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Unmanageable with Alicia Bales

Alicia Bales
News from the unruly people and places of Mendocino County, California. Hosted by Alicia Bales.
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Episode 22: Rich Culbertson and KZYX

Link to Sign the Petition to Immediately Reinstate Rich Culbertson https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd5Y7FO6KrocUE-ccnmgX-FZwEzUnsaGgljzLMXKGTys0fVEQ/viewform Link to KZYX Board of Directors Meeting Zoom Link on 2/25/25 @ 5pm https://www.kzyx.org/board-meetings Rich's Replacement Presentation to the KZYX BOD on 1/28/25 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GmNE1CakDsb4_achVL2VFsdiPXmIJfJa/view?usp=sharing Join the Facebook Group: Concerned Members and Listeners of KZYX https://www.facebook.co...

Feb 24, 20251 hr 16 min

Episode 21: Black to the Land

August 11, 2024--Zappa Montag and Lucky Atieno of Black to the Land at Emerald Earth Sanctuary in Anderson Valley talk about building Black Community in Mendocino County. Composer Nathaniel Stookey describes the premier of his new opera Bulrusher, set in Anderson Valley and featuring Boonville's homegrown dialect Boontling.

Sep 04, 20241 hr 43 min

Episode 20: Chaos at the County with Local Reporter Mike Geniella

August 4, 2024--Local Reporter Mike Geniella talks with Alicia about developments in the criminal case against the county's former elected Auditor and other important local stories. Links to Articles: "Former Manager Seeks Mental Health Diversion in Criminal Case" Ukiah Daily Journal August 4, 2024 https://www.ukiahdailyjournal.com/2024/08/04/former-manager-seeks-mental-health-diversion-in-criminal-case/ "State Controller Blames Mendocino County Supervisors for Financial Chaos" MendoFever July 7...

Aug 07, 20241 hr 43 min

Episode 19: Ukiah's Western Hills Annexation

July 21, 2024--Neil Davis of the City of Ukiah talks about the 700-acre Western Hills Acquisition and Annexation, and plans for the future of Ukiah's Western Hills. Melodie Meyer of EPIC helps make sense of the July meeting of the Jackson Advisory Group.

Jul 24, 20241 hr 55 min

Episode 18: "What's in the Soil?" with Patty Clary

Patty Clary of Californians for Alternatives to Toxics talks about her fight to uncover and remediate the toxic chemicals along the North Coast Railroad. Archive Interview: Attorney Sharon Duggan on using the legal system to enforce the Forest Practices Act. Links- Californians for Alternatives to Toxics https://alt2tox.org/ Our Children's Trust https://www.ourchildrenstrust.org/ CalFire Divorce/Why Forests Matter https://www.whyforestsmatter.org/...

Jul 16, 20242 hr 16 min

Episode 17: Juneteenth at the MEC

June 23, 2024--Experience Juneteenth at the Mendocino Environmental and Social Justice Center, complete with stories, poetry, music, commentary and FOOD. Organized by Troyle Tognoli of the MEC and the Mendocino Chapter of Black Lives Matter. In the second half, youth climate activist and 2024 Mendocino Community High School graduate Sara Constance Rose joins Lucas Near-Verbrugghe of the Mendocino Theater Company in a conversation about Art, Activism and Place.

Jun 25, 20242 hr 2 min

Episode 16: 2024 Ukiah High Graduate Lucy Shakman

June 9, 2024--Episode 16 starts with a very special interview with 2024 Ukiah High School Graduate Lucy Shakman, co-founder and co-president of the Women's Empowerment Club at UHS. The second hour features Mark Andre of the Arcata Community Forest, and his extraordinary wealth of knowledge from over 30 years of stewardship in Arcata's beloved community redwoods.

Jun 11, 20241 hr 53 min

Episode 15: Tribal Opposition to the Great Redwood Trail

June 2, 2024--Local Native Leaders Markida Hoaglin of the White Lily Clan Wailaki Tribe and Nikcole Whipple, an enrolled member of Round Valley Indian Tribes, discuss Eel River Tribes' opposition to the Great Redwood Trail. Jessical Martinelli describes the many initiatives of the Northern Mendocino Ecosystem Recovery Alliance. Add your name to a sign-on letter to comment on the Great Redwood Trail Draft Master Plan HERE . Read the White Lily Clan Wailaki Tribe's Resolution to Oppose the Great R...

Jun 06, 20241 hr 42 min

Episode 14: Army Corps Found Guilty of Harming Salmon at Coyote Valley Dam

Sean White talks about his Federal Court victory against the Army Corps of Engineers for their release of turbid water from Lake Mendocino that is deadly to endangered Salmon in the Russian River. Andy Wellspring of the Coalition to Save Jackson Demonstration State Forest gives an in-depth update on the latest in efforts to achieve Tribal Co-Management and preserve the redwoods at JDSF. To see Sean White's drone video footage of the Lake Mendocino water releases visit: https://www.youtube.com/@j...

May 29, 20241 hr 58 min

Episode 13: Headwaters Forest Reunion

May 12, 2024--In response to the BLM's Headwaters Deal Commemoration events, Alicia welcomes Tracy Katelman, Nancy Four Waters, and Ellen Fred for an on-air reunion to remember the struggle to save Headwaters Forest.

May 17, 20241 hr 40 min

Episode 12: MMIW Day of Awareness

May 5, 2024--Voices from the MMIW/MMIP Day of Awareness in Ukiah; Don Hess on the Redwood Valley Gas Station; Fort Bragg's Alleyway Art Project with Lia Morsell. Content warning: rape, sex and drug trafficking, violence, sexual abuse of children. Links Alleyway Art Project: https://fortbraggalleywayart.org/ Redemption House: https://redemptionhouseofthebayarea.org/ Grassroots Institute: https://www.grassroots-institute.org/...

