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City addresses concerns of mobile vending ordinance By David Hayes Staff Writer Crescent City Mayor Blake Inscore shared his vision for the city, one originally brought up by local youth, that would be good for its economic development — more food trucks.
“Visitors coming into our community do look for those things. On a trip a couple years ago, my wife and I ate for three days, and other than breakfast in our hotel, we ate exclusively out of food trucks. It was some of the most amazing food that we have ever had — phenomenal,” Inscore said at the City Council meeting
Coronavirus confirmed in Humboldt County
Feb 18. He and the other councilors were pleased with the city staff’s progress in developing Crescent City’s mobile vending ordinance (Heidi Kime and Isaiah Wright were absent). Staff brought initial outlines of a mobile ordinance to the City Council in November, but
were forced to reexamine those efforts after legal and vagueness questions arose. Baltimore lawyer Robert Frommer contacted The Triplicate saying he is a senior attorney at a national non-profit that helped pass the California state vending ordinance and the city’s last direction of discussions were
in danger of violating the law regarding imposing distance restrictions to businesses and unduly burdensome hours of operation restrictions. Jon Olson, Director of Public Works, addressed the concerns Tuesday. More Vending on Page A3
Delightful Day at Dog Town
Staff Report Del Norte County Public Health and Office of Emergency Services are aware of a confirmed case and one suspected case of COVID-19, otherwise known as the Wuhan coronavirus, in Humboldt County. As has been done elsewhere for cases in California, monitoring and isolation procedures are in place for these persons. Del Norte County does not have any cases, and the risk remains low for the general public of either county, according to local health officials. The persons involved have not been affected to the point of requiring hospitalization. The COVID-19 virus is a respiratory disease and a member of the coronavirus family that was first found in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China. Symptoms include a fever, coughing, difficulty breathing and, in serious instances, organ failure. Since it was first detected, it has infected around 75,000 people across the globe and killed over 2,000, mostly in China. The virus, however, is considered to be a mild infection over 80% of the time, and the persons who are becoming severely ill are usually those who are most likely to get pneumonia, such as the elderly and chronically ill. Even among that group, those infected are likely to recover completely, according to Dr. Warren Rehwaldt, a DNPH officer. The overall risk of dying from this infection is low, currently estimated at 2 to 3%. Many experts in the field believe that the true risk is actually much lower. The best protection measures for when or if the COVID-19 virus reaches the general population
Taking advantage of a sunny afternoon, Adam Spencer leads his canine pal Tombo away from a fun frolic at Dog Town last week. Dachshunds Pebbles and Turk make a dash for the photographer while Harley and Bandit continue to play at the dog park. Patunia the pug, with dog parents Brooke and Omar Torres, waits for other play pals to arrive in the small dog section. Size doesn’t matter to Bhudda, a beagle-dachshund mix when frolicking with Brutus, a German shepherd-mastiff mix. Russ Rose gives Australian shepherds Mari and brother Max a drink at the water spout before heading out after a day chasing the ball in the sun. ‘He’s a Walmart greeter. She’s just, throw me the ball,’ Rose said.
Photos by David Hayes.
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Danika Scott wins section title both boys, girls teams finish top 10 Staff Report Del Norte High School’s Danika Scott claimed the CIF North Coast Section Wrestling Championship individual title Saturday night in Albany. Scott dethroned the defending champion at 235 pounds, senior Lilly McCoy (16-3) of Casa Grande High School, 90 seconds into the first round. McCoy was the third-ranked girl wrestler in the nation. The Warriors girls team finished in 10th place overall. The Warriors boys team finished in sixth place out of more than 100 teams with 114.50 points. De La Salle claimed the championship with 268 and Granada was second with 182. Senior Skyler Moore earned second place in the 145-pound class, losing in the championship bout
to No. 1 seed sophomore Timothy Cowan (34-8) of Livermore. Moore heads to state with a 36-4 overall season mark. Chaz Harrison got revenge and finished fifth in the 132-pound bracket beating Raul Rosas, a freshman from Montgomery, who earlier in the day defeated Harrison in the quarterfinals. Harrison's record is 35-7. Junior Keadon Henderson battled through the consolation bracket winning six-straight matches to claim fifth in the 220 division. Henderson's record improves to 21-8 overall as he beat senior K.C. Brown from Willits in a 4-3 decision. The CIF State Championships begin Thursday in Bakersfield. The matchup brackets were not set before The Triplicate’s deadline. Scott and Moore were the only two from DNHS to qualify for state tournament.
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The Del Norte Warriors girls wrestling team celebrate their 10th place finish, out of 60 teams, at the CIF-NCS Wrestling Championship Saturday in Albany. Courtesy photo.
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