Proposition Workshop Tonight at Fort Bragg Town Hall
Mendo Local Public Media and CalMatters, the nonprofit Sacramento-based newsroom focused on the state legislature, invite you to a proposition workshop tonight at 6:30 p.m. at the Fort Bragg town hall....
View ArticleMendocino County Today: Monday 10/12/2026
Clear Skies | Bill 94 | Yesterday's Catch | Defensible Space | Some Questions | On Sher | Unexplained | For Hart | Infrastructure Matters | Playing Dirty | Ed Notes | Proposition Workshop | Kelp...
View ArticleAnnouncements 10/12/2026
ANDERSON VALLEY UNIFIED, BACK TO SCHOOL, 2026 Don’t you love Boonville in the Fall? The colors are beautiful and so is the weather (mostly)! Anderson Valley students are doing great things and are...
View ArticleMcCarthyism’s Long-Term Insidious Effects
“Who wants yesterday’s papers?” –Mick Jagger Heather Delaney Reese, a travel writer who is now a political influencer, gets two things wrong about the postwar Inquisition. She asserts: “On February 9,...
View ArticleMendocino County Today: Sunday 10/11/2026
Coast Clear | Demo Photos | Wildcats Win | Reject Blackbird | Sharon Ann Whiteaker | Yesterday's Catch | Coat Drive | Talmage Murders | Phillip Ray Colvard | Second Stabbing | Catch & Release |...
View ArticleLast Songs
Before the poison began coursing into Christa Pike on Wednesday evening in the Nashville execution chamber, she sang. The melody was unknown to witnesses, but described as “haunting.” The words of the...
View ArticleMendocino County Today: Saturday 10/10/2026
Cold Front | Dance Music | Indian Mound? | Kelp-Fest Parade | Candidate Interviews | Guntley Speeder | Homicide/Suicide | Local Events | Blackbird Back | Lake Pillsbury | Palace Comments | Dem...
View ArticleOff the Record 10/10/2026
BOB ABELES: Looking at California Department of Public Health statistics for 2024 (latest year for which final summary data available) for Mendocino County: Births: 836 (2.28/day) Deaths: 895...
View ArticleSheriff Confirms Three Deaths Near Ukiah, Says No Ongoing Threat to Public
Mendocino County Sheriff Matt Kendall confirmed early Friday afternoon that investigators are looking into three deaths following a series of emergency responses in the Ukiah area earlier today. He...
View ArticleMendocino County Today: Friday 10/9/2026
YESTERDAY'S HIGHS: Boonville 99°, Ukiah 99°, Covelo 98°, Yorkville 96°, Laytonville 96°, Fort Bragg 60°, Point Arena 55° MUCH MORE SEASONABLE, cooler and moister conditions begin to arrive today with...
View ArticleValley People 10/9/2026
AV CHILI COOK OFF WINNERS Congrats to our Chili Cook Off Winners! Rebekah Toohey 1st place for the second year in a row, Gwynn Gowan 2nd and AVSC’s very own Jessica Walker won third. Thank…
View ArticleThe Latest Anti-Prop 40 Propaganda
The "No on Prop 40" campaign continued its assault on our mailbox yesterday, lobbing in two glossy, four-page, 8.5 x 11" flyers. Both are meant to appeal to the woke-but-easily-lulled California voter....
View ArticleMendocino County Today: Thursday 10/8/2026
Warm & Dry | Ribbon Cutting | No 44 | Charmaine Marie Hoel | New Owner | Annexation Flop | Yesterday's Catch | Beans & Chilis | Shuttle Confusion | Local Events | Ed Notes | Oust Incumbents |...
View ArticleCounty Notes 10/8/2026
On this week’s board agenda for the Wednesday, October 7 Closed Session (an all-day closed session), Item CS #5 says, “Pursuant to Government Code Section 54957 - Public Employee Appointment - Chief...
View ArticleParty Hearty
Here we go again. Another dubious rape charge, this one stemming from a Cornell University frat party two years ago, has generated wall-to-wall news coverage over the past two days. Just one (male)...
View ArticleMendocino County Today: Wednesday 10/7/2026
More Heat | Jimmie & Nora Monday | Code Enforcement | Night Sky | Flood Prep | Free Food | Yesterday's Catch | Froneberger Cred | Property Tax | Gang Workshop | Bellydancing Class | Palace Update...
View ArticleCCO 50
The institution of the city orchestra, once so crucial to musical life, was born in the 18th century. Its players were assembled from university students and assiduous amateurs, aristocrats with time...
View ArticleMendocino County Today: Tuesday 10/6/2026
Dry Heat | Sunrise | Ballot Return | Panther Sports | Catching Isaac | Shadows | Willits Knifing | Share Warmth | Yesterday's Catch | AVUSD News | Oyster Light | Banned Books | Nick & Keely |...
View ArticleInterview With A Local Bull Rider
One day while I was at work in Ukiah, the owner of a neighboring car repair shop came in to speak to my co-worker about his car repairs. I overheard him mention that he had…
View ArticleAssignment: Ukiah – Back To School, And Down The Anonymous Diploma Assembly...
It's Back to School days, and everyone is thrilled and excited except for the students and the teachers. And me. Kids are staring into the teeth of eight straight months of hammering boredom in the…
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