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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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Regulatory agency rebuffs citizens group

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2022/03/04

February 22, 2022 — A state regulatory agency rebuffed a local group’s complaint about PG&E cutting around power lines last month. The California Public Utilities Commission told the Redwood Valley Municipal Advisory Council that the work around the powerlines on Road A off of Highway 20 “is not in violation of the rules or regulations of the CPUC,” and that the program reduces the risk of fire. Dolly Riley, chair of the Redwood Valley MAC, detailed the journey of the rural

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JDSF supporters gather at courthouse

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2022/02/22

February 21, 2022 — It was cold and windy at 9am on February 15, at the Ten Mile Courthouse on Franklin Street in Fort Bragg, California, where four activists appeared in court. Six activists in total were “citizens arrested” January 10 in Jackson Demonstration State Forest while protesting the timber harvest plan known as Red Tail. This is the first interaction the protesters have had with law enforcement. The four cases are still under review and the other two protesters’ cases are on the

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Uncertainty remains over future of Potter Valley Project

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2022/02/16

February 16, 2022 — Experts on the Potter Valley Project gave Farm Bureau committee members an update Tuesday night, providing details about flows, preparations for a ballot measure to levy a special tax, and the as-yet scarce information that’s available about what’s next. Devon Jones, the Executive Director of the Mendocino County Farm Bureau, laid the groundwork with some background and up-to-the moment specifics about how much water is coming through the East Fork of the Russian River

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Drought off to an early start

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2022/02/15

February 15, 2022 — The drought is off to an early start, all around the county. Already, no water is available for agricultural use in Redwood Valley. Fort Bragg has 30% less water than it did this time last year. There is still money available to haul water from Ukiah to the coast again, though a water storage proposal for the town of Mendocino did not get funded with the last round of drought grants. In Potter Valley, fifty cubic feet of water per second is flowing through the

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Longarm quilter Cindi Jo: graphic artist, designer,...

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2022/02/14

Cindi Jo Willey lives on Point Cabrillo Drive property that has been in her family since the 1870s, when her great great grandparents settled here from Portugal.Through the years, the property has seen many uses. In what was once an auto body and repair shop, Cindi Jo and her husband created her quilt studio, which contains two long arm sewing machines and other sewing equipment, fabric, thread and projects. In the early 2000s, Cindi Jo studied graphic arts at College of the Redwoods in

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The river as muse

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2022/02/14

February 11, 2022 – The Russian River serves as muse for Sonoma County artist Richard McDaniel in his latest series entitled The Russian River and its Watershed, on display now through March 18th at Ukiah’s Mendocino College Art Gallery. After years of journeying into sections of the110 mile river, McDaniel creates vibrant oil paintings of scenes and seasons of the Russian River as it flows from its headwaters in Mendocino County through valleys, pastures, vineyards and ravines to Jenner’s

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Masking orders remain

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2022/02/11

February 11, 2022 — Indoor masking orders remain in effect in Mendocino County at least until mid-March, due to strained hospital capacity. Public Health Officer Dr. Andy Coren said he “stayed up long hours” deciding whether or not to go along with the state in loosening mask requirements. But after meeting with hospital officials, he decided that, although covid case numbers have dropped, relaxing the rules was not an appropriate response to local conditions.

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All of JDSF is tribal "cultural landscape"

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2022/02/10

February 10, 2022 — With the international movement to return tribal lands picking up steam, a local tribe is strategizing how to have more of a voice in the management decisions of Jackson Demonstration State Forest, which one ethnohistorian argues is an Indigenous cultural landscape in its entirety. “You have to get out of the mindset of just a site, and into understanding how the whole environment is a site,” said Victoria Patterson, who has filled several volumes with oral histories of

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New paintings by long-dead artist arrive at Grace...

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2022/02/08

February 8, 2022 — It’s hard to get new paintings by an artist who’s been dead for 85 years, but that’s what the Grace Hudson Museum in Ukiah did a few weeks ago. A new exhibit, “The Art of Collecting,” features sixteen paintings by the eponymous artist, donated by a museum on the other end of the state. Director David Burton talked about what happened when he picked up the phone last spring. “Back in May, 2021, I got a phone call from the director of the Palm Springs Art Museum,” he

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Surge appears to have peaked

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2022/02/07

February 7, 2022 — The omicron surge seems to have peaked, though the variant can be hard on children. And more than 200 staff and inmates at the jail have been infected. None have died or been hospitalized, according to Public Health Officer Dr. Andy Coren. At Friday’s briefing, Coren reported that while hospitalizations have plateaued, there was one newborn infant from Mendocino County being treated at UCSF. He presented some numbers of the pandemic’s overall effect on children. While

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Dept of Cannabis Control proposes conflict of...

