Category: This Weeks News
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ANNOUNCEMENT FOR CHAMBER MEMBERS
By Cindy Vosberg – August 28, 2023 Dear Chamber Members,The County of Del Norte has asked Alec Dompka, the Economic Development Advisor for the UC Cooperative Extension, to collect data regarding the loss to business due to the Fire and Power Outages that will help them apply for Federal Disaster Status which could help our…
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How to get Repeal the Death Tax on the Ballot
By Jon Coupal – August 28, 2023 Now available! The official, legal petition to get the Repeal the Death Tax initiative on the November 2024 ballot is here! We are excited to tell you that the official petition for Repeal the Death Tax is now available for download at: RepealTheDeathTax.com You can download the official…
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The 5-0 Club, Emergency? Oh, Yah that.
Commentary and Opinion by Samuel Strait – August 27, 2023 And, oh, by the way our illustrious 5-0 Club got together for anotherforgettable head scratchier, August 25, 2023. While there was someslight attention paid to the recent wild fires events that have engagedthe community recently, our illustrious Board of Supervisors were moreconcerned about the…
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FIRE SCIENCE
By Science Editor, Jaime Yarbrough – August 28, 2023 The other day someone asked: “Why don’t we just scoop up a bunch of seawater to put the fires out? It’s like there’s plenty of it !! “ I told him, first of all the internet is your friend and you can look it up, but…
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1 Million Signatures Needed!
HJTA files initiative to “Repeal the Death Tax” The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, California’s leading taxpayer advocacy group, has filed an initiative with the Office of Attorney General that will restore the right of parents to transfer their home and limited other property to their children without reassessment to market value. The “Repeal the Death…
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DUMP HOURS
By Donna Westfall – August 27, 2023 My truck was loaded with bags and bags of brush. At noon I took off for the transfer station located off Elk Valley Road. First thing I noticed, the gate was closed. Second thing I noticed, a sign, “CLOSED SUNDAY 11 AM TO 3 PM DUE TO SMOKE”…
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UPDATE From Pacific Power
August 26, 2023 With the tireless work of crews in the field, Pacific Power has restored power to nearly all customers in Crescent City using large generators. Customers whose power has been restored can resume normal electricity use, and should feel comfortable using higher energy devices. With the installed generators supplying Del…
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Power Outage Lessons
By Angry Old American Copyright Angry Old American, August 26th, 2023. All Rights Reserved. Most of us experienced an extended power disruption when Pacific Power cut service during the Smith River Complex Fire. This event was a blessing to our community. We received a wake-up call about our dependence on the electrical grid, and the…
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Expose and Counteract
By Kevin Kiley -August 25, 2023 One reason I ran for Congress was to sound a warning to the nation against the spread of California’s political insanity. But a larger reason was to restore some sanity in California itself. So, with Newsom AWOL as to the secret Chinese bio lab, I requested a House investigation.…
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Can We Get Helicopters To Fight Our Fire and Use Seawater?
By Donna Westfall — August 23, 2023 I got a call from a guy in the Bay Area asking, “Why don’t they call in the helicopters with 1,000 gallon buckets? I had never heard of that before. Let’s do some research. In Maui, high winds prevented helicopters from going in. The winds fueled the blaze.…