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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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'Lady Buds' Documentary Premieres in Willits

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2021/11/27

by Stacey Sheldon November 19, 2021-- On Saturday, November 20th, Willits’ Noyo Theater will host the Mendocino premier of a new documentary film called Lady Buds. The film follows six courageous women from the Emerald Triangle and Bay Area as they emerge from the shadows of the cannabis underground to go legal. But with big money corporations taking over the industry, these trailblazers must now, ironically, fight to survive in an industry they helped to create. One of Mendocino’s own

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Disaster relief asks for help to keep helping survivors

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2021/11/24

November 24, 2021 — Local disaster relief has moved to Ukiah. In September, almost five years after opening her doors in a Redwood Valley warehouse, Danilla Sands, the Director of Disaster Resources for United Disaster Relief of Northern California, moved into a new 7200 square foot building on Airport Park Boulevard. It’s in the old Mendocino Animal Hospital, and would-be veterinary clients still stop in almost every day, looking for medications or treatments for their pets. (The new

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Maps and mountain lions

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2021/11/22

November 22, 2021 — The Board of Supervisors adopted a map reconfiguring the county’s district boundaries at a special meeting last week. And wildlife organizations are offering to help, after a mountain lion killed two goats on an outdoor school campus in Anderson Valley. The redistricting effort is a follow-up to the census. It’s meant to even out the population numbers so there is no more than a 10% variation in the number of voters in each district. That’s to ensure fair

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Jail mental healthcare contract comes up short

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2021/11/19

November 18, 2021 — The Board of Supervisors declined to approve a $3.5 million increase in the healthcare contract at the county jail this week, which would have brought the agreement total up to just over $19.1 million. But supervisors rebuffed a presentation by top management at Naphcare, which has been providing healthcare to inmates since 2017, calling the documents “thin” and asking tough questions about mental healthcare. NaphCare Chief Psychologist Amber Simpler told the board that

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Board to develop short-term rental policy

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2021/11/19

November 17, 2021 — The Board of Supervisors authorized $50,000 for the sheriff’s independent legal advice this week. And on Tuesday, the Board voted unanimously to appoint an ad hoc committee, consisting of coastal Supervisors Dan Gjerde and Ted Williams, to look into creating local policy around short term rentals. Sheriff Matt Kendall previously stated his preference for the local law firm of Duncan James, but the Board was not comfortable with his selection, and chose LA firm Manning

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Supervisors vote unanimously to request JDSF review

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2021/11/17

November 16, 2021 — The Board of Supervisors voted unanimously on Monday to pass a resolution asking for a scientific review of the management at Jackson Demonstration State Forest, with an eye toward meeting environmental goals laid out by the governor. County supervisors do not have jurisdiction in the forest, which is managed by Cal Fire under the authority of the state. A moratorium on all logging within JDSF, long a demand of activists, was not under consideration. Priscilla Hunter,

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"Cautiously optimistic" in Faulkner Park

KZYX News ·

2021/11/16

November 15, 2021 — Community members working to save redwood trees in Faulkner Park met with PG&E representatives and Supervisor Ted Williams on Friday afternoon. Faulkner park is a small county-owned property on Mountain View Road, just a few miles outside Boonville. PG&E contractors have marked dozens of massive trees for removal, citing concerns that the trees will fall on the power lines and cause a fire. But a group of neighbors called the Friends of Faulkner Park has been

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New Mural at Todd Grove Park: "No Human Being is...

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2021/11/13

November 11, 2021--By Stacey Sheldon November 11, 2021--The Ukiah Valley Youth Leadership Coalition, a teen program of the Arbor Center at Redwood Community Services, recently unveiled their latest public arts project: a new mural at Todd Grove Park. Thanks to grant money from Drug Free Communities and All Children Thrive, local teens of Ukiah Valley, with the help of lead artist Josua Rojas designed and painted a large scale mural on the exterior walls of the park’s restroom, turning the

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More prescribed fire may be on its way to Mendocino...

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2021/11/13

For Mendocino County Public Broadcasting, this is the KZYX News for Friday, Nov. 12. I’m Sonia Waraich.Catastrophic wildfires are growing in size every year, threatening lives, communities and entire ecosystems. Historically, the U.S. Forest Service’s approach to managing fires was to suppress them at all costs. Now, the agency is recognizing that intentionally setting low-intensity fires in the forest can help control the way fires burn there in the future by leaving less flammable

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Supervisors to take up resolution on management of JDSF

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2021/11/12

November 12, 2021 — A resolution about the Jackson Demonstration State Forest will be on the agenda for a special Board of Supervisors meeting this Monday. Supervisors Ted Williams and Chair Dan Gjerde are sponsoring a resolution to ask the Governor to evaluate the environmental benefits, including wildfire resilience, of the current management practices in JDSF. The resolution also asks the Governor to align those goals with the state’s climate change commitments and to publish its

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COVID surge anticipated; Supervisors form PG&E ad hoc

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2021/11/12

November 10, 2021 — Public meetings will remain remote, in light of increasing covid numbers. Public Health Officer Dr. Andy Coren told the board of supervisors yesterday he fears the rising tally could herald a new surge. And Supervisors agreed to convene an ad hoc committee consisting of Supervisors Ted Williams and Glenn McGourty to look into PG&E’s enhanced vegetation management program.

