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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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PG&E gets annual license; conservationists work on...

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2022/04/26

April 25, 2022 — PG&E is now operating the Potter Valley Project under an annual license, after a mystery applicant was turned down cold. And forest health enthusiasts gathered at a Buddhist monastery in Leggett over the weekend to strategize how to build fire resilience using grant funding and local labor. On Thursday, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission granted PG&E a license to operate the project until next April, writing that the Federal Power Act does require the

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Fiscal review provides details on revenue decrease

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2022/04/21

April 21, 2022 — The Board of Supervisors went over budget priorities in a preliminary fiscal review this week, where they learned details about the projected deficit and discussed belt-tightening measures. Interim CEO Darcie Antle summarized the most significant projected shortfalls, saying non-departmental revenue had had to be cut three percent, or $4.3 million, to meet the revenue projections for 2022-23. The health plan deficit is $5.7 million, not including the $2.5 million that have

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Supervisors hear update on JDSF scientific review

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2022/04/20

April 20, 2022 — Attendance was low at the first hybrid in-person zoom Board of Supervisors meeting in two years yesterday. After public comment, which ranged from unresolved issues in the cannabis department to dissatisfaction with the covid response, the Board received an update from state officials on the scientific review of Jackson Demonstration State Forest, which the Board requested last year. At the close of the presentation, the board voted unanimously to request representation

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Groups sue PG&E as Potter Valley Project license expires

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2022/04/20

April 19, 2022 — The license for the Potter Valley Project expired on Thursday, April 14. By Friday, a coalition of environmentalists and fishermen had filed a 60-day notice of intent to sue PG&E, the project owner, under the Endangered Species Act. The main complaint is that the fish passage facility at Cape Horn Dam in Potter Valley causes unauthorized harm to endangered fish, by preventing their passage when the facility is clogged, or making them vulnerable to predators as they try

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6:29

Measure V to play role in logging lawsuit

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2022/04/20

April 18, 2022 — Three environmental organizations are suing CalFire over the approval of a timber harvest plan by Mendocino Redwood Company which they say violates Measure V; would degrade the watershed of Russell Brook, which is a tributary of Big River; and would damage spotted owl habitat. The Center for Biological Diversity, the Environmental Protection and Information Center, or EPIC, and the Coast Action Group, filed in the Mendocino County Superior Court earlier this month, asking a

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6:29

Mendocino flies Ukrainian flags

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2022/04/17

April 15, 2022 — Around late March as I drove into Mendocino Village, I saw a new sight: two of the biggest flags in rich brilliant color, dancing in the strong wind. Flags in the town of Mendocino are normal for the music festival, art events, to direct to one of the many weddings that the rustic and charming backdrop of Mendocino plays host to. This pair struck an immediate chord with this journalist, however, when I realized the significance of their colors: one yellow, one blue, side

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Crab fishery shut down as whales recover

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2022/04/17

April 14, 2022 — The California Deptartment of Fish and Wildlife has announced that the commercial Dungeness crab fishery in the entire state of California will close two months early, at least until mid-November, due to five humpback whale entanglements in crab gear along various parts of the coast. The commercial fishery from the Sonoma-Mendocino line to Mexico closed last Friday, and the rest of the commercial fishery, from there to Oregon, will close next Wednesday. The CDFW is also

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6:28

Voters to receive ballots in early May

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2022/04/13

April 13, 2022 — Ballots for the primary election will be mailed out to voters at the end of this month, and sample ballots are now available at the Mendocino County elections page. The election will be especially lively in the fifth district, where Supervisor Ted Williams is facing challenger John Redding, and a bond measure for the Anderson Valley School District will be decided. Third District Supervisor John Haschak has an opponent in Clay Romero, and Michelle Hutchins, the current

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Covelo Volunteer Fair seeks helpers for in-person...

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2022/04/12

April 12, 2022 — With pandemic restrictions lifting and spring in the air, people are gathering again, planning events both recreational and civic-minded. In Covelo on Saturday, volunteers set up tables in the park outside the library to attract more helpers to their various causes and to drum up enthusiasm for upcoming events like the Big Time and the Blackberry Festival, both of which have been on hiatus for two years. One organization that’s been more active during the pandemic is the

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6:26

Library services comprehensive

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2022/04/11

April 11, 2022 – Libraries are often thought of as places to check out books or engage in a quiet read. However, Mendocino County Libraries provide more than just what can be found on their shelves. Each branch offers well beyond what could be considered traditional library services. Zip Books, WiFi hotspots, 3D printers and California State Park Passes are offered through the library and available to all Mendocino County library patrons.

