Crescent City News

Council members want to preserve memories of trees Crescent City Council members became funeral planners of a sort Monday night after resigning themselves to the fact that the large stand of Monterey cypress trees in front of the courthouse will be cut down.

Bay Area boats headed our way for Dec. 1 start Commercial crab season will begin Dec.

Increases will be delayed, lowered The Crescent City Council is poised to set a new schedule for sewer rates Monday that would delay and lower a planned increase in fees for customers.

Girl, 15, and woman, 46, say they didn't know their attackers A 15-year-old girl was assaulted during a possible rape attempt by a group of unknown males near the high school Monday evening and authorities have made no arrests, the Del Norte County Sheriff's Office said Thursday.

Murder suspect Josiah Miller is led from his Arcata home to a car by Del Norte and Humboldt County sheriff s detectives in November 2007.

Donald E. Nuss was sentenced yesterday to 18 months in prison and ordered to pay a $6,000 fine and $5,950 in restitution for illegally dealing in firearms, United States Attorney Joseph P. Russoniello announced.

CRESCENT CITY, Calif. a " A man and a 10-year-old boy are recovering from injuries suffered when they were hit by a large wave on the Crescent City jetty and washed into the ocean.Police say 24-year-old Reynaldo Aguilar and the boy, both from the Medford, Ore.

More than 3 lbs. of pot seized with DEA assistance Five people were arrested and more than 3 pounds of marijuana were confiscated during a string of related drug busts Thursday.

More plumpness needed; boat safety checks begin soon Dungeness crab fishing is one of the most dangerous fisheries, especially off the coast of California, and it's also extremely important for local economies.

Pursuit ends when vehicle smashes shop Swen Raulfs, left, surveys the damage to his tattoo parlor on U.S. Highway 101 on Tuesday.

Crescent City's annual community Thanksgiving dinner will be Nov. 26 at the county fairgroundsmain hall from noon to 2 p.m. It will be free to all, organizers said, and will include a traditional Thanksgiving menu of turkey, green beans, dressing, yams with marshmallows, gravy,rolls, mashed potatoesand a variety of desserts.

More than 70 people showed up Thursday night to talk to officials involved with the effort to create marine protected areas along California's coast.

Marine life meeting slated for Thursday October 29 The process for creating marine protected areas along the North Coast will once again be discussed in Crescent City on Thursday.

A federal judge sentenced a 69-year-old Crescent City man this week to serve 18 months in prison for illegally dealing machine guns.

Event draws more than 1,000 to fairgrounds Alan Justice, left, discusses tankless water heaters with Kirk Neil on Saturday.

Woman pleads innocent to embezzlement, theft A Redding woman thought she was doing a friend a favor when she let her stay in a furnished Crescent City home that was about to be foreclosed on.

Closed for season, Red's Crescent keeps coming back Bert Thomas in the projection room of the family-owned Reda s Crescent Drive-In off Elk Valley Cross Road.

To my fellow citizens of the great city of Crescent City:

With all the debates over the "rights" of the people these days, One would be wise to take the time to find the answers to the most important questions being raised and the reasoning behind them. One of our Forefathers, Thomas Jefferson, was notorious for hitting on several of the issues before us today. Here is a list of quotes from speeches/letters which fully address the role, or lack there of, of government in our society. Please, read them carefully...study them fully...and respond appropriately.

1. The right to keep and bear arms has been "di" and "tri-sected" in court after court, and yet they keep coming up with the right answer. The right of the "People" to keep and bear arms was inserted for a very serious reason, to protect our freedom from a government that would attempt to over throw the "will of the people." Thomas Jefferson wrote,"The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government." A wise philosopher said,"Laws that forbid the carrying of arms...disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes... Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man.” (Quoting Cesare Beccaria) Thomas Jefferson sums it up nicely as he states, "The beauty of the Second Amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it." "

2. The issue of health care reform is the hottest topic in the government today, yet we the people are screaming "NO!" Poll after poll shows the majority against the governments involvement in health care, but are they listening? They are ignoring "You the people" and deciding that they must act on your behalf because you don't really know what you want. Thomas Jefferson said, "Was the government to prescribe to us our medicine and diet, our bodies would be in such keeping as our souls are now."

Vehicles might be allowed back on sandy stretch A locked gate bars access to North Beach, but the Harbor Commission may decide to allow some vehicles in.

Crescent City was recognized last week by travel site ForbesTraveler.com as one of the "prettiest" towns in America.