Warm Springs quake risk halts dam site plans in Sonoma County
The Strongest Warm Springs quake would not crack the dam at Dry Creek and Warm Springs Creek. The 318000 acre feet reservoir would serve Sonoma County and aid recreation and flood control. A suit paused preliminary work and the Carter administration reevaluates funding for Warm Springs Dam as part of Corps projects. Opponents argued the environmental statement ignored earthquake threats and Indian cultural site losses. Questions arose about mercury mine contamination in Sonoma Lake waters. The task force released previously undisclosed quake fault studies during hearings.
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Warm Springs Creek
Russian River
Sonoma County
Carter Administration
Warm Springs Dam
Corps of Engineering
Sonoma Lake
State Resources Agency
Heald
Ford to Deliver Farewell State of the Union Address
President Ford will give his final State of the Union tonight before a joint session. He is expected to avoid major new proposals and will urge Carter to review defense spending amid Soviet buildup while reaffirming faith in the American people and institutions.
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Washington
UPI
Ford
House
Jimmy Carter
The
New York Times
Carter
Soviet Union
Willits doctors booked on H S Code charges
Willits physician Dr. Fred Meyers appeared for booking while Dr. William Foster had not yet. Both face seven and eight counts respectively for dispensing drugs without need. Judges set tentative trials for March 1 with pre-trial Feb 15 and similar hearings for Dr. Richard Hille in Fort Bragg on March 16 17. Public notices reference drugs like seconal quaalude tuinal and desoxyn.
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Willits
Fred Meyers
Galen, Hathaway
Little Lake Justice Court
William Foster
Foster
Dr. Meyers
William Moses
Bay Area
Dr. Foster
Vincent Lechowick
Ten Mile Justice Court
Richard Hille
Fort Bragg
Robert Heeb
Dr. Hille
Mendocino backs data plan for geothermal impact study
Lake County led GRIPS the Geothermal Resource Impact Projection Study endorsed by Mendocino County supervisors on a 4 1 vote. The project aims to compile environmental socio economic and political impacts of geothermal development across Lake Sonoma Napa and Mendocino counties with ERDA funding and a $10 000 initial appropriation.
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Mark Raymond
Lake County
Lake
Mendocino
Sonoma
Napa
Don Johnson
Glenn Spencer
Jim Eddie
En Roetse Sien Ata A. ‘Lake County
Spencer
Socio- Technical Systems
GRIPS
Federal Energy Resource Development
Sunoco
Geysers Tesource
Stanford Research Institute
Jet
Johnson and Spencer
James Gordon
Ray Mastin
Don Jones
Ukiah
Jim Swayne
Northern California Power Agency
NCPA
County Board Approves Code Update Contract
County supervisors approved contracting with former county planner Jim Barrett to update county codes and draft new ordinances for mobile home parks grading and geothermal development. The board asked Assistant District Attorney Richard Henderson to prepare a 16700 contract with Barrett to streamline zoning and land use ordinances write the new rules and catalogue information sources for planning and building inspection. Barrett previously worked for the planning department.
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Jim Barrett
Richard Henderson
Barrett
Planning and Building Inspection Department
North Counties Engineering
Gary DeSalvatore
County Planning and
John Cimolino
DeSalvatore
Board of Supervisors
Northwestern California Weather and Local Planning Update
Weather shows showers likely in the north through Thursday with a chance southward and otherwise variable cloudiness. In Fort Bragg and Ukiah, temperatures range from the low 40s to mid 50s as snow levels hover near 3000 feet north. In county planning, Barrett to draft three new ordinances with a data recovery system. work funded by federal revenue sharing and not yet tied to staff cuts.
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California
Fort Bragg
Ukiah
Barrett
Coastal Commission
19 candidates file for Ukiah Unified board race
Incumbent Ray Worster of Pennington Realty seeks reelection among 19 declared candidates for the Ukiah Unified Board of Education. Margaret Hoaglen and Gregory T Nelson are other incumbents running, with fields spread across Trustee Areas North South and Central as the March election nears.
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Ray Worster
Pennington Realty Group
Ukiah Unified Board of Education
Worster
Pew
Ukiah Unified Board Na
Ukiah Unified
Potter Valley
Highway 20
New
Ukiah Unified Board
Margaret Hoaglen
Ukiah South
Hopland
Sesinken
Maurer
Clara Times
Lucy MacLeitch
Mendocino College
Trustee Area South
Gregory T.‘Nelson
Trustee Area ’North
William R. Garr
Richard Green
Cate Nauman
Unemployment Dips to 7.9 Percent in 1976 Year End
Washington bulletin from UPI reports unemployment fell to 7.9 percent at year end 1976, still higher than the start of the year, per the Labor Department.
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Washington
UPI
Labor Department
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Ukiah Fire Department
Anton Stadium
Mike
Pope
Bruce Evans
Congress
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H&s
Galen Hathaway
Merle Orchard
Brian Gaynor
al Barbero
Menologino van & Storage
Bulletin
Jerry
T.V
RCA
Zenith
SONY
Magnavox
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