Author: Jaime Yarbrough
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Letter to Steve Hilton, Running for Governor
The opinions expressed by columnists are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of Crescent City Times.com By Jaime Yarbrough – September 15, 2025 Dear Mr. Hilton, I’ve lived long enough in Del Norte County to remember when our economy was vibrant and locally sustained. We had a thriving timber industry—until environmental regulations…
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Happy 89th Birthday, Joan Miles!
By Jaime Yarbrough – July 20, 2024 Friends celebrated Joan Miles’s 89th birthday at the Gazebo in the park on Friday, July 19. Joan formally wrote the Senior Sleuth column for the Triplicate. She organized a Ping Pong Club at the Catholic Church gym. She hosted a Conservative talk show on KFUG 101.1 FM. And…
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EVENT: FIRST FRIDAY FESTIVAL
By Jaime Yarbrough – July 8, 2024 It seems a lot of our visitors left town after the 4th of July and after the horrific events of that night few felt like attending on Friday. Enoteca was closed although a couple other places were open. The one lone singer who was quite good had few…
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The Del Norte Amateur Radio Club Field Day – 2024
By Jaime Yarbrough – June 21, 2024 This Saturday, June 22nd, beginning at 10 am until dusk, the DNARC will be meeting in Hiouchi next to the Hiouchi Cafe. Last year, the club joined 40,000+ other Ham radio operators in North America to simulate an emergency, for 24 hours, running on emergency power (generator) and…
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Amateur Radio Club Meeting
By Jaime Yarbrough – February 29, 2024 Monday night, March 4th at 6 pm, at 445 Elk Valley Road in Crescent City there will be a meeting. These meetings generally last with 1 1/2 hours. This is in Hambro’s building. The focus is on Radio Club’s skills and activities. We have a raffle amongst the…
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Amateur Radio Club Meeting
By Jaime Yarbrough – February 5, 2024 he Del Norte Amateur Radio Club monthly meeting will be at 445 Elk Valley Road, the Hambro business offices, suite 26 at 6:00 PM tonight (the first Monday of each month except July and when it conflicts with a Federal Holiday.) Our meetings are open to the public. See…
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DEL NORTE MUSHROOM CLUB MEETING
By Jaime Yarbrough – January 21, 2024 It’s the 3rd Sunday of the month and that means MUSHROOM CLUB MEETING. The Del Norte Mushroom Club will be meeting at the Family Resource Center WHERE: 494 Pacific Avenue, Crescent City WHEN: Sunday, January 21, 2024 TIME: Starting from 2-4 pm. Meetings are pot luck with commercial…
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FREE Technician Class Amateur Radio License Preparation
By Science Editor, Jaime Yarbrough – January 10, 2024 The Del Norte Amateur Radio Club will be conducting a FREETechnicians Class FCC Element 2 Radio License, the first two weeks ofFebruary. Class dates are February 3rd & 4th and 10th from 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM Then Sunday February 11th from 8:30 to noon for…
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DEL NORTE MUSHROOM CLUB – FORAY AND MEETING
By Jaime Yarbrough – December 15, 2023 It is that time of season for black trumpet mushrooms (Craterellus cornucopioides), hedgehogs (Hydnum repandum,) and matsutake (Tricholoma matsutake) are popular fungi to forage for. I will be conducting a foray starting at 8:50 AM from Hiouchi Hamlet (east parking lot ) tomorrow 12/16. It has been a…
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‘TIS THE SEASON, FOR MUSHROOMS – AND, it’s a good one !
By Science Reporter, Jaime Yarbrough – December 1, 2023 The DEL NORTE MUSHROOM CLUB (FB “Del Norte Mushoom Club” https://www.facebook.com/groups/delnortemushroomclub ) had an excellent meeting 19 November following a successful foray up the South Fork of the Smith River on the previous Saturday. Many of the members were new to mushrooms and foraging but were…