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KZYX reporters and independent journalists cover local news for Mendocino County, California, Monday through Friday in six and a half minute reports. The KZYX News podcast is available for redistribution under CC BY 4.0, or the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.

  1. 06/27/2025

    Mendo Food Network Completes Major Food Security Project

    A food security project years in the making has come to fruition.  The Mendo Food Network is opening a new warehouse in Willits on Saturday, June 29th. The new facility promises to revolutionize food distribution in the county.

    7 min

  2. 06/26/2025

    Fort Bragg's Flockworks Shows Art Can Be an Economic Engine

    Flockworks, a non-profit art edcuation organization focused on fostering creativity and community connection, has grown to be the third-largest employer in Fort Bragg.

    7 min

  3. 06/25/2025

    Board Supervisors Considers Grand Jury Report on Rural Dwelling Violations and Opposition to Ukiah Annexation

    The Mendocino County Board of Supervisors met on Tuesday and discussed a grand jury report that found the county department of planning and building services was not adhering for state law or local ordinances with regard to permits for limited density rural dwellings. The supervisors also discussed withdrawing from a master tax sharing agreement in response to Ukiah’s proposed annexation of county land.

    7 min

  4. 06/24/2025

    Fort Bragg City Council Rezones Mill Site, Sets Broadband Fees, Passes Budget

    The Fort Bragg City Council on Monday unanimously agreed to allocate $58,000 in emergency funding to the Fort Bragg Food Bank after hearing testimony about the ripple effects federal cuts to food programs are having on the community. In other action, the city council agreed to rezone the mill site. The council adopted a new fee schedule for the new municipal fiber-optic broadband utility, they adopted a city budget, and they approved the next step in deploying an innovative, wave-powered desalinization buoy.

    7 min

  5. 06/22/2025

    Ukiah Officials Defend Annexation Proposal

    In local news Fort Bragg police are investigating a sexual assault on the 400 Block of S. Harrison Street .... in response to  Ukiah’s controversial proposal to triple its size by annexing adjacent county land, the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday will consider withdrawing from a tax-sharing agreement The board will meet on Tuesday at  10:15 a.m. at the County Administration Center in Ukiah. Remote access will be available via Zoom. Meanwhile City officials in Ukiah defended annexation at a packed town hall Thursday night.

    7 min

  6. 06/20/2025

    New CAL FIRE grants fund wildfire resiliency, forest health and jobs

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    7 min

  7. 06/19/2025

    Ukiah Planning Commission Push Annexation to an Undetermined Date, City Council Approves Budget, Demolition, and Fire Truck Purchase

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    7 min

  8. 06/18/2025

    How a New Amazon Delivery Center Could Affect Local Sales Tax

    If you’ve been following budget discussions in Ukiah, Willts and Mendocino County you know that declining sales tax is a big problem. In the last five years, Ukiah’s sales tax has not grown a penny. Indeed, after taking into account the roller coaster of the pandemic, the stimulus, followed by the post stimulus slump, Ukiah’s total sales tax has shrunk by 1%. In Willits, sales taxes have shrunk by17% in the last five years. Mendocino County is in better shape, while taxes are down 5% from the pandemic high in 2021, they are up 18 percent in the last five years. However, these numbers don’t take into account a very important missing factor — only a portion of the e-commerce tax that is collected from companies like Amazon is remitted back to the county or local jurisdictions.

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KZYX reporters and independent journalists cover local news for Mendocino County, California, Monday through Friday in six and a half minute reports. The KZYX News podcast is available for redistribution under CC BY 4.0, or the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.

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  • Years Active
    2020 - 2025
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