Author: nick
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The economic devastation of Last Chance Grade falling into the ocean
By Donna Westfall – February 22, 2017 – What faster way could we turn Crescent City/Del Norte County into a ghost town? If someone were intent on destroying our area. they would take out the roads that allow transports to bring food in and out. With failing businesses like Alexandre’s Daily having to dump milk…
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Our Daily Bread Ministries on track to become a Rescue Mission
By Donna Westfall – February 22, 2017 – Submitted by Mike Justice, Executive Director – Who we were: Our Daily Bread Ministries (ODBM) began in 2006 from humble beginnings, with a simple idea to feed people and meet basic needs of acceptance, safety and love. we rented our building on Harrold Street; a few year…
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LifeStyles Research bowling team wins 3rd quarter!!
Submitted by Hank Northrip – February 21, 2017 – LifeStyles Research bowling team has virtually sealed up the third quarter win. The third quarter of the Monday Social Four League, when they moved to a 3 1/2 game lead, on Monday night. This will put them into the play-off wit the other quarter winners, Western…
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CDPH Warns Consumers Not to Eat Sport-Harvested Bivalve Shellfish from Del Norte County
SACRAMENTO – February 15, 2017 – The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) advises consumers not to eat recreationally harvested mussels, clams or whole scallops from Del Norte County. Dangerous levels of paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP) toxins have been detected in mussels from this region. The naturally occurring PSP toxins can cause illness or death…
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JANE ROE OF ROE V. WADE DECISION, DIES AT 69 YEARS OLD
By Donna Westfall – February 18, 2017 – One of the most important people of the 20th and 21st century has died. Norma McCorvey, whose legal challenge under the pseudonym “Jane Roe” led to the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark decision that legalized abortion but who later became an outspoken opponent of the procedure, died Saturday,…
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Triplicate gets it wrong AGAIN!
By Donna Westfall – February 18, 2017 – Let’s talk Last Chance Grade again. Talk, talk, talk, talk, yak yak yak……… that’ s what you hear from Supervisor’s Cowan, Howard and Hemmingsen. All talk and no action. And then there’s Editor Fornoff from a local newspaper who needs a lesson on the Brown Act…
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UPDATE: Please continue to pray for Officer Martinez
By Roger Gitlin – February 18, 2017 – The Crescent City area office of the California Highway Patrol has identified the CHP officer injured in yesterday aftenoon’s accident on 101 near Klamath. A semi-truck collided with Officer Jose Martinez’ CHP vehicle. He is in critical but stable condition after Cal-Ore life flight transported him to…
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The plan to fix Last Chance Grade
By Bob Berkowitz, Supervisor 5th District – February 18, 2017 – Over 40 years ago, when Last Chance Grade fell into the ocean and killed Kurt Stremberg’s parents, we knew that this section of Hwy 101 needed to be replaced. And yet here we are 4 decades later saying the same thing. It’s become a…
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The Daily Town Hall Meeting
By Donna Westfall – February 17,2017 – 6 am to 7 am FREE FISHING, NO LICENSE REQUIRED: Last year I asked Supervisor Gerry Hemmingsen if he could do anything to see that the two free fishing days a year were expanded to more free fishing days without the need to purchase a fishing license. Nothing…
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BREAKING NEWS: RFK, Jr. and Robert De Niro offer $100,000 challenge
Credit to Althealthworks.com, Yelena Sukhoterina – February 17,2017 – “Not Going to Back Down:” RFK Jr., De Niro Call Out Mainstream Media at Press Conference, Offer $100,000 Challenge Over Controversial Vaccine Additive Clean vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and the World Mercury Project, the producer of the vaccine documentary Vaxxed Del Bigtree, and actor…