Who gets the most environmental money in Mendocino County? State Parks? The Sierra Club? No way. The Campbell Timber Company is our pick for the greatest taker of environmental funds in Mendocino County. The global logging firm also richly enjoys its position at the front of the trough of local public grant and land...
Plan would have put up to 680 wave energy devices off Mendocino’s Coast By David Gurney www.noyonews.net Another plan to harness power from Mendocino’s wild coast line has failed. GreenWave Energy Solutions, LLC was denied a preliminary permit for the proposed “Green Wave Mendocino Wave Park Project” for failing to work “in good faith”...
The Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) is challenging Martin Schepergerdes’ proposal to take water from Bear Creek, bottle it and sell it to wholesale distributors. 7.3 acre feet or 2,378,715 gallons of water would be extracted annually. “We plan to be selling potable spring water, wholesale,” Schepergerdes’ application to the Division of Water Rights,...
By Julie Liebenbaum A rural lifestyle isn’t as simple as it seems. For those who want to know how to make it a little easier, the Not So Simple Living Fair will show you. For 3 days, a deep and varied roster of local farmers, ranchers, naturalists and artisans will share an impressive range...
Since 1973, Cheshire Books has been one of the bright lights in downtown Fort Bragg and was the only place in town for new books. Christine and Paul Lindauer sadly closed the store on June 30 that they had bought 2 years ago from Linda Rosengarten. Cheshire has turned into yet another empty store front...
A consortium of environmental groups filed a federal lawsuit May 1st, challenging the Willits Bypass, a proposed four-lane freeway around the community of Willits, Ca. Plaintiffs argue the bypass would hurt wetlands, salmon-bearing streams and endangered plants. “Bulldozing a freeway the size of Interstate 5 through precious wetlands would be wasteful and destructive —...
Lovers Lane is home to vineyards, a bee keeping operation, and a host of other farms in the Ukiah Valley, just on the outskirts of town, where the city ends, and the pastures begin. But, a proposed rezone of 17 acres would allow the development of more than 300 housing units in the rich...
A new rib shack now greets northbound visitors to Fort Bragg; The Q opened in April on the southeast rim of the Noyo River Bridge, a world-class spot until you get inside the little box, which has a stunningly modest view and a checkered history for restaurants. Although, no other eatery has opened with...
Walmart will not be expanding in Ukiah any time soon. The Ukiah Planning Commission denied the retail store’s proposed 47,621 square foot expansion, on April 11th, and Walmart chose not to appeal the denial. The Commission voted 4 – 1 to reject the project, with Commissioner Mike Whetzel dissenting. Whetzel disagreed that there would be...
The County Planning Commission unanimously okayed the Environmental Impact Report(EIR) for the Harris Quarry expansion south of Willits. That does not necessarily mean that the project itself will be approved. Owners Frank Dutra and Rancy Luchetti of Northern Aggregates want a zoning change that will allow them to operate an asphalt and concrete batch...
