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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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Mandates coming soon

KZYX News ·

2021/08/04

August 3, 2021 — Indoor masking and limited testing and vaccination mandates are headed for Mendocino County. Public Health Officer Dr. Andy Coren asked the Board of Supervisors for their support as he prepares a health order mandating universal indoor masking in public places, both for vaccinated and unvaccinated people. Coren said the order will come out this week, and go into effect on August tenth. And he’s extending the state public health order mandating vaccinations or frequent

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Fish need water

KZYX News ·

2021/08/03

August 3, 2021 — California salmon fisheries are in trouble across the state’s watersheds, as panelists testified last week at a hearing moderated by Senator Mike McGuire. Chuck Bonham, the head of the California Dept of Fish and Wildlife, testified that his agency had trucked 17 million fish from the Central Valley into the Bay Area, and 3500 to the Russian River watershed, a measure that will be difficult to sustain for a number of years. Joe Scriven is a fisheries biologist with the

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Board to consider measures to bring down county's...

KZYX News ·

2021/08/03

August 2, 2021 — From Mendocino County Public Broadcasting, this is the kzyx news for Monday, August second. I’m Sarah Reith. Tomorrow, the Board of Supervisors is considering a proposal to invest at least two million dollars of American Rescue Act funds to bringing down the county’s carbon footprint. Supervisor Dan Gjerde and Geof Syphers, the CEO of Sonoma Clean Power, joined two members of the Grass Roots Institute, a local environmental advocacy group, to discuss the objectives of the

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6:28

Multi-agency enforcement in Covelo

KZYX News ·

2021/08/02

August 2, 2021 — Last week, multiple law enforcement agencies came together for two operations against large illegal cannabis grows in Covelo. Sheriff Matt Kendall shared some details on Friday afternoon.

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Water mismanagement imperils fish

KZYX News ·

2021/07/30

July 30, 2021 — Drought, climate change, and mismanagement are a recipe for extinction, according to panelists at a recent hearing on the crisis of the state’s salmon fisheries, moderated by Senator Mike McGuire. The Healdsburg Democrat chairs a Committee on Fisheries and Aquaculture, which heard testimony from agency heads, tribal chairs, and environmental groups from across the state this week. Panelists testified about how environmental factors and management decisions that over-allocate

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Dr. Drew Colfax on the Delta Variant and the rise in...

KZYX News ·

2021/07/29

July 29, 2021--As Mendocino County Public Health announces another local death from coronavirus, Dr. Drew Colfax gives an update about working in the ER during the most recent surge.

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Ocean a dangerous neighborhood without kelp

KZYX News ·

2021/07/29

July 28, 2021 — We’ve learned that the kelp forests off the north coast are in trouble; that they’re being devoured by purple urchin, who in turn are not being devoured by anything. Both main urchin predators, the pynopodia sea star and the otter, are missing from the food chain. The sea stars are succumbing to a wasting disease, but why not just bring back a sea otter? Sarah Grimes, the stranding coordinator at the Noyo Center for Marine Science in Fort Bragg, explains this and much more

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Noyo Center for Marine Science welcomes Kelp Act

KZYX News ·

2021/07/28

July 28, 2021 — The collapse of the kelp forest off the north coast is part of a long-running sequence of destabilizing disasters. The kelp is being devoured by purple urchin, a native species whose predators have disappeared from the food chain. The otters, which ate the larger urchin, were hunted to near regional extinction for their fur, and the pycnopodia sunflower sea star, which formerly feasted on smaller urchin, have withered away from a wasting disease. Now the urchin, unchecked,

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Sheriff preparing for legal fight with Supervisors

KZYX News ·

2021/07/27

July 27, 2021 — The sheriff is preparing for a fight with the Board of Supervisors over what he terms overreach and extortion, while board members want more data to support his contentions. Last week, Sheriff Matt Kendall asked the supervisors to hire Duncan James to represent his office as independent counsel on two points. Kendall and County Counsel Christian Curtis both believe there’s a conflict of interest, with Curtis representing positions the sheriff finds objectionable. One is that

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Down to one referendum; income threshold raised for...

KZYX News ·

2021/07/27

July 26, 2021 — Last week saw significant developments in local cannabis policy. The Board of Supervisors raised the income threshold for the cannabis equity program, which has not attracted as many applicants as originally expected. And the challenge to the new cannabis cultivation ordinance, Chapter 22.18, has narrowed to one referendum. Assessor Clerk Recorder Katrina Bartolomie confirmed Friday that proponents of the Small is Beautiful campaign, which sought to repeal the 10% expansion

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Delta Variant Drives Coronavirus Surge in Mendocino...

