Tag: Siskiyou County
Newsom Declares Two States Of Emergency for Wildfires In Del Norte, Siskiyou Counties
Governor Gavin Newsom declared two States of Emergency late on Tuesday because of massive wildfires in Del Norte County and Siskiyou County, becoming the first fires to receive such a declaration this wildfire season. The 2023 Wildfire season has, to...
Lawsuit Filed to Halt Removal of Northern CA Klamath River Hydroelectric Dams
Last week California Governor Gavin Newsom announced final approval of a plan to remove four dams on the Klamath River in Northern California, along with Oregon Governor Kate Brown, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, Congressman Jared Huffman and leaders...
McKinney Fire Death Toll Grows to Four, Town of Klamath River Destroyed
The death toll of the McKinney Fire grew to 4 on Tuesday, with the Siskiyou County town of Klamath River also being destroyed, as the blaze continues with 0% containment. The McKinney Fire was started by still unknown means on...
Rural CA Communities On Frontlines as Battle Against Illegal Marijuana Cultivation Intensifies
Rural communities are on the frontlines as the battle against illegal marijuana cultivation intensifies throughout California. The San Bernardino Sheriffs raided an illegal marijuana grow in 29 Palms in late June. Although these busts have become a common occurrence throughout...
The Numbers Don’t Add Up in Gov’s More Restrictive COVID Lockdown Tiers
On Tuesday, Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. Mark Ghaly, a cabinet-level secretary in the Newsom administration, announced that 11 Californian counties would be moving into more restrictive tiers as the number of new cases and the positivity rates in...
Governor Newsom’s Sleight of Hand in the Age of COVID
Gov. Gavin Newsom issued his big, overarching statewide coronavirus lockdown order March 19, 2020 – eight months ago, ordering all Californians to say at home for two weeks to “flatten the curve” of the coronavirus so hospitals would not be...