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Sorting Out the Legend of Black Bart

The most colorful and infamous stage coach robber in California history, made his name—at least partially--in Sonoma County. But it was his poetry as much as his stylish crimes that made “Black Bart” a...

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The ‘Village Town’ Concept Comes to Northern California

Claude Lewenz believes he’s developed a better idea for a 21 st century city, one that is now gaining attention in Mendocino County. He calls it a “village town,” and explained it in this archival...

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Sonoma & Mendocino Join in Economic Development District

For the first time in 20 years, a new Economic Development District has been formed in California. It’s a partnership between two North Coast counties that has quietly gathering momentum over the past...

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Growing Grain in Mendocino County

Agricultural diversification in Mendocino County doesn’t just mean adding new varietals, or even preparing for legal cannabis cultivation. For a small but growing number of farmers, it includes growing...

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Best Practices for Outdoor Cannabis Cultivation

Legal or not, there are right ways and wrong ways to grow cannabis outdoors A new document from Mendocino County covers them in detail. Reporter Valerie Kim has details. Available in both English and...

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Bottlenose Dolphins Now Frequenting the North Coast

Bottlenose dolphins have become increasingly frequent visitors along the north coast, as their range and numbers appear to be expanding. The first bottlenose dolphin was spotted in San Francisco Bay...

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Cannabis Appellations on the Horizon Bring Attention to Growing Practices and...

For wine consumers, appellations provide useful information about conditions where the grapes in a given bottle were grown. In Mendocino County and elsewhere, cannabis growers are now getting ready to...

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Mendocino Temple Holds Secret of Immigrants Past

In the latter half of the 19th century, the village of Mendocino was home to one of the few large Chinese communities on the Pacific north coast. Mendocino’s Chinatown burned in 1910. Since then, its...

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Cannabis Farmers Hit by Fire on Top of Plunging Prices and Legalization...

They’ve been called the “wine country” fires – but cannabis farmers suffered losses in the recent firestorm as well. Unlike vintners, whose grapes were nearly all picked, the cannabis harvest was just...

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Young Fire Victim Remembered as Passionate About Sports, Friendships

At 14, Kai Shepherd was the youngest person to die in the North Bay wildfires. He and his sister and parents fled their home in Redwood Valley as flames overtook the neighborhood. As part of our...

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Thankful to Escape the Flames with Family, but Stressed at the Holidays

Today the Espinoza family plans to sit down to Thanksgiving dinner in the one bedroom apartment they’ve been sharing since the North Bay fires. Between the parents and kids, the family lost two homes...

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Pioneering Winery in Mendocino Faces Life After the Fires

Four generations of the Frey family live and work at their winery in Redwood Valley. It was the first organic and biodynamic winery to open in the U.S. The October wildfires destroyed many structures...

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RED FLAG WARNING FOR NORTH BAY Through Sunday 12/17/17 6:00 pm

The National Weather Service as issued a RED FLAG warning for potential Wildfire Danger throughout high elevations in the San Francisco North Bay, the East Bay Hills, and the Santa Cruz Mountains....

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Mighty Oaks Will Follow Little Acorns at Fire-Scarred Mendocino Vineyard

When the October firestorms swept through Redwood Valley in Mendocino County, the innovative Frey family winery on Tomki Road lost vehicles, equipment, homes and a barn full of goats. In December,...

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Meet Two More of Our Unhoused Neighbors

To better understand the housing crisis in our region, KZYX in Mendocino County has created a project that puts a human face on homelessness. Reporter Sarah Reith is listening to people living on the...

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Housing Crisis Hits Home When 'Homeless' Become Multidimensional

To better understand the housing crisis in our region, KZYX in Mendocino County is putting a human face on homelessness. Reporter Sarah Reith is listening to people who are unhoused and sharing their...

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Mendocino Fires Continue Burning; We Talk with Cal Fire for the Latest

Containment lines are growing around the Mendocino Complex Fires, but thousands of homes are still threatened. Firefighters are concerned because a red flag warning is in effect over part of the...

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