Category: Del Norte County
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Local Democrat’s Operate A Laundromat?
By Donna Westfall – October 20, 2016 – When a person thinks of money laundering, the first thing that comes to mind is usually the TV show “The Sopranos.” Here the criminal gang would hide the source of their stolen money by opening a legitimate enterprise like a restaurant where they then could funnel their money…
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New Investigator at DA’s Office
October 14, 2016 – District Attorney, Dale Trigg I am pleased to announce that I had the honor and pleasure of swearing in Frank Schweitzer as a District Attorney Investigator last week. Frank has served the past 27 years with the Los Angeles Police Department as an Officer, Sergeant, Detective and Detective Supervisor. Frank has…
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FISCAL IRRESPONSIBILITY WHEN IS ENOUGH, ENOUGH?
Opinion Piece by Linda Sutter – October 15, 2016 – CANDIDATES AND OUR CHOICES For the last two nights, Thursday, October 13th and Friday, October 14th, the local Tea Party gave the community the opportunity to ask their own questions during political debate between the candidates running. The turnout for this was less about 30…
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I’VE BEEN BANNED BY THE TRIPLICATE
By Donna Westfall – October 14, 2016 – Are you old enough to remember when American’s felt smug in their constitutional freedoms of the press and free speech during the Cold War? Afterall, Pravda, the official Russian newspaper and mouthpiece of Communist Russia was there to censor anything and everything. Not so in America. Well,…
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CALTRANS LOCAL TRANSPORTATION MEETING. GREAT PLACE FOR MID MORNING NAPS
Opinion Piece by Linda Sutter – October 13, 2016 – I can see why there is not much public participation to the Local Transportation meetings, you will find it hard pressed to remain awake. As Sebastian Cohen gave his presentation on the LAST CHANCE GRADE, I looked around the room and it looked like even…
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Bob Berkowitz, Candidate for Supervisor 5th District
By Donna Westfall – October 4, 2016 – Bob Berkowitz has experience in three worlds. His career began as a high school teacher for 13 years, then he built the first FM Stereo radio station in Del Norte County, KCRE-FM and then he was selected to work for the U.S. Congress as a Field Representative…
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Volunteers Needed Right Now for Gleaning Program
By Donna Westfall – October 4, 2016 – Question: How would you go about distributing tons of fresh food picked from local gardens and fruit trees? Answer: By putting together a volunteer force to go out and glean. This evening,October 4th, Connor Caldwell held a brief meeting at First 5 on Pacific to organize volunteers…
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Incumbent, David Finigan – 5th District Supervisor
By Donna Westfall – October 3, 2016 – David Finigan is nearing his 20th year as the 5th District Supervisor for Del Norte County and running for re-election. I didn’t know much about Finigan’s background before sitting down with him for this interview. He’s worked in saw mills in a variety of capacities, then became…
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The finish line is in sight. Who’s it going to be?
By Donna Westfall – October 2, 2016 – In the next few days we will print out what each candidate stands for on a host of topics. We’ll start with the 5th District, Finigan vs Berkowitz; and then move on to the 1st District, Gitlin vs Murray. Then finish up with the three city council…
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Chris Renner Pleads Guilty To Sexual Abuse Upon a Child
The Del Norte County District Attorney’s Office announced today that Christopher James Renner (58) of Crescent City, pleaded guilty this morning to continuous sexual abuse upon a child under fourteen and admitted three special allegations for having substantial sexual conduct with the child, for use of force and that the statute of limitations for the…