate-related project cancellations at a Washington DC energy summit; due to budget cuts, access to the Pacific Crest Trail may soon become limited; Rite Aid is selling off or closing all of their locations in the next few months; and a reminder for Tolowa citizens about up-to-date identification. All this and our regular segments from the Pacifica Radio Network and National Native News.
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May 8th, 2025 – For Redwood Voice Community News, a production of Redwood Voice Youth Media, today’s news: roadwork updates from Caltrans District 1; Crescent City Council approves a four way stop at the junction of A and 5th Street; other items discussed at Monday’s Crescent City Council meeting; the Tolowa Dee-ni’ Nation commemorate the National Day of Awareness for MMIP; Crescent Fire and Rescue celebrates ten years of collaboration; the Curry Health Foundation opens their 2025-26 grant cycle for Curry County nonprofits; one of the Pacific’s most active volcanoes could erupt before the end of this year; the San Francisco 49ers announces a partnership with the Faithful to the Planet initiative; elected officials push back on climate-related project cancellations at a Washington DC energy summit; information on Real IDs and what they mean for domestic air travel; and a reminder for Tolowa citizens about up-to-date identification. All this and our regular segments from the Pacifica Radio Network and National Native News.
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Eureka City Councilman G. Mario Fernandez used the phrase “robber baron” when asking his colleagues to postpone consideration of an ordinance that would increase the penalties for people living in unauthorized encampments.
Fernandez urged his fellow councilors to refer the ordinance to an ad-hoc committee on camping alternatives consisting of himself and Councilwoman Renee Contreras-DeLoach rather than consider it on May 20.
This request echoed comments several public speakers made on Tuesday about removing the proposed ordinance from the May 20 agenda. Though a handful of commenters accused the City Council of criminalizing homelessness, Fernandez said speakers were asking him and his colleagues to either let them be part of their deliberations or to bring “those with experience into the discussion.”
Public Works Director Dave Yeager convinced the Crescent City Council on Monday that a four-way stop sign would urge motorists to slow down as they approach A and 5th streets.
Six reported collisions have occurred at that intersection between June 2021 and August 2024, Yeager stated in his staff report. On Monday, he cited concerns raised by Crescent City Police Chief Richard Griffin as well as people who have witnessed those collisions.
Yeager also referred to the Del Norte Local Road Safety Plan in his staff report, which noted “one historical collision event”: A rear-end collision with one injury in 2011.
Candace Tinkler was absent. Among the items discussed at Monday’s Crescent City Council meeting.
Underground Utility District: City councilors approved the creation of Underground Utility District No. 1, taking yet another step toward ridding the gateway to Beachfront Park and downtown of most of the overhead electricity and telecommunications lines.
But representatives from Charter Communications and Frontier Communications, which provide cable and Internet service in the area, opposed the proposal, stating that the same work credits available to PacificPower aren’t available to them.
In a May 5 letter to Crescent City, Lisa Ludovici, Charter’s director of government affairs, asks the city not to pursue the undergrounding of its utilities, warning that the cost for the company to participate could be passed onto its customers.
