Community Safety and Awareness Report 8-22-25
Community Safety and Awareness Report
Friday, August 22nd, 2025
KMUD’s new Community Resources and Calendar page is now live on the KMUD website, kmud.org, under the COMMUNITY dropdown menu. Our improved calendar provides addresses, phone numbers and up to date information for farmers markets, food distributions, public meals, blood drives and other community services.
Today, Friday, August 22nd, Humboldt, Mendocino, Del Norte and Trinity and Counties have suspended all burns at this time.
The North Coast Growers Association is hosting the Garberville Farmers’ Market from 11 until 3pm.
In Humboldt, Food for People is hosting food distributions in Eureka from 10 until 3:45pm; in Blocksburg, 27922 Alderpoint Rd from 1:30 until 3:30pm; in Dinsmore from 9 until 11; in Bridgeville at 38717 Kneeland Rd., from 10 until 4pm; and in Loleta, at 1000 Wiyot Drive from 10 until noon and 263 Keisner, from 11 to 12:30pm.
The Food for People Mobile Pantry will be in Orick from 12 until 2:00pm at Orick Elementary School, 120918 US-101
The Northern California Community Blood Bank’s blood mobile will be at Bear River Casino and Resort in Loleta from 3 to 7pm. To schedule an appointment to donate, visit nccbb.net.
In Mendocino, the Mendocino Food Network is hosting food distributions in Ukiah from noon until 4: Fort Bragg from 10 until 3:45pm; Willits from 1 until 4:30pm; Point Arena from 2 until 5pm; and Potter Valley from 2 until 4pm.
Lunches are provided for seniors at the Willits Senior Center from 11:45 until 1:00pm, and the Redwood Coast Seniors Center in Fort Bragg from 11:30 until 1:15pm. Plowshares Peace and Justice Center in Ukiah provides a hot meal weekdays from 11:30 until noon.
Meals are provided Monday through Friday at Willits Daily Bread from 4:30 to 5:30pm and at the Mendocino Coast Hospitality House in Fort Bragg at 3pm.
AHHA Care-A-Van will be in McKinleyville tomorrow, Saturday, August 23rd, from 10 until 2:00pm at the United Methodist Church-Joyful, 1944 Central Ave. The AHHA Care-A-Van is a three-bathroom trailer with showers. They distribute clothing, food, and hygiene supplies as well as help individuals connect with services.
On this month’s Global Stuff, host Jimmy Durchslag brings back Stephen Zunes, international foreign policy expert and Professor of politics and coordinator of Middle Eastern Studies at the University of San Francisco. His most recent article in the Progressive, “It’s Not About the Bomb,” explores the U.S. attacks on Iran and what is really behind them. He will also discuss the current situation in Gaza as well as his perspective on the increase in global Nonviolent Social Movements. You can join the conversation. That’s Friday, August 22 at 7 PM, right here on KMUD People Powered Radio.
This concludes the Community Safety and Awareness Report, read weekdays at 11 and 3pm and as needed to bring you up to the minute road reports, burn permission status, emergency updates as well as programming information. We encourage our listeners to bookmark our community resources and calendar page for up to date and detailed information of all the services our community offers.
