Posts Tagged ‘Crescent City’
Written by Humboldt Online Editor on 12 March 2010
New plan eyed for Beachfront Park [Daily Triplicate]
Planning Commission begins consideration of possible amenities
A new plan is in the works for Crescent City’s Beachfront Park, though
it might take awhile before anyone really notices any changes.
Crescent City Planning Commission members will discuss a new master
plan for the park today, and be asked to complete a survey that
citizens will eventually have an opportunity to fill out to give
officials an idea of what they would like to see included in a
potential redesign of the Front Street green space.
Tags: ca, Crescent City, Humboldt, pot
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Written by Humboldt Online Editor on 10 March 2010
Plenty to cheer about [Daily Triplicate]
Basketball isn’t only draw for tourney guests
Basketball isn’t the only event thousands of people drove to Crescent City to see during the 42nd Annual Crescent City Jaycees Basketball Tournament.
The 56 teams don’t get ready to play basketball from words of encouragement alone — there are 20 cheerleading teams with around 11 girls per squad too, said Tom Silvey, co-director of the Jaycees Tournament.
Thousands came to see the event, including at least 800 participants, said Silvey.
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Written by Humboldt Online Editor on 10 March 2010
Program targets underage drinking [Daily Triplicate]
Grant helps law enforcement catch vendors, individuals providing alcohol to minors
For the next six months, the Crescent City Police Department will use specially allocated grant funds to target individuals who help put alcohol into the hands of minors.
The “Minor Decoy and Shoulder Tap Operations” are designed to reduce underage drinking by trying to bust local retailers and individuals who either sell alcohol to minors or purchase it for them.
Tags: ca, Crescent City, Humboldt, law, law enforcement, Local
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Written by Humboldt Online Editor on 10 March 2010
Foursquare takes 2nd at Jaycees boys tournament [Daily Triplicate]
Best finish in school history at the tourney
Pete Blancarte spoke with pride about how his team performed this past weekend.
After not having a boys team last year, Foursquare Christian School of Crescent City went 10-2 in the regular season and earned the top seed in the C division at the 42nd Annual Crescent City Jaycees 8th Grade Boys Basketball Tournament.
The squad took second at the event, the best showing by a local team.
Tags: ca, Crescent City, Humboldt, Local
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Written by Humboldt Online Editor on 10 March 2010
Caltrans reopened U.S. Highway 199 outside Crescent City Tuesday, a day after a rock slide blocked the road. About 2,000 cubic yards of rock slid onto the road at mile post 21.
Tags: ca, caltrans, Crescent City, Humboldt, Humboldt County, Humboldt County News, Local
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Written by Humboldt Online Editor on 09 March 2010
Tall ship Hawaiian Chieftain due in harbor Thursday [Daily Triplicate]
A tall-masted ship will be sailing for Crescent City Harbor soon,
and once it weighs anchor, people will be able to climb aboard for a
tour or possibly a sail.
Tags: ca, Crescent City, Humboldt
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Written by Humboldt Online Editor on 06 March 2010
Sheriff, USPS team up on child porn arrest [Daily Triplicate]
The Del Norte County Sheriff’s Office teamed with the U.S. Postal Service to arrest a Crescent City man who is suspected of ordering child pornography online and having it delivered to his home.
Joseph Frank Trujillo, 30, was taken into custody at his house Wednesday by Sheriff’s Office authorities after they served a search warrant based on information received from U.S. Postal Service Inspection Service agents that he might be in possession of the illegal material.
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Written by Humboldt Online Editor on 06 March 2010
Charges filed against man who allegedly set off alarm [Daily Triplicate]
Charges have been filed against a man who authorities say was thwarted by a burglar alarm in Hiouchi two weeks ago.
The man was allegedly driving a vehicle stolen from a Crescent City home, and the car contained property taken from the home, said sheriff’s Sgt. Steve Morris.
Tags: ca, Crescent City, Humboldt
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Written by Humboldt Online Editor on 03 March 2010
Tsunami barely felt [Daily Triplicate]
Local waves follow 8.8 Chile quake
Boat owners Bob Ginnochio and John Brubaker awaited the ocean surges side by side on a dock at Crescent City Harbor on Saturday afternoon, but their pre-tsunami precautions were very different.
Ginnochio left his charter vessel, the Tally Ho II, in the harbor, while Brubaker pulled his 22-foot completely out of the water.
Plenty of other people opted for a third approach of taking their boats out to sea to await the waves flowing north from a magnitude 8.8 earthquake in Chile.
Tags: Crescent City, earthquake, Humboldt, Local, tsunami
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Written by Humboldt Online Editor on 03 March 2010
Sewer rate rollback on ballot [Daily Triplicate]
Council debates impact if initiative is passed by voters
The Crescent City Council voted Monday to place Donna Westfall’s sewer rate rollback initiative on the November ballot.
Many of the Council members, with the exception of Westfall, cast their votes begrudgingly, voicing concerns over the potential financial implications to the city if the initiative succeeds.
Tags: ballot, city council, Crescent City, Humboldt, pot, vote
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Written by Humboldt Online Editor on 03 March 2010
Harbor, studio in dispute over rent proposal [Daily Triplicate]
Owner says lease offer higher than expected
Lease negotiations between the Crescent City Harbor District and Rika Blue, the owner of Talking Crow Studio, have come to an impasse.
