Business & Labor
City of Fort Bragg to operate winter shelter on the coast — vouchers available now
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Vouchers are available starting now on the same day as extreme weather events.
Environment & Natural Resources
Water begins flowing to the coast due to new county program
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Water trucks have begun making their way from Ukiah to Fort Bragg, but they’re only transporting 10,000 gallons of water per day right now; that’s a lot less than the estimated 70,000 gallons per day needed to meet coastal demand.
City of Fort Bragg
Ukiah plans to resume drawing water from Russian River to help coast
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“There’s no other alternative for folks on the coast,” said Sean White, Ukiah’s director of water and sewer. “Even though the situation over here is bad, the situation over there is dire. It’s not like we can just look the other way.”
Environment & Natural Resources
Fort Bragg City Council spends $155K on treatment gear for shallow well at Redwood Elementary
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At a special meeting Monday night, the Fort Bragg City Council unanimously approved the purchase of a $154,624 desalination system to treat shallow groundwater from Redwood Elementary School’s well.
2021 Fire Season
Hero mailman driving route puts grass fire out with expired extinguishers
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“It was very fortunate that the mail carrier saw the fire and alerted the occupant as well as using extinguishers to control it,” Fort Bragg Fire Chief Steve Orsi wrote in an email Wednesday.
