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Posts published in August 2021

Lake Oroville Powerplant Closed

On August 5, California DWR State Water Project operations managers took the Hyatt Powerplant at Lake Oroville offline as the lake dropped to its lowest-ever…

Bell Fire: Forward Spread Stopped

The 50-acre fire, which started today at noon, five miles east of Leggett at Bell Springs Road and Foster Creek Road, has been stopped according…

Mendocino County Today: Saturday, August 14, 2021

Weekend Haze | 56 New Cases | August Surging | Coyote Fire | Author Event | Petty Fees | Edu Fundraiser | Rally Canceled | Garage Sale | Night Lights | School Starts | Foodsharing | Gowans Festival | Young Vaughn | Tan Barking | Ed Notes | Freedumb | 1983 Appearance | Bigfoot Sighting | Health Survey | Madam Walker | Thirsty Mendocino | Empty Buildings | Streetscape Update | Yesterday's Catch | Greedy Greenrushing | Recall Newsom | Rough Translation | Smoke Assist | War Biz | American Impatience | Pablo & Frida | Photoshop Class | 1918 Masquerade | Mask Info | Doghouse | Barack Slimeball

The Only Way to End the Pandemic

The more the Covid-19 virus spreads, the more it will mutate, producing variant strains. Inevitably, some of those variants will totally elude the existing vaccines.…

Mendocino County Today: Friday, August 13, 2021

Smoky Haze | 95 New Cases | Water Deal | Adoption Event | Skunk Sues | County Courthouse | Recall Election | Retriever Support | Ed Notes | Coyote Feeder | Eureka Productions | Yesterday's Catch | Unmasked Schmucks | Delta Strategy | Special Needs | Hanging On | Peb's Dream | PV High | Depraved Indifference | I Carry | Steel Wool | Enchanted Meadow | Controlled Burns | Heartbreak Hotel | Costco Virgin | Purrfect Tense | Algorithmic Censorship | Stolen Dreams | Ordinance Radio | Bigfoot Days

Mendocino Outlaws: Bloody Vengeance

In the same week as a judge handed down a death sentence for Dr. John Wheeler, the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors voted to allow…

Wine People vs. Us

Back in 2009, when the State Water Board told Russian River Grape Growers — of which 1st District Supervisor Glenn McGourty is one — that…

Mendocino County Today: Thursday, August 12, 2021

High Pressure | 39 New Cases | Covid Exposure | Ukiah Fire | School Policy | Kitty Cats | Professor Pyro | Forced Labor | Diverters Diverting | Opening Night | Ed Notes | Trumpet Story | Pig Auction | River Loggers | Rich Padula | Yesterday's Catch | Water Crops | U 1914 | Extraction Activities | Nude Psychic | Political Labels | Nature Vacuum | Greece Fire | Topiary | Arid Land | Fire Breather | Reusing Water | City Hall | Museum Exhibit | Bar Patrons | Managing Stress | DeSantis Snaps | Wildman Picnic | Dark Cannabis

Can Fort Bragg Avoid Major Water Cuts?

The Fort Bragg City Council had a full plate set for its meeting Monday night: an appeal (likely to be continued to a later session)…

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