Friday, Dec. 5, 2025, Local News

• The Crescent City Light Parade and Holiday Market will begin today at 6:30 p.m., with a parade along Front, G and H streets and finishing at the clock tower downtown. Music, vendors, and photos with Santa will be available.
• Brookings and Harbor have holiday events scheduled for Saturday. The “Char-A-Tree” celebration goes from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Chetco Grange in Harbor. Christmas trees are being decorated by local non-profit organizations and will be auctioned for charity. Santa will be there with live holiday music throughout the day. The City of Brookings will hold its tree lighting ceremony at 6 p.m. at Oasis Park on Chetco Avenue.
• The Del Norte Fairgrounds will play host to the annual Holiday Fair Saturday and Sunday starting at 10 a.m. both days. More than 75 vendors will be on hand, along with food. Holiday photos will be in the floral building. The cost is $20 with Santa, and family photos for $30.
• A contingent from the Del Norte Unified School District will speak at the 2026 No Kid Hungry Summer Nutrition Summit, a national event in Washington, D.C. in January. The topic of the featured panel will be “Summer Meals in Ultra-Rural Communities.” Last summer, the district served more than 63,000 meals through the Seamless Summer Food Programs.