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2020 lightning complex

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Are the historic heat, lightning storms and fires caused by climate change? We asked climate scientists

By Lana Cohen, Staff Reporter | August 23, 2020

In California, a combination of 10,849 lightning strikes and an extreme and prolonged heat wave ignited hundreds of fires. How did we get to this point?

Emergency

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Gov. Newsom declares statewide emergency over fires and extreme weather

By Mendo Voice Staff | August 19, 2020

A number of lightning fires have grown substantially and the heat wave is ongoing.

Coronavirus

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Ft. Bragg council cracks down on flouting of mask requirement, extends eviction moratorium — first no-mask citation countywide happened Sat. in Mendocino

By Frank Hartzell | July 28, 2020

All five county governments getting in sync to allow citations.

Coronavirus

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Local governments in California have $600 million to house the homeless

By Miguel Gracia-Zhang | July 25, 2020

Governor Newsom announced that the funds were available last week as part of the Homekey project.

Coronavirus

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We’re on the watchlist — Mendocino on state watchlist of counties where COVID is surging — no new restrictions (updated 7:30pm)

By Kate B. Maxwell and Adrian Fernandez Baumann | July 25, 2020

This change means the county will need to meet certain statewide requirements to re-open.