Category: This Weeks News
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PART 3 of the BlackHawk Pistol Story
BY INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER A. PHILLIPS Where we left off on Part 1 and 2 of this story; Dave Egan, a Del Norte County resident, was beaten unconscious, had his door bashed in by a SWAT type operation of the Sheriffs Department, and the only item named on the warrant was never found in the raid: the BlackHawk Pistol.…
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PUBLIC NOTICE ALERT
KATHERINE KELLY SEZ: Public Notice Alert. I get these emails all the time that say I have a notice to appear in court, one time it was an eviction notice. I knew instantly that it was a scam and didn’t open the attachment, but someone might freak out and open it to see if it’s…
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The Banjo Playing Beautiful Cowboy
BY GUEST COLUMNIST MICHAEL CEREMELLO FORMER MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBER CITY OF DIXON The downfall of city hall. That kind of has a ring to it. There is also a saying: “give a person enough rope and he will hang himself”. Another way to say it is “I don’t need to make you look foolish;…
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What Will A Referendum Accomplish?
BY DONNA WESTFALL The short answer is that a referendum can reverse the latest sewer rate hike. Once the referendum qualifies for the ballot and voted out, the City Council cannot raise sewer rates for another year. Let’s backtrack and recite some of the charges connected to the sewer system starting with the Del…
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LEGALIZED KIDNAPPING IN DEL NORTE COUNTY?
BY DONNA WESTFALL CPS…. CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES. Ever heard of them? They are supposed to PROTECT children from abusive or neglectful parents. But what happens when an agency comes in, takes children away, places them in foster homes or adopts them out without oversight? We will be starting a series on abuses conducted by CPS…
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Richard Berman & the Slander Campaign Against PETA
OPINION PIECE BY Nicola Reddwoodd PETA stands for People For Ethical Treatment of Animals For many years I had read things like “PETA kills animals”. I did not buy into it so I did my own research and observations. It seemed quite contrived and corporate what those people were saying about PETA. Several times people…
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ELI WALLACH DIES AT 98
CREDIT TO IMDB.COM One of the greatest method actors to ever live and appear on stage, TV and screen has passed on. Family man, Eli Wallach, is survived by his wife of 66 years, Anne Jackson, who performed with him many times; 3 children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. During the 1940’s through the 1950’s they lived in a…
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Dixon Residents May Get Chance To Vote On Controversial Sewer Rate Hike
BY DONNA WESTFALL CREDIT TO CHANNEL 13 NEWS (CBS13) Doubling of sewer rates. Sound familiar? This time it’s not Crescent City, but rather the City of Dixon near Sacramento. Their rates are due to go from $24/month to $48/month. How does that compare to ours? Theirs is lower. Dixon’s City Council says it needs a new…
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SPOKANE, WA. CITY COUNCIL BANS NEONICOTINOIDS
BY DONNA WESTFALL CREDIT TO ASHLEY CURTIN, NATIONOFCHANGE/NEWS REPORT From the Spokane City Council agenda, June 23rd: “ORD C35106: Relating to a ban on the purchase and use by the City of Spokane of products or products in packaging that contains neonicotinoids; adopting a new Section 7.06.171 to Chapter 7.06 of the Spokane Municipal…
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GMO’S BANNED
BY DONNA WESTFALL CREDIT TO ORGANIC CONSUMERS ASSOCIATION Saturday, June 20th, the Chetco Activity Center in Brookings partnered up with Mark McCoy from Therapeutic Massage, in a free showing of the film, “GENETIC ROULETTE.” This 85 minute documentary was made during the time California’s Proposition 37 was on the horizon. The film made by Jeffrey M. Smith who…