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KZYX News

KZYX News Department

KZYX reporters and independent journalists cover local news for Mendocino County, California, Monday through Friday in six and a half minute reports. The KZYX News podcast is available for redistribution under CC BY 4.0, or the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.

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Eating the elephant

KZYX News ·

2022/12/05

November 23, 2022, Sarah Reith — The cannabis department is moving from the county administrative campus on Low Gap Road in Ukiah to the Justice Center in Willits. The new office will open Monday, with counter service. But the department is still short-staffed. At last week’s cannabis department meeting, Director Kristin Nevedal said the majority of permits were issued without environmental review, which might not be completed until 2024. “CEQA is not occurring,” she said. “And it will

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Fort Bragg City Council gets to work on citizens...

KZYX News ·

2022/12/05

November 17, 2022, Sarah Reith — The Fort Bragg City Council voted this week to carry out six recommendations by a citizens commission that was convened in 2020 to find out if changing the city’s name was supported by its residents. Fort Bragg was named for Braxton Bragg, a Confederate general who never set foot in the town but was highly respected by a soldier who served with him in the U.S. Mexican war. Bragg also took part in the Second Seminole War against the indigenous people in

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6:30

Former Ukiah police chief accused of sexual assault

KZYX News ·

2022/12/05

November 15, 2022, Sarah Reith — Noble Waidelich, the former Ukiah Police Chief, has been accused of sexually assaulting a woman on June 13th of this year while on duty. The Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office handled the investigation, but details are sparse. Mike Geniella, a longtime reporter for the Press Democrat and former spokesman for District Attorney David Eyster, has called for Eyster to recuse himself from the case because of his aggressive treatment of a woman who is now pursuing

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Board considers ordinance that would allow tiny homes...

KZYX News ·

2022/12/05

November 14, 2022, Sarah Reith — A discussion about establishing regulations for tiny homes on wheels led to a call for more regulations, more freedom, and more flexibility in housing at last week’s Board of Supervisors meeting. After the Board updated the building code, as it’s required to do every three years, supervisors turned their attention to recommendations for moveable tiny homes, which would be licensed and registered with the DMV but also required to meet the standards of

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6:31

Spanish Language newspaper celebrates 12 years in...

KZYX News ·

2022/12/03

December 02, 2022 -- By Victor Palomino The Spanish-language newspaper Al Punto celebrates twelve years serving the community with information in Mendocino County and surrounding areas. Al Punto has a circulation of 5 to 10 thousand copies and is distributed in Mendocino County and parts of Lake county and Cloverdale in Sonoma County. For 12 years, Al Punto has been the source of vital information in Spanish during events such as forest fires, power outages and the COVID-19 pandemic. Al

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Descubre el Bosque an environmental day for Spanish...

KZYX News ·

2022/11/30

November 30, 2022 -- Mendocino county has a diverse environment but for Spanish speakers in the area enjoying the outdoors is something that can be difficult for many reasons including language barriers. The Center for Environmental Inquiries at Sonoma State University has created a partnership with Crecer Conciencia, a Latino environmental organization to offer outdoor events in Spanish. This Saturday, they are organizing Descubre el Bosque an environmental day for Spanish speakers at the

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Mendocino Latinx celebrate Thanksgiving

KZYX News ·

2022/11/28

November 24, 2022 -- For many immigrants, holidays are a way to understand a new country and create the little things that make one feel part of where you are and remember where you come from. Latinos in Mendocino county told KZYX how they celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday.

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Covelo beautification project discussed at Caltrans...

KZYX News ·

2022/11/22

Covelo has a downtown area that sits on either side of Highway 162, and which is about to receive a facelift from Caltrans. With grant funding from the Clean California Act, a beautification project has already been funded which aims to beautify Covelo as well as make it safer and more user friendly. Community members had a chance to walk the project area last Tuesday when representatives from Caltrans came out to present project options and get community feedback. They are still seeking

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6:31

Mendocino Council of Governments - Unseen Government...

KZYX News ·

2022/11/21

The Mendocino Council of Governments is run by private enterprise. It was originally created to respond to regional transportation needs, later it took on state mandated housing allocations and now is adding planning for regional climate change impacts. Mendocino is one of three California counties that hires a private firm to manage its state transportation funds according to Supervisor Dan Gjerde. Gjerde and the MCOG Executive Director Nephele Barrett answer questions about the purpose,

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6:32

Mendocino elections officials continue ballot...

