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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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Mendocino County Halloween celebrations

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2022/10/31

October 31, 2022 - This past weekend Mendocino county started the celebration of the spookiest holiday of the year, Halloween, n ancient celebration tied to the harvest and in many cultures also has a connection with the spiritual world. In modern western cultures, Halloween is a time when people of all ages have the opportunity to dress up as their favorite characters and go door to door collecting candy.

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Naturalized citizens path to vote (Bilingual)

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2022/10/31

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Railbanking authorized; master plan introduced

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2022/10/27

October 26, 2022 — The Surface Transportation Board, the federal entity that regulates railroads, issued another ruling on the Great Redwood Trail this week, deciding that the agency can convert 176 miles of line to a trail. The Great Redwood Trail Agency will be allowed to railbank the track, which means filling it in with aggregate or dirt so that the railroad ties serve as a frame for the trail. The track runs from Commercial Street in Willits, where the Skunk Train depot is, to just

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BoS discusses ordinance to establish appeals process...

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2022/10/26

October 25, 2022 — The Board of Supervisors is working on amending the cannabis cultivation ordinance to add a new ordinance that will establish an appeals process for applicants whose permits have been denied. The amendment could go live as soon as December, after a fee hearing and a second reading. The effort to craft the appeals ordinance is taking place concurrently with an attempt to clarify what kind of tree removal cultivators can engage in, and what evidentiary standards should be

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Drug overdose deaths up in Mendocino County

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2022/10/26

October 24, 2022 — Drug overdose deaths increased dramatically last year, with the availability of ever more powerful synthetic and addictive drugs. Dr. Jeanine Miller, the director of the county’s Behavioral Health Department, told the Board of Supervisors last week that opioids and synthetic drugs are taking a heavy toll.* “We went from 43 (overdose deaths) in 2020 to 72 in 2021,” she said. Three additional people who died from overdose were determined to have intentionally committed

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Skunk Train's bid to purchase line rejected

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2022/10/23

October 21, 2022 — The Great Redwood Trail overcame a major hurdle late yesterday afternoon, when a federal regulator turned down the Skunk Train’s offer to buy 13 miles of track north of Willits. The Great Redwood Trail Agency, which owns the track, had asked the Surface Transportation Board, which regulates railroads, to allow it to abandon the track so it could start the process of converting it into a trail. The Board approved the abandonment, effective on June 19, unless it received

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Committee refines cannabis recommendations

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2022/10/23

October 18, 2022 — With harvest season underway, cannabis is in the spotlight at the Board of Supervisors chambers. Earlier this month, at a meeting that dragged on until after 7:00 pm, the Board discussed a dozen recommendations by the cannabis ad hoc committee, consisting of Supervisors John Haschak and Glenn McGourty. Several of the recommendations were passed to the General Government standing committee, which is made up of Supervisors Maureen Mulheren and Dan Gjerde. The composition

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Regenerative cannabis farms documentary premieres in...

KZYX News ·

2022/10/20

A new documentary called Tending the Garden made it's premiere in Covelo at the Library Commons last Friday. The film weaves the stories of three regenerative cannabis farms who integrate practices into their gardens that sequester carbon and improve life on the planet. Covelo's Blaire and Daniel AuClaire of Radicle Farms were one of the families featured.

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Undocumented Students Action Week at Mendocino...

KZYX News ·

2022/10/19

California is one of the states where undocumented students can get access to higher education, this week the California Community College Foundation is holding the 6th annual Undocumented Students Action Week. In Ukiah, the Mendocino College's Dream Center is organizing activities for students and staff.

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Plans for more housing in Ukiah Valley underway

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2022/10/17

October 17, 2022 — The City of Ukiah and a private developer spoke to a citizens group last week about a variety of plans to increase housing stock in the Ukiah Valley. Plans for a housing project on 171 lots at the south end of town are getting closer to breaking ground. And the city is updating its general plan for 2040, with an eye toward land use, infrastructure, and agriculture, among other elements. A new state law and a focus on accessory dwelling units are meant to make it easier

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Conversaciones Civicas, John Haschak Supervisor del...