May 07, 20241 hr 59 min

Episode 11: Holly Near Comes Home

Musician Holly Near in Conversation; Kevin Collins of the Utility Wildfire Prevention Task Force about PG&E's Enhanced Vegetation Management, with Richard Gienger. To buy tickets to see Holly Near in concert at Ukiah's SPACE Theater on May 11, visit https://www.spaceperformingarts.org/notes-blog/holly-near-fundraiser-for-space-scholarship-program To find out more about PG&E and efforts to finally regulate their lawless tree-cutting around power lines, go to https://endpowerlinefires.com/...

Apr 30, 20241 hr 56 min

Episode 10: Ross Travis on "Where Do We Go From Here?"

Performance Artist Ross Travis talks about his new show "Where Do We Go From Here?" touring Mendocino, Lake, Colusa and Glenn Counties starting May 12; Citizens for Healing works to change the name of Kelseyville, featuring Pomo Elder Clayton Duncan. Ross Travis's website: https://rosstravis.com/ Watch a public talk by Dr. John Parker "The Kelsey Brothers; A California Disaster, "about the two Native American Massacres in Lake County and what lead up to them, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

Apr 25, 20241 hr 57 min

Episode 9: Palace Intrigue with Mike Geniella

Veteran Local Journalist Mike Geniella on the imminent demise of Ukiah's historic Palace Hotel and the felony case against County Auditor Chamise Cubbison; Bear Lincoln trial remembered with archival footage on the 29th Anniversary of the shootout in Round Valley.

Apr 17, 20242 hr 16 min

Episode 8: Eel River Deep Dive

Eel River News--Scott Greacen from Friends of the Eel River on Dam Removal at the Potter Valley Project; Perry Lincoln and Michelle Merrifield from the Kinest'e Coalition working toward tribal consultation on the Great Redwood Trail planning process.

Apr 10, 20241 hr 58 min

Episode 7: Live from KMEC

Judi Bari Remembered, Kinest'e Coalition Speaks at Great Redwood Trail Agency Meeting, and Potter Valley Prepares for Dam Removal

Apr 04, 20241 hr 42 min

Episode 6: The Return of Wailaki Cultural Fire

November 13, 2023--This episode of Unmanageable is a rebroadcast of a program first aired on KMUD Redwood Community Radio in Garberville California on October 31st. It features voices from the First Wailaki Cultural Burn in Southern Humboldt in 150 years, which happened at the So Hum Community Park on Thursday, October 19th. I was honored to be on site with the cultural burn crew, and my tape recorder, and I am pleased to share with you the incredible day that Indigenous fire returned to Souther...

Nov 13, 202354 min

Episode 5: Architects of Abundance with Dr. Lyla June and Desirae Harp

July 20, 2023--Episode 5 features a recording of Dr. Lyla June and Desirae Harp performing at an extraordinary event on Food Sovereignty organized by the local nonprofit Native Health in Native Hands , a native led, native run 501c3 nonprofit, created by Kinest'e people. The ancestral homelands of the Kinest'e , now called Wailaki, are in Northern Mendocino, Southern Humboldt, and Southwestern Trinity counties. Episode 5 begins with excerpts of Lyla and Desi’s powerful original music and poetry....

Jul 20, 20232 hr 8 min

Episode 4: Art Harwood Interview

April 18, 2023--Episode 4 is a conversation with Art Harwood of Harwood Forest Products in Branscomb, and Co-Founder of the Redwood Forest Foundation (RFFI), about the past, present and future of forestry in Mendocino County, recorded in Ukiah on November 10, 2021. For more information about RFFI, or to get involved with the Usal Redwood Forest, visit: https://www.rffi.org/ You can make a financial contribution to keep this podcast going via paypal here: https://paypal.me/rootiepuppy?country.x=U...

Apr 18, 20231 hr 43 min

Episode 3: Catastrophe at Creekside RV Park

February 17, 2023--Episode 3 explores the ongoing disaster at the Creekside RV Park north of Willits, where a low-income community is being displaced after winter storms washed out the only vehicle access in or out of the park. For more information please visit United Disaster Relief of Northern California https://udrnc.org/ You can make a financial contribution to keep this podcast going via paypal here: https://paypal.me/rootiepuppy?country.x=US&locale.x=en_US If you’d like to be in touch ...

Feb 17, 202358 min

Episode 2: The Clear Lake Hitch

Huge thank you to all of you who have supported this effort so far by downloading, subscribing, listening and donating. If you’d like to be in touch with questions, comments, or story ideas, please send me an email at unmanageablemendocino@gmail.com . You can make a financial contribution to keep this podcast going via paypal here: https://paypal.me/rootiepuppy?country.x=US&locale.x=en_US Good Hitch Links Video of the January 24th Lake County Supervisors Meeting https://www.youtube.com/watch...

Feb 02, 202357 min

Episode 1: The Potter Valley Eagle Tree

Huge thank you to all of you who have supported this effort so far by downloading, subscribing, listening and donating. If you’d like to be in touch with questions, comments, or story ideas, please send me an email at unmanageablemendocino@gmail.com . You can make a financial contribution to keep this podcast going via paypal here: https://paypal.me/rootiepuppy?country.x=US&locale.x=en_US I’ll be back soon with Episode 2. Thank you so much for listening! Potter Valley Eagle Tree Timeline 202...

Jan 23, 202329 min
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