KZYX News ·

2022/11/17

November 15, 2022 - - The 15th day of November is the last day to receive electoral ballots in Mendocino and county Election officials are moving forward counting the ballots to present the official elections reports. California state law gives election officials 30 days from election day to complete the canvass and certify the election. But this year's election calendar may present a delay on the final results. Election results will be posted on the Mendocino county website

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California Creative Corps Grant Comes to Mendocino...

KZYX News ·

2022/11/11

November 11, 2022 -- The Arts Council of Mendocino County is one of 19 Upstate California Arts Councils that will soon receive over 3 million dollars in grant funding from a statewide program called the California Creative Corps. The California Creative Corps is a pilot program aimed to help communities recover from the impacts of the pandemic. The grant program invites artists to identify areas of need in their community, and to then create projects to ameliorate these issues.The program

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Willits teachers union asks school board for a living...

KZYX News ·

2022/11/11

November 10, 2022 -- Members of the Willits Teachers Union appeared at the November school board meeting for the Willits Unified School District to demand the need for a living wage. Under the slogan of "Professional pay for professional services" the union members, parents and students packed Willits High School's media center to present their discontent with the current situation at the school district.

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Board seeks cause of $4 million health plan deficit

KZYX News ·

2022/11/09

November 9, 2022 — The Mendocino County Board of Supervisors attempted Tuesday to close in on who and what is responsible for the multi-million shortfall in the health plan, which has caused as-yet unknown damage to the county’s fiscal health. The county has set aside $4.6 million from the American Rescue Plan Act, or ARPA funds, to patch the hole in the health plan deficit, which accumulated over two and half years but didn’t come to light until April of this year. In addition to the

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6:31

Election day (Bilingual)

KZYX News ·

2022/11/08

November 08, 2022 - - Today marks the end of this year's election cycle. In California, the electoral contest has at stake the governorship and several congressional positions at the state and national levels, in Mendocino county, voters in several localities will decide positions of city councils and measures for libraries and fire department funding. But for election officials and voter support organizations the focus of the day is to make sure that everyone eligible has access to

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BoS declares tree mortality emergency, prioritizes...

KZYX News ·

2022/11/08

November 7, 2022 — The Board of Supervisors adopted a resolution proclaiming a local emergency related to tree mortality last week. The Board also agreed to prioritize one water project per district and hire a consultant to organize what it will take to carry out the projects. Supervisor John Haschak noted that trees are dying off at an alarming rate in all the county’s ecosystems, due in large part to increased aridity and bark beetles. The bark beetles, which have long plagued fir

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Planning Commission mulls short-term rental resolution

KZYX News ·

2022/11/07

November 4, 2022 — The Planning Commission Thursday discussed a resolution that seeks to clarify the interpretation of how a single-family residence can be used as a short-term rental. The four commissioners present did not make a decision, since Commissioner Marie Jones, who is half of an ad hoc committee that prepared a report on the issue, was unable to attend the meeting. The committee was convened in December of last year. The report was not attached to the agenda. The

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6:31

Fort Bragg to Pilot Second Desal Unit

KZYX News ·

2022/11/03

The City of Fort Bragg is looking at an innovative way to set up a second desal plant that uses ocean waves for power. John Smith the Director of Public Works is with us today to talk about the pilot project.

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Board steps up hires for financial offices

KZYX News ·

2022/11/02

November 2, 2022 — The Board of Supervisors passed an ordinance establishing an appeals process for cannabis cultivators whose permits have been denied, over the objections of advocates who found it inadequate. Much of yesterday’s morning session was spent in a discussion with Treasurer Tax Collector Auditor Controller Chamisse Cubbison, about financial reports and how to speed up recruiting staff for her office. The appeals process was on the consent calendar, but Supervisor John Haschak

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Application reviews stalled for majority of cannabis...

KZYX News ·

2022/11/02

November 1 , 2022 — Cannabis growers are frustrated with the latest delay in processing the paperwork they need to renew their annual county permits, which they fear could lead to missing deadlines for full state licensure. Many growers continue to operate under provisional licenses or even embossed receipts, as they work to come into compliance with state and county regulations. The majority of growers in the county, 590 out of 863, have been “deprioritized,” meaning their materials will

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6:30

Measure B to review long-term financial plan

KZYX News ·

2022/11/02

October 27, 2022 — Measure B, the half-cent sales tax to fund mental health, is heading into its fifth year, when the tax will be reduced from a half-cent to an eighth of a cent. The behavioral health training center in Redwood Valley and the critical residential treatment center in Ukiah are now open. A crisis respite center in Fort Bragg could be open by the end of the year, and preparations to demolish a building and build a psychiatric health facility in Ukiah are underway. But now,

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