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KZYX News
by 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.
Episodes
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Mendo Food Network Completes Major Food Security Project
A food security project years in the making has come to fruition. The Mendo Food Network is opening a new warehouse in Willits on Saturday, June 29th. The new facility promises to revolutionize food distribution in the county.
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Fort Bragg's Flockworks Shows Art Can Be an Economic Engine
Flockworks, a non-profit art edcuation organization focused on fostering creativity and community connection, has grown to be the third-largest employer in Fort Bragg.
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Board Supervisors Considers Grand Jury Report on Rural Dwelling Violations and Opposition to Ukiah Annexation
The Mendocino County Board of Supervisors met on Tuesday and discussed a grand jury report that found the county department of planning and building services was not adhering for state law or local ordinances with regard to permits for limited density rural dwellings. The supervisors also…
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Fort Bragg City Council Rezones Mill Site, Sets Broadband Fees, Passes Budget
The Fort Bragg City Council on Monday unanimously agreed to allocate $58,000 in emergency funding to the Fort Bragg Food Bank after hearing testimony about the ripple effects federal cuts to food programs are having on the community. In other action, the city council agreed to rezone the mill…
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Ukiah Officials Defend Annexation Proposal
In local news Fort Bragg police are investigating a sexual assault on the 400 Block of S. Harrison Street .... in response to Ukiah’s controversial proposal to triple its size by annexing adjacent county land, the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday will consider withdrawing from a...
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How a New Amazon Delivery Center Could Affect Local Sales Tax
If you’ve been following budget discussions in Ukiah, Willts and Mendocino County you know that declining sales tax is a big problem. In the last five years, Ukiah’s sales tax has not grown a penny. Indeed, after taking into account the roller coaster of the pandemic, the stimulus, followed by…
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Opposition Builds to Ukiah Annexation Proposal
For the city, annexation is a way to bolster its tax base and improve service delivery. But for county residents, it means even less money for road repairs, public safety and fire prevention and suppression. Businesses and farms in the areas targeted for annexation expressed fear that joining the...
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Willits Confronts Precarious Fiscal Reality
The city of Willits is facing a moment of financial reckoning. What began as an effort to complete a series of overdue audits has revealed a municipal budget that is teetering on the brink. According to a report provided by Finance Director Manny Orozco at the city council meeting last week…
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Round Valley Indian Tribes Recount Tough Water Rights Negotiations
For generations, the Yuki people lived by the Eel River. It was a lifeline flowing through their ancestral lands. Then, in 1908, the river's natural course was interrupted by the Potter Valley Project , impacting their way of life, their fish, and their culture. Now, with the impending...
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Elder Abuse Increases and Violations Abound During Two-Day Salmon Season
June is Elder Abuse Awareness Month. Jesse Vanvoorhis, deputy director of Adult and Aging Services, is using the opportunity to draw attention to some troubling trends. Vanvoorhis has been directly involved with Adult Protective Services for at least the last six years and has worked in social...
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Fort Bragg City Council Approves Mill Site Development Strategy Over Opposition
The Fort Bragg City Council on Monday narrowly approved a resolution accepting the Millsite Development Strategy Report as a guideline for subsequent planning of what to do with the oceanfront property that was once the site of the Georgia Pacific lumber mill.
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Private Developers Eye Albion Headlands, Town Hall on Annexation, An Odd Twist in Cubbison Civil Suit
In local news, private developers are in early talks with the owner of the Albion headlands, Ukiah is planning to hold a town hall on a controversial annexation proposal and Chamise Cubbison’s civil suit against the county is taking an unusual twist as it moves forward.
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Ozempic, Range Anxiety, and Other Factors Contributing to the Wine Slump
For the past two years, the wine industry has been going through a tough transition. As older wine lovers drink less, they’re not yet being replaced by younger consumers. The industry also faces new challenges — from diet drugs to range anxiety in electric cars.
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Mendocino County Passes a Budget
After weeks of detailed presentations, frank discussion, and grim fiscal forecasts, the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors has adopted a budget for the upcoming fiscal year. “It was a difficult budget, but we made it through it,” said Board Chair John Haschak after the unanimous vote that...
