Sierra Club slams PG&E info officer at Ukiah Rotary meeting
San Francisco attorney David Pesonen accused Pacific Gas and Electric of abandoning a Point Arena nuclear plant and suppressing geological data. PG&E public information officer Kit Newton rebutted, citing USGS photos, ongoing on site studies, safety evaluations, and regulatory steps including AEC and Prop 20 processes. Newton defended insurance terms under Price Anderson, noting reduced premiums and refunds despite debates over safety reports.
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Kit Newton
Pacific Gas & Electric Company
David Pesonen
San Francisco
Sierra Club
Ukiah Rotary Club
Newton
Mendocino
Atomic Energy Commission
Mark Twain
Carrol Ornham
Chamber
John Bonner
Pg&e
Point Arena
AEC
Bonner
North Coast Regional Commission
Pesonen
U.S. Geological Survey
USGS
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Brookhaven
Ukiah Endures Cold Snap With Record Lows
Ukiah faced record low temperatures 13 degrees on Saturday the coldest since 1949, with 17 degrees Friday and 19 Sunday. The deep freeze caused widespread damage from frozen pipes to sprinkler activations, triggering over 50 public service calls and several fires, while readings across the county dropped to near or below zero in several locales.
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Ukiah
Safeway ‘Store
Calpella Road
Hazel
Round Valley
Willits
Redwood Valley
Lake County
Northwestern California Weather Update
Increasing cloudiness affects the north area with rain or snow likely tonight. The system spreads southward tonight and Tuesday, with possible snow and rain near Fort Bragg and Ukiah. Fort Bragg lows 35, highs 46. Ukiah lows 28, highs 37.
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California
Point Arena
Ukiah
Fort Bragg
Cycle crash kills woman near Hopland on Highway 175
A 42 year old Hopland woman, Billie Jane Ratliff, was fatally injured when her motorcycle turned broadside into a slow moving car driven by Mike Langley on Highway 175 near Old Hopland. Ratliff died after transfer to Santa Rosa Community Hospital. Funeral arrangements pending.
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Hopland
Highway 175
Highway 101
Old Hopland
Lake County
Sonoma County
Billie Jane Ratliff
Route 1
Boxce
California Highway Patrol Today
Mike Langley
Langley
Santa Rosa Community Hospital
Canyon site may reveal lunar secrets on Apollo 17 moon
Apollo 17 commanders Eugene Cernan and geologist Jack Schmitt touched down in a lunar canyon to study the moon s origin and evolution while Ronald Evans mapped from the command ship America. The crew reported spectacular views of Camelot Sherlock and the Great Cross as they prepared for descent and began the busy exploration of the moon s ancient history with new infrared findings reported from orbit.
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America
Cernan
Schmitt
Gordo
Gordon Fullerton
Camelot
Sherlock
Houston
Challenger
America the Beautiful
Allen
Wreckage found west of Ukiah in search for missing plane
A Civil Air Patrol sighting led sheriff's officers to a crashed 1946 Stinson Voyager eight miles west of Ukiah near Low Gap Road. The pilot, Truman Dewitt of Pittsburg, Calif., was returning from Little River to Chico. No life signs observed. recovery teams inch toward the gully site as planes comb the area. The incident follows a weeklong air search after the Tuesday night takeoff from Little River airport. The pilot was to be married this weekend.
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Truman Dewitt
Pittsburg
Calif
Stinson
Little River
Civil Air Patrol
Ukiah
Low Gap Road
Oscar Smith
Smith-Air
Sheriff's Office
Lis
Chico
Sheriff's Air Patrol
Ray Nofi
Ukiah Flight Service
Ban lifted on coast construction by Mendocino couple
A temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction blocking the single family home project on the Mendocino coast were dissolved, allowing the construction to proceed. The case involved local residents opposing the project and a court ruling lifting the halt.
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Mendocino
Jug Handle project freed from restraining order
Superior Judge A B Broaddus dissolved the restraining order on the 200 unit Jug Handle Creek motel project after AB 889 contended the developer had invested enough to qualify for an exemption from an environmental impact report. The Morgan Lovett case over erosion adjacent to the Landles home proceeded with testimony from Lovett, Negtegall, and UC geologist Boudreau, who warned of ongoing slippage due to fault lines and soil.
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Jug Handle Creek
A. B. Broaddus
Charles Mannon
Pacific Holiday Lodge
Elizabeth Berger
Broaddus
Assembly
Fort Bragg Corporation
Ukiah
Jim Luther
Berger
Luther
Mannon
Bob Dragness
Board of Supervisors
Landles
Cook
Kevin Negtegall
Mendocino
Lovett
Neptegall
Lansing Street
Petersen
Negregail
Negregall
Gene Boudreau
University of California
Boudreau
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Mendocino County
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Pooey
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Kansas City
UPI
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Truman
John Dréves
Jug
Roger and
Elizabeth Lovett
County of
Thomas and
Alice Sandles
Lovetts
Leo Cook
Sandles
The
Mendocino Beacon
Robert Petersen
Landies
Old Highway 1
S. State
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