The LoCO Timeline, p. 47

Friday, Sept. 25, 2020

Slater Fire Update: Crews Tackle Spot Fires Near Monkey Ridge, Prep Knopki Creek Area For Prescribed Burn
10:45 a.m.

Crescent City Resumes Community Outreach For Beachfront Park Master Plan
5:35 p.m.

Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020

U.S. Coast Guard Station Chetco River Rescues Newborn Kittens Abandoned Near Gold Beach Cat Sanctuary
4:55 p.m.

Proposed Legislation Targets Warren Buffett, PacifiCorp For Dams' Impacts to Klamath River Salmon
3:09 p.m.

Yurok Water Analyst, KRRC Rep To Discuss Klamath River Dam Removal on Friday
12:54 p.m.

Evacuation Orders Continue For Gasquet, Big Flat and U.S. 199 Communities; Critical Fire Weather Predicted This Weekend
10:59 a.m.

Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020

'We're Going to Be Southern California Before We Know It'; Mayor Pro Tem Balks At Extending Beach Fire Ban Area
4:47 p.m.

School Board Candidates Set to Participate In Virtual Community Forum Next Week
2:49 p.m.

Crescent City Man Arrested for Attempted Murder for Allegedly Striking a Pedestrian With His Car; Police Cite Personal Vendetta as Cause
1:15 p.m.

Motorists Report Seeing Flames Off U.S. 199 From Slater Fire; Firefighters Working To Prevent Blaze's Spread South
12:31 p.m.

Sting Operation Busts Crescent City Business for Selling Alcohol to Minor; Several Adults Arrested for Purchasing Alcohol for Decoy Child
6:40 p.m.

Incumbent in Supervisor Runoff Election Says Nearly 50 Campaign Signs Were Stolen, Damaged; DN Sheriff Plans to Pursue Criminal Charges
5:20 p.m.

Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020

CARES Act Dollars Aid County In Balancing 2020-21 Budget
4:01 p.m.

Gasquet, Big Flat Evacuation Orders May Be Lifted Soon; Most Resources Battling Slater Fire Were Local, District Ranger Says
1:14 p.m.

Del Norte Unified Unveils COVID-19 Alternative to LCAP; Plan Addresses School Reopening, Distance Learning, Student Mental Health Needs
5:42 p.m.

Monday, Sept. 21, 2020

Crews Working Slater Fire May Use Controlled Burn to Remove Excess Fuel in Knopki Road Area
11:23 a.m.

COVID-19 Case Connected to Kalmiopsis Elementary In Brookings; In-Person K-3 Classes Canceled
10:08 a.m.

Sunday, Sept. 20, 2020

One Shot in Klamath After Dispute Between Roommates, Yurok Tribal Police Say
1:10 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 19, 2020

U.S. 199 Has Reopened, Though Motorists Should Prepare For Delays, Caltrans Says
10:34 a.m.

Friday, Sept. 18, 2020

Though 200 6th-graders Received Chromebooks, Del Norte Unified Is Still Short On Devices For Its Students
12:38 p.m.

Bracing For $1 Million To Be Withheld To Next Fiscal Year, County Office of Ed Starts Loan Shopping
10:40 a.m.

Crews Work to Halt Slater Fire's Spread West of U.S. 199; Gasquet Residents Invited To Afternoon Meeting
9:48 a.m.

Staff Charge Del Norte Unified Admin With Lack of Communication, Training As Phase 2 Learning Transition Is Delayed
7:34 p.m.

Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020

National Forests in California Remain Closed Due to Fires; Closure Applies to Hunters, According to U.S. Forest Service
12:33 p.m.

New Incident Command Team Takes Over DN Portion of Slater Fire; Rain Predicted For The Area
11:29 a.m.

Progress Made on U.S. 199, But Highway Still Closed
5:38 p.m.

Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020

Solid Waste Authority, Recology Del Norte Seeks A Consultant To Help Renegotiate Garbage Rates
3:28 p.m.

Two New COVID-19 Cases Reported in Del Norte
2:25 p.m.

John Mayer Goes Outside — In Del Norte; Artist's Land Rover Promotion Example of 'Earned Media' Promoting Region
12:43 p.m.

SMOKE REPORT: Conditions Looking Good on the Coast; Relief Possibly Coming for Inland Areas With Chance of Rain Later in the Week
10:34 a.m.

Solid Waste Authority's Public Rep States Opposition To STAA 197/199 Project
5:53 p.m.

Local Wildfires Prompt County Emergency Declarations
5:05 p.m.

Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020

Crews Working to Clear Hazards on U.S. 199 From Slater Fire; Fire Is 10 Percent Contained, According to InciWeb
12:03 p.m.

Monday, Sept. 14, 2020

Contour Will Continue to Fly From Del Norte to Oakland Under Federal Subsidy Program
4:30 p.m.

Hazardous Trees, Low Visibility Due to Slater Fire Hinder Efforts to Reopen U.S. 199; Evacuation Orders Eased for Gasquet, Big Flat Residents
12:29 p.m.

The Air Outside is Still Absolute Garbage
10:35 a.m.

Gasquet Evacuation Orders Downgraded to Level 1 Be Ready; Big Flat Level 1 Order Remains; Hiouchi Order Lifted
9:57 a.m.

Fire Crews Hope For Containment of Slater Fire Near Happy Camp Today; Higher Humidity, Rain Expected Wednesday
5:06 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020

Another Curry County Resident Tests Positive for COVID-19, Public Health Says
2:58 p.m.

Air Quality Advisory Issued for Del Norte County; Fire 'Hung Up' At Oregon Mountain Road And Backing Into Knopki Creek, According to Latest Update
11:49 a.m.

ANGELS and DESPERADOS: Hosts of Angels—In Memorium
7 a.m.

Evacuees Are Welcome at the Humboldt County Fairgrounds
6:13 p.m.

Crescent City Councilors Approve Proposed Fire Protection District Property Assessments For Hybrid Department
5:59 p.m.

Friday, Sept. 11, 2020

'There's Fire Right Down on the Edge of 199'; OES Officials Tour Slater Fire Sites in Del Norte
1:59 p.m.

Huffman, Colleagues, Call On Warren Buffett To Move Forward With Klamath River Dam Removal
11:40 a.m.

Today's Air Quality is Unhealthy to Very Unhealthy Across the North Coast
11:14 a.m.

Slater Fire Prompts Closure of Oregon Caves National Monument near Cave Junction
9:19 a.m.

Crescent City Council Gets Heated Over Beach Fires, Call For Revamping 40-Year-Old Ordinance
6:43 p.m.

Stop for Broken Tail Light Leads to Seizure of Heroin, Suboxone and Replica Guns; Suspect Fled Scene, CCPD Says
5:55 p.m.

Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020

(Update) Incident Command Team Battling Slater, Devil Fires Set Up Info Hotline; Crews Focusing on Structure Protection in the Illinois Valley, Happy Camp areas
4:57 p.m.