A look at Mendocino coast businesses are handling wedding season. One thing is clear: After almost two years of postponements, couples aren’t willing to wait to have their special days anymore.
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Mendocino County hires grant manager for water projects
On Tuesday, the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors directed county staff to negotiate a contract of up to $25,000 with environmental consulting firm Larry Walker Associates to help county agencies organize grant proposals for water projects.
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Powerhouse down at Potter Valley Project, creating more uncertainty about its future
A powerhouse went down earlier this month at the Potter Valley Project, a hydroelectric project that diverts water from the Eel River to the Russian River, but a spokesperson from Pacific Gas & Electric said the utility company would still be able to divert the minimum flows necessary to meet its obligations to Potter Valley Irrigation District.
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Fort Bragg downgrades water emergency, no longer receiving water from Ukiah
The Fort Bragg City Council downgraded the city’s water emergency from a Stage 4 water crisis to a Stage 2 water alert because the city’s 22.6 million gallon reservoir is at capacity and the desalination unit is now operational.
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California needs to rethink water, fire to mitigate climate risks, say experts at McGuire’s climate town hall
At a virtual town hall on the climate crisis in California hosted by North Coast State Sen. Mike McGuire on Oct. 6, climate experts said the next few decades are going to be rough regardless of what humans do, but we can mitigate the worst impacts, such as catastrophic wildfires, through policies like prescribed burning.