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Leggett Park serves historical crises

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2022/04/09

April 8, 2022 — As drought parches the land and fire season approaches, community groups are trying to figure out how to get more water to quench more fire. In the absence of small natural oases that used to be plentiful, that often means building huge expensive tanks, like the one envisioned by a coalition in the north county. The Leggett Fire Water Project is an effort to build a large steel tank at Tan Oak Park, just off of Highway 101 between Leggett and Laytonville. Jessica Roemer is

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Supervisors approve conditions for pre-trial release...

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2022/04/07

April 7, 2022 — The Board of Supervisors took on criminal justice, trash, and housing at this week’s meeting, though a hearing to consider a permit to convert a Willits-area motel to apartments was postponed until May third. The board approved a pre-trial pilot program to monitor people who have been booked into jail, can’t afford bail, and are likely to show up to their next court date if they are released from jail. The monitoring would include a range of measures like cell phone

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Board takes up taxes, deputies, and menthol cigarettes

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2022/04/07

April 6, 2022 — As the county faces the possibility of a multi-million dollar shortfall, the Board of Supervisors gave the go-ahead to the assessor’s office to devise a program to assess taxes — but not penalties, on unpermitted structures that are not currently on the tax rolls. The Board also approved a program to grant hiring bonuses up to $20,000 for the sheriff’s department. Supervisors agreed to amend the local tobacco retail ordinance to expand the prohibition on flavored tobacco

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New alliance of firefighters, environmentalists,...

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2022/04/05

April 5, 2022 — A new alliance of environmentalists, fire departments, and landowners in northern Mendocino county is seeking to make forest resilience a priority for changes in the climate, economy, and social structure. About fifty people showed up at the kickoff event for the Northern Mendocino Ecosystem Recovery Alliance at Tan Oak Park in Leggett on Sunday. Kerry Reynolds is the Organizational Development Director for the Trees Foundation, which is the fiscal sponsor of the new

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Trees coming down in Willits

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2022/04/05

April 4, 2022 — As PG&E’s tree-cutting crews move into more neighborhoods, some property owners are slowly starting to think in terms of an organized response. But the enhanced vegetation management program, with its multitude of contractors and the lack of education or publicly available documents, is bewildering to most landowners. Lauren Robertson is a resident of Pine Mountain in Willits. She described the approach she’s seen in her neighborhood. “PG&E has been masterful at

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New mental health facility planned

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2022/04/05

March 31, 2022 — Ukiah was rocked by two murders in six days, less than a half a mile apart. Both victims and both suspects were mentally ill, homeless, or both. Now Redwood Quality Management Company, which oversees the county’s mental healthcare contracts, is planning a 16-bed Medi-Cal certified mental health rehabilitation center for the acutely mentally ill, a block from the critical residential treatment facility, which is fully built but not yet serving clients. Camille Schraeder,

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6:27

A special easement for the Queen of the Beats

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2022/03/30

March 30, 2022 — ruth weiss, Queen of the Beats, always had a special connection to the majestic trees on her property at the end of the Albion ridge. Before her death, she crafted a conservation easement with the Mendocino Land Trust to protect those trees in perpetuity. We’ll hear from ruth weiss herself, reciting some of the poetry she composed in the company of her beloved trees, and Amy Wolitzer of the Mendocino Land Trust, describing the property, the trees, and the specifics of the

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Ukiah Police Chief looking forward after settlement

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2022/03/30

March 29, 2022 — On April first of last year, four Ukiah police officers beat a naked, mentally ill man on South State Street, inflicting 54 punches, four knee strikes, and a kick to the head. Officers emptied an entire can of pepper spray in Gerardo Magdaleno’s face and deployed their tasers four times. The incident was captured on multiple bystander videos. It was also recorded by a body camera worn by one officer and a dash camera in another officer’s car. Those videos were released in

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County cross-examines contractor in search of key...

KZYX News ·

2022/03/28

March 28, 2022 — The Board of Supervisors and County Counsel cross-examined two principals of a former mental healthcare contractor last week in hopes of learning how to lay hands on documents the county needs to satisfy a state audit. The county is obliged to provide specialty mental healthcare to Medi-Cal patients, which it does using state realignment money as a 40% match for federal Medi-Cal funds that are distributed by the state. Last year, the county received about $9.5 million in

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Native American environmental group works to steward...

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2022/03/25

The Intertribal Sinkyone Wilderness Council is an association of ten Native American Tribes from Northern California that aims to reclaim, steward, and restore ancestral lands and waters in northern California. Founded by Mendocino and Lake County tribes in 1986, the Council is the first-ever intertribal land protection organization.

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