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SERVING DEL NORTE COUNTY SINCE 1879 Crescent City, CA

WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 2025

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Public Seeks Answers for Future City Fire Department

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employee group, during Public Comments, the public asked the following questions to Fire Chief Kevin Carey, Mayor Ray Altman and City Manager Eric Wier: • With just the three captains as members of Firefighters Association, does the City (and its Fire department) anticipate more employees joining this group? If yes, what are the costs associated with growing this department in transitioning volunteers firefighters into mainstream employees. • What is the funding source for transition? • Structure fires have virtually disappeared from the 2000

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What started out as a simple Consent Agenda item involving City recognition of a new bargaining unit involving the three captains of the Crescent City Fire and Rescue, morphed into a quasi-discussion during Public Comments, of what will thene-future Fire Department look like. With the rubber stamp approval of the City resolution of the Crescent City Fireﬁghters Association as representative

New four-way STOP signage to be installed on the corner of 5th and A Streets logged calls. With this trend continuing, what role will the ﬁre department play as the lack of structure ﬁres are disappearing for a variety of different

reasons? Mayor Altman deferred to the City Manager for this non-agendized discussion. City Manager Wier said the Budget Workshop

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at the Waste Water Treatment conference , yesterday and today (May 13-14) will begin to explore if the City will transition Please see FIRE DEPT Page 3

Newsom and Trump Working Together on Rural Housing

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BY ROGER GITLIN Country Media, Inc.

Governor. Newsom announced California’s population grew by 108,000 in calendar year 2024. The increase was calculated at .0027 percent. The California Dept of Finance reported the State’s population was 39,529,000 as of January 1. According to the latest official count by the Dept. of Finance, Del Norte County showed a negative 2.01 percent decline to 25,503 population as of January 1, 2025. Del Norte had a population of 28,568 as of 2010. The population was: • 27,082 (2022) • 26,589 (2023) • 25,503 (2024) Del Norte includes inmates at Pelican Bay State Prison in its population count. The slight increase follows a growth of 48,764 in 2023. Census figures show 277,648 immigrants were added to the rolls from 2021-2024. Texas experienced a two million population growth (23 percent) to 31.3 million Florida experienced a similar growth to 23.3 million. The Golden State lost one Congressional seat, from 53 seats to 52 Representatives as a result of the 2020 Census. The official census is conducted every ten years.

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Remembering Indigenous People who’ve been murdered or go missing

Awareness Walk Sheds Light on Murdered and Missing Indigenous People

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More than 50 sign-toting Tribal and non-tribal citizens walked silently through downtown Crescent City at noon, last Monday, bringing attention to the fact that thousands of Indigenous individuals have gone missing or fall victim to foul play, murder and human trafﬁcking. This event sponsored by the Tolowa Dee-ni Nation was the 3rd annual Missing and Murdered Indigenous People

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Governor Gavin Newsom and the Dept. of Housing and Community Development have announced the awards of $118.9 million in federal funding for 29 California rural and tribal communities to create more affordable housing and supportive services. The good news for Del Norte is it’s one of the rural counties to receive the, as yet, unannounced dealing with a lot of heavy amount awards. Besides Del issues, we recognize what we Norte the other rural county have to work through it ,” Trib- awards will go to El Dorado, al citizen Suntayea Steinruck Kings, Lake, Madera, Mentold attendees. She continued, docino, Merced, Monterey and “It can be heavy on your heart, Placer counties. The ten HOMEheavy on your soul but it’s also ARP RH awards announced last healing.” Monday include a total of 487 The Tolowa Dee-ni Nation affordable rental homes, includalso released this statement ing 184 HOME-ARP funded after the event: “Since time units for low-income households immemorial, the Tolowa people and other qualifying populations. have lived in harmony with This includes people experienctheir environment and have ing or at risk of homelessness, been stewards of this area those ﬂeeing violence or human prior to the arrival of the ﬁrst Please see AWARENESS Page 3 Please see HOUSING Page 3

Awareness Walk (MMIP), traversed both sides of the 101. The MMIP event shines a spotlight on Indigenous victims throughout the United States and within the Tolowa Deeni service area, spanning Del Norte and Curry County. The Family Wellness Victim Services Division helped make signs and assisted participants paint their faces with a red handprint which symbolizes the MMIP message. Displays included names and photos of missing and Murdered Indigenous People. “When we are

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