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“Lake Mendocino is the canary in the coal mine when it comes to California’s drought,” State Sen. Mike McGuire (D-Healdsburg) said Wednesday, standing on a dry lakebed with the brown shores of the more-than-half-empty reservoir in the background. “The alarm is sounding and it couldn’t be louder.”
Under normal conditions for this time of the year, more than 40 feet of water would rise over the lunar-looking section of lakebed where McGuire stood with Gov. Gavin Newsom.
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With drought conditions affecting much of the West, California is far from unique in respect to current water issues. But on the heels of a second dry winter, the drought situation is particularly acute in Mendocino and Sonoma counties, because the local water supply is dependent on rainfall in the Russian River watershed.
Celebrate the 2021 NEA Jazz Masters: Thursday, April 22nd 8pm
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The National Endowment for the Arts has inducted a new class of NEA Jazz Masters every year since 1982, honoring more than 160 artists and advocates during their lifetimes. This year s class embodies a dazzling breadth of expression with the beats of two different drummers, Albert Tootie Heath and Terri Lyne Carrington; a saxophonist and composer who s always marched to his own rhythm, Henry Threadgill; and a jazz broadcaster and historian known for chasing down any promising digression, Phil Schaap.
Typically, the NEA Jazz Masters ceremony and concert takes place in a grand hall, with an audience. Pandemic realities altered that calculus in 2020, and informed the decision to stick to an all-virtual presentation again this year. But the NEA and presenting partner SFJAZZ have made the most out of a virtual format, carving out space for pre-taped performances, high-profile cameos and other serendipitous surprises.