Category: This Weeks News
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The City’s Pot Ban
Opinion piece By Katherine K. Kelly I rarely agree with Councilwoman Murray, but in reading the article about the City’s proposed ban on marijuana, she is right on the money. The ban paints marijuana usage with too broad a brush. Fears of large growing operations should not impede a medical marijuana user from having access…
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Does Martha McClure need a time out?
By A Phillips – December 29, 2015 – It appears Supervisor Martha McClure has been a bad girl in her appointment to the Del Norte County Solid Waste Authority (DNSWMA). On December 28, 2015, the Crescent City/Del Norte County Taxpayers Association served a Formal Complaint on the Del Norte County Board of Supervisors against Supervisor…
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BlackHawk Pistol Story – Part 7 – Watch the Video
By Donna Westfall DISCLAIMER ABOUT THE VIDEO YOU ARE ABOUT TO WATCH OF THE SWAT-style raid on Dave Egan August 18, 2011 To the viewers of this video. Before watching this video, please read and be aware of the following: Per Del Norte County Auditor/Controller, Clinton Schaad, $13,821.28 has been spent on 43 cameras for the…
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America’s First Christmas – 1776
Credit to JASON W. STEVENS in The Federalist Papers Project – After a series of devastating military defeats, and amid plunging morale among the beleaguered and ill-equipped Continental Army, the American Revolution seemed all but over by December 1776. General William Howe, Commander-in-Chief of all British forces in America, had easily taken New York City and looked…
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BlackHawk Pistol Story – Part 6: The Video Exists
By Donna Westfall – December 22, 2015 -[custom-facebook-feed] Recently a Pelican Bay inmate won a $25,000 lawsuit when officers violated his constitutional rights. They led an illegal search and seizure of his cell. Four officers were found culpable in trashing his cell and taking his property. How does that compare to the nightmare Del Norte…
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Cudos to Yurok Tribe for Banning GMO Crops and Salmon
Yurok Tribe Passes First-Ever Tribal Ordinance Banning GMO Crops and Salmon Credit to Hank Sims and Lost Coast Outpost On December 10, 2015, after several months of committee drafting and opportunity for public comment, the Yurok Tribal Council unanimously voted to enact the Yurok Tribe Genetically Engineered Organism (“GEO”) Ordinance. The Tribal GEO Ordinance prohibits the…
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BARGAIN IMPORTS BY THE SEA
By Linda Sutter – December 21, 2015 – Wrapping up the Christmas season with buying gifts can be challenging, but today I found treasures at the Bargain Imports By the Sea. It is located on 16855 North Highway 101 right directly across from the old Nautical Inn. The owners, Younan and Sandy Dawood relocated to Del Norte…
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Richest City’s Ratepayers Protest Higher Water Rates
PRESS RELEASE – December 15, 2015 – Yorba Linda is a suburban city in northeastern Orange County, California, approximately 13 miles northeast of Downtown Santa Ana and 37 miles southeast of Downtown Los Angeles. Yorba Linda has been identified as one of the richest cities in the U.S. by the U.S. Census Bureau, which shows…
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Can you call your public officials a “Liar?”
Credit to www.courthousenews.com and author, Philip A. Janquart SAN FRANCISCO (CN) – A former city councilman who won summary judgment after a police chief threatened to arrest him for criticizing a public official has settled with the police chief and the Northern California City of Cotati. George Barich, who describes himself as a former newspaper editor,…
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New pact between Yuroks and Del Norte County Sheriff’s Office
From Del Norte County Sheriff’s Office and Yurok Tribe – December 16, 2015 Yurok Tribe and the Del Norte County Board of Supervisors commemorated the signing of a cooperative memorandum of understanding December 15th that will considerably expand law enforcement coverage in the far corner of Northern California. The pragmatic pact will make it possible…