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August 18, 2025 - The family of Danilla Sands needs our help. You may know Danilla, or of her, because she is the person who helps keep us all safe by tirelessly posting about Emergency Alerts in real time via Mendocino Action News. Danilla's mom, Deanna R.C., a longtime foster parent and local volunteer, is now facing the total loss of her home and belongings after a fire destroyed the property she had lived in since 2002. In the face of the tragedy, her daughter, Danilla, has launched a GoFundMe campaign to help her mother, who she says "has spent her entire life helping others without ever asking for help for herself."
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August 14, 2025 - At the August 11th meeting, the city unveiled a new online GIS mapping system developed in conjunction with two CSU Long Beach students as part of their master’s thesis. Angelica Cruz and Jully Voong demonstrated the features, which include the location of front doors and property lines. The new system will be available to the public and will be continually enhanced over time by city staff for planning and emergency preparedness purposes.
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Local NewsAugust 11, 2025 - A familiar and troubling scene is unfolding once again at the Marine Mammal Center, as pens fill with sick and dying California sea lions. Veterinarians are seeing the telltale signs of a recurring, deadly kidney disease that spikes every few years along the coast.
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Local NewsAugust 5, 2025 - After a decade of watching a mysterious plague turn sunflower sea stars into formless goo, Canadian scientists have identified the killer: a bacterium known as Vibrio Pectinicida. The discovery, published in the journal Nature Ecology and Evolution, marks a critical first step toward reversing the catastrophic decline of this keystone species and restoring the vital ecosystems that depend on it.
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The lawyer for Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the man wrongly deported by the Trump administration to an El Salvadoran prison and then returned months later, says his client is now facing deportation again.
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SpaceX wants to put the two-stage rocket's massive booster through its paces. The flight test comes as the multibillion-dollar Starship program has suffered a streak of failures this year.
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Parts of California, Oregon and Washington state will experience extreme heat at least through Tuesday, forecasters said.
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Earlier in August, Trump deployed hundreds of National Guard members to Washington, D.C., as part of what he touted as an effort to reduce crime and root out homelessness.
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Nearly 1,400 people died after Hurricane Katrina crashed into Louisiana and Mississippi. Most of the deaths were in New Orleans, which has had an uneven recovery in the past 20 years.
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