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Groundwater survey could lead to new water storage...

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2021/11/11

November 9, 2021 — This Thursday, residents around the Ukiah groundwater basin may see a helicopter flying low, hauling a large hoop. It’s part of a state-sponsored program designed to map the geological features of groundwater basins. Katherine Dlubac is an engineering geologist and the project manager for the Department of Water Resources’ stateside Aerial Electromagnetic (AEM) surveys. She laid out some of the ways that information from the surveys can be used, with the larger goal of

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Portal closes, confusion remains

KZYX News ·

2021/11/08

November 8, 2021 — The online cannabis re-application portal closed late Tuesday night, amid confusion about the final requirements and the fate of incomplete applications. At this point, it’s not clear if those who re-submitted their applications online will be denied a permit if they are missing any documents. Michael Katz, the Executive Director of the Mendocino Cannabis Alliance, sent KZYX an email that an applicant received from the cannabis program in late October, saying that “ALL

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Researchers test prototype with global potential in...

KZYX News ·

2021/11/05

For Mendocino County Public Broadcasting, this is the KZYX News for Friday, Nov. 5. I’m Sonia Waraich.Climate change is intensifying and the window to make changes that can stop that intensification is closing. Many scientists and engineers around the world are racing to invent or improve technology that can mitigate the worst impacts of the climate crisis. One of those technologies is being tested out in our own backyard in Jackson Demonstration State Forest.A little gray fan is whirring

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William Evers "The Red-Bearded Burglar" Arrested...

KZYX News ·

2021/11/05

November 4, 2021--Sheriff Matt Kendall describes the arrest today of William Evers, who has eluded local law enforcement for many months. Evers was apprehended today in Albion with no injuries to himself or Sheriffs' Deputies.

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Unclear surrender process likely for Potter Valley...

KZYX News ·

2021/11/04

November 4, 2021 — Time is running out for a regional entity to take over the license for the Potter Valley Project. The Two-Basin Partnership, a coalition of local government and conservation groups seeking to take over the license from PG&E, is unlikely to meet the deadline to submit its application. And funding sources for a costly study plan have not materialized. FERC (the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission) recently refused the Partnership’s request for a little more time. On

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Landowner insists on PG&E re-evaluation of marked trees

KZYX News ·

2021/11/03

November 3, 2021 — PG&E crews have been moving through public and private forest lands throughout northern California, taking down thousands of healthy trees within hundreds of feet of its lines. Many landowners believe that if they refuse to allow this work to be done, they, not PG&E, will be liable if the utility’s infrastructure causes a fire that spreads in the surrounding vegetation. But Harry Vaughn, a landowner in southern Humboldt, may have found a way to save the marked

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Dia de los Muertos celebrates departed loved ones

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2021/11/03

November 2, 2010 — The city of Ukiah came alive for Dia de los Muertos, with live music, freshly-baked bread, and little girls in colorful skirts with skulls and flowers painted on their faces. Mayor Juan Orozco, who has a full time job as a math teacher, also took on the role of event planner in the lead-up to the celebration. I “We started the event last year, with just a little altar at the City Hall,” he recalled, ducking under an awning out of the rain as Mariachi Hernandez regaled the

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Mendocino College Repertory Dance Company Presents...

KZYX News ·

2021/11/01

October 28, 2021--Mendocino College Repertory Dance Company will present its upcoming show, Open Air, November 5th, 6th and 7th at the Ukiah campus. Performance Director Eryn Shon-Brunner says the show's title is fitting, as all of the original pieces of this innovative dance performance will unfold outside in different locations on Mendocino College's Ukiah Campus. The outdoor, roving show allows both the audience and performers to enjoy dance and the beauty of Ukiah’s college campus

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Hopkins fire clean-up, redistricting, move ahead

KZYX News ·

2021/11/01

November 1, 2021 — The cleanup from the Hopkins Fire has a clear path forward now. The State has issued a proclamation declaring the event an emergency, which means the county can probably be reimbursed 75% of what it spends on remediating the damage, including what it’s spent so far. And the Department of Toxic Substances Control is scheduled to begin cleaning up hazardous waste in the burn zone tomorrow. The Redistricting Advisory Commission presented the eighth and ninth drafts of its

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