LATEST STORIES
Review: SF Mime Troupe’s ‘Wreckage’ offers humor, heart and a welcome reminder
The Troupe brings its new political-musical comedy to Ukiah High School on July 30.
What a month of Mendocino County Sheriff’s calls look like
Nights of monotony interrupted by moments of dread. That’s the job.
O’Neill: When nurturing becomes life’s blood
With our new water tanks, we no longer have to choose which plants to let die. It is a vast relief.
California makes a subtle but impactful change to how it finances preschools
The change means the entire California State Preschool Program will now be funded under the state’s constitutional education funding guarantee.
Mendocino County teams renew Eel River search for hunter missing since ’21
Crews spent Saturday searching the Highway 162 corridor east of Covelo for John Davis who is missing since 2021.
AT&T can now hang up on Hopland
The state is burying fiber under Highway 101 that locals can’t buy, and the copper that works when everything else fails just got a federal expiration date.
Covelo woman fatally shot at illegal marijuana grow; multiple suspects believed involved
A was man arrested at the grow the next day faces marijuana charges but is not accused in the death, investigators say.
Consultants get two weeks to bid on $50,000 tribal workforce study
The Mendocino County Resource Conservation District wants a “tribally grounded” jobs strategy for the Hopland Band of Pomo Indians, Guidiville Rancheria and the Potter Valley Tribe.
Mendocino Transit Authority bus route schedules set to change July 20
MTA urges riders to check new times before traveling.
Ukiah has plenty of water — the Ukiah Valley doesn’t
The valley’s river water is sold out, and the Eel River water that fills Lake Mendocino is going away. What’s left comes down to geology and to claims staked 150 years ago.
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FEATURED STORIES
Search for Mendocino County CEO continues
After an initial round of candidates, the Board of Supervisors decided to expand the search for a new CEO.
Eight downtown Ukiah businesses vandalized, business owner helps neighbor all night
“Gaping holes” in Ukiah businesses after windows smashed at 3 a.m., neighbor helps past sunrise.
Covelo’s Green Bridge is down for two to three years, with no stopgap
The bridge Round Valley residents call the Green Bridge collapsed June 12. The county says a replacement is two to three years away, leaving residents with a 6.5-mile detour as fire season starts.
ARTS & CULTURE
The Mendocino Setlist: July 6-12, 2026
Your weekly guide to upcoming music events in Mendocino County.
Willits ranch opens community art exhibition Friday
Ridgewood Ranch exhibit runs through September 11.
Ukiah’s Grace Hudson Museum screens docudrama on the life—and death— of Henrietta Lacks
Starring Oprah Winfrey as Henrietta’s daughter, the film ties in with the museum’s exhibit on portraits of daring women.
They asked 6,000 Californians about inequality and learned how we live with it
A conversation with G. Cristina Mora and Tianna S. Paschel, authors of “Normalizing Inequality: How Californians Make Sense of the Growing Divide”
COLUMNS & OPINIONS
McNear: Community effort gained Mendocino a spot on the National Register of Historic Places
The headlands was saved from housing development in 1974, and the town is much as it was 100 years ago.
Word Junkie: The summer edition
In which we drag a perfectly happy season into a basement of dictionaries and make it explain itself.
O’Neill: Manufactured urgency is a detriment to mental and physical health
As it becomes addictive, it’s time to rein in and see what’s real and what’s not.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letter to the Editor: Vote No on Measure A
Both proponents and opponents of Prop. 13 can coalesce around a “no” vote.
Letter to the Editor: What about other people’s water rights?
Lake Pillsbury is the giver of life for the Potter valley tribe and for farmers.
Letter to the Editor: I commend Supervisor Ted Williams for supporting Assembly Bill 2494
Jackson Demonstration State Forest needs management for climate and recreation.
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ANIMALS
Featured Pet: Raven
Big pup, big goof, big heart, smart and gentle.
On the Eel River, the most hated fish is a California native — but a stranger nonetheless
A predator dumped into the river in 1979 is enemy No. 1 to the Eel’s salmon. One ridge over, the same fish is a local.
8 Mendocino coast beaches where your dog is welcome
But each has its own leash law.
Mendocino County’s Animal Care Services dodges budget cuts
The department runs lean and focuses on the animals. Hopefully that can continue.
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