Community Safety & Awareness Report-May 9, 2025
Friday, May 9th, 2025
The Garberville Farmers’ Market is open today and every Friday of the season, 11 am to 3 pm. Visit the Garberville Farmers’ Market today located at the Garberville Town Square to purchase the freshest Humboldt-County-Grown and GMO-free produce along with plants, meats and other wonderful products.
Food for People is distributing food today at the Eureka Choice Pantry between 10 and 3:45pm. The Alderpoint Community Distribution is today, Friday, between 1:00 – 2:30pm.
Mendocino County residents, the Willits Food Bank offers food distribution from 1-430 pm at 344 Railroad Avenue in Willits. Call 459-3333 for details. Additionally, Seniors in Willits can participate in the Willits Seniors Home Meal Delivery program, Monday through Friday. Contact 459-6826 if you’d like information on this program. Redwood Coast Seniors, at 409 N. Harold St. in Fort Bragg provides a meal for seniors from 11:30-1:15 every weekday.
Action Network, 200 Main St in Point Arena, is open every Friday from 2-5 pm. Mendocino Coast Hospitality House, 237 N. McPherson St. in Fort Bragg Meals Mon-Fri 3 P.M as well as shower and laundry facilities from 10 until 2pm. Plowshares Peace and Justice Center, 1346 S. State St. in Ukiah, provides a daily meal from 11:30 until noon every weekday. Ukiah Community Food Bank, 888 North State Street in Ukiah, is open today between noon and 4pm. The Fort Bragg Food Bank will be hosting a food distribution from 10 am to 4 pm today at 910 north Franklin Street in Fort Bragg.
The Northern California Community Blood Bank’s blood mobile will be at Falafelove, at 1125 King Salmon Ave in Eureka between 11 and 5pm and at Ray’s Place in Garberville at 875 Redwood Drive between 11 and 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
Tonight, KMUD is proud to present the debut of Myth Busting in Mental Illness. Tune in and find out important facts and information about the reality of mental illness and learn about our resources for families and individuals with mental illness in Humboldt County. Hosts are Lea Nagy, current president of NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) and Simone Whipple co-facilitator of family support groups in Southern Humboldt. This will be a call in show for the community as well! Come join these two ladies on Friday, May 9th at 7pm!
Reminder, burn permits are required for ALL open burning. Burn hours are 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Burn piles are limited to 4’ x 4’, unless otherwise stated by a fire agency. You can only burn vegetative matter.
Today, Friday, May 9th, is a permissive burn day in Mendocino, Humboldt, Del Norte, and Trinity counties.
As of May 1st, , the CAL FIRE Humboldt – Del Norte Unit requires both Standard and Non-Standard Burn Permit holders in State Responsibility Areas, to also obtain a CAL FIRE Burn Permit. A North Coast Unified Air Quality Management District (NCUAQMD) burn permit is still required year-round and contains the permittee’s designated burn zone.
This concludes the Community Safety and Awareness Report, which can be heard weekdays at 11am, 3pm, and as needed right here on KMUD and now online at wordpress-1438018-5376424.cloudwaysapps.com.