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2022/02/06

February 3, 2022 — The state Department of Cannabis Control is proposing to adopt a conflict of interest code, in keeping with the Political Reform Act, which prohibits public officials and government employees from using their positios to influence policy decisions that could benefit them financially. The public comment period on the proposed code, which lays out disclosure categories for decision-making employees, opened last week and is open until March 15. Genine Coleman is the

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Potter Valley Project takes another turn

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2022/02/05

February 4, 2022 — The fate of the Potter Valley Project took a few more turns this week, with a regional coalition declaring it will not file for the license application and PG&E taking steps to operate the project under an annual license until the next development. PG&E, which owns and operates the project, announced in 2019 that it would not renew the license or continue to try to sell it. A regional coalition that includes Mendocino and Humboldt counties, California Trout,

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Supervisors repeal cannabis ordinance; no license...

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2022/02/02

February 2, 2022 — The Board of Supervisors repealed two cannabis policies yesterday, which was also almost the first time cannabis has been included in the crop report. The facilities ordinance was repealed without comment on the consent calendar, after a legal challenge from the Willits Environmental Center about the ordinance’s compliance with the state’s environmental regulations. The board also terminated the moratorium on phase three cannabis cultivation permits. Cannabis advocates

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Shakespeare "a healing balm" in the time of omicron

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2022/01/31

January 31, 2022 -- "A Midsummer Night's Dream" is ready for the boards, again. After sheltering in place, vaccines, masks, social distancing, and a limited audience, the drama crew at the Mendocino College Theater are opening their doors on Thursday, February 3, for another chance at the spotlight. The show runs through February 13 -- barring unforeseen events.

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Fort Bragg remains Fort Bragg

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2022/01/31

January 28, 2022 — The Fort Bragg City Council heard a presentation this week from a citizens’ commission charged with researching the history of Fort Bragg, its namesake Braxton Bragg, and making recommendations about whether or not the town’s name should be changed. The commission, which met 31 times and spent more than 60 hours discussing the matter, made six recommendations, many of them concerning further dialogue and education, but none of them directly having to do with changing the

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Applications for affordable housing in Fort Bragg...

KZYX News ·

2022/01/31

January 27, 2022 -- The Plateau, a housing development in Fort Bragg offering 69 affordable units, including some for people experiencing homelessness, is near completion and accepting pre-applications until February 2. Applications are available at the Mendocino County Community Development Commission's office in Ukiah at 1076 North State Street in Ukiah, or at their website, cdchousing.org.

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Supervisors choose interim CEO, location for puff

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2022/01/26

January 26, 2022 — The Board of Supervisors unanimously selected Assistant CEO Darcie Antle to serve as interim CEO following Carmel Angelo’s departure in March, praising her fiscal acumen and thanking Angelo for her fourteen years of service to the county. The Board also made a long-awaited unanimous decision about the location of the puff, or psychiatric health facility. After a presentation from Eric Fadness of Nacht and Lewis, the firm that drew up plans for the new jail and the Crisis

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Tribal chair leads tour of JDSF, says forest is...

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2022/01/25

January 25, 2022 — Activists held two days of public actions against logging in Jackson Demonstration State Forest on Sunday and Monday, starting with the first of a series of tours offered by a tribal leader. Michael Hunter, Chair of the Coyote Valley Band of Pomo Indians, led about a hundred people through areas that are slated for logging as well as one that was logged four years ago near Caspar. The Board of Forestry is reviewing its management plan with an eye toward tribal

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Omicron expected to continue well into February

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2022/01/24

January 24,2022 — The covid outbreak at the jail continues, with 62 cases among the inmates in the last two weeks. Some have recovered in custody, while others have been permitted to finish their isolation periods at home, according to a sheriff’s office press release. Forty-five inmates with covid remain in the jail. Covid testing is now part of the intake process, and new inmates are quarantined for ten days. Inmates and staff are tested twice a week with antigen, or rapid tests. Since

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A field trip to the hatchery with "Proud Papa"

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2022/01/24

January 21, 2022 — Reporter Stacey Sheldon takes a tour of the fish hatchery at the Coyote Valley Dam, with Facility Manager Danny Garcia, who calls himself a "Proud Papa" to the many anadromous fish he has sent out into the world to propagate the species.

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