Ariana Found at Ukiah Safeway
On 09/25/2026, the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office Dispatch Center received a call advising that missing person Ariana Arnold had been located at the Safeway in Ukiah, CA. Sheriff's Deputies were...
View ArticleMendocino County Today: Monday 9/28/2026
LOCALIZED FROST across wind-sheltered interior valleys early this morning. High pressure builds mid-to-late week, bringing an extended dry period with interior valley high temperatures warming into the...
View ArticleLetters 9/28/2026
I wanted to share with you some exciting news from the state budget. My apology if you are already aware of the earmark of $900k to the County of Mendocino for improvements to the Anderson Valley Fair...
View ArticleHarriet Clark’s Novel Of Incarceration And Liberation
The Hill, Harriet Clark’s new novel of incarceration and liberation, is prefaced with a quotation from Albert Camus: “One must imagine Sisyphus happy,” which might serve as a holy text for pessimists....
View ArticleMendocino County Today: Sunday 9/27/2026
Colder Airmass | Pet Penelope | Albion Hardware | Late Summer | Double Quake | Verna Richardson | Prep Scores | Local Events | Yesterday's Catch | Chili Cook-Off | Best-Ever Fair | Unity Club…
View ArticleCTE Season
The New York Times headline August 25 might be a grabber, but it's misleading. The study's finding is not "alarming." It's not even news –it's additional documentation. The finding –that repeated blows...
View ArticleGloria Steinem’s First Book
I only met Gloria Steinem once, about 25 years ago when a board member at Planned Parenthood in San Francisco and she was our annual gala speaker at the Ritz-Carlton hotel. I was semi-awestruck but…
View ArticleMendocino County Today: Saturday 9/26/2026
Cooler | Philo-Greenwood Bridge | Conserving Water | Criminal Investigation | AV Quake | Treekiah & Skunkweed | Cemetery View | Sher Again | Adventist Waits | Sheriff Misquotes | Ulveling Platform...
View ArticleLatest On The Potter Valley Project
My notes on recent legal filings and comments to the FERC eLibrary. Here are this week’s highlights from the relevant players. Apologies for the length of this notes and opinion piece, but there is a…
View ArticleSaying Goodbye To Burning Man 2026
Before leaving for the Black Rock Playa for my 13th consecutive Burning Man celebration I’d made the decision that 2026 would be my last trip. What can I say…I’m OLD. I may be young at…
View ArticleMendocino County Today: Friday 9/25/2026
Cold Front | Cloud Show | Ukiah Uxoricide | Motorcycle Crash | Ronnie DeSoto | Garcia Input | FFA Members | Yesterday's Catch | Campaign Contributions | Sky View | Eyster History | Saturday Protest |...
View ArticleValley People 9/25/2026
A VEGETATION FIRE broke out in the low hills along Hwy 253 just above Hwy 128 outside Boonville on Monday afternoon a little before 4pm. Ominous billowing green smoke could be seen from downtown...
View ArticleOne Year Later: Ukiah’s Anti-Camping Ordinance
On September 17, 2025, the Ukiah City Council voted unanimously to amend Ukiah’s anti-camping ordinance. The changes were presented by City Assistant Attorney Darcy Vaughn and Police Chief Tom Corning,...
View ArticleMendocino County Today: Thursday 9/24/2026
Seen Ariana? | Cold Front | Jacks Hours | Knife Slaying | Local Events | Oak Firewood | Coast News | Drug Bust | For Froneberger | Yesterday's Catch | Moonrise | Hospital Retrofit | Strangio...
View ArticleSupervisor Mulheren’s Facebook Obsession
Is Supervisor Maureen Mulheren a little too obsessed with facebook and what people are posting about her? (And by implication not as much attention to her duties as supervisor?) Supervisor Maureen...
View ArticleMendo Must Support Spay/Neuter
I’m Judy Martin, Executive Director of the Mendocino Coast Humane Society. I want to talk about a problem that is going to become very serious very quickly. On the Mendocino Coast, we do not have…
View ArticleMendocino County Today: Wednesday 9/23/2026
Warm | Native Intelligence | This Truck | Boon Fire | EMT Class | Good Communes | Park Design | Assault Video | Seniors Fundraiser | Fairgrounds Funding | Wanted | Murky Finance | Buddhist Singalong |...
View ArticleAssignment: Ukiah [2014] – King Tut Died Of Tooth Decay
(Note: Had I been invited to address this year's graduating seniors, I would have said something like this.) I want to begin by thanking the Ukiah High School Commencement Committee for inviting me to...
View ArticleMendocino County Today: Tuesday 9/22/2026
Sunset | High Pressure | Boon Fire | Stolen Items | Yesterday's Catch | Dausman Disarmed | Russian Gulch | Adventist Health? | Box Stores | Candidates Debate | Ocean Rally | Open Mic | Lakeport View |...
View ArticleOff the Record 9/22/2026
AVA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2001 MEMORABLE TUESDAY, the 11th of September, 2001, began for us, as it did for everyone else in the country, with surreal television visuals of air liners deliberately...
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