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From Tank Operator to Police Chief: Tom Corning Reflects on Service and Community in Ukiah
Tom Corning didn’t grow up dreaming of becoming a police chief. His journey into law enforcement started with a more universal call to arms. He served nearly seven years, including a 13-month deployment in Iraq as a crew member on an M1A1 Abrams main battle tank. After returning stateside…
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Seniors Win Federal Support, Hotel Taxes Rebound, New Heat Tool Debuts, and Burn Safety Reminders from Cal Fire
In local news today, there’s an update on the status of the Older Americans Act, hotel tax receipts may be rebounding after a three-year decline, the governor wants feedback on a new online tool to protect communities from extreme heat and CAL FIRE offers burn pile safety tips.
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Who Bombed Judi Bari? Thirty-five Years Later, Supporters Are Still Searching for Answers
Who bombed Judy Bari? Lauren Schmitt of KMUD looks into the thirty-five year old attack on Earth First organizer Judy Bari. The 40-year-old environmentalist was severely injured by a pipe bomb when she was driving in Oakland on May 24, 1990. She died seven years later. Her colleague Darryl…
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Indian Tribes Hold the Water Rights to Potter Valley Water
Residents of Potter Valley are confronting a difficult choice as they consider the future of farming in their home town: water that costs at least $200 acre feet a year or no water at all.
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Point Arena Celebrates Fragile Recovery
Just over a year ago the City of Point Arena was teetering on the edge of financial collapse. Today, it’s making a fragile recovery — thanks in part to the dogged determination of interim City Manager Peggy Ducy.
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Fort Bragg to Host Pride March, Council Honors Harvest Market, MCN Purchase Finalized
Fort Bragg is taking a stand in support of gender and sexual diversity and will be holding its first ever Pride March on June 21st. Mayor Jason Godeke commemorated the city’s support with a proclamation at the city council meeting on Tuesday. In other business City Manager Isaac Whippy said the...
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Sheriff's Deputy Charged with DUI and County Managers Told to Trim 10%
First, a reminder that Willits will conduct an emergency drill this afternoon at 3:30 p.m. And in local news headlines, a sheriff’s deputy who drove a patrol vehicle into a guardrail has been charged with multiple misdemeanors, and county department heads have been instructed to identify budget...
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Mendocino Coast Faces Offshore Drilling, Memorial Day, Net Metering Change Advances in Assembly
In local news today correspondent Frank Hartzell attends a memorial service in Fort Bragg, the Mendocino Coast is facing the threat of offshore oil drilling, and an assembly bill that aims reduces compensation for some homeowners with rooftop solar is advancing in the state legislature.
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What Will It Take to Repave Little River Airport Road?
Mendocino County is full of beath-takingly beautiful county roads, but drivers on county road 404, also known as Little River Airport Road, have little opportunity to take in the scenery. They are too busy navigating a minefield of pits and potholes. Residents say the condition of a roughly...
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The Ukiah City Council Approves Climate Action Plan, Declares June Mountain Biking Month, and Hear's Concerns About Softball Program
The Ukiah City Council on Wednesday night adopted a comprehensive Climate Action Plan and an associated environmental study.
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Calls for Enforcement of Cannabis Regulations Come with Caveats
As Mendocino County grapples with the impact of widespread illegal cannabis cultivation, supervisors are asking state agencies for help. On May 6, they unanimously agreed to make a formal request. But even as violence related to illegal cannabis erupts in remote areas of the county, residents who...
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Chamise Cubbison Say Transition Information Inadequate
Chamise Cubbison, Mendocino County’s elected auditor-controller/treasurer-tax collector, is facing significant hurdles following her return to office. The challenges, which center around obtaining transition information from CEO Darcie Antle’s office, follow the dismissal of a criminal case filed...
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Two Murders and Multiple Shootings Are Tied to Grows in Remote Areas of Mendocino County
The Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office is investigating two cannabis-related homicides. The investigations stretch from the Island Mountain area near Piercy south east to Covelo. The back to-back killings highlight the extent of illegal marijuana cultivation in the county and as well as the…
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Local Kelp Disaster Gets International Attention in New Documentary
For years, KZYX news has covered the devastation of the bull kelp forest off the Mendocino Coast, and its resulting impacts, including purple urchin barrens, the loss of the abalone and red urchin fisheries, the economic impacts on coastal businesses and local communities, and the related demise…
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Mendocino County Library Cuts Services; Funding Restarts Study to Raise Coyote Valley Dam
Mendocino County Library officials recently made a difficult decision to cut library services. And a feasibility study to raise the Coyote Valley Dam begins again.