The two are at odds over how much rent Blue should pay for her location at 170 Marine Way. Harbor Commission members will discuss the lease in closed session tonight.
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Written by Humboldt Online Editor on 02 March 2010
Report looks at effects of rate rollback [Daily Triplicate]
City eyes loss of up to $2.6M annually
Crescent City has prepared a report that outlines what would happen if
Councilwoman Donna Westfall’s sewer rate rollback initiative succeeds
at the ballot box in November.
It’s a fiscally dismal analysis that states the municipality could
lose anywhere from $1.9 to $2.6 million annually out of its General
Fund and be forced to make severe cuts to public safety, parks,
streets, planning and other special interest projects it contributes
to, like the Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Bureau.
Tags: ballot, Crescent City, Humboldt
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Written by Humboldt Online Editor on 02 March 2010
Del norte eats: Perched on asparagus [Daily Triplicate]
A fresh catch tops the year’s first vegetable harvest
Sautéed in a pan or steamed in the oven, redtail surfperch makes a light, flaky addition to the first asparagus of the season.
The redtail perch was caught off Crescent City’s shores by local
fisherman Wes Wesson, who recently taught a free class on the secret to
catching surfperch.
Devon Morgante, chef and owner of Vita Cucina, decided to pair
asparagus with the fresh ocean fish because it’s the first harvest of
the year.
“You know that spring and summer is on its way,” he said about when asparagus is ready to come out of the ground.
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Written by Humboldt Online Editor on 28 February 2010
Surges jostle Crescent City harbor after 8.8 magnitude quake in Chile [Daily Triplicate]
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Ocean surges reached Del Norte County on Saturday afternoon after an 8.8 magnitude earthquake in Chile, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said.
One of the surges, according to gauges in the Crescent City area, was 2 feet above normal levels.
Sandbars not normally visible in the Crescent City Harbor poked above the water line on several occasions as water receded before the surges.
The tsunami advisory remained in effect Saturday evening, and emergency personnel were still in the harbor at 5:15 p.m.
NOAA said coastal residents in tsunami advisory areas, including Crescent City, Klamath and Smith River, still should stay out of the water, off of the beach and out of harbors and marinas.
People lined observation points along the coastline trying to catch a glimpse of a tsunami.
Bob Ginnochio of Crescent City, owner of the charter fishing vessel Tally Ho II, watched from the harbor docks after receiving a call about the tsunami warning.
“I just came out to make sure my boat was tied up — if the dock goes, at least it would be tied to the dock,” said Ginnochio.
Ginnochio said he began docking his boat at the harbor in 1993, and the vessel road out the 35-inch surge that damaged the docks in 2006.
His boat was undamaged then, and it appeared every boat left in the harbor would escape damage Saturday.
John Brubaker decided he would just pull his 22-foot boat out of the water.
Brubaker said with a laugh he pulled his boat out because “there’s a tsunami coming — it’s just common sense.”
Ginnochio said the harbor was allowing people to take their boats out to sea to wait out the surge or leave them in the harbor.
A couple dozen boats were taken out to sea in case of a bigger tsunami.
Authorities blocked public access to Citizen’s Dock, only allowing boat owners to come in and either secure or take their vessels out to sea.
Sheriff’s Commander Bill Steven said access was blocked because if the harbor was flooded with people, it would create a safety issue for boats coming in and out.
Crescent City Police Sgt. Garrett Scott said authorities also blocked access to B Street Pier, the Preston Island parking lot off of Pebble Beach Drive and the Crescent City jetty.
By comparison to Saturday’s surges, the biggest wave of the destructive 1964 tsunami here was estimated at 22 feet above the mean low tide level, meaning it was 16 feet above the tide at the time.
Researchers have found that the crescent shape of the city’s coastline along South Beach tends to amplify tsunami energy, and with the way the harbor is situated, it seems to act as a funnel for the surge. More recent research has suggested the inner boat basin adds to this effect, and focuses a tsunami’s energy even more.
This was seen the last time a tsunami struck Crescent City in November 2006. On that occasion, a 35-inch surge that never breached land caused millions of dollars worth of damage to the inner boat basin.
In 1964, a 9.2 magnitude earthquake in Alaska generated a series of waves that destroyed much of Crescent City’s downtown, killing 11 people in Del Norte County.
A 9.5-magnitude earthquake in Chile on May 22, 1960, generated a tsunami that caused flooding in coastal areas of Crescent City. It was the strongest recorded earthquake in human history.
Tags: coast, Crescent City, Del Norte County, downtown, earthquake, fishing, flooding, Humboldt, jetty, Klamath, Local, Smith River, tsunami
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Written by Humboldt Online Editor on 27 February 2010
Hawaii is bracing for a tsunami following a massive quake that hit Chile at 3:34am local time. The first waves are expected to hit the island state at 11:19 am.
Coastal California is under a lower-grade advisory, so use caution in your whereabouts for the next several hours.
[UPDATE: The National Weather Service predicts a wave will hit San Francisco at 1:26 pm and Crescent City at 1:46 pm.]
At least 78 122 are dead from today’s earthquake.
The same area of Chile was rocked by a 9.5 earthquake in May of 1960.
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