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Mach 8, 2021 — About half the Caucasian population in Mendocino County has been vaccinated, compared to 16% of the Hispanic population. Still, with case rates dropping, Public Health Officer Dr. Andy Coren says the county could enter the red tier by the middle of this month. The county Planning Commission unanimously approved a subdivision of parcels on Feliz   Creek in Hopland for more winemaking, with the possibility of publicly available walking trails on a 40-acre parcel in the floodplain. And the county has likely missed its opportunity to purchase Old Howard Hospital, with another po...

February 24, 2021 — The Board of Supervisors approved a $200,000 increase to a contract with an armed guard service to monitor people in quarantine at hotels or Whitmore Lane, the county-owned quarantine facility just outside Ukiah city limits. The outbreak at Mountain View, a long-term care home in Ukiah, is up to 23 cases, with two people now deceased. Public Health Officer Dr. Andy Coren said the outbreak grew rapidly during the full week it took for a positive staff member’s test result to get back from a lab in Texas. The eligible age for people to get the vaccine in the county has b...

Congressman Jared Huffman held a town hall Feb. 3 to share information about the state of the COVID-19 pandemic in the northern portion of his congressional district, from Del Norte County to Mendocino County. Among many topics up for discussion during the pandemic, Huffman and a panel of experts focused on the COVID-19 vaccine rollout. “It is the most hopeful part of this crisis,” Huffman said in his opening comments. “The fact that we, in less than a year, have multiple safe, effective vaccines that can save lives and accelerate our path out of this. But it’s also a frus...

North Coast Rep. Jared Huffman held a virtual town discussing the roll-out of the COVID-19 vaccine in Humboldt and Mendocino counties featuring  Assemblymember Jim Wood,...

Bay Area political events: COVID-19 town hall, Alicia Garza book club Chronicle staff report FacebookTwitterEmail Upcoming political events in the Bay Area. Events take place online unless otherwise noted: TUESDAY ‘The Black Church’: A preview of PBS’s series “The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song.” KQED community advisory board panelist La Niece Jones leads a discussion on Black churches in the Bay Area and gentrification in Black neighborhoods. Hosted by KQED. 6 p.m. More information is here. WEDNESDAY Jennifer Siebel Newsom: California’s first partner and filmma...