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October 28, 2020 — As the summer of the pandemic fades into fall, the loneliness is getting acute, especially for kids and elderly people. Online platforms and handwritten cards have to take the place of in-person gatherings, especially since the two age groups tend to respond so differently to the virus. Meyo Marrufo, the environmental director for Guidiville Rancheria, has been heavily involved...

October 27, 2020 — For most of the pandemic, the county has been able to send hundreds of surveillance tests every week to a lab at UCSF, free of charge. The community health clinics in Fort Bragg, the south coast, Anderson Valley and Long Valley have offered these tests for months to people who can’t get to the OptumServ site in Ukiah. The contract with UCSF was supposed to last until the end of...

October 26, 2020 — As the US, along with much of the Western world sees surges in covid-19 numbers, local organizations like the chambers of commerce and non-profits are working to distribute masks and information about the virus. Lucy Kramer is a community wellness coordinator and the program manager for the mask awareness program at North Coast Opportunities, which has made more than a dozen min...

In this episode, you will hear from Patrick Higgins, managing director of the Eel River Recovery Project, and Andrew Ryple, a UC Davis scientist who specializes in cold water fish ecology. Ryple says that considering climate change, the poor river conditions Higgins witnessed are not surprising.

October 22, 2020 — The Board of Supervisors unanimously denied an appeal to block a cell phone tower on Pine Mountain about five miles from the Willits city center on Tuesday. And the second reading of an ordinance regulating a pilot program for growing industrial hemp passed along the same lines as the first reading, though it still meets with opposition from cannabis farmers.

October 21, 2020 — The Board of Supervisors unanimously agreed to purchase a Best Western Motel on South Orchard Avenue in Ukiah yesterday, after Senator Mike McGuire assured the board that the state has expanded program funding to support Project Homekey, a statewide program to purchase motels for homeless housing. And Public Health Officer Dr. Andy Coren said he’s cautiously optimistic about the...

October 19, 2020 — The second district supervisorial race took an unexpected turn earlier this month, when Mari Rodin canceled a candidate’s forum for health reasons. In an interview earlier today, Rodin disclosed that she was having an exploratory surgery in San Francisco that day, and that she found out the next day, October 6, that she has cancer. Rodin says her campaign for supervisor is still...

October 19, 2020 — On Saturday afternoon, seventeen days before the election, about fifty people gathered in Alex Thomas Plaza in Ukiah to rally in memory of Breonna Taylor, to encourage people to vote, and to put out the word that the public safety board is still looking for representatives.

Oct 15, 2020 — Last week’s approval of an industrial hemp pilot program has some cannabis farmers worried about the possibility of pollen drift, pesticides, and pests that specialize in Cannabaceae. And this week, the board agreed unanimously to make administrative revisions to the manual for the cannabis local equity program grant, which must be disbursed by August of 2021.

October 14, 2020 — The Board of Supervisors began hammering out directions for a new cannabis cultivation ordinance for Phase III, which they hope to roll out by April of 2021. This is not an amendment of the existing ordinance. It will be a standalone ordinance, which will get its own chapter in the county code and which, board members hope, will make it easier for the next batch of applicants to...

Rich Molinari, Director of Mendocino County's Animal Shelter, and veterinarian Charlotte Burns talk about how their jobs have changed during the coronavirus pandemic and fire evacuations.

Jim Culp interview Pastor Matt Davis of the Mendocino Presbyterian Church about his Holy Goats, who eat their way through landowners' pesky weeds and invasive species.