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California took vacation time from a prison doctor. Now it has to pay him $1.8 million
A California prison doctor accumulated more than 1,000 hours of personal time off and used some of it to work a second job. He claimed he faced retaliation when officials began scrutinizing his time and then clawed back much of his leave bank.
KNEE DEEP TIMES: Sizing Up Progress on Nature-Based Infrastructure in the Bay Area
It wasn’t the appearance of a flashy, high-ranking California official at the podium, or the review of 35 years of efforts to protect the Bay’s watershed at the beginning of the May 2024 State of the Estuary conference that made me sit up in my red velvet auditorium seat. It was an awards ceremony for outstanding projects. Usually a rather dull procedural item in my experience of half a dozen such conferences, this one’s message was nothing anyone said or put up on the screen.
Mendocino County Veterans Triumph in Battle for Ukiah Office
Mendocino County veterans celebrated the return to their Veterans Service Office on Observatory Avenue in Ukiah during a lunchtime party on Tuesday. Just a few days before Christmas last year, they received word that they would no longer be able to use the roomy house on the west side of town to meet with experts about veterans benefits and services. Instead, they would have to seek services at the Public Health building a few blocks away, on Dora Street. Air Quality Management was slated to move into the Observatory house.
Air Ambulance with Patient Aboard Spots Fire on Pudding Creek Near Bald Mountain
A CALSTAR helicopter that had just picked up a patient at Adventist Health Mendocino Coast Hospital spotted a white column of smoke along Pudding Creek in Fort Bragg and called it in, that call helped quickly stop a fire in a spot considered more of a risk for wildfire than most Coastal areas.
Sailboat Washes Ashore on Iconic Mendocino Beach
Locals and tourists alike were surprised to find a sailboat named the “Not Sure” washed ashore on one of the Mendocino Coast’s most iconic beaches this morning. The vessel was discovered on the sands of Portuguese Beach, part of Mendocino Headlands State Park. California State Park’s Ranger Loren Rex provided details about the incident.
UPD: Sonoma County man arrested after thefts, assaults at Ukiah businesses
A Sonoma County man was arrested Wednesday after allegedly assaulting employees while stealing items from at least two Ukiah businesses, the Ukiah Police Department reported. According to the UPD, officers responded to a restaurant in the 200 block of South Orchard Avenue when an employee (identified only as a 38-year-old Ukiah man) reported being assaulted by a man who ate there without paying for his food.
Governor orders urgent action on homeless encampments statewide
– Governor Gavin Newsom issued an executive order today directing state agencies to urgently address homeless encampments “while respecting the dignity and safety of Californians experiencing homelessness,” according to a press release from the governor’s office. The governor’s order follows the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Grants Pass v Johnson and urges local governments to use substantial state funding to take similar action.
Man Under Arrest on Suspicion of Starting a California Wildfire, DA Says
(NEWSnet) — A California man suspected of starting the state's largest wildfire of the year is under arrest, authorities announced Thursday. The man allegedly started the fire by pushing a burning car into a gully as other fires scorched the region, a Butte County district attorney said. [Download the...
MADE IN NEVADA: Comstock Metals
SILVER SPRINGS, Nev. (KOLO) - The two men who launched Comstock Metals say only their Company can recycle 100 percent of a solar panel, keeping toxins out of landfills and groundwater. This is significant because California’s 2021 law banning solar panels from landfills will force much of this waste to...
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