Community Safety & Awareness Report – November 19, 2024

Today the Food For People Mobile Produce Pantry will be at the Weitchpec Tribal Office between 11am and 1pm.

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 meal and electronics recharging. Get recharged every Tuesday, that’s today from noon to 3pm at the Redway Baptist Church at 1055 Redway Drive. If you have donations or need additional information call 707-223-1560 

Mendocino County residents, the Anderson Valley Food Bank will be hosting a food distribution today from 9am to 11:30am at the United Methodist Church located at 13850 Hwy 128 in Boonville. If you have questions, call 895-3887 for more info.  For a hot meal,  residents can visit the Willits Daily Bread, Monday thru Thursday for Dinner, from 5:30-6:30pm located at 58 Bush St. Willits. For info, call 459-3947. Additionally, the Anderson Valley Senior Center has hot meals available for dinner today at the Veterans Hall in Booneville. For details, call 895-3609.  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. 

Food distribution will be occurring today and every Tuesday & Thursday at the Garberville Presbyterian Church located at 437 Maple Lane from 1030am  to 12 noon.

The KMUD Board of Directors will meet today, Tuesday, November 19th, at 3 pm, via Zoom. To attend the meeting, find zoom information on the agenda posted before the meeting at wordpress-1438018-5376424.cloudwaysapps.com, or, e-mail membership@wordpress-1438018-5376424.cloudwaysapps.com. If you wish to address the Board at Open Time, please e-mail your statement to board@wordpress-1438018-5376424.cloudwaysapps.com

You are invited to tune in to KMUD tonight from 7 to 8pm, to join Lois Cordova,  for Talking Trash, Our Plastic Catastrophe.  Join the ongoing conversation about plastic pollution, and how we’ve trashed our planet. You can join the conversation by calling in to 707-923-3911. That’s Talking Trash, Our Plastic Catastrophe tonight on Redwood Community Radio between 7 and 8pm only on KMUD.

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CAL FIRE has lifted the burn suspension, but fire season designation is still in effect. Residents in state responsibility areas must also obtain a Cal Fire burn permit. Year round, you still must have an air quality burn permit to avoid receiving a violation.

Provided you have a valid air quality burn permit, Tuesday, November 19th IS a permissive burn day in Humboldt, Del Norte, Mendocino, and Trinity counties. 

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For more information, to get an air quality permit, and to make sure it is a permissive burn day:

  • Humboldt, Trinity, and Del Norte County residents can call the North Coast Air Quality Management District at 1 866 burn day or 1-866-287-6329. 
  • Mendocino County residents can call 707-463-4391. or you can go online to mendoair.org for an air quality permit.

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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.