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Written by Humboldt Online Editor on 12 March 2010
Deadline nears with some races unopposed [Daily Triplicate]
Four candidates file for district attorney
Friday is the last day for individuals to file nomination papers and declare their candidacies in the June primary, when a number of Del Norte County offices are up for election.
As of Wednesday, many of the races were uncontested, but a four-person race is looming for district attorney.
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Written by Humboldt Online Editor on 12 March 2010
Del Norte’s jobless rate hits 14.1% [Daily Triplicate]
Del Norte County’s January jobless rate was 14.1 percent, up 1.4 percent from the December 2009 revised rate of 12.7 percent, and up 2.1 percentage points over the year, according to the Labor Market Information Division of the Employment Development Department.
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Written by Humboldt Online Editor on 11 March 2010
Spellbound students [Daily Triplicate]
Nearly 200 join annual contest at Crescent Elk
About 200 elementary and middle school students from schools all over Del Norte County participated in the annual spelling bee at Crescent Elk Middle School on Monday.
Some of the more difficult words students had to spell were “nickelodeon,” “dyslexia,” “sovereign,” “camaraderie,” “variegated” and “zealous.”
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Written by Humboldt Online Editor on 11 March 2010
Schools eye life skills, young parents [Daily Triplicate]
Board will also look at options for Castle Rock
New services for young parents and a change in class offerings will be
discussed Thursday by the Del Norte County Unified School District
Board members.
They will also talk about their options for Castle Rock Charter School,
which was recently included on a proposed list of California’s
lowest-performing schools.
Board members will decide whether to let Northcoast Children’s Services
open a new child development program at Sunset Continuation High School.
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Written by Humboldt Online Editor on 11 March 2010
Hwy. 199 reopens after slide [Daily Triplicate]
Traffic is rolling on crucial route
Del Norte County’s main connection between U.S. Highway 101 and Interstate 5 is now open after a rock slide caused by winter weather shut it down for a day and a half.
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Written by Humboldt Online Editor on 10 March 2010
School District to reduce staff levels [Daily Triplicate]
District facing an estimated $2.8M cut from the state
The Del Norte County Unified School District Board decided Monday to reduce the district’s staff by the equivalent of 24.3 full-time teachers.
However, after taking retirements and resignations into consideration, only 16 employees will actually receive a layoff notice by March 15 for the 2010-2011 school year.
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Written by Humboldt Online Editor on 09 March 2010
Board to discuss layoffs Monday [Daily Triplicate]
Notices must be sent by March 15
The Del Norte County Unified School District Board will decide Monday how many teachers will receive layoff notices.
In order to help balance a possible $2.8 million budget shortfall,
district administrators are recommending that the equivalent of 24.3
full-time employees receive preliminary layoff notices by March 15.
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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 05 March 2010
Fill out the census, local officials urge [Daily Triplicate]
Area could lose funding if population is undercounted
Local officials are encouraging residents to fill out the 2010 U.S. Census questionnaire to ensure agencies get federal aid the county is entitled to over the next 10 years.
The amount of federal aid Del Norte County and schools receive each year is based on the local population, which is determined by census data.
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Written by Humboldt Online Editor on 04 March 2010
County promotes a local to the top [Daily Triplicate]
Sarina taking over as Del Norte County chief administrator
Del Norte County hired from within its own ranks to fill its top administrator position that opened up after Jeannine Galatioto took an early retirement incentive in October 2009.
On Tuesday, the Board of Supervisors announced Jay Sarina, a 20-year county employee and Galatioto’s assistant administrative officer for the past four years, will take over for her starting Friday.
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Written by Humboldt Online Editor on 04 March 2010
Airport panel eyes terminal, runway plans [Daily Triplicate]
Effort to skirt trees impacts the wetlands
The Border Coast Regional Airport Authority Board on Thursday will review plans for two ongoing projects at the local airport.
Commissioners will pick out which layout of the new terminal at Del Norte County Airport they prefer and discuss a plan to mitigate wetlands that will have to be filled in at the end of each of the runways by establishing new wetlands at Pacific Shores.
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Written by Humboldt Online Editor on 04 March 2010
Two men stranded in NRA overnight [Daily Triplicate]
Two men were stranded in the Smith River National Recreation Area on Monday evening and Tuesday morning after the vehicle they were in flipped over.
“They were way up in the hills,” said Del Norte County sheriff’s Commander Bill Steven. He said they were in an area called Blackhawk Bar beyond Big Flat and down by the Smith River, “in the middle of nowhere.”
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Written by Humboldt Online Editor on 03 March 2010
Police find man dead in Klamath after gunfire [Daily Triplicate]
Man, 21, allegedly fired 4 shots at dad, then killed himself
A man apparently killed himself after authorities responded to reports that he had shot at his father at a Klamath residence Saturday afternoon.
Del Norte County sheriff’s Commander Bill Steven said a SWAT team was called out to the home at 511 1/2 Minot Lane in Klamath at around noon after reports were received that a man had fired a handgun several times at another man.
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Written by Humboldt Online Editor on 02 March 2010
New fishing regulations take effect on Monday [Daily Triplicate]
Changes to have a big impact on Del Norte County
Several new sport fishing regulations will take effect throughout the
state Monday, and Del Norte County will experience the bulk of the
changes.
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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.
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