KZYX News ·

2022/10/17

Conversaciones cívicas es un espacio para explicar como funciona nuestro gobierno local. En este episodio hablamos con el Supervisor del Distrito tres del Condado de Mendocino John Haschak quien nos cuenta que hace los supervisores del condado y cuál es la participación de los ciudadanos en las tomas de decisiones en Mendocino.

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Round Valley celebrates Indigenous Peoples Day

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2022/10/15

Indigenous People's Day was celebrated Friday at the Round Valley High School. The event was well attended by all facets of the community, and traditional music, food, art, and culture was shared.

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Measure B to fund substance use disorder treatment

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2022/10/14

October 12, 2022 — The Measure B Oversight Committee is seeking a contractor to provide substance use disorder treatment. Measure B is a sales tax initiative to fund mental health facilities that passed in 2017. The tax was a half-cent for the first five years, and has now decreased to an eighth of a cent. An eleven-member oversight committee is tasked with making recommendations to the Board of Supervisors on how to spend the money. Last month’s meeting of the Measure B Oversight

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Cannabis ad hoc recommendations too late for some

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2022/10/14

October 11, 2022 — The Board of Supervisors went through a dozen recommendations from a cannabis ad hoc committee led by Supervisors John Haschak and Glenn McGourty last week, sending five of them to another committee. Supervisors received assurance that other items are already being addressed, but cannabis advocates who stayed in the chambers until after 7:00 at night complained about a lack of urgency as state deadlines loom and operators give up on ever making it through the permit

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Federal legality of grant program debated

KZYX News ·

2022/10/14

October 5, 2022 — Members of the rapidly dwindling cannabis community showed up en masse at the Board of Supervisors meeting this week, to speak about the hardships of the market, the recommendations of the cannabis ad hoc committee, and a proposal to limit the cannabis equity grant program. Dozens of cannabis business people in yellow T-shirts waited in the hallway outside the Board of Supervisors chambers on Tuesday afternoon as the Board held an extended closed session that lasted until

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"That's the way the system works"

KZYX News ·

2022/10/14

October 4, 2022 — During an investigation last year into a collision where no one was hurt and no property was damaged, Ukiah police broke several bones in a man’s face and handcuffed a woman in her own home, even after she indicated she was willing to cooperate. Officers had a case against Arturo Valdes, who was accused by another motorist of causing a minor accident in the parking lot of the Ross Department store a little after 6:30 pm on March 28. The victim didn’t speak English, but

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Sheriff suspends restorative justice program with...

KZYX News ·

2022/10/14

October 5, 2022 — Mendocino County Sheriff Matt Kendall suspended a “prison monastery” program at the jail on Monday afternoon amid revelations that Unconditional Freedom, the organization running the program, was linked to OneTaste, a company intimately connected to the Institute of OM, which touts the supposed neurological and spiritual benefits of an expensive clitoral stimulation technique called Orgasmic Meditation, or OM. The Institute of OM Foundation, which generates white papers

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California Coastal Commission Chair discusses sea...

KZYX News ·

2022/10/14

With glaciers melting and cliffsides crumbling, coastal dwellers are beginning to come to terms with sea level rise in the very future. Just this year, the Ocean Protection Council put out a multi-agency state action plan for mitigating some of the worst expected damages. On August 23, the League of Women Voters hosted a talk by California Coastal Commission Chair Donne Brownsey, who tried to communicate a sense of urgency about the threat.

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Indigenous people's day celebration in Covelo

KZYX News ·

2022/10/14

California’s Governor Gavin Newsom issued a proclamation declaring October 10, 2022, as “Indigenous Peoples' Day” in the State of California. Community members in Covelo got together at the Round Valley high School to celebrate.

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Cemetery Districts on the Mendocino Coast, Unseen &...

KZYX News ·

2022/10/13

Cemetery Districts can easily fall into the category of unseen government. On the Mendocino Coast we have two Cemetery Districts with volunteer boards of directors appointed by the County Supervisors. They’re funded by a combination of property tax, donations and revenue from plot sales. The property tax is not listed on your tax bill as a line item so you might not know if you are in one. Gary Quinton a board member from the Westport-Ten Mile District and Laurie Hill the general

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