The Board of Supervisors received an update on the wildlife exclusionary program, as well as maps for a pilot program to maintain private roads for evacuation, and more maps of the county's riparian areas and wetlands.
While local city council election campaigns had been focusing on housing and commercial and civic development this past election, they were completely silent on the 3,500 acres of land adjacent
April 12, 2021 The regional behavioral health training center in Redwood Valley, which was purchased with Measure B funds, could open after the pandemic as an emergency operations center and hub for public safety trainings.
The Board of Supervisors held the first of four listening sessions with entities making a pitch for some of the $22 million PG&E settlement money last week.
One petitioner was Brentt Blaser, the Office of Emergency Services director, who reports to the sheriff. He asked for $500,000 to remodel and equip some offices in a building on the county campus in Ukiah.
A significant portion of the money, he said, would go toward buying a generator and hooking it up to the building. But the space he had his eye on is already slated for the cannabis department and fiscal recovery. Supervisor Dan Gjerde suggested using the justice center in Willits, and CEO Carmel Angelo proposed using the training center in Redwood Valley. The mental health community, she said, ha
January 1, 2021 The coronavirus vaccine has arrived during a surge in covid-19 cases and an outbreak at the jail that has tripled over the course of the week.
As the jail works to monitor its staff and inmates, the vaccination effort is rolling out at Carl Purdy Hall at the fairgrounds in Ukiah. Nash Gonzalez and Adrienne Thompson, of Planning and Building Services, are in charge of making sure everything goes according to plan.
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