Category: This Weeks News
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No Monkey Business Here
By Donna Westfall Fortunately, unlike Bangkok, Thailand, we don’t have to worry about monkey problems. Long tailed Macaques are running rampant in villages, entering homes, stealing any food products not nailed down. People are having to tie their refrigerators shut to keep out the pesky critters. Thai wildlife officials are rounding up the monkeys and…
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Congrats to Newly Appointed City Council Member
By Donna Westfall Darren Short was appointed to replace Council Member, Rich Enea. Darren comes with great credentials as the Chairman of the City Planning Commission. Thanks to everyone else that applied. Congratulations to Darren!
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Blight Clean-Up: Zero Cost To Taxpayers
NEIGHBORS helping NEIGHBORS: Saturday, Take a Bite out of Blight volunteers assisted in removal of trash from a small parcel next to Home Depot and the Cemetery. We found out there a few tall trees were blocking the County IT line of sight from the Flynn Center to the Fairgrounds. Contractor / Volunteer Gregg Cetnar…
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Gang Rape in Crescent City?
By Linda Sutter On January 11, 2015 a 24 year old woman was walking home after a late night of partying with her friends on C Street, when she was approached by two Asian men. According to Jane Doe, the men asked her to a party. She allegedly declined, at which time the two Asian men drug…
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Attorney Brian Claypool Now Represents Dave Egan
On Friday, September 11th, papers were filed with the Court substituting Brian Claypool in as County resident Dave Egan’s attorney. Dave Egan has a lawsuit against Del Norte County naming a number of former employees and one current employee. Dave Egan’s story became wide spread as a result of this publication’s series of articles titled the…
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Further Info on CAPTA Published August 30th
NOTE BY EDITOR, Donna Westfall. On Aug. 30th we published an Article credited to Mercola.com titled: CAPTA: The Child Abuse Law That Can Destroy Your Reputation. James Marmon sent in the following as a comment, but since it’s so relevant to what’s going on in our County, that we are running it as it’s own…
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Court Self-Help, Richard “Dick” Edgar, Passes
By Donna Westfall There are 58 counties in California. Each one of those counties has at least one law library. In Del Norte County, the law library is located inside the Courthouse. For the past number of years, Dick would drive up from Eureka several days a week to help out those needing advice and guidance…
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Nighttime Paving Begins Sunday, September 13th
Caltrans will be repaving a section of U.S. Highway 101 north of Crescent City in Del Norte County starting Sunday, September 13th. Paving will take place from the north end of the Dr. Fine Bridge to North Fred D. Haight Drive near Smith River. One-way traffic control will be in effect from 6pm to 7am,…
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Sen. Feinstein’s Position on Labeling GMO’s
Dear Mrs. Westfall: Thank you for writing to express your concerns about genetically engineered foods. I appreciate hearing from you, and I welcome the opportunity to respond. I share your belief that consumers have the right to know when the food that they eat contains genetically-altered ingredients. I am a cosponsor of the “Genetically Engineered…
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