Thursday, July 3, 2025, Local News

• The annual Crescent City/Del Norte County Chamber of Commence Fourth of July celebration kicks off tonight with the Deck Party on the Cultural Center lawn from 5 to 8 p.m. On Friday, the parade, featuring former mayor Blake Inscore as grand marshal, begins at 10 a.m. Entertainment is planned all day in Beachfront Park, with fireworks at dusk.
• Law enforcement continues to send out the word to locals and visitors that illegal fireworks will not be tolerated in 2025. In past years, Crescent City was a mecca for illegal fireworks, but an explosion on South Beach left more than a dozen injured triggering a no-tolerance response. Illegal fireworks can be reported today and Friday by calling 707-464-0854.
• Brookings and Curry County will hold July 4 celebrations as well. Friday’s “Sky High Fourth of July” will be held in the port and feature live music, vendors and a 10 p.m. fireworks show. In Gold Beach, it will be Fourth on the Rogue Festival and Fireworks in the port, with all-day festival fun and 10 p.m. fireworks.
• Firefighters from the Gasquet Ranger District jumped on seven fires that popped up after lightning storms raked the area Monday and Tuesday. None of the fires grew more than an acre. Most were northeast of Klamath near Red Mountain Road. No structures are threatened, and all fires were described as low and creeping.
• A Brookings resident was arrested late last month after Crescent City Pollice discovered a man possibly intoxicated in the Big 5 Sporting Goods parking lot. Steven Reed, age 47, reportedly became uncooperative and a search subsequently found suspected fentanyl. Reed was lodged in the Del Norte County Jail.