KZYX News ·

2021/07/24

Click here to watch the full briefing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFK7gQI-6f0Spanish version here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUm5EvU1RIM

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Flynn Creek Circus Comes to Ukiah

KZYX News ·

2021/07/24

By Stacey Sheldon July 23, 2021--Flynn Creek Circus is a rural circus based in Mendocino County founded by Blaze Birge and David Jones. Bringing world renowned circus performers from all over the globe, they pitch their big top tent in parks and fields around the western US. This week, Flynn Creek Circus performs their newest show in Ukiah, Fairytale: a multi-media high energy piece featuring music, stunning acrobatics, clowning, and a very confused unicorn. The cast of Fairytale are

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Skunk Train: from logging and tourism to drought relief

KZYX News ·

2021/07/22

July 22, 2021 — The Skunk Train has been a fixture of Mendocino County since the late 1890’s, when it was built to service the logging industry. Over the decades, it transitioned to a transportation and tourist attraction. In 2013 a major cave-in of the tunnel shut down the transportation service and the system focused on delivering adventures to tourists and families. Today the system is exploring a more utilitarian service to the local community: drought relief. “Chief Skunk” Robert

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6:30

Hoop houses and water mentioned in cannabis discussions

KZYX News ·

2021/07/21

July 21, 2021 — The two cannabis cultivation ordinances came into conflict at this week’s Board of Supervisors meeting, with the result that permits for 214 hoop houses on 36 sites are now under review. And the board received a report from scientists at the Berkeley Cannabis Research Center, asserting that cannabis requires about as much water as vegetable crops, far less than almonds or wine.

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Redwood Valley facing aftermath of Broiler fire

KZYX News ·

2021/07/20

July 20. 2021 — Redwood Valley is still sorting through the aftermath of the Broiler fire, from the lack of notifications to the power and water it took to fight the fire to rethinking fuel management strategies. Flow Cannabis Company president Jerom Fawson issued a statement saying the July 7 fire quote “originated on our property, after the blades of a mower, operated by our employee, struck rock, causing a spark.” The company has not responded to requests for further comment. The lack of

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WEC bringing lawsuit over amended cannabis facilities...

KZYX News ·

2021/07/19

July 19, 2021 — The cannabis cultivation ordinance has been at the center of controversy since the Board of Supervisors passed it less than a month ago. But the cannabis facilities ordinance was amended in May, with little fanfare. There were just a few objections, some from small growers requesting more consideration for microbusinesses, and others from neighbors, most notably a church in Hopland, protesting the removal of the requirement for a 600 foot setback between cannabis facilities

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Referendum forum explores views on new cultivation...

KZYX News ·

2021/07/18

July 16, 2021 — The deadline to file petitions for the referenda opposing Chapter 22.18, the county’s new cannabis cultivation ordinance, is fast approaching. Employees of a pro-ordinance group shadow signature gatherers and counter their arguments as they urge voters to sign, to get the item on the ballot, to repeal the ordinance in part or in full. Documents showing financial support for the pro-ordinance group are still not available, but the steering committee includes Joshua Keats, of

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Fort Bragg Residents Weigh In on Possible Name Change

KZYX News ·

2021/07/16

July 15, 2021--Reporter Frank Hartzell talks with Fort Bragg residents about the possibility that their city's name would be changed, and the ongoing survey by the Fort Bragg City Council to gather input.

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Masks still controversial; water running out on the...

KZYX News ·

2021/07/15

July 14, 2021 — The Delta variant has arrived in the county, as evidenced by full genome tests from late April. A letter-writing campaign based on shoddy science is seeking to spread misinformation about the efficacy of masks and social distancing in spreading covid-19, ahead of students returning to in-person classes. And the water supply for coastal residents is dwindling, with scanty water available to Fort Bragg from the Noyo River, one of the city’s three surface water sources. That

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Summer steelhead, forest health, and climate change

KZYX News ·

2021/07/15

July 13, 2021 — Last month, summer steelhead were listed as endangered under the state Endangered Species Act, which highlighted some of the differences between the summer and winter stocks. Pat Higgins, a fish biologist and managing director of the Eel River Recovery Project, traces the life story of summer steelhead, from the run of the river to the health of the forest and finally, to its place in the pattern of worldwide climate change.

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