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Two Degrees of Separation from the New Pope
There is a new pope in the Vatican and around the world Catholics and people of other faiths are wondering how Pope Leo the fourteenth may affect their lives. In the United States, there was surprise and celebration that a boy from the south side of Chicago, of rich but humble heritage, the son…
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Mendocino's Bull Kelp Disaster Captured On Film
Mendocino's Bull Kelp Disaster Captured on Film For years, KZYX news has covered the devastation of the bull kelp forest off the Mendocino Coast, and its resulting impacts, including purple urchin barrens, the loss of the abalone and red urchin fisheries, the economic impacts on coastal…
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Campground Fee Rustler Targetted Iron Rangers
Jackson Demonstration State Forest (JDSF), located near Fort Bragg, California, is the largest of CAL FIRE's fourteen demonstration state forests, encompassing 48,652 acres. Established in 1949, JDSF strives to be a sustainable forest management practices, research, and education. Last summer, it...
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Pup Palooza — Every Dog Has Their Day on the Mendocino Coast
Working dogs, rescue dogs, and dogs that were purchased with pure-bred papers gathered on equal footing and with equal excitement to participate in a day designed just for them, and that also benefited the Mendocino Coast Humane Society. In addition to best dressed, there was doggie finger...
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Threats to Landlines and Solar Contracts You Need to Know About
The CPUC is finishing up a process to review and possibly update the rules for what’s known as the “Carrier of Last Resort” or COLR. Landlines are under threat. And a bill in the state legislature would cancel void solar contracts when a home was sold,
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Audits, Empty Storefronts, Illegal Fireworks - Challenge Willits' New Mayor
Journalist Jenn Procacci interviews Willits Mayor Tom Allman about the biggest challenges facing the Gateway to the Redwoods.
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Fort Bragg City Council Meeting Packed With Information
At the April 28th Fort Bragg City Council meeting, the City’s independent auditor gave Fort Bragg the highest rating for audits. Whippy’s annual financial report was also good news. The city spent less than it took in for 2024, resulting in a 2-million-dollar surplus. Council approved debt...
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A Water Advisory Goes Awry and a Cold Case Is Reopened
In local news today we have the story of a water quality alert that went awry and also a cold case that was recently reopened in Fort Bragg. The water quality alert was issued by the State Water Resources Control Board and the County of Mendocino on Tuesday night. It created a stir in the coastal...
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A Seven Million Dollar Loan for Broadband; A Grand Jury Commends Fort Bragg Police for Homeless Services Program
In local news today, the Fort Bragg City Council authorized a $7 million loan for its municipal broadband project, the Mendocino County Grand Jury issued a report on Fort Bragg’s innovative approach to addressing homelessness, and residents of the Village of Mendocino provided feedback on an...
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An Candid Conversation About Cal Exit with State Assemblymember Chris Rogers
While town hall meetings typically aren’t sell-out events, the Caspar Community Center was packed to standing room only as Rogers candidly addressed issues like Cal Exit, the state’s “fantasy” budget, and California’s donor status vis a vis the federal government.
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Family Searches for Missing Husband, Father, Hero of Paradise Fires
In Fort Bragg, a family is searching for a missing husband and a father — a man who once walked through the raging Paradise fire to save lives, but who now has vanished without a word.
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County CEO Recommends “Creative Solutions” to Budget Quandary
Discussion about the budget for Mendocino County for the coming fiscal year dominated the board of supervisors meeting on Tuesday
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Self-Guided Electric Home Tours Offer Opportunity to Question Home Owners and Installers
As the climate crisis deepens, more people are looking for ways to cut carbon emissions at home. But sorting through rebates, appliance options, and installation logistics can be overwhelming. This weekend, a local group is making it easier to see what going electric really looks like. (Note this...
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Layoffs at the Mendo Food Network; Raging Grannies Model Resilience; Bureau of Reclamation Eyes Potter Valley Project
The Mendo Food Network is laying off staff due to federal cuts and appealing to the community for help; The Raging Grannies, founded in 1987, provide a model for humor and resilience during difficult times; the federal Bureau of Reclamation reviews Potter Valley funding
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Rural Radio Funding in Jeopardy; Short-term Rental Rules; An Attack On Police Officers in Fort Bragg
The Trump administration is preparing to ask Congress to rescind more than $1 billion in previously approved funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. The move that could devastate rural radio stations like KZYX.
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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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