Community Safety & Awareness Report-Sept.23, 2025

(3pm DJs: don’t read the information in parenthesis. It’s expired)

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, Tuesday, September 23rd,  Humboldt, Mendocino, Del Norte and Trinity Counties have suspended all burns at this time. 

Today, the North Coast Growers Association is hosting the (Old Town Farmers’ Market from 10 until 1pm;) Fortuna Farmers’ Market from 3 until 6pm; (and Shelter Cove Farmers’ Market from 11 until 3pm. ) 

In Humboldt, Food for People is hosting food distributions in (McKinleyville from 10 until 3pm;) Eureka from 10 until 3:45pm; (and Garberville between 10:30 and noon.)

The Northern California Community Blood Bank’s blood mobiles will be at the Meadows Business Park, Evergreen Rd., between Redway and Garberville, from 10 until 4pm and Willow Creek, 38883 CA-299, from 11 until 4pm. And as always, the blood bank is open Monday thru Friday, located at 2524 Harrison Avenue in Eureka. To schedule an appointment to donate, visit nccbb.net

In Mendocino, the Mendocino Food Network is hosting food distributions in (Ukiah from 9 until noon; Mendocino from 1:30 until 3pm; and) Comptche from 2 until 4pm. 

(No need to read the following lunch announcements at 3pm.)  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.

Today, and every Tuesday, between noon and 3 pm, you can recharge at the Redway Baptist Church. For those living without a home, Bridging the Gap Ministries will welcome you for a hot meal, electronics recharging, warm clothing, and, as needed, there’s limited outdoor living supplies available. Recharge every Tuesday, that’s today, from noon to 3pm at the Redway Baptist Church at 1055 Redway Drive. If you have donations of food or warm coats to offer or need additional information call 707-223-1560 

The Humboldt County Board of Supervisors meets today, September 23rd, at 9:00 AM in the Board Chambers located at the Humboldt County Courthouse at 825 5th Street in Eureka. For more information including public comment procedures and agenda details, visit humboldt gov DOT org (humboldtgov.org) or call 707-476-2390.

You are invited to tune in to KMUD tonight from 7 to 8pm, for Witnessing the Environmental Apocalypse with Kelly Lincoln. Call in to 707-923-3911 to join the conversation on Witnessing the Environmental Apocalypse tonight on Redwood Community Radio between 7 and 